Browsing Tag instrumental
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 38)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Ana & The Changes – Dosta
indie | pop
- Ash (feat. Démira) – Oslo
indie | pop | rock
- Crystal Fighters – Love x3
indie | pop
- Dragonette & Big Data – Literally Dead
indie | pop
- Dylan – Rebel Child
electronic | pop | rock
- Eaglemont – You Don’t Live Here
indie | pop | rock
- Jungle By Night – Pompette Encore
funk | indie | instrumental | pop
- Poolclvb (feat. Fanta Ballo) – Broken Heart
pop | dance | spoken word
- Smol Fish – Sweet Taste
indie | pop | rock
- Izzy S.O. – Without You I Don’t Like Sundays
indie | pop | rock
- Stone – If You Wanna
pop | rock
- Super db – Side By Side
funk | indie | pop
- The Vaccines – Heartbreak Kid
indie | rock
- Wreck Theory feat. Flo – La Fin
indie | pop
- Noémie Wolfs – A Little Bit
indie | orchestral | 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.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 34)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Brooke Alexx – Never Liked Your Name
indie | pop
- Noah Bates – Coffee In Japan
indie | pop
- The Beaches – What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Paranoid
indie | rock
- Rye Catchers – Stupider
indie | pop
- Cookin’ On 3 Burners feat. Stella Angelico – I’m Coming Home To You
indie | pop | r&b | soul
- Astrid Cordes – Surrender
indie | pop
- The Darcys feat. Mae Martin – You Up?
indie | pop | rock
- the ghost tapes – Ballad For The Twenty Something
indie | pop | rock
- Glass Violet – Too Late To Come By
indie | pop | rock
- Mishell Ivon – Wild
funk | indie | pop
- Jaxxee – Gone
indie | pop | soul | trip hop
- Hevi Levi – Expecto Patronum
dance | electronic | indie | instrumental
- Los Leo – GTFO
indie | pop
- Linebeck – Give Us A Try
indie | pop | rock
- Mowgli May – Streets Calling
dance | indie | pop
- Rio 18 & Young Gun Silver Fox – She’s In LA
indie | pop | soul | tropical
- Pam Ross – You Don’t Know My Name
americana | indie | pop | rock
- Phebe Starr – One Step. Two Step.
indie | pop
- Twam – Identity Crisis
indie | pop | rock
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.
Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 17)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Bad Manors – Dreams Run Dry
indie | rock
- Belle & Sebastian – When You’re Not With Me
indie | pop
- The Boo Radleys – How Was I To Know
indie | rock
- Chromeo feat. La Roux – Replacements
indie | pop
- Chuey – Aura
dance | electronic | indie | jazz | instrumental
- Dagny – Heartbreak In The Making
pop
- L Devine – Push It Down
pop | rock
- Lottie Gray – The Wide, Wide World
indie | pop | rock
- Jinks – Poison Lover
indie | pop | rock
- Malu – Comfort Zone
indie | pop
- Only The Poets – Jump!
pop | rock
- Emma Steinbakken – Home
pop
- Jessie Ware – Freak Me Now
disco | 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.
Timothy & The Apocalypse – Engine Check
*SONG SNACK*
Prolific Sydney-born producer Timothy Poulton produces cinematic beats on this spacey new single.
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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.
Sonomancer – Stoppage Time
*SONG SNACK*
Big beats straight from the 1990’s, beamed up from Down Under to hit us in our 2020’s faces.
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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.
Close Counters – Get Down!
*SONG SNACK*
A broken beat flips some funky nylon string guitar samples into some new broken territory.
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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.
Bernadett Nyari – Palladio
*SONG SNACK*
Virtuosically played, this rendition of Palladio aims to empower women in the music industry.
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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 Weekly (week 49)
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:
- Coral Palms – Something In The Air (Wildcard this week)
- Laura Mac – Garage Full Of Dreams (Wildcard last week)
- Anish Kumar & Barry Can’t Swim – Blackpool Boulevard
- Blonde Diamond – Red Flags
- Dead Anyway – Space Dust
- Deap Vally – Phoenix
- Highasakite – Love Him Anyway
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: Angèle, RoseeLu, The Sherlocks, 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.
Anish Kumar & Barry Can’t Swim – Blackpool Boulevard
This one’s for the dance floor. Last summer, Anish Kumar and Barry Can’t Swim were sending ideas, early demos and voice notes back and forth, which resulted in this banger. Blackpool Boulevard is a sample-heavy, funky disco tune with a great piano part and a Communards-like beat.
Kumar is not only a veterinary medicine student, but also a promising producer, fond of samples, Motown and Northern Soul. Meanwhile, Barry Can’t Swim is a rising artist with a knack for putting a summertime spin on jazz-inflected house. When you listen to their great collab, you can hear both their influences in it.
Blackpool Boulevard is an instrumental for now, but I can imagine someone putting vocals to it. That would be interesting, but not strictly necessary. It’s great in its current form as well.
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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 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.

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.