Heather Findley - Wildflower - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Heather Maloney hasn't been writing songs for long, but she sounds like an experienced pro on her new self-titled album, out in March on Signature Sounds. The Northampton, Mass., singer and songwriter digs deeper, and roams wider, than she has before on songs populated by vivid characters that ultimately trace their way back to her. InchI always said that if I didn't write songs, I'd be covered in tattoos, because every song I write is something I want to remember really badly,Inch Maloney says. She has no ink so far. Instead, Maloney is marking life lessons with music, penning tuneful reminders to herself about the little triumphs of love on InchFlutter,Inch the solace of redemption on InchTurn Yourself AroundInch and her firm belief that nothing's colder than trying too hard to be cool, an idea that inspired InchFire for You.Inch Although Maloney's influences are largely rooted in what she calls Inchadventurous folk,Inch she pushes outward on these 11 songs, adding juicy touches of pop, and a little dash of rock 'n' roll on InchIron Bull,Inch a song she wrote after visiting Zucotti Park during Occupy Wall Street. InchIt's become more multi-dimensional,Inch she says, a change she credits to the way she approached Heather Maloney. She mostly performed by herself in concert when she made her first two albums, so the recorded songs didn't sound the way they did when she played them live. This time, she road-tested the new material with a band (Ken Maiuri on bass, and J.J. O'Connell on drums), fine-tuning songs as she performed them in front of audiences before heading into the studio. InchI love playing with a band,Inch says Maloney, who's even done some co-writing with Maiuri. InchIt's become an integral part of the music.Inch If there's a typical path to becoming a songwriter, Maloney didn't follow it. Although she went to school for music and had done plenty of singi

Michael Hal sz - Creatures of Prometheus [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/02/1998

Hi-Lo returns to Adam Beyer's tag for a sharp new outing 'WANNA GO BANG'. The new track comes almost a year on from his energetic Drumcode debut 'Hypnos', which was followed by his remix of Adam Beyer & DJ Rush's 'Restore My Soul'. Oliver Heldens' techno alias Hi-Lo has been building steam over the last 12 months, remixing Nina Kraviz's 'Skyscrapers', sharing line-ups with everyone from Erol Alkan to Pan-Pot and Enrico Sangiuliano on the world's biggest stages, while also collaborating with Reinier Zonneveld, Eli Brown, and Space 92. All the while he's kept in contact with Beyer, a sophomore offering on Drumcode always on the cards. 'WANNA GO BANG' is a high-powered Chicago-influenced weapon, that takes it's vocal from the DJ Deeon classic '2 B Free'. Hi-Lo's cut sees the vocal combine with a volley of drums throughout the mid-section, which adds a clever dynamic energy to the track. Already teased in Hi-Lo's sets, and widely supported by the underground's finest including Beyer, Amelie Lens, Enrico Sangiuliano, ANNA, and many more, 'Wanna Go Bang' is set to dominate clubs worldwide. Included in the pack, 'LOKOMOTIF' is five minutes of pure machine funk as Hi-Lo crafts a fantastic little groover driven by 90s house synths stabs. The track which has been in the works for the past two years has been teased in Hi-Lo's sets over the summer, also garnering support from Carl Cox.