Irma Seleman: Don't Be Messin'

 
Irma Seleman has a hot new single, Don't Be Messin' :

 

This song has the groove and lyrics to give classics like Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted and Mary J Blige's No More Drama a run for their money.

 

A recent graduate from Berklee College of Music, Irma Seleman range runs from pop/rock and R&B all the way to disco, gospel, jazz, and so much more! Recently, Irma was featured in WWS Magazine and was announced as the RAW Boston Artist of the Day. She has performed in numerous venues in the US, including the Utica Music Festival in NY.

 

 

Among her influences, Irma Seleman lists such noteworthy greats as Etta James, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and jazz immortals like Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.

 

You can follow Irma Seleman on Facebook and Instagram, and keep up with her latest releases on YouTube, ReverbNation, and SoundCloud - as well as on her own official site.

 

Don't Be Messin' is available on iTunes, and if you enjoy songs that will make your body move and lyrics that you can't help but want to sing along with, then you should get her music now!

 

About Irma Seleman:

 

 

The funky songbird from the East, Irma puts together grooves, melodies, and harmonies that reflects
her journey in live, love and music. With the ability of arranging and producing music organically and electronically, Irma brought her traditional Malaysian root sound into the music of Soul and R&B and make it her own distinct blend. Finding her ground in the “Big Apple” NYC after touring in the US, Europe and South East Asia, Irma is constantly spreading her wings reaching out to new souls with one mission; bringing people together through music.

 

Born in Penang, Malaysia, Irma Seleman was raised up in a small town in Bangi, Selangor, MY. An active sports woman who sings malay traditional music throughout her middle school life. As a daughter of a musician, her dad gave a lot of exposure in every kind of music from traditional, to contemporary.

 

 

In 2008, Irma enrolled in the Berklee Transfer Program in a BIN school, International College of Music (ICOM) and did the foundation in Music and first year of Degree in Music for 2 and a half years. She has achieved so much while she was in ICOM. She was known as the risk taker and would try every kind of music from pop, malay traditional, funk, R&B, Hip Hop, Rock, Disco and many more. She was the background vocalist in a huge national show, KL Foundation. She was also the lead vocalist for the ICOM Celebration Series Tribute to The Eagles, Michael Jackson, U2,
Queen and ABBA.!Besides being the lead vocalist, she was also the vocal arranger and vocal leader for most of the tributes.

Out of ICOM, in Malaysia, Irma was featured in many of the TV shows such as Mentor (Talent Show) which she worked as a background vocalist for the show. She was also featured in an interview in Hitz.TV as the artist of the month. She also performed at the Michael Buble Crazy Love Tour’s pocket stage before the show went on. She was also featured at the Indie Youth Festival and Borneo Jazz Festival Preview. Other than that she sang in private functions, wedding, pub and jazz club.

In 2011, she started to promote her original music out and performed it in a lot of Indie venues and music or Jazz festival before she further her education in Music in Berklee College of Music. In Fall 2011, she enrolled in the Berklee College of Music and was awarded with a scholarship from Berklee. Being part of the Berklee Reverence Gospel Choir has also strengthen her knowledge in the Black music. She is also the music arranger in a huge show produced by Berklee,Singer Showcase. She was recently featured in the WWS Magazine and was announced as the RAWBoston Artist of The Day. She has performed in numerous venues in the US and one of it was Utica Music Festival New York.

 

 

Her recent appearance in Marie Claire January Issue (Malaysia) was her breakthrough. Irma was also featured in Malaysian Airlines Music on Demand on Jazz section and she just finished her Euro Tour supported by Berklee and Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory. She was featured in the Close Encounters festival and Cultural Festival by the US Embassy in Helsinki that took place in Helsinki,
Tampere, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia. Influenced by Funk and R&B musicians such as Stevie
Wonder, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Heather Headley, Rachelle Farrell, Etta James. Also by the bigtime neo-soul Erykah Badu, Jill Scott. Not to forget the Jazz queens like Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald.

Irma has written a bunch of songs that can be found in her Reverbnation page and also her new upcoming EP produced recently.

Seldom Seen: Up In The Lights

New York pop/hip-hop artist Seldom Seen is back with a new single, Up In The Lights.


Heard on the radio and in dance clubs all over the world, Seldom Seen skyrocketed with hits like 2007's Stilettos, Sweat Tonight (Shake It Baby) - which gained him a sponsorship from Germany's K1X fitness clothing line, and Bring It On, which was the featured track for the game Narc on the XBox. You may have also caught Seldom Seen's It Might Be Worth It on Blue Mountain State on Spike TV.

Seldom Seen combines infectious beats with witty lyrics that combine universal themes while being culturally relevant and holding up a funhouse mirror to society. It's impossible not to dance to this, and the tune will stay with you and make you want it to keep going.

Seldom Seen's Up In The Lights is available on iTunes, and if you're not already hearing it in clubs and on the radio, tell them to start playing it. You can follow Seldom Seen on Twitter for the latest news and show dates, and check out even more songs and videos on his YouTube channel.

Radical One Presents: The Melting Pot EP

For lovers of electronica and world beats, Radical One just released a new EP, The Melting Pot. From the very first track forward, this EP shows off Radical One's skills as both a composer and a producer.

You can listen to the entirety of Melting Pot here. Initially, Fudge was going to be my highlight track, because I like the use of the noise envelope -  but with each listen, I find more nuances and it becomes harder and harder to pick a favorite because they all work together so perfectly.

I've listened to this three times in a row, and I find it interesting how each track contains instrumentation respective to each region of the world that inspired it, plus rhythm that calls out to each region - at the same time fusing hip-hop, edm, soul, and Latin beats that fill a spot in my library that I haven't heard since the likes of Stereolab, with hints of Cibo Matto and Underworld.

You can find Radical One on Soundcloud and BandCamp, and you can follow the release of the Melting Pot EP as well as future projects by following Radical One over on Twitter.

Definitely good stuff, and you all should be listening to this!

Lucid Optics: SADLIBS

This morning was a Monday like most - too little coffee in the can to make even half of a full-strength cup, the cat vying for my attention and insisting it can type better than I do by walking across the keyboard while I try to do research, finances I'm trying to ignore as they glower over my chair, and the eternal struggle to force a fearless face to fool the world for another 20 hours or so when I could easily find a book or blanket or some other place to stuff my head and put everything on pause...just for a little while.

Then Lucid Optics came across my screen and through my headphones, and it was exactly the turn in events that my mind needed.

Lucid Optics is indie hip-hop with a fantastic organic sounds - combining smart lyrics with analog sounds and 8-bit music. Their new album, SADLIBS, comes out on April 20th, and you can bet I'm going to add it to my collection.



What are they like?

They aren't. That is to say, I could enumerate what I hear as influences, but ultimately Lucid Optics is its own thing. Hip-tip, poetry, and punk? It's there in the lyrics. Experimental rock? It's there in the guitars. Electronica? It's all in the 8-bit music and chiptune runs. The closest thing that came to mind was Reaching Quiet's Broken Crow, which I haven't thought about since I listened to it back in '03.

Anyway, I'm running off the rails here, so let's get back on track.

Lucid Optics are based out of San Jose, CA, and they are able to harness the chaos of so many diverse genres and drive them into mindblowing tracks like Equivalent Exchange and Storms Reformed.

You can get Lucid Optics'  SADLIBS on April 20th, and in the meantime, get a sampling of their work over at bandcamp. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest scoop on what they're doing and where they're playing.

Xcedera Twins

If you've been following Hip-Hip/R&B duo Xcedera Twins, you'd know that their new single, Confetti, is now available on iTunes.




Based in Hollywood and Los Angeles, Xcedera Twins have worked with heavy hitters such as Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Ernest Thomas, TLC, and tons of others. These guys pretty much do it all - from songwriting to choreography, producing their own stage shows, making radio appearances, acting, and even gracing the stage of BET's 106 & Park!

Check out Xcedera Twins on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or keep up with their latest successes and triumphs on their own site.

Keep an eye on these two, because their rocket's just started to rise, and they're breaking barriers at the speed of light.

Blow_Flyy Is Dominating The Charts

 

   

 

BLOW_FLYY, hails from Canada, is a poet and this shows in his lyrics and the style in which he writes. He is a rapper for a new age, refraining from vulgarities and rapping about what’s in his heart. His songs are clean, simple, and catchy. Because of this and his obvious talent, it stands to reason that this is an artist worth betting on.

 

 

 

BLOW_FLYY has continued to show popularity on several radio stations. Has been added to several additional radio stations because of the amount of plays he has received. Here is a list of a few stations that plays his music:

 

Vibe FM Radio Detroit, Michigan USA

Vibe FM Radio Toronto, Canada

Vibe FM Radio Mexico City, Mexico

Vibe FM Radio Madrid, Spain

Vibe FM Radio Dubai, United Arab Emirates

KXRL Radio Los Angeles, California USA

KEDG Radio Sydney, Australia

KHSX Radio Houston, Texas USA

WLDN Radio London, United Kingdom

WMIC Radio Miami, Florida USA

 

 

 

Please click here to view your spin report, which now reflects a formidable level of spins throughout the world!

 

 

 

‪#‎BLOW_FLYY‬ ,"ITS LIKE I GOT A SET OF WINGS" now for sale by Artist Hub | pick it Up! before new album "TO THE STARZ" is out!

 

You can follow him on his website at blowflyy.bandpage.com/, on Twitter @BLOW_FLYY, and on Facebook at facebook.com/BLOWFLYY. You can also listen to more of his music at reverbnation.com/blowflyy and yourlisten.com/BLOW_FLYY.