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Wildcard (week 24):
Julie Bergan – Commando
As a daughter of two music teachers, it came as no surprise Norway’s Julie Bergan pursued a music career herself. In 2018, she featured on Alan Walker’s global smash Ignite. Yet, her solo career has so far been mostly successful in the Scandinavian countries. Massively successful, that is. She already amassed 450 million streams on Spotify alone from a catalogue including two domestic #1 singles. Her debut album Turn On The Lights went 2x Platinum, while she collected several prestigious awards.
Without a doubt, Bergan’s new single will be the launch pad for well-deserved worldwide success. Commando is a great party anthem with a monster of a beat, acoustic guitars and samples aplenty. It sounds like an updated version of the Max Martin sound that made Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears world stars.
As of today, Julie Bergan takes command of Carte Blanche Music. Her bouncing single Commando is the new Wildcard, which means it will feature here prominently for a full week.
In the Wildcards 2020 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcards so far.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Me & My Toothbrush – Funking Around
Me & My Toothbrush is the artist name of Christian Beat Hirt. Not sure if that’s his real name, but he’s a nu-disco maestro from Zurich, Switzerland. If funky house and disco music is your thing, you’d better check him out.
The aptly titled Funking Around is his latest single. Already a huge hit on the Beatport platform, it’s great if you like to dance without being distracted by ‘deep’ lyrics. A groovy ditty, enhanced by horn stabs, drum rolls and cowbells. Now get your lazy ass on the dance floor!
Recommended as well:
Me & My Toothbrush – Menace
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 23)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Håkan Hellström – Alla Drömmar Är Uppfyllda (Wildcard this week)
- Gizmo Varillas – Born Again (Wildcard last week)
- Daði Freyr & Gagnamagnið – Where We Wanna Be
- Dagny – Coulda Woulda Shoulda
- Liza Anne – Bummer Days
- On Video – Bête Noire
- Sophie Hunger – Everything Is Good
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: The Howl & The Hum, Indochine, Nek, and many more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Dagny – Coulda Woulda Shoulda
Ever since releasing her debut single Backbeat in October 2015, Norwegian songstress Dagny Sandvik has been promising us an album. However, she hasn’t delivered yet and keeps the excitement going. So far, she delivered the Ultraviolet EP in 2016, and four years on, here’s her second EP Strangers/Lovers. Together, the two hold 11 songs, which could be considered an album. Fair enough then 😉
On her website however, the six tracks she just released are described as ‘Side A of my debut album Strangers/Lovers’. I can’t wait for the B-side! Two of these tracks, Come Over and Somebody, have previously been released as singles. But the best track in my opinion is Coulda Woulda Shoulda. They don’t come any catchier than this. Wait for this girl to become one of the future global pop stars.
Recommended as well:
Come Over
Love You Like That
Backbeat
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 21)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Bloxx – Lie Out Loud (Wildcard this week)
- Shade – Morningmaker (Wildcard last week)
- Boniface – It’s A Joke
- Demi Lovato (feat. Travis Barker) – I Love Me [Emo Version]
- Kailee Morgue – This Is Why I’m Hot
- The Academic – Anything Could Happen
- Videoclub – Enfance 80
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Alma, Nek, Sofie Tukker & Gorgon City, and many more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Washington – Dark Parts
Born in Papua New Guinea, Megan Alexanda Washington is an Australia based artist. And a very versatile one as such. Starting as a jazz vocalist, her style gradually shifted to indie pop-rock. In recent years, she also did TED Talks and lent her voice to a cartoon character.
But now, she’s back at what she does best: music. 28 August, her new album will see the light. Dark Parts is the first single off it. A great pop track, but not too easy to dance to, with its ⅞ rhythm. I love the orchestral hits, which add an ‘80s flavour to the modern production. The track was co-produced by Sam Dixon (Sia, Adele) and Konstantin Kersting (The Jungle Giants, Tones and I). The music video was hand drawn by Washington herself, featuring various animated characters from the track in a vertical format.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 20)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- Shade – Morningmaker (Wildcard this week)
- MisterWives – Rock Bottom (Wildcard last week)
- Be Charlotte – Lights Off
- Chvrches – Forever [Separate But Together]
- Maria Mena – Not OK
- Razorlight – Burn, Camden, Burn
- White Denim – I Don’t Understand Rock And Roll
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: The 1975, Blanche, Hayley Williams, and many more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Videoclub – Enfance 80
Although Adèle Castillon and Matthieu Reynaud were born early this century, their music is firmly rooted in the 1980s. The couple’s electro-pop songs combine a youthful innocence with grown-up elements from the French chanson tradition. But their fun, colourful and romantic videos are equally important. Logical, for a duo that is named Videoclub. This way, each of their releases so far formed a clever package. All in all, these two are inevitably destined for stardom.
Their new single Enfance 80 is another classic French pop song. They manage to combine full-on ‘80s influences with modern production into a timeless masterpiece. The animated video, including cassettes, roller skates and video games, is an ode to the ‘80s in itself. Glamourous stuff!
Videoclub are currently working on their debut album. I can’t wait!
Recommended as well:
Videoclub – En Nuit
Videoclub – Roi
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Werner’s Weekly (week 19)
This is Werner’s Weekly, your compass to the music that matters, containing the two most recent Carte Blanche Music Wildcards, and the best of the other new releases in alphabetical order:
- MisterWives – Rock Bottom (Wildcard this week)
- Grand Corps Malade – Effets Secondaires (Wildcard last week)
- Austra feat. Cecile Believe – Mountain Baby
- Carmanah – Best Interests
- E^ST – Maybe It’s Me
- Mxmtoon – No Faker
- The Haggis Horns – Haggis Express
Click the links for more info and listen to each of the tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player below.
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist. Also added last week: Dagny, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Sea Girls, and many more.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
Be Charlotte – Lights Off
Be Charlotte is the stage-name of Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Brimner. She turned 23 just three weeks ago.
Charlotte just released a song she already wrote in August 2017 in her flat in Glasgow. She calls the song ‘incredibly personal’ and says she wrote it when she felt ‘defeated, depressed and uninspired’. “At that moment I recognised that I have felt like that quite often throughout my life. I think this song was the realisation that I had to find a way to express that sadness. Since writing the song it has opened up a lot of doors for me and is often the song that my fans want to hear the most. It’s the song that my record label wanted to release since day one.”
The label finally got what they wanted and now it’s up to them to help it make Be Charlotte the star she deserves to be. Lights Off comes with a music video that was shot a few weeks before lockdown.
Recommended as well:
Be Charlotte – Discover
Be Charlotte – One Drop
For more great new music, follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
Music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Has been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, he developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart.
