Cralias – HighClouds

Cralias announces sophomore EP on TAR, shares “Wounded”

Arnaud Marty — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:32:23 +0000

Cralias‘ sophomore EP Canon is out May 10 on TAR.

Back in 2017, we described Cralias‘ track “Hope You Care” as a post-club gem for a disillusioned generation and featured it amongst our 100 favourite tunes of that year. The ‘South London’s shyest beat maker’ is now back with a new single, “Wounded,” which announces the release of his sophomore EP on TAR. According to the press release, Canon was written in the midst of the ending of a relationship. It explores the melancholy feeling of being happy it happened – but feeling sad nonetheless.

On “Wounded”, the producer plays indeed with this bittersweetness as it sounds simultaneously exalted and melancholic. Imagine PC Music-like androgyn vocals propelled into Arca‘s protean and tortured architecture. Unpredictable and highly emotional, Cralias‘ new track finds beauty in the sorrow. Listen below.

HighClouds: 100 Tracks of 2017

Arnaud Marty — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 08:16:45 +0000

We can undoubtedly write that 2017 was a great year for music. We know it because our staff almost had to fight to agree on the final choice below and we’re proud of presenting a list which features a lot of up and coming artists and songs in 7 languages. Scroll down through our countdown and find the whole charts as well via Spotify and Deezer below.

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100. CITY FATHER – “Coquette”

99. BILLIE EILISH – “Bellyache”

98. SABRINA CLAUDIO – “Belong To You”

97. PETRA GLYNT – “Fell In A Hole”

96. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR + SHARON VAN ETTEN – “Omnion”

95. GIRLI – “Hot Mess”

94. THE SOFT MOON – “Burn”

93. J.I.D – “Never”

92. ACE TEE + KWAM.E – “Bist Du Down?”

91. CRALIAS – “Hope You Are”

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90. CHROMATICS – “Shadow”

89. RUN THE JEWELS – “Legend Has It”

88. CARDI B – “Bodak Yellow”

87. YELLOW DAYS – “Hurt In Love”

86. JFDR – “Airbone”

85. SUSANNE SUNDFØR – “Undercover”

84. TOM TRIPP – “Aurelia”

83. SUPERORGANISM – “Something For Your M.I.N.D.”

82. KAN WAKAN – “Still Feather”

81. NILÜFER YANYA – “Baby Luv”

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80. WAKE CHILD – “In The End”

79. JAJA BU – “Sweetness”

78. ALVVAYS – “Dreams Tonite”

77. KIDÄ – “Bone Mother”

76. HÅN – “The Children”

75. ULYSSE – “Mañana”

74. SHY GIRLS – “You Like The Pain Too”

73. GOURMET – “Delicious”

72. SORCHA RICHARDSON – “4AM”

71. MILLIE TURNER – “Underwater”

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70. NABIHAH IQBAL – “Something More”

69. KEDR LIVANSKIY – “Your Name (имя твоё)”

68. MORGXN – “xx”

67. GRIZZLY BEAR – “Mourning Sound”

66. DANIEL CAESAR + KALI UCHIS – “Get You”

65. DILLON – “2.KIND”

64. COUCOU CHLOE + SEGA BODEGA – “Flip U”

63. THE TRP – “Soda”

62. JAY SOM – “The Bus Song”

61. GFOTY – “Tongue”

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60. SELENA GOMEZ -“Bad Liar”

59. ELA MINUS – “Juan Sant”

58. EMPRESS OF – “Go To Hell”

57. SHE Major – “Please Don’t”

56. VAGABON – “Cold Appartment”

55. NADINE – “Ultra Pink”

54. SONDER – “Feel”

53. RINA SAWAYAMA – “Alterlife”

52. SEGA BODEGA + SHYGIRL – “CC”

51. GOLDLINK + BRENT FAIYAZ – “Crew”

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50. CRATER – “Unearth”

49. QUAY DASH – “Decline Him”

48. YELLE – “Romeo”

47. GABRIEL GARZÓN-MONTANO – “Fruitflies”

46. WESLEE – “Bathwater”

45. FOREST SWORDS – “The Highest Flood”

44. KENDRICK LAMAR + ZACARI – “LOVE.”

43. ALEX CAMERON + ANGEL OLSEN – “Stranger’s Kiss”

42. SMERZ – “Oh My My”

41. SASSY 009 – “Are You Leaving”

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40. CHARLI XCX – “Roll With Me”

39. TESSA DIXSON – “Prayer”

38. TOMMY GENESIS – “Tommy”

37. SSION – “Comeback”

36. PIXX – “Romance”

35. DANNY L HARLE – “1UL”

34. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – “american dream”

33. LANA DEL REY – “Love”

32. KING KRULE – “Dum Surfer”

31. SAMPHA – “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”

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30. MAKTHAVERSKAN – “Vienna”

29. CCFX – “The One To Wait”

28. KLLO – “Downfall”

27. KELLY LEE OWENS + JENNY HVAL – “Anxi.”

26. BLUE HAWAII – “No One Like You”

25. FEVER RAY – “Wanna Sip”

24. JULIEN BAKER – “Turn Out The Lights”

23. LIL PEEP + LIL TRACY – “witchblades”

22. FAKA – “Uyang’khumbula”

21. TR/ST – “Bicep”

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20. SARO – “Eyelids”

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19. BROCKHAMPTON – “Summer”

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18. TYLER, THE CREATOR + KALI UCHIS – “See You Again”

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17. O-SHiN – “A Revelation”

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16. ionnalee – “SAMARITAN”

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15. Vince Staples – “Crabs In A Bucket”

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14. WWWATER – “My Hands”

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13. Björk – “Blissing Me”

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12. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Cut To The Feeling”

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11. Big Thief – “Mythological Beauty”

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10. SZA – “Drew Barrymore”

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9. Frank Ocean – “Chanel”

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8. Wy – “Bathrooms”

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7. SOPHIE – “It’s Okay To Cry”

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6. Moses Sumney – “Doomed”

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5. Kelela – “Onanon”

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4. Arca – “Desafío”

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3. Lorde – “The Louvre”

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2. Perfume Genius – “Slip Away”

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1. Yaeji – “Raingurl”

Listen to the 100 tracks of 2017 according to the HighClouds‘ staff via Spotify, Youtube and Deezer.

Cralias’ “Hope You Care” is a post-club gem for a disillusioned generation

Arnaud Marty — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:13:08 +0000

Nick, aka Cralias, likes to present himself as South London’s shyest beat maker. The Lewisham-based producer might be reserved; his music is very expressive, though. On January 20, he will release a four track EP named “Element” through TAR and we already love what we have heard so far.

His latest release is aptly-named “Sultan”; it’s a short but majestuous meeting point of IDM and Kuduro, an uptempo type of music that is perfectly highlighted by the princess of Lisbon’s label Príncipe: Nidia Minaj. “Sultan” is both cold and bouncy and will reach the souls of the most remote ghosts. You can capture the latter in the wildness of some underground clubs.

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Cralias will reach the souls of the most remote ghosts in the wildness of some underground clubs.

The emo and post-club vibes can also be found on “Hope You Care” the first track taken from the EP. 2016 was a real tragedy and 2017 already appears as confusing, at best. With the Arca-infused “Hope You Care,” Cralias captures these feelings and shares a sharp and detached answer to the world we are surviving in. It will make the disillusioned children, like us, float like clouds which appear or disappear.

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Cralias got into making music via doing bootlegs and remixes and was originally admirative of Kai Whiston and MICHELANGEL0, two emblematic artists from the TAR family. The famous Los Angeles-based collective is currently a prime location for creative under-the-radar artists. Paul Preston, aka PBDY, represents Brainfeeder and runs TAR. He is also a radio host on the excellent London’s Radar Radio. Cralias’ story is pure chance: first a listener, he submitted his work to Preston and then got played on the show.

One thing leading to another, TAR will share Cralias’ 4-track debut EP “Element” on January 20. It will obviously feature “Hope You Care” and “Sultan,” as well as two new productions yet to discover: “Sweet” and “Tell Me.” The beautiful artwork is signed by Shanghai’s multidisciplinary artist Tavi Lee.

You can connect with Cralias on Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Spotify where you can discover his previously self-released tracks “Goth/Miss U”.