This segment features artists who have submitted their tracks/videos to She Makes Music. If you would like to be featured here then please send an e-mail to helen@shemakesmusic.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you!
Hipersona
Hipersona are a pop punk/alt rock duo from Turkey. The project was formed by the twin sisters in 2018 and released their first EP Uyan Artık which was mixed and mastered by famous producer and drummer Alen Konakoğlu in Los Angeles, 2019. Their newest single which is called ‘singin’ 4 u!’ is a “sweet love song full of confessions and tenison,” they say. “The song will make people feel like getting butterflies in their stomach with its brave lyrics and then, make listeners blush.” ‘singin’ 4 u!’ has banging drums, heavy guitars, and powerful backing tracks in its energetic pop rock sound. Once listeners hear it, they won’t be able to gett its catchy melody out of their heads. “The rap parts we added to the song for the first time also which will surprise listeners. For the song’s backing tracks, we worked with Harry Prince from the UK (aka HUXTER) and the song was mixed and mastered by Scott Cooper from Lincoln, England.” Listen below.
Ash Benn
Ash Benn is a vocalist, songwriter, and poet from New York. She started singing and writing at age 6, later singing in musical theater, a cappella groups, and R&B, jazz, and gospel choirs. She loves exploring new music, especially listening to R&B, dancehall/soca, indie, pop, and rap. A creative at heart, Ash Benn combines emotive storytelling with distinct musical elements to transfer listeners on an all-encompassing journey. She uses her striking lyricism, memorizing vocals, and experiences to promote solace, healing and joy. ‘Cold’ is an alternative pop experience. Ash Benn sings about facing external and internal pressures as time quickly goes by. “With so much to do, it’s easy to lose track of time till the nagging feelings of loneliness fade away,” she says. “Except they don’t, the feelings are still there, especially when the cooler months hit. How do you say I want you around but only for a little while? This song will make you want to snuggle up in a cozy blanket with some warm cocoa on an icy winter night. The heart may be ‘Cold’ but at least you’re warm indoors.” Listen below.
Sour Speech
Sour Speech are a Pop-Art-Punk band hailing from NorthWales/Chester. Famed for their energetic live shows, hard-hitting feel good tracks and catchy melodies. Sour Speech (under previous name ‘TheRemedies’) spent most of 2022 gigging, most recently supporting As December Falls at Live Rooms in Chester. ‘Take your time’ is the debut, feel good, summer vibe hit from the band. The track tackles the hysteria of toxic modern day social media where the band spreads the message to “take your time and don’t believe everything that is put in front of you on a phone screen.” Listen below.
Nununu
Nununu is a producer from Helsinki, Finland. Her new trip hop song ‘Ei muiden silmille’ studies time in the form of moments as the observer experiences them. “As situations that may look different depending on the viewer; embarrassing, even ugly in the eyes of one and beautiful and genuine in the eyes of another,” she explains. “The lyrics are in Finnish, which is one of the languages J.R.R. Tolkien was inspired by when making the language Quenya that was featured in The Lord of the Rings and so it’s very poem like and easy to listen, even if you don’t necessarily understand what it says.” Her songs are represented visually by a 3D avatar Nununu. She grew up listening to Portishead, Massive Attack and Björk, which you can hear as influences in the track. Listen below.
M.I.A.H
M.I.A.H. (she/her) is a singer-songwriter born in Kent of Caribbean descent. She was born into a musical family; starting from her grandparents and extended family who have a background in gospel music to her immediate family all being instrumentalists, singers and songwriters. Her first memory of performing comes from when she was 8 singing ‘Listen’ by Beyonce from the award winning Dreamgirls movie for a small group of people. This experience along with her church upbringing gave her the foundations to be able to perform to the masses whether it be within a choir (Young Voices at the O2 arena) or as a soloist (KICC HQ). She takes inspiration from artists such as Ariana Grande, Charlie Puth and The Weeknd but she is mostly inspired by the experiences that people face or situations that they find themselves in as she is intrigued by the fact that no one person has been through everything another has. Her introspective thoughts invite her listeners to join her on the never ending journey of self discovery and are fused with music drawn from her various roots creating a sound unique to her. She strives to make music that challenges her audience to think about their perspectives and thought processes that lead to the decisions that they make because she believes that change starts with one person deciding to shift their paradigms. She has just released her debut single ‘passenger’. Listen below.
Check out more of our recent submissions via the playlist below!