Saturday, 19 August 2023

Mélat [2023] - The Now (Sweet Love No.9) [TALEM]


It was a jaw dropping moment when we found and played this for the first time. Such a stunningly beautiful song which goes straight to the top of our list for this week's SoulStrutter Selection of the Week.

Mélat Kassa is Ethiopian-American from Austin, TX, who we have not come across before, which is surprising as she's been recording since around 2012 but hasn't released a lot of music in the last few years. This is her second single of 2023 with only one in 2022 and one in 2021, the latter two are also included on this release.

Her latest single is "The Now (Sweet Love No.9)" which is packaged with two of her previous singles "The Lesson" (Jul '21 and also pretty good with the intro reminiscent of Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful") and "The Wave" (Jun '22).

Mélat's parents fled the brutal Ethiopian communist regime in the 80s and emigrated to Cedar Park in Austin. She released her first album in 2013 and has released four to date, along with a 5 track EP in 2015 and around 20 singles.

She has been dubbed 'Austin's Soul Princess' and the mayor proclaimed 14 Dec 2017 as Mélat Day.

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Rating: 9
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: TALEM
Cat No: None
Date: 18/08/2023
Key/BPM: 12B/67
Price: £1
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Sat'N, steevyX. & Meryl Williams [2023] - Thyme [Self Released]


Another late find gem from Sat'N, steevyX. & Meryl Williams with "Thyme" released on Friday (18 Aug). Sat'N is the name of the New York duo consisting of steevyX. & Meryl Williams and this is only their second single.

steevyX. is a Chinese-American Haozhou Xie from New York (originally from Guangzhou). He and Meryl Williams wrote the song and the last one, "All the Things", (Nov '21) also included below.

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Rating: 8.6
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 18/08/2023
Key/BPM: 9A/92 / 12A/89
Price: £1
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Giorgia-May feat. Skyline Sun [2023] - Focus [Self Released]


Giorgia-May (Giorgia Moran) is originally from Brighton (UK) but is now resident in Berlin, who's featured here once before with a single "Boy Butterfly" in Apr '22. 

She's released only one single since then "Feel Good" on 23 Dec '22 (which probably got lost in the festive period). Her first release of 2023 is "Focus" feat. Skyline Sun.

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 19/09/2023
Key/BPM: 6A/69
Price: £1
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Aiyana K [2023] - Green Lights [Self Released]


Aiyana K is a 22-year-old singer / songwriter from Coventry, now living in London. She delivers her debut single "Green Lights" from a forthcoming EP "No Rain No Flowers". The song is produced by Brighton's James Berkeley who is a member of Yakul.

Whilst this is her debut release, she has many videos performing cover versions on her YouTube channel.

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Rating: 8.5
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 01/01/2023
Key/BPM: 11A/104
Price: £1
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Snoh Aalegra [2023] - Wait A Little Longer [Artium Recordings]


With three singles dropping in quick succession, all with similarly themed artwork, then suspect a new album soon. The first, "Be My Summer" (21 Jul)  we didn't warm to and felt it was rather bland, but the last, "Sweet Tea" (2 Aug), and her latest, "Wait A Little Longer" (18 Aug), have been much better.

Assuming that an album isn't far away, it will be the fifth for the Swedish-Iranian singer who debuted in 2017. Her last was  "Temporary Highs" (Jul '21).

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Rating: 8.3
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Artium Recordings
Cat No: None
Date: 18/08/2023
Key/BPM: 7A/96
Price: £1
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