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  • Watch Faith Child in “That Was Then” music video

    Faith Child has released a new video for his single, “That Was Then”. The MOBO Award-winning, South London-based, UK rapper makes a return with these stunning visuals, which was premiered via Link Up TV. The track finds the artist expending energy to give us a hard-hitting, anthem-contending record. It is taken off his upcoming third…

  • Alysia shares an acoustic version of “Nothing Left”

    Alysia has released an indie-leaning, acoustic version of her latest single, “Nothing Left”. The singer/songwriter is a Bay Area native who draws inspiration from her surrounding to scribble such bold-yet-vulnerable lyrical pieces. She does music which is inclined towards the alt-R&B space. “Nothing Left” carries a melancholic composition that is then delivered using Alysia’s gripping…

  • Listen to Ki Storii’s “Act Up”

    Bronx-based rapper Ki Storii has released a new track, “Act Up”. The song finds the artist talking tough lyrically and complements with hard–hitting  flow and vocal delivery. The record was produced by Beat Lemon. Listen below. Sample the other tracks by Storii on Soundcloud, including her remix of Post Malone’s “Rockstar”. https://soundcloud.com/kistorii/

  • King$tun features Young $enior in “Commotion”

    We have in our possession an exclusive banger coming from Zambia’s $outhern Empire collective. It’s a dancehall track titled “Commotion” and is by King$tun and features Young $enior. It was released via AGEZ Music label. “Commotion” is a high-octane track that features crispy production, interesting vocal delivery and a Caribbean-flavored vibe. Listen to the song and follow $outhern…

  • Videz Hybrid drops two videos, “Imagine” and “U Don Know”

    Videz Hybrid continues his current streak of releases with the sharing of two music videos, “U Don Know” and “Imagine”. Both songs were produced and mixed by Videz himself and their visuals shot and directed by Bryan M Brand. While “U Don Know” is a dancehall record that features rapper Kash Grindhauz and Chaos, “Imagine”…

  • TnT drop “BARAT” diss track directed at Barak Jacuzzi

    We may just have to acknowledge that it’s beef season again, as another diss track drops, except, this times it involves two of Nairobi underground’s hottest rappers. TnT duo just released “BARAT”, a direct onslaught on Barak Jacuzzi. This was kind of expected considering that the two camps were already involved in a physical fight of…

  • RuthAnne reveals “Liquid” video

    With her forthcoming album coming early next year, Irish singer/songwriter RuthAnne has released the video for “Liquid”, the third single off that project. As a songwriter, she has written songs that have gone ahead to amass well over one and half billion streams, and that is just the the last year alone. The visuals follows the…

  • Listen as Jayani debuts solo career with new song, “City”

    Something exciting has been readied for the indie-pop fans and it’s “City”, the debut single by Jayani. The singer/songwriter whose real name is Max Patel is an 18-year-old, half-Indian, half American artist. He was, however, born and raised in Hong Kong. He is currently a student at Choate Rosemary Hall where he gets time to perform within the…

  • Corey Pieper is “Up To Par”

    Corey Pieper has dropped a new single, “Up To Par”. The song finds the rapper venturing in a new direction as he teams up with Denny Lanez and Bee Scott on the record. The track has a dope trap beat and that is complemented by the artist’s excitingly streamlined flows. Interesting still, is the song’s hook…

  • Listen to “Capacity”, off Danelle Sandoval’s For Love EP

    Danelle Sandoval has just released her For Love EP, with “Capacity” as its lead single. The 4-track project follows up the independent singer’s “Tuesday” hit, which has so far accumulated a tonne of streams. The LA-based artist grew up with a burning desire to create music. She had, in fact, began writing songs at the age…

  • “Yo Voy A Gozar” by Oena will get you to your feet

    Oena finally reveals her new song, the Reggaeton-themed, pop-flavoured track, “Yo Voy A Gozar”. The Venezuelan-born singer/songwriter, whose real name is  Isabella Hissom Molina, is half-Spanish and half-American. She had started out as an indie-pop artist but later, thanks to her residency in Spain and Miami and a subsequent immersion into Latin pop culture, she…

  • Listen to LIEZA’s “Yellow Roses (acoustic)”

    LIEZA has released “Yellow Roses (Acoustic)”. The Dallas native had been writing songs for years and it’s only last year that she ventured out as an artist. She has since then been working with Nashville-based, Grammy-winning artist/producer Femke. This song was thus released via LV Music, an entity linked to Femke. “Yellow Roses (Acoustic)” is…

  • Top 20 Kenyan Musicians with most Youtube subscribers

    Aipate ranked Kenyan musicians as per the subscriber count on their YouTube Accounts. Note: These data was captured by the end of Aug, 2018. It is, thus, subject to change. Sauti Sol (247K subscribers) Willy Paul (163K subscribers) Nyashinski (116K subscribers) Octopizzo (100K subscribers) Otile Brown (87K subscribers) Akothee (75K subscribers) Bahati (73K subscribers) Khaligraph (67K subscribers) Mercy Masika (59K subscribers) King Kaka…

  • Hear Elias Boussnina in “Candy”

    Elias Boussnina has shared a new R&B record titled “Candy”. Covered in captivating vocals, the song exhibits the undeniable talent of the artist who is of Danish and Tunisian heritage. He says he wrote this song to express “the feeling you get when insecure in your relationship”. Elias co-produced the track. The artist had previously…

  • Netsky – “Téquila Limonada” feat. A.CHAL [Video]

    The official visuals for “Téquila Limonada” is out. The song is by award-winning, Belgian electronic music producer NETSKY and features A.CHAL. The track, which is the first single off his Palmtrees & Powerlines project, had been released last month via Casablanca Records/Republic Records. The video syncs well with the song’s laid-back tune and finds NETSKY, A.CHAL and…

  • Listen as Emily James sings about “Dancing with a Thief”

    “Dancing with a Thief” is the new hauntingly gripping single by indie-pop artist Emily James. The 19-year old singer/songwriter releases the self-written, self-produced stripped-back song today. The New York native who’s since moved to Los Angeles, says this about the song: “I really wanted to show the vulnerability as well as the fear, temptation, and uncertainty that comes…

  • Hear Gene Micofsky’s “Letter To Springsteen”

    Singer/songwriter Gene Micofsky has released another beautiful song, “Letter to Springsteen”. It tells the story of the challenges the musician faced when, as a young boy, he relocated from Philadelphia to New Jersey. This nostalgic country song is modeled after Bruce Springsteen, but as already indicated, is a personal account by Gene himself. Well, it is…

  • Watch Flavia Abadia and Kiki La Asesina in “Trumpets Remix” Video

    “Trumpets”, the record by Toronto-based DJ/artist Flavia Abadia has found a new remix and the new track come with an a bright and colorful visuals to accompany it. The video was shot in Havana, Cuba and ushers in that Caribbean vibe. This version of the song features New York-based, Dominican artist Kiki La Asesina. It…

  • Lachi the real Melody -” Hey”

    Another decent record reaches our desk and it is, simply, titled “Hey”. It is done by rapper/singer Lachi The Real Melody. The American artist hails from Miami, Florida. “Hey” is sung is Spanish and comes covered in a dope and energetic trap beat. Listen to the song above and follow the artist in Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BnBhNLpH1NL/?taken-by=lachitrm

  • Listen to the new song from Noya Sol

    We return with “Deep Moaning Blues”, another song from Israel-based soul/blues singer Noya Sol. The record comes in a live performance video (embedded below) and is the second feature on Aipate. Last year August, we had shared her “The Temptress” single. The singer has a unique but lovely voice that is soothingly warm. Listen to…

  • Coyle Girelli shares the title track to his debut solo album, Love Kills

    Love Kills, the debut solo album by The Chevin frontman Coyle Girelli will be out next week Friday, September 21st. To set things rolling, he’s today released the project’s title track, “Love Kills”. The song manages to carry the spirit of the LP, which is a slight deviation from the the alt. rock sound of…

  • Sunny Lukas -“Heart Is Yours” [New Single]

    Emerging pop artist Sunny Lukas releases a new single, “Heart Is Yours”. The Hong Kong native did this song in English although he is able to speak in three other languages: Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin. Sunny says: “I am really a diverse person. Growing up in Hong Kong is such a clash of cultures. A…

  • Listen to “Boy” by Macntaj

    Who else loves it when a rap song has a lovely hook and tight-up lyrics? Well, that’s why “Boy” by rapper Macntaj becomes an exciting listing to our blog. The track was produced by Ike Watson, who gave it a melodic tune. Macntaj then gets to go hard over the beat as he drops aggressively, hard-hitting…

  • Hear Stacey Kaniuk “Give Up The Ghost”

    Aipate shares another beautiful record with you. It is titled “Give Up The Ghost” and is by singer/songwriter Stacey Kaniuk. The new song is lifted off her upcoming EP. The soulful, indie-pop song comes covered in a mid-tempo tune that ignites a deep emotional feeling. The artist will be releasing her EP next year and this single…

  • Listen to “Come Around” by Estef

    We share “Come Around”, the new single by Estef. The Nashville-based soulful singer/songwriter has made a return to our speakers with this powerful piece that gets to introduce you to her creative world. It comes packed with honest lyrics, an infectious hook and that overlay the groovy tune. Estef’s vocals further fills the spaces with…

  • BRYN – “Queenpin” [Video]

    The official music video for “Queenpin” by BRYN is now out. It is the second single and follows up her fiery debut, “Pull Up”, which had featured Yung Fume. BRYN is an 18-year-old UK rapper/singer who has impressed critics with her vocal and lyrical delivery. As an artist, she has proved quite capable of holding her…

  • Hear Kyson’s hypnotising song “Clear Air”

    Kyson has unveiled a new self-produced track, “Clear Air”. It arrives in the heels of the Australian singer/songwriter’s return single, “Every High”. The hypnotising song comes imbued with deep emotions manifested through Kyson’s powerful vocals. The composition then fills up the melodic, indie-backed, electronic layers with velvety and gripping lyrics. “Clear Air” was released on…

  • Iceleak believes there’s “Something In The Water”

    Iceleak drops a new irresistible single, “Something In The Water”. The Italian/Luxembourgish, DJ/Producer duo that consists of Nelson Tordera and Filippo Gorla, crafts an infectious house record that will compel you to your feet, if not not keeping your head nodding. The song was released on electronic label, Ultra Music and Icealeak had this to say…

  • Listen to Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez’s “Falcon”

    Barely six months after we shared “Unarmed”, the jazz-flavoured debut from Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez, we can report that she has returned with her third single. Titled “Falcon”, it follows the New York-based soul/R&B, singer/songwriter’s second offering, “Riptide” and carries the laser-penetrating vocals that we have come to identify the youngster with. The nostalgic “Falcon” was produced…

  • Tim Schou has to “Run Run Run Run Run” in new video

    Danish singer Tim Schou releases an exciting video for “Run Run Run Run Run”, his late summer release. The melodic, electro-backed tune re-tells the classic story of the clash between a girl’s lover and her overprotective father. The record was released on Iceberg Records/BMG and about it, the artist explains: “I have always imagined the…

  • Watch Marshall Law Band’s “Head Nod” video

    Seattle-based Marshall Law Band have unleashed a new music video for their song, “Head Nod”. The visuals includes footage from the Funk-Hop outfit’s latest live performances. Known for their lively shows, that energy is transferred to this clip. This year alone, they have appeared on stage in over 30 shows in America’s North-West region. That’s enough buzz…

  • Hear Scott Kirby’s engaging song,”Something To Move”

    Something fresh is here for the lover’s of exciting and authentic guitar riffs as alt. blues/rock singer/songwriter, Scott Kirby has released a new song, “Something To Move”. The Wisconsin-based musician has, from the age of 12, been writing songs and playing the guitar. With influences from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, REM, Johnny Cash and more,…

  • Tilde returns with a question: “Are You Willing”

    You already have an idea of what Tilde can do in the recording booth. The Swedish/British singer has made a return with a new single, which is titled as a question, “Are You Willing”. This is in preparation for her upcoming debut album, which is scheduled for a September 28th release. The talent in the…

  • Listen to “Take A Shot” by Luap

    Aipate shares a new record by South Florida emcee Luap. It is titled “Take A Shot” and finds the rapper going hard lyrically yet still sounding motivational. The artist/audio engineer’s real name is Paul Edwards and is also an actor. He’s already built a reputation by matching tight lyricism and melodic sounds and this has…

  • Nino Louis asks why it’s just “Talk Talk Talk”

    Nino Louis is apparently fed up with “Talk Talk Talk” as his new record will reveal. The Russian-born, German-raised and English-speaking rapper delivers a streamline flow of bars over a melodic, trap-infused beat. The hook is smooth and that attribute stems from the artist’s warm and welcoming vocals. “Talk Talk Talk” is about him dealing the…

  • How Ambasa Mandela and Cheif & The Marshalls’ One More Time gig went down at The Alchemist

    While some live because they’re alive, others live for fun and gigs. Now, it was all love and party last Saturday, 1st September, at Nairobi’s The Alchemist Bar as the One More Time event went down. Organised by Vibe Tribe Africa to promote upcoming acts in the city’s busy underground scene, it featured two bands:…

  • PLYA trio is no-longer “Innocent” as they return with new single

    Aipate introduced you to the world of PLYA through their “Thinking About You” debut. Today, we are back at it as we reveal another powerful piece from the UK trio, which is composed of Spanish vocalist Julia Sykes, guitarist Chris Taylor and William Brown. This new serving is titled “Innocent” and is a clever blend…

  • Listen to Guytano as they “Burn It Slow”

      Guytano are a Minnesota-based trio who’ve dropped a new single, “Burn It Slow”. The is one of the singles that are following up their 2016 debut album, I Am Inside My Body and will later be followed by an EP. “Burn It Slow” takes cue form its title and grips the listener’s emotional sensibilities. It has…

  • Ramengvrl releases new single, “WHACHU MEAN”

    Jakarta’s own Ramengvrl has finally released “WHACHU MEAN”. The song arrives at that intersection where electronic meets hip hop music and she gets to express herself through the articulate rap verses. The artist has been working with Underground Bizniz Club (UBC), the label through which the track was released. “By the time I was writing the lyrics,…

  • Listen to DEELYLE in “Somebody Else” [Aipate Premiere]

    Singer DEELYLE has shared a new single, “Somebody Else”. The song, which is premiered today on Aipate, strikes a parallel between the evolution of art and self. This story of transformation is told via dark and eerie tunes that interestingly turns out to be uplifting. The grungy guitar tones and hypnotic electronic melodies are well…

  • Simon Lynge deeply voices his concerns in “Age Of Distraction”

    With Simon Lynge‘s fourth LP, Deep Snow, scheduled for a November 23rd release, he today shares “Age Of Distraction”, the first single off that album. Here, the renowned Greenlandic/Scandinavian singer-songwriter composes a piece that delves into our current world which, he reckons, is characterized by numerous vices and avoidable misfortunes. It was recorded in a secluded cottage in the…

  • Listen to KIDDO’s debut, “Drunk And I Miss You” (featuring DECCO)

    As “Drunk And I Miss You” arrives, it’s immediately been added to Spotify’s New Music Friday Iceland playlist. The song is the debut from Swedish artist KIDDO and features LA-based duo DECCO. This releases finds her stepping away from behind her writer’s desk, where she had already written for the likes of SHY Martin, KIDDO and…

  • Emergency Tiara asks if you’re ready or not in “Here I Come”

    New York city’s Emergency Tiara has released a new single today, September 7th. “Here I Come” is the title to the beautiful song that carries electro-swing tune with a pop twist. The old meets the new as Tiara’s sweetly purifying vocals seal the artistic combination. About the song, the singer says: “It’s simply a song…

  • Hear LOVER’s debut, “Eagle To The Prey”

    Sydney-based artist LOVER has released his debut single titled “Eagle To The Prey”. It is a rhythmic, hip hop-flavoured, electropop record that has been released today, September 6th, via Mammal records. With laid-back vocals, the singer delivers powerful lyrics that will allure you to his creative world. LOVER’s real name is Oliver Kirby. He recorded the…

  • Neon Valley shares “Valley Girl” [Lyrics Video]

    Out via KooKoo Records is “Valley Girl”, the new release from Neon Valley. The song furthers the Montreal-based duo’s cross-genre approach to music. It is filled with funky vibes that is sweetly backed with electro synth elements. The result is a rhythmic and groovy track that will compel you to your feet, leaving you dancing…

  • Stream GRAACE’s new single, “Last Night”

    21-year-old Australian singer GRAACE has revealed a new single, “Last Night”. The electropop record arrives duly empowered by the the singer’s enchantingly honest vocals. With an air of melancholia, you can hear her sing: “I took your voice, cause I love to lie / And I weighed you down, so I learned to fly /…

  • Hear ROCHESTER’s “Lullabye”

    Toronto’s own ROCHESTER has released a new song, “Lullabye”. It is a follow up to his “Jason’s Lyric” single. The Canadian hip hop artist had this to say about the song: “As an artist, my motivation and inspiration are fed differently. I feed my inspiration by continuously taking in the culture and by allowing myself to…

  • Watch Matt Hylom in the video for “Headspace”

    The video for singer/songwriter/producer Matt Hylom‘s “Headspace” is out. The single had been released earlier last month. The artist hails from Charlotte, North Carolina. “Headspace” is a powerful song which carries a tinge of melancholy, thanks to the production’s layers of electronic melodies. Matt’s pop-ready vocals combine well with the gripping lyrics to present us…

  • Kaa La Moto goes reflective in “Msafiri” video

    Malindi-based, Kenyan emcee Kaa La Moto has released the visuals for his powerful, new song, “Msafiri”. Produced by Sango and ObieDaz, the song, done is Swahili, is a witty and reflectively introspective piece that pays tribute to the African continent. It finds a fitting video directed by Marvin Brudas. The heavily lyrical “Msafiri” was released…

  • HAEVN is taking no “Mind Games” [Video]

    HAEVN‘s new video for “Mind Games” is out as the Dutch duo presents us with a sublime, electro-backed piece. As you listen to the song, you will feel powerful lyrics and griping vocals overlay-ing pop-ready melodies. HAEVN consists of lead singer Marijin van Meer and Jorrit Kleijnen on the keys. Their former placements as a…