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Could Paroxysm see Steele join Lana Del Rey and Lorde in the pop pantheon?

Born Sara Steele in Stockholm, there’s certainly something of the frosty Scandinavian melancholia to Steele. Floating on the outskirts of the Big Time™, racking up 5 million streams and only missing the 2017 Elle fashion show because of a bout of Meningitis, Paroxysm seems custom-tooled to be the final crack that brings the dam crashing…
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Steele uses near-death experience to breathe new lease of life into pop music

There’s nothing like a brush with death to give you a new lease of life. For Swedish artist Sara Steele, it was a life-threatening bout of meningitis which left her with epilepsy, that changed her whole perspective on music. “For a long time I pushed away my natural instincts, impulsively grabbing on to stuff that I didn’t…
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IOTAPHI seek profound inclusiveness in nominated music video for ‘Kids of Chaos’

IOTAPHI have one mission: to bring around change and inspire growth. This is evidenced nowhere better than their captivating music video for ‘Kids of Chaos‘. The duo bring their dark-hued, cinematic soundscapes to life with a visual that sees athletes from Greece’s Down Syndrome Association throwing shapes in a derelict-looking gymnasium, shrouded in fog. “Our goal…
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Indie Crush of the Week: IOTAPHI

From a studio retreat in the depths of Ibiza’s valley, IOTAPHI have emerged with their hot take on electronic music: debut EP “Kloudland”. Dark-hued, cinematic soundscapes and ethereal vocals are stock-in-trade on this offering, but it’s the Greek twist that sets their music apart from the likes of James Blake and co. The Athens-via-Italy duo…
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