Smiles Again – How ‘Bout You Stop Being So Funny & Say Something Serious

10 12 2012

After two mixtapes and two critically acclaimed albums with Mind Over Matter the debut solo offering from Smiles Again has landed in the form of his new EP How About You Stop Being So Funny & Say Something Serious.

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One half of Sydney based hip hop duo Mind Over Matter, Smiles, 23, has played shows alongside Willow for the past 5 years. Together the boys have sold out shows nationally and toured extensively as both a headline and major support for artists such as Bliss n Eso, Method Man & Redman, Drapht just to name a few. Solo, Smiles expresses a very different side of himself lyrically. The Serious EP is the sister to its 2011 predecessor How Bout You Stop Being So Serious & Say Something Funny - a 9 track effort which showcased Smiles Again’s more comedic and imaginative side.

How Bout You Stop Being So Funny & Say Something Serious definitely lives up to its name. Smiles touches on personally revealing topics ranging from his year out of high school, his experiences working in a youth refuge, to witnessing his best friend lose himself to drugs to finally having his own problems dwarfed by a close friends brain tumour diagnosis. The release is an emotional journey featuring some of the countries most promising artists including repeat collaborator Jon Reichardt, William Singe and Johnny Utah. Musically the EP features contributions from Rahjconkas, Konfuzion and more.

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Young & Dumb feat. Bertie Blackman

15 10 2012

Chance Waters is set to burst back onto the Australian music scene with his sophomore record Infinity, due out November 2, 2012 (Permanent Records/Shock). His debut album Inkstains saw him crowned a triple j unearthed featured artist and touring the country regularly, both as a headline act and in support of Australian mainstays such as Bliss N Eso, Illy, Drapht, Pez & 360, and international heavy-weights including Method Man & Redman, DJ Premier and The Beatnuts.

On the back of an enormously successful lead single Maybe Tomorrow which saw high rotation on triple j, an international theme song sync on National Geographic’s ‘Doomsday Preppers’ and a video clip which scored Indie Of The Week on rage, Chance returns with Young & Dumb. Young & Dumb is the second single to be taken from Infinity and features enchanting Australian songstress Bertie Blackman. The song was produced by recent hit machine One Above (Illy, Hilltop Hoods/Sia) and has just been added to playlist on triple j.

On the collaboration with Bertie Blackman: Chance Waters has always been a big fan of Bertie Blackman’s work, and in a strange coincidence, her new single went to radio on exactly the same day as Maybe Tomorrow, the first single lifted from Infinity. With the song concept in mind, Chance needed the right female vocalist to complete the track. He felt Bertie and himself were moving in parallel directions with their production, sound and unusual pop aesthetic. After numerous Skype conversations and emails, a friendship was forged, and the rest is history.

Bertie Blackman and Chance Waters are currently working on an ambitious crowd sourced Young & Dumb video concept. In celebration of the already successful release of Young & Dumb, Chance Waters is happy to announce he will be hitting the road in October and November, kicking things off in dusty Darwin on October 19. Full dates below, with supports to be announced soon! If you’d like to be in the film clip for Young & Dumb, check out all the details here. 

Chance Waters - The Young & Dumb Tour
Friday October 19 / Happ Yess // Darwin
Friday November 2 / Port Macquarie Hotel // Port Macquarie
Saturday November 3 / Beetle Bar // Brisbane
Friday November 9 / Goodgod // Sydney
Saturday November 10 / Great Northern // Newcastle
Wednesday November 14 / Republic Bar // Hobart
Thursday November 15 / Saloon Bar // Traralgon
Friday November 16 / Workers Club // Melbourne
Saturday November 17 / Plus One @ Ed Castle // Adelaide

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Chance Waters – Maybe Tomorrow Tour

5 07 2012

This August Chance Waters is celebrating his recent success with his Maybe Tomorrow Tour. Chance will play a string of dates along the east coast throughout August following the success of the recent single Maybe Tomorrow. Maybe Tomorrow was added to rotation on triple j, and subsequently multiple stations nationally.

Upon its release the single flew to #9 on the Most Added National Radio chart and #4 on the Most Added Alternative National Radio chart. These achievements assisted Maybe Tomorrow to reach the latest height of #30 on the iTunes Hip Hop chart. In its 2 weeks in the AIR Radio Charts the single attained the highest spot of #11 and #2 on the Independent Distribution Chart.

On the event of Maybe Tomorrow receiving more than 20,000 track streams on Youtube, Chance released his video clip for the song which will no doubt hit a similar height.

Also on Youtube, Chance’s remix of Gotye’s international hit Somebody That I Used To Know has broken the overwhelming 150,000 views mark, and his previous single Infinity has hit almost 24,000 views. Recently the song has been synced to National Geographic’s trailer for its new series Doomsday Preppers which documents the day-to-day lives of people preparing for the end of the world. The trailer is currently playing to an international audience on National Geographic worldwide.

This tour is a chance for fans to catch the innovative Chance Waters headline shows for the first time along the east coast.

Chance Waters Maybe Tomorrow Tour
Fr1 17th August. Beaches, Newcastle, NSW - Free Entry

Fri 24th August. X&Y Bar, Brisbane, Qld
Tickets: $8 pre purchase, $12 on door or from http://www.oztix.com.au

Sat 25th August. Plantation Hotel, Coffs Harbour, NSW - Free Entry

Fri 31st August. First Floor, Melbourne, VIC
Tickets: $8 pre purchase, $12 on door or from http://www.oztix.com.au

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Chance Waters – Maybe Tomorrow

16 05 2012

Following the success of his first single Infinity, (currently sitting at over 20,000 views on YouTube), Chance has had his head down in the studio and this week will release his new track, Maybe Tomorrow from his soon to be released album, Infinity.

Produced by One Above, the new single demonstrates Chance’s lyrical potency and his potential to push the typical boundaries of the hip-hop genre with an up-beat tempo, off-beat rhythm, piano-rock influences and live instrumentation.

Following widespread national acclaim under the appellation Phatchance, Sydney hip hop artist Chance Waters is losing the alias and going ‘au naturale’ with his given name. Chance is facing a ride on a wave of aftershock following his previous success that can only further shake up the Australian hip-hop scene, as we know it.

Chance’s debut album Inkstains saw the artist claim Featured Artist spots on triple j Unearthed and Music NSW as well as topping charts in AMRAP’s Most Ordered To Air Chart. After sparking a rave of support including The Australian Newspaper labeling him as “an intelligent lyricist and masterful storyteller”, Chance is well on his way to becoming a best-selling artist invigorating “a breath of fresh air” (Rave Mag).

Chance is undeniably cementing his place as a “burgeoning hip-hop star” (Dom Alessio, triple j) and carving the path for Australian hip-hop as he goes.

Chance is currently on tour:
Saturday 18th of May – Evelyn Hotel – Melbourne [with Seth Sentry]
Saturday 19th May – FBI Social – Sydney

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Chance Waters – Approaching Infinity Tour

22 03 2012

Following the release of the title track from his soon to be released sophomore album, Infinity, Sydney hip-hop artist Chance Waters (formerly Phatchance) announces that he will hit the road for a series of East Coast shows this April and May. Infinity is produced by Adelaide artist-to-watch One Above, who recently produced The Hilltop Hoods’ #1 Single ‘I Love It ft. Sia’ as well as numerous songs from Chance’s debut LP, Inkstains.

After more than five years actively touring the country and releasing music under the moniker Phatchance, Chance Waters has decided to lose the alias and return to his given name. With the changing of the guard now complete, Chance has his head down and his mind firmly focused on the road ahead.

Chance has toured the country extensively, playing his own headline shows as well as support slots for international heavy weights such as Method Man & Redman, DJ Premier, The Beatnuts and De La Soul, and a score of local mainstays including Bliss N Eso, The Herd, Urthboy, Muph N Plutonic, Drapht, Pez & 360, and The Funkoars. In 2010 Chance embarked on two separate national headline tours, totalling over thirty dates to more than 7000 punters, and won a spot to showcase his material at APRA’s ‘Song Summit Live’. Last year, Chance hit the road for the Hey, Where’s Your DJ acoustic tour, the first ever acoustic Australian hip-hop tour, which included capacity shows in Brisbane and Melbourne, as well as a three-week capacity residency at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney.

More recently, Chance released the mixtape Approaching Infinity, featuring the remix of Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’. The track is currently receiving play on radio in Europe and has clocked over 100,000 views on Youtube.

Tour Dates:
Fri April 27. Plantation Hotel. Coffs Harbour. **FREE ENTRY**
Sat April 28. Brewery. Byron Bay. **FREE ENTRY**
 Fri May 11. Chatswood Club. Chatswood.
Fri May 18. Beaches Hotel. Newcastle. **FREE ENTRY**
Sat May 19. FBi Social. Sydney.
Sat 26. X&Y Bar. Brisbane.

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Chance Waters – Infinity

7 02 2012

Phatchance is dead, long live Chance Waters. After more than five years actively touring the country and releasing music under the moniker Phatchance – Sydney hip-hop artist Chance Waters has decided to lose the alias and return to his given name on the eve of the release of the lead single and title track to his impending follow up album Infinity.

His new single is produced by Adelaide artist-to-watch One Above who recently produced The Hilltop Hoods #1 Platinum selling single I Love It feat. Sia – on track to become the highest selling Australian Hip-Hop single of all time. Infinity follows in the wake of his glowingly received debut album Inkstains which saw the solo artist crowned a triple j unearthed, Music NSW, SBA Music and Myspace.com featured artist, and on the back of two years spent heavily touring, including two national headline tours and support duties for  international heavy-weights such as Method Man & Redman, DJ Premier and The Beatnuts, as well as a score of local mainstays including Bliss N Eso, The Funkoars, Drapht, 360 & Pez and Pegz. 

The single hits iTunes later this month, but for now have an ogle and grab Chance’s free mixtape Approaching Infinity – the final release under his old moniker, here

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I Forget, Sorry! Mixtape 2011

3 01 2012

Started as a means for friends to cross promote each other, IFS has now grown into a label, record distributor and an artist management hub that is run entirely by the artists, for the artists. When most labels would decide to spread their releases out over a larger period of time the question must be raised is there method in I Forget, Sorry!’s madness?

Time will fucking tell. A limited hard copy press of the mixtapes spread across a double disc is available for order through the http://www.iforgetsorry.com store now!

The generous offering from the IFS crew includes;
1. Coptic Soldier – Their Sound, Our Wings
2. Johnny Utah – Be Us
3. Mind Over Matter – Image Isn’t Everything
4. Phatchance – Approaching Infinity
5. Smiles Again – Fuck I’m Lonely

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