Norma Jean Martine - No Gold (Brolin Remix)

Remix time, the first one on Breaking More Waves in 2014. It’s the sort of remix we like, that is to say it takes two new artists who we’ve posted about in the past and comes up with something that represents the remixer but still keeps the essence of the original as well.

So here we have masked man Brolin's subtle soft electronic beats instead of the ballsier organic sound you would be used to if you heard version one (here). Then he sprinkles a touch of his own liquid vocals around to compliment Norma’s bluesy, soulful, gospel voice. That will do nicely sir and madam. 

It’s got us thinking though, what other acts that we’ve blogged would you like to see remixes by? We’ve already had Curxes doing Chvrches – a bonkers marriage of aggression, amped up noise, electronica, and bad spelling, that was a good one. We’d quite fancy Charli XCX having a go at MMX (XCX vs MMX) or maybe Little Boots vs Little Daylight, that one would be big (oh hold on….) 

Norma Jean Martine - No Gold (Brolin Remix)

Norma Jean Martine - New Waves

“A touch of the Adele's about this one. Someone blog it please? (I would but I'm busy baking cup cakes - rock n roll),” we tweeted the other day after finding new artist Norma Jean Martine on line. It seems our request was ignored, although a subsequent search on Hype Machine showed that a couple of popular American blogs (Pigeons and Planes plus Hilly Dilly) have already streamed No Gold, so at least somebody has been thinking the same way as us.

Pigeons and Planes called Norma, a 21 year old singer originally from Middletown USA but now based in London, a bluesy pop singer. On the basis of that one song we wouldn’t disagree with that, with its organic thump and southern belle drawl it certainly mixes something rootsy with the gloss. However, the live material streaming on You Tube shows that Norma can produce a far greater depth than pure pop music.  On No More Alone she sits at the piano accompanied by just a guitar and moves mountains with her composure and exquisitely touching vocal performance. It’s another one of those wow moments; elegance and emotion of the highest order. Press play below and we’re pretty sure you’ll agree that Norma is a very special talent indeed.

Norma Jean Martine - No Gold

Norma Jean Martine - No More Alone (Video)