Following up on her 2018’s debut EP I / ∞, I Berlin-based artist O-SHiN returns with her new single and first release of 2019, “Not How I Know Me”. Blending once again electronic motifs and organic textures, this lush and self-reflective offering seems to reconnect with her very first songs, like the meditative “A Revelation” and “A Lie”. Soulful and intricate, “Not How I Know Me” is full of fascinating contrasts. Indeed, it sounds simultaneously familiar and exotic, comforting and elusive, and it definitely has a strong and wild Nordic touch, which is no surprise as the singer-songwriter found her artistic identity in an isolated cabin in Sweden. We’re happy to hear that O-SHiN is back with her mysterious and idiosyncratic soundscapes. Just like a secret natural site, it would be a pity to denature this.

As you might know it, we like to give carte blanche and a place of freedom of speech for female and genderqueer artists. Following up to JD Samson‘s featured mix, we welcome today Stefanie from the duo Wolf & Moon who has decided to share her passion for travels. The singer-songwriter, who is also known as O-SHiN, is one of our artists to watch in 2018. About this mixtape, she explained:

[su_quote]I am an artist who loves the musical and the visual part of it. I write all different kind of songs, have two music projects that I fully go for and I love to experiment with visuals and photography. I started of as a solo artist almost 8 years ago, which was quite successful in the Netherlands. In 2015 i decided to quit that project because I felt like I was grown out of it. Shortly after Dennis and I started the band Wolf & Moon. Mainly because we love to make music when we travel. It’s a different experience when you travel and play gigs, you meet different people and experience unpredicted things. I always have a hard time with the question “where are you from”…. I don’t like to commit myself to one country or nationality. If i could I would change my passport to “European citizen” as my nationality because I think that describes it the best (until one day I maybe wanna live on another continent). I have spend lots of time in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden.[/su_quote]

Listen to the mixtape via MixCloud below, SoundCloud and as usual, it is also available for free download. Check the tracklist at the bottom of the page.

Wolf & Moon are a brand new duo comprised of Stefanie and Dennis. Last Summer, they decided to get married in their own festival and the nomadic electronic folk-pop duo has also travelled through the world to find inspirations and to share amazing visuals for their songs. Since the release of their debut track “Garden of Potential” in July 2017, the travelling duo has been working on their full debut album and already released the “Frames EP” last November. Listen to “Garden of Potential” and “Home To Me” below.

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Tracklist:

Liv – wings of love

Feist – Pleasure

Hundred Waters – Murmur

Cat power – Cherokee

Nao – Inhale Exhale

Banks – Warm Water

Camille – Ta douleur

Little Dragon – Ritual Union

Santigold – Lights Out

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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.

As a part of her musical self-discovery, the young artist ran out of the cities to meditate on different kind of organic sounds. Forests, animals, dripping water are her inspirations. Recorded in a barn in the countryside of Sweden, “Walking On Water” is the reflection of her mastermind. It comes right after we fell in love with her debut “A Revelation“, immediately catalogued in our THUNDERCLAP: Best New Music section. About the meaning behind the song, O-SHiN stated:

[su_quote]It’s about taking risks, even if it seems crazy. It’s about believing the impossible can happen.[/su_quote]

You can follow her over Facebook and Instagram. On December 4, she will playing with Melis at Auster Club.

Yet your host O-SHiN is a gorgeous young woman accompanied by a few musicians – and co-producers – playing, singing and recording an unusual blend of r&b, jazz and electro.

After two years of experimentations, the Berlin-based, Amsterdam-native artist O-SHiN offers us a first sneak-peek into her universe with her debut track “A Revelation”. Away from the numerous distractions that a city can provide, she was able to carefully weave a first testimony of the world of her mind.

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It is always astonishing how thinkers, philosophers and artists can feel free by this kind of exile, and how a low-key lifestyle can actually allow a great profusion of ideas. If you don’t believe me, just try to get your hands on Thoreau’s masterpiece “Walden”.

With her debut single “A Revelation”, O-SHiN carefully weaves a first testimony of the world of her mind.

Musically, the result of this meditation is a far greater attention given to textures than what is to be found in most productions nowadays. In that way, it comes close to the folk singer-songwriter tradition, where the economy of harmonic means is offset by a richer, truer sound.

Yet, O-SHiN’s music is everything but simple and achieves to navigate seamlessly through genres without straying off course. The jazzy upright-sounding bass, oriental percussions and noisy acoustic guitar give a very natural feel to “A Revelation”. Light touches of electro here and there add contrast to the whole, and grant the song with a colder feel, foreshadowing darker pieces (word is out that a first EP might be coming soon).

Here, obscurity is not opposed to light but rather to warmth, as testifies O-SHiN’s cry for help: « Cover me with your warm hands / Draw my fear ». Carried by her juvenile voice, the song is meant to be in itself reassuring, like a warm blanket covering fever and nightmares. No wonder, then, it was recorded in a cosy cabin hugging the edge of a northern forest. Watch some video footages from the recording session below, and you will understand a bit better.

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