BUSTY AND THE BASS ANNOUNCE NEW EP, SHARE FIRST SINGLE WITH STS

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Today, Busty and the Bass are announcing the KARNEVAL EP, a collection of soulful late night hip-hop centring around the theme of an abandoned fairground, evoking memories of relationships, desire, and nostalgia.

The EP’s first single, “Merry Go Round”, sees the Montreal jazz-funk collective teaming up Philly-by-way-of-Atlanta rapper STS. The laid back jazz-rap single finds STS spitting about love and heartbreak with the precision and playfulness of an improvising jazz soloist. 

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With their seamless blend of soulful vocals, hip hop, jazz-funk instrumentals, and signature brass and synths, Busty and the Bass is ushering in a new era of genre-defying sound. The band has released 2 full length albums, both produced by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Neal Pogue (Doja Cat, Anderson Paak, Tyler the Creator), and have collaborated with George Clinton, Macy Gray, Earth, Wind, & Fire's bassist Verdine White and more. Philly rapper and spoken word artist STS was discovered by DJ Jazzy Jeff, co-wrote Ciara's hit “Oh” and signed a deal with Def Jam before a near-fatal car accident put his career on pause. Over the years, STS rebuilt his career collaborating with a diverse range of artists such as Joywave, The Roots, RJD2, Agoria, and many more.

Watch for more news on the KARNEVAL EP coming soon.

2022 PERFORMANCE DATES
May 28 - Denver, CO @ (city outdoor show)
May 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
Jun 1 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent
Jun 3 - New York, NY @ Brooklyn Made

PRAISE FOR BUSTY AND THE BASS

"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

"...a collection of reflective compositions showcasing their marriage of jazz, hip-hop and electro-soul influences" - Jazziz on Eddie

“If we need to pick a song of the summer – consider Out of Love, a funky, bubbling slice of R&B that cools the edge like tonic does to gin” The Globe and Mail on “Out Of Love”

"The overall vibe is that of a basement make-out party with dim lights, smoke-filled air, and a pile of R&B based rock, funk and soul 45s endlessly dropping down on the automatic record changer. The album should be played at a lower volume than most." - PopMatters on Eddie

“...an album filled with expert musicianship.” - Erie Reader on Eddie

"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

"...drips with gold, beaming a timeless warmth, innocence, reflection, and adventure on a summery feel-good jazz-funk electro-soul pop fusion." - Atwood Magazine on Eddie

“This Montreal-funk eight-piece pulls out all the stops on its guest-laden new album. It’s Cool.” The Vancouver Sun on Eddie

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YVES JARVIS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, THE ZUG, SHARES NEW SINGLE

THE ZUG OUT MAY 13 VIA FLEMISH EYE (CANADA) + ANTI- (EVERYWHERE ELSE)

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“Enigmatic, genre-agnostic” – Stereogum

“Lush … sprawling … intoxicating” – Afropunk

“Gorgeous … Jarvis’ sound is one of a kind.” – Under the Radar

“Written from the soul in an inscrutable and endearing sonic language.” - The Fader

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Elastic artist Yves Jarvis has announced his new album The Zug today, coming out on May 13 via ANTI- / Flemish Eye. Like the many works under Jarvis’ belt, The Zug is an entirely self-produced venture. From instrumentation to engineering to artwork, the autodidact has forged a bastion for vanguard exploration within which no holds are barred. These creative mediums coalesce into a higher order of consciousness, depicting the cosmic dance we both represent inwardly and engage with outwardly. 

Today, Jarvis shares the new track “Bootstrap Jubilee”. The breezy effervescent repetition of the instrumental recalls at times Daft Punk’s “Digital Love” and Sly and the Family Stone, while the lyrics are utterly unique in their immense scope.

“The first verse describes both evolutionary biology and psychology; ‘in the event that there’s an opportunity / coalesce into a higher form of being / watch me bootstrap from the substrate underneath’,” Jarvis explains as he breaks down the lyrics. “‘Bootstrap Jubilee’ is the commemoration of my 25th year on earth, but all of humanity is being celebrated in verse 1 for the achievement of being. Verse 2 is a personal account of my childhood ‘Born in 1996 with an immediate reluctance to exist’ and foray into the arts: ‘busking on the street proved to be lucrative - made connections in the local radius’ and ‘rubbing elbows with the Artists we revered, climbing up the rungs of a music career’.”

Inspired by the films ‘Paris, Texas’ and ‘Boyhood’, the song’s video features footage of Jarvis wandering in the desert while images of his childhood flash before his eyes.

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MORE ABOUT YVES JARVIS
A prolific artist, Jarvis previously associated a color with each album release: 2017’s Good Will Come To You was morning yellow optimism, 2019’s The Same But By Different Means a midnight blue contemplation and 2020’s Sundry Rock Song Stock is infused with the natural state of green. “Sundry Rock Song Stock packs a remarkable variety of sounds into its 33 minutes, opening with the percolating cymbals and chime-like Rhodes patterns of Miles Davis circa In A Silent Way and closing with a whispery doo-wop devotional, always dissolving into a pool of bioluminescent synth ambiance or erupting into a racket of clattering samples just as you expect it to gear up for the next chorus,” exclaimed Pitchfork at the time of its release.

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With his youthful exuberance and swagger, the 25-year-old Jarvis evokes a mid-1970s Bowie as he bellows operatically with palpable conviction and purpose. The Zug is sometimes a stadium spectacle, sometimes a whisper. From birth to death we celebrate and mourn, here this gamut of feeling is condensed into a single motif. The strata of being are straddled to highlight the relational networks in which we find ourselves. Jarvis expertly appeals to our senses without patronizing us.

TOUR DATES
4/5 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Corona
4/6 – Toronto, ON - History

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THE ZUG TRACKLIST
1. At The Whims
2. You Offer a Mile
3. Prism Through Which I Perceive
4. Bootstrap Jubilee
5. Enemy
6. Gestalt
7. Thrust
8. What
9. Stitchwork
10. Endless Tube
11. Why
12. On the Line
13. Projection
14. To That End

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THE SECRET BEACH (MICAH ERENBERG) SIGNS WITH VICTORY POOL, SHARES NEW SINGLE / VIDEO

THE SECRET BEACH, THE NEW PROJECT FROM MICAH ERENBERG, SIGNS WITH VICTORY POOL RECORDS FOR NEW SINGLE / VIDEO

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The Secret Beach is the moniker used by Micah Erenberg whose refreshingly plainspoken candour has become a dominant through-line in the singer / songwriter’s ever-expanding catalogue. Whether releasing records under his own name or lending his talents as a producer, Erenberg exists in a constant whirlpool of creation. 

Today, Erenberg celebrates his signing to Victory Pool Records with the release of the new self-titled single, “The Secret Beach”. Produced by Erenberg and mixed by producer/engineer Rob Schnapf (Kurt Vile, Beck, Cass Mccombs), the song is at once an exercise in restraint, as well as an arrestingly lush exploration of sonic possibility.

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MORE ABOUT THE SECRET BEACH
Since the release of his 2016 debut, Erenberg has toured extensively in support of his solo pursuits. Previously signed to the now defunct Canadian indie label Sleepless Records (Michael Rault, July Talk) for his well-regarded 2019 release Love Is Gonna Find You, Erenberg’s brand of unabashed lyrical honesty, and vulnerable talk-like delivery has earned admiration from audiences across North America and Europe.

Of his process, Erenberg states, "A lot of music inherently mimics other music. It’s just natural because there is so much music out there. It’s impossible not to be inspired and shaped by the music you hear, so I try to draw more of my inspiration from non-musical things; physical experiences, conversations, feelings, sensations, and inner reflections, in an attempt to achieve some form of genuine originality.” 

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