Brooklyn beatmaker Jay Alpha is our One To Watch.
ONE TO WATCH: Jay Alpha
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ONE TO WATCH: KJ Palmer
Nottingham rapper/sound engineer KJ Palmer is our One To Watch. KJ Palmer is a Nottingham based rapper and sound engineer who is producing what I can only describe as his own brand of aural art. His debut track, a collaboration with another Nottingham rapper Kai, is called Manslaughter and has already received airplay on BBC …
One To Watch: Ella Martini
Meet Ella Martini, a 19-year-old soul singer/songwriter from Oxford and our One To Watch. After getting to the final of “Live and Unsigned” at the age of 15, Ella Martini began gigging around the UK. Her natural flow of positive energy on stage has landed her support slots for the likes of Jess Glynne, MNEK and Nizlopi’s …
ONE TO WATCH: Haze Beatz
Haze Beatz is our One To Watch bringing us some dope hydroponic-boom-bap-sonics.
ONE TO WATCH: MNSTRMKK
Finnish producer MNSTRMKK is our One To Watch. I check my Soundcloud account every so often to find new music and see if anyone has followed me (indulgent, I know). It just so happened someone had followed me but upon further inspection, it was clear their music more than worthy of a spot on Sampleface. …
One To Watch: MUNOZ
Our One To Watch is Chicago producer MUNOZ. After listening through a couple of tracks by MUNOZ, my first question was: how the hell is this kid only 17? Hailing from Chicago, MUNOZ’s style takes its cue from the schools of Flying Lotus and Madlib with its disregard to audible cleanliness and tight rhythms. While …
ONE TO WATCH: Mr Slim
London’s Mr Slim is our One To Watch. There are certain styles when it comes to sampling. You could go for the rough unkempt loops or chop them up and rearrange them. Alternatively, you can take it back to the old school and layer them up bar by bar. Mr Slim, however, mixes those methods …
ONE TO WATCH: Lily McKenzie
South London’s own Lily McKenzie is our One To Watch. London is full to the brim with immense talent and one of those underground stars is Lily Mckenzie, a singer/songwriter and pianist. After a string of releases, she has dropped her latest EP “Support Machine” featuring fellow South Londoner Giggs. The Brit School alumnus has gone from …
ONE TO WATCH: Howie Wonder (aka Rhythum)
Canada’s Howie Wonder aka Rhythum is our One To Watch. We’ve talked about Detroit and LA holding it down in terms of burgeoning musical talent but Canada isn’t a territory to be sniffed at. With the likes of Tim Wong, Elaquent, Shad, Kaytranada and many more, you won’t be hard pressed to find brilliance in music from …
ONE TO WATCH: The Music Snobs
Music podcast The Music Snobs is our One To Watch. I’ve throwing a curve ball with the latest selection for One To Watch in that I haven’t chosen an artist or producer. The Music Snobs is a podcast dedicated to the discussion and deconstruction of musicians and their output, past and present. This is something …
ONE TO WATCH: Vegyn
UK producer Vegyn is our One To Watch. A recommendation from Zero 7 is enough to warrant a listen and that is exactly what I did when I saw their shout out on Facebook a while back. Vegyn is a producer from London and when he’s not posting about his favourite “dream music beatmakers” on …
ONE TO WATCH: Tim Wong
Canada’s Tim Wong is our One To Watch. Despite the name, we don’t just cover sample-based music here at Sampleface; we have a high level of appreciation for the musicians who compose their own stuff. Tim Wong does just that and does it across a wide range of genres. The Canadian producer recently set up …
ONE TO WATCH: Harleighblu
Nottingham’s Harleighblu is our One To Watch. She has the look of Baduizm-era Erykah and packs a hefty punch with earthy vocals and a soulful band behind her. Harleighblu may well be the newest UK soul sensation and her new album, Forget Me Not, was released on Monday. That’s a huge accolade to bestow on …
ONE TO WATCH: FKA Twigs
FKA Twigs is an emerging talent signed to Young Turks, rebranding melodic trip-hop with spaced vocals and striking visuals. FKA Twigs (previously known as “Twigs”) has just released her second EP entitled “EP2″ which is a great blend of delicate vocals with flavourings of Massive Attack, Jessie Ware and Portishead. EP2 found its way into my iTunes library literally moments after …
ONE TO WATCH: Kinetic_beats
Kinetic_beats is our One To Watch today. Hailing from the Hip-Hop Mecca that is Detroit this soulful MPC lover provides us some audio delights… Live and direct from motor city Kinetic_beats sure maintains those soulful vibes with well chosen samples and classic grooves with his own signature style. Found Kinetic_beats while I was going through …
ONE TO WATCH: Ben Khan
The mysterious Ben Khan is our One To Watch. Ben Khan’s Drive (Part I) is another reason why I love Twitter and Soundcloud. Some beautiful people on the first social network put me up on this record, hosted on the latter, and you know a song is good when it boasts over 100k plays. Ben …
ONE TO WATCH: Little Simz
Little Simz is our One To Watch.
ONE TO WATCH: LoG
France’s LoG are our Ones To Watch. The world is full of wondrous experiences and surroundings. To capture them in real time, manipulate them and create your own little universe is part of the joys of sampling and life in general. France’s LoG is a music project born of that desire. Comprised of members Romain Gaudiche and Matthieu Souchet, …
ONE TO WATCH: Yancey Boys
Hip hop/jazz band Yancey Boys are our Ones To Watch. Lending their names to one of the most famous hip hop producers of all time brings a lot of history and possibly some expectation to live up to his standards. Of course, that would be a foolish thing to do but nevertheless Yancey Boys have …
ONE TO WATCH – Aperture
Down in city of Brighton, two chaps collectively known as Aperture are preparing to electrify the electronic music scene while simultaneously reminding people what it means to feel the music they listen to. If you haven’t been paying attention in the last ten years, electronica has picked up an almighty amount of momentum what with …