Around The World with WEISS: Los Angeles, Ibiza, and Barbados

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Around The World with WEISS: Los Angeles, Ibiza, and Barbados

After emerging onto the scene in 2013, WEISS has ascended through the dance music ranks at an impressive rate, receiving support from a host of legends ranging from Armand van Helden, Eats Everything and Carl Cox to Elton John along the way. His 2018 hit single ‘Feel My Needs’ took the world by storm, reaching #1 in both the BBC Radio 1 Dance Chart and ARIA Club Chart (also being voted the #1 track for the year), and winning ‘Best Track’ at the DJ Mag ‘Best of British’ awards.

WEISS has circled the globe countless times to complete tours worldwide, in the latter part of 2019 he embarked on his biggest ever tours of North America and Oceania covering 30 dates across 7 weeks. It is this connection that brings WEISS and his experiences to CULTR. We present, WEISS’ Around The World.

Los Angeles

California

The mad thing is I wasn’t originally the biggest fan of LA but I’ve fallen in love with it more and more over the years. The restaurants are incredible and if you’re lucky & get an offer to party at someone’s house in the hills, then take it!! 

Ibiza

Spain

It’s always a No.1 go to place for me to party with my friends during the summer. Not only is the nightlife amazing but Old Town is a real mix of old & new with a chilled atmosphere and beautiful restaurants. 

Barbados

Carribbean

Barbados has a special place in my heart: I went there as a kid and love the beaches & crystal clear water. Waking up in the morning and finding yourself surrounded by red crabs and swiminning with the turtles is a memory I’ll never forget.

Exclusive: OTR Breaks Down Debut Album “Lost At Midnight” Track by Track

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Exclusive: OTR Breaks Down Debut Album “Lost At Midnight” Track by Track

OTR has just embarked on his most fulfilling venture in his young career thus far. With the release of his debut album “Lost At Midnight” via Astralwerks, it is exciting to see the artist’s vision finally coming to fruition. Featuring artists like Panama, Shallou, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Au/Ra, and more, the 12-track LP serves as a digital embodiment of the talent rooted in the 26-year old aerospace engineer-turned-producer.

The captivating project will throw you into a whirlwind of emotions as you are captured by the records alluring atmosphere. Offering enchanting soundscapes, melancholic chord progressions, and catchy toplines along the way, “Lost At Midnight” evidently reaches the peak of electro-pop. Pulling you by the heartstrings, OTR effortlessly transports the listener into a pit of vulnerability which is the very essence as to why the album is incredibly addictive to listen to in the first place. Finally showcasing his genius to the world, we can safely declare that this is OTR’s moment.

“Writing the album over the last two years was an incredible experience. Now that it’s out, I’m happy to see people empathize with the raw emotion I put into each track, signifying different points in my life.” – OTR

With all that being said, what better way to pinpoint the significance of this album than to hear it from the artist himself. Hear the story of how he put this all together in the track-by-track breakdown below.

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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” Breaks Record On Spotify

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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” Breaks Record On Spotify

Shawn Mendes and Cuban born Camila Cabello released their joint single, “Señorita,” last week via Island Records. The song achieved instantaneous success worldwide rocketing to #1 on Spotify’s Global chart as the biggest single-day debut of a male/female duet ever. The video garnered 50 million YouTube streams in the first 48 hours of release while trending #1 around the globe. Other notable chart #1s include Spotify US Chart, iTunes, Apple Music Pop and Apple Music’s Top Videos.

GRAMMY nominated Toronto born multi-platinum singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes released his highly anticipated self-titled third album in May 2018. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart as well as multiple additional worldwide markets, including Australia, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Holland & more and shot to #1 on iTunes in more than 80 countries immediately upon release. The album became one of the top best-selling album debuts of 2018 and made Shawn the third youngest solo artist to ever have three consecutive #1 albums.

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Multi Grammy nominated Cuban born singer/songwriter Camila Cabello (Epic Records / SYCO) released her debut solo album, CAMILA in January 2018 to rave reviews. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time as her single “Havana” Reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Camila the first solo artist in nearly 15 years to reach the #1 spot on the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Artist 100 charts in the same week. The RIAA platinum-certified album, CAMILA, launched its debut at #1 on 110 iTunes charts around the world, breaking the record for most #1 positions for a debut album in iTunes history. Camila also became the #1 artist on global Spotify.

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Ferry Corsten Releases The Latest UNITY Collaboration with BT on ‘1997’

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Ferry Corsten Releases The Latest UNITY Collaboration with BT on ‘1997’

Ferry Corsten is back with his latest ‘Unity’ collaboration, after releasing the last one with Ilan Bluestone back in December – Ferry has teamed up with BT for a special collaboration in ‘1997‘.

Ferry Corsten has been busy with solo music in the first half of 2019, releasing ‘Freefall‘ – which feels like a more commercially viable release. He also returned to his Gouryella alias with ‘Surga‘.

Ferry Corsten has brought in another big name into the Unity project, with the legend that is BT. After remixing BT’s track ‘Suddenly’ in 2010, the pair are familiar with each other’s prowess in the studio, and that united vision is showcased in abundance. The team-up sees both artists strengths utilised to their best potential to create a track that is greater than the sum of its parts. As it should, the production leans heavily on the killer uplifting melody – which is a prominent throughout the entire track. The mix of each artist’s styles is present and concludes in an epic collaboration.

Ferry launched the UNITY project in 2018 with his collaboration alongside Paul Oakenfold titled ‘A Slice Of Heaven’, and continued working with artists within the Trance community throughout the year, such as DIM3NSION, Jordan Suckley, Saad Ayub and Ilan Bluestone, and after the success of 2018 has more releases in store after making his first donation to project partner, VH1’s Save The Music Foundation, an organisation launched to reinstate music programs in public schools, which to date has raised over $53 million and helped over 2,100 public schools.

You can learn more about the Unity project with our Ferry Corsten Interview.

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Will Sparks Mixes Things Up With Touching Track ‘Next Generation’

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Will Sparks Mixes Things Up With Touching Track ‘Next Generation’

‘Next Generation’ is Will Sparks latest offering. After spending some studio time in Los Angeles seven years ago, Will had the idea and vocal from this release. Now, seven years later, Sparks’ downtime whilst isolating has allowed him to finally finish the production.

Being a dominant name in the dance world, Will Sparks has taken a different route this time. ‘Next Generation’ focuses on the melodies and vocals, whilst his usual releases are hard hitting club records. This curve-ball was also seen with his most recent release ‘Lies’ together with New World Sound.

With over 300 million streams to his name and an ever growing fan base, this release is sure to be a crowd pleaser. With no shows to play, Will has been hitting the studio hard, with something like 10 tracks finished already – we cannot wait to hear more after our first taste with ‘Next Generation’.

The music video features children from around the world holding up the lyrics. The idea behind the video comes from the children being our “next generation”. The result is a touching way to involve young fans as well as the children of older fans. With everyone isolating, this video is the perfect way to overcome that!

88Rising Heartthrob NIKI Drops ‘Switchblade’ Along With Magical Music Video

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88Rising Heartthrob NIKI Drops ‘Switchblade’ Along With Magical Music Video

Having stormed onto the scene in 2018 and has since supported Halsey, dropped debut EP ‘Zephyr’, and is set to perform at the 2020 edition of Coachella. The ‘lowkey’ Indonesian songstress NIKI returns today with a brand new single called ‘Switchblade’, a spacey rendition and her first release of the year is built around a landscape of mellow production, leaving her to standout.

Switchblade is different from the R&B infused sounds of ‘Say My Name’ and ‘Vintage’ while keeping her unique and soft voice at the front. She throws her foot firmly back in the world of pop, and yet she’s done it with the same style and undeniable skill. The song’s artwork shows her lying in a field of flowers under glowing light, and fits with the lyrics which plant her under the stars and looking far into the skies.

On the new song, NIKI explores beginning a new path and taking risks. While it appears to be about new adventures it could also be about staying in a relationship ready with her ‘Switchblade’, however, it represents the courage to be brave and in control of her own destiny and reminds us we can take on challenges without staying with what simply feels comfortable. Take a listen to the song below and take a peek at the music video where she pulls off a new blonde look in a galactic forest.

FINNEAS Releases Stunning Debut EP ‘Blood Harmony’

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FINNEAS Releases Stunning Debut EP ‘Blood Harmony’

FINNEAS has just come off a whirlwind global tour and just last week a live performance on SNL performing with his sister Billie Eilish whom he also co-writes and produces. Now FINNEAS’ is back but this time he’s solo having released his debut EP ‘Blood Harmony’.

The 7-track EP is a blend of fresh new sounds that step away from his comfort zone and take you further into the way he sees the world. New fan highlights appear through ‘I Don’t Miss You At All’ and ‘Die Alone’, which sit comfortably amongst already released ‘I Lost A Friend’, ‘Shelter’ and 2018’s ‘Let’s Fall in Love for the Night’.

‘Blood Harmony’ offers a wide array of emotions and moods but throughout we can pick up the new sound FINNEAS has developed. For those looking for a punch like his sister, these come with a much softer landing but without a doubt, the emotions cut just as deep.

If you’re interested to hear more about FINNEAS history, he discusses his previous musical projects, his time on Glee and making music with Billie in the early days, listen to his interview with Ross Golan on the acclaimed podcast ‘And The Writer Is‘ below.

Blood Harmony is out now, listen below on Spotify.

Benji Lewis Hits ‘Fast Forward’ On New Single

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Benji Lewis Hits ‘Fast Forward’ On New Single

Los Angeles based Benji Lewis is making the weekend shine with warm, nostalgic, summery sounds on a new R&B infused song ‘Fast Forward’. Having recently given us three widely successful stand-alone singles including Ride Is It Love & Away, this new one just adds fuel to the fire.

‘Fast Forward’ started near the end of 2018 in a writing session with LA producer Kid Froopy (Deadbeats, Moving Castle). A natural synergy formed and with that, the writing process was quite easy, organic and enjoyable – the tracks first lyric was even inspired by their conversations as we’re told.

“We started ‘Fast Forward’ towards the end of 2018 and finished it off in early 2019. We got to talking before that first session and he said something to me about looking more inward, in regard to himself and his life. Almost instantly the opposite play on words “Inwards, Outwards” came to me, and then the rest of the song came to me quite easily and effortlessly.” – Benji Lewis

‘Fast Forward’ comes with Benji’s first music video which was shot in Los Angeles over the Spring with local photographer/visual artist Chris Weigen. The video and song explore the transition from one state of mind to another and how we try to hit fast forward on those difficult moments.

“This song is about getting out of a certain state of mind. Not wanting to think about or look at a current situation, relationship or particular person right now. We are never really stuck, and my subconscious was telling me this while I wrote the song. I was feeling like some much-needed alone time and craving change. I was listening to a lot of H.E.R. and Sabrina Claudio at the time. I’ve always loved rnb music and that’s just what we ended up creating with this one. It feels sexy, natural and honest to me.” – Benji Lewis

Listen to Benji Lewis ‘Fast Forward’ Below:

Mallrat Releases Dreamy Indie-Pop Anthem “Charlie”

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Mallrat Releases Dreamy Indie-Pop Anthem “Charlie”

Australian artist Mallrat is truly a triple threat. She sings, writes, and produces her own songs. This gives her complete creative control over her music. Malltrat’s vision is showcased in her latest single, “Charlie,” a catchy indie-pop tune. Despite its airy, dream like quality, the track feels unbelievably grounded in reality. Starting off with a detuned piano, Mallrat embraces all the imperfections of life; many of the lyrics are ugly and imperfect, but real. “My mom she smells like cigarettes”…“I want coffee for breakfast” Mallrat sings.

Mallrat, who’s real name is Grace Shaw, started her musical career at a very young age. At just sixteen years old her entirely self-made tracks often reached the top of the Hype Machine charts. Since then, she’s grown steadily. Her unique sound has captured the ears of some of the most important curators in the industry, with Network calling her “the Hannah Montana of the rap game” and Google using her music in a commercial. Now, the young artist is sticking to her guts with her latest indie-pop single “Charlie.”

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Bonobo Delivers Dreamy New Single “Linked”

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Bonobo Delivers Dreamy New Single “Linked”

Simon Green, aka Bonobo returns with his second single for the year this week on “Linked” released via none other than the iconic Ninja Tune. It follows the releases of “Ibrik” in January, and release-less 2018.

“Linked” is tantalising sonic venture across euphoric dreamy sounds and echoey vocals which mesh into a danceable delicate gem. While we can only hope it’s part of a bigger body of work to come out in the near future, Bonobo is currently in the midst of a heavy schedule including many special outlier shows which seem him perform alongside the likes of Tokimonsta, DJ Harvey, Derrick Carter, Mall Grab and more which touches across hand selected venues.

Hear “Linked” and check out Bonobo’s upcoming tour dates below.  

July 06: Bonobo presents Outlier…The Green On The Lake, Chicago, USJuly 10: Outlier @ Dour Festival, Dour, BE 
July 13: Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, ES
July 18: Melt Festival, Leipzig, DE
July 21: Outlier @ OFFSonar, Barcelona, ES 
August 02: Bonobo presents Outlier…Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, Denver, US
August 03: Bonobo presents Outlier…Midway Street Party, San Francisco, US 
August 04: Shambhala Festival, British Columbia, CA
August 17: Bonobo presents Outlier…Brooklyn Mirage, New York, US
August 23: Ravine, Atlanta, US
August 24: Deep Tropics Festival, Nashville, US
October 05: Sonar, Mexico City, MX
October 19: Outlier @ ADE, Amsterdam, NL
November 08: Summit LA19, CA, US

Ta-Ku Returns With Matt Mcwaters on “White” + Announces Capsule via 8 2 3

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Ta-Ku Returns With Matt Mcwaters on “White” + Announces Capsule via 8 2 3

Australian chillwave icon Ta-ku is known for his delicate beats and stunning photography however he has been rather quiet on a music front in recent years. After gaining worldwide acclaim for his 2 part EP via Future Classic on the 2013 “Songs To Break Up To” and 2014’s “Songs To Make Up To” he’s since released only hand-full of releases, mostly with frequent collaborator Wafia. He’s certainly been busy though pursuing a variety of ventures such launching a creative agency PRETTY SOON and a fashion brand 8 2 3 through which he’s set to drop a capsule on July 7th called “Time Stands Still” which you can check out below.

In 2018 he re-issued his widely acclaimed 25 Nights For Nujabes” via Jakarta Records, but his only new release was a feature on “Interlude” a track on Wafia‘s EP “VIII”. Now however he’s back with “White” along with past collaborator Matt Mcwaters, originally released via Jakarta Records’ compilation “Seasons In Jakarta” it’s now been issued as a single giving it a wider attention.

Jakarta Records is a Berlin-based imprint which has released the likes of Mura Masa, Kaytranada, IAMNOBODI, Umse, Sango and more. If you want to hear more from the compilation check out the full tracklist below including music from Like, Otis Junior, Juju Rogers, Ivan Ave and many more delicate and euphoric mellow beats.

Listen To Ty Maetrix’s New Single ‘Coming Down’

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Listen To Ty Maetrix’s New Single ‘Coming Down’

We’re always tuned into to what’s on the rise and thankfully get to hear a lot of new music, this week we’re letting you know Germany’s got a new one to watch. The creative new talent goes by TY Maetrix and he has just dropped a brand new track called ‘Coming Down’ via Warner owned independent distributor Spinnup.

It’s his third officially released track since launching in February, but already he’s onto something that’s resonating. Showing promise that’s well beyond his years, the song features a smooth vocal and intricately layered production. “Coming Down” takes you on a ride, keeping you right on the edge incorporating dark bassy elements built around wavy bass synths.

Ty Maetrix has stunned us by his third production, we cannot wait to see what the future holds for the German talent!

JOY. Drops Star-Gazing Masterpiece: “Can’t Be You”

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JOY. Drops Star-Gazing Masterpiece: “Can’t Be You”

20-year-old Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, JOY, is once again turning heads with her latest single “Can’t Be You”.

 Since her debut single “Capture” landed #1 on iTunes electronic charts in mid-2015, she has upheld her rounds in the Pop industry and continues to make even bigger waves to this day. The mesmeric intro to her new release, “Can’t be you”, will have you captivated from the first guitar lick, as the track flows between tear-jerking Pop and soothing Ambience.

 The song’s celestial atmosphere supports JOY.’s angelic vocal lullabies, leaving you feeling as though you’re floating below the depths of a hollow sanctuary. “Can’t Be You” is sure to leave an imprint on the hearts of all listeners.

Jhené Aiko’s Back With Emotionally Charged Freestyle on ‘Triggered’

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Jhené Aiko’s Back With Emotionally Charged Freestyle on ‘Triggered’

The neo-soul meets R&B creative force Jhené Aiko is without a doubt one of our favourite modern artists. Her soothing voice delivered on top of precision crafted beats is better than payday itself. No matter how aggressive her intelligent lyrics might be, she exudes luscious textured sounds that send us into relaxation with style.

Having penned certified hits such as ‘Sativa’‘ and coming off the back of her acclaimed album “Trip” back in 2017. Now we’re hoping a new album is on the way, but while we wait for confirmation we are happy to receive the emotionally charged new single titled “Triggered”, one of her Freestyles.

On writing her most recent album Trip she was quoted as saying “ I put it all in the music. It’s a puzzle I want people to put together”. While with “Triggered” she’s made clear via a series of Tweets that it’s not a diss track of Big Sean, but we can read that it certainly appears it was about him.

It’s titled with “Freestyle” following on from another “Wasted Love” the first of her freestyle releases was back in 2013 on on her mini album “Sail Out” which featured collaborations with Vince Staples, Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar.

She’ set to support Erykah Badu in UK in June and “Triggered” is out now via Def Jam, Listen below on YouTube or Spotify or click here to find all other available stores: https://JheneAiko.lnk.to/Triggeredfreestyle

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