Featured Song: Ian Ewing – Swell (feat. Virginia Palms). Released via Canadian independent label Playitlouder, Ian Ewing’s latest track, “Swell,” showcases the best qualities of his trademarked future soul sound. Featuring some gorgeous vocals from Virginia Palms, the track is the ultimate…
Featured Song: gucci mane – both feat. drake (maxd remix). In very Ramzoid-like fashion, Maxd has turned Gucci Mane and Drake’s “Both” into a bouncy, gritty song which remains as catchy as it is energetic. The progression on this one is super different…
Featured Song: sober rob – Moving On (ft. Karra). Some songs are just bound to turn out great right from the get go. Such is the case with “Moving On,” a track which opens to an awesome melodic section before…
Featured Song: Drinker – Fake It. “Fake It” is the epitome of different yet familiar-sounding indie music – one of those tracks that has a special, comforting but mysterious quality which both challenges and reassures you. The track is as…
Secret Shores Release: Laxcity – Introspection. Joshua Mbewe, a.k.a. Laxcity, stays killing it. Following up on his debut, self-titled EP, he’s one-upped himself with an even more emotional and profound project which showcases his gorgeous songwriting and impressive production quality.…
Featured Song: Mac Ayres – slooow down. Fête signee Mac Ayres is quickly becoming one of our favourites with his distinctly smooth and effortlessly soulful sound. His consistency is remarkable – it seems everything he touches turns to gold. One can’t help…
Featured Song: Knapsack – Jasper. As the first-ever Secret Shores interviewee, Gabriel O’Leary, a.k.a. knapsack, is someone for which we’ve been keeping an eye out for quite some time now. Over the course of the past year, he’s experimented with…
Featured Song: Lorde – Green Light (Montell2099 & SACHI Remix). From making beats on a version of FL studio installed on his computer by his grandparents – with whom he was living at the time in Te Rereatukahia Pa in…
Featured Song: Flume ft Tove Lo – Say It (zotti flip). Matt Zotti established himself in 2016 as one of the most creative, nuanced, and highly respected producers in the SoundCloud scene. With his experimental originals, Zotti weaves a fascinatingly complex…
Featured Song: KYLI x Krys Talk – I Wish. Cher Lloyd’s “I Wish” might seem an unlikely candidate as an acapella sample for a future bass song, but KYLI and Krys Talk have used it to great effect on this one…