“Oh, I’m torn apart; I should have known from the start. I can’t believe… I liked it when you loved me.” Backdropped by rain and instrumentation that’s just as gloomy, our next song is an act of fragility. Luh’ra delivers a heart-aching jazz ballad with the mournful EP-opener that is Falling Apart. Continue reading Falling Apart – Luh’ra, Top 22 Songs of 2022
Egyptian Silk is a bold and enduring love song from a collective with overwhelming charisma. It sweeps you off your feet and makes you want to dangle them with that special someone. Continue reading Egyptian Silk – Redacted Nation featuring Masilo The Healer, Monelle & IORDN [produced by IORDN], Top 22 Songs of 2022
Reba Red and Big Dreamz are an inspired duo as Garden Music, with their delicate mix of acoustic soul. Their self-titled 4-track EP is a buttery soundscape of fluttery romance, Don’t Leave Me is a chapter that explores the deep yearn of wanting to be with your partner. Continue reading Don’t Leave Me – Garden Music [produced by Big Dreamz], Top 22 Songs of 2022
Circus throws us into the novelty of carnival music as Adomaa spirals in heartbreak. Her mental and emotional breakdown being compared to the acrobatic feats of a circus act as she tries to navigate through her feelings of betrayal and abandonment in view of a prying audience. Continue reading Circus – Adomaa [produced by Tronomie], Top 22 Songs of 2022
This may be one of the most heartbreakingly poetic love songs I’ve ever listened to… To say that I was spellbound when I first heard the song would be an understatement as I lost more than an hour of my life lying within the lustre of this haunting lullaby. Backdropped by rain and lead by sparse keys, Catch 22 finds IkeN and Gabbie reeling after losing themselves in partners who mean everything to them. Continue reading Catch 22 – IkeN featuring Gabbie [produced by IkeN], Top 22 Songs of 2022
The kids are not alright, in fact they’re reeling in this ballad that finds them grappling with young adulthood, as they long to return to the childhood they couldn’t wait to escape. SuperJazzClub’s Back To Kids is a nostalgic trip drenched in the confusing melancholy often felt with the reality of growing up. Continue reading Back To Kids – SuperJazzClub [produced by Øbed], Top 22 Songs of 2022
aboynamedblu is a songwriter whose pen drips with a searing intensity that bites, there’s this youthful snark that permeates within some of my favourite songs of his. Whilst the snark was self-deprecatingly mellow within last year’s pick, where lucy said, his snarky disposition takes center stage within the gloriously disrespectful Above Your Head. Continue reading Above Your Head – aboynamedblu [produced by aboynamedblu], Top 22 Songs of 2022
Daliwonga is the central vocalist of our favourite club piano banger. He has this penchant of sliding his slithering persona into these epically vaunting soundscapes, Abo Mvelo is no different in this regard as Mellow & Sleazy provide a monstrous production for Daliwonga to swagger on with delicious bombast. Continue reading Abo Mvelo – Daliwonga featuring Mellow & Sleazy & M.J [produced by Mellow and Sleazy], Top 22 Songs of 2022
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2022 saw the world start to properly re-open following multiple pandemic lockdowns and the musical floodgates came with it. If 2021 was breathless then 2022 was unrelenting in it’s release of music. From big mainstream acts to smaller and newer … Continue reading Next Gen Greats’ Top 22 Songs of 2022.
Welcome to Part 3, the penultimate choices before we announce our Top 22 of 2022. If history is anything to go by the penultimate list is usually the most reflective of where our core musical tastes have been within the past year. These are often the songs that just hit the spot from first listen and the ones I ran to the most to vibe out to and get lost in. Continue reading Our Songs of 2022 – Part 3 of 4
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