A couple of chilled study beats track this evening from Evolutionary25, and David Johnson.
Evolutionary25 is from Canada and returns after featuring here less than a month ago. He’s back with Monochrome from the forthcoming album Take A Break.
Monochrome is anything but. It’s a lovely laid back affair. Chilled and set to stun.
Clocking in at only two minutes it wastes no time. The beats have a bit of a hip hop kick. But the melody is a blend of guitar and snazzy brass.
The effect is perfectly soporific but in a good way. It’s that lovely late night nightcap drink vibe whilst the barman polishes a glass. Mines a Calvados if you please.
Moving south of the border we have David Johnson, who may be from Texas judging by the hat in his bio, and the instrumental version of his new single As Long As I’m Alive.
As Long As I’m Alive has some lovely rolling beats which really make it for me. But otherwise the music is an unusual blend of almost R&B smoothness, almost rock guitar and seductive string sweeps.
The beats have a perky thud that’s interwoven with some quiet rock sounding electric guitar. But no so much that it detracts from the track.
There’s some strings which regular sweep over and keep things interesting. There are what sound like backwards elements to the guitar which stops it doing quite what you always expect.
It really works as an instrumental rather than showing the gaps where the vocals should sit.
Proper rocking chair in the porch with a shotgun across your knees kinda track.
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