Gm music fans,
Every week we bring you a deep dive into a leading artist in Web3 music, followed by the best music drops to look out for.
This week our lead feature is Reo Cragun, who features on a monster new single with multiplatinum superstars Icona Pop. Let’s get into it!
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Someone recently asked me who was the most important artist in Web3 music.
Without a beat I said:
Reo Cragun.
Reo is a wildly talented rapper and performer, hitting Spotify viral charts with his early tracks and collaborating with Flume before entering Web3.
Since putting his music onchain, Reo has become a leading force in the music community. He founded music collective LNRZ, dropped his seminal album Frameworks in September and collaborated with Daniel Allan on the Criteria album in December.
In total, his work has generated 168 ETH in volume on Sound.xyz alone — the third highest of any artist on Sound.
Now he’s back, featured on a new drop, EMPIRE, with multiplatinum superstars Icona Pop…
Icona Pop debuts in Web3
EMPIRE is a bold, anthemic track driven by Icona Pop’s chanting chorus and Reo’s masterpiece verse.
The song is the lead single from Kids of the Apocalypse (KOTA) — an ambitious NFT project on Solana, spanning music, film and comics, all backed by Neon Gold Records (Charli XCX, Tove Lo, Pussy Riot etc.)
It’s a collision of incredible talent across the Web2 and Web3 music space, and Ziggy Ziggy is excited to be partnered on the project to help bring the music onchain.
Collect
EMPIRE drops today at 4pm ET // 1pm PT on Sound.xyz. Listen and collect here.
Biggest drops this week
Sound.xyz
Start with Sozi — an artist we’ve highlighted before for her powerhouse vocals and gigantic choruses. Her track Fuck Boy drops today.
If you’re into techno, check out Acutek who’s rolling out an EP of deep, hard techno tracks — definitely an under-represented genre in Web3.
Every week we bring you the best music from Lens Protocol — the Web3 social layer where a thriving music community is growing.
Music in the ‘garden’ is thriving with more tracks minted on Lens than all major music platforms on ETH mainnet combined this week.
Our pick of the week is Valentina Cy who dances effortlessly between soulful singer-songwriter and cutting edge electronic production. Her track Jersey Boy showcases her songwriting talent.
Catalog
Catalog is the home of exclusive 1/1s - like browsing through a record store.
This week, spend some time with Connie Digital — one of the earliest artists experimenting onchain. His track Another Aeon is an old-school hip hop vibe with a flow that takes you back to early Tupac records.
Tezos
We have only recently dipped our toes in the Tezos ecosystem for music but it’s definitely gaining traction. Kane Mayfield just minted 500 editions of his music video via Tezos platform DNS.
Thanks for reading!
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Disclaimers: Ziggy Ziggy Music is partnered with Kids of Apocalypse. We may own NFTs mentioned in this article, have previous or current contracts with companies mentioned and may earn referral income from links to music NFTs. This newsletter is purely informational and should not be considered financial advice. Nothing in this content should be considered a recommendation to buy a particular NFT, only an expression of our opinion.