Manchester based DJ, Producer and Decloak Music School student gets track played on Award-Winning Fashion Website, Showstudio.com
Manchester based DJ, Producer and Decloak Music School student gets track played on Award-Winning Fashion Website, Showstudio.com.
Manchester based DJ and producer Brett Denning has worked on this track alongside established producer Brooks and longtime friends and collaborators, Grace Oni Smith and Beau Blonde.
Having DJ’d and collaborated on numerous queer creative projects with Grace before, this track was a natural progression. They are currently working on a new EP, with future festival shows and bookings in Berlin already lined up.
Having already premiered the track on award-winning fashion website showstudio.com the track is now set to be performed live at the Boiler Room event in Salford this Monday along with a high-caliber array of Manchester based LGBT club nights and artists.
You can get more information on this event on the official Facebook event here - https://www.facebook.com/events/1826858600724478/
Grace Oni Smith. photo credit: showstudio.com
Manchester's Tom Holden Drops His Slick Debut Single
Every now and then we cross paths with artists that are a breath of fresh air. Take Tom Holden. A one-man, loop pedal armed funkateer from Manchester who came to us for help polishing off his tracks only a few weeks ago. As with every client who contacts us about the mastering service I was entirely in the dark about Tom's music during the initial phone conversation. "Funky, soulful folk" was the description he gave me when I asked what sort of stuff he wanted to send.
As with all great and unique musicians, nailing them down with a specific genre can be near impossible. So when I arrived at the studio to check the tracks out he had sent me its funky and steezy vibe made me a fan right away.
Tom's dreamy creations come from his mind and his alone as he plays all the basslines, percussion, keys and guitars himself, looping on his loop-pedal one part before moving onto the next. Now, this in itself is nothing new, but Tom's sound is something exciting whilst nodding to something nostalgic and old. Jazz, funk, soul, folk and blues influences seem to run deep within the DNA of 'Slompy Dockens'.
From the few tracks of the album I’ve worked on so far each carries a trend of swung percussion, groovy baselines and mystical lyrics delivered with style. It's easy listening and it’s great.
His first single, ’Slompy Dockens' is now out. I highly recommend checking it out and showing this guy some support as personally I can’t wait to hear more!
Check it out the single via the links below, and keep in the loop with Tom at his Facebook Page here - Tom Holden Music.
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Listen on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/06rNQX37HC0VOThE8e4yGH?si=nccoYlhmQFGBgXSJy2vaZQ
Listen on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/slompy-dockens/1369702975?i=1369702976