“GIRLS” is a track by Rainer – a “future pop” project by London’s Rebekah Raa and Casually Here.
Rebekah Raa’s voice is much like that of the pre-emminent PBR&B singers George Maple and BANKS but where the PBR&B musicians focus on heavy bass beats, Rainer focus on the sound in the range of drumsticks on the metal rims of drums, muted bass beats, and cosmic loops, a bit like “Gabriel” by Valentina but with softer, breathy Say Lou Lou vocals.
Check out George Maple‘s latest song – a collaboration track called “Gripp” with Kwes and Kilo Kish on the record label Parlez Parlez.
Waiting for the new track from George Maple?
BANKS will tell you that “love is a waiting game,” so you should listen to her London EP to get a breathy LA response to Londoners’ soulful Sade-style nu-R&B.
P.S. For people in San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley – BANKS is opening for The Weeknd tonight at the Greek Theater.
Melbourne’s the new city BoxSpeaker’s keeping an eye on for new music because of musicians like Snakadaktal and bAnoffee (aka Martha Brown).
bAnoffee’s track “Ninja” has cosmic synths and a sensual bass tempo, and Martha Brown’s voice sounds a lot like London’s soulful George Maple.
I realized this afternoon that “OPST” sounds like George Maple‘s response to a Dead Times sexual encounter. Maple soulfully sighs, “just make a move and let me melt into your frame. I never want to talk about it. Just wrap me up in your gold sheets.”
Just like Valentina’s “Wolves,” “Fixed” by George Maple is pure sex.
Her soulful voice matched with deep bass thuds – it’s so easy to see why Flume chose her for “Bring You Down.”
