Louis Baker feat. Wallace [2023] - Been and Gone [Self Released]

The new single from New Zealand's Louis Baker is "Been and Gone" released yesterday which features Wallace Gollan originally from Wellington, NZ.

We have to go back to May 2021  when Baker last featured here with a single "Brighter Day" from, his them forthcoming, sophomore album "Love Levitates" released in Jun '21. Wallace has also been featured with her four track EP "Arcade Queen" (May '22).

Baker's first official release came in 2011 with the song "Even In The Darkness". In 2013 he was chosen out of 4000 applicants to take one of only 60 places at the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy in New York after which he spent the summer in London recording his debut self-titled EP released in 2014. He released four singles in 2016-17 followed by his debut album "Open" in 2019 and then "Love Levitates" in 2021.

This is a really nice piece of contemporary blue-eyed soul with a bit of a retro feel that has really grown on us. Their voices blend very well together. Wallace Baker's voice reminds us of Stefan Mahendra who, regular visitors will already know, we rate very highly.

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	30/06/2023
Key/BPM:	10B/100
Price:	£1

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Wallace [2022] - Arcade Queen [Self Released] (Full EP)

Wallace (Gollan) is from Wellington, NZ, but I think she may now be based in Sydney.

She has been on the scene since 2015 and has toured wit Rag 'N' Bone Man, Little Simz, Jordan Rakei and Masego amongst others.

Today (5 May 2022) she released a four track EP "Arcade Queen" which contains her last three singles "Orchid Care" Mar 2022), "Every Stroke" (Dec 2021) and "Venus, The Birth Of" (Oct 2021) plus a new song, the title track, "Arcade Queen" which is a collaboration with Close Counters from Melbourne who have featured a couple of times on the blog last year with their single "In Need Of Love" (Nov 2021) and  "FLUX" EP (Mar 2021).

I think this one fits squarely in the 'future soul' category and is an acquired taste which may have purists running for cover.

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Details

Rating:	7.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo / Future Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	05/05/2022
Value:	£2.76