Saam Idelji, Author at The Sights And Sounds

Bass

[NEWS] QT and Her Energy Elixir: Presented by P.C. Music and SOPHIE? – Full Track Here!

August 18, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

Meet QT, and prepare yourself for potentially the earworm of the year. SOPHIE, Britain’s most enigmatic producer, has been playing a track in his hyper-surreal DJ sets, which features the refrain “Hey cutie, yeah, even though you’re so far away, I feel your hands on my body every time you think of me”. With its sugar-sweet, […]

Event Coverage

[CONCERT REVIEW] Adult Jazz Silence The Crowd at London’s Electrowerkz

August 15, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

London crowds are a notoriously loud bunch. The amount of concerts ruined by the chitter chatter of obnoxious audience members, who for some reason feel there is a necessity to chat as loud as possible to the person next to them regarding the trivial ins and outs of their day is remarkable. But as Harry […]

Event Coverage

[FESTIVAL RECAP] Beacons Festival 2014: 5 of the Best Bands We Saw

August 13, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

With the tail of Hurricane Bertha lashing upon North Yorkshire on the Sunday of Beacons Festival 2014, there were times where even the greatest optimists were nearly resigned to defeat. But Beacons stood tall, and with 95% of the Sunday programme-taking place, Beacons 2014 provided us with four days of entertainment like no-other small festival. […]

Dark Pop

[INDUSTRIAL/POP] Mysteries – Deckard

August 6, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

Cynical as it may seem, I often find the “anonymous producer” to be a gimmick that covers for the deficiencies of the art on display – “papering over the cracks” if you will. Exceptions to this (that come to mind) are Burial and most recently SOPHIE, who have both excelled in their contrasting brands of electronic […]

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Pop

[POP] Ryn Weaver – Promises

August 4, 2014 Saam Idelji 0

The relationship is over. You have been wronged…but yet the love you have for that person lingers. You have sleepless nights in which you think about them, and at the peak of your anger you make a pact with yourself that enough is enough – no more phone calls, no more intimate moments, be that […]