MACY GRAY JOINS GENRE-SPANNING MONTRÉAL OCTET BUSTY AND THE BASS ON VIBRANT FUNKY HOUSE SINGLE “OUT OF LOVE”

WATCH THE KALEIDOSCOPIC ANIMATED VIDEO FOR “OUT OF LOVE” HERE

"Combining their love of funk, soul, hip-hop, gospel and dance, Busty and the Bass is one of the baddest in the land when it comes to delivering unified sounds for the masses." - Okayplayer

"How A Nine-Piece Band Came To Defy Genre & Tour The World... By merging classic influences of Michael Jackson and Earth, Wind and Fire with modern touches of Kendrick Lamar and James Blake, the band managed to create a sound that’s eclectic, fresh, and yet familiar all at the same time." - Ones To Watch

"An undeniable live performance and a sound that’s best described as a lovechild between jazz, hip-hop, and electro-soul." - Complex

"Some fresh beats along with a juicy melody and you’ve got yourself an aural feast at which a jazzy, funkalicious hip-hop-infused experience awaits you." - The Huffington Post

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Today, Canadian-American 8-piece collective, Busty and the Bass, releases “Out of Love”, featuring R&B and soul legend Macy Gray, with a psychedelic animated video to accompany the single. The saccharine lyrics outline the raw end of a relationship, in which Gray’s vocals shine alongside the ensemble. The collaboration was years in the making as the octet rose to international acclaim for their 2016 cover of Gray’s hit “I Try”. “Out of Love” follows the recent release of “Baggy Eyed Dope Man (ft George Clinton)”, “Kids”, “Clouds”, and “Summer” all of which will be included on the band’s forthcoming album out this year. Details to come.

WATCH THE KALEIDOSCOPIC ANIMATED VIDEO FOR “OUT OF LOVE” HERE

The octet of Nick Ferraro [vocals, alto sax], Evan Crofton a.k.a. Alistair Blu [vocals, keys, synths], Scott Bevins [trumpet], Chris Vincent [trombone], Louis Stein [guitar], Milo Johnson [bass], Eric Haynes [keys, piano], and Julian Trivers [drums] met during their first week as students in the jazz program at McGill University back in 2011. They went on to drop a pair of EPs—GLAM [2015] and LIFT [2016]—before unveiling 2017’s full-length debut, Uncommon Good and in the time since have amassed over 25 millions streams worldwide. In addition to packing houses on headline tours, including recent sold out shows at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom and LA’s Troubadour, they graced the stages of international festivals such as Made in America, Osheaga, Pinkpop, Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Great Escape, Ottawa Bluesfest, and Rifflandia, playing alongside the likes of Radiohead, Anderson .Paak, and Lana Del Rey.

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LISTEN AND SHARE “BAGGY EYED DOPEMAN” FT. GEORGE CLINTON HERE

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MIKE EDEL SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “HELLO UNIVERSE” FILMED IN MOROCCO

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‘I don’t really feel the doubt, I just wanna sing it loud’ says Mike Edel in his new single “Hello Universe”. Edel delivers an uptempo summer anthem laden with melodic hooks, and the positivity we need now: inviting us to ‘turn your back’ to the negative and embrace the gratification and simple joy our individual paths through life offer.

Mixed by Marcus Paquin (Arcade Fire, The National) and co-written with Parker Bossley, the accompanying music video is a must see.' Shot over 5 days in Morocco in early March 2020,  Edel and filmmaker Jordan Clarke barely made it home in the wake of the global pandemic.

“It was a whirlwind video shoot and I connected through Paris,” says Edel. “A little French macaroon lady told me I was lucky I was flying today because the European/USA borders were closing tomorrow.”

WATCH AND SHARE “HELLO UNIVERSE” HERE

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The summer single is a follow up to Edel’s Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) produced 2019 record, THRESHOLDS. After THRESHOLDS, 4 million cumulative streams across major platforms, landing a song on ABC’s American Idol, in heavy rotation on CBC Music, AAA Radio across the United States, and on Sirius XM’s The Verge and North Americana; after playing hundreds of shows across North American and Europe including Rifflandia Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Regina Folk Festival, Victoria International Jazz Festival, and Upstream Music Festival; after sharing the stage with Serena Ryder, Foy Vance, Said The Whale and Josh Garrels; and after moving to Seattle, WA and getting married, Edel has established himself as a creative tour de force with plenty on the horizon.

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July 17 - 6:30pm PDT/9:30 PM EDT | Mike Edel 'Hello Universe' Single Release Show #1 (Acoustic/Online): https://sidedooraccess.com/shows/NTCsiVwBD0sDGWLct6D

July 19 -  12:00pm PDT/3:00 PM EDT | Mike Edel 'Hello Universe' Single Release Show #2 (Acoustic/Online): https://sidedooraccess.com/shows/qQfXQxWrwx0gurkBU4nK

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DANA GAVANSKI ANNOUNCES NEW EP, WIND SONGS, SHARES FIRST TRACK

NEW COVERS EP, WIND SONGS, OUT AUGUST 14, 2020 VIA FLEMISH EYE

LISTEN AND SHARE “I TALK TO THE WIND” (KING CRIMSON ) HERE

PRE-ORDER WIND SONGS LIMITED EDITION 12” HERE

“Yesterday is Gone sits alongside the works of contemporaries like Joan Shelley and Brigid Mae Power, her delicate voice rising and falling through these elegant psych-folk songs” - Uncut

“Dana Gavanski casts a spell on listeners with her psych-washed folk songs.” - Exclaim! 

“Her honeyed vocals tiptoe around whimsical lyricism about the changing of the seasons and the slow burn of time” - Beatroute 

"a comforting album that is a perfect companion for these trying times. ... listening to this album will bring us solace and some welcome sonic surprises" - Cups N’ Cakes

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The ethereal tones of Serbian-Canadian musician Dana Gavanski can stir a breeze and destroy like a storm. With her new covers EP, Wind Songs, Dana complements her debut album from her temporary new home in London across both sides of enforced isolation, to show an artist making the best of unfortunate circumstances and seeking comfort in the familiar strangers of her musical heroes.

The full Wind Songs track list will be made available over the course of the coming weeks. For now, listen to Dana’s take on “I Talk to the Wind” (King Crimson).

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“Yesterday is Gone, my debut album, came into the world at a strange time,” says Dana, “I never expected to be unable to tour it until at least a year after its release but I’ve silently accepted it. I’m happy to hear of the ways it is reaching people. To read beautiful and thoughtful comments from friends and strangers. Also, in many ways, not being able to do so many things I was used to has shown me how excited I was about getting on the road and in turn, has helped me realise I should work on not taking things for granted.”

With multiple festivals and shows across France, Germany, and North America on pause, Dana utilised solitude to form deeper connections with the artists who inspire her. With her Travis picking technique she has recorded her unique renditions of songs like a time capsule of her journey so far; from teenage years in Vancouver to kitchen table talk with her mother and grandma “baka” about love, life, sex, art, relationships, and psychology, and selling her records for a move to Montreal: “I kind of forgot about King Crimson for some time,” Dana says of her EP’s cover of their song, ‘I Talk To The Wind,’ “and only got back into them early last year. Ian McDonald’s beautiful flute solos throughout the song, the mellow vocals and symphonic arrangements all come together to make it beautifully moody.”

Writing is how Dana makes sense of life’s bumps in the road. Her debut album Yesterday Is Gone — which will get an overdue proper release alongside the EP — took shape after she returned from a writing residency in Banff, Alberta where she’d begun to learn the art of being alone with her emotions. Rooted in the intimacy of folk songwriting, it explores a different sonic texture and as a full band, Dana co-produced her record with Toronto-based musician Sam Gleason and Mike Lindsay. Yesterday Is Gone is Dana’s attempt to ‘learn to say what I feel and feel what I say’ through her own beguiling sound, with each component meticulously placed and yielding a deeply sincere response to the chaos of human emotion.

For now, all Dana wishes is for Wind Songs to be enjoyed whilst she tentatively feels her way and steps towards giving her album the full attention it deserves. “Often we have to go a little far in one direction to learn something about ourselves,” Dana says. With an optimistic, steely-eyed gaze towards the future, it looks like Dana has no choice but to keep going, wherever the wind may take her.

The Wind Songs 12” will be available in retailers as a bundle with Yesterday Is Gone, and is available to pre-order: https://smarturl.it/wind-songs 

To buy Yesterday Is Gone, head here: https://smarturl.it/yesterdayisgone

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