PAPA SOUND is a Swedish producer duo focused on creating bass driven, dancehall, afrobeat, and reggae tunes. Founded by Patrik Arve and Paolo Albo, Papa Sound became a duo in the year 2020. The name PAPA comes from their given names initials Paolo Albo and Patrik Arve.  In their songs, they vent the issues and passions they have in common, from social injustice or environmental issues to just their love for music“Usually we are looking for the spark in the gap between different genres. For us, 90% of good music is all about the attitude. It's more important than your actual "skill". Hence our...

Working closely with esteemed Canadian composer/arranger, and once child prodigy Jordan Grigg, Flora Cash reimagined their 3rd studio album, 'our generation' in symphonic terms. The idea was to distill the essence of the music; strip it of its context both lyrically and chronologically and see what remained. flora cash originally released their third album “our generation” in the end of last year, calling it "An album for the skeptical and truth-seeking generation". Inspired by the idea that the music we make and consume is influenced and shaped heavily by the times in which we live, the duo asked the question: "what would these songs...

Icons Creating Evil Art is thrilled to announce the recent signing of the enigmatic Vancouver songstress Ché Aimee Dorval.  With a partnership that sees the UK arm of ICEA represent Ché for the world, fans can look forward to a series of stunning releases, delivered with the same raw power & style that was so evident with Che's ICEA debut 'Blood Red Son'.   About: Ché Aimee Dorval was raised in Vancouver by her mother, a plethora of hippie Aunts, punk rock Uncles and a colourful extended family. Think Little House on the Prairie meets the Lost Boys. Ché's childhood was one of constant creativity and...

Sweden's electro queen EMMON, aka Emma Nylén, returned to the Electronic Body Music Scene after a 5 year long break in 2019. After releasing 4 stand alone singles under the working name "Under construction", Emmon is now back to reclaim her throne with brand new album "RECON". Dropping it's first single 'Prurebloods' in June, featuring post punk icon Emanuel Åström from Agent Side Grinder, Emmon is now preparing for her second single 'Machines' to be released in September 2022. She tells us; “The song Machines is a simple declaration of my constant love for the electronic music scene. About how much I love to be inspired and create music with different...

“The whole thing was a freak accident,” Sean Keel says of the unlikely set of circumstances that led to the release of the Austin-based singer-songwriter’s raw, starkly evocative record, A Dry Scary Blue, with the independent Stockholm-based  label, Icons Creating Evil Art.  “I’ve got four records on Bandcamp; basically no one has listened to any of them; and now I’m putting one out with a record company. An actual record company! From Sweden!” A Dry Scary Blue introduces a distinctive, wholly individual singer-songwriter who, despite living in a legendary roots-music mecca, has honed his craft far from the public eye.  Keel’s raw, evocative compositions...

As we await the follow up to Lazy Queen’s refreshingly impressive EP “A Human Reaction”, the Norwegian-New York bubble punk hybrids are welcoming a new era with their new single “243, New Moon”. Set for release on Swedish tastemaker label Icons Creating Evil Art, the new single sees the band reignite their partnership with collaborator Morten Øby at Taakenheimen Lydriket in Oslo. Appearing as a more relaxed version of Lazy Queen, the new single is nevertheless loaded with emotionally-confronting lyrics and earworming guitar melodies from the off. Simmering out the self-antagonistic air evident in the band's previous work, "243, New Moon'' is no less passionate than before...