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New Music: Floria - Bring It Back
Floria is a young Brisbane producer taking on the future R&B sound.. The other week in his Mix-Up Exclusive for Nina Las Vegas, Pilerats Records producer Sable got the rap fan in me a bit riled up when he threw some cheeky raps into his mix: bookended by Danny Brown, and Rich Homie Quan's Some Type of Way, was a futuristic R & B track with a Ty Dolla $ign-style golden vocal. A bit of Twitter digging uncovered that it was a little sneak peek into new material from young Brisbane producer Floria, and to keep our eyes peeled for its imminent release. Above: Floria We didn’t have to wait long – today Floria premiered Bring It Back via Acid Stag, and it’s a dream for anyone whose idea of a good time lies in seductive, vocal crooning over a wavvy contemporary beat. The artwork is on point too. I’m not going to reference The Weekend because every other article is going to do that, instead I’ll say that in a year of hosting Cloudwaves, a radio show focused on modern, alternative R & B, Floria’
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New Music: KLO - Cusp EP
Down a dose of DIY, minimal electronic pop via the debut EP from Melbourne's KLO.. We're not surprised Melbourne cousins KLO are doing so well - from an Australian music fans' point of view, their music sits at this ideal nexus between the minimal, vocal-led indie pop coming from artists London Grammar and Jessie Ware that holds influence over us from abroad, and Melbourne's DIY, minimal electronic pop scene that we take pride in from home. BBC Radio 1 tastemaker Zane Lowe got behind their first track, Make Me Wonder (we got behind it too - read HERE) and the blog hype followed suite - leading to KLO's debut live gig a few months back at Boney selling out, and bookings at Beyond the Valley and Strawberry Fields - which is a huge vote of confidence for KLO, given all that happened prior to a release. They've now delivered the goods with EP Cusp. Singer Chloe Kaul comes from a jazz and soul background and evidently knows her way around a smoky vocal - she drip-feeds us pure lush sedation