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Featured Artist: Kid Tye

Featured Artist: Kid Tye

by | Nov 30, 2020 | Artist Profiles

Recording Artist: Kid Tye “Kid Tye is breaking the scene with his current hit single "Tonight". The record took fire on soundcloud and built traction through platforms like tik tok. The hit is available across all streaming platforms as well as his...
Featured Artist: Asian Doll

Featured Artist: Asian Doll

by | Nov 30, 2020 | Artist Profiles

Recording Artist: Asian Doll “I am an upcoming rapper from Dallas Texas. I had my start to rap with my debut mixtape "Da Rise Of Barbie Doll Gang Empire" in 2015. I got more notoriety in 2016 after my mixtape titled "Drippin In Glo." After...
Featured Artist: Dosey

Featured Artist: Dosey

by | Nov 30, 2020 | Artist Profiles

Recording Artist: Dosey “Dosey is a musical artist from the small town of Fairfax in Northern California. He is currently implementing his sad hour trap vibes into the world of LO-FI Hiphop while providing an emotional yet relaxing experience for the viewers and...
Featured Artist: Lil Mori

Featured Artist: Yung murderspree

by | Nov 30, 2020 | Artist Profiles

Recording Artist: Yung murderspree “Ich habe einen sehr coolen anderen Style im Producen und produce Phonk mit sehr chilligen Samples und Memphis Vocals, die sehr catchy sind und jeden gefallen.” Inspiration?: Suicideboys Listen to Yung...
Featured Artist: Kenny XI

Featured Artist: Kenny XI

by | Nov 30, 2020 | Artist Profiles

Recording Artist: Kenny XI “I am the one who will fill voids in hearts of others who’ve been broken, linking them all together. Letting them know, they aren’t alone with the pain that dwells within them. I don’t confine myself to one genre, I branch off into...
Featured Artist: Lil Mori

Chris Samuels – Featured Artist

by | Nov 30, 2020 | Artist Profiles

Recording Artist: Chris Samuels “STOCKHOLM’S CHRIS SAMUELS DEBUTS DOUBLE TRACK WITH SMOKEY, BLUESY “CIGARETTE BURN”

Swedish-American newcomer indie artist Chris Samuels drops his debut single ‘Cigarette Burn’ and a B-side interlude ‘Separation Anxiety’ with AWAL.
Samuels premieres his first single, Cigarette Burn, a romantic, electric riff about a first love gone awry. Juxtaposed to this is Separation Anxiety, an edgy, techno interlude about nomophobia, a feeling of distress without your phone.

Samuels was brought up on an island in Stockholm’s archipelago where he was raised by his American mother and Swedish father. Growing up with one foot in Sweden and the other in the U.S., he soaks up inspiration from both cultures, shaping his own distinctive, soulful sound. Being a writer, producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist allows him to personalize his music in a world of off-the-shelf rhythms.

With guitar in hand, Samuels delivers soulful chords in Cigarette Burn; his intimate voice tinged with sad optimism. The track’s bridge is peppered with heady trumpets and luscious synth sounds, altogether bringing to life Samuels’ simplistic poetry. The song has swag, with a timeless, bluesy easiness. Lyrically, it describes the innocence of a first romance that sours over time, leaving a small yet significant wound, like a cigarette burn. But as the lyrics go, “it could’ve been worse”.”