Oliver Bouchard

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NEW TRACK: Beautiful Machines - Free

Let yourself be carried away by the big sound of Beautiful Machines, a three-piece from San Francisco. Their new album “Bridges” is out now (Apple Music | Spotify). Watch Beautiful Machines perform “Free” live:

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SONG PICK: Highland Kites - This War Inside

“This War Inside” is a gripping song by the L.A. duo Highland Kites about escaping a struggle with yourself. There are darkness and war drums in this song, but singer and songwriter Marissa Lamar ends on a hopeful note: “I needed darkness to see the light / I will find

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.31

1. Stalgia 2. Ethan & The Reformation 3. Odina 4. inc. no world 5. Jenny Hval 6. Hildur 7. Linying

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NEW TRACK: Slow Shudder - Alkaline

London via Miami singer/producer Amanda Mayo goes by the name Slow Shudder. Her second single “Alkaline” is an almost quiet and dark pop song about a bad relationship. The record cover explains how Alkaline comes into play here.

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SONG PICK: Linying - Alpine

Our Song Pick of the Day is a song by Linying from Singapore: her latest track “Alpine” starts quiet, almost inaudible and then soars into big, chills-inducing ballad. Maybe she had a sunrise in the mountains in mind, when she chose the title. Linying is working on an EP “Paris

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NEW TRACK: Madison Monroe - Anymore

At first, “Anymore” seems like your typical break-up pop song, but then the beats take on a life of their own beneath the melody and add seriousness and menace. Nashville via New Orleans singer/songwriter Madison Monroe knows what she is doing and we are looking forward to hear more

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SONG PICK: Jenny Hval - Conceptual Romance

Norwegian artist Jenny Hval is usually not an easy listen and her high concept work tends to leave you intentionally baffled and confused. “Conceptual Romance” has a lot of that too, but it also adds some almost friendly and melodic elements, which makes this track easier to access and suited

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NEW TRACK: Ofelia K. - Killing Me

“It’s killing me, killing me” sings Ofelia K. in this upbeat and bouncy pop song. Not literally, of course, but sometimes emotions in a serious relationship can have a similar effect.

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SONG PICK: Odina - You Loved Me, You Killed Me

“You loved Me, You Killed Me” is a quiet and sad song about the end of a relationship. “I loved mysteries until you became one” she sings about the moment when one realizes that love comes to an end. The song builds up beautifully, from the sparse, intimate guitar melody

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RELEASED TODAY: Skott - Wolf

Listen to new Scandinavian Skott’s soaring second single “Wolf”, out today. “Wolf is about not giving up on what your heart truly desires”, Skott says and that is a good message to be reminded of.

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Q&A with Black Heart

Black Heart is the solo project of Austrian musician Corina Cinkl. She just has released her debut album “All Is Lost”, a beautiful, dark and melancholic album that evokes The Cure of the “Pornography” era. Listen to the single “Shadows” here: We are excited that Corina took the time to

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SONG PICK: Stalgia - In The Trees

Stalgia are Lauren Day and Brandon Leslie who make music together in L.A. “In The Trees” is a sensual track full of rich electronic textures and snappy beats (and some down-pitched vocals, which seem hard to avoid these days). I like it how the instrumentation subtly changes and of

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.30

1. GLASS PEAKS 2. Miynt 3. Cryptochrome 4. Izzy Flynn 5. Lavoy 6. Shallows 7. Onomoto

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SONG PICK: Onomoto - Down In The Dark

Onomoto is the musical project of multi-talented artist Kathryn Rollins from Perth, Australia. “Down In The Dark” is her promising debut single: a slow, intense track with cinematic touches. Kathryn plans to combine her music with visual elements, such as the slick and elegant website, which she designed and coded

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LATE NIGHT: Young Summer - Paused Parade

You hear people speaking in the background, when the sparse piano melody and Bobbi Allen’s vocals set in. It is music for a quiet moment of reflection, maybe the moment when you step out on a balcony and leave a party behind you. “Are You With Me?”, she sings

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NEW TRACK: Mount Zion - I | L | Y

If you’re looking for a lazy summer afternoon song, here is a good one: “I | L | Y” by the duo Mount Zion.

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SONG PICK: Izzy Flynn - Gracious

Here is a new one “Gracious” by Izzy Flynn, a London-based musician, who already got us with her song “Medicine” around two months ago. “Gracious” is a slow-burning track with lush electronic textures, which immediately draws you in. Izzy is currently busy touring together with the Abstract Orchestra, unfortunately so

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VIDEO: Electrogenic - In This Together (Apoptygma Berzerk cover)

Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian band who is around since the late 80s and I have to admit that I didn’t know them until a few days ago. But there are a lot of younger bands that feel being musically influenced by them so much that they decided to

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NEW TRACK: Charlotte Cardin - Dirty Dirty

Canadian singer Charlotte Cardin can go in many musical directions, but this is the one I like the most: tasteful electronics with soulful, intimate vocals like in her latest track “Dirty Dirty”.

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SONG PICK: MIYNT - After the Gold Rush

“Come on, open your eyes / It’s a beautiful life” sings MIYNT from Sweden, before the song with its distorted bass line and the weird turns out to be as unpredictable as life itself. In “After The Gold Rush” she is playing with themes from the 1970 Neil Young album

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NEW TRACK: Pusher - Tell You (ft. Hunnah)

The Toronto producer Pusher delivers a perfect summer hit: bright, upbeat and fun:

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VIDEO: Factory Floor - Ya

The videos of Factory Floor often contrast with their apocalyptic style of dance music: In “Ya” we see a young woman being busy with operating a non-functional machine in a bright room, which resembles a modular synthesizer (and is actually a piece of art by band member Nik Void). While

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.29

1. Men I Trust 2. Work Drugs 3. Black Heart 4. Deep Dark Blue 5. The Lulls 6. Dani 7. VanDeRocker

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NEW TRACK: Jazz Morley - Take Me Down

Jealousy can be a powerful, destructive force and British singer Jazz Morley tries to overcome it: “You’re Not gonna take me down” she sings in this elegantly restrained pop song.

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SONG PICK: VanDeRocker - Jupiter's Kiss

Our Song Pick of the day is an uncompromising, driving rock song, barely over 2:30 minutes long, that can get any party started. VanDeRocker is a five piece around singer around guitarist Adrienne VanDeRocker, who has been playing since she was 12 and checked off all the music hotspots