Wednesday, January 8, 2014

What's good in 2014 [music now!]

This months cover design by K.K.W,
with layout by Aleksandar Ares.
On the cover Anais Heraud. 
Music Now: What's good in 2014? By K.K.W


Without a doubt, part of what hinders new music from reaching a larger audience is fame; the fame of other bands, and individuals [Pop-culture & the past]. Sometimes people can't see past this, or their unwilling.

The 2nd, and possibly worse part - generally - is the choice of most people are determined by culture, environment, sex [& or preference], and intellectual growth [or lack thereof]. Of course this is not a straight line, and people are capable of choosing something different in music [although an outside influence is often needed]. 

Over the past 10 years my musical interest has grown -considerably - well beyond Reggae, Hip-Hop & R&B. In the last 3-5 I've come across some amazing bands, duos, ensemble's & individuals producing contemporary music. This is my list.

Herzel & Genoveva @ Kanal 103 radio-station
in Skopje, Macedonia. Photo courtesy of the artists.
https://soundcloud.com/herzel
noon:30, on the cover for March 2013.
Cover design by K.K.W, with layout by Aleksandar Ares.
http://www.myspace.com/noon30band
Clinical Trials - photo courtesy of the artists.
http://clinicaltrialsmusic.com/
Antoan Kurt. Photo courtesy of the artist.
https://soundcloud.com/antoankurt
Low-Fi - image courtesy of the artists.
http://www.low-fi.net/
Nikola Kodjabashia - image courtesy of the artist.
http://www.last.fm/music/Nikola+Kodjabashia
One of the best albums he composed is PenelopeEX:
https://www.facebook.com/PenelopEX.band
Foltin - image courtesy of the artists.
http://www.last.fm/music/Foltin
A great album they were involved with is
PenelopeEX:https://www.facebook.com/PenelopEX.band

Sasko Kostov - image courtesy of the artist.
https://soundcloud.com/sasko-kostov
Muriel Louveau - image courtesy of the artist.
http://www.iapploud.com/view.php?id=1077
http://skana.bandcamp.com/album/skana
Bei The Fish - Image courtesy of the artists.
You should start with their album "Just An Idea".
https://soundcloud.com/beithefish
Ola Dioss - image courtesy of the artist.
https://soundcloud.com/oladioss
Shae Parker - image courtesy of the artist.
http://www.myspace.com/search/music?q=Shae%20Parka&ac=t
Music Progressive Quartet -
image from the reverse-side of their self-title album.
http://www.mpq.mk/
Satya Hinduja - image courtesy of the artist.
https://soundcloud.com/tabularasha
Audrey Chen - image courtesy of the artist.
www.myspace.com/audreychen

Svjetlana Bukvich Nichols - Photo by K.K.W
[Composers Concordance festival - 2012 - "Marathon"
Lynn Bechtold - photo by K.K.W
https://www.facebook.com/violynnnyc?ref=br_tf
Gene Pritsker - Photo by K.K.W
http://soundcloud.com/genepritsker
Milica Paranosic - photo by K.K.W
http://mparanosic.wix.com/milicaparanosic
Patrick Grant -photo by K.K.W
http://www.patrickgrant.com
http://www.peppergreenmedia.com
Dan Barrett [right] - photo by K.K.W
http://streetcannibals.com/#!
Kinan Azmeh - photo by K.K.W
http://www.kinanazmeh.com/
Dan Cooper - photo by K.K.W
http://www.dan-cooper.com
Aneta Kacurkova -
photo courtesy of the artist.
http://soundcloud.com/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=Aneta+Kacurkova
Genoveva. Photo courtesy of the artist.
https://soundcloud.com/genoveva-1
Darko Kustura - image courtesy of the artist.
http://soundcloud.com/d-phunq


Jeanann Dara - photo by K.K.W
http://soundcloud.com/jeananndara
Mass Of The Infinite - image courtesy of the artist.
http://soundcloud.com/massoftheinfinite

Rob Bellville - photo courtesy of the artist.
http://soundcloud.com/robbelleville
Sabrina Pena Young - image
courtesy of the artist.
www.reverbnation.com/musician/sabrinapenayoung
Yael Archer - photo by K.K.W.
www.myspace.com/junkkatmodiano
As with everything music is a matter of choice - regardless of other factors - and we hope you'll choose to give all of these artists a chance. 
"Art is the reason, art is the way"  

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