{"id":7498,"date":"2014-01-31T13:46:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.21.21.161\/epop\/?p=7498"},"modified":"2019-03-21T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T11:55:47","slug":"mas-agua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/01\/mas-agua\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing:  David Ellis as Mas Agua"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/david-ellis-mas-agua.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/01\/mas-agua\/david-ellis-mas-agua\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/david-ellis-mas-agua.jpg?fit=1600%2C1067&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"david ellis mas agua\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/david-ellis-mas-agua.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/david-ellis-mas-agua.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"david ellis mas agua\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><strong>Every so often we at Essentially Pop will see something that catches our eye, and like a magpie with a shiny object, we know we must have it.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One such thing that has recently caught our fancy is Mas Agua.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mas Agua is the brainchild of singer\/songwriter David Ellis, who&#8217;s based in London, and Canterbury, Kent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Mas Agua&#8221; means &#8220;more water&#8221; in Spanish, and we think it&#8217;s a very apt description of Mr Ellis&#8217;s vocals, which are very soothing.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David is signed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c3urecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C3U Records<\/a> of Canterbury, and his track &#8216;Be Like You&#8217; was recently named record of the week by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p01m1kpy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Introducing Kent<\/a> and aired on BBC Radio Kent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mas Agua will be releasing in February the first of a two-part EP, accompanied by a promotional tour in Canterbury and London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From David&#8217;s Facebook page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This project is centralised around vocal effects and loops with elements of guitar in some songs. Due to the unique nature of Mas Agua&#8217;s music, there is no one specific genre in which this fits into. However, many have described it as being \u201ceasy listening and chilled\u201d, with some similarities to Bastille, Bon Iver, Jamie Woon and James Blake.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope you&#8217;ll be as blown away as we were by the new video for his song &#8216;Be Like You&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vf2NYB6p434?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Check out Mas Agua on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/masaguauk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masaguauk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/masaguauk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCiqbOX2aJF5JUId2n5Bjhkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/masagua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Mas Agua&#8217;s Facebook page, and taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lighttonestudiosfilm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Light Tone Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often we at Essentially Pop will see something that catches our eye, and like a magpie with a shiny object, we know we must have it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,66,69,70,71],"class_list":["post-7498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","tag-david-ellis","tag-facebook","tag-instagram","tag-kent","tag-london","tag-mas-agua","tag-soundcloud","tag-twitter","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-1WW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80457,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/03\/sophie-ellis-bextor-announces-london-album-release-show-lafayette-30th-june-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":7498,"position":0},"title":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor Announces London Album Release Show, Lafayette, 30th June 2023","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"01\/03\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced a special album release show at Lafayette in London on 30th June, in celebration of her recently announced new album \u2018HANA\u2019, out 2nd June on Cooking Vinyl.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-2.png?fit=625%2C883&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-2.png?fit=625%2C883&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-2.png?fit=625%2C883&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":73520,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/01\/coming-soon-sophie-ellis-bextor-kitchen-disco-tour-march-2022-special-guest-holiday-sidewinder-added\/","url_meta":{"origin":7498,"position":1},"title":"Coming Soon &#8211; 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