Jaxson Free is a very uncommon inventive power who can play a number of devices, sing, write, produce and entertain audiences of all types. Akin to multi-threats like Timbaland, Pharrell Williams or Publish Malone, Free’s expertise and deep appreciation for music transcends genres, giving the inventive chameleon the power to pen hits for artists from Quavo to Lana Del Ray to Morgan Wallen in addition to generate his personal eclectic catalog of recent releases.
The virtuoso has earned tens of millions of streams as an impartial artist with sounds starting from modern R&B to alt-leaning Pop —and along with his new single “Get Go” he provides a contact of his new dwelling of Nashville. Recruited to Music Metropolis by Goat Island, since signing with Kos Weaver and his workforce, Free has landed scores of multi-genre main label cuts (Jelly Roll, Dylan Scott, Chase Rice and extra) in addition to 4 No. 1 hits together with the crossover smash by Kane and Katelyn Brown, “Thank God,” Kane Brown’s “I Can Really feel It,” Thomas Rhett’s “After All The Bars Are Closed” and The Swingin’ Medallion’s “Hit Me With Them Horns.”
The in-demand creator has caught the eye of many—from President Obama (his Raleighwood Hills undertaking with Lesthegenius and Sonny Miles was added to “President Obama’s Favourite Songs of 2019” playlist) to Jelly Roll gushed about Free and his abilities on This Previous Weekend with Theo Von, saying “Bear in mind his title. This child’s going to have 30-40 No.1’s.”
The Carolina native is repeatedly writing numerous tracks whereas touring and releasing new music. For extra info go to www.jaxsonfree.com/ and comply with him on Instagram, Fb, TikTok and YouTube.
Style bending collective The Large Ol’ Nasty Getdown returns with their lengthy awaited third studio album, Quantity 3, arriving September 19. A DIY triumph in a serious label world, the Getdown has spent almost 20 years uniting over 225 musicians from greater than 180 bands into probably the most bold funk pushed tasks of the trendy period.
‘Çenek’ is an anthem of feminine empowerment that challenges cultural taboos whereas celebrating freedom, selection and power. It includes a decided choir of 26 ladies of assorted ages and cultural backgrounds, in an defiant, unapologetic, and unmissable method. Mixing Anatolian and Mesopotamian music traditions with the psychedelic rock revolution of Seventies Turkey (and the traditional Kurdish Dengbej storytelling custom) the band creates a wealthy and distinctive sonic tapestry. Exploring themes of freedom, feminism, and collective power, ‘Meydan’ is deeply rooted in homegrown musical influences, while increasing into psychedelic territory offering Meral Polat’s highly effective vocals with the inventive freedom to roam free.
A strong and incendiary name to arms, forthcoming LP ‘Meydan’ is a document of conviction, compelling messages and spellbinding musicianship. An necessary and pressing assertion, skillfully and artistically portrayed inside a mesmerising technicolor listening expertise. Emphasising themes of multiplicity and collective power, the document options a variety of visitor musicians. Meral Polat expands: “Meydana Gel” is my voice – the voice of the lady exercising her proper to stay on her personal phrases. Free from the lethal interference of patriarchy, state, and faith. We have a good time feminine power, impressed by the philosophy of “JIN, JIYAN, AZADI” which interprets to WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM (a phrase that originates from the women-led Kurdish actions., it symbolises resistance towards oppression and the combat for ladies’s rights. We imagine that society can’t be free from another type of oppression and domination if ladies usually are not free, and that ladies should organise and defend themselves to attain this.”
Alt.Steel powerhouse The Veer Union are sharing their new single & video for ”Caught In The Crossfire”. The observe is the threerd single from the Vancouver, BC, Canada based mostly band’s upcoming album “Reinvention”, which is slated for launch on February 20th, 2026 by way of Arising Empire.
“Caught In The Crossfire” is a sonic onslaught in regards to the chaos of a relationship that’s consistently locked in battle. The tune is pushed by thunderous drums and staccato guitar riffs – with a mixture of clear and roaring vocals which are supported by a really heavy but melodic tone.
The Veer Union says “We poured our rage and souls into “Caught within the Crossfire”. It’s an assault that tears into the chaos of a relationship that at all times appears to be in confrontation. It’s in regards to the brutal push-pull between love and hate, the place our phrases flip to shrapnel, carving wounds that entice us in an infinite struggle. The savage wrestle to carry onto connection by way of relentless battle is a uncooked, unyielding reality that numerous individuals face day-after-day”.
Echo of Being / Grace in Rot is a robust sonic meditation on grief by the duo Neti-Neti, composed of vocalist Amirtha Kidambi and percussionist Matt Evans. The undertaking originated from improvisation periods born out of private loss, evolving from an intimate trade right into a apply that bridges the non-public and the political.
In early 2024, producer Nick Zanca labored with Kidambi and Evans to seize their evolving sound in a full studio setting. Recorded in a single day at a West Village studio with engineer Sarah Galdes, the session unfolded as an unbroken circulation, propelled by the immediacy of stay power and the duo’s deep improvisational connection. Right here, Kidambi’s voice strikes fluidly between South Asian vocal traditions and prolonged strategies, amplified and reshaped by way of real-time processing, delays, and layers of harmonic distortion. Evans’ percussion turns into each rhythmic engine and textural sculpture, his drums and cymbals feeding into samplers, results, and loops that refract every gesture into new shapes. Each musicians harness suggestions—not as background noise, however as a visceral, structural power—letting sustained tones and resonances pulse by way of the physique like a bodily presence.
The result’s a sound world that fuses syncopated grooves, cathartic outbursts, and meditative drones right into a ritualistic electroacoustic area. At occasions sparse and suspended, at occasions dense with surging overtones, the music channels the corporeal power of suggestions and the psychoacoustic play of sustained tones, evoking each the sacred drones of Eliane Radigue and the uncooked immediacy of This Warmth’s rhythmic noise. A haunting remaining take, carried out in whole darkness, captures the duo at their most immersive—an enveloping, nearly otherworldly expertise through which the air itself appears to vibrate with loss and reminiscence.
Echo of Being / Grace in Rot attracts its emotional weight from each private bereavement and the collective grief of our period, formed by the relentless feed of traumatic pictures and information. The document challenges listeners to confront these overwhelming realities, reworking mourning right into a shared act of resistance and therapeutic. It reclaims humanity amidst the unimaginable, providing not solely a doc of sound however an area for reflection, embodiment, and resilience.
International dance music heavyweight Alesso as soon as once more joins forces with Australian trio Sentinel, sizzling on the heels of their chart-dominating observe ‘Freedom’, teaming up with Dutch powerhouses Sick People for an electrifying new single ‘Upside Down’, launched immediately by way of Tomorrowland Music and Alesso’s label BodyHi. Already a much-
requested ID that the artists have been road-testing at iconic festivals and golf equipment world wide – together with Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, Extremely Music Competition, and extra – the observe is lastly seeing its official launch to the delight of followers in every single place.
Los Angeles-based DJ and producer, John Alto, formally unveils his newest single, “Straightforward Love” that includes Swedish vocalist and producer, Ayla. The undeniably danceable observe arrives by way of Swedish Home Mafia’s imprint, SUPERHUMAN on Friday, September 5, 2025. Buying and selling his typical hard-hitting heavy basslines for an intense groove that feels straight out of the discotheque, Alto constructed “Straightforward Love” round Ayla’s velvety vocals, which first caught his ear over a yr earlier than the observe got here collectively. After eight months of engaged on the observe’s ambient rhythm, he introduced the Swedish vocalist to his studio in LA, and it was immediate concord. Buoyant, genre-defying and extremely clean, “Straightforward Love” is neon-lit with nostalgia – if Studio 54 existed in 2025, the observe would undoubtedly annihilate the dancefloor.
Defected unites 5 worldwide artists on one main summer season document as HUGEL, Niconé & Sascha Braemer, Tony Romera and Mydoz current ‘Caje’. No stranger to the Defected household, HUGEL’s earlier label outings present the complete scope of his worldwide sound, impressed by Latin home, Afro home and his fiery dwelling of Ibiza.
Now he returns alongside Niconé & Sascha Braemer to transform their summer season home minimize, ‘Caje’. Showing on their 2011 LP Romantic Thrills, the unique ‘Caje’ is an understated document field important; HUGEL takes the Balearic favorite and, with the assistance of well-established French producer Tony Romera and rising expertise Mydoz, ups the ante significantly to create a soon-to-be Ibiza mainstay.
The Antlers – the a lot beloved band and recording undertaking of singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Peter Silberman – herald their eagerly awaited new album, Blight, with immediately’s premiere of the deeply chilling new single, “One thing within the Air,” obtainable now by way of Transgressive Data in any respect DSPs and streaming companies. The observe, which illustrates an ambiguous, unnamed risk that calls to thoughts any variety of distressing headlines, comprises the album’s most explosive second – a blown-out orchestral jump-scare underscoring the implied power majeure. An official lyric video is streaming on YouTube.
“‘One thing within the Air’ is a few looming risk that may take many kinds,” says Peter Silberman. “Precautions that will have appeared unusual a decade in the past have turn out to be peculiar routines – a brand new regular set towards a backdrop of creeping dread. In the meantime, doom lies dormant, ready to erupt.”
As Hip-Hop progresses by way of time, many Growth bap veterans both recycle the identical system in hopes of attaining the success of their heroes, or maybe change their music utterly to maintain up with the present developments. Others proceed to evolve each personally and musically, while persevering with to pay homage to these from the period that impressed them.
El Gant has continued to the latter…
With a number of songs beneath his belt produced by DJ Premier, and having appeared as a featured artist on seminal albums by The Beatnuts and Ras Kass, El Gant isn’t any stranger to notoriety with a profession that kicked off within the early 2000’s, and has been constant proper by way of to the current day. That is evident by way of his infinite touring, output of releases, and worldwide radio protection.
“Gantatello” is his fourth LP this time teaming up Portuguese producer Martello Sousa, collectively forging a singular unique model of manufacturing. On this undertaking, Gant displays on what it means to emerge from a long time within the recreation, enduring each the highs and lows of life as an artist and as an individual navigating a turbulent world. He explores themes of loss, resilience, and private development, honouring these he has misplaced alongside the way in which. Reasonably than giving up, this undertaking stands as a testomony to perseverance, studying from failure, and arriving on the opposite aspect with a deeper, extra knowledgeable perspective.
El Gant additionally pulled in help from a few of his friends for the undertaking together with the aforementioned Ras Kass, plus Copywrite, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Napoleon Da Legend and others. As an alternative of overly suffocating the undertaking with options, he allowed his fellow artists to go with the journey, while taking the lead on all fifteen tracks along with his commanding supply and signature rapid-fire cadences.
The album will probably be launched by way of his imprint “Rule by Secrecy”, set to drop on 14th October 2025. This will coincide with a European tour, and restricted version vinyl.
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