Miró Jun Live Painting this Friday @ Astro Space/MIA

Born in Seoul, Korea Miró Jun has been steadily working on his art having a very raw but synthetic look to it all. Join us for a rare opportunity to watch his synesthetic paintings take form with Winnie’s JSPH providing the vibes, the paintings will be for sale by silent auction. For more info on the event click here and go check out his website www.mirojun.com.

Kiesza (feat. Djemba Djemba) – Give It To The Moment

New York by way of Calgary singer/songwriter/dancer Kiesza makes her triumphant return with a new collaboration “Give It To The Moment” produced by TEAM SUPREME beatmaker Djemba Djemba. “Give It To The Moment” is an uplifting electronic dance banger and you can stream it now below.

Mackenzie Thoms – Conviction (Billy Presley Remix)

Newcomer Billy Presley caught our attention with his remix of Mackenzie Thoms’ R&B debut “Conviction.” Infusing everything from future synths, tropical house and trap elements, it’s hard to categorize by genre so we’re just going to categorize by good. Check it out:

Tove Lo – Talking Body (SYRE Remix)

Local producer SYRE gives Tove Lo’s “Talking Body” from their debut album Queen Of The Clouds a solid and very funky remix that’ll surely get you moving, stream or download below!

Pleuto ft. New’L – FWMS (Hero Remix)

Calgary rapper/ producer Hero gives Pleuto’s “F W M S” featuring New’L a bass heavy remix that only compliments the original track more, stream below.

justin timberlake – my love (shini remix)

We’ve heard a ton of JT remixes but this one from Ottawa based producer shini definitely revives the song for us, stream or download below + some of his previous remixes.

WC presents Civil Twilight @ Biltmore 10/14

REVIEW: Kempeh – SUMHER EP

REVIEW: KEMPEH – SUMHER EP

“A SONIC LOVE STORY”
By: Joyce Lacsamana

MORNING (INTRO): 

Imagine sunrise slowly peeking through your bedroom blinds, as hues of orange illuminate the room. Just like the day breaks, Morning (Intro) evokes this emotion and much more. It’s the warmth of happiness; the slow and steady ease in to an affair of  vulnerablity and excitement; the beginning of something new yet very familiar. It is the feeling of falling in love.

AU/TO:

This is a great follow up to the intro. Can’t help but feel like a boss listening to the first couple of seconds in. It’s on that “fuck yeah, I’m feeling hella nice right now” type of way. But towards the end of the track you can’t help but notice a sudden switch in disposition. It becomes rather hard hitting with aggressive beats. The sounds were so complex with a puzzling title to match. When getting the low down on the meaning of how the extraordinary name of the track came to mind, it all made sense. This was that epiphany moment where you realize this was not just a typical EP, but a progession, a story. AU is the element of gold. That’s why the beginning was had a feel good vibe to it. TO was added at the end to symbolize how good things can take an AUTOmatic twist to the not so good. Mind. Blown. Fucking. Brilliant. 

SUMHER:

The title that the EP is ultimately named after, this track has a nostalgic feeling of cruising through the warm breeze of that exact season, summer. In contrast to the usual upbeat vibe that artists usually portray in summer songs, Kempeh chooses to keep the vibes chill and somber. As feel good as this song is, it can also leave the listener feeling  a sense of longing or sadness. Perhaps, it colors a path of reminscent memories of what summer is, was and used to be. The diversity in meaning and interpretation of this song just shows how brilliantly careful this track was crafted.

NOLUV:

Flowing in to the concept of contrast, is the next track, “NoLuv.” This song is the epitome of ‘tug of war’ in emotions. It starts off quite solemn and reserved with vocals eerily relative to cries of a tormented soul, not wanting to let go of pain that may have been collected through past experiences. When the synths drop a little more or less midway through the track, the mood shifts and is much more vibrant, alive, and genuine. Kempeh does an amazing job painting a picture of the internal struggle between pain and risk to love and beauty.

WINTHER (OUTRO):

This track hits really hard. The title of this song says it all. Like the dead of winter this is the coldest, most melancholic track of the EP. Listening to this, the chords go straight through the heart. The drop at about a minute in to the song is like the painful realization that something is lost and gives off the feeling of being broken and incomplete. Just as beautiful and vibrant as it began, Kempeh has so diligently constructed this dope EP in to a story with a tragic end.

SUMMARY

The SUMHER EP is not only filled with dope synths and bass, smooth progressions, hard hitting beats, and solid mastering but is also the backbone of something much deeper.  Kempeh has illustrated a story of emotions on modern day love. All tracks have been thoughtfully seamed together in relation to one another. From start to finish the listener is reminded of how beautiful love blossoms to how dark and cold it ends. This EP is a beautiful example of how music can be the canvas, sounds can be the art, and, in this case, Kempeh is the painter of what our eyes cannot see.

*You can catch Kempeh opening for WhatSoNot Sept 25th & LOUDPVCK Sept 26th!

Written by @joycedafivetwo