BRASSTRACKS - FAVORITE (FEAT. VANJESS)

Well here they are again. My dudes Brasstracks are back on the pages of BB. Conor and Ivan have continually left me in a great headspace with their sexy brand of electro soul. Their originals (check out "Good Love ft. Jay Prince") have been just as cool as their covers (listen to their "All Of the Lights Cover" with our Buzzzmix partner today Alexander Lewis) and there's no sign of slowing down. This new single featuring R&B Nigerian American duo VanJess is a slowed down house jam with a mysterious quality to it that should take you straight to the neon clouded skyline of Tokyo. The vocal melody in the second part of the choruses just floats upward with silky smooth precision that's almost equal parts haunting and relaxing. "I just want to be...your favorite" she sings...well I think this one may just be exactly that.  

Disclosure: Brasstracks is promoted by Beautiful Buzzz writer Lindsey Oh + Alli Lindsey

JOHN.K X RICKY REMEDY - GOLD

Lemme tell you about this dude JOHN.k who's pretty fresh on the scene, but definitely poised to make a quick and exciting rise. His first record "Runnin'" hit New Music Friday on Spotify and had some pretty major blog support launching him to immediate contender status. Next comes this rad tune "GOLD" with Latin Grammy winning producer Ricky Remedy. The story goes that Ricky spent years trying to find just the right vocalist to turn this track past silver. JOHN.k heard Ricky was working nearby and decided to  show up at his studio one day unannounced ready to work. Lucky for us they struck a quick relationship and thus "Gold" was born. With JOHN.k's beastly range and incredible falsetto matching up with Ricky's signature synthwork what more could we ask for?

SAVOY & GRABBITZ - CONTEMPLATE

You know the music that plays over a festival recap video? A track that has a cosmic, broad frequency sound over b-roll of massive crowds flailing their totems carelessly? Savoy and Grabbitz just crafted one of those tracks with the release of "Contemplate." It's epic; with it comes a sense of tasteful familiarity, but also the collaborative, signature sound of both parties. Most impressively, both names are at large in the game of live electronic music. An incredibly difficult genre to excel in, Savoy and Grabbitz both have found a way to demand EDM fan-based crowds using both digital production and live instruments. "Contemplate," is becoming in its electronic, chromatic production but simultaneously pays tribute to each parties respective choice of live instrumentation. The track has a large, tunnel vision-esque reverberation and walks a line between Deadmau5-style house music, and classic, indie-electronic. It's cleanly mixed, and the collaboration is seemingly star-crossed, yet indeed, a cosmic reality. Check it out via Soundcloud, Spotify, and Apple Music. Also, every Monstercat release sounds like the track artwork- props. 

SWIMS - 1 DRINK

Who else is feeling super lazy this Friday morning? I don't wanna do anything but get back into bed with my pup and try to squeeze in a few more hours of sleep. However, there is so much new music to talk about .... I'll have to find that extra sleep some other time. Our boys SWIMS are back with their second release of 2017 - and it's just a yummy as the first! AObeats + SAKIMA make up this duo, and together they are creating super sexy future feels tracks that are 100% swoon worthy. "1 Drink" takes a look at the age old problem of the use of alcohol as an escape, a crutch and even an anti-depressant, but SWIMS talks about it in the club surrounded by their millennial peers.  I am not a millennial, but my generation Y peeps dealt with the same issues, so on and so on. SWIMS is killing it, get into this one kids!  

FRND - MOVIES + IN YOUR DREAMS EP

Well the secret is out. The mysterious FRND has stayed ambiguous for months hiding behind the guise of a colorful Koala animation. But now with the release of his debut 'In Your Dreams' EP we've learned that FRND is none other than producer Andrew Goldstein, producer for a huge variety of big names including Britney Spears, Linkin Park, Robert Delong, Andrew Mcmahon, Celine Dion among others. I had the pleasure of seeing his debut live performance here in LA, and man I can't wait to see where this train keeps going. Our other writer Mike and I kept saying during his show that this music somehow brings us back about 10 years to the myspace days of Never Shout Never, Postal Service, and Hellogoodbye with the feel of indie rock meets electronica. Regardless the music is impeccably produced from start to finish and this latest single "Movies" is spot on again. With youth like exuberance and even children vox samples in the beginning FRND is definitely tying his music to that aesthetic, and we're totally ok with that. As the chorus drops in you can't help but bob your head. We hope there will be many more shows ahead as the EP continues to garner even more support across the web. 

JOSHUA MORIARTY - R.T.F.L.

Josh Moriarty who we at BB know well from his work with Miami Horror has launched into solo land with this first single "R.T.F.L." a sexy jam from a forthcoming 8 track album titled War Is Over. This tune has a lot to unfold with layers of group vocals filling in the backseat of a slow rolling musical Cadillac trudging forward into a hazy skyline of grooving percussion and somber pads. The beat really keeps things moving with pace as the Josh's vocal tone captures your interest. I love Josh's quote regarding the tune, "It is music to make you feel (at least for a moment) that you are not alone, to capture in aural form the ephemeral grace of existence. Yet, on the other hand the music is mere art for art’s sake, completely useless, beautiful for the sake only of beauty. A dichotomy of point and pointlessness. War Is Over is designed as a modern day opus of existential desire, longing, sensuality, and what it means to human." With the amount of feels packed into a short 3:57 I can assure you the point of this tune is simple desire. 

[PREMIERE] ELEMENT - HOME TO ME FT. EILEEN TIFFANY

It's hard to believe it's already been a year since we did our first premiere with this young up-and-coming producer Element. Since then he's released a hand full of new tracks and an EP, and today for our next premiere he hands us "Home To Me ft. Eileen Tiffany" for our listening pleasure. This New York producer certainly knows how to bring the vibes with his bouncy rhythms, future beats and angelic vocals .... perfect for any summer adventure! You can grab a free download HERE!

CONRO - CLOSE

Monstercat's Conro just dropped his affable, future bass track "Close." This Canadian-born producer is revered for his flexible and versatile approaches towards electronic music. He found his calling in music via passion for the violin, later taking on roles in the indie-rock scene. Once his unorthodox journey into the world of dance music led him to his alias as Conro, his ability to cater towards any sub-genre of EDM, defines his versatility as a producer. "Close" takes facets of what is already popular in modern music, and adds a very distinct layer to it- a Conro layer. The single has a warped accent, pulsing with his signature sound. It's a simple track, but riveting nonetheless. "Close" is a track that is summery, and boisterous. Add "Closer" to your summertime Spotify playlist to feel its colorful energy.

[PREMIERE] KENDL - HOLDING ON FT. TIGER DARROW

Electronic music is morphing into a vast melting pot of cosmic sounds and indefinable resonance. Once criticized for lacking artistic substance, and contributing towards youth rebellion (as all great music should), today, EDM is a broad term for a genre that is actually a spectrum of various energies, tones, emotions, and musical approaches. Melbourne-based producer, Kendl, is a testament to the righteous, nameless nature of electronic music. His latest drop, "Holding On" ft. alt-folk super babe, Tiger Darrow, is a wavy, indie-fusion with seductive implications. The echoing lyricism coincides like a yin and yang with the production- giving rise to each other as they aesthetically interrelate. The ongoing guitar riffs throughout the track are unmistakable, proving to be its most defining facet. "Holding On" pays tribute to music that reaches far beyond the influence of electronic production. Kendl walks a fine line between risky and fantastic, and this collaborative track proves that he is now delving, head first, into the fantastic. "Holding On" is the 2nd single from his highly anticipated, forthcoming EP, "Colours." Get with this sultry, indie-psychedelic track via Soundcloud, and Spotify. Kendl, we love it. 

Disclosure: Kendl is promoted by Beautiful Buzzz writer Lindsey Oh + Alli Lindsey