Best New Music Of 2016

Playlist RKC No. 54

Tom Mitchell

Any artist is welcome to send us ONE track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Thursday morning - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track*. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 29th August 2016: from mid-day on Friday you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch208

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Final Exit

I heard Emma's wonderful song and was immediately inspired to do an arrangement. Thank you Emma for working with me. I had a lot of fun!!!! 

https://soundcloud.com/emma-shanley

I'd Walk (Emma Shanley cover) Featuring: Emma Shanley

"When You" - Lisa Banton 
Produced by Mal T
Second single from Lisa Banton's debut EP "Lost And Found" Now available!

Watch Lyric Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNZjevXfgYM

Buy it on itunes Today: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/when-you/id985171190?i=985171196
Find and follow me:
www.lisabanton.com
Twitter -twitter.com/MzMusic
IG - @lisabantonmusic
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Bandcamp - www.Lisabanton.bandcamp.com - Purchase here as well.

When You - Lisa Banton

IWITW

A scot walks in the sunshine with his crook handled walking stick.  He is once again drawn to the blue islands that he loves.  He sings of the joys of his journey as he makes his way on the ROAD TO THE ISLES.
An ancient Scottish celebration of a path through the heather.

ROAD TO THE ISLES

Out 08/04/2016 via Scruff of the Neck Records (c)

Kill It

Take Your Place - Rahzil Blackwell

SOS (Overboard)

Download on iTunes

From the debut album, Nothing More To Say, available now. Order at shop.daptonerecords.com

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The Frightnrs escort Daptone into the world of long-playing reggae with both the sweetest and the roughest record of the decade.

Crafted under the meticulous eye of black-belt reggae mastermind/producer Victor Axelrod (AKA Ticklah), Nothing More to Say is a rocksteady masterpiece the likes of which has not reared it's head since the golden era of Studio One. However, you'll find no imitation here - none of the faux-jamaican cliches of lesser reggae bands. Like all things Daptone, this record is above all soulful and honest.

The Frightnrs - Dispute

We're writing, recording, and releasing a new song every month in 2016. This is July's song. 

Released 27th July 2016. 

I've got something that's so good 
Everybody wants a taste 
Fruitfly around my head 
I just let it go to waste 
Any time I try to leave 
They say give it one more day 
Outside is dangerous 
With us you're safe 

Be yourself by yourself 
Be yourself by yourself 

I'm in a place called home 
But it's just the place I stay 
Everybody's buying in 
Every station sounds the same 
Now they've got me on some drug 
Sugar running round my veins 
Load up on cherryade and 
Tooth decay 

Be yourself by yourself 
Be yourself by yourself 

It's feeding time, family 
Cyanide and saccharine 
Bitter, happy poisoning 
They're calling all your children in 

There's a dream I half remembered 
Before the channel changed 
Those colours were so bright 
Couldn't tear my eyes away 
There's a wire it goes right through me 
Sometimes it turns to pain 
Keep working, oh keep breathing 
Forget your name 

Be yourself by yourself 
Be yourself by yourself 

It's feeding time, family 
Cyanide and saccharine 
Bitter, happy poisoning 
Calling all your children in 

It's feeding time, family 
Cyanide and saccharine 
Bitter, happy poisoning 
Calling all your children in

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Music by Heavy Heart 
Producer - Patrick Fitzroy 
Studio Engineer - Josh Alberts 
Assistant Engineer - Henry Cornish

© 2016 Heavy Heart

Fruitfly

Written, produced & mastered by The Slow Revolt • 

Chosen by BBC Radio 6 Music's Tom Robinson as his 6music Recommends track of the week, with support from Tom Robinson​, Lauren Laverne​,  Steve Lamacq​,  Shaun W Keaveny​ , Mark Radcliffe​ & Stuart Maconie,​ & Mary Anne Hobbs.

Song Of The Day - @bestfitmusic - http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/song-of-the-day/the-slow-revolt-lean

'The Slow Revolt, has been previously hailed for his flawless contrasting of genres. His newest track “Lean” is another plunge pool into the enchanting sound of beautiful tranquility and lovely layers.

The consistent guitar melody opens the track into a misty landscape of morning dew and seaside freshness, complete with subtle bursts of distorted guitars and a building tension of unpredictable electronica percussion. Mirza’s enchanting vocals bounce beautifully across the layered melodies, building in each bar to a pinnacle of bubbling sounds, changing the scenery from an empty landscape to a busy crossroads of texturised sounds.

Whilst maintaining his soft vocals throughout, the instrumentals in “Lean” carry the textured tension, blending beautifully into a melodic chaos that seems both unnerving and utterly soothing at the same time.'

'Lean' is the first in a series of tracks; experiments, curiosities & versions, culled from ongoing writing sessions.

Sketches

Lean

CAMP STAG are proud to present their third extended player, 'Science Fiction' — released 19/08/2016.

Recorded at the Pig Pen, Stoke-on-Trent, February–June 2016 by CAMP STAG with assistance from Alex Shenton. Mixed by CAMP STAG with assistance from Thomas J. Bath. Mastered by Thomas J. Bath at UTC Studio, Stoke-on-Trent. Artwork by CAMP STAG, original photograph found by Ruth Wallbank.

Victoria

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Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/69h4JYO8NDTUoVlf66Bx3U
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/rust-single/id1134979112


Rust

Ellipsis

Keep Moving

I wrote this song for YOU. 

Download "YOU." on itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/you.-single/id1143843171

or stream on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1hFF1NVdiNE1fy7iclNZSZ

Produced/Mixed by Roark Bailey.
Mandolin by Tyler Martelli.
Song Art by Infinity Life

you.

YOU.

Written.Performed.Recorded.Mixed.Artwork By @SQUiRE
Produced By https://soundcloud.com/ace-ha 

We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey!
We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey!

I woke up in the morning and my car got towed
Cost more to fix the bitch than I owed
But I can save my life with a couple of shows
I swear I'm all in. Blood, sweat & my soul
Which way to I go? when my heart says "Yes"
But my life says "No". Man I'm so damn stressed
Stick to the right road. Pray I don't go left
Baby mama always beefin' she don't take no rest
"But we gonn be okay"

We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey!
We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey

I'm looking in the mirror, seeing it more clearer
Ever talk to God & feel like he don't hear ya?
Well maybe you should make yourself worthy of what you ask for
And stay humble. Stay focused on your task more
Instead of praying and begging God for help
You should probably pray for strength so you can help yourself
Cause you're a champ. Even if you never felt the belt
All you really gotta do is believe in yourself
"So believe in the sun and it'll shine.
Believe you're the one and it will be your time.
Believe with your heart and soul and mind
And always keep your dreams and your goals in mind"
"So believe in the sun and it'll shine.
Believe you're the one and it will be your time.
Believe with your heart and soul and mind
And always keep your dreams and your goals in mind
& We gonn be okay!"

We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey
We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey!

All you gotta do is stay down and stay real
What we going through now is a test of our will
So either we won't or either we will
But there's a beautiful view right at the top of the hill
No fears, never fronted. I'm keeping it 100
I know this is a test to see how bad I really want it
So I won't fold up, put it all on my shoulder
and continue to go up, on a roll like a boulder
Feeling stronger and wiser but younger
everyday that I get older
Following this passion and this gold in my soul cause
I know, thought it rains & things only get wetter
It gets worse right before it seems to get better
In two years I'm way closer to my dreams
My daughter is two now so you know what that means
I stepped up when alot of people would have stepped down
Now I'm looking in the sky and I'm seeing less clouds cause I know..

We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey
We gonn see better days
WE GONN SEE BETTER DAYS
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your future
I can see it in your face heeeey




iTunes

Better Days (Prod. By Ace Ha)

Final Exit by Tom Mitchell.

www.mitchellmusic.co.uk

Twitter: @therealtommitch

TOM MITCHELL - Final Exit

New single by Kid Kin, will be released 3rd October 2016 at www.kidkinmusic.com and iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, etc.

'Masterclash' has taken 18 months to finally finish recording, and had over 50 different instruments in the final mix. Definitely Kid Kin's most ambitious work to date.

Masterclash

Hi dear listener.
This tune is about mind-travelling and descripe the possibility to understand eachother more and more.
We would surely get a better coexistence, if we would concern more about that parameter.
We are able to do a mind-travel by using empathy and imagination combined with a sweet potion of patience!
i bet most of the conflicts between eachother and also the bigger cultural ones are caused by a limited mind, which is not able to travel...

Thank you all for the listen and the support!
Stephan [VALVE]
-Music Is The Valve Of Our Visions-

Mind Traveller

Different!

Wish Away

If I'd Spoken

This is a recording I did in 2003 (back when I used to practice) A wonderful piece by Dušan Bogdanović, a fantastic Hungarian composer. The sound of the guitar is achieved by a bit of "preparation" in which bits of paper and paper clip are used to emulate the sound of a Kora (traditional African harp-like instrument) This piece includes some really interesting polyrhythmic sections. Certainly fun and challenging to play.

TOM MITCHELL - Final Exit

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