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NOT 97 is a home for discovering new music from talented, under-the-radar artists around the world. On each episode, three hosts and a guest meet around a table at Noah to discuss fresh music found in the depths of the Internet. They present two tracks each, released in the last six to eight months from artists with under ten thousand followers. Discourse and context round out each show, as the team breaks down what they hear and what each sound means to them.
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Season Seven — Episode Five (Feat. Kenny Fresh of Fresh Selects)
Today's episode is very rare — featuring the notoriously elusive Kenny Fresh, founder of the influential independent record label Fresh Selects. Kenny is known for discovering & ushering in the careers of SiR, Kahdja Bonet, Charlotte Dos Santos, Braxton Cook, and more.
Kenny premieres two unreleased Fresh Selects singles on the show: one from a retro-future sounding duo named Figmore, as well as an intergalactic journey of a track by Styleboi_92.
We discuss the Midwest music scene with Chicago’s An Abstract Tribe & St.Louis’s Bari. We tap in with Soulection’s latest release from Elujay & J. Robb, listen through a breathtaking offering from Amyra, and stoke conspiracy theories about who the mysterious singer is on Kilder’s “Dont Hide.”
This episode is dedicated to the late, great MF DOOM.
01 "Sol" by Abstract Tribe (ft. Kasual Ownly)
02 "Rosie" by Figmore
03 "Kendrick's Theory" by Junii
04 "Wasting My Time" by Elujay & J.Robb (ft. Zilo)
05 "Let Me Be" by Amyra
06 "Sadboi Discotheque" by Styleboi_92
07 "Endure" by Bari
08 "Don't Hide" by Kilder
09 "Blue In Orange" by Lapis
Art: Tia Chinai
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Season Seven — Episode Four (Feat. Al D of Move Forward Music)
Our last episode of the longest year ever — 7.4 featuring Al D, the founder of Move Forward Music, Not 97's exclusive live streaming partner.
Al comes correct with Brooklyn’s own Rome Streetz as well as a playful delivery from producer & multi instrumentalist St Panther.
We explore the range of sounds coming from Tennessee from Memphis’s Talibah Safiya to Nashville’s Chuck iNDigo.
Genesis introduced the creative force that is Kida — as well as one of 2020’s breakout stars, Ashton Travis.
01 "Up And Down" by Talibah Safiyah
02 "Infrastructure" by St. Panther
03 "Same Girl" by Tess Henley
04 "Kneel To You" by Kidä
05 "True To Me" by Blessed
06 "Prophet & a Pusher" by Rome Streetz
07 "Bad To The Bone" by Chuck iNDigo
08 "Playing With Fire" by Ashton Travis09 "Taco Tuesday In Paradise" by CTRLGANG
Art: Gabriel Gavidia
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Season Seven — Episode Three (Feat. Tim Larew)
Today's episode features the influential blogger turned talent manager Tim Larew, best known for championing Boston’s budding music scene, and ushering in the careers of Cousin Stizz, Cam Meekins, Michael Christmas, OGsWAGGERDICK, and more.
Tim comes through with an anthemic offering from a new artist named Rude Cat, as well as puts us on to Boston’s newest up-and-comer Mulah Mitch.
We premier the debut single from California’s Civ Pierre, Genesis digs deep into Toronto’s RnB scene, and RaShaad introduced the mysterious Che Ecru, amongst much more.
01 "Black Tiger" by Civ Pierre
02 "Homesick" by RÜDE CÅT
03 "Simone" by Zayland
04 "Home" by Dylan Sinclair
05 "You Got It" by John Wells
06 "Side Street" by Mulah Mitch
07 "Trippin" by Che Ecru
08 "Love Me Back" by Savannah Ré
09 "Levels" by Ywnlkasnb
Art: Austin Heye
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Season Seven — Episode Two (Feat. Ivy Sole)
Today's episode is a family affair — featuring influential artist and producer Ivy Sole. Ivy joins us fresh off the release of her explosive single “Southpaw” — the driving force of her upcoming EP of the same name. The track was released late last month with a NOT 97 produced video that we’ll discuss at the end of the episode.
Ivy admits her love for raunchy RnB with Davionne’s “Woah There” — and then introduces a multidimensional debut project by producer Lee Clarke. We discuss the latest standout single from Amsterdam up and comer Cero Ismael, RaShaad discovers London & New York’s next lyricist in Enny & AJRadico. Plus a daring delivery by a young yet already prolific producer named Malik, amongst much more!
01 "Some More Time" by Cero Ismael
02 "Woah There" by DaVionne
03 "He's Not Into You" by ENNY
04 "Pull Up" by Khamari
05 "Everything is Alright" by YANG
06 "WYO" by Lee Clarke
07 "Armor" by AJRadico
08 "Blue (Part 2)" by Malik
09 "Southpaw" by Ivy Sole
Art: RaShaad Strong
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Season Seven — Episode One (Feat. Alex Sowinski)
This is the debut episode of Season Seven featuring the one and only Alex Sowinski of influential Toronto jazz trio BadBadNotGood & the progressive multidimensional project Arrangement.
Alex introduces an ear catching track from Felicia Douglass, as well as a raw progressive delivery from British-Ghanaian soul singer and producer Andrew Ashong.
We introduce South Africa’s Filah Lah Lah and her breathtaking debut single “This Is” — Peekskill’s own Big Mont demands attention on “Drug Dealin,” Ease World has us reminiscing about the blog era on his playful cut “solidgoldgualaboy” and Alewya makes us yearn for the nights when we could get lost in the club.
Plus Alex plays us out with an unreleased piece from Arrangement.
01 "This Is" by Filah Lah Lah 02 "Joy Over Silence" by Felicia Douglass 03 "Drive Slow" by Nix Northwest04 "SolidGoldGualaBoy" by Ease World05 "Grow Up" by Solo Smith ft. Trey Graves06 "Washed In You" by Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham07 "Drug Dealin' (807)" by Big Mont08 "Sweating" by Alewya09 "Sway" by Arrangement
Art: Moya Garrison-Msingwana
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Season Six — Episode Ten (Feat. Tori McCue & Derrick Aroh)
In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and in support of our community, we pushed the season six finale back until today. Before you listen to this episode we encourage you to research and donate to organizations dedicated to uplifting and empowering black communities and voices. We encourage you to sign petitions and contact your local elected officials to defund the police and hold racist police officers accountable for their actions. And if you can, safely, we encourage you to make your voice heard and join the protests.
That said, we think it's important to share this episode and offer a platform to the artists featured.
The season six finale features two industry veterans: Tori McCue, Columbia Record’s International Marketing Manager and Derrick Aroh, the VP of A&R at RCA Records.Tori introduces LA’s Boylife and his unique, honest brand of pop while Derrick spins a stank face-worthy record from Monsune.We discuss Rochester’s own Mister Novela and London’s DC — two young rappers defining their own sounds outside of the city’s they’re from. Plus we dive into Liv.e with a special stand out from her latest daring, genre-fluid EP.
01 "Juliet" by Cal Maro
02 "Peas" by Boylife
03 "Salt of the Earth" by Akhi
04 "Smithereens" by Rasharn Powell
05 "Back In My Birkin" by Mister Novela
06 "Cloud" by Monsune
07 "Neighbourhood" by DC
08 "Lessons From My Mistake... but I lost your number" by Liv.e
09 "Upside Down" by Sunny Oh!
Art: Chad Balkum
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