Tag: Soulful R&B from Kärma Sounds

More Than a Record, A Life: Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told”

Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told” arrives with a sound you can almost run a thumb over, like worn corduroy. In an age of sterile, diamond-polished productions, this album is a defiantly handmade thing, tracked onto vintage cassette machines. The result is not a flaw, but an ingredient. A faint, persistent hiss breathes alongside the instruments, a ghost in the machine who...

Synth & Strut: Balwako Unleashes “B!tch Please.”

Balwako’s new single, "Bitch Please," doesn’t so much arrive as detonate – a burst of queer dark-pop that rattles the windows of expectation. This Amsterdam artist, trailing a "Slavic boy-core aesthetic" and a flair for the theatrical, isn't just making electro-pop; he's staging a minor opera in under three minutes, all bass-heavy beats and a synth line that feels like a velvet curtain dramatically...

Vancouver’s Kärma Sounds Melds Generations In Song with ‘Mysterious’

The rest of the world knows Karina Morin as Kärma Sounds. She is currently working on a story that is both up-to-date and soulfully...