Since he first began to musically transmit, just four short years ago, Alabama’s Bob ‘BiXX’ Bickert’s star has ascended rapidly. Now, into 2025, BiXX is readying his first album outreach, set for release through Nocturnal Knights further into the year. ‘The Voice Of Reason’ LP’s roads starts today though, through his first teaming with Susana on ‘Believe In Me’ - a track that’s as movingly-messaged as it is soulfully-affirming and endlessly uplifting. “ Cause you hold space for me, I dare to be who I was meant to be ” Susana sings, while BiXX carries her song on the back of rolling drums, deeply moving orchestral strings and exultant synths. Partner-to-a-partner, parent-to-a-child or even an internal ‘self-to-self’ monologue, the ‘voice’ behind Susana’s words is initially equivocal. “ It’s really a universal message”, the Dutch singer clarifies . “ The ...
From the outside looking in, ‘making it’ in the electronic music sphere always appears to be the toughest nut to crack. Mark Sherry however would respectfully disagree. ‘ S taying there’ is where the hard work begins. Famously, Mark did the former , near enough, inside his first studio trip, taking him to the top 5 of both his native UK and the international charts. He has barely paused for breath since. A testament to a professional life lived exclusively within the dance music space, ‘TH3RTY’ s title denotes both his years working there and the album’s track count. Work hard and (DJ-wise) play hard is Mark’s ethic, and ‘TH3RTY’ s its absolute embodiment. Fittingly, over ‘TH3RTY’ s thirty, its music both looks forward and reflects back. It features collaborations with rising singer-songwriters like Adara, Brieanna Grace and Kate Louise Smith. Equally, it includes p...