Last month, Maxx Effe, an Italian based DJ and producer dropped his latest release; ‘I believe in you’ an original mix.  You might not come across his name often, but he is currently the resident DJ at the CUE in Porto Cervo in Bologna. At the end of the 2000 he began to be part of the Omnia Tria Group (dance 90) collaborating in musical productions with Manuel Fast Fader and Michele Effe (Gold Lounge Record). He also collaborated with Italian artists in music production and has been performing in clubs in Italy since. Effe is not influenced by a main artist, he is just focused on the house music genre and deep house. 

The single has capturing electropop sounds, layers of synths and seductive beat drops, fit for the lovers of the classic house music beats. A variation of groovy sounds that’s impossible not to dance to, a male vocal line with a sweet and soft vibe and a breath-taking saxophone solo that is introduced in the other half of the song. The lyrics are sad, they’re about how his lover left him when he believed in her, he talks about the love and connection they shared and how he now needs to face the truth that she’s gone. 

The song is deep and layered, the more you listen the more you unlock the sounds and dive deeper in its layers. The perfect song to listen to on the beach while enjoying the summer breeze.

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Have you ever felt that you are at the wrong time or place and need to get out? So stressed that everything is weighing on your brain?

This is a powerful and relatable song for anyone who feels drained or misunderstood while pursuing a dream. 

Chase Bennett’s new song “Toxic” describes the feeling of being in any type of unhealthy environment and harmful situations that anyone can come across.

The song was initially written by Chase from his bedroom at an all-time low. He then took the version from home, sent it to a friend and had it mixed and mastered in a studio.

“I just want my music to help someone how it has helped me.” –Chase says. 

“I am influenced by daily activities and things that happen in my life. So I try to write about what I feel connected to.”

Bennett wrote the song at an all-time low. So it comes as no surprise as to why the lyrics are significant, honest, punchy, and inspiring. He has found a way to use his creativity and musical skills to describe the mental, emotional, and psychological phases of feeling drained out.

The song’s intro starts with a fade-in electric guitar solo that grabs you to the song’s mood right away.

The rhythm is solid and catchy, and the firm beat accompanies the song’s emotions. 

Finally, the song’s outro comes in with a concise electric guitar solo with rough rhythmic chords at the back.

In short, the song expresses the state of a creative artist when he goes out of his comfort zone. Or, in other words, when Chase Bennet, a tremendously skilful rapper, creates a hit!

Edited by: Mercedes Thomas

“see thru” is the new earworm to conquer the Pop/ Rap scene. This song has the easiest-going melody.

First, one thing stands out among everything else: Evans’s singing power is undiscussable dope. 

There’s no labelling when it comes to the melody of the track itself. Evans’ own style is a blend of multiple genres. In this case, “see thru” combines Pop-Punk patterns.

The lyrics describe the attitude of being in a relationship where someone can’t hide their emotions, things keep coming back and forth, and everything is blurred and unclear, but you instead keep it that way.

The song has already over 18K streams, a “humble” number for now compared to previous releases by Evans like “Kauai” (+182K streams), “Yes You Do” (+104K streams) and “Won’t” (+85K).

Evans is a solo vocalist who committed to a career in music around 2015/2016 when he was performing locally around his hometown. He quit the military to pursue music, running out of money in Los Angeles and accidentally settling in Toronto to produce creative work.

He has appeared on TV on CTV Atlantic, Nova Scotia and performed at the East Coast Music Awards (ECMA’s) in 2016.

All in all, counting the facts mentioned above, we know that Evans is one to watch as he rises to the top, and eventually, we look forward to seeing him become a viral hit.

Edited by: Mercedes Thomas

“I’ve Been Thinking” is your new crush. The song tells the tale of someone who can’t stop thinking about their own crush. 

Beyond that, the beats of this song will leave you infatuated with the unique mix of futuristic vibrant synths and pitched vocals sounds, and old school foundations of 80s Funk.

The track comes with boom-bap sampled beats over the smoothly energised melody while keeping the essence of her signature hip hop instrumentals.

Sadiva has over 12K monthly listeners on Spotify. Whatsmore, her previously released work is a success story after another, songs like Love Jones (+1M streams), Drop ‘95 (+980K), Starlight (+568K) and Criminal Mind (+86K) are just some samples on top of the list.

Edited by: Mercedes Thomas

Ritual contains the secret recipe of manifesting your inner boss. It’s an upbeat song with an attitude that claims authority through both the lyrics and beat.

“In this song, I talk about claiming authority, wealth, and success in first person as if its already mine, which is exactly what we should all be doing: speaking things into existence, and training our minds to subconsciously practice these things”. –Tana.

Originally half Italian, half Nigerian, Tana is an emerging Pop/R&B artist from London. Tana is an artist and songwriter with a unique flair for lyrics and melody. 

She has recently signed her song ‘Savage’ to Sony US and Babygrande records. Her work has been championed by Sean Kingston on Instagram, played on BBC introducing, and featured in numerous publications and writing for artists such as ‘Jike Junyi’.

Ritual’s lyrics were thought-provoking metaphors of greatness. Her vocal energy is edgy and modern. The melodies accompanying it are rich, creative, and engaging. Plus, the cherry on top is how the digital effects strike and really enhance the song.

In conclusion, Tana’s music is unapologeticcally liberating, and she places diversity at heart. Talking about wanting all the finer things in life and manifesting it through what sounds like a ’mantra’, wanting it all never sounded so good.

Edited by: Mercedes Thomas

Made with original, profound, and brave words, Satchit raises a delicate topic in his new song, “Lilac Screen”.

“Lilac Screen is a track about the abuses of media freedom worldwide and the blend of truth and falsehoods that we consume daily.” –Satchit.

The track addresses a particularly relevant topic at the moment, on how the news affects us as though the more we hear, the less we do to combat it, working well as a bridge between a calmer power and what the world is experiencing.

The song begins with an impactful quote from prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney: “Abuses of media freedom worldwide are stifling speech and shredding the very fabric of democracy.”

The chorus bounces with percussion and a distorted bassline. The song’s beginning highlights the melodic vocal line with a lone guitar and espouses the main message behind the music. 

The South London-based artist challenges the boundaries of alternative R&B with his music, creating work similar to Brent Faiyaz and Blood Orange and melodies influenced by Frank Ocean.

The vocals are soulful and heartfelt. The acoustics transmit relaxed energy throughout the verses that float over clean guitars, multitudes of percussion and distorted synths. 

An eclectic song for a wide variety of music tastes. Satchit has proven to know how to translate messages into creative pieces of art and deliver them across with a bold, solid foundation.

Edited by: Mercedes Thomas

Seeking spiritual music that makes your soul fly high? Want to listen to the sound of paradise?

The musicologist, cantor, and composer Gerasimos has released his first personal online album entitled “Byzantine Hymns as chanted in the mid-18th century”. 

The album consists of seven tracks and flows from hymn to hymn in a very soulful soothing way. Alleluia is my personal favourite. The melody and vocals take you on a 9-minute trip to heaven.

Byzantine Hymns’ recordings are the product of an in-depth study of a musical codex dating from 1750 to 1760, around the mid 18th century.

The artistic reconstruction of the seven hymns has been recorded in five-line Parts notation in the manuscript Sinai 1477, probably based on chanting by an Athonite monk.

Overall, the whole album is the right choice for those seeking calmness and serenity for soul and mind.

As a living art that has existed for more than 2000 years, the Byzantine chant is a significant cultural tradition and comprehensive music system.

Forming part of the typical musical traditions that developed in the Byzantine Empire. Highlighting and musically enhancing the liturgical texts of the Greek Orthodox Church, it is inextricably linked with spiritual life and religious worship.

Edited by: Mercedes Thomas

The Success milestones for artists in the time of social media platforms are measured differently, it takes a long time and effort to build a strong fan base but let’s just say Phillip Good is an exception to that. The artist only started singing and releasing his music last year and he’s already on the right track and knows what he’s doing; with over 44K followers on Instagram and more than half a million followers on TikTok and five million likes. He even has Merch with his name being sold on his website and selling out like crazy. 

Phillip’s recent song “ready to go” has over a thousand dancing and lip-synching videos on TikTok and with streams over 25K. you’d think such a hit song would take months to write but ironically, he wrote it on a plane, TUPAC gave him the inspiration on this song, and he wanted to convert it to country/pop song. One of his biggest supporters and one of the reasons behind his success (besides his music) is his daughter! She joins him in a lot of his videos, and they even sing duets together. She has an angelic voice, and his fans are in awe of her. Good’s influence comes from Justin Timberlake and Morgan Wallen. He recorded this single in Top flight Studios in Tampa. The song is fun and catchy, hard not to dance to. It has some rap style to it with some pop chilled chords and simple beat and loop choices. The song is about someone you’re recently dating and interested in and think they’re the one which what caught a lot of his fans’ attention in wishing someone can sing this song to them. Talk about raising the bar so high! Men out there, good luck beating that. 

After moving from Barcelona to France, Coloma Bertran, an accomplished classical violinist, and composer fell in love with Jazz, different fusions, and cultures, and that’s how “Principis” was born. Born and raised in Barcelona, Coloma pursued music and trained classical and contemporary violin at the ESMUC (Escuela superior de Música de Cataluña). Later she decided to expand her studies and traveled to Dammarie Les Lys in France where she fell in love with Jazz and improvisations. She created her first composition under the prestigious French Violinist Didier Lockwood, she even had some of her works and compositions published in the “collection of scores of the Rural Course”. She shared the stage with reputable musicians and artists like Xazzar, Elena Gadel and other, as she is also a member of several music groups and orchestras. 

“Principis” is her second album released, where she produced it, composed it, and played the violin, Quim Abramo Soldevila on electric guitar, Franco Molinari on double bass and Joan Carles Aguerri on Drums. It was recorded by Jaume Figueres at Estudis Ground, mixed by Panxii Badii and mastered by Víctor García at Ultramarinos Mastering and management by Julia Pérez Luque & Coloma Bertran. The Quartet of professional musicians put together a remarkable collection of ten songs that are rich in culture, musicality, skills, technique, and richness. It takes you on a musical journey throughout the different eras of music. A hint of the classical era in its cheerful and calculated timings moving to the romantic era with its fluidity and rich chords. Not living the different fusions and cultures between Latin music and its different styles, the European dances and their origins while keeping the elements of jazz music and some blues mood. “Bendadanti”, the fourth track in the album gave a feel of the Latin salsa beat, as if you could dance to it in the streets of Brazil, while “Principis” you can picture the American folk dance, “Martina” was more blues mood, subtle, calm, and simply complex. “Poeta de l’asfalt”, I could hear interpolated within the song the famous motif from “Llorando Se Fue” as a shadow coming in and out. “My favorite things” is the only adaptation of the original song from The Sound of Music.

It’s a fun, cheerful and chill album that is very rich in music, culture, and information. Coloma is evidently a very skilled violinist, and her technique shows throughout the album. Everything is carefully thought of from the art, photography and design which were by Cris Romagosa, to makeup and hairstyling by Mechi Velasques.