Tag Archive: Chillwave

RUSH MIDNIGHT – CRUSH (SynthPop/Electro – US)

Rush Midnight

Rush Midnight is Brooklyn-based musician/producer Russ Manning, former bassist for Twin Shadow. His new single “Crush” is an exhilarating ode to being young in the city and the wonder of the limitless possibilities. Light, confident and unencumbered by the dictates of adulthood, it effortlessly builds into a strobe-lit dancefloor anthem, and further showcases Rush Midnight’s …

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DITT INRE – EN VÅRLD I BRAND (ChillWave – Sweden)

Ditt Inre

Ditt Inre is the musical alias of Stockholm-based musicians Hampus Klint and Einar Andersson. With their moody electronic pop they will take you on a blissed out journey across desert islands, neon-lit empty dancefloors and distant memories of Summer beach parties. Their debut EP is called En Värld I Brand and it’s out on May …

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SAMEBLOD – UR ROAD (Chillwave/SynthPop – Sweden)

Sameblod

Synthpop duo Sameblod was formed in 2011 by Mikael Mattison (raised in the small town of Boden in Sweden) and Frederick Rundqvist (raised in the world metropolis of San Francisco). They bring together wild nature and the pulse of the city, magnificent synths and delicate rhythms, cool arctic indietronica with a twist of balearic sunshine. …

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WORLD TOUR – BELIEVE (Synth/Chillwave – Sweden)

World Tour

World Tour are Felix Hedberg, Tobias Gerhardsson and Merike Kjaergaard from Sweden. After signing to Cascine last year (also home to Chad Valley, Wintercoats, Jensen Sportag, Evan Voytas), the trio received rave reviews for their single “Sparks” and they are now finally ready to release their debut EP, Believe. To celebrate this release, the band is giving …

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TEEN DAZE – BROOKLYN SUNBURN (SynthPop – Canada)

Teen Daze

If you ‘ve been reading umstrum for a while, you might have heard some of Teen Daze‘s earlier jams here and here. For the uninitiated, prepare to fall under the spell of his mesmerizing brand of synthey chillwave. The Vancouver-based musician has just shared the song “Brooklyn Sunburn”, taken off his forthcoming album All Of …

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OLIVER TANK – DREAMS (Synth/Chillwave – Australia)

Oliver Tank (Photo by Cam Taylor)

Surfacing through Triple J’s Unearthed, Oliver Tank is a 22-year-old artist who started making music in his bedroom somewhere in Sydney and quickly captured everyone’s attention. Equally influenced by contemporary electronica (think Jon Hopkins, Boards of Canada or James Blake), mainstream hip-hop and club-oriented dance music, he makes music that he describes as “fairly accessible …

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ACTIVE CHILD – ALL I SEE IS YOU (Electronica/Pop – US)

Active Child

For Pat Grossi, the father of Active Child, the last two years have been nothing short of live changing. This LA resident released his first EP, Curtis Lane, and he has worked on perfecting his laptop-assisted bedroom indie pop sound ever since. Merging his experience as a choir boy and his epic days as a …

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TOURIST – PLACID ACID (Chillwave/SynthPop – UK)

Tourist

Before starting his ambitious new solo project under the Tourist moniker, Brighton-based producer Will Phillips had already made a name for himself as Little Loud with his remixes of HEALTH, Yeasayer, Clock Opera, Goldfrapp or Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Clock Opera – Once & For All (Little Loud Remix) This time around Phillips goes for a …

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