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January 31, 2023 • 3 mins read

January spotlight – Top 5 Vampr community collabs

By Leesa

New releases from our Vampr community! 🔥

For January we have chosen to spotlight 5 members who have been busy collaborating! Vampr wants to pay homage to our incredible community by shining a spotlight on their experiences. We have so many artists releasing insane music and living their best musical lives – we want to spotlight as many as possible!

We always love hearing about community success and collaborations. This is why we do what we do! Check out who our top 5 fave spotlights are this month. 👀

Spotlight 1: Producer Swoon Shop x FireVerse

Producer Swoon Shop is a beatmaker/producer addicted to dancehall, reggaeton, afrobeats, reggae, hip hop with brand new beats for artists coming up consistently. He is always up for a collab and is from Germany. Producer Swoon Shop found FireVerse from Jamaica on Vampr and they collaborated to make a song Place Bun Up.

Fabian Wayne Edwards professionally known as FireVerse is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist from Mandeville, Jamaica. He became active in early 2021 and has released albums on the record labels, WrldClassic Records. FireVerse is popularly known for his single Reggae Music which features reggae legendary Singer-songwriter Luciano and Kraative, the song was produced and released by WrldClassic Records in 2021 that gained popularity in 2022 a year after that led FireVerse with an interview with Calipost.

Listen to the track HERE

Spotlight 2: Germán Vergara

German from the band Chilean Prog Rock Band Aisles who found their last Singer using Vampr is looking through our vast network yet again to find another Lead Singer for their band.

Based in Santiago, Chile, and having released four highly acclaimed studio albums, Aisles have become South America’s most important progressive band of the past two decades.

The group has played in the Americas, and Europe, and done extensive touring cycles in Chile, opening for household names such as Marillion and Focus.

Their latest studio album, ‘Hawaii’ (2016), was called a “masterpiece” and chosen among the best albums of the year by media outlets such as Prog (England), IO Pages (Holland), Raw Ramp (England) and Chile’s premiere rock magazine, Rockaxis.

After parting ways with long-time vocalist Sebastián Vergara in late 2018, Aisles have found a new singer and starting anew with a different line-up and a fresh sound. The band is currently releasing new music, leading up to their fifth studio album, to be published in the first semester of 2022. Their newest single, Thanks to Kafka, was released on October 29th, 2021, through Presagio Records.

Listen to their newest release and hit them up if you think you might be the right fit!

Listen to the track HERE

Spotlight 3: Jacob Cook x Chase Coultier

Jacob Cook is a 22-year-old independent indie-folk based in Manchester, UK. With over 10 million streams on Spotify worldwide, he’s known for his chilled Acoustic covers. Covering a range of genres alongside original material. His music draws inspiration from artists such as Bon Iver, Ben Howard and Henry Jamison. His cover of Soldier, Poet, King hit international fame has over 50k featured TikTok videos to alongside it. Jacob’s vocals are smooth yet powerful and create a deep sense of nostalgia and longing for the listener.

Chase is keen to work on a track together! He’s looking for indie/pop artists specifically. Chase is a sound engineer + touring playback/Ableton tech. He’d love to help build your playback rig!

Listen to the track HERE

Spotlight 4: AfterAudio

AfterAudio is an independent musician that is looking to connect with people through music. He performs rock originals and writes electronic music live on stream.

Listen to collaborations HERE

Spotlight 5: Leanna Kleppick

Leanna Kleppick and AfterAudio also collaborated together on a track called Silver Bells. Leanna sang on the track and AfterAudio produced.

Listen to the track HERE

Have you got some Vampr successes you are dying to share? Hit us up on [email protected] and you may be included in next month’s top spotlights!

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