#Mickey Valen

TRACK PREMIERELara Maxen and Mickey Valen "Your Anything"

Today we have a double hit of premiere for you, all in one sultry song. In "Your Anything" vocalist Lara Maxen purrs brazen lyrics elevated with production by Mickey Valen. "Your Anything" is the 18-year-old Lara Maxen's debut track, as well as the debut track in a series of collaborations producer...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK PREMIEREJojee "Unravel Me"

Our girl Jojee is back with a sultry track "Unravel Me" and we get to share it with you first. The moody number invokes the same sensuality as a candle-lit stoned shower, smoke and steam obscurring skin on skin. The "future soul" artist has a kaleidoscope of sounds that all zoom into the same focal...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK REVIEWEVVY "Tidal Wave"

New York-based songstress EVVY recently released her new single "Tidal Wave." The enchanting pop track, a collaboration with Baby Daddy of Scissor Sisters, Mickey Valen, and Chris Wallitsch speaks of the grounding power love holds against uncontrollable and destructive forces. First and foremost,...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK OF THE WEEKJojee "Think of Anything"

Letting go is hard. Memories can act as a quicksand of sorts, keeping us stuck in toxic relationships or negative situations that make us feel shitty, because perhaps there once was light. They say much of what makes up our experience of love is how someone makes you feel. "Think of Anything," the...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK REVIEWJojee "I Don't Give A"

Breathe in and exhale a new track from Jojee produced by Mickey Valen. The song was inspired by forbidden love, an unfiltered reaction so magnetic sometimes you just have to let go of social constructs and allow it to swallow you up. According to an inside source, the song "...is the declaration of...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK REVIEWAlessia Cara, "Here" (Mickey Valen Remix)

Def Jam's Alessia Cara burst onto the scene this past April, with "Here", a soul/R and B/jazz inspired anthem about the experience of being a wallflower amid a party full of folks who just don't give a fuck (as the kids say) about who you really are. Surprising from an 18 year old - to be so bold about...

Marianne White

TRACK REVIEWSofi de la Torre "What People Do (Mickey Valen Remix)"

"This is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding - it's got to burst in on you like a dream." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, from "The Offshore Pirate" When Sofi de la Torre sings of certain markers of opulence on "What People Do," her smokey vocal and scaled-back percussion makes...

Lindsey Rhoades

TRACK REVIEWSeinabo Sey "Pistols At Dawn" (Lucian x Mickey Valen Remix)

NYC-based electropop producer, Mickey Valen recently collab'd with Lucian on a remix of Seinabo Sey's "Pistol's At Dawn", premiering today. Irresistibly catchy beats over soulful vocals, with a drop around 1:15 that will melt your mind. This may be one of the hottest tracks of the year so far....

Marianne White