Off Són Boom's upcoming debut record, "Fuente", out on January 22nd!

Written, Recorded, and Performed by Són Boom. 

Recorded at Rose Studios
Mixed by Dylan Nowik
Masted by Danny Rose

A mini Tribe, 2014

Són Boom - "Boom Bharata"

Download Conifer for free/PWYW on Bandcamp: http://badbandit.bandcamp.com/album/conifer

Ghosts

Something Else (2015 Single*)

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Still Life

Limited 12": smarturl.it/MariaUsbeckVinyl
Spotify: smarturl.it/MariaUsbeckSpotify
Apple: smarturl.it/AmparoApple
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Maria Usbeck's solo debut, Amparo, is a collection of songs written and recorded across the span of three years in Ecuador, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Barcelona, Lisbon, Easter Island, Costa Rica, Florida, L.A. and her home in Brooklyn. Though the songs were composed electronically, Amparo called for an acoustic treatment, so Usbeck spent a winter in the studio recording the arrangements live with producer Caroline Polachek and mixer & engineer Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Fleshed out in full sonic color on the marimba, xylophone, quena flute, piano, and harp, the album stretched into something hi-fi and expressive, meditative but not meandering.

Amparo stems from Usbeck's desire to compose in Spanish, her native language. Growing up in Quito, Usbeck was immersed in salsa, merengue, bachata, and Andean music, but was more attracted to German and American culture than to her own, and moved to America by herself at 17. After five years of fronting new wave outfit Selebrities and writing songs in English, Usbeck experienced a delayed-onset homesickness and knew it was time to "let the mother tongue speak." The impulse manifested itself directly: Amparo takes its title from Usbeck's middle name and her mother's name, and translates roughly as "to guide, protect, and embrace." Usbeck wields her Spanish lyrics cleverly while folding in snippets of several other far-flung tongues: Rapa Nui from Easter Island, Quichua from Ecuador, Bribri from Costa Rica, and Catalan. Because these lyrics were composed while visiting the countries from which they originate, their usage is more impressionistic than literal, like a mockingbird imitating fragments of other bird calls. Similarly, Usbeck reinterprets the Ecuadorian music that she grew up with as a newcomer, returning home with fresh ears, and as such the sounds are very much her own.

The backbone of Amparo is percussion, vibrating throughout with timbales, tumbas, a talking drum, bongos, shakers, and an Indian flat drum, with the gaps filled in by her field recordings of birds, beaches, and jungles. The songs were written and recorded chronologically, with the exception of the closing track, a cover of Colourbox’s “Tarantula” reimagined in Usbeck’s Spanish translation. Amparo is a reflection of the textures of Usbeck's childhood. It is also a distinctly grown-up pop record – a travel diary, music made by a visiting outsider to tap into a shared core of human expression. Emotively, Usbeck is her most powerful on piano ballads "Uno De Tus Ojos" and "Jungla Inquieta," but is a magnetic narrator throughout, moving between whispers, chants, and lullabies. Amparo pulses with many stories in many voices, but they flow together seamlessly like water, leaving behind a wordless hum.

Amparo is released May 27 via Cascine in North America, Labrador in Euope and Rallye in Japan.
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Maria Usbeck - Ciudad Desnuda

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Dreamin' Of You (Isaac Delusion)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6evH1sEzHDzrddRLDXWQLo?si=nfuhtbgeQfq5knW_QRphpw

When I look at you, my heart opens
When I worship you, do you feel something?
Tell me how you feel when you know I'm watching
Tell me how does it feel to be so wanted

Do you like when I look at you?
Do you like when I look at you?

You are not a prize, in my eyes you're sacred
I give you all my praise with my eyes, take it
It's something that I do, you're a star, I'm gazing
It's just something that I feel, I cannot change it

Do you like when I look at you?
Do you like when I look at you?
Do you like when I look at you?
Do you like when I look at you?

Your beauty is astounding, I can fall in it forever
Your beauty is astounding, I can fall in it forever
Your beauty's never ending, I can get lost in it forever
Your beauty's never ending, I can get lost in it forever

Do you like when I look at you?
Do you like when I look at you?
Do you like when I look at you? (Worship you)
Do you like when I look at you?

When I Look at You

Here's a song called "Even". Available now everywhere.
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Just follow the link to hear it on your favorite platform.
Much love,
Xul Zolar

produced by Marvin Horsch 
mixed by Elias Förster 
mastered by Robin Schmidt 
Artwork by Pete Causemann 
Design by Eradj Yakubov

Xul Zolar - EVEN

Remix for Tropics "Home & Consonance" song.

Tropics - Home & Consonance (Sau Poler Remix)

Stream 'Hey Man' : https://naturetv.fanlink.to/heyman

Brighton dream-pop specialists Nature TV share new cut 'Hey Man' today with Nice Guys. Straddling a line between the hazy suburbia of Real Estate and the waterside stillness of Nick Drake, the band’s latest offering sees them hone in on their ‘indie-pop’ sound, masterfully crafting a crescendo of effortlessly silky guitars and tender, dreamy vocals to perfection.

With contemplative nostalgia and a emotive soundtrack of faded relationships, uncertainty and heartbreak taking centre stage throughout their music, the rising quartet are well-placed to capitalise on last year’s acclaimed ‘Lady Luck’ EP, having become a firm favourite amongst key industry gatekeepers (DIY, Dork, The Line Of Best Fit, Clash, Gigwise), earned support across the BBC Radio 1 airwaves (Huw Stephens) and opened for the likes of Swimming Tapes, PINS as well as touring with Trudy and the Romance.

Discussing the group’s upcoming single, frontman Guy Bangham stated: “Hey Man is a song about wanting to know that the direction you’re going in life is the right one for you. Sometimes it feels like there are many things and many people in life who could lead you astray or tell you that you shouldn’t be following your passion. So this track is basically me trying to shut out all the noises and negative  leeches out of my life and just keep on keeping on, even when it can be hard.

Xul Zolar - EVEN

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