Hearing New Beats in Brighter Colours

Composed of 10 songs, 10 diverse genres, 9 bands, 1 soloist and a range of nationalities, the enthralling New Beats Media E-CD Inspiration-Ispiratio offers an eclectic melody of tunes designed to demonstrate the broad range of musical varieties explored on the captivating and fresh New Beats Media website.

Encompassing Blues, Spanish pop, Folk, Trip-hop, Indie and Acoustic to name but a few, the compilation leaves no colour of the musical spectrum unpainted and there is a track to tease the taste of every listener.

Leading the auditory spectacle is Eartha by Pandora’s Box, a quirky, folk focused four-piece from London, fronted by lead singer Chloe Tingey. Eartha opens with a delicate solo from Chloe, supported by light percussion, before the song tinkles into an effervescent, jaunty and folk-style melody. Chloe’s voice sails along the high notes and has a nostalgic, chirruping sound which compliments the folk-like tone of the percussion. The song is a paradoxical mixture of up-beat and melancholy, as it accumulates energy in a hand-clapping manner and slows back down into poignant tones. Very British, very catchy and a sweet opener to the compilation, Pandora’s Box offer an easy-listening and refreshingly authentic sound.

In keeping with the reflective tones of Pandora’s Box, Inspiration-Ispiratio’s second track moves into the rich, jazzy and largely instrumental harmonies of Bluebird & Skoko, a unique duo form Chicago who juxtapose Pop, Rock and Blues within their energised collaboration. The boy-girl twosome, R.R Bluebird and Eleanor Skoko, demonstrate their vocal and instrumental panache in a slow Chicago Blues piece called Girls Minds are Tricky. The grimy rock ‘n’ roll force of the track is more downbeat than Eartha, as the jazzy tones of the instruments create a brooding track, taken from their album Take Your Mojo, Sista. Elena describes the ‘Mojo’ as the essence of their music and this transpires in the intense way in which Bluebird & Skoko’s spectrum of sounds fuse together in Girls Minds are Tricky.

The core of Inspiration-Ispiratio’s musical assemble moves through an exciting procession of British-Spanish alternative pop, with Spanish duo Anima Pop, a dark and menacing track by trip-hop band Jacdaw, melodic Indie by Ozone Baby and finishes up with The Iain Luke Experience’s pop-rock tune You Made Me Smile, posing as the penultimate track.

Having taken the listener through such a diverse exploration of songs and musical genres, Inspiration-ispiratio concludes with the easy-listening yet grungy acoustics of self-taught young British soloist Jamie Andrew. Acoustic guitar in hand and soul laid bare, Jamie creates an intense sound through which he channels his already rich life experiences. This well placed closing track, Angel Friends, demonstrates the depth from which Jamie’s lyrics emerge and epitomises the ethereal theme that runs through much of his music. Jamie’s composition is potent, at times poignant and highly intoxicating as the soft, timeless sound that could be likened to Coldplay, James Morrison and Jeff Buckley, takes its grip on the listener.

This stimulating compilation comes illustrated with a downloadable e-booklet. Like that of the booklet found inside a traditional CD, the e-booklet offers an insight into the foundation and essence of each artist and allows the contributing musicians to reach their listeners on a more tangible level. The unique booklet provides the lyrics for each song, as well as a unique biography and contact information for each artist. This is a rare treat for downloaded music and with it New Beats Media really bring the E-CD to life for the listener.

Downloadable for free from New Beats Media. Inspiration-Ispiratio celebrates the launch of the exciting new website and offers a unique opportunity to access music that you may otherwise never get to hear.

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Writen by Hannah Hassack of This Is No Bridget Jones

Posted on Wed 21st July 2010 and filed under Albums, Inspiration.

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