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Temple Haze x narou – If I Could Be Yours (Premiere)

If I Could Be Yours‘ is a ballad, conceptualised as an equivocal and psychedelic narrative into the different ways love can be perceived. The song is a tribute to the idea of love; how we can see and feel love as this transformative entity.
‘With this track I felt a calling to channel my mothers energy into the songs essence, as she inspired me to be authentic to myself ‘, Temple Haze says.
Temple started his journey into music on the road, hitchhiking through America and Europe, working on organic farms, living an off-the-grid lifestyle, busking on the streets and finding his way as a vagabond. After nearly 4 years on the road He moved to Berlin to settle into the vibrant artistic community. Since then the Washington, DC native has been making waves in Berlin’s underground music scene. He is best known for his collaborations as a singer and co-composer of Bakery, featured vocalist with Sam Shure, and currently in collaboration with the producer narou. Temple’s live repertoire includes solo acoustic shows, full band shows, downbeat ableton live sets, mystical DJ sets, and ambient soundscapes. All in all, Temple has played at over 200 shows around the world, as support act for Crystal Fighters (with Bakery) and Rising Appalachia (Solo). He released his debut solo EP “Anotherside” on February 2018. His musical journey now starting with ‘If I Could Be Yours’ is much influenced by the vibe of James Blake, the honest and raw songwritings by Frank Ocean, Jordan Rakei, Moses Sumney and Daniel Caesar.
‘If I Could Be Yours’ is based in Gospel. Influenced and motivated by his mother who’s a gospel and choir singer, Temple Haze is named with artists like Daniel Caesar, Moses Sumney, Frank Ocean, Jordan Rakei, Sampha. The production by the Berlin based producer narou who is well known for the production of James Hersey since 2014, reminds a lot of Nick Hakim.
This masterpiece is only the 1st Single of their team up – 3 more tracks will follow this year and 2019. With thanks to our distributor we managed to set up a pre save link so you’ll be always informed about the release and touring schedule of this project. Follow these two talented artists on their musical journey.

PRE SAVE LINK on Spotify

We are very proud to get to work with such inspiring and vibrant musicians – only two weeks from now narou is gonna release another Single and the video of ‘If I Could Be Yours’ is just in the super final production and ready to go live very soon….

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Temple Haze ::: Facebook ::: Spotify
narou ::: Facebook ::: Spotify ::: Soundcloud

FYE & FENNEK – Dark Lights

Running to the dark like I’m a light I need the contrast to be satisfied-wipe out-

wanna touch the air with my tongue

See I’m wasting away tasting to fail

Mind like a landscape easy to read but I got enough to keep me

Hiding away, hiding away, hiding away

After the release of their singles, ‘Places,’ ‘Miles Davis’ and ‘Clouds,’ FYE & FENNEK now release ‘Dark Lights’– another electronic-pop track with the essence of summer in Berlin from their debut album Separate Together.

Sings front woman FYE before breaking into chorus. The sound of ‘Dark Lights’ is reminiscent of Berlin summer nights, chasing youth and a sense of freedom, feeling eager to exchange innocence for excitement. It releases alongside their debut album, ‘Separate Together.’ Their first release, ‘Places,’ accumulated nearly 400k plays on Spotify in less than a month after release and landed several New Music Fridays across Europe along with Indie Radar in Germany. ‘Clouds’ reached #1 in Hypemachine relevancy only two weeks after release. Their European album release caught them attention from Italian Billboard magazine who offered raving reviews of the album and a week of social media support. The Berlin based duo will venture off next as support for the LUI HILL European tour in October.

FYE & FENNEK on Spotify ::: Facebook ::: Instagram ::: Youtube

FYE & FENNEK live (Supporting LUI HILL)
02.10.18 | Berlin | Musik & Frieden
03.10.18 | Copenhagen | Hotel Cecil
04.10.18 | Hamburg | Häkken
07.10.18 | London | Thousand Islands
12.10.18 | München | Ampere
14.10.18 | Stuttgart | Cafe Galao
15.10.18 | Zürich | Eldorado
16.10.18 | Nürnberg | Club Stereo
17.10.18 | Köln | MTC
19.10.18 | Darmstadt | Staatstheater
20.10.18 | Wien | Chelsea
21.10.18 | Dresden | Groove Station

Vulfpeck – Back Pocket (Cupidon Edit) 

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Cupidon did another magnifique edit of Vulpeck’s ‘Back Pocket’ from 2015. And yes – they just polished it up to bring it on the dancefloor. A bit more tempo and future beats but still keepin the soul in it. I like mucho :) Especially today when most releases only conform to any streaming corsetts and attest the overall cultural oatmeal I am bored to death by now. This one is different and an instant refresher to your senses. Shoyu and Golow, the handsome guys behind the Duo ‘Cupidon’, don’t just hack some beats into their laptops and you can feel by the intuitive flow of their tracks that these guys play actual music on their turntables for actual real people in real clubs on weekends. Like their very first official release ‘Be the One’ that climbed up Spotify USA’s & Canada’s Viral Chart as a total newcomer in 2017 this Edit is for the Kaytranada lovers out there. It reminds me of some sweet summer dj sessions I had with our mutual friend Marki and envision him banging his head while me shaking the hips. Add it to your warm up DJ Set or your ‘dancing in the kitchen’ playlist – it’s tested succesfully everyone will start dancing by this one ;)

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Reece Lemonius x Sonnengruss – Love Me (Dance Version)

Sonnengruss is back! Well, he was never gone just busy playing live gigs all over Europe with big names like Alan Walker, Robin Schulz, Felix Jaehn, Fritz Kalkbrenner… (you want me to continue? ;)) As Dj & Sound Designer he knows how to combine powerful Dance Grooves with grande vocals (often supported by live acts on stage) and his trademark – catchy guitar licks that go straight to your feet. On countless festivals like the Loveweek in Croatia where he’s been a resident over the last four years, he demonstrates his successful style time & again.

And as simple as his formula might sound – making people happy and giving thousands of party animals an unforgettable time filled with love, joy and sweat – he’s one of the most honest and down to earth guys we’ve met over the last couple of years. This pays off not just in real life, I haven’t even started to tell you his success story in the digital matrix:

Sonnengruss went to Hypem Nr.1 twice in 2016 & 17 and Universal signed his first official release Day & Night right away. He is monitored as the one German dance act that still hasn’t reached mainstream, although Remixes of his tracks got played in public TV and have and had been placed in several Spotify dance playlists on peak positions. Just his latest official Release, a modern interpretation of the 80ies classic ‘Talking In Your Sleep‘ with the German youngster Richard Istel gained over one million plays on Spotify within a few months. despite having any promotion.

And now this Banger! SG delivered the one remix we were hoping for and turned ‘Love Me’ by Reece Lemonius into a track very reminiscent of Dennis Lloyds “Nevermind” or Matt Simons “Catch & Release”. Reece’s tribute to his broken love got turned into a vibey, vivid, soulful dance track whose guitar will be stuck in your head for ages.

This original track by Reece is just way too powerful and another remix of “Love Me” is just going super sayan or viral while garnering over 9 Mio YouTube plays in 3 weeks, and the story is a remarkable.

And who’s Reece anyway with this breathtaking voice, charismatic lyrics and flawless songwriting you’re aksing? Yes – that’s worth  at least another post (on Monday) and definitely only the first chapter of the next big (love) story we’re about to share with you…

Sonnengruss on Spotify ::: Instagram

Reece Lemonius social

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