NOËP wins another award!

Congratulations to NOËP, who wins the Telliskivi Creative City Award at this years Tallinn Music Week Festival (TMW).

The winners were selected by TMW music industry delegates among the 133 Estonian artists from this year’s TMW edition. All winners have a distinguished sound and artistic image as well as export potential.

Pieces of 8 Publishing launches new writing camp in London

Pieces of 8 Publishing has launched a series of international songwriting camps in London, in association with Grand Cru Studios. Artists who participated in the Spring 2017 camp, included Alexander Oscar (Sony Denmark), Jodie Abacus (RCA/Ministry) and NOEP (Sony Sweden). They were joined by writers from Pieces of 8, Warner/Chappell, Sony/ATV, Imagen and Universal Music Publishing.

Today marked the end of the first camp. The 4 day event took place on Pete Townshend’s iconic Dutch Barge which has been converted into a beautiful recording studio.

Artists who took part included Jodie Abacus (RCA), Alexander Oscar (Sony Denmark) and Pieces of 8’s NOEP (Sony Sweden). Writers/producers on the camp were carefully selected from UK and across Europe.

We will be hosting another camp in the Autumn so please get in touch for further information.

Posted on 27/04/2017

Saint Clair ‘Train’ Premiered today on DIY, with vocal production and mix by Matt Lawrence

North Londoner Emma Topolski, releases ‘Train’ for her solo project ‘Saint Clair’. Matt Lawrence produced the vocals and provided the mix-down.

DIY say ‘If I told you that North Londoner Emma Topolski has been a backing vocalist for long-time friend Laura Marling and participated in her ‘Reversal Of The Muse’ project, what would you expect from her own solo project, Saint Clair? If you imagined you’d be in for some thoughtful folk, then prepare to be surprised. Under the alias Saint Clair, Topolski makes bold, invigorating pop music and with the upcoming release of her debut EP ‘D1’ in May, she’s ramping up the anticipation with the release of her new single ‘Train.’

Building on a drifting, somewhat melancholic piano melody and reverberating, bassy synth tones, ‘Train’ soon adds snapping percussion and slowly ramps up before reaching a climactic, soulful peak of powerful synthpop. It’s beautifully restrained, knowing exactly when to hold back and when to let go, even including the sound of trains pulling in and out of London Bridge station for an extra atmospheric touch.

The spaciousness of the melodies also allows Topolski’s vocals to really shine. Having begun her musical career as a jazz singer, she evokes the same sense of pained earnestness of the genre’s greats, even kicking off with the deeply honest proclamation that “I lost myself to the one I love.” By the end of the track, she’s not entirely ready to face the world again properly, instead having to “hide the pain,” but is determined to “fight it like a hurricane.” The raw power Saint Clair gradually generates here will blow you away like a gust of wind that’s off the Beaufort Scale.

The spaciousness of the melodies also allows Topolski’s vocals to really shine. Having begun her musical career as a jazz singer, she evokes the same sense of pained earnestness of the genre’s greats, even kicking off with the deeply honest proclamation that “I lost myself to the one I love.” By the end of the track, she’s not entirely ready to face the world again properly, instead having to “hide the pain,” but is determined to “fight it like a hurricane.” The raw power Saint Clair gradually generates here will blow you away like a gust of wind that’s off the Beaufort Scale.’

BBC Radio 1 ‘Hottest Record In The World’ mixed by Jake Gordon

Jake Gordon mixed the brilliant new single from Lethal Bizzle feat Skepta, taken from his forthcoming EP ‘You’ll Never Make A Million From Grime’.

It is tonight’s Hottest Record In The World so tune into Mistajam’s show on BBC Radio One to hear it first from 7pm GMT.

Youth Club ‘Are You Wanting It All’ produced and mixed by Clint Murphy

Clint has been in the studio with Youth Club a fair bit recently. Here’s the video for their brilliant new single ‘Are You Wanting It All’. The track was produced and mixed by Clint in Modern World Studios, Bath.

Stormzy hits top spot!

Stormzy has defied the odds beating off the likes of Rag ‘n’ Bone Man in one of the closest chart battles in history to reach No.1 in the UK album charts. It’s an incredible achievement for an independently released artist and the album is a cracker! ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’ was produced by Frazer T Smith with the majority of it engineered by Bryan Wilson!

Nadia Rose drops her eagerly-awaited ‘Highly Flammable’ EP

The widely-tipped Nadia Rose kicks off 2017 in a serious way, releasing her debut EP ‘Highly Flammable’. The EP features 9 tracks, 7 of which were mixed by Jake Gordon.

Listen here

Bryan Wilson nominated for a GRAMMY for Sofi Tukker’s ‘Drinkee’

Huge congratulations to Bryan Wilson for his first ever Grammy nomination. New York duo SOFI TUKKER received their nomination for ‘Best Dance Recording’ which was mixed by Bryan Wilson. The award ceremony will be held in LA on 12th February 2017.

The Dunwells ‘It’s Ok This Time’

Leeds band The Dunwells release new single ‘It’s Ok This Time’ ahead of their Autumn tour. The track was co-written and produced by Myles Clarke and is published by Pieces of 8 Publishing.

The track has just been Premiered on Clash Music and will be released 2nd December.

The Chemical Brothers unleash new single ‘C-h-e-m-i-c-a-l’ mixed by Steve Dub

The Chemical Brothers release new single ‘C-h-e-m-i-c-a-l’ by popular demand.  The track has been smashing it in the live sets for months now following the release of their 2 x GRAMMY-nominated no.1 album, ‘Born In The Echoes’.