a wonderfully simple song, so achingly fragile and beautiful, I love it :)

You are a gifted writer and singer :) amazing work.

I was thinking this would go great in a film, something visual and natural, but it would have to be a really intricate film to deserve such an amazing soundtrack:)

In the end it all turns to dust…
Original release by #5kraken5

Mukniali - Shadows & Dust

Words & music by Cuccu.
Artwork by Cuccu.

https://soundcloud.com/thecuccu?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Ripple

Tomorrow Will Be Kinder | The Secret Sisters | Cover | ft. Nicola

Diamond Child | Aayushi | Cover

The Magic Lantern, the musical moniker of Jamie Doe, is set to release his latest single Holding Hands on 30th October 2017 via Hectic Eclectic Records. 

The single opens with a defiant cry of hope, the lyrics “I’m searching…”, ringing out alone before two saxophones enter, freely weaving around the vocal, at once harmonising and echoing it. This texture builds as a third saxophone joins creating a rich brass warmth through which Doe’s voice glides, effortlessly leaping between the declamatory and the intimate. The  band enter with an infectious groove, and we are introduced to the songs’ key metaphor of a flood and the need for creative destruction - “One day, when all this is washed away, some will remain, full of hope in the pouring rain”. The track resolves with the triumph of hope over doubt.

Holding Hands was written during a moment of desperation, Jamie having travelled half way across the world only to run out of road.  Strung out and alone, he found himself writing this song for the true love he hoped to meet, as much an act of faith in their existence as a beacon to guide himself home.  Originally written for voice and guitar, it was after hearing Bjork’s ‘Anchor Song’ late one night that Jamie decided to arrange the song for saxophone trio. The timbre of the brass, the groove of the band, The Bad Plus style piano solo – it is an arrangement that brings together some of Jamie’s key influences which he describes as “the lyrical directness of folk, the harmonic openness and improvisational freedom of jazz and the craft of great songwriting. It’s a good example of how much more confident I have become as an arranger”. 

Born in Australia, before moving to the UK at 12, Jamie began performing as The Magic Lantern while studying philosophy in Bristol where he met and performed alongside friends This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain and Rachael Dadd. Moving to London in 2007, Jamie expanded The Magic Lantern into a quintet of friends and together they evolved a transporting sound, inspired by the immediacy of Jamie’s lyrics and lilting melodies and a shared love of improvised music. A debut album with the quintet was released in 2011 before Jamie returned to his solo roots with an intimate second album in 2014. The Magic Lantern has received praise from numerous publications including The Guardian, Acoustic Magazine and Folk Radio UK as well as BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction and BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe and Bob Harris among others. His third album, To The Islands from which Holding Hands is taken, sees The Magic Lantern return with a new ensemble drawn from London’s thriving jazz scene, exploring memory and hope in a world of near constant uncertainty. 

With Holding Hands, The Magic Lantern is ready to introduce further listeners to his bittersweet, beautiful sound. 

Holding Hands is out on 30th October 2017 via Hectic Eclectic Records.

Holding Hands

Lots Of Happiness Turns To Gold

My cover of the Grammy nominee "Knockin' on your screen door" song by John Prine.

Knockin' On Your Screen Door - John Prine cover

written, performed, mixed and mastered by alfie tempz 
art also by me !!
i made this in like 30 mins hope u like :))))) <3

u set my heart on fire
like a ghost ur a ghost
u said im a liar
i dont know i dont know

now its late september
i can feel what u feel
i would write u a letter
just to say that ur missed

sweet nostalgia

Satya Sai Maitreya Kali - Ice And Snow (Cover)

Evening Machines

Wings In All Black

These threads, they hold their hands so close
And nameless.
They hold to memories of when
They learnt to close their eyes again.
And all they did is search for more
Between their broken sleeves
They saw their frailty and fled,
But even then I could not see.

No, I could never look away,
I saw no weakness, I see dreams.
We tell our friends oh, don't you follow
What you see, it has no strength.
But it will lift them off their feet,
And all these things deny their breath
And set them low beneath their dreams.

Well underneath these threads I see
All that makes them so pure, but oh
Tied to the window since the sun.
Oh they hid their depth and they formed their lines
But I wish they'd only know
I could not see.

No, I could never look away,
I saw no weakness, I see dreams.
We tell our friends oh, don't you follow
What you see, it has no strength.
But it will lift them off their feet,
And all these things deny their breath
And set them low beneath their dreams.

Threads

Aayushi is a folk singer-songwriter from the UK. She writes strikingly tender songs, delivering them with an intimacy that has often been described as the sonic equivalent of a warm hug. Her songs often explore childhood memories, family, and her recurring dreams of the sea.

Her latest single, Beach Pockets, is about celebrating the things we treasure in life.

Threads

Aayushi

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