Elizabeth Joan Kelly is a New Orleans-based classical and ambient/industrial electronic music composer. She uses found sounds and MIDI to create lush soundscapes influenced by Zola Jesus, Nine Inch Nails, Portishead, Fever Ray, and The Knife. In this interview spotlight, I chat with Elizabeth Joan Kelly about her latest project, motivations, challenges and more. Full […]
Interview with Blossomer – Preacher Learner
After receiving critical acclaim for their debut single Foreign Nature, Sheffield’s Blossomer now return with the release of their enchanting new EP HLLW, out now via Instant Karma. Each track on this majestic EP twinkles with gentle, spheric electronic beats, whilst lead singer Alex Crabbe’s bewitching falsetto is able to soar effortlessly. Title track HLLW […]
ivoryHAUS Releases Lead Single Sweet Dreams, Album Coming Soon
Multi-faceted creator ivoryHAUS is preparing to release a self-titled album of engaging downtempo, ambient electronic tracks. The singles Sweet Dreams and Clouds are now available. An important side note, 25% of all profits from album sales will be donated to Save The Elephants. Starting off with a hypnotic tick-tocking, Sweet Dreams takes us on an […]
Mah-Ze-Tar Combines Electronic Production with Traditional Instruments, Listen to Liquid Lotus
Mah-Ze-Tar (Maz Karandish) is a true student and devotee of music. Allow me to share his impressive background before I touch on his newest piece of music, Liquid Lotus. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Maz has been studying music since a very young age with extensive periods of time learning various styles of within the […]
Interview with Yify – Waste
Yify (ee-fee) is an artist of cinematic alternative music. Her sound is a combination of classical composition roots and a songwriting style that cuts away at personal, often difficult, life experiences. Her music is lush, heartfelt, and sits somewhere between pop sensation SIA, to singer songwriter Sara Bareilles, to instrumental composer Max Richter. In this […]
LegoHeads Release Atmospheric, Engaging New Album The Space Between
Vancouver based one-man atmospheric pop band LegoHeads has released a new album packed full of well crafted, ambient, electro-infused pop jams titled The Space Between. While recovering from a virus that left him with temporary nerve damage in his hands and feet, Landon Trimble created LegoHeads. While unable to play instruments for the first time […]
Interview with MotherFunkShip – Mid Tenn Listens Podcast (video)
MotherFunkShip sounds like the love child of Umphreys McGee, TAUK, Papadosio, and a dash of the Beastie Boys. Aligning elements of funk, jazz, rock , jam-band and progressive metal, into what fans have dubbed “Groove-Fusion”, Central Arkansas based unit MotherFunkShip abducts their audience with intergalactic vibrations. MFS is known for their uncanny ability to captivate […]
Interview with Ascending Dawn – Cannonball
Ascending Dawn with their melodic prog-metal design, is a project with members from across the globe, fronted by Greek/Cypriot singer Marlain Angelides. Coalesce, Ascending Dawn’s first album – a collection of 9 tracks, was mixed and mastered by Jochem Jacobs (ex-Textures) at Split Second Sound. Jennifer Fletcher is featured on bass as a major contributor […]
Interview with The Purple Kite
The Purple Kite is the creative expression of David May. What originally was going to be an instrumental guitar project began to take shape in 2013. After ten Years of traveling as a Guitarist for bands in the Contemporary Christian Music Scene, David realized that the road he had travelled was not getting him to […]
Contemplations on Solitude and Strings – The Sound Designs of Samantha Bouquin
Samantha Bouquin is a lot more than your average song crafter. She designs sounds and then uses those sounds to create experimental, ambient, avant garde compositions that dig deep into the soul and cause one’s mind to ponder about the more abstract things in life. From a family of musicians and trained classically from an […]
