Produced by film and TV composer Todor Kobakov, Odario’s debut solo EP, Good Morning Hunter, will be released by Do Right Music on October 23rd. First single, Hot Hot Heat, features Kamilah Apong of Tush and seemlessly blends hip hop, house, jazz and world music into a fiery groove anchored by Odario’s skillful, layered poetics. The Jason Cipparrone directed video for the track will be premiering the week of September 21st.
You can pre-order the EP from this link:
Look To The Moon has been described by the collaborators as the ultimate “pan-cultural summer driving song”! It is a song that never could have been written by the various parties on their own. Martha Johnson and Mark Gane of Chemical Dreams (and Martha and the Muffins) saw John Orpheus perform at the Confidence Emperors album launch for The International Sound System Party, Volume 1 compilation at The Drake Underground in June 2019. Says Johnson, “His dynamic stage presence made an impression on us and we thought he was an interesting guy that we could work with someday.” Adds Gane, ““Several months later we were pitching a track for a car commercial which called for a dance/club feel. Martha made some beats with a hip hop feel and I added some rhythm guitar, but we needed another element and John immediately came to mind.” The single and video are now available on all platforms.
Link: https://smarturl.it/looktothemoon
Odario released his second solo single, Hot Hot Heat, on Friday, July 24th through Do Right Music. Odario ventures into the infectious world of classic dance music with the help of vocalist Kamilah Apong (of Toronto live disco band Tush) and producer/songwriter Todor Kobakov (composer for the TV series Cardinal and films such as Born To Blue). Hot Hot Heat blends house music, hip-hop, beat poetry and jazz into one massive ball of fire and uptempo groove. Odario gets back to regular business with fancy poetics over saucy steelpan samples and heavy bass tones. Hot Hot Heat reflects a time in one’s life when the art of dancing (and dance music) can be instrumental in one’s freedom of expression. Odario & Kamilah take command of a blazing hot stage on this track… a fire they intentionally lit.
Link: http://smarturl.it/dr085
As the Coronavirus pandemic spread around the world, Martha Johnson and Mark Gane of Martha and the Muffins decided to challenge themselves by reimagining their song Come Out and Dance from the Mystery Walk album and ended up creating a whole new track called Stay Home and Dance. This coincided with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi saying at an April 2nd press conference that “You can never dance too much, especially when you’re home.” With a new dance groove, the duo dedicates Stay Home and Dance to all the doctors, nurses, first responders, farmers, truckers, factory and postal workers and the countless others who are keeping it together for all of us.
The video for the song has an interesting origin. Back when Mark Gane was working in a wallpaper factory for the summer and wrote Echo Beach, he “liberated” some extra wallpaper and, inspired by the artist Christo, decided to cover his parents’ house in wallpaper while they were away on vacation. The never-before-seen footage of the event has been incorporated into the video along with footage of Mark and Martha Johnson’s daughter Eve and her cousins as toddlers dancing inside their house.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL3OUTo8OcA
Link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5V8cTXpycVPQes2GBJlAvj
Link to Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/stay-home-and-dance-single/1513636545
MOJO releases her single Rule The World today! Check it out on Spotify.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/62Uo8dKpwqt1zBI2Z4inNc
Popguru has signed Swedish-raised, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Moa Munoz. Her new project, MOJO, is punchy pop with attitude and a large dose of self-empowerment. MOJO is “what a self-help book would sound like if written by a beat-obsessed whirling dervish”. She has collaborated with Popguru producer/songwriter Mike Schlosser to create songs with bouncing bass lines and hooks that stick like gum! Mojo is your new favourite, confidence-boosting cocktail. The new tracks are available by request. So, reach out.
We’re happy to announce the signing of Toronto-based indie pop duo TANDM for worldwide sync representation. Maxine Beck-Sinderby’s distinctive vocals and catchy reverb-filled guitar riffs are driven forward by the energy of Thomas Franklin’s dynamic drum flourishes. TANDM’s songs tell complex stories of the bittersweet personal pleasures and conflicts experienced in young adulthood. Howie Beck (Rich Aucoin/Milk & Bone) remixed five tracks and Joao Carvalho (Arkells/Said The Whale) mastered them. Expect to hear the new versions soon!
The new Pyramid Tropic single, How Long Is Now, premieres today on the Indie88 website. They said that the “dreamy new single comes backed by echoing, anthemic synths and catchy percussion”. They also talked about the track’s “silky vocal lines”.
You can check it out here: https://indie88.com/indie88-premiere-pyramid-tropic-share-dreamy-new-track-how-long-is-now/