If You Don't Know, Now Ya Know : IRIS

Hey meatloaf, this is an exciting feature this week. Let me introduce you to IRIS my newest mp3 lover.

A couple of months ago I came across IRIS's first single "I'll Wait For You" off her forthcoming debut solo EP. Straight away I was caught by the crawling baseline in the intro, because I'm a sucker for a baseline and this one had me on the groove train. From there the song layers and builds and gets the vocal cut treatment. It's one of those unpredictable songs that you don't exactly know where it's going to go. For some reason, I can't pick what is that is provoking this, but she kind of reminds me of Imogen Heap, it could be the vocal. idk.

From hearing "I'll Wait For You" I went onto her full Soundcloud page and saw that this was her only uploaded track so I was a bit bummed out I couldn't go down an IRIS wormhole like I do with most of the artists I find, but at the same time I was super excited to be able to follow her from the very beginning and to hear her sound develop as it happens.

Which brings me to her brand new (less than 24 hour old) new single, "Follow Me".  In my opinion it's even better than "I'll Wait For You," which I think is a good thing ya know, you don't wanna do the opposite, that'd be a bit of an anti-climax wouldn't it. "Follow Me" starts with a gust of wind sample which then rolls into a slow burning, synth-pop vocal, epic, movie soundtrack sounding intro that then escalates with the help of some fancy-finger guitar and some friends in the brass family making themselves known. If I had to sum it up in one word i'd just say "big" because, it's so big, I think it's the brass giving me subconscious elephant vibes or something.

I don't know much about her personally, other than the fact that she is a Spanish-Canadian BABE who is heavily inspired by Steven Tyler, David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, which is a recipe for some prettyyyy cool tunes.


Definitely keep your eye on her for 2015. yeeyuuhh

Kritty out xx.

Big Ups // TroyBoi

Shut ya pie holes, open ya ears and let TroyBoi open your world. This week i'm taking you to London town, but like a weird side alley of London that kinda freaks you out at first but then you realise you love it and want to hang out down there with all the other freaks on weekends.

TroyBoi is such a breath of fresh air, also making up half of the production team  Soundsnobz, his solo yolo approach to beat making is so innovative and completely unique, he has created a sound that is immediately identifiable and really sets him apart from everyone else. He produces tracks in a range of different genres, making it quite clear that he has a really deep pocket of influences to draw upon when creating his masterpieces.

I've been following this lad for about 4 months after I heard 'The Messenger' and had a big oof fest over it, then 'Remember' came out and I was frothin' a little bit, 2 months later O.G came out and I starting to crush really hard, one month later 'Do You' appeared online with it's spaghetti western intro that turns into a heavy, dirty trap beat, then there's the Flosstradamus track 'Soundclash', the Diplo and Friends BBC 1 guest mix, then the next day he dropped his most recent track 'Zone' that is a flutey, violin, wild banger. What I am getting at here is it's only up and up for this London boi.

So yeah TroyBoi, remember the name and run & tell that. *Major Lazer sirens* *drops the mic* *checks to make sure it's alright* *it is, thank god* PMPN 8 EZ

Kritty owt. xxx

Weekend Faves - Feb 6 / Big Ups: Van She

Hi how are you? Thats good, oh you know not much i've just been getting my Dora Explorer on this week and looking for hidden little gems in the inter webs, and I found some big fat nugs of gold, let me tell you. So boys, let down your man buns, girls, whip out that leather bralette, its time to get your freak on. This week I found my new favourite songs woohoo.

Firstly, some background info to help you understand why I am so obsessed with these songs this week; I love Van She, thats pretty much all you need to know. So that brings me to 2 (dos) new tracks, numero uno is 'Anything' by Tear Council, and the seconds fave of the week it Du Tonc's 'Every Song'. When I first heard 'Anything' I was getting some Client Liaison 'End of The Earth" vibes in the rhythm and instrumentation and something reminded me of Van She's jungle jam 'Jamaica' from 2012, and what did I find out with a little more research about 'Tear Council'?! ITS 2/4 OF VAN SHE (Matt Van Schie and Michael Di Francesco a.k.a Touch Sensitive)! So that explains why I was all about this new track and yes, this song is a fabulous discovery that I guarantee you will die for it.

Then, we have 'Every Song' by Du Tonc, who I randomly followed on Soundcloud about 12 months ago when I accidentally found their  cover of Bruce Springsteen's "On Fire". (Bruce Springsteen, if your reading this, I love you). I didn't really look into them any further after that so kind of forgot about them, I must have been feeling lazy that day. BUT THEN, they posted this song just over a week ago and I was obsessed. Usually I have to listen to a song a couple of times to really fall for it, but this got me good straight away, and then the bass line introduced itself in the bridge and I was all HOT DAMN, call the po-lice and the fireman the funk hit me, and it hit me hard. So basically I investigated Du Tonc's situation and you wouldn't friggen believe it, it's only Van She's, Matt Van Schie, involved in another dynamic duo with this chap Mighty Mouse. Moral of the story this week is Matt Van Schie pretty much has the midas touch and is doing great things at the minute.

In this playlist is 8 other great songs I also got down hard to this week to and I recommend these in your everyday life, not just the weekend. Best week ever wooooo can't wait to put my thang down flip it an reverse it all weekend long.

Love Kritty xx