Aurka - Dream Machine

San Francisco-based producer with a passion for energy, frequencies, orcas, and general ambience. 

Beginning as a bedroom production, Aurka has since blossomed into a full band.  Fusing electronic elements with live instrumentation to summon a more fulfilling sound.  The group is currently writing new music, as well as actively playing shows.  

Contact: aurkamusic@gmail.com

Listen to new EP 'Exist' Here: https://soundcloud.com/aurkamusic

Facebook: facebook.com/aurkamusic

Instagram: instagram.com/aurkamusic

Stess The Emcee ft. Sha Stimuli, Mela Machinko, and C-Red - Alive

"Alive" is the latest record by Stess The Emcee from his upcoming project titled Stess The Emcee Must Live. This time it features frequent collaborator, C-Red, along with Sha Stimuli. The Chorus is provided by Mela Machinko. This was produced by Backpack Beatz and it was also mixed by JCruz of the Ethnikids.

Danii Roundtree - Crave

Band/Artist: Danii Roundtree

Location: Atlanta, GA

Styles: Jazz, Pop, Soul, Funk

Similar to/RIYL: Amy Whinehouse, Erykah Badu, Billie Holiday, Janelle Monae, Andra Day

CD: Memoirs

Release date: TBA Summer 2017

Accolades:

Jazz Festival Debut at the 40th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival (120k attendees) May 28, 2017 @ 2:30pm on the Next Generation Stage

Miss New York USA 2008. Competed at 2008 Miss USA Pageant

100 semi-finalists on Fox's American Idol during its Eighth Season.

Broadway's *Rising Stars 2, (Broadway's premier summer concert series)

Education:

Dillard Center for the Performing Arts High School

Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA

The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in conjunction with the New School's

Credits: Motown The Musical, Shakin the Mess Outta Misery, Aint' Misbehavin, Porgy & Bess, Lucky Stiff, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Purlie, The Laramie Project, RAGTIME. (To Name a Few.)

Members/ Instruments: Danii Roundtree

Band: The Retro Rebels

Background Vocalists: The Coco Puffs

Bio:

Hailing from the cityscapes of Atlanta, R&B/Jazz and Soul/Pop Recording Artist, Danii Roundtree, hit the ground running with her music career in 2009 and since that time has acquired a devoted fan base, made a name for herself throughout the music scene, and performed live at many different venues, festivals, and other music events.

She began finding her love for music at age 11 when she started taking up singing and performing on stage as a child prodigy. Fast-forwarding to her adulthood years as a professional musician, her fans see so much more manifesting since her young, kid prodigy days.

Known for her charisma, powerful vocal range, and dynamic signature sound, Danii has been turning many heads in the music industry with her unforgettable live show performances and the unmistakable passion she exhibits onstage and on record.

Currently, her recent single "Crave" is receiving critical acclaims and positive reception; creating a major street buzz. Her debut album "Memoirs" is slated for a Summer 2017 release date.

In Roundtree's words, "Memoirs is an album written from true life events. We all have that one love story that ends before it starts. And I just so happen to be a singer/ songwriter who documents through song. This album is literally a collection of my memoirs. All the records are personal. The sound has a throwback feel that is Jazz-oriented with Funk and Soul elements; cleverly coined as 'Retro'. I hope to one-day transition into acting, so I wrote the album as though it was a never-ending Retro movie soundtrack. Ultimately, with the end goal of its contents being put in television, film, commercials, and one day becoming its own short film."

Danii Roundtree will also be gracing the stage on May 28th to perform at the 40th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival. And is also going to performing at many lucrative shows this year as well in support of "Memoirs" official release.

In the meantime, while Danii is writing, recording, and honing her craft in the studio, be sure to connect with her on all Social Media platforms and Music Streaming sites to keep up with everything she has planned in the shortcoming and beyond.

I.E. - Slow Motion

“Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth.” 
 

Veiled in an air of mystery with his face covered by a leather mask, Sydney-sider and WVS signing I.E. will make you feel all the feels with his latest track, ‘Slow Motion’ a late night love song for the one you probably shouldn’t be chasing, but you do. 

Firmly engrained in Sydney’s rapidly growing community of artists, I.E. works alongside WVS creative Miracle, and frequently collaborates with label homies, Travy P and Dream Big Collective producer Dopamine, approaching hip-hop as a way to communicate the emotion in his day - to - day life, with each release peeling back another layer to uncover more of who I.E. really is. 

Influenced by new international urban royalty in J.Cole, PartyNextDoor and Tory Lanez, I.E.’s lush vocals and moody, melodic beats will leave you panting, breathless and wanting more each time.

Off the back of his debut single, ‘Put On’ garnering over 160, 000 combined online streams, and most recent release ‘OMW!’ (100,000 combined online streams and counting)- WVS is super excited to have I.E. on board and riding the ‘wave.’ 

‘Slow Motion’ is out via WVS on 12th May 2017.

I.E. ‘Put On’ – Debut Single stats:

- Over 160,000 combined online streams

- Features on Acclaim, Hilly Dilly, Music & Other Drugs

I.E. ‘OMW!’ – Sophomore Single stats:

- Over 100,000 combined online streams

- Apple Music Playlist: The A-List (Hip Hop), Breaking Hip Hop, Best Of The Week, Hot Tracks, New Fire

I.E. – Artist Highlights:

- Spotify – 80 followers, 7,720 monthly listeners

- Soundcloud – 163 followers

- Facebook – 1,554 followers

- Instagram – 1,431 followers

-   Twitter - 99 followers

-   YouTube - 32 followers

MORE INFO - https://www.wvswvs.com/ie-inotherwords

Khalil Madovi - Royalty // Mother of Mankind

Rising star Khalil Madovi is building up a huge following with his brand of Future Soul Fusion. He fuses a J-Dilla-esque 90s hiphop/soul vibe with a new millenial wave. Witty wordplay interchanges with smooth soulful vocals to deliver a very well crafted project.

Khalil writes and produces all of his own music. The music on the link below is quite beat driven, but he also has acoustic and alternative versions.  If you would like to hear those, I would be more than happy to send them through (I just didn't want to clog up your inbox).  He also has some great re-workings of Kanye West and Frank Ocean classics if you scroll to the bottom of the page at this link:  https://soundcloud.com/khalilmadovi/tracks

Trevor Lee - Save the Day Freestyle

Battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Houston-based music artist Trevor Lee hasn't let that hold him back. This buzz track conveys Trevor's outlook while in the face of adversity, setting the stage for his upcoming album "Struggle Ain't New" releasing May 29, 2017.

Music Video: youtu.be/I-FBIkTTCaM

Darrell Simms - Elements

open.spotify.com/album/3RkglcmZIRuGnvQYW3E2Rp

Darrell Simms is a troubadour, the Florida-born rapper moved to Europe at the age of 8 with his mother and sister; spending the majority of his childhood in Sweden. He acknowledges that this international upbringing was musically beneficial, opening him up to new cultures and ideals from early childhood.

In his senior year, Darrell started to take music seriously and returned to the United States in order to pursue his artistry more fully. Currently based in Los Angeles, he is working with a number of emerging producers in order to broaden his aural scope - dancing between hip-hop, r&b and electronic soundscapes.

On his new single 'Elements' Darrell notes: "It's about drawing on negative and positive elements in your life such as, friends, family, fear, failure and success. I wrote it when I was angry, mostly for being taken for granted as a rapper / artist - not having my lyrical contributions taken seriously."

Links:
twitter.com/iamdsimms
instagram.com/iamdsimms

Alexa Lusader - Can't Make You Stay

Alexa is a 23 year old singer/songwriter based out of Los Angeles, California. She's been writing music/singing for over 10 years. This song, along with previously released singles, "White Snow", "La La Love Me", "Fantasy" & "Sailin" we're all produced by Cody Tarpley, who is signed to Warner Chappell and produced SoMo's hit single, "Ride", Krewella's "Team" and many more!

The story behind "Can't Make You Stay":

December 2012. I was watching my dad’s marriage slowly crumble. He wasn’t smiling anymore & I’d catch him staring off into the distance with his mind in knots. I could feel his pain. They had lost trust in each other and forgot what their love used to mean. I showed him the beginning stages of an idea I had started and he lent his heart to the song. At the end, you always think about the beginning...the happy times. This song is saying, “I really do want to grow old with you but if it’s too late then I can’t make you stay".

KUIZZ - Uncool

Fan favourite "Uncool" is the 2nd single off of KUIZZ's debut EP "Till The End" which was released late of last year. Written and produced by KUIZZ, the song details his younger days as the unpopular new kid trying to find his way around being accepted by society but eventually coming to terms that being labeled "uncool' is not a bad thing at all. Melodically reminiscent of Lukas Grahams' "7 Years" and lyrically just as relatable as Alessia Cara's "Scars To Your Beautiful", "Uncool" debuts at a time when shows like "13 Reasons Why" shed a light on the difficulties of acceptance led by a social media driven world.

POINT POINT UNVEIL NEW SINGLE & OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “HANDS” OUT NOW ON ULTRA RECORDS

WATCH: https://youtu.be/F2OvmvRJBv8

STREAM: https://soundcloud.com/pointpoint/pointpoint-hands-feat-denai-moore

PURCHASE: http://smarturl.it/PointPointHands

Following the success of " Life In Grey " (4M streams) in 2015 and ‘Family Portrait’ EP (6M streams) last year, production trio Point Point return today with a whole new musical and visual path on “Hands, out now via Ultra Records. 

‘Hands’ comes with a powerful and touching music video, creatively done by Canadian cinematographer, Kristof Brandl (https://vimeo.com/kristofbrandl ) who has worked with the likes of Skrillex, Zedd, Nike, Converse, and more.

The single will delight new and old fans alike, straddling the lines between pop music and electro. Featuring vocals from London-based artist Denai Moore, known for her collaboration on SBTRKT’s album, Moore brings a sensual and warm feeling to the single.

The video on the other hand, is set within the backdrop of Army training camp, which speaks to the current times and portrays a powerful message between the struggles of real life and war life. While not many can relate to this, the message is real, and something to be explored in our modern times. Denai Moore calls out to tough times and heartbreak which captures the aesthetic visual of the main characters life at home with his young love and the time he spends at camp wrestling in the mud and fighting with fellow comrades, ultimately to leave it all behind and head into war.

“Hands” is out now across all DSP’s on Ultra Records. 

Casey Cook - Around You

iamcaseycook.com

Soft chill pop

Casey Cook, Rhode Island native, LA rising pop songwriter/ artist. Her fourth single, "Around You" is a soft pop singer-songwriter vibe encompassing the feelings of the beginning stages of love. Looking for blog exposure, features, etc.

Lafa Taylor - Ridin' Slow

Spring is here, get in the car, but don't drive too fast, enjoy the ride, we've been waiting all winter long to ride with the windows down. Our soundtrack is the newest single, "Ridin' Slow," by Lafa Taylor from his upcoming release Ridin' Slow: A Collection of Songs to Ride to set to drop this summer on Mixto Music.

The title track and lead single comes out today, produced by the 15 year old ORDNRY YNGSTR, whom Taylor discovered on Soundcloud. The track showcases Lafa's soulful vocals alongside his established flow and comparisons sonically to Anderson Paak, Miguel and Drake are inevitble Lafa remains in his own lane and continues to not be easily pinned down by genre. 

Lafa Taylor’s 2017 has already seen the vocalist and MC featured on the record breaking trailer for The Fast and the Furious with his collaboration with Bassnectar, his recent single Run to Me with Aabo was remixed by 2017 Grammy nominee starRo and with his first solo EP of 2017 on deck alongside a summer of festival appearances this song maybe the only thing slow with Lafa's career and year.

http://www.lafataylor.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/LafaTaylorMusic/ 
http://mixtomusic.co/

Brother Stone & The Get Down - Only Wine

This Track features world renowned drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, and Abe Laboriel Sr. on bass. It was an honor to record this song with two of the greatest musicians in the world!

undrgrndman - Long Way Away (1984)

long way away (1984) is trying to remember something you forgot... 

• ● The Story: The main character is stuck in a mundane existence, and enveloped in a cloud of oppressive pessimism (expressed musically as much as lyrically). Yet he’s struggling with a vague remembrance of better days (of blue skies)...
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• ● Politically, the song is a critique of tactics used to obscure the past (to cloud our remembrance of better times) -- to limit expectations, and diminish hope. 
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• ● “1984” simultaneously references the better days of past, and the dystopia described in Orwell’s “1984”, which suddenly feels all too familiar...
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lyric excerpt:

grey skies above me again.
has it ever been different than it is right now?
and the wind is not a friend.
does it ever end? will it ever slow down?

about undrgrndman:

undrgrndman is a genre-bending storyteller & multi-instrumentalist musician based in Los Angeles.

● Rather than align to a specific musical genre, undrgrndman strives to tell a story with each song -- fusing traditional songwriting and dance music.

● undrgrndman records all of his music entirely on his own, playing every instrument (keys, bass, guitar, and drums) and singing every vocal line.

● undrgrndman’s roots are those of a live musician — he toured internationally as the synth player for p-funk (parliament funkadelic). He brings the spontaneity of live instrumentation (no pre-programming, no step sequencing on the keys) to all of his songs, whether electronic or otherwise.

Sweet Lu - Still Swingin'

This is the opening track off the brand record "Meet Me At The Crossroads" which debuted on #4 on the Billboard Jazz Charts, just behind Gregory Porter and Norah Jones.

#LAOnLockExclusive: Ammar Sharif - Like You Ready (Feat. AD) [Prod. by Steve Keys]

Brand new heavy hitting R&B single from Ammar Sharif just in time for Summer featuring Compton native AD. Beat produced by Steve Keys & the song written by Brian Bellow & Ammar himself.

For all the ladies who think the guys can't tell when they're ready to take things to the next level, take a listen to this.

Brought to you by GMG & RichOffBeats. This is a LA On Lock Exclusive.

Until Home - Digging Up Skeletons

Digging Up Skeletons is the lead single from Until Home's upcoming Sophomore EP.

Australian trio Michael Trapp, Clayton Mullins and Matthew Reisinger have been writing music and engaging audiences with an entertaining live show since the release of their debut single in January 2016. Until Home have supported bands such as Aria nominated Gang Of Youths and have appeared on Free to Air TV performing their debut single Break My Fall. The band’s second single Every Summer was well received, attracting the attention of community and commercial radio play both nationally and internationally in the UK as well as featuring on MTV’s weekly playlist in July.

After 6 months of extensive shows, an EP and three music videos the boys returned from their tour one to get right back into the studio to write and record their sophomore EP for release in 2017 with their lead single Digging Up Skeletons available on 21 April 2017. 

facebook.com/UntilHome

youtube.com/channel/UCjT55Fow2XWXVqZByxBPJFw

Benny Cassette - Maxine

Having recently released a Latin-inspired ode to his grandmother called "Sunrise Sunset" from his upcoming debut album, Broken Hearts and Dollar Signs, Benny Cassette is back with "Maxine".

Due out on Friday, "Maxine" features a strong, pounding beat, trumpet interludes, and lyrics based on a letter written to a childhood girlfriend. Through words reflecting personal memories and soundscapes that capture the essence of his experiences, Benny has once again brought to life a resonant story.

After some time away from music to take care of his grandmother, Benny returned with work bearing messages that are close to his heart. A mutual acquaintance sent his beats to Kanye West, which garnered him an invitation to Paris to produce for Yeezus. Benny earned several production credits on Kanye's groundbreaking album, and has since gone on to work with John Legend, Miguel, and many others.

While Benny lays his heart bare with his upcoming release of "Maxine", it takes shape as a hopeful dance groove with the message found in the music: Any of us are able to change our lives if we want to. None of us are stuck. When we lay our hearts bare, amazing things can happen and dreams can come true.

LamorCompton - Never Woulda Thot

New release from Lamor Compton ft. New comer Quincy Thomas. Never Woulda Thot, summer type anthem with new age and 90's rob hiphop vibe.

Siobhan Heard - Before Breakfast

Before Breakfast is the playful follow-up single from my debut album, Love in All Aspects. The wonky, unexpected beat from my late friend and producer, Samantha Purple, and my own flippant lyric and rich vocal texture are well-melded, making it one of my favorites from the project.

Social Media Links:

Twitter - twitter.com/1siobhanheard

Instagram - instagram.com/1siobhanheard

Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/siobhan-heard

Website:

siobhanheard.com

Next Performance:

May 29th - Hunnypot Live @ The Mint LA