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Lithuanian producer GeraiGerai has just released a new remix of Latvian singer’s Aminata single Fighter.

Thanks to the ReZarin and Matthew Nagle remixes of the track “Heartbeat” by Justs, that have been released by MicRec and are often included in the sets of DJs from the United Kingdom, the track has made it into the official Upfront Club Chart Top 40. Currently the track is a newcomer and is on the 14th place. We will continue to analyse the developments during next week. The remix by Rūdolfs Zariņš (ReZarin) has been played more than 250 000 on his SoundCloud profile already!

All 11 remixes of the track released by MicRec so far are available on Doremi.lv, iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music. 

This song was included in band’s latest album Space Synesthia that was released in late 2015 and features vocals from Anita Intaite.

Author notes that the video for Winters End was specially designed to be released in late June as it is devoted to Midsummer’s festival. It was created by the director Jānis Vīksne, 7 Synths founder Kaspars Tobis, Aero Vision’s Agris Tabaks and Eva Kronberga from contemporary dance studio Ārā.

7 Synths is an electronic, synth pop and ambient music project created by Kaspars Tobis, the keyboard player of the popular Latvian rock band Dzelzs Vilks. Often called the Latvian Jean Michel Jarre, Tobis has so far released 3 albums produced mainly on analogue synthesizers.

Latvian singer Evija and Serbian “beast on drums” Lav recorded their new single in Serbia, right after performing in the prestigious “The Great Escape” and “Liverpool Sound City” music showcases.

The notorious duet will start their summer concert series in “Positivus” festival on the “I Love You” stage on 16th of July at 18:45. Followed by the release concert of their new single “Tic Tac” in concert venue “Autentika”, Bruņinieku 2, Rīga, on 18th of July, where they will share the night with the Polish duet “Coal”. This event is made special with the premier of several new songs.

You can hear more of the duet in festivals like ’’Summer sound’’, “Galapagai”, “Lab Daba”, “Piena Svētki” and “Fontaine Festival’’. 

Latvian alternative rock four-piece band Neon Saturdays has released their new single titled In My Eyes. The song came to be after a long and close collaboration with the upcoming british producer Dan Weller.

While talking about the band’s most recent accomplishment singer Andris Evelis admits that working tohether with the british professional was a worthy challenge for the band. „We started working on this song last Summer. A lot of time and resources went into perfecting the sound because we felt that this record should convey maturity – a new level we’ve achieved as a band. The results satisfied us completely and we really did learn a lot,” says Evelis. While recording the band also received a huge support from their hometown – the municipality of Sigulda.

Before getting into studio in the Summer of 2015 Neon Saturdays had a chance to play a couple of shows at The Great Escape – leading festival for new music in UK. The band also played most of the big festivals at home in Latvia and has already accepted the support slot for James (UK). The british rockers will hit the stage of Sunset Festival at Sigulda on July 6th.

Rihards Fedotovs is presenting his music video and recording studio. Musician and music producer Rick Feds aka Richards Fedotovs is sharing the music video of his song “Forever”, the first witness of “Rick Feds Society” upcoming album. He is also inviting folks to discover his new recording studio “Creative Society Studios”.

The idea of “Rick Feds Society” was polished during the “Creative Music Workshops” (“Riharda Fedotova radošās darbnīcas”) which during the time from 2013 till 2015 were held in music clubs in Riga, improvisational music sessions with the top latvian soloists and instrumentalists.

However, “Rick Feds Society” is an electronic music synthesis which will feature soloists as: Aigars Gravers, Ralfs Eilands, Kristine Praulina, as well as Taphy Spencer (USA), Rachel Claudio (FRA). “Forever” is the first single and first music video of the upcoming album.

The song is a collaboration with the American singer Taphy Spencer and the music video has been made by Janis Abele (director), Aleksandr Grebnev (main camera) and Martins Dabolins (visual effects). The video has been shot in four different cities: Philadelphia, New York, Riga and Saldus (a little town in Latvia where Richards was born).

Alongside the video Rick Feds is also presenting his newly done recording studio in the very centre of Riga, “Creative Music Studios” . The large environment of the studio makes it possible to capture very different characters of music starting from song production to larger ensemble recordings. Inside of the studio is an impressive collection of Richards analogue synthesisers, drums and various oriental instruments.

If “Rick Feds Society” involves a larger group of musicians and soloists, “Rick Feds” stands for Rihards solo performance beats on the AbletonPUSH controller and is starting to get international recognition. Last weeks performance at the Baltic Art Forum in London has left a promising resonance and future performance possibilities. Furthermore, his summer awaits a few mini tours in Latvia, Germany, Sweden and The United States. 

Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s first Deutsche Grammophon recording  Shostakovich Under Stalin’s Shadow — featuring Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 and the Passacaglia from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk won the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance last night at the 58th annual Grammy Awards.

Andris Nelsons was born in Riga in 1978 into a family of musicians, Andris Nelsons began his career as a trumpeter in the Latvian National Opera Orchestra before studying conducting. He was Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 2008-2015, Principal Conductor of Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Herford, Germany 2006-2009 and Music Director of Latvian National Opera 2003-2007.

The Briefing is an indie pop band formed in 2002 by four Latvian musicians, who since 2010 have been living and working in London. So far they have released two studio and one remix album. In 2008 album Funny Thoughts was nominated as the best alternative music album at the Annual Latvian Music…

After a lasting break, DVINES are back in business, presenting their new track – the debut single “SET IT ON FIRE” from the upcoming EP, in collaboration with DJ and producer MAKREE.

After deciding to take a break from any musical activity to find their unique sound, DVINES are back, planning to settle in the electronic pop dance genre.

“SET IT ON FIRE” tells about the desire to get rid of insecurities and anxieties, “set the fears on fire” and start a new life. The song is influenced by pop and house genres, written by both sisters, produced by MAKREE, joined by DJ Rudd, who also took part in the arrangement.

DVINES is a twin sister duo, known for their original songs, appearances at various TV shows and also for collaborations with various dance music producers, including MAKREE, with whom DVINES have successfully collaborated on their last release – “LOUD”.

Musicians first met and started the band in early 2015 in Netherlands while studying jazz.  Their musical style could be described as “The White Stripes” meets Bjork meets “Die Antwoord” because of how Evija’s unique vocals and synths sounds together with Lav’s drumming.