Category: Sound Searching

Sound Searching is a section for music we discover online and feel the need to talk about, highlight and share.

Introducing: Fly Moon Royalty

Certain recipes taste better when you don’t know what’s in it.

The night before the release of their Unfinished Business EP, Fly Moon Royalty gave me a call to discuss their new release, their unique sound, and upcoming show dates. FMR is a Seattle-based electrosoul duo that makes music “with a very grown feeling” and it is sometimes “provocative”. It consists of soulful vocalist Adra Boo and musical maven Action J who produces, deejays and emcees. They met in 2009 at a small diner in Seattle in which they were both employed.

I had worked there before. He was one of the newer faces. He said that he produced music and I was in a band that needed a producer. We literally just started talking [about] music and it would turn out that we were talking music everyday, and making music and collaborating.

Since, they’ve supported and opened for fellow Seattleite Macklemore, Slum Village, Robert Glasper, Nneka, Allen Stone and last but surely not least, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings.

Whenever we make our music, writing or composing, we are moving on what’s going on in life. So when he wrote that [DNA] song, it was [created for] a whole other beat. It was going to go on something different.

According to Adra’s description, they are in the process of experimenting to make their sound [more] dynamic through vocoders and hot boxes. They’d be “cool sounds to add to what they do”.

If you ask Fly Moon Royalty about the story behind their name, they might ignore you. With that said, this is the response I was able to get:

Certain recipes taste better when you don’t know what’s in it. It’s way more delicious when you don’t even know. We had a different name before. We were ‘Sugar Water Purple’ but there’s also a band in LA called ‘Sugar Water Purple’. They had it longer and their manager hit us up to ask us if they can keep it. They’re a dope band and it would just be better that we both didn’t share the name.

When asked to describe Fly Moon Royalty‘s sound, Adra said, “That’s probably one of the harder questions because I feel like we have Soul, we have some Hip-Hop, we like Funk and Electronic Music. It’s a little bit of everything we like, but most people call it “electro soul”.

When listening to their new record titled “DNA” which was premiered on NYLON Guys, it evokes a Daft Punk spirit meets Dilla (or Detroit music styles). It’s an aurgasm.

What’s next for Fly Moon Royalty, you might ask?

We’re gearing ourselves up to release a new full length project at the end of the year. We’re really proud of what we make. We like the music that we make. Hopefully people are like, ‘This is my anthem right here. Like, this is my life!

Fly Moon Royalty’s Unfinished Business EP is now available on iTunes.

For more Fly Moon Royalty, just click here.

February 25, 2014
Introducing: Fly Moon Royalty

Certain recipes taste better when you don’t know what’s in it.

The night before the release of their Unfinished Business EP, Fly Moon Royalty gave me a call to discuss their new release, their unique sound, and upcoming show dates. FMR is a Seattle-based electrosoul duo that makes music “with a very grown feeling” and it is sometimes “provocative”. It consists of soulful vocalist Adra Boo and musical maven Action J who produces, deejays and emcees. They met in 2009 at a small diner in Seattle in which they were both employed.

I had worked there before. He was one of the newer faces. He said that he produced music and I was in a band that needed a producer. We literally just started talking [about] music and it would turn out that we were talking music everyday, and making music and collaborating.

Since, they’ve supported and opened for fellow Seattleite Macklemore, Slum Village, Robert Glasper, Nneka, Allen Stone and last but surely not least, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings.

Whenever we make our music, writing or composing, we are moving on what’s going on in life. So when he wrote that [DNA] song, it was [created for] a whole other beat. It was going to go on something different.

According to Adra’s description, they are in the process of experimenting to make their sound [more] dynamic through vocoders and hot boxes. They’d be “cool sounds to add to what they do”.

If you ask Fly Moon Royalty about the story behind their name, they might ignore you. With that said, this is the response I was able to get:

Certain recipes taste better when you don’t know what’s in it. It’s way more delicious when you don’t even know. We had a different name before. We were ‘Sugar Water Purple’ but there’s also a band in LA called ‘Sugar Water Purple’. They had it longer and their manager hit us up to ask us if they can keep it. They’re a dope band and it would just be better that we both didn’t share the name.

When asked to describe Fly Moon Royalty‘s sound, Adra said, “That’s probably one of the harder questions because I feel like we have Soul, we have some Hip-Hop, we like Funk and Electronic Music. It’s a little bit of everything we like, but most people call it “electro soul”.

When listening to their new record titled “DNA” which was premiered on NYLON Guys, it evokes a Daft Punk spirit meets Dilla (or Detroit music styles). It’s an aurgasm.

What’s next for Fly Moon Royalty, you might ask?

We’re gearing ourselves up to release a new full length project at the end of the year. We’re really proud of what we make. We like the music that we make. Hopefully people are like, ‘This is my anthem right here. Like, this is my life!

Fly Moon Royalty’s Unfinished Business EP is now available on iTunes.

For more Fly Moon Royalty, just click here.

February 25, 2014
Song of the Day: DNA by Fly Moon Royalty

Name: Fly Moon Royalty
Representing: Seattle, Washington
Genre: Electro-Soul
For fans of: Chromeo, Daft Punk
Single from: “Unfinished Business”
Produced by: Action J
Song of the Day: February 24, 2014
Label(s): Unsigned

It’s like a futuristic J Dilla instrumental with an overlay of vocals by kin of Kraftwerk or Daft Punk. With “DNA”, Fly Moon Royalty handsomely mixes the chromosomes of Urban Contemporary instrumentalism and Electronic roots, all stemming from the soul and soil of Detroit City.

Listen to the track below:

For more Fly Moon Royalty, just click here.

February 24, 2014
Song of the Day: “Daddy Was A DJ” by Lucy Love

Name: Lucy Love
Representing: Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre: Hip-Hop
For fans of: Linkoban, MØ
Single from: Superbillion
Produced by: Yo Akim
Song of the Day: February 18, 2014
Label(s): Superbillion

Lucy Love, an artist born in Zambia, is one of the most innovative female entertainers to rap and sing on this planet. Perhaps, it’s because of the title of this song.

Listen to the track below:

For more about Lucy Love, just click here.

[highlight background=”#00e7b4″ color=”#ffffff”]Editor’s Note: *Hey, I wish my dad was a DJ too. (Not really, he was a damned good ~~politician~~.)[/highlight]

February 18, 2014
Song of the Day: “Daddy Was A DJ” by Lucy Love

Name: Lucy Love
Representing: Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre: Hip-Hop
For fans of: Linkoban, MØ
Single from: Superbillion
Produced by: Yo Akim
Song of the Day: February 18, 2014
Label(s): Superbillion

Lucy Love, an artist born in Zambia, is one of the most innovative female entertainers to rap and sing on this planet. Perhaps, it’s because of the title of this song.

Listen to the track below:

For more about Lucy Love, just click here.

[highlight background=”#00e7b4″ color=”#ffffff”]Editor’s Note: *Hey, I wish my dad was a DJ too. (Not really, he was a damned good ~~politician~~.)[/highlight]

February 18, 2014
Song of the Day: “Born Broke” by G4SHI
Name: G4SHI
Representing: Brooklyn, New York
Genre: Hip-Hop
For fans of: Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne
Single from: N/A
Produced by: Success Music
Song of the Day: January 21, 2014
Label(s): Unsigned

You can’t choose which family you’re born into, but if you’re as driven and healthy as G4SHI, you can and will change your ending. But it’s no easy task.

G4SHI puts his soul and heart on every verse, and this is no bluff. Unlike most new unsigned artists that we’ve come across in recent times, G4SHI shares stories about his personal life, family and friends in his music. Some might say, he’s emotional or it’s none of our business [as fans to know as much as we do about the entertainers we find interest in], but the best entertainers and musicians make it easy for us. Without a doubt, he’s easy to relate to and to love.

Within the lines and production of “Born Broke” created by Success Music which sounds like it borrows from Geto Boys’ “My Minds Playing Tricks On Me”, you’ll learn that G4SHI is an honest and determined young man, whose promised to succeed how he may. He even goes as far to say that, cooking [like Walter White or some other glorified good-guy-turned-drug-dealer] would have been an easy option, if his verses weren’t so tight.

Though, I enjoy his last verse which shares his reaction to being on Hot97 for the first time and being mentioned by the legendary Hip-Hop icon Busta Rhymes on MTV’s Rap Fix, here are some other lines that stuck out most:
Listen to the track below:

For more G4SHI, just click here.
January 21, 2014
Song of the Day: “Kickin Out Windows” By Nacho Picasso

Name: Nacho Picasso
Representing: Seattle, Washington
Genre: Alternative Hip-Hop
For fans of: Key Nyata, Blue Sky Black Death
Single from: “Exalted”
Produced by: Blue Sky Black Death
Song of the Day: January 19, 2014
Label(s): Cloud Nice, Alive and Well

Specifically, what drew me to this Nacho Picasso track was its similarities to Crime Mob’s knack for catchy hooks and danceable beats. If you’re really young and / or you are not familiar with Crime Mob, they are the Crunk group best known for “Knuck If You Buck” and “Rock Yo Hips”.

You’ll enjoy his witty use of words, unique vernacular and charismatic delivery as soon as the beat drops. It gets me every time.

Listen to the track below:

Stream the full project, as a courtesy of Audibase, by clicking here.

For more Nacho Picasso, just click here.

January 19, 2014
Song of the Day: “Wild Bitches” By PARTYNEXTDOOR

Name: PARTYNEXTDOOR
Representing: Mississauga, Ontario
Genre: R&B / PBR&B
For fans of: Drake, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean
Single from: PARTYNEXTDOOR
Produced by: PARTYNEXTDOOR
Song of the Day: January 18, 2014
Label(s): OVO Sound, Warner

If this is your first time hearing any music created by this blossoming soulful singer PARTYNEXTDOOR (born Jahron Anthony Brathwaite), it’s alright. We’ll do the work for you. Just imagine if Drake and The Weeknd had a musical child together. He has a little more street edge than Drake and the looks, and vocal ability of The Weeknd. PARTYNEXTDOOR, just three years shy of The Weeknd in age, his orgasmic tunes has a way of making men jealous [that they are not in his shoes] and women melt from head to toe.

Specifically, Wild Bitches is my pick because of its crazy bass line and it sounds great in the car. Your volume has to be turned up to the maximum.

Listen to the track below:

For more about PARTYNEXTDOOR, just click here.

January 18, 2014
Song of the Day: “Pull Up On Ya” by Gucci Mane

Name: Gucci Mane
Representing: Atlanta, Georgia
Genre: Trap
For fans of: Waka Flocka Flame, Young Thug, Migos
Single from: “The State vs. Radric Davis: The Caged Bird Sings”
Produced by: Metro Boomin
Song of the Day: January 17, 2014
Label(s): 1017 Brick Squad Records

Gucci Mane asks all of his trap gods to stand up before delivering a traptastic verse about gun-busting and gun-butting, ‘working’ and calling his young guys to handle his dirty work for him.

Be careful. You don’t want them to surface. Why? It’s really simple. We can almost bet that it will not end well for you — especially since he references The Wire, thee American crime drama television series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland.

On a more serious note, if you can relate to the lyrics of this song or you’re familiar with his lifestyle, chances are you are an escapist and this is the song you wouldn’t mind taking a mental vacation with. I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma pull up on ya, if you don’t listen to the song.

[quote]Playing with Gucci Mane is just like playin with the lighter.
Playing games with Gucci Mane is just like touching fire.[/quote]

Listen to the track below:

Stream the full project, as a courtesy of Audibase, by clicking here.

For more about Gucci Mane, just click here.

January 17, 2014
Song of the Day: “Pull Up On Ya” by Gucci Mane

Name: Gucci Mane
Representing: Atlanta, Georgia
Genre: Trap
For fans of: Waka Flocka Flame, Young Thug, Migos
Single from: “The State vs. Radric Davis: The Caged Bird Sings”
Produced by: Metro Boomin
Song of the Day: January 17, 2014
Label(s): 1017 Brick Squad Records

Gucci Mane asks all of his trap gods to stand up before delivering a traptastic verse about gun-busting and gun-butting, ‘working’ and calling his young guys to handle his dirty work for him.

Be careful. You don’t want them to surface. Why? It’s really simple. We can almost bet that it will not end well for you — especially since he references The Wire, thee American crime drama television series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland.

On a more serious note, if you can relate to the lyrics of this song or you’re familiar with his lifestyle, chances are you are an escapist and this is the song you wouldn’t mind taking a mental vacation with. I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma pull up on ya, if you don’t listen to the song.

[quote]Playing with Gucci Mane is just like playin with the lighter.
Playing games with Gucci Mane is just like touching fire.[/quote]

Listen to the track below:

Stream the full project, as a courtesy of Audibase, by clicking here.

For more about Gucci Mane, just click here.

January 17, 2014