This week, Deer Du Bois selection is both intense and dramatic. A lot of great tracks surfaced and emotions were swinging in all directions.

Where Chances opens this week’s playlist with breathtaking and choir-like vocals atop roaring drums on “Shine”, our list ends in the dark satin-lined dream-scape of Arca on his mesmerizing “Anoche”, a night-time story of love & death.

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Deer Du Bois brings you deep in the digital forest of neon leaves and synth-waterfalls we find Niki & The Dove again, this time on their hip-hop infused Japanese foodie trip with their latest track “Sushi King”. And another Swedish delight signed by The Land Below: “Soften The Blow“.

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London duo IYES are your dance treat of the week, in their more than uplifting dance-floor anthem “Feelings”. If you don’t jump with the previous one, then singer-songwriter Emma Dewing could finish the work with her track “Buttons”.

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And once again, BCN-based emerging talent Bearoid proves his mastership in making perfect polished soul-pop on his new single “At Your Funural”, whose video just got an international premiere on HighClouds. A moving, yet uplifting sounding song, based on intense experiences.

If you want to drink a bit more until you get tipsy, you should check him on Facebook and Soundcloud, and follow his regular posts on our site.

Subscribe to Deer Du Bois refreshing playlist on Spotify now!

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For those who still don’t know who Bearoid is, here is a quick recap: Bearoid is the electronic pop project by Dani Belenguer, singer and producer born in Valencia but based in Barcelona (Spain). A project originated with the vision of approaching the club music to home speakers, as well as filling with color and energy all dance floors, festivals and music venues.

We last wrote about Bearoid when we got to interview him after the release of the great “Enemy”. We also featured the Spanish rising act as one of our 15 bands to watch in 2017.

Now, we can see a side that we’ve not yet seen before – A broken beat R&B song with a powerful chorus made out of gigantic brass synths and melancholic vocals. While soulful and gloomy “At Your Funeral” will still keep you in the mood to dance your problems away.

Asked about “At Your Funeral”, the producer said:

[su_quote]“At Your Funeral” is a painful but moving song about the fear of losing a friend, it’s a soulful and ceremonious cut. I am still too young to get used to death around people I love that are close to my age. I recently saw how a friend got a series of experiences that could have killed him but lately we were distant to each other so I didn’t know how to say I was worried, and I was basically screaming at my studio trying to get out the steam.”[/su_quote]

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You can catch Bearoid in concert in the coming days. Check his itinerary there and connect with Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Spotify.

The track is now added to our regularly refreshed Spotify playlist: DAILY DOSE FOR MUSIC JUNKIES. Stream it below via Soundcloud.

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This week, Deer Du Bois is back with a playlist so fresh you will be frozen and do the mannequin challenge on the dancefloor!

The all seeing eye, the all-hearing ear, open up to let the good in again with new tracks by sparkling new talent as New Portals and the goose-bumped “Winterskin.”

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Londoner Sakima spills “All Your Secrets” to get into your heart. The (perfect) “Thrill” as we finally can embrace the long awaited new track by Swedish band The Sounds.

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Discover the new dashing B’s of the pop music scene as there are the dashing BCN singer/producer Bearoid with “Enemy” [Check our amazing interview with the artist!], but also Boston Building on “Feels Like Gold”, and not to forget Van Bobbi, with his urban-haze track “Morro Bay”.

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Go for the long session and dive into the up-funked version of Kings Of Convenience by Loud Mouth Machine on “Honeycomb”, the new-wave-noir by London duo Chow Chow Mandy with “Echo of Mine” and finish it of with the Zedd-produced cinematographic journey into bleep-space with the gorgeous newcomer Alon Mor and his epic “When Silence Kicks In”.

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If you want to drink a bit more until you get tipsy, you should check him on Facebook and Soundcloud, and follow his regular posts on our site.

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The singer, songwriter, producer, guitar and keyboard player, who got his breakthrough in 2016, by performing at Primavera Sound Barcelona talks about his work, his inspirations and what we can expect from him in the future.

How would you describe Bearoid for those that still don’t know who you are?

Bearoid is my electronic pop project I started two years ago, I produce and sing everything. Everything I do, be it old or nu disco, house, soul or R&B, is created with the intention to make you dance, feel and forget about your problems for a while. I’ve played live by myself or with the band at several festivals such as Primavera Sound, Vida Festival or Festival de Les Arts, where I or we try to make everybody move and be part of it.

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You have released two EP’s – “Sleep” in 2014 and “Dawn At Home” in 2015. Since then, you have released the groovy “Out of My Mind” and now your brand new single “Enemy”. Is there a new EP/LP coming soon? And what can fans expect from your upcoming work?

I’d like to have an album by the end of next year but it all depends on how people react to these singles that I drop every once in a while. An album requires a huge amount of time and work, so I’m waiting to build up some momentum for it to be heard as much as possible.

I’m not sure about the style, sometimes I feel more organic and sometimes more aggressive and electronic, but it’ll still be the same idea behind: groove, warmth, sexuality.

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Speaking of your latest single, we could say that “Enemy” has a more sexual approach compared to your previous work. What was the inspiration behind the song and, especially, the video?

I was in the train looking at people thinking of how far we are of the people we don’t know. We share space and time but we’re not allowed to trust each other. I then started imagining that a random girl and I started making out without knowing each other, we just felt attracted for each other. That gave me a really strong feeling of freedom and sexuality, and I imagined everyone around making out, forgetting about mental barriers.

It’s a song about pansexuality. It’s dark as a room at night, but full of love and warmth. It came really easy to me, I knew I wanted to call it Enemy and the chorus was the first thing that appeared.

The music video for “Enemy” grabs the idea of sexuality between the unknown and takes it to the universe of inanimate objects, where things that are not supposed to go together get intimate, where you can see the beauty in the love between elements that do not fit one another without judging if it’s wrong or right, normal or strange.

The video is made of a series of colorful still lines where daily objects interact with the help of human hands, and the interaction goes in crescendo as the video passes through five chapters, five physiological stages that tell the story from the beginning of love to its culmination.

“Enemy” is a song about pansexuality. It’s dark as a room at night, but full of love and warmth – Bearoid

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And as a musician, in general, what inspires you in your songwriting process?

Moments, stories that I make up in my mind, other musicians, other forms of art… It’s really hard to tell what’s going on in your head when you’re inspired. You just listen to what your brain is saying and write it down, if you try to analyze it the inspiration goes away, it’s like trying to sleep, you can’t force it or think about it.

Your songs are usually in English, however, you did a cover of “Antes de Morirme” featuring Lya Lux. Could we expect some original material in your native language soon?

I’d actually love to, I don’t know if it’d fit in Bearoid, maybe in another one, but I think there’s a huge lack of productions in styles such as Nu Disco or Chillwave in Spanish. With that cover or with my remix for Amatria’s “Me Falta Algo” I’m trying to show there is a way that works.

Finally, what are the current songs that you have been listening on repeat?

P-Sol – This Must Be Home
Great Mountain Fire – If A Kid
Erol Alkan – A Hold On Love
Jesper Ryom – Apolune
Joan Colomo – Enmienda a la Totalidad

Connect with Bearoid on Facebook, Twitter, and Soundcloud and check his upcoming concerts below!
16 December – Wah Wah – Valencia, Spain
13 January – Eurosonic Norderslag – Groningen, Netherlands
28 January – Razzmatazz – Barcelona, Spain