“Vultura” releases a new song-single called “ŠĶEL”

Vultura released her debut album “Not Your Typical Fairytale” on April 28 last year, which received wide media attention (TVNET, TV3, DELFI, LSM, IR.LV, etc.) and radio (RadioNABA, Pieci.lv, SWH, etc.). The album is known as a musical manifesto of Latvian electronic music and industry, which also won the 2-year awards of the Music Recording “Zelta Mikrofons” as the best debut album and the best electronic music album in 2023. She also still works in tandem with producer Mark1 Records (Marks Poikāns (22)).
The nearest Vultura concerts in July, the “Hurts” band’s concert as a warm-up artist at the  “Siguldas pilsdrupu estrādē” (July 26).
The nearest Vultura concerts in August are the “Laba Daba” festival (August 4), “Sīpolfestival” in Vietvalži (August 20).
On July 11, a new song-single called “ŠĶEL” was released, which is the third song in Latvian. Still keeping her promise to release songs in Latvian. The song was composed in the electronic music genres “Drum’n’Bass” and “Jungle”, as well as in the manner of “Hip-Hop”. Still maintaining her signature genre-blending style, Vultura created the track with her producer Mark1Records.

Also, for this song, Vultura decided to give the listeners a slightly different listening experience by creating a music video containing the lyrics of the song, or commonly called a “Lyric” video, created in 3D and animated by Daniela Lākute. For the first time in Vultura’s repertoire, such a video has been created, where the listener can very simply learn the words while listening to the song itself. Compared to other music streaming platforms, YouTube is the only place where is the “Long” version of the song “ŠĶEL” has been created, specially created as a follow-up to the song “Noliec Ziedus”, which was released by Vultura last December.
“The song is about staying authentic and remembering what’s important, no matter how successful you are. Maybe a bit banal, but we really tend to forget ourselves halfway somewhere, or stumble on the same mistakes. Then you have to turn the picture back, remember, and ask yourself who I am and who I still want to be. The song is also about the fact that in reality what you manifest and want to do, achieve, see, love will happen, as long as you work on it, you must remember that you must not let yourself burn out. And those who will try to stop you and trip you up, just don’t listen and react.
Annijas wish with this song, in which, as usual, brutally everything is said between the words – keep your circle of people small who have similar goals and desires in this life as you.”
The song was produced by producer Mark1 Records (Marks Poikans). The visual identity of the song was created by Daniela Lākute (3D).
Photo: Aksels Bergs (AkselsShotIt)

Andrejs Osokins announces his only solo concert in Riga and concerts in Latvia this year

Andrejs Osokins will be giving a variety of concerts in Riga, Ventspils, Daugavpils and elsewhere in Latvia this summer and autumn. These will include solo concerts, the programme “Three Osokins” with his father Sergejs and brother Georgijs Osokins at Dzintari Concert Hall in Jurmala, the poetic concert “Dreams about the Piano” with Chulpan Hamatova in Daugavpils and others.

On 30 September at 19.00, the Blackheads’ House will host a solo concert by Andrejs Osokins, dedicated to the composer Frederic Chopin, which has so far been performed in various halls in Latvia and Estonia, but not in Riga. The programme includes  favourite miniatures by Chopin – waltzes, mazurkas and etudes, as well as large-form works – ballades and polonaises. Andrejs Osokins will play the concert programme on a new Yamaha CFX concert grand piano brought from Germany, which will be heard for the first time in Latvia and perfectly intoned and tuned for this concert by Shunsuke Yokoyama from Japan. Andrejs Osokins has a special connection with this instrument, as he was one of the world-renowned pianists involved in its creation. Each of them had the opportunity to play prototypes of the instrument at Yamaha’s offices in Vienna and Hamburg, to evaluate their sound and to suggest improvements for further development.

Andrejs Osokins says: “This concert will be very special for me, both because I will be playing my Chopin concerto at the Blackheads’ House, where the atmosphere is very luxurious but at the same time intimate, which I have loved during the last two Osokins Freedom Festivals, and because I will be performing it on the new Yamaxa CFX grand piano, which I can always rely on. The colourful and romantically varied sound of this instrument, which aptly matches Chopin’s genius music, allows for a very emotionally saturated program. It will be the music that Chopin wrote in exile, where he found himself after the Tsarist Russia attacked Warsaw, and it expresses his deep love for his motherland, which I think connects perfectly with our times, when countless Ukrainians have had to flee their country as refugees because of Russian aggression.”


At the very beginning of autumn, on 16 September at 16.00, Andrejs Osokins will return, after a long break, to the Ventspils Concert Hall “Latvija” with a concert programme dedicated to the composer Ferenc Liszt – his work, personality and life. During the concert, the pianist will also play Liszt’s music on the unique vertical piano of the Concert Hall “Latvija”.

On 21 July, Andrejs Osokins’s virtuoso piano playing will be heard at the Jurmala Festival in the Dzintari Concert Hall, where this year’s only Osokin dynasty concert “Three Osokins” will take place, with Andrejs performing together with his father Sergejs and brother Georgijs Osokins. On 24 August, the concert programme “Dreams of the Piano” with actress Chulpan Hamatova will take place at the Unity House in Daugavpils, and on 14 October, the pianist will give a solo concert “Osokins to Liszt” at the Madona Culture House.

Tickets for the concerts are available at the “Biļešu Paradīze” box office and online at www.bilesuparadize.lv.

Vultura releases a new song-single called “ŠĶEL”

On July 11, a new song-single called “ŠĶEL” was released, which is the third song in Latvian. Still keeping her promise to release songs in Latvian. The song was composed in the electronic music genres “Drum’n’Bass” and “Jungle”, as well as in the manner of “Hip-Hop”. Still maintaining her signature genre-blending style, Vultura created the track with her producer Mark1Records.
Also, for this song, Vultura decided to give the listeners a slightly different listening experience by creating a music video containing the lyrics of the song, or commonly called a “Lyric” video, created in 3D and animated by Daniela Lākute. For the first time in Vultura’s repertoire, such a video has been created, where the listener can very simply learn the words while listening to the song itself. Compared to other music streaming platforms, YouTube is the only place where is the “Long” version of the song “ŠĶEL” has been created, specially created as a follow-up to the song “Noliec Ziedus”, which was released by Vultura last December.

“The song is about staying authentic and remembering what’s important, no matter how successful you are. Maybe a bit banal, but we really tend to forget ourselves halfway somewhere, or stumble on the same mistakes. Then you have to turn the picture back, remember, and ask yourself who I am and who I still want to be. The song is also about the fact that in reality what you manifest and want to do, achieve, see, love will happen, as long as you work on it, you must remember that you must not let yourself burn out. And those who will try to stop you and trip you up, just don’t listen and react.

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Annijas wish with this song, in which, as usual, brutally everything is said between the words – keep your circle of people small who have similar goals and desires in this life as you.”
The song was produced by producer Mark1 Records (Marks Poikans). The visual identity of the song was created by Daniela Lākute (3D).
Photo: Aksels Bergs (AkselsShotIt)
Vultura released her debut album “Not Your Typical Fairytale” on April 28 last year, which received wide media attention (TVNET, TV3, DELFI, LSM, IR.LV, etc.) and radio (RadioNABA, Pieci.lv, SWH, etc.). The album is known as a musical manifesto of Latvian electronic music and industry, which also won the 2-year awards of the Music Recording “Zelta Mikrofons” as the best debut album and the best electronic music album in 2023. She also still works in tandem with producer Mark1 Records (Marks Poikāns (22)).
The nearest Vultura concerts in July, the “Hurts” band’s concert as a warm-up artist at the  “Siguldas pilsdrupu estrādē” (July 26).
The nearest Vultura concerts in August are the “Laba Daba” festival (August 4), “Sīpolfestival” in Vietvalži (August 20).

Latvian hard rockers REBEL RIOT releasing a new single and music video

Rebel Riot is one of the leading hard rock bands in Latvia. While still at work on a new album, they are releasing their latest single Mad Rebel with a music video on July 17 available on all major social platforms like Spotify, YouTube etc.

Mad Rebel is a classy fast paced hard ‘n’ heavy track outbursting a message: ‘Listen to yourself what you wish instead what others say!’ Rebel Riot threw a party at their headquarters and filmed the music video. A separate artwork was made for Mad Rebel just like for the two previous singles.

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Chris Noah announces a musical evening at “Tu jau zini kur” (You Know Where)

The talented local musician and internationally acclaimed songwriter Chris Noah invites listeners to a solo performance at the cultural space “Tu jau zini kur.” (You Know Where) on September 28. This beloved meeting place in the Tallin Street Quarter of Riga will resound with new music from the artist as well.

The program will feature Chris Noah’s most popular pieces (Sunboy, Only Yours, Spark, Fall Through), as well as melodies that have received less airplay but hold a special place in the musician’s heart. Additionally, the audience will have the opportunity to appreciate entirely new and unheard of musical creations.

“This is a special moment in my career that I want to celebrate among friends,” says Chris. “There is much beauty behind me and even more ahead, so I invite everyone to pause for a bit, stay in the moment and spend a beautiful fall evening together. This year, I have been actively working on new material, and I can’t wait to perform it to my guests.”

Chris Noah is a singer and songwriter highly regarded both within the local and international music scene. Throughout his career, he has released several successful singles that have entered various radio charts, and has been nominated for multiple “Zelta Mikrofons” awards, including Best Debut, Best Pop Music Recording, and Song of the Year. Since 2022, Chris Noah is signed to Sony Music Entertainment, which also represents stars such as Adele, Robbie Williams, Beyoncé, and Måneskin. As a songwriter, has also achieved success in the Eurovision Song Contest; this year the song “Stay”, written in collaboration with the Latvian producer JJ Lush and performed by Monika Linkite, represented Lithuania and took and impressive 11th place in the competition’s grand final in Liverpool.

This will be the musician’s first full-scale concert in Riga this year.
Tickets available at ekase.lv.

Loopout (member of latvian rap group “Rīmdari”) releases a new song and video made with one of Twenty One Pilots stage crew members

Kriss Baglais from the group “Rīmdari” releases a new song and video under his solo project “Loopout”. This is the second single from the upcoming album that is scheduled to release on June 1.

“Me and a friend of mine went to Open’er festival in Poland last year and met the stage crew of Twenty One Pilots in an underground bar in Gdynia, Poland,” says Kriss Baglais, “There were guys from lighting, pyrotechnics, the stage manager – about 20 people in total. And that was just part of the whole team. I showed my song to one of the crew members and he really liked it. The video engineer offered to shoot a video for the song the next day, for free. I couldn’t believe what was happening,” Kriss remembers. “I went to Poland mainly to see the performance of Twenty One Pilots, and two days before it I suddenly shot a music video with the band’s crew. Unbelievable!”

Unfortunately, Kriss lost contact with the crew member and never got the final video for Close My Eyes. A year has passed since the event and Loopout is coming out with a self-made video about the story of how they filmed the music video. “The song is about using your imagination to achieve your dreams,” Kriss explains. ”This song manifested a true story of how a dream manifest itself out of nowhere. All I can say – just do it.”

In 2021, Loopout released debut EP ‘Music from Nowhere’ and in October last year came out with a single from the upcoming album “Monsters in Dreams”. Loopout is a hip-hop project by Latvian musician Kriss Baglais. Kriss is a member of a popular latvian hip-hop group “Rīmdari”. The record was produced by Reinis Karklins (Aleja Records).

Santpaula releases song “Don’t Know What I Want”

The song reflects a journey of self-discovery and the emotional conflict that comes with it. I wrote this song as a reminder to myself and others that it is okay to struggle with yourself, and sometimes not even understand yourself.

We are all human and sometimes have an emotional journey from time to time that shows how important it is to accept even your past self, learn from your mistakes, and grow into the person you want to become. Therefore I hope it resonates with anyone who has ever felt lost or self-conscious.

BAIBA releases a new single, an EP and announces a concert in Latvia

Austria-based electro-pop artist BAIBA releases a new EP, which includes her previously published singles, as well as her latest work – the song “Too Cool”. At the end of the summer, BAIBA will also finally perform in Latvia, at the music and art festival “Laba Daba”.

Influencers dressed in the uniforms of fashion brands, flashy and at the same time misleading image of people on social networks, and the fast pace of modern life – these are just some of the topics that BAIBA satirizes in her latest work – the single “Too Cool”. It is accompanied by a catchy melody, a lively beat and contrastingly irritated, even angry vocals. This combination creates an almost perfect piece to sing and dance along to, to forget everything that drives you crazy and makes you sad.

“It [the song] is about people looking just fine and confident, so cool and self-sufficient. But… is it just a facade? Maybe it’s just a cover to protect a very vulnerable soul,” says BAIBA.

“Too Cool” is the fourth single from BAIBA’s new EP “Compulsive”. The mini-album contains four songs by the artist, which were created in collaboration with several well-known artists in Austria, including producers Christoph Holzknecht and Moritz Kristmann. On the other hand, the video of the new song was made in cooperation with the Spanish director Marta Cesar, who lives in Austria, and will be released in mid-June.

Presenting the single “Too Cool”, a video and also an EP, BAIBA will go on a promotional tour this summer, visiting several Austrian cities, Northern Italy, Slovakia, and the she will also visit her homeland Latvia for the first time at the beginning of August, performing at the music and art festival “Laba Daba”.

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About BAIBA:
BAIBA is a Latvian musician (real name Baiba Dēķena), who has been living and playing music in the Austrian city of Innsbruck for several years. She plays self-produced electropop and teaches music production workshops for girls. Until now, BAIBA has already released two albums and her songs are regularly played by radio stations both in Latvia and abroad. The first single of the new mini-album, “Perfect”, got into the regular rotation of the popular radio station FM4 in Austria.