CiDAR's Artiste Selection of Week
Artiste of the week JAN (Week 2)
Hi there, and welcome to our second edition of Artistes of the week. It is yet another week to update your cool playlists with these compelling and refreshing artistes as we help you to explore their musical sensational goodness. On today’s list, we have Soundz, Guchi and many more.
SOUNDZ: AT YOUR SERVICE
Samuel Oluwadarasimi Idowu, professionally known as SOUNDZ, is a Nigerian producer, recording artiste, songwriter, and producer, signed to AfroNext Entertainment. He released his first official EP, In The Rough and The lead track Attention, was a hit song that took the media world by a storm. It became an anthem for dancers, internet actors, content creators, and lovers alike. The song also debuted at number 6 on Turntable Afro-Pop Songs. The ‘Darasimi’ singer, through his sweet and sonorous soulful voice, does the art of storytelling with his music. Perfectly wielding Afrobeat music with an R&B flow. He has recently released a new Afro pop single titled, at your Service. Check out the amazing Afro artiste, Soundz!
GUCHI : LEAVE ME NOW
Purple haired-princess, Ugochi Lydia Onuoha, popularly known as Guchi, is an Afro-pop singer, songwriter, and performing act. Guchi is an embodiment of youthful, confident and exciting female energy. From her hit song, All Over You, Guchi shows us that sassy feminine confidence, to demand exactly what you want, who you want, and not shy away from expressing and confessing your feelings of affection. She started her professional career in 2012, andher debut single “No be Jazzy” was released in 2019. Besides Afro pop, Guchi also dabbles in dance hall, and high life and has been associated with acts, such as Yemi Alade. Check out her new single, Leave Me Now.
BEATZ BY EMAN: BAD BOYS LIKE ME:
Beatz By Eman is a Canadian based Producer/ Artist, born in Lagos Nigeria. In the spring of 2018, Eman started his career as a producer and decided to drop his debut EP “Activated”, in September. The project featured several Afro-Canadian top artistes and amassed over 100, 000 streams on all platforms, helped tremendously by his hit song “Life” featuring Jamo Pyper, his number one song on the project. This EP helped him rise to a status of one of Canada’s top Afrobeat producers. Eman is also the founder/CEO of the SoundKing Entertainment and a strong pioneer for Afrobeat Canada. SoundKing has created just the right platform for Canadian Afrobeat artists and aspiring ones to show and promote their work through SoundKing, AfroCanada Platform. Check out his latest release, Bad Boy Like Me.
LLONA: HOW I LIVE
Llona, releases new Afro fused trap music, How I live. In this confessional and soulful track, Llona bares his heart out as he expresses his daily life struggles; dealing with vices and a pretense of happiness, feeling unworthy, navigating depression.
TAI VERDES: PIPE DOWN
The refreshing and electric pop song, Pipe down, is the new rave of the season. Like a cold drink on a sunny day, Tai verdes comes in on this track with his compelling bass guitar, telephone effect and woozy feel. He's made just the kind of music to scream and dance with your friends on, dress up and flip your hair to, skate with, go on a morning run with, anything fun you can think of, locking in that summer feeling. Eclectic artiste, Tai Verdes is an American singer from Southern California, who grew up playing the guitar, piano, and Ukulele. He released his breakout single, “Stuck in the Middle” in the year 2020. Check out his amazing new track, Pipe Down.