Rodney Cromwell
The Winter Palace Happy Robots Records Synthpop and style go hand in hand with the ever-increasing scope of London’s Rodney Cromwell. Having seen big successes with his fan-favourite The Winter Palace, Cromwell has done what the prescription required and produced a new EP of remixes for the musicologists among us. The record contains three versions of the classic number plus an original, named Rod, Jane, and Freddy. Some of us may remember this famous trio from children’s TV and the Rainbow puppet show. Alongside the radio mix that gets our feature, listeners can also indulge in Gemma Cullingford’s (Sink Ya Teeth) take and then take a dose of Infra Violet’s rendition. An expansive array of tones opens in a harmonious curtain of delicious sound. Spongy and luminescent synths then form melodic layers that fold and form aloft the ambient flow. A dream-pop style vocal then enters with an uplifting tune. A pattern of notes shifts and spirals with odd scale tunings as the lush atmospheric undertone continues to flush with vibrant sound. Quick drumbeats cause the music to float in lofty currents as the grounding voice keeps time with the rhythm of the heartbeat within. Find out more on the Rodney Cromwell website Get the music by Rodney Cromwell on Bandcamp You can follow Rodney Cromwell on Facebook and Instagram
RODNEY CROMWELL / ROMAN ANGELOS TOUR DATES
Thu, June 8 LONDON - Servant Jazz Quarters Fri., June 9 READING - Face Bar Sat, June 10 COVENTRY - Just Dropped In Sun, June 11 TORMODEN - The Golden Lion
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X Factor International Star Rachid Aseyakhe Shows Why Cat Stevens Took Notice With Where Is The Love17/5/2023
Rachid Aseyakhe
Where Is The Love? England Based in the midlands since 2016, Rachid Aseyakhe (As-E-Ak-He) is a very welcome migrant from the not-so-distant shores of Morocco. Brought up in a highly musical family, Rachid took to sound like a dove to the sky and quickly found his own roots in the field. In 2007 he ploughed his way to the latter stages of Morocco’s X Factor, only losing out to reasons of taste rather than skill. Having covered a famous song by Yusuf Cat Stevens, the icon of bearded acoustica himself had only good things to say about the rendition. Known for covering Arabic songs with a modern and fresh take, Rachid Aseyakhe demonstrates that he isn’t limited to one sound. Where Is The Love opens one more wing in the museum of music that Rachid Aseyakhe carefully curates. Soulful keyboards open as the song begins. Rachid Aseyakhe has a splendid voice, full of character of passionate technique. A delicate ballad ensues as the melody gracefully runs its fingers over the memories and images the song portrays. Minor chords flicker in the background as major keys elevate the positive elements that dance with the nostalgia. Sometimes life can be empty and the song seems to fill that blank space with something to make it more comfortable. As Where Is The Love progresses, the music swells with drums and guitar that spiral upwards in a motion of freedom and hope. Finishing on a melodic interlude, we’re treated to an otherworldly venture into blues, soul, and something else. You can follow Rachid Aseyakhe on Facebook and Instagram
The Flowers Of Hell
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft From Odes LP The world-famous musical genius Lou Reed publicly endorsed this album in 2012 when the original classic first made space for itself on the music shelves. Since then, The Flowers Of Hell have become a force of their own, liberating several mental landscapes via the medium of music through a continual writing and recording process with plenty of shows in the meantime. Now with a deluxe edition that can be purchased when in stock, this career making album and definitive addition for any Flowers Of Hell connoisseurs that are perhaps reading this very article, the music of the record gets another swing on the bat. Let’s get it out of the park. A covers album, the music reinvents several well-known and home-grown material in a new and memorable sound-good way. Sombre piano begins with a serenade sensation as the vocal begins. Deep sounds resonate with tone as other instruments quietly join in. A rush of cymbal brings the chorus, we know the song and the tune. Piano, violin, and other sounds form a smooth spread of delicious jam that gives us a flavour of the band’s genuine skill. Brass begins to take control with the next chapter of the music, as the intensity builds like an endorsement from Lou Reed, the band coalesce in an ever-moving water of harmonious pool for gazing in, perhaps without a care. Deluxe vinyl of Odes on Space Age Recordings Find music by The Flowers Of Hell on Bandcamp You can follow The Flowers Of Hell on Instagram and Twitter Find The Flowers Of Hell on eBay and support Sound Read Six with any purchase.
Natalie Gray
The Me I Pretend To Be Aztec Records For fans of 90s Madonna and The 1975, Natalie Gray has an established movement of fans that eagerly await new material. The Me I Pretend To Be is the latest output and after just a couple of weeks is gaining serious attention with listeners new and long-term. Known for up-beat synthpop that wanders over onto BBC radio, this latest number takes a polar opposite approach to the fizzy drink style of previous releases. The Me I Pretend To Be looks at the world through the lens of PTSD and hiking through the mental jungle looking for the temple of the old self. Spoiler alert, you are the temple. A cosy melody reminiscent of ice-cream chimes reels open as lush synthesiser fills the underneath with vibrant and warm tones. A guitar adds a funky chord rhythm as atmospheric melodics resound in poignant scales. Vocal unfolds like colourful fabric, silky and reflective, a sound of homely vulnerability forms a dreamy and girl-next-door sense of companionship. The music gracefully churns like a slow-moving river taking a long corner towards the sea. Ghostly sensations reverberate in drum-breaks and subtle harmonies within the foundation of music from which the song projects its drama. Find Natalie Gray on Bandcamp You can follow Natalie Gray on Instagram and Twitter
Roman Angelos
Swimming Through The Aisles (Scott Solter Teeming Mix) Happy Robots Records Taken from the album due out on Happy Robots Records later this month, the unorthodox producer of electronic music demonstrates the Teeming Mix of Swimming Through The Aisles. The record is named Supermarkets Underwater and directly follows from his previous Music For Underwater Supermarkets title, inspired by Brian Eno no-doubt. Roman Angelos has been praised for his brash and inventive manner of music making with accolades ranging from features in Electronic Music Magazine, The Haunted Generation, and Hi-Fi World, plus airplay from the BBC’s Cerys Matthews, Gideon Coe, and Stuart Maconie. A series of chimes open like pages flickering in a motion picture of sound. Keyboards join as the drums add a speckled layer of dappled percussion. Melody breezes through uplifting passages and cerebral motifs that smoothly slide from bar to bar. The rhythms revolve and adapt as the music shifts from tone to tone and portrays various aspects of the summer-time and ambient submarine environments that shimmer and fold in moving currents of swim. An exciting edge holds back as the motions of graceful swish and push keep the buoyant sounds aloft in the sinking physics of floatation. Find out more on the Roman Angelos website Follow Roman Angelos on Twitter and Instagram
RODNEY CROMWELL / ROMAN ANGELOS TOUR DATES
Thu, June 8 LONDON - Servant Jazz Quarters Fri., June 9 READING - Face Bar Sat, June 10 COVENTRY - Just Dropped In Sun, June 11 TORMODEN - The Golden Lion
Shade Aman
Fight London With a new remix from the talented Lloyd Brown for her figurehead track, Fight, Shade Aman is back with a new album. The second full release from the Motown star, Love In Motion is a captivating and enchanting demonstration of song and skill. Having worked as a backing singer for bands like Take That, Diana Ross, and Sting, and toured with the Motown group Mission Blue, Shade Aman’s solo work is a clear demonstration of why she gets these premier roles. It begins with a shuffle funk rhythm that sparkles with a flurry of bells. Shade Aman begins to sing as the guitar strums with an upbeat pattern. Melodic lines draw out with a warming glow and a dramatic story. Smooth and sultry vocals link with strings and chords that flow and channel the flow in neat packages of timing and feeling. A continual groove pulses through a choppy and adaptable story that soars in an open sky of song. You can follow Shade Aman on Facebook |
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