VV Brown is a dynamo self-starter: a songwriter and producer; a fashion maven with a retail website devoted to her personal eye for retro style in the 21st century, and a model, first signed through a chance in-flight meeting, and now represented by Next Models. Signed in 2008 to write and produce her own album, VV now lives in London in a quaint cottage with her sisters.
Bat For Lashes / Glass When I first heard this song, I fell in love. I knew all her other music, but when I first heard this, the voice was just melting. She is one of my favourite artists. The radio station KCRW performance is just unbelievable.
Waist deep in singles, The Acid Cowgirl Audio Trade is 100 percent a one-woman show. Self-written and self-produced, Salme Dahlstrom wrote and recorded the entire album in her studio in New York City. A hands-on producer, Salme does all her own programming, editing and mixing. While she invited a couple of friends to perform on a few of the tracks, she played most of the instruments herself as well. Hello California is the third single off the album.
Paul Oakenfold / Starry Eyed Surprise This one never gets old for me. As soon as summer rolls around, this song finds its way onto my iPod. Crazy Town singers best work for sure, a perfect match to Oakenfold’s track. And who can forget the soap bubbles and roller bladers in the Diet Coke commercial.
Priscilla Renea is a true product of the Internet Generation. Having showcased her musical talents to over a million viewers from the comforts of home, she has been self-promoting her musical craft on YouTube for a little over a year. Since then, Priscilla’s songs have had over 1.6 million views, over 30,000 channel subscribers, and scores of imitators. Now signed to Power/Capitol Records, she recently released her debut EP, Hello My Apple.
Soulja Boy / Turn My Swag On My un-guilty pleasure. When no one is in the car with me, I roll all the windows down and turn the radio ALLLLL the way up. And I don’t even feel bad. Not even a little bit.
Vladislav Delay’s new album Tummaa will be released on the wonderfully eclectic Leaf Label in September. The Finnish electronic artist, otherwise known as Sasu Ripatti, creates dense, experimental music with sophisticated textural qualities.
Juan MacLean / One Day Strong and brave dance-pop. Not usually my cup of tea, but this track is quite interesting.
My Secret Playlist is a music discovery website and weekly email publication. We invite our favourite bands and musicians to give us the rundown on their eight favourite songs right now. These are their words on the music that inspires them.
