Introducing Jammerzine’s Exclusives via Zoom! This week, Jammerzine premiered its new exclusive interview segment, featuring host Sophia Ciravolo, with its first guest, new-wave artist, and Aztec Record Label Executive LAU.
Singer, producer, and song-writer LAU brings a nostalgic yet modern feel to the new-wave, synth-pop scene. LAU just released the retro-influenced single ‘The Cards” and gives us a look into the concepts inspiring her upcoming album ‘Believer’.
LAU speaks of her cultural and musical background, her inspirations for music and synth-pop, 80’s inspired music making a comeback. LAU also provides a sense of what it’s like being a musician and business owner during the COVID pandemic.
ABOUT LAU
LAU is an artist and lyricist from Buenos Aires, Argentina debuting her skills as a solo vocalist.
Located in the UK, she’s been making her way into the modern synth-pop music scene with releases such as ‘Recognize’ and ‘True’ that showcase her retro, 80’s influence. As Creative Director of Aztec Records, LAU has signed over 30 artists and is able to combine her musical talent with her extensive industry knowledge (giving her quite the edge).
LINKS:
https://laufares.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/laufaresmusic
https://www.instagram.com/laufares
https://twitter.com/lau_fares
https://www.youtube.com/laufares
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3i1ZPTMkrfR7cAHBY77Bz4?si=mr0_3YaiTq-x5mU9_Qfgaw
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Indie Allstars Release Chasing Rainbows NHS Tribute Video (The Week in #Indie Segment)
The Covid19 pandemic has proved how essential they are and funding cuts need to be addressed. Stoke-on-Trent DJ, Terry Bossons wanted to thank them by the power of music. The rainbow has been the symbol of the NHS, so the song ‘Chasing Rainbows’ by Shed Seven is a fitting tribute. Terry asked Rick Witter of Shed Seven to get involved with the video project and without hesitation, he jumped on board.
Next, a crescendo of indie music royalty joined the fold: Nigel Clark and Matthew Priest (Dodgy), Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets), Gary Powell (The Libertines), John Power (Cast), Keith Mullin (The Farm), Chris Helme (Seahorses), Dave McCabe (The Zutons), Alan McGee (Creation Records), Baz (The Fratellis), Ryan & Jack Dooley (All The Young), Alfie (Holloways), Matt Bowman (Pigeon Detectives), Johnny Dean (Menswear), Leon Meya (Northern Uproar), James McColl (The Supernaturals), Rikki Turner (Paris Angels), Billy Bibby (Catfish and the Bottlemen) teamed up with radio royalty Mark Radcliffe and Eddy Temple-Morris (plus a few surprise guests) to make this happen in just seven days.
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Thanks to Creation, Dan Townley, Mark Askew, Toura Toura, High Violet PR, b_creative_prints, Plug and play promo, everyone who sent in videos and photos. Speedomick, Paul Chuckle, Hacker, and all the stars!
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Fly the Nest Releases Wild Ride (The Week in #Indie Segment)
Fly the Nest, aka Stephen Cooper, is set to drop his new single titled ‘Wild Ride’. Energetic from the start and passionate throughout, ‘Wild Ride’ is a blossoming track of layered guitars and harmonizing vocals that set the mood and take the stage in ways that harken back to that turn-of-the-century power-pop when rock ruled the world and songwriting mattered.
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Dublin native Stephen Cooper AKA Fly The Nest started playing music at a young age, performing in various bands. It wasn’t until last year that he started the solo project Fly The Nest, under which he writes and releases his own music.
Stephen also wrote music for sync licensing and says that “Writing for film and TV has opened up another facet of my creativity. It’s helped me find my sound, which I like to call ‘Cinematic Rock’.
The project also encompasses Stephen’s time spent on the live circuit in Scandinavia where he spends a lot of his time, traveling between Ireland and Denmark.
The name Fly the Nest came from traveling and moving on from a previous musical journey to the one he’s currently on.
‘Wild Ride’ is Stephen’s brand new single and has ‘feel good’ anthem written all over it, welcome to ‘Fly The Nest’.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/flythenestofficial
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bsdKGo4cOlAYj1i5HMsRL?si=rQ9qGWU7S46Pm5sTBhVCXw -
LUCKYANDLOVE Release New Single ‘Soul Alive’ (The Week in #Indie Segment)
Los Angeles’ LUCKYANDLOVE have announced their sophomore album ‘Transitions’, slated for release in late May. Offering 10 new tracks in this sonic neon rainbow, listeners will be immersed in a spectrum of fuzzy sunset synthgaze, blue-black neon darkwave, and tigerprint electro punk. Ahead of this, the duo is previewing the first single off this album – ‘Soul Alive’.
This album takes you on a multi-city adventure. Within the recesses of your mind, you’ll find yourself jetting around to Chicago, LA, and DC… in a pop underground, clubbing in Chinatown, basking in the south of France, moonlight trekking in a Burmese jungle, having a spiritual love connection, or provoking the DMT molecules that are naturally inside you.
LUCKYANDLOVE is vocalist & multi-synth-pedal-instrumentalist April Love and drummer & multi-synth instrumentalist Loren Luck. Originally from Silver Lake, California, the band formed in 2014, named for The Good Luck bar, where they met. Many mai tai’s and 2 full-length records later, the band is now set for this new release, along with third west coast tour and first UK tour.
“This is a very transformational record. Making it was an emotional journey with both heart-breaking and fun experiences because we are always in transition,” says Loren Luck.
This album follows up the synthtastic debut album ‘Lucky+Love’ and debut video for ‘Digging in the Earth’. As with their debut, the duo recorded ‘Transitions’ with Grammy-winning engineer Be Hussey of The Comp-ny Studio, going to extremes in writing and performing live on this record, often finishing songs in one complete take.
Continually inspired by 21st-century music from Chromatics, Washed Out, Tycho and Phantogram and still obsessed with UK 20th century gems from Cocteau Twins, Human League, Gary Numan, LUCKYANDLOVE’s sound dichotomy is dancing with darkwave vs. synthwave, electropunk vs. indie-pop electronica vs. dreamgaze. This electronic music often sounds indie because their Kraftwork-like analog control voltage synth layers are often reminiscent of noise pop guitars.
“We’re having fun; at the same time, there’s much reflection on fun moments, like dancing in clubs or going to the beach… But we transition, going deeper into the unknown. On our first debut record, there were a lot of sky and space concepts introduced. For this second album, we get downright spooky. Like my brain keeps imagining a transition into ‘rainbow body’ while I’m playing ‘Soul Alive’” says April Love.
“I play typical loud and bassy, control filter synths, and Loren has psycho beats and our spoon bending lyrical concepts brush up against danger, and suspense like in ‘Dangerous Run Away’. These songs are up for interpretation cause this ride is totally up to you.”