☼ Summer Tunes '17 ☼

Jlin - Black Origami: Not only the album cover is a great work of art // Gaël Faye - Rythmes et Botanique: French rap at its best // Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up: The perfect soundtrack for a road trip // Lana del Rey - Lust for Life: Lana is back and she's cooler than ever // SEVEN - 4Colors: A truly colorful mix of music //

Process

Been a fan of this soulful voice since his 'Too much' collab with Drake. Now Sampha's finally got his own music out. #ProcessAlbum

Under The Sun

New album 'Under the Sun' by producer Mark Pritchard - perfect to disappear into different (musical) worlds. Must listen: 'The Blinds Cage' feat. AntiPop Consortium's rapper Beans.

☼ Summer Tunes '15 ☼

(f.l.t.r.)  Australian sweetheart Kim Churchill finally releases his stuff in Europe: 'Silence/Win' // Marian Hill's catchy EP 'Sway' : I la la la la love it // What a delicious cover for Kazy Lambist 'On You'- EP // Gorilla vs Bear 'June 2015' mixtape - great as always // Last but not least, Elderbrook's 'Simmer Down'-EP//

Oh Wonder...ful

via Soundcloud

November Music

The best way for J-A-N-I-S to defy cold weather? Besides wearing cold weather clothes and drinking lots of hot chocolate & tea, going to concerts is a wonderful way for me to escape the cold outside. And so it happened, that J-A-N-I-S went to a few concerts in November. One of them was Telekom Street Gigs - a great series of live concerts with special locations - featuring German sweetheart Clueso and Danish singer/songwriter Lasse Matthiessen. It was quite a special night, not only because it was the 50th birthday edition of Telekom Street Gigs and took place in an impressive baroque buidling near Hannover, but also because of those two talented singers! Lasse Matthiessen, who started the show, filled the whole place with a special kind of melancholy in his voice and songs. And Clueso proved once more, what a great and entertaining live musician he is! Check out some highlights here.

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Second great happening in November: J-A-N-I-S finally got to see British singer, songwriter and guitar hero Ben Howard live (special thanks again to Inspired By Beatz). He presented his second album "I Forget Where We Were" in Munich and as expected, it was just wonderful. His opening act  Jack Garratt was also pretty stunning - I'm almost addicted to his "Worry"!

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J-O-L-A-N

Already more than one year (!) on steady repeat: Pop Collection by mysterious duo Kadebostany. Electro pop meets Balkanbeats meets female rap meets great lyrics...- the list could go and on. But not only the album is worth mentioning, also their live shows are quite an adventure!

Sweetest Song (s)

She already had me with her 'Sweet Talk' two years ago - now British singer-songwriter Jessie Ware is singing the 'Sweetest Song'. And I'm....totally into it...again!

Soul Im Hafen

One of the best festivals I've been to in a while, Soul im Hafen took place over the weekend. Along with 6000 other fans I got to see great performances by Mr. "I need a Dollar"- Aloe Blacc,  powerful Nigerian singer Nneka, smooth voice Fetsum, the always incredible Joss Stone and last but not least the mastablasta himself: Wyclef Jean. The beautiful harbor of Hamburg as a location was just the icing on the cake! And if you want to join this soulful event - same date, same place - next year, you can already get your early bird tickets here.

GODDESS

Finally saw BANKS - one of  my favorite artists at the moment - live! She stopped by in Cologne two weeks ago and gave a great impression of her talents. All dressed in black with a very mysterious, almost ghostish behaviour, she enchanted the whole place right from the start. She played songs from her EP's London and Fall Over as well as new songs from her upcoming album Goddess. 

Shades Of Cool

    Lana did it again! 

Her Name Is BANKS

Love the music of L.A. child Jilian Banks, simple known as BANKS. She has released two EPs so far. Favorite tracks: "Warm Water", "Before I ever met you" and "This is what it feels like".

  

   

Beat Drops

via Jungle



On Repeat

Until yesterday J-A-N-I-S didn't really know New Zealand has much more to offer than just fantastic landscapes. But they actually make some great music over there! Best proof: soul/hiphop artist Ladi6, who just released her third album "Automatic". Her voice, the smooth innovative beats  and the powerful hope-giving lyrics are just stunning. Ladi6 and her partner Parks are on tour right now and if you have the chance to see them, do it - you won't regret it!

À Tout À L’Heure

                                                         Perfect pre-summer sound(s) from Bibio

Attracting Flies

London based music duo AlunaGeorge finally announced the release of their debut album "Body Music" (July 1st) and J-A-N-I-S can't wait - been a fan since the "You know you like it"-EP. Go check them out!

Diamonds

Musical diamond by MNDR

& It Was U

J-A-N-I-S had the chance to see singer Tom Krell, also known as "How To Dress Well", in an almost private session this week and I still get goosebumps thinking about it. This boy does not only know how to be "dressed well" (he was wearing the all-time favorite: jeans and a white tee), he definitely knows how to touch people: little light, his voice and a violin. His new album "Total Loss" is out now.

Sweet Talk

                                Some great music (not only) for the weekend:  Devotion by Jessie Ware

Channel ORANGE

via Frank Ocean