shiversNtears, so many beautiful memories of seeing you perform that one with your soulstagemates!!!xoxo

Release date: February 3, 2023
Written & Mixed by Jamison Isaak
Mastered by Nik Kozub
Cover Photo by Landen Sperling

Pre-order: https://teendaze.bandcamp.com/album/natural-movement

Less than a year after the release of his neon dreamscape house record INTERIOR, Teen Daze returns with his first in a series of EPs slated to be released over the next year and a half. Sonically, the first EP, NATURAL MOVEMENT, picks up where the REALITY REFRESH series left off: four songs that can function in a wide variety of contexts, while all maintaining a consistently cool temperature. Whether you’re in the club, at a sunset beach party, by the pool, in the car, making dinner, running a trail; this is music that aims to meet you wherever you may be in life.

BACK 2 IT starts the EP off with its floating, elegant intro, and leads us into a rolling, rhythmic afternoon-house number. The bassline is guaranteed to get people asking, “Who’s walking who here!” Ethereal, yet rooted at the same time, this one feels like it could work at sunrise or sunset. The choice is yours!

Next up is the title track, NATURAL MOVEMENT, which fast forwards and jumps tempos into a deeper, more late-night feel. This one’s all drums baby! A sneaky Rhodes loop guides us through waves of breathing synths and a bouncing 303. Is this the first “peak time banger” is Teen Daze’s catalog? Consult your local DJ to find out.

EFFECTED takes us straight into orbit, right off the bat. Disco toms, swingin’ 707 hats, phased out Juno chords. A nod to the great Todd Terje perhaps? Will this tune become a staple of the hip wedding DJ? We can’t predict the future, but we can dream.

Finally, we settle into the softest track of the lot, ONE FOR PARADISE, an ode to the Best Club in Vancouver. An intimate space requires an intimate tune. But of course, we’re still in the club, and it’s time to dance. But where a tune like NATURAL MOVEMENT throws it’s in your face, crispy drums towards you, this one slathers vaseline on the hi hats, congas and snare. It’s 12:30 AM on a Saturday night in Vancouver’s Chinatown, and you are in paradise.

NATURAL MOVEMENT is the first EP in a series of new releases planned for 2023. Thank you for coming on this ride with us. See you soon, with the upcoming release: FOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD.

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The Master Wore a White Robe

Meanjin (Brisbane) based vocalist Hannah Macklin enters 2023 with the release of Stars, a glittering piece of cosmic neo soul with its eyes fixed on the night sky and the wonders of the galaxy. Hannah’s commanding voice shares the spotlight with strings and is backed by spacious production featuring mostly acoustic instruments. Sonically, producer Nick Herrera has brought a reassuring chunkiness to this unplugged palette, in particular the head nodding drums. Soulful, jazz-informed vocals are married with triphop and prog influences and the result is reminiscent of Homegenic era Bjork or Portishead as much as contemporary soul artists like Solange. 

Stars’ lyrics dwell on tricks of scale - The inconceivable size of those “colossal fiery gems” which are rendered by distance into “teeny tiny glimmers.” The perspective of the story shifts back and forth from second to first person, initially making the listener the protagonist “when you’re in the country, you really see the stars” and then swapping to a firsthand view “the moon is my companion, the planets are my friends.” In addition to songwriting,the keyboards, string arrangements and composition are all Hannah’s own work and Stars is a brilliant introduction to her considerable powers as a multi instrumentalist and all-round musical powerhouse. Stars is Hannah’s first release on Hopestreet Recordings and the first look at a body of work which will comprise an album coming later in 2023.


Hannah describes her writing process:


“The melody for Stars came to me first; I heard it inside my head. It felt like a phrase, a statement; hence it opens the piece and is referenced several times post. I was writing on a Yamaha CNR-80 synth organ at the time and the gentle velocity, the whir of the keyboard’s sound lent itself well to conceiving the rest of the song. The rest flowed from there; lyrics and melodies entwined, snaking their way through the piece. I wrote the string parts last; using a demo of the finished song in GarageBand to compose over. Most of the string parts were melodies I first sung and then transcribed.”

Hannah Macklin - Stars

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This is Chien Méchant new single Aube !
Listen/Download their debut EP here : https://bfan.link/chien-mechant

Written composed and performed by Chien Méchant
Chien Méchant are Gabriel le Masne (drums, bass, vocals) & Facundo Rodriguez (keyboards, bass, vocals)

Rec & Mix by : Clément Barda at Montmartre Recording and Arts Magnétiques
Mastering by : Alex Gopher at TransLab

Creative direction made by : _Of3studio - Nathan Sam Long, Héloïse Pérignon and Douglas Green
Illustration made by : Simon Heller

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We love to support new artists at MIMS and Rupert Cox is no exception. The talented pianist is the latest signing on London's essential Albert's Favourites label, and today they share his beautiful debut single, "Embers".

Rupert is an engaging and versatile pianist whose sound has already reached people through work with China Moses, Judi Jackson, Rhys Lewis, Myele Manzanza and many more.

Citing Blake Mills, Genevieve Artadi and Brad Mehldau as pivotal influences, his solo music covers a huge range, often melancholic, reflective and cerebral but unafraid to play with positivity and joy at times. 

His introduction to the world, "Embers", carries the imprint of artists like Eno and Laraaji, a beguiling, ambient leaning piano exploration, lifted along by sparse percussion, sensitive synthesiser and guitar play.

Albert's Favourites co-founder Adam Scrimshire shared some more background on how the signing came about: "We kind of had a mission this year to see what was possible with the label and the most fulfilling part has unquestionably been seeing the family really grow, and grow through natural connections. Rupert was first introduced to me by Yusuf Ahmed of Qwalia, who came to us through Huw Marc Bennett. This is the dream really, all these personal connections and new friendships. Rupert's album is really special and we're grateful to get to represent it."

The single introduces you to some of Rupert’s rich sonic palette while leaving so much to be discovered. We can't wait to her more from this essential new creator in the London music community.

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Exclusive Premiere: Rupert Cox "Embers" (Albert's Favourites)

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recorded 2015 - 2017 
B sides and original compositions 
all songs produced and written by 
Geoffrey Dean 
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Dylan Dawkins 

album artwork by 

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Hopestreet Recordings is an artist-run record label based in Brunswick since 2009. From the humblest of DIY beginnings, this community of musicians, producers and writers has carved out a global niche for their old-school inspired crusty analogue creations. Hopestreet represents the diversity, quality of musicianship and originality of Melbourne’s inner Northern music community, and keeps developing their distinct sound, production approach year to year, and audiences all over are responding.

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