Born in Dublin, Ireland, Darragh J Brady – AKA Dar.Ra has been in the music industry for a while with hits in the UK and Australia, signed to EMI, Festival and various dance labels over the years, remixing Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Tears 4 Fears, Savage Garden, and writing for Rachel Brown (Faithless, Groove Armada) plus having music on various Hollywood films like ‘Snakes on Planes’ films starring Hilary Duff on ABC TV, Match Of Day (BBC TV) and US Documentary City Of Hope.
He grew up in Brighton and London and his first solo album Soul Hours was released in 2010 made album of the week of Spain’s Heart FM, as well as receiving support from BBC Radio, playing to over 1 million people on air within one live show.
Also an author, Dar.Ra has a book available called ‘Road Tales’ which has been getting brilliant reviews and is based on people Dar.Ra met while being the road from the late 1990’s to 2008.
LINKS:
https://facebook.com/Dar.Ra7
https://youtube.com/kushadeep7
https://twitter.com/kushadeepmusic
https://instagram.com/dar.ra.brady
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Jason Herring & The Mystery Plan – Electric Love
Jason Herring & The Mystery Plan released their new album ‘Queensland Ballroom’ on September 8 via Ten Millimeter Omega Recordings. With an infectious chilled atmosphere and dreamy female vocals, ‘Electric Love’ is the first single from this release. The accompanying video was directed by Jon Ecklund and Fiona Jones and produced by Dream Out Loud Media.
Based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, the band is comprised of Jason Herring, Otis Hughes, Jeff Chester, Amy Herring, Paul Jensen and Patty McLaughlin. This 11-track offering follows the band’s ‘Electric Love’ EP, released in June of this year.
Both of these releases involved production by legendary producer John Fryer, one of the most innovative sonic architects of our age. “John Fryer has practically soundtracked your entire life,” says Impose Magazine, with a musical imprint that is massive, having shaped the sound of nearly all early 4AD Records’ releases (Cocteau Twins, Lush, Kristin Hersh, Dead Can Dance), as well as bands from Nine Inch Nails and Love and Rockets to HIM and Depeche Mode. He is also one of just two artists behind This Mortal Coil, along with Ivo Watts-Russell, and the mastermind behind his latest project Black Needle Noise.
Jason Herring met Fryer while visiting Los Angeles, where his studio is currently based. After collaborating on the ‘Electric Love’ EP, they launched into the new ‘Queensland Ballroom’ LP, which sees the band take a turn from their trademark psychedelic folk sound to a more electronic downtempo groove.
After a hiatus of several years, bandmates Jason Herring (The Interstellars, Muchacho, Farfalla) and Paul Jensen (Fetchin’ Bones, the Interstellars) began writing songs again. Soon thereafter, the first album ‘The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be’ was released in 2010, followed by ‘Chateau Beaumont’ in 2012 and ‘Long Shadows’ in 2014.
“Our previous releases are a little melancholy, so Amy and I decided we should make this record a little more fun. A record outside of our norm” says, Jason Herring. “Electric Love was inspired by Amy and I feeling a bit randy in the studio – that’s fun, yeah?”
This whole experience ultimately led Jason Herring to collaborate further with John Fryer on music for a feature film and an HBO documentary. Fryer also appears briefly in the new video for ‘Electric Love’.
SOURCE: Official Bio
LINKS:
http://www.facebook.com/The-Mystery-Plan-1498248636862179
http://www.facebook.com/10mmomega
http://soundcloud.com/10mmomegarecordings
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUq0Xz_tBvIeOPc6oL59HA/videos
http://www.reverbnation.com/jasonherringthemysteryplan
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/jason-herring-and-the-mystery-plan/id366403103 -
Belau – Breath (ft. Sophie Lindinger)
The Hungarian chillwave duo ‘Belau’ after their critically acclaimed debut full-length now continues its journey towards the opportunity of finding the tranquility inside featuring the extraordinary and unbelievable melodies of Sophie Lindinger, the vocalist of Leyya (AT).
Belau are Péter Kedves, Krisztián Buzás.
THE SONG
Music: Péter Kedves
Vocals and lyrics: Sophie Lindinger
Mixing and mastering: Marci Kováts
Single artwork: Krisztián BuzásMUSIC VIDEO CAST
Producer – Balazs Veres – http://pillowproductions.com/
Producer – Zoltán Mártonffy – http://cinesuper.hu/
Director – Attila Damokos – http://attiladamokos.com/
DOP – Marcell Nagy – http://marcellnagy.com/
Editor – Zsófi Érdi
Colorist – Lacó Gaál
Production manager – Balázs Veres
Unit production manager – Ádám Kolos
1st AD – Zsolt Vereckei
Main character – Barabás Henriett – http://attractive.hu/
Stylist – Maria Glaser
Make / up – Aliz Varga
Hair – Csongor Bozó
Gaffer – Zsolt Móna – White Light Studio
Best boy – Bence Jálics
Electrician – Varga Gergely
1st AC – Ádám Barta
2nd AC – Krisztián Tajti
Camera – http://kraftbp.com, http://sparks.hu/
Set dresser – Alexandra Molnár
Set dresser ass – Kata Major
Props – http://www.propclub.hu/
P I L L O W P R O D U C T I O N S 2018.DIGITAL ACCESS / STREAMING
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2J4qThM
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2L9iryk
Deezer: https://bit.ly/2H6LNLfLYRICS
Let me feel who I am
to lose the fear of losing my head…
Need to know ’bout myself,
I’m someone I can’t describe yet…I can see what I want,
what i need to change to come along
and I know what you long
for in your life so let us dive.And I hold my breath
just to feel
what’s inside my body…I talk to myself
to tell me
that I’m free from all that…Why don’t i see the place
people being open-minded?
Want to lose my disgrace
just can’t keep our bodies blinded.We need to see what we want
what to change to move on!I hold my breath
I hold my breath, breath…BELAU 2018 © All rights reserved!
LINKS:
http://www.belaumusic.com
https://facebook.com/belaumusic
https://instagram.com/belau_music -
Distant Voices – Lights of The City
Distant Voices have released their new video for the track titled ‘Lights of The City’. Valdis Stekelis, aka Distant Voices, gives that folk-rock sound a fresh makeover with a styled hook and a vibrant sense of musical self with a song that builds to a beautiful build-up that mentors the music and surrounds the listener.
As of February 17, ‘Lights of The City’ is available everywhere digitally. The ‘Long Road to Home’ album will be released on March 26 and can already be pre-ordered from the artist via Bandcamp.
ABOUT DISTANT VOICES
Straddling several genres at the same time, Distant Voices has announced the forthcoming album ‘Long Road To Home’. Ahead of this, they are previewing the high-velocity rock n’ roll lead single ‘Lights of The City’ complete with a fast-moving video, created by Alit Gonzalez.
Based in London, Distant Voices is the solo project of Valdis Stekelis, who wrote and began writing these tracks in 2019, finally finishing a year later due to the delayed realities of the UK lockdown. The band name itself was chosen during that period to reflect these unusual times, where live music (as we have previously experienced it) is a scarce occurrence and where we consume music with a less personal connection to the people making it.
Like the tracks on the album as a whole, ‘Lights of the City’ was inspired by Stekelis’ travels around Europe, based on events from that extensive journey. This lead track reflects the beginning of this trip with all its excitement and promise, but also a light sense of anxiety about what lies ahead.
This album was recorded at EAS Studios near London in collaboration with producer-engineer Ed Sokolowski, who has worked on albums by Melanie C, Fleur East, Hugel, David Archuleta, and Lukas Rieger. Sokolowki mixed and mastered this album, as well as co-producing it with Stekelis. Joe Montague also contributes drums on multiple tracks.
“This is the first body of work completed under the Distant Voices name, which I am very keen for people to hear and hope that they will enjoy it. The album was inspired by events that happened during my journey around Europe in 2019 and, in fact, they appear chronologically in the tracklisting,” says Valdis Stekelis.
“There is a range of different feeling tracks on the album – from lively to melancholy and also psychedelic. They are tied together – both in terms of the subject matter and also due to the underlying elements of a retro feel with electronic flavor. It was a lot of fun to make and is truly inspired by events that really affected me at the time”.
LINKS:
https://distantvoices1.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/distantvoicesuk
https://twitter.com/UkDistant
https://www.instagram.com/voicesdistant
https://soundcloud.com/distantvoicesuk
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGAM_kCRBK52HQlgbCsggA