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She is a new comer, yet she has blown away many important producers, such as Pinch and Scuba and has landed a Ninja Tune deal. Good for her. She’s great! Double edge
Double Edge (Pinch Remix)
Drop the other
Emika — Drop The Other Scuba’s Vulpine Remix
Mira and Laurent — a fashion model from Finland and soundtrack musician from France. Austere, minimal music made with voice and acoustic guitars and other very sparse orchestrations. Mi and L’au met in Paris a few years back. Mi is Finnish and was working as a model to make ends meet and L’au (who’s French) was [...]
Two jewish sisters, Clara and Minnie Bagelman became popular in the jazz arena in the 1940s-1960s. Their swings with yiddish lyrics were the hits of the New York Radio Show “Yiddish Melodies in Swing”. Their glamour and harmonious voices brought them into public attention. They were guests in the Ed Sullivan Show, Jack Paar and had live appearances throughout the [...]
Now that the goosepumps have stopped, I must share with you Metallic Falcons. We, here at Discorgy, have a long history and love affair with freak folk, giving you the pleasure of hearing and discovering the wonderful talents of CocoRosie, Devendra Banhart, Anthony Hegarty, but this is truly amazing. Sierra Cassady, the CocoRosie sister with [...]
Boomerang:
Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva, an autonomous Russian state bordering Mongolia. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music enmeshes avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences.
Karin Dreijer Andersson, half of The Knife, debuts a solo project called Fever Ray. To be launched on the 23rd of March 2009 the album named Fever Ray is already considered a masterpiece. It cannot be anything else with the talent and unique voice of Karin. The debut song — If I had a heart is [...]
Robots in Disguise are an English electro band. The group is composed of Dee Plume (vocals, guitars), Sue Denim (vocals, bass), and a rolling live line-up of backing musicians. Robots in Disguise have released three studio albums: Robots in disguise (2001), Get Rid! (2005), We’re in the music biz (2008). I love the sound of [...]
I heard some Shirley Bassey songs and I said to myself…I would like to say these words to somebody at my wedding…Welsh singer with totally unhappy relationships became famous when she was only 19 years old…her ‘little voice’ made her win lots of prises and to be in the tops…dimonds seem to be forever, just [...]
Listen here the version of Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries, an Austrian folk brass band with a Turkish singer, which integrates jazz and many musical styles mainly from southeastern Europe.
This song, composed by Walter Doyle, it was singed by many bands in the past. The first one was Ted Weems and his Orchestra. Doyle [...]
Mariuk and I discovered together the story of this song a few years ago on Discovery channel. We were hooked. After the show ended (it was about preconceptions and stupid traditions), we started digging on the Internet for all the cover versions. Among the approximate 90 existing, we settled for just a few. I will let [...]
