Titus writes:
You may remember when Lex very kindly let Anne
& I compile a guest playlist a few weeks ago, that we chose a
Fuzzrider track. Well, it was Anne actually, but I was well impressed
with their work. There’s not a lot of readily available information on
them, but I have found out that they are described as a heavy blues
trio from Athens, Greece. The band was formed by Jim Lord, a.k.a. Lord
13 and also Madleaf, and he’s on guitars and vocals. Nick Giannoulis,
a.k.a. One Man Drop, Blame Canada, and Nochnoy Dozor plays bass
guitar, and Brian Velentzas a.k.a. Captain Brian, plays drums.
You
can’t just walk into say an H.M.V. shop and buy their records. They
sell their music via their web site, and apart from a 12” limited vinyl
edition of ‘Evergreen’, their music is mainly streaming via the free
Bandcamp app, and downloads in MP3, FLAC and more. Needless to say
that 100 pressings of the limited edition 12” has sold out. As far as
I know, they have only made one album which is self titled, and the
tremendous track from this LP that we chose a few weeks ago was ‘Black
Snake Boogie’. The album is available on CD, but again only from
Bandcamp and other online sources. The ’Streaming & Download’
digital album costs 5 Euros or more, and the C.D. around twice that
price. I have listened to all eight tracks, and believe me, they’re
pretty darn good.
I
now move from faraway Greece to Scotland. The youngest of four
daughters, Emily Atkinson a.k.a. Fourth Daughter, has always found her
sense of escape in music. She creates her own brand of euphoric
electro from Edinburgh, gaining influence from Rufus Du Sol, Sylvan Esso
and Jamie XX. She produces lush, textured music paired with
emotional lyrics & narrative which are a joy to listen to. Her Dad
was a synthesiser fan, and his CD collection inspired a young 7 year
old Emily who began playing piano at that age. She eventually became
classically trained, and whilst attending university, tried playing
synths herself, discovering on Pro Tools, “a World of open
possibilities”.
If
you’re like me – or even if you haven’t heard her - you’ll find her
music very relaxing, with frontline synths, beautiful soundscapes, plus
her own lovely vocals. It’s been said that listening to Fourth
Daughter “feels like bathing in the Balearic sun”. Be careful of that
Balearic sun – I fell asleep and got horribly sunburnt once! Fourth
Daughter took to headlining her own show in 2023 at both Glasgow and
Edinburgh. She also bagged a slot at the BBC’s ‘Introducing Live’
section of the Edinburgh Festival. It is said that she wears her soul
on her sleeve, but she has an undeniable talent as an artist, producer
and writer. I love electronic music, and find her one of the rising
talents of that genre. Emily has released two EP’s - ‘Deja Vu’ and
‘Full Bloom’ and caught attention from Radio One with last year’s
‘Higher (Just a Feeling)’ being deemed as the station’s track of the
week at the end of September 2024, and, you lucky devils, you can find
that track right here.