Despite the all the hype that is surrending her, Irish singer Bonzai remains a mystery. The London-based rising artist shared 3 EPs since her debut track ‘KBG‘ in 2015 and recently, she unveiled a new single, ‘I Feel Alright‘, which is also her poppiest song to date.

Bonzai is also known to be a close friend of Mura Masa. The trendy producer met Bonzai in 2014 (for his ‘Soundtrack to a Death EP’) and since then, they multiplied their collaborations. By the way, the singer is featured twice on Mura Masa‘s recent debut album. Then, it is not a surprise to see that there is another collaborative project out there. You can listen to Mura Masa‘s remix of Bonzai‘s ‘I Feel Alright’ via YouTube below.

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Connect with Bonzai via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Keep up with Mura Masa via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We were more used to a weird electronic sound coming from the artist. In her new single, she assumes entirely her pop side, surprising many of her fans. Nevertheless, she doesn’t forget her underground roots, using R&B and hip hop vibes to create an addictive summer jam. Throughout the entire track, she remains positive about her life, spreading her feel good energy into our bodies. Doesn’t it feel good?

You can follow Bonzai over Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

“Prima Donna” – Vince Staples

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“There’s Alot Going On” – Vic Mensa

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“Emotion: Side B” – Carly Rae Jepsen

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“In Loving Memory” – Saro

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“The Dream Synopsis” – The Last Shadow Puppets

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“Home” – Obongjayar

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“Dreaming Adjacent” – Modern Chemistry

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“Blisters” – serpentwithfeet

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“Sleepy Hungry” – Bonzai

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“Kuiper” – Floating Points

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“EP” – Ady Suleiman

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“Temporary Fixes” – Arima Ederra

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“Hana” – Hana

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“Okey” – Smerz

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“Vroom Vroom” – Charli XCX

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“Blackened Cities” – Melanie De Biasio

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“Sip!” – Mick Jenkins

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“The Visitor” – Kadhja Bonet

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“Princess” – Abra

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“Futurepunksoul” – AM!R

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“Hopelessness” – Anohni

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“Gemini Feed” – Banks

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“Lemonade” – Beyoncé

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“Augustine” – Blood Orange

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“I Did” – Bonzai

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“Broccoli” – D.R.A.M. x Lil Yachty

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“Lazarus” – David Bowie

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“Nikes” – Frank Ocean

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“Kill V. Maim” – Grimes

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“Gosh” – Jamie xx

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“Oh No” – Jessy Lanza

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“Wolves” – Kanye West

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“Glowed Up” – Kaytranada x Anderson .Paak

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“Super Hero” – Kool Keith x MF DOOM

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“Freak” – Lana Del Rey

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“Les Cactus” – The Last Shadow Puppets

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“1 Night” – Lil Yachty

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“Technique” – Mai Lan

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“Brujas” – Princess Nokia

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“Human” – Sevdaliza

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He has been demonstrating a real talent in highlighting emerging and talented acts and imposes himself as a real talent-spotter. Every week, his playlist is a sharp and buzzing selection of new discoveries in indie and pop music. And lucky you: we are now your fresh and fun place to weekly seat and savor his delightful “indie.tronic.dream.pop.chill.wave” cocktail. So, do you mind a cup?

The Deer Du Bois‘ playlist #131: Beauty and the Beast, the bright and the dark.

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This mix balances you back and forth from the dark side to the bright one with atmospheric tracks by Üm on the exotic sampled “Simha Arom” and the ground shaking “Tribes” by Beach Season. Mellow away on misty clouds with Erik Jonasson on “Autumn Falls” or with Louise Lemon on “Thirst”.

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But melancholia takes a turn for the good when you pass by the piano-intro of Sevdaliza on her majestic song “Time”. From there, we can only let the light in with Bonzai and “2B” or with Soulé and “Love No More”.

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Get one more relapse for love with SWIMS on “Lovers Like You”, and wash away this feeling of lovers-gone-by with The Land Below‘s great cover of Moby‘s “Porcelain”. Let the good love 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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Following many couples around London, we can see their love growing as Spring is here and love is all around.

The video also starts by a lonely girl who is just standing there all alone and we cannot stop feeling a lot of compassion for her as we are single too and we are are feeling you girl !

We still don’t know much about the release of the album but we will for sure keep you posted.

If you never heard of her before, Bonzai is a young artist that appeared on the internet 7 months ago via Mura Musa‘s label Anchor Point, releasing a strong debut single called “KBG“. After that she unleashed “Doses” on the internet, the first single taken from her debut EP. “Royah” was a memorable EP, in which Bonzai brought a lot of different influences. More recently, she was featured in Mura Masa‘s latest banger “What If I Go?“

“Sleepy Hungry” is a 9-tracks EP (YES 9) including noticable ones such as “Daniel Gets It Wrong”, “Lights On” and “Where Are U Now”. The whole EP is hysterical as we like it and it has big influences either in R&B, electronic genres such as acid and house.

You could even spot some similarities with The Chemical Brothers in “No Rest” where the climax hits and you are literally transported to the early 90’s when Belgian new beat, “Block Rockin’ Beats” by the English chemical duo and at some point even Prodigy with their hit “Smack My Bitch Up” were hitting hard in the clubs. It is incredible how Bonzai seems to have such a massive palette of different backgrounds creating an impressive melting-pot of sounds that somehow match together.

We are expecting from Bonzai to sing in a very sensual way because of her beautiful soulful voice but once again she kept her whole universe of 90’s electro and she probably even pushed it harder without losing her own spirit. There is no way that she is going to keep it in down-tempo because her tracks are made for dancing !

This EP is a mix between Rabit thanks to the production, Sophie thanks to way to give to electronic sounds a pop turn, Charli XCX thanks to its powerfulness and Arca for its weirdness and the way of pushing the boundaries farther … And as trash as we are, we obviously really really REALLY enjoy it but be prepared… don’t listen to it early in the morning… unless you are in an after party

Stream the whole EP below.

[su_dropcap style=”simple”]T[/su_dropcap]wo weeks ago, the Dublin-based female artist Bonzai shared “Doses”, a great track taken from her upcoming debut EP “Royah”. The amazing EP is now available for streaming on her Soundcloud.

Was my reaction when I listened to the whole EP.

Actually, it’s still my reaction after my 5th listen.

As I told you when I first heard “Doses”, it is blatant that Bonzai is a diversified artist. She offers a different range of music while keeping the same RnB/Electro roots and universe. But it is rather clear that her real influence is Electroclash. Maybe for you, youngsters that doesn’t ring a bell since Electroclash is a genre that started at the end of 90s mixing electronic sounds of the 80s, techno and more pop sounds. Felix Da HouseCat, Ladytron, Fischespooner and Peaches are those who contributed the most to the rise of this genre. Bonzai is clearly the descendant of this special era.
But at the same time, she’s definitely one of the brilliant and fresh artists of 2016. For example, “Noise” or “Skhokho” are clearly songs inspired by today’s electro-pop with a small wink at the current R&B.
Or in the contrary, “Nikka” is completely influenced by R&B with an electronica background.

It may only be a 4-songs EP but Bonzai didn’t need more to prove that she draws her influence very far and deep in good music.

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“Royah” is out now via Anchor Point. ⚓