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First released as a single, it was later on included in "Sun Over Babaluma" EP. To download the EP for free and donate if you'd like to, please visit http://lovehippiesandgangsters.bandcamp.com 

Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Yiğit Bülbül.
London, September 2014

Enjoy!

http://lovehippiesandgangsters.bandcamp.com

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This Is What We Want

06 Nothing Ever Lasts That Long

Rehan is an unconventional businessman, and an even more unconventional rapper.

His debut album, Fire In The Belly, traces his story from dreaming of being a Wall Street 'Master of the Universe', to questioning the purpose of it all, to finding meaning in rap.

Follow him on a journey you've never heard before, loaded with ambition, introspection and self-discovery.

Where's My Cut? (prod. by Deniro Elliott)

Fall From Perfection is a UK-based melodic groove metal band. Featuring modern heaviness with a clean female-vocal approach, Metamorph is a well-produced, cleverly written, catchy and impressive debut album.

Metamorph

Turn To Dust

MGMT:
sean@rebelrebelartists.co.uk
nick@rebelrebelartists.co.uk

Kent quartet Native People show off their evolved sound in new single ‘Figure It Out’, set to drop on 28th October 2016.

Produced by Huw Stephens-approved collective The Citrus Clouds and Oz Craggs, the new track retains the band’s core essence whilst showcasing their versatility as they explore a new direction for their sound. The focus leans towards the marriage of 90s R&B, downtempo funk and sleek contemporary pop, reminiscent of Honne and Shura.

‘Figure It Out’ is a carefully crafted and well-timed release, as it perfectly reflects the change in tone and lifestyle between summer and autumn/winter. Gone are the days of full and aggressive drums, fleeting guitar arpeggios, driving discordant vocals, carefree living and summer romance. Instead we progress to the time of year characterised by long nights, melancholic and reflective lyrics and laid back beats. Singer Reuben Todd is the perfect narrator as his vocals are airy and sustained, perfectly complementing the sparse flanged guitar, ethereal pads and minimalistic, delicate percussion. All together they manage to sublimely convey the heartache and frustration but also the crucial desire to “figure it out”.   

2016 has been a big year for Native People, with their summer single ‘Call Me’ breaking into the top 10 on Spotify’s UK Viral Chart and being labeled “the sound of summer” by BBC Introducing’s very own Abbie McCarthey. In the past few months alone they have toured in Germany and Holland, played a plethora of festivals and headlined Club NME at the prestigious KOKO. This November the young band will embark on their first headline tour, stopping off at Bristol, Manchester, Brighton, Birmingham, Newcastle and London.

Native People gained recognition for their pressing indie rhythms, beautiful guitar riffs and thoughtful vocals, now with the release of ‘Figure It Out’ on 28th October and their inaugural UK headline tour in November, the Kent four-piece will be bringing their 80’s inspired indie electronica and pure pop sensibility to the next level.

Figure It Out

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OFFICIAL RELEASE 20.12.16

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Expect ethereal vocals, unearthly melodies, shimmering guitars, warm bass tones, 80s charm and atmospheric soundscapes from Indigo Rose's debut EP - The Cold Spell. Inspired by a vast and eclectic range of artists from the Cocteau Twins to Joni Mitchell she creates her own magical world of dream-pop-folklore.

Silver linings
Haze against the moon 
Take me to where all your dreams come true

And I’ll wait for your sweet call 
For your sweet call
For your sweet call

Feel, feel it all around 
Cos you make me shiver
Shiver

Silver moonlight 
Hides away your fears
Take me away to anywhere but here

And I’ll wait for your sweet song
For your sweet song
For your sweet song

Feel, feel it all around 
Cos you make me shiver
Shiver

Shiver

From her eyes as black as coal
An unsaid command
Though her tongue still coiled within
Guards an icy breath

I keep my distance to avert her siren song
But I am drawn to something I feared all along

she will hold on to your soul
no one else can save you now

She will find out all that you know all that you know
She'll tear out all that you have all that you have
She will hurt you
She will break your sorry soul

She'll caste a hellish spell on you
You'll never be the same man as you were
Falling into her arms
She will overwhelm you
You will never see another living soul as long as you live

But every spell can have an unexpected turn
What goes around
Will come around
You've got a thousand voices She has never heard
You mesmerise
And hypnotise
You're stronger now. She can't resist. She falls away
She falls away
And fades away

You will hold on to her soul
no one else can save her now

Meadow Siren

Youngblood

Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Oz Craggs @ Hidden Track Studios, Folkestone.

Artwork by Max Buch

Sick

You Your Right

B.O.N.G represents Beast Of No Genre.
This Ep is a collaboration of Experimental sounds and music styles.

Beast Of No Genre

Ogbeni x G da Engineer - Falling

The Tide in My Lungs

Blossom Tree - Single

Blossom Tree

Released on December 7th on Birds Records worldwide. 

“More than likely make its way towards getting stuck in your head and your heart for the forseeable future.” – Jajaja Music
 
”Music that matters” - KEXP

"Absolutely glorious garagepop" - Clash Magazine 

“Powerful and determined garage stomp with howling vocals and distortion-draped guitars.”  - Amazing Radio

“Like a smiley-faced flashback to Manchester’s La Hacienda glory days.”
- Q Magazine

Sweden's Honeymilk has been around for 4 years but just recently scaled down to a duo (from a previous four piece). We all have our ups and downs and the story of how the two main figures Marcus Admund and Nikki Nyberg hold on to each other since meeting in a scout cabin back in 2009 is one full of fighting spirit and love for the music they're creating. 

At the moment they're in studio working on the follow up to critically acclaimed 2013 debut "Lean on The Sun" (and 2014's "Sanguine Skies EP"). Their shoegazy Britpop has gained supporters all over the world - notable ones are KEXP, Q Magazine, Jajaja Music and Music Week. 

In June 2016 their latest effort "Time Will Kill You" soon turned into their most succesful single to this date - with playlists adds and media ravings flowing in to the HQ. The band play a sold out show at The Finsbury in London and the single soon hit 140k+ streams on Spotify.

"'The Nothing New' could be about finding yourself in an age and situation where the demands that hunts you are increasing; the same that it takes more alcohol to get drunk, it takes greater and greater everyday explosions for the static line that life has gradually turned into to be moved. It could also be a pretentious and unclear salute to both Samuel Beckett's book Murphy or Spacemen 3. Or it could be a very good pop song that means nothing."

Follow Honeymilk:
www.facebook.com/honeymilkband/?fref=ts
www.instagram.com/honeymilk_band
www.twitter.com/honeymilk_band

Follow Birds Records:
www.facebook.com/birdsrecords
www.instagram.com/birdsrec
www.twitter.com/birdsrec
@birds-rec

Honeymilk - "The Nothing New"

Luvva

Thieves Like Us - 'Jennifer'

Release Date: 25/12/2016
Label: Uncle Albert Records
Genre: Trap / HipHop
Artist(s): Sketchman & Dusty Cutz
Album: Studio Ratz

Taken from forthcoming EP Studio Ratz.

SKETCHMAN & DUSTY CUTZ - CALM

Written, performed & produced by Nadia Bounasser.

We Are Healing

All Kinds Of Wrong

The Worlds Greatest Lover

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