Browsing Tag disco
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 5)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added this week (alphabetically):
- Blaue Blume – Crush
indie | pop
- Dead Anyway – Life Is Brutal/Big Foot/The Dotted Line
indie | melancholic | pop | spoken word
- Dolores Forever – When I Say So
indie | pop
- Paddy Echo – Butterfly Kissing
indie | pop
- Girli – Imposter Syndrome
electronic | indie | pop
- Hannah Grae – I Never Say No
indie | pop | rock
- Raye – Worth It.
indie | pop | soul
- Rori – Encore
pop
- Secret Lung – Phantom Limbs
indie | rock
- Jake Shears – Too Much Music
disco | indie | pop
- The Utopiates – Making History
indie | pop | rock
- We The Commas – Keep Going
indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Gintronix – Get Up And Dance
*SONG SNACK*
Dutch producer JB Meijers and his daughter Jazz put on their dancing shoes. For fans of M83.
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For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Wernerâs Weekly (week 21)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Laura Mac – Donât Know What Iâm Thinking
(Wildcard this week)
- Nu Genea – TienatĂ©
(Wildcard last week)
- Belle & Sebastian – Talk To Me, Talk To Me
- G Flip – Get Me Outta Here
- Gabriels – One And Only
- Maisie Peters – Cateâs Brother
- Tangarine – Big Star
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Archie X, Ben Folds, Diana Ross feat. Tame Impala, and more.

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Wernerâs Weekly (week 20)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Nu Genea – TienatĂ©
(Wildcard this week)
- Florence & The Machine – Free
(Wildcard last week)
- Dead Anyway – Moving Target
- Evil Tongues – Energy For This
- Porridge Radio – End Of Last Year
- RoseeLu – Wasted Life On You
- St. Lucia – Separate World
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Alice Merton, MÄneskin, OneRepublic, Tate McRae, and more.

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Sigrid – A Driver Saved My Life
*SONG SNACK*
For nu-disco lovers. My favourite track on Norwegian pop princess Sigridâs second album.
Recommended as well:
Donât Feel Like Crying
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I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Wildcard (week 19):
Nu Genea – TienatĂ©
Nu Genea is the artistic project of Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina. Itâs got a few ear-catching qualities: the duo combine disco, funk, boogie, electronic, dub, jazz, folk and much more into heavenly grooves, and the lyrics are sung in their Napoli tongue by Fabiana Martone. New single TienatĂ© bears all of these hallmarks.
Martone is a white singer, but she makes the track sound like it was produced in Africa. Obviously, the multi-coloured musical backdrop adds a lot to this notion as well. On this track, Martoneâs powerful voice is crossed with synths, strings, and multiple musical influences from south of the Mediterranean Sea.
Following MarechiĂ , TienatĂ© is the second single to be released ahead of Nu Geneaâs long-awaited third album Bar Mediterraneo, which will be out on 13 May. The track deals with a relationship between alleged friends, in which someone borrows something⊠and then disappears. This groovy, exotic banger is sure to get the summer started.
TienatĂ© by Nu Genea is the new Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. Itâll feature prominently at the top of the blog for a whole week!
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In the Wildcards 2022 playlist youâll find all of this yearâs Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Wernerâs Weekly (week 16)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Lauran Hibberd feat. DJ Lethal – Still Running (5K)
(Wildcard this week)
- Get Well Soon – My Home Is My Heart
(Wildcard last week)
- AA Sessions (feat. Arxx, Paperflag & Projector) – Can’t Stand You
- Dopapod – Black Holes
- 90ivy – Tiffany
- Olivia O’Brien – Bitches These Days
- Tilly Louise – Baggy T-Shirt
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Lizzo, Bilderbuch, Son Mieux and more.

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Dopapod – Black Holes
Dopapod. Is that a bird? Is it a plane? Is it even a word? Not really. Itâs a band. And Dopapod is a palindrome, which means you read the same forward as backward. Since 2009, they released six albums: Radar, Drawn Onward, Redivider, Never Odd Or Even, Megagem and Emit Time. A self-titled seventh record will be out on 27 May. Now watch all of those titles closely. Does something strike you? Theyâre all palindromes as well!
The band states that symmetry and balance are integral parts of the way they work. A difficult task, for theyâve got a wide range of inspirations. In Podapodâs music, youâll hear rock, disco, funk, jazz, bluegrass, electronica and much more. And listening to the way they combine all of that into a melting pot of their own, one canât help but thinking these guys like mathemetics as well. This is complex music, but injected with a fair dose of humour.
It wonât surprise you Dopapod was formed at Berklee College Of Music, by Eli Winderman (keyboards, vocals), Rob Compa (guitar, vocals), Neal âFroâ Evans (drums) and Chuck Jones (bass). Since the start in 2007, the band played hundreds of shows (per year!), building a loyal fanbase.
New single Black Holes is sure to please their followers. Itâs as groovy as ever, with a fat beat thatâll make even the stiffest of us dance. If not, please check your pulse!
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I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Wernerâs Weekly (week 14)
This is Wernerâs Weekly, your compass to new music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Placebo – The Prodigal
(Wildcard this week)
- Estella Dawn – Buzzcut
(Wildcard last week)
- After Arden – Dance Floor
- Elina Filice – Donât Let Me Fall
- Mother Culture – Shitty Four Chord Pop Song
- mxmtoon – Sad Disco
- Specialists – I Got You
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Wernerâs Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Macy Gray, Everything Everything, Selah Sue, and more.

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.
Specialists – I Got You
Specialists were formed in New York in 2017 by singer/guitarist Will Harden and bassist/producer Mikey Rotunno. As a duo, they composed works for bands of various sizes, across a multitude of genres. In the process, they evolved into a fully-fledged quartet, featuring Christian Hickey on drums and Pete Harden on keys. Their sound, a fine blend of funk, rock, R&B and jazz, is built around layered guitar and vocals, driving electric bass and a contagious groove.
The band currently have three albums out, and a fourth full-length effort is scheduled for release this spring. I Got You is the first single to be released ahead of it. With a more dance-oriented sound, it paints a neat picture of what to expect from the upcoming record. The disco bassline is a distinctive part of the song. Itâs complemented with pop/rock verses, a slap bass chorus and EDM-influences. All ingredients to get you on your feet are present. Lyrically, the song is about Will and Mikeyâs close and ever-growing friendship.
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I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.