Artists Wanted Edition No 18 - Submissions

[Jose_M]

⚠️ Submissions closed ⚠️

Hello everyone!

It's that time of the year. The Community Music Chat Team is back, and once again is looking for upcoming artists to submit their new releases for the Eighteenth Edition of Artists Wanted: Share Your Talent With The Community.

How does "Artists Wanted Edition No 18" work?

• On a regular basis, we (the Community Music Chat Team) will post a thread (like this one) looking for submissions, so keep an eye out!
• Artists participating have to be members of the Community and have a Spotify artist account.
• Artists are welcome to post their original songs and intros in a comment below (only one comment per band/artist please).
• Note: If an artist has already participated in a previous edition of this project, they can submit again only with a new release of theirs.

 Questions artists should answer to participate

• Artist/Band name:
• Where are you based?:
• Main genre of music:
• Describe your sound/music in a few words:
• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025):
• Handle for one social media of your choice:
• Who are your musical inspirations:
• Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:

Post your answers in a comment below to participate!

The Community Music Chat Team will go through all submissions, and propose a few for the entire Community to vote on. Once the results are in, we'll contact the winner, and they will be featured in our Community blog!

When will submissions and voting occur?

Artists submissions: from December 8th to January 11th (Midnight Pacific Time)

Community vote: from January 26th to February 1st (Midnight Pacific Time)

Where to participate?

We'll hand it over to you, artists on the Spotify Community - post your answers to our questions in a comment below. Don't be shy, we'll be very glad to hear your tracks and read your replies!

Note - We ask artists to submit only original songs and not covers. Also, artists should not post/embed videos, as we'd like to keep the ground fair for smaller artists with lesser budgets.

P.S. When it comes to choosing the winning artist, we'll give equal chance to the finalists to gather votes from the forum's users; so don't get discouraged if you enter your submission at a later point and don't gather too many likes in this thread.

If a song is selected for being submitted to the Community vote, artists are allowed to mention it to their followers, in Spotify, as in Social Medias. Please be fair with all contestants and support participation with our Community by asking them to listen to all submissions.

We also reserve the right to refuse songs if the song content is in breach of Community guidelines. Should this happen we'll aim to reach out to you and discuss the decision.

WARNING: Submissions posted after the deadline, or songs that are too old, will not be taken into account.

[Jose_M]

Some artists have reported receiving an 'Authentication Failed' or timeout error when submitting.

If this happens here's what to do:

• Open the submission post and make sure you're logged in with your Spotify account  
• Write your reply with all the required details
• Before submitting, copy your submission to a backup document
• Post your reply
• If you see an error often shown as ('Authentication Failed'). It's likely a timeout
• Leave the post, then return to it
• You will see your reply saved as a draft... load it
• Check for any missing details
• Submit your reply again

[osxecuter]

great post 

[Birmingham_SEO_Studi]

Thanks for the detailed information, @Jose_M! This looks like a great opportunity for upcoming artists to share their new releases with the community. I appreciate how clearly the submission steps and guidelines are explained. Looking forward to seeing all the new talent featured in Edition No. 18!

[Great_deal]

Gday! I’m great deal (aka Lizzy). I’m a bedroom punk-alt-grunge-pop etc artist from Sydney, Australia. I write songs about the human conflicts of self/interior and interpersonal/exterior… I was recommended to submit my song ‘bloom’ by another community member who brought me over here (s/o reddit user iam_tunedIN). ‘Bloom’ is actually based on a word-for-word quotation from an Australian politician who was questioned about whether gay marriage should be legalised- his response to this question is the lyrical content of the song. Link to ‘bloom’ here:  https://open.spotify.com/track/0lNXjACj1os3YcYqMo3vK8?si=dFqobKaXTlerUePF-64nvw

Inspirations for this one include pixies, the breeders, PJ Harvey, and nirvana. If you’d like to follow my social media- I’m most active on x/twitter where I mostly repost cats and seals: https://x.com/great_deal_ 

let me know if you got any thoughts or questions bout my work! Have a nice day/evening/whenever you are!

[iScard]

Artist/Band name:
The Error Divine

Where are you based?:
Germany

Main genre of music:
Metalcore / Alternative Metal

Describe your sound/music in a few words:
Dark, emotional metalcore blending human vulnerability with digital atmosphere and modern heaviness.

Spotify link to one of your most recent original songs (from 2025):
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/47dHaJouohdLtgDtS7edbu?si=5b973df0822f4936

Handle for one social media of your choice:
Instagram: @theerrordivine

Who are your musical inspirations:
Bring Me The Horizon, Bad Omens, Sleep Token, Architects, Linkin Park

Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:
The Error Divine is a concept-driven project exploring identity, emotion, and digital existence. All lyrics and creative direction are written by a human artist, while modern tools are used to bring the vision to life. The project exists to turn words into sound and emotions into something tangible.

[tunedIN]

💛💛💛

[majormoment]

• Artist/Band name: Major Moment
• Where are you based?: Boston, MA, USA
• Main genre of music: alternative metal
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: 

  intense and cinematic sound that blends heavy guitar riffs, modern production, and melodic vocals

• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025): https://open.spotify.com/track/4IVlxTpciTF6uccsNDMiNw?si=d439bf347a524c5f
• Handle for one social media of your choice: https://www.instagram.com/major.moment/
• Who are your musical inspirations: Linkin Park, Pendulum, The Prodigy, Bring Me The Horizon
• Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: we are here to inspire other creators to follow their dreams, and to prove that hard work yields great results. always happy to chat in the comments on our social pages, come follow our journey!

[PeterPote]

Artist/Band name:

Peter Pote

Where are you based?:

Sweden

Main genre of music:

Indie

Describe your sound/music in a few words:

Lofi Indie singer songwriter thoughtful spiritual lyrics

Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025):

https://open.spotify.com/track/7MpwZ0EnFWGAuPnnAx1GHL?si=01J7GtKdRyOSpUJP8i29Lg

Handle for one social media of your choice:

Instagram.com/peterjoepote

Who are your musical inspirations:

I enjoy all types of music I'm really into Geese lately and David Bowie's earlier stuff

Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:

I love creating music and art leaving a scrapbook trail on this healing journey of remembering who I am 

[Mal_xmusic]

Hello!! We are mal.x!
We are based in Los Angeles and our music is alt-pop with influences from EDM, Bossa Nova, classical, synthwave, hip-hop, and trip-hop (to name a few.)

Every song we have is different from the next, because we don’t chase genres, we just want to make music that represents how we feel in that moment. To create our sound we use a lot of synths, drum machines, and add in acoustic instruments like guitar and piano. 

Our most recent release you should check out is called I’m Not Ok, and it was released this April:

I’m Not Ok on Spotify  

Our Instagram is

@mal.xmusic

It would be difficult to narrow down our influences, but recently we’ve been inspired by Glass Animals, Mitski, Tame Impala, Morcheeba, Death Grips, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Martin Denny.  

Mal.x is short for Maddy and Alex, we are married and have been producing and performing music together for the last 5 years. We have a cat named Cupcake, and she will often make cameos in our content. Our goal is to release a new song every month next year! So stay tuned. 
Thank you for checking us out!

[LostSummerDank]

@LostSummerDank on X

https://open.spotify.com/track/2OQII2DQDIMD3qTgbtaAB9?si=pk6BcS5bQp-N7xxSa77ErA

I make edm music, especially edm pop!

based in Chicago, my sound is uplifting and energetic. Happy dance music mostly.

my musical aspirations are Mac miller and porter robinson 

[hunterswan]

Artist/Band name:

Hunter Swan

Where are you based?:

Stanford, CA

Main genre of music:

Rock

Describe your sound/music in a few words:

Most of my pieces are guitar-centric and built around a particular riff, and I try to make every song sound unique both melodically and lyrically. 

Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025):

https://open.spotify.com/album/2FBKNs1h1gqtCWYbL59JqU?si=SGkmYfsQRcSZBfxJ1j1mGA 

Handle for one social media of your choice:

TikTok: @hunterorionswan

Who are your musical inspirations:

Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Yes, Nirvana, John Fahey

Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:

I'm a physics Ph.D. student by day, I don't really have music social media. The TikTok account mentioned above is mostly about science stuff. 

[ElleIndigo]

Artist/Band name: Elle Indigo

Where are you based?: La Quinta, California

Main genre of music: pop/indie/r&b

Describe your sound/music in a few words: emotional, powerful pop-indie ballads that connect

Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025): https://open.spotify.com/track/4o4Tsy2RVOXIxyCD1zNGA8?si=e12c0186e03549c0

Handle for one social media of your choice: https://www.instagram.com/elleindigo.singer/

Who are your musical inspirations: Sarah Brightman, Adele, Sia, Arlissa

Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: I write songs for those who feel too hard, fall too soon, have five million thoughts buzzing through their heads, feel like they’re always on the outside, a beautiful soul that is just a little bit out of place. For those who are trying to return to our full selves and trying to escape being people-pleasers and over givers.

[tunedIN]

Some artists have reported receiving an 'Authentication Failed' or timeout error when submitting.

If this happens here's what to do:

• Open the submission post and make sure you're logged in with your Spotify account  
• Write your reply with all the required details
• Before submitting, copy your submission to a backup document
• Post your reply
• If you see an error often shown as ('Authentication Failed'). It's likely a timeout
• Leave the post, then return to it
• You will see your reply saved as a draft... load it
• Check for any missing details
• Submit your reply again

[FukushimaFunk]

Fukushima Funk

Geneva, Switzerland

We could fit in new wave, darkwave, pop, triphop, experimental electronica and art rock

Fukushima Funk is pop-sombre, melancholic pop with a good dose of noise and experimentation, with scathing indictments of modern life brought by a strong female voice.

Inspired by our French and Belgian new wave and electropop backgrounds, with a good dose of goth, new wave and industrial.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6sdUWajjNBsQC9IR0nSp0K?si=QX8Ue_NIR-SzP5mO7yZxDw 

https://www.instagram.com/fukushimafunk?igsh=MTgyZDlsNW1vMGd1cQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

[foundspace]

• Artist/Band name: Found Space
• Where are you based?: Portland, OR, USA
• Main genre of music: Dream Pop
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: 90s inspired alternative pop with an otherworldly and dreamlike lightness.
• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025): https://open.spotify.com/track/3mU8gkwlDHnnkDzQ0BJvbX
• Handle for one social media of your choice:https://www.instagram.com/foundspaceband/
• Who are your musical inspirations: Massive Attack, Air, Curve, Lush…
• Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: We would rather live in a world without smartphones, and we love our cats.

[foundspace]

good luck everyone! can't wait to see everyone's material.

[Noctivagist]

Artist Name: NOCTIVAGIST

Location: North Texas

Genre: Gothened Experimental Melodic Dark Metal

Sound: Noctivagist is a gothened melodic death metal project with elements of black, tech, power, symphonic, and thrash metal.

Song Link: 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3Our86SYpbVvxG9p2f6NUT?si=HA2S-6bqSFux8bVsUeQz6A

Handle: https://instagram.com/noctivagist

Influences: 

Sybreed / Bloodstain Child / Darkest Hour / The Black Dahlia Murder / The Agony Scene / (old) In Flames / Scar Symmetry / Disarmonia Mundi / Machinae Supremacy / The Unguided / Paul Wardingham / Keith Merrow / She Past Away / Twin Tribes / Depeche Mode

About: There is so much great music in the world and it can be so niche and subjective; I decided to make the music that I wanted to hear. Whether or not anyone else will remains to be seen, but creation is a necessity for me so I will continue to put out my art and music and hope that ultimately it finds it's way to those who wish to consume it.

[Consequentialuk]

Artist name: Consequential

Where are you based: Suffolk,UK

Main genre of music: Drum & Bass, Dance, Electronic

Describe your sound/music in a few words: Atmospheric elements with up beat drums and deep bass interweaving

modern production with nostalgic feeling

Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025): https://open.spotify.com/track/3RTOZDkCeYfKw4xyl7HExq?si=a2181c2812594059

Insta Handle : __consequential__

Who are your musical inspirations: Calibre, Burial, LTJ Bukem

Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better: I find comfort of getting lost in the world of creation,I aim to pass this safe space onto my listeners and encourage them to do this for themselves, feel free to ask more and I will reply when time allows me x

[DJLandanTime]

Artist/Band name: DJ Landan Time

Where are you based?: UK

Main genre of music: Electronic/Dance

Describe your sound/music in a few words:
Dance-driven, emotional release.Groove-led with heart. Late-night energy, sunrise feeling. - movement with meaning.

Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025):
https://open.spotify.com/track/3MfkzlMgGAyoqAUXoLBQSZ?si=d3f94eff080644dc

Handle for one social media of your choice: https://www.instagram.com/djltime/

Who are your musical inspirations: The Beatles, Queen, Guns & Roses, Bob Marley, Sade

Anything else you'd want to add to help users to get to know you better:

Love all music — music is my soul.
More music coming in 2026.
Join me on the journey. Find me on socials,
Grab the volume… and turn it up. 🔊

[TheCME]

• Artist/Band name: The Charlie Marshall Effect
• Where are you based?: Newport, South Wales, UK
• Main genre of music: Hard Rock
• Describe your sound/music in a few words: Guitar grunt dealing with issues around Drinking, Suicide and zrelationshop breakdowns. Im trying to lighten it up for 2026
• Spotify link to one of your most recent original song (from 2025):

So week long hangovers are a thing Now 

https://open.spotify.com/album/7JyAQLyb6DP1aPj3sBCV0U?si=8VjsHSpWST6yeYkZjLsbBQ

• Handle for one social media of your choice: Twitter @cmeffect
• Who are your musical inspirations: Queens of the Stoneage, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Iron Maiden (1st 7 albums)