In The Spotlight

Mark Pelli – “Lifetime”

Best known as guitarist and co-founder of the band Magic!, this Canadian multi-talent is so much more. He started taking piano lessons aged 6, added guitar aged 13, was producing albums at 16 and studied classical piano and jazz guitar at various universities. As a songwriter he wrote award-winning songs for rapper Classified and Chris Brown and co-wrote Magic!’s number 1 hit “Rude” in 2014.

His new solo single is a gorgeous fusion of diverse genres, creating an easygoing vibe which sounds like a bright, sunshiny day. Accompanying the mellow rhythm and warm guitar strums, the song is built on multi-vocal harmonic backing singers and his alluring, laidback voice, joining elements of classic soul and smooth, modern pop into a lush ballad filled with a lifetime of auditory charm.

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Music History

LIGHTS – “Ice”

From her album “The Listening” (2009):

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New Music

Shuffle Baby – “Hot Love”

This neon-drenched 80s trip is the sexy new single by Norwegian trio Shuffle Baby:

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In The Spotlight

WARGIRL – “How You Feel”

Cold War Kids producer and musician Matt Wignall has created a new, six-piece collective, which looks for the fringes of genres, from afrobeat via smooth jazz to funk and soul and smashes them all together into a smoothie of aural flavors. Written in a small, funky garage in Long Beach, California, they dropped their subversive debut single “PEOPLE” and the European album release in 2018.

Taken from their self-titled debut album, which is due for release in North-America on April 19th, their new single explores the funk-rock sound of the swinging sixties. With a bracing bass, striking rhythm, vintage-dipped Hammond organ and joyous horns taking you back in time, it’s the sheer power of the soul-dripping vocals that makes this exultant tune feel groovelicious and nostalgic.

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Music History

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Everyday”

From their album “Liberator” (1993):

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New Music

Ananya Birla – “Unstoppable”

This is the new, empowering single by Indian songstress Ananya Birla:

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