Writing music is the highest expression of life. That’s why we follow new and upcoming artist like US youngster Gabe Gill on his urban but intimate spiked “Carousel EP”. Listen to opener “Soft Hit” and get into his vibe. The Swedish Brynäs brothers are on a winning streak with there newest single “Information.” Soulful and piercing as freshly melted ice. It perfectly echoes Omar Apollo‘s vibes on “Ignorin” or the floating vocals of Kwamie Liv on “Sweet Like Brandy.”

Power pop star Femme Royale is an emerging star that breaks every sound barrier with her debut single “How Bad.”

Get sweaty with Brasilian duo BALAKO who fuse together their love for old skool disco and tropical grooves on popping new track “Jungle Music!”

Discover Mama Kokomo, an experimental and dreamy trio concocting noisy waves of soothing sounds on “Primavera Feel.” Debuting out of the volcanic frost comes Icelandic duo Omotrack and their avant-poppy electro tune “Hippo Trip.”

Lastly, Farao is back with the dense “The Ghost Ship,” a tune about “losing your sense of direction” while Hoodlem charms us with the deep sounds of “Last Night.”

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“Cracks” comes from the idea of “kintsugi”, the Japanese art form than consists of mending broken ceramics with gold. Alyusha is half Japanese, half Romanian/Irish from her parents and decided to celebrate her heritage in her new single. The track was born after her father passing away, and she sings: “let the light in”, repeatedly, as a reminder. About it, Alyusha explained:

[su_quote]Over the last few months, I’ve spent hours and hours alone in the studio writing and producing. I wrote “Cracks” after losing my amazing Father last year, I had come back from a month in Tokyo and he died the day after I got back. He was my best friend and losing him was heart-breaking. I spent a lot of time reflecting on how lucky I was to have known him and to experience the reality of impermanence in a deep way. The production is kind of all over the place with this track, it can be pretty intense but then the choruses have moments of clarity and beauty. I suppose this really reflects everything I was going through at the time. Huge amounts of emotion then a sense of calm over and over again.[/su_quote]