PJ Wassermann
Remember to Forget
PJ’s music has an ecstasy feel to it this time, reminding me somewhat of Ray Lynch’s Deep Breakfast. For those of you who don’t know PJ yet – he’s a Swiss pioneer of psychedelic electronic music. Active for more than forty years. PJ hails from Basel but spends most of the year in Ibiza. He does not only compose electronic music but also sings and plays the guitar, pursuing a series of musical projects, such as Ibango Tribe in Ibiza and Space Bike back home, both fully improvised.
Hyper Music
Maggie Rogers
Don’t Forget Me
“My friend Sally’s getting married and to me that sounds so scary. I’m still trying to clean up my side of the street. Can’t imagine what would happen cause I’m still acting out of habit. Hoping dirty words just don’t escape my teeth. Oh and every time I try just a little. Promise that I’ll meet in the middle. I always find my way back to my feet. So close the door and change the channel. Give me something I can handle. A good lover or someone that’s nice to me. Take my money, wreck my Sundays. Love me til your next somebody. Oh but promise me that when it’s time to leave, Don’t forget me.”
Capitol
Mei Semones
Inaka
Mei Semones’ sweetly evocative blend of jazz, bossa nova and math-y indie rock is not only a way for her to find solace in her favorite genres, but is an intuitive means of catharsis. “Blending everything that I like together and trying to make something new – that’s what feels most natural to me,” says the 23-year-old Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and guitarist. “It’s what feels most true to who I am as an artist.” Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Semones began playing music at a young age, starting out on piano at age four before moving to electric guitar at age eleven. After playing jazz guitar in high school, she went on to study guitar performance with a jazz focus at Berklee College of Music.
Bayonet Records
Madi Diaz
KFM
Covering mostly music and books. Focus on alternative/indie and women in music, literature and the arts. feminist. Vegan. mostly alternative, a bit bohemian. Masters in journalism from Boston University. BA from Simmons College. After high school, Diaz was accepted to Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, she began working with Kyle Ryan, the Nebraska-raised guitarist who would be her songwriting collaborator for her early career. The two began their collaboration when a fellow student, a producer looking for a project, offered Diaz the chance to record an album in Hawaii. Shortly after, Diaz dropped out of the program at Berklee.
Anti-Records
Daymé Arocena
A fuego lente (featuring Vicente Garcia)
“Since the release of her 2015 debut album Nueva Era, Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has established herself as one of her country’s most expressive voices. Encompassing everything from nimble jazz scatting to luscious orchestrations and breathy phrases that soar over bata drums and Santería folk rhythms, Arocena’s four albums have explored the joyous range of Afro Cuban music.” (Ammar Kahlia, The Guardian) She grew up Havana, with a family immersed in rumba folklore. She entered the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory at age 10.
Brownswood Recordings