#debut original

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We’ve been familiar with Los Angeles bred producer AWAY for well over a year, due to his brilliant remixes of tracks we love like THEY.’s Motley Crue, Kiiara’s Feels, and Skott’s Porcelain. He’s just as enthralling on his debut original, Sleepwalker, which features breathy captivating vocals by singer songwriter and actress London Thor. Sleepwalker is a bittersweet heartrender that melds prickly trap with dense riveting future bass. The somber elegy is a hard hitting beauty that punctures deep into the heart. Sleepwalker is a free download, here.

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A newcomer who goes by the name of NANCY is stirring up the indie scene with his song Teenage Fantasy. The hype surrounding the enigmatic songwriter is well deserved considering the astral burst of sound that overtakes us on the glossy sleek swooner, his first original. NANCY burst on to the scene with a unique cover of Nancy Sinatra’s ‘Bootz (are made for walkin’)’ last month, and he already has plans to release a debut EP named Mysterious Visions on November 9th. As you might surmise from that first release, NANCY was named after Nancy Sinatra. Raised in North East England, NANCY brings us a tantalizing slice of funk imbued lo-fi alt pop on sweltering Teenage Fantasy.  Discussing the release, NANCY stated: “"Teenage Fantasy is your first glimpse into my world. A peak behind the curtain before the matinee begins. I am the pop culture that you all love, chewed up and spat out back onto the canvas. Teenage Fantasy is the song I hear when I dream. It wakes me up nostalgic for a time that never existed. It is the soundtrack to the childhood I never had and the road map to a future I can't predict. It's Nancy…” Pre-order NANCY’s Mysterious Visions EP, here, including on 300 limited cassettes in fully functioning cigarette packets. He states in his Soundcloud profile: “Like cigarettes, my fantasy world is highly addictive and probably bad for you.” I disagree. Teenage Fantasy can’t be bad for us, its such a creamy smoldering heater with an infinite amount of confident swagger.

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There are several ways the word “neutral” can be fined. It could mean unbiased, or un-opinionated. Or it could mean bland, dull, and unremarkable. None of these descriptions apply to Zach Salmi, a rising producer from the small city of Peoria, IL who makes music as neutral. We already noticed this when Zach released his remix of Evalyn’s Filthy Rich a few weeks ago, so we’re as far from unbiased about his effervescent sound as possible. Neutral. now flexes his production chops with a gorgeous debut original named Turn It Around, an elegant and graceful yet honeyed bubbling future pop treat that will steal your heart away. Its a celestial flickering gem featuring sultry vocals by an enigmatic siren. Turn It Around is out now on BonFire Records. Stream/purchase here.

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Who doesn’t want to have an overabundance of dollars in their wallet? While we can’t exactly go out and rob a bank or win the lottery at a whim, we can partake in Crankdat’s exhilarating debut original, Dollars. The Ohio producer and longtime provider of sensational remixes makes it rain with a flurry of high energy trap and a downpouring of chirpy euphoric beats on this exceptional first single. Dollars doesn’t just pick you up and raise your spirits, it jounces you straight to cloud nine with its happy-go-lucky, throw caution to the wind exuberance. Download Dollars, here. 

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IHM has been a proud supporter of Chicago duo Win and Woo for over two years now. We were hooked from those very first Win and Woo remixes we encountered eons ago, edits that are long gone from the halls of Soundcloud history. We said, and we quote, “keep an eye on this duo” in that very first feature. The electronic phenoms have kept us riveted and thrilled with a steady diet of remixes and production wizardry for other gifted artists since, and today, we’re ecstatic to share Win and Woo’s debut original, Recognize, featuring honey wined vocals by Nashville singer songwriter Ashe. Recognize is a testament to the brilliance we’ve heard in Win and Woo’s music from the get go, a genre melding composition with moving emotive depth and irresistibly spirited charm. It opens with tenderly halcyon melodic house, gingerly leading us into a wonder world of frisky sass, delivered with profuse future funky vibrancy and elegant trap aplomb. Brisk thumping Recognize takes us to sky high peaks of dance inducing euphoria yet caresses our hearts with saccharine stirring feels. Recognize can also be streamed on Spotify and it’s out now on iTunes.