It also draws influences from ambient, trap, dubstep and bubblegum. The album's sound is described as pop, EDM, disco, hip hop, funk, house and tropical house. As a result, Grande credited Crossan (as "Alexander Crossan") and Neo Joshua, the track's songwriters, as co-writers of "Be Alright". It received attention when Crossan alleged the song was copied in " Be Alright". "Firefly" was recorded in 2015 for Someday Somewhere. Crossan and Desiigner worked on the song's lyrics later. While in Interscope Studios, Crossan received an email from "Desiigner's people" with the choruses and ad-libs for the track. Ĭrossan recorded the instrumental of "All Around the World" in 2016. "Second 2 None" was recorded in few takes, with Crossan adding Christine and the Queens' harmonies after production. But I thought it'd be fun to meet her halfway".
You could say I make pop music, but there's something else going on there was well-it's not just brazen pop. He also told about the recording of "1 Night": "I wanted to send Charli something that was poppier for me. It was super fun, we hung out, smoked cigarettes, talked about fashion and Tame Impala."
But then I said to him that it was about being stupid and feeling lovesick and hanging over a girl and he brought that to it as well. Recording Ĭrossan told about the recording of " Lovesick": "The first thing he said was that it made him feel really tropical, like he was in Ibiza or something and I was like, 'OK let's roll with that'. He announced on December 2016 that the follow-up would be an album titled To Fall Out of Love To. The following year, he released his debut EP, Someday Somewhere, on 10 April. He posted his debut mixtape Soundtrack to a Death to SoundCloud, later released by Jakarta Records on 17 November 2014. At 16, he started to make electronic songs using Ableton Live, and began uploading them to SoundCloud the following year, under the alias Mura Masa. Upon release, it received positive reviews by critics, and debuted at number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and at 192 on the US Billboard 200.Īfter playing guitar, bass, drums and singing in local punk, hardcore, deathcore and gospel bands, Alex Crossan started self-producing at the age of 15, "searching for samples on YouTube and other corners of the internet". It was supported by six singles: "What If I Go?", " Lovesick", "1 Night", "All Around the World", "Second 2 None" / "Blu" and "Nuggets" / "Helpline". It is a pop, electronic, hip hop and funk album, incorporating trap, bubblegum and electronic sub-genres such as ambient, disco, dubstep, house and tropical house. It received nominations for Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Recording Package at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Paul, ASAP Rocky, Bonzai, Charli XCX, Christine and the Queens, Damon Albarn, Desiigner, Jamie Lidell, NAO and Tom Tripp. The album was produced and recorded by Crossan from 2014 to 2016, and has guest features by A. It was released on 14 July 2017 by Polydor, Interscope, Downtown and Anchor Point Records. I guess it won't come off as surprising if I say that this guy is seriously impressive. So far, things seem completely flawless and hats off to the hard work and the awesome music we have the pleasure to enjoy.Mura Masa is the self-titled debut studio album by Guernsey-born music producer Alex Crossan, under his alias Mura Masa. You'll find some very sensual slow-jams but also tunes which can send you in the right going out mood - "When U Need Me" for example. The 7 tracks EP (tracklist below), besides the voice of Mura Masa, includes amazing collaborations and it's just hard to pick a winner. In addition, I have to say that despite being an EP, it feels pretty ranged in terms of music styles. Now, when that's out of the way and yes, perhaps some of you, like me, might be mind-blown let's talk a bit about this beauty titled Someday Somewhere. As you may have read in the previous features, he quickly became one of my favourite producers nowadays and today it's time to share his new EP Someday Somewhere.īefore anything, I feel I should share with you the following tweet: it's me singing! it's me! how are people not getting it? haha, is it impossible that a producer writes and sings as well? - ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ† April 10, 2015 And I feel there's nothing but awesomeness ahead.
From brilliant self-created compositions, to on-the-spot remixes and stellar collaborations, this guy is seriously making a name for himself. Sometimes I even have doubts whether this guy really sleeps. Despite the fact that I discovered Mura Masa just a year ago, I feel that Alex has been around for insanely long amount of time.