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mags – I Can’t Get Over You
Scandinavia is one huge pool of musical talent. In order to show you the magnitude of this pool, let’s narrow down the selection. Let’s only look at Denmark, only the female artists, and only the ones you’ve read about at Carte Blanche Music recently. If you’d guess that would leave us with one, maybe two names, think again. How about Who, RoseeLu, Mina Okabe, Drew Sycamore, Eyjaa and Dopha? Impressive list, don’t you think?
Today, I’d like to add another name to that list. Please meet Margrethe Tang-Jakobsen, professionally known as mags. Aged 25, she’s an exciting newcomer from Copenhagen. Mags already filled an EP (Conversations I’ve Had With Myself) and a full self-titled album with her personal, diary-like song-writing. Now, she’s ready for her decisive next step. The one that should propel her into pop heaven, that is. Figuratively speaking, obviously…
The first sign, her new single, is very promising. I Can’t Get Over You is trademark mags: highly energetic electronic pop music. Don’t let the music fool you however: it’s a story of unsolved love, but with a danceable production. In other words: pop-euphoria and heartbreak for the dance floor. Once again, this track shows mags’ undeniable talent, both as a songwriter, co-producer and singer.
“I want to release music that has evolved with me”, she tells. “Both the lyrics and the vibe represent exactly where I feel I am right now. Just like everyone else, I’ve used what feels like every single hour of the day in my apartment during the past year. Unconsciously, that state of mind has made me create music that is uplifting and fun. And hopefully, I Can’t Get Over You will make everyone else jump up and down, dancing in their lockdown homes, just like I have, listening to the song.”
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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.
single trackelectronic | indie | pop
Don Diablo presents Camp Kubrick – Whatchu Do
The artwork proudly states: ‘Don Diablo presents Camp Kubrick’. When a duo includes one of the best-known DJ’s in the world, it only logical his name is mentioned loud and clear. And when you do, you obviously don’t use his real name Pepijn Schippers. Yet, the Don is only one half of the project, the other being singer Denzel Chain (born Denzel Ketting).
Other than Diablo’s trademark future house sound, his new project offers an ‘80s inspired pop sound. Their last single Falling For You for instance, appeared to be based upon Michael Jackson’s The Way You Make Me Feel. And new single Whatchu Do, only their third, sounds very much like The Weeknd. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, for the Canadian superstar fishes in the same musical pond. And not quite unsuccessfully so… (16 Billboard Music Awards nominations, anyone?).
Those are not the influences that are mentioned in Camp Kubrick’s bio, by the way. That document namedrops artists like Toto, Lionel Richie, Kraftwerk, and movies like ‘Back To The Future’ and ‘The Never Ending Story’. And with acts like Camp Kubrick, that’s exactly what the ‘80s are: a never ending story. Something I’m genuinely happy about!
Recommended as well:
Don Diablo – Invincible
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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.
werner's weeklydance | electronic | indie | pop | rock
Werner’s Weekly (week 17)
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:
- Marina – Purge The Poison (Wildcard this week)
- Yelle – Noir (Wildcard last week)
- Charlie Collins – Fuck It
- Grae – Spinning
- Punky Monky – In The Name
- Ruby Waters – Blow
- The Hisunz – CNTRDCTNS
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 Chemical Brothers, Chvrches, The Weeknd feat. Ariana Grande, 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.
single trackelectronic | pop
Miss Li – The Manual
Linda Karlsson is one of Sweden’s most-loved artists. As Miss Li, she has a career of some 20 years to her name. Even if you’re not familiar with one of her eight studio albums, it’s very well possible you heard her music. Songs of hers have been used in American TV series like ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Desperate Housewives’, as well as in US and UK TV commercials for the likes of Apple and Volvo. Still, she’s mostly successful in her home country. A well-kept secret. Alas, I might add.
Miss Li is currently recording her ninth studio album. All tracks will be featured both in an English and a Swedish version. The Manual/Instruktionsboken is her new single. And as the title suggests: it’s a pop song by the book. Hopefully it’ll find many ears outside of Sweden as well!
Recommended as well:
Therapy
Beautiful
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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.
album trackdance | electronic | indie | pop
morgxn – Losing Myself
Nashville-born Morgan Karr already sung in a gospel choir at the age of 6. As a 9-year-old, he took singing and piano lessons and started writing his own songs. Then he went to New York, where he ended up in the theatre world. In 2015, he contributed vocals to two Tiësto tracks. This was the start of him refocussing on his music.
Now based in Los Angeles, Morgan goes by the stage name of morgxn. These last five years, he released quite a few really good electronic pop songs. Some of them rightly featured here on Carte Blanche Music.
Meridian: vol. 1 is morgxn’s latest project. It’s a 5-track EP, including his recent singles How Do You Hold What Hurts and Porcelain. However, opening track Losing Myself is by far my favourite. A great and infectious tune with a walking bass line and some nifty guitar strumming. Not only a fun song to dance to, but also one that’ll sound great on the radio.
Recommended as well:
Smallpools x morgxn – Slowdown
morgxn & Nicholas Petricca – Blue
morgxn & Walk The Moon – Home
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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.
single trackelectronic | indie | pop
Chymes – Death Wish
Back in the Greco-Roman times, Chymes was said to be the founder of alchemy, the magical power of transforming the ordinary into something extraordinary. Today, it’s the name of an Australian electronic pop act with millions of streams to their name. Chymes are often referred to as the stage name of singer-songwriter Kiersten Nyman, but don’t forget about producer Cameron Taylor. He is instrumental in building their great sound. If you dig Billie Eilish or recently upcoming acts like Archie X and Rooue, you’re sure to like Chymes as well.
The duo had released a few singles already, when things really took off in December 2018. BTS front man Jungkook liked their single Dreaming and decided to share his discovery with the 17+ million followers of his band’s Twitter account. It changed Nyman and Taylor’s lives overnight and resulted in Dreaming reaching 8 million streams.
Chymes’ new single Death Wish proves they can now continue to grow on the strength of their songs. It’s a well-produced track, built around electronic drum beats and Nyman’s cool singing style. Furthermore, it’s full of vocal effects, finger snapping and alienating choirs to almost hypnotic effect. Very much the sound of now.
Death Wish is the latest track from Chymes’ new EP Hell And Divine, set for release on 28 May 2021.
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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.
werner's weeklyelectronic | indie | melancholic | pop | r&b | rock | soul
Werner’s Weekly (week 16)
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:
- Yelle – Noir (Wildcard this week)
- Who – Hey! Get Out The Way (Wildcard last week)
- Ashe – I’m Fine
- Carla de Coignac – Danse
- Glades – Limbo
- Jan-Marten Block – Never Not Try
- The Vain Travail – Do You See The Sun?
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: Barenaked Ladies, Fickle Friends, Pale Waves, 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.
album trackelectronic | indie | pop
Fear Of Tigers – Boy Talk
After recommending Fear Of Tigers’ track Tiger Blood, I was extra curious for their same-titled full-length album. Well, if you liked the single the way I did, you surely won’t be disappointed. There is a reason the album title ends with an exclamation mark. Tiger Blood! is a collection of ten full-on, no holds barred bangers. Three of them were released as singles before, but the remaining seven are just as strong.
Boy Talk is my personal favourite. With a duration of only 2’18, it’s short and snappy. But above all, it’s a beat-driven, synth-heavy pop-dance tune of the epic kind. If you like Eric Prydz, for instance, look no further for your new favourite song.
Recommended as well:
Fear Of Tigers – Tiger Blood
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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.
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electronic | indie | pop
Wildcard (week 15):
Yelle – Noir
Yelle is a French electro-pop group around front woman and namesake Yelle (Julie Budet) and Grandmarnier (Jean-François Perrier). The original name of the band, Yel, was an acronym of ‘You Enjoy Life’. When there appeared to be a Belgian act with the same name, they feminised their name to Yelle. Halfway the ‘00s, they scored a Top 5 hit with their debut single Je Veux Te Voir (Dans Un Film Pornografique!). Follow-up single A Cause Des Garçons was almost as successful.
15 years later, the group has four albums to their name. The most recent one, L’ère Du Verseau, came out in September 2020. Noir is one of the best tracks on it. Early this year, car brand Kia used it in a TV campaign for the Black Edition of its Sportage model, which ignited huge interest in the track. Now it has been released as Yelle’s official new single. Budet explains it’s an ode to post-pandemic life: “I strongly hope that this song will make you want to dance, to party, to stay out late, just at a moment when all of this is forbidden…”
A great punchy electro tune, Noir is cool in every sense of the word. This is well-reflected in the song’s super stylish music video, which celebrates the dynamic versatility of an all-black wardrobe. ‘Comment t’habilles-tu ce soir? / Moi je m’habille en noir’ (‘What are you wearing tonight? / Me, I’m wearing black‘.)
Noir by Yelle is this week’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcard, so it’ll feature prominently at the top of the page for a full seven days!
Recommended as well:
Yelle – Ici Et Maintenant (Here And Now)
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In the Wildcards 2021 playlist you’ll find all of this year’s 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.
single trackelectronic | indie | pop | rock
Glades – Limbo
Glades are vocalist Karina Savage and multi-instrumentalists/producers Joey Wenceslao and Cam Robertson. They met at high school in Sydney and officially formed the band in 2015. After collecting their early singles on the 2016 mini-album This Is What It’s Like, they released their first full-length To Love You in 2018.
The trio are currently preparing the release of their sophomore album Planetarium. It was originally slated to be put out last summer, but has been postponed to 30 April. In the meantime, the band keep giving us tracks ahead of it. Limbo is the sixth single preceding a long-player that can already be seen as their second ‘best of’ compilation 😉.
Limbo combines old-school guitar licks with tight beats and catchy vocal melodies, so there’s something to like for everyone. If you love the sound of breaking glass, this one’s for you too!
Recommended as well:
Glades – Get In The Way
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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.
