Here’s Josh Savage with his song: Your Lips
Spot the location scout: his granddad
Homemade video of the lead track of my upcoming EP ‘Spaces’. Out 7th April 2014 on iTunes.
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Filmed by Siobhan Cox.
Concept by Josh Savage and Siobhan Cox.
Locations scout: Granddad.
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Shivali was born and brought up in the City of London but was knew her shlokas from the age of 3. Before her record deal with Sony Music BMG, Shivali had graduated in economics and philosophy and worked as a summer analyst for investment bank Goldman Sachs. She also found time to write for the Finance Times and other prominent publications.
DESIRED
Shivali deeply desired to bring devotional music, known as bhajans, into the mainstream and thus set out to modernise them while retaining their soulful roots. An example of this is 2010’s The Bhajan Project, an album released through Sony Music India, which is devotional songs given a contemporary feel with guitar, cello, tabla, western drum kit, strings and sitar.
This 9-track album was nominated for two Global Indian Music Awards, Best Debut and Best Fusion Album.
London singer-songwriter Arjun Coomaraswamy, who has produced Shivali since she was 15, provided the acoustic guitar in Shivali’s sound.
Bollywood
In 2012, Bollywood company Eros Music released her second album Urban Temple, in which Shivali and Arjun challenged themselves to push boundaries and experiment with sound. The album reached the top slot of the iTunes world chart.
According to Times of India, Baroda Times, DNA Mumbai, The Mumbai Mirror, The Bombay Times and others, Shivali is the Devotional Diva. Hence, BBC radio turned to Shivali to provide insight into Hindu festivals and she starred in a BBC 3 documentary about a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith, the Kumbh Mela.
The third album, also produced by Arjun, will be in English and reflect attitudes from both western and Asian cultures. As Shivali, who considers herself to be wacky and wild, says it will reflect “our relationship with consciousness and also the narrow mindedness and prejudices of society”.
Remixed
The first single will be “Breathing In Love,” which promises nods to western genres RnB, pop rock and acoustic and is remixed by Hed Kandi’s and Ministry of Sound’s Mikey Gallagher and is set for release on 26 May 2014.
Shivali is well prepared for all aspects of making sensational video promos, with acting from the New York Film Academy, community theatre, grade 8 ballet with distinction, Indian classical dance called kathak and to top if off she is also a competitive Latin dancer.
Breathing In Love is out on 26 May. The video is on:
The humbly named Top Boy Round Here, a group from Newcastle, release a catchy, attention grabbing new single. Will it be one you will like instantly or wait to be told you should be liking it, a la Gangnam Style. It certainly has its own thing going on.
“Top Boy Swag” is the new single from Newcastle supergroup “Top Boy Round here. The outfit consists of band members Silvar Laidlow (emcee/singer) , Dap CEO (emcee) and Lixie (Lead Vocals).
Mix tapes
Silvar Laidlow originates from Bedford and has released several solo mix tapes including Green City with OMA award winner DJ Play. He touched the hearts of millions when he performed his song “Mama” on Sky One show ‘Must Be The Music’, impressing judges Dizzee Rascal, Jamie Caullum and Sharleen Spiteri.
Dap CEO is from Newcastle. His solo career has seen many record deals including Sin Nombre Records, Hip Hop Village & RGS Entertainment including many releases and collaborations with the likes of Lil Wayne, Royce 5 9, Professor Green, Shola Ama, Skinnyman and Blak Twang with plenty of plays on BBC 1Xtra, MTV Base & Channel AKA.
Lixie who takes care of lead vocals hails from Newcastle and is the newest member of the group. She has performed on stages across the UK and been in several girl groups before joining the Top Boy team.
New York
The band are produced by New York Super producer 81Neutronz who produced the track Cinderella Man for Eminem. The band got together quite organically, Dap CEO and Silvar decided to collaborate on a song together after being rival solo acts for years, the track need a female vocal, so they called in Lixie, and the rest is history. The band are due to support the top 40 chart act Professor Green at the end of March in Sunderland.
The bold new single “Top Boy Swag” is released on CJMG/Universal via CTD Entertainment with distribution worldwide from Universal Music Operations on 14 April
This press info first appears on Pressparty.com
Hotfooting his way straight onto the airwaves this January in true Example style is the UK’s biggest dance anthem hit-maker, returning with his latest single, ‘Kids Again’ which will release on 16th March.
One of the UK’s biggest male artists following on from his #1 platinum album ‘Playing in the Shadows’, and most recent gold selling album, ‘The Evolution of Man’, Example has notched up two huge Top 5 albums, six Top 10 singles including two No.1’s. The release of ‘Kids Again’ marks the start of yet another massive year for him as he’s poised and ready to release his fifth studio album via his new label home, Sony Music’s Epic UK.
Having hung up his rapping boots for good, last year Example showcased both his vocal and undeniable production skills on the first monster single, ‘All The Wrong Places’, from the new album. True to form, ‘Kids Again’offers no respite from the high-octane, synth driven anthems Example repeatedly tears up the charts with. Adored by his ever-growing army of fans who notoriously shatter dance floors and festivals fields to pieces during his live sets, this new single pays homage to his signature main stage festival and stadium sound.
The live arena is where Example is a true master, his critically acclaimed live sets have seen him sell out a mammoth UK arena tour, projected him to main stage headline slots at two of the UK’s biggest dance music festivals,Global Gathering and SW4, while he’s effortlessly stolen the show on line-ups including Rockness and Parklife along with clinching one of the biggest televised BBC broadcasts to millions from Glastonbury 2013 of his Other Stage performance ahead of co-headliners Chase & Status. Always a regular favourite on the White Isle, Example sound tracked last summer with his season residency at Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks alongside his assault on the worldwide festival circuit playing to huge crowds everywhere from Sydney to Switzerland, Bali, Budapest, Auckland and Azerbaijan
Following huge support and spins from Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, Danny Howard and 1Xtra’s MistaJam of the massive Zed Bias, MOTi and Dimension remixes, the ‘Kids Again’ original mix will receive its first national plays on the 31st January.
‘Kids Again’ will be available to pre-order from iTunes on 19th January.
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