Ava La'Rae [2024] - iswd [Self Released]

Singer/songwriter Ava La'Rae  grew up in South Texas. In 2018 she moved to NYC to pursue music and released her first single that year. She now lives in L.A. and has released her seventh single "isdw" today after her last in Sep '21.

We still haven't figured out exactly what 'iswd' means after listening several times!

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	22/05/2024
Key/BPM:	4A/85
Price:	£1

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Ruby Shabazz [2024] - Thank You [Self Released] (Full EP)

Ruby Shabazz is originally from Roxbury, MA, but now lives in New Hampshire. Whilst her first official release appears to be in 2019, she has videos on her YouTube dating back to 2018. 

We came across her second single, "Lite Something", in Jan and posted her latest single, "Loss", earlier this month. She has now released a five track EP, "Thank You", which features two of the singles, two new songs and an outro of "Thank You".

In addition this year, she has released a Jeff Mosquera remix of "Lite Something".

Of the two new songs, we'd highlight "That's Life" and if you missed "Lite Something" in Jan, as it seems many did, then we'd recommend that one as well.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	13/05/2024
Price:	£4.95

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Blagov [2024] - That's How I Feel [Self Released]

The tenth single, all this year, from 22 yr old Russian producer Blagov is "That's How I Feel" released today. All seem to be lo-fi, hip-hop, jazz sampled based songs and credited to Roberts Lederers.

We particularly like his last release, "Follow" (7 May), a sultry jazz ballad, so have included it below.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	22/05/2024
Key/BPM:	4A/90
Price:	£1

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Miranda Joan feat. MAE.SUN [2024] - Butterflies (ISHA REMIX) [Self Released]

Miranda Joan DiPerno was born in Montreal but grew up in Vancouver, and is now based in Brooklyn, NYC. She debuted with a self-released five track EP "Still" in 2017 and has since released more than a dozen singles along with the release of her debut album "Windborne" (Dec '21).

Prior to the release of her sophomore album "Overstimulated" in Nov '23 she "Bada Bing!"  (named after the fictitious strip club HQ in The Sopranos TV series) featuring Ben Carr (CARRTTONS).

Her first releases since the album is a remix of "Butterflies" from it ahead of headlining at 100 Club, London, on 3 Jul. (tickets below on image link)

It features MAE.SUN (aka Hailey Niswanger) from New York and is remixed by Amsterdam/London-based 23-year-old producer and multi-instrumentalist ISHA (Isha Scheenaard) who creates her own blend of broken beat-adjacent jazz-funk on the remix .Also included is the original album version.

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Rating:	8.1
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	22/05/2024
Key/BPM:	10B/122
Price:	£1

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ThisisClarissaUK [2024] - I'm Telling [Blimey Limey]

Having begun her career singing with a band in the middle east (UAE), ThisisClarissaUK (Claire Louise Morales) moved to Chicago to start a solo career.

She's now released a dozen singles since Jan '23 with her latest, "I'm Telling", released today.

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Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Blimey Limey
Cat No:	None
Date:	21/05/2024
Key/BPM:	10A/70
Price:	£1

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Sharin Attamimi [2024] - Nothing's Wrong? [AORTAHMUSIC]

One of the many highlights from Godfrey Fletcher's Neo2soul podcast we posted last week comes from Sharin Attamimi with "Nothing's Wrong?" which warrants and deserves it's own post, especially now that a music video for it is available this week. A superbly soulful neo soul song with a lovely jazzy undertone.

Sharin Attamimi is a classically trained pianist born in Indonesia with roots in Yemen and raised in Perth, Australia. She's released 16 singles and a full album since emerging in 2020.

Last year she was a contestant on Australian Idol and reached the last 24. Her audition was a rendition of Silk Sonic's "Leave The Door Open" (clip below). 

Not only is she a great singer but also holds a degree in Neuroscience.

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Rating:	8.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	AORTAHMUSIC / Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	10/05/2024
Key/BPM:	10B/70
Price:	£1

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