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Ben Zaidi releases the emotional track Irene. Originally from Seattle but now based in Brooklyn, the bedroom producer and poet has been building up an impressive resume. With just a album and an EP behind him, the 24 year old has gathered over 400k streams on Spotify and Soundcloud, performed sold-out shows at Barboza and Chop Suey, and received love from Seattle’s station KEXP 90. You can check out his performance at Rockwood Music Hall (NYC) on June 3rd.
ben@benzaidi.com

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Kings favorite Julian Lamadrid has released a well crafted video for his song Marimba. The song which quickly garnered 25k YouTube views in just a week is about a boy who is sad and alone at home because his ‘girl’ won’t send him a snapchat or a text, as she is too busy out having fun.

Julian who moved to NYC and is studying at NYU, cites The Weeknd, J Dilla, Vampire Weekend as influences. Inspired by a wide array of genres, Julian combines hip hop, indie rock and a bit of R&B. Julian has over 1 million Spotify plays and was recently added to the Spotify Playlist Chillvibes.
ronxepo@gmail.com

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The 24 year old genre-bending artist Aaron Toas released the slow groove Off My Mind. The Brooklyn songwriter released his self-produced debut EP GUITS in 2015 which garnered plenty of blog features and peaked at #1 on hypem, landing on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist.

The latest track has been dubbed as ‘the best pop song of thus far in 2017’, hence, Aaron Taos is sticking around. Check out the video here.
aarontaosmusic@gmail.com , beth@dangervillage.com

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Producer duo made up of Philipp and Sebastian have created a new much talked-about project Palastic. Influenced by electronic, house, and pop, the Austria/UK act quickly garnered millions of streams on Youtube, Spotify & Soundcloud while winning support from popular YouTube channels such as MrSuicideSheep and La Belle Musique.

Check out the latest single featuring Bright Sparks, but also give Matches a listen, my personal favorite.
elias@goodlifemusic.at

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London based Keels aka Niall Keels is back with a brand new single. The rising singer-songwriter began to solidify his name with the debut track Surrender which landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist. Now, the UK crooner is taking it to the next level with the ready-radio pop track Prison Walls which has a big chorus and could find its way on top of the viral charts.

Drawing inspiration from Johnny Cash, Phil Collins and Bruce Springsteen, Keels just wrapped performing a sold-out show at London’s historic St Pancras Old Church.
aidan@sonnetmusic.co.uk

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