Spent an evening or 2 in July listening to trap beats...and inspired by works such as Magna Carta Holy Grail, I thought I'd put together an A, B, C of what Trap means to me.

Trap A, B, Cs 2013 [produced by Akara]

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Something more like @Lex-Luger-6 (or the real Lex Luger @SmokedOutLuger )

My boy @TakuMusic did his thing over it:
https://soundcloud.com/takumusic/mercy-on-em-takuveli-produced

Have got him in the studio to finish the track!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryhT0T0bs9U - please reshare if you want to hear the final version of "Mercy" (as it's now called)

Trap B 2013.09.02 V1

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This one NEEDS some vocals. @Abiliyo are we doing this?

Trap A 2013.10.21 V1

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Part C of my "Trap Music Weekend" :)
WORK IN PROGRESS

Trap C 2013.10.22 V1

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Was touched so much by @West1ne's instrumental https://soundcloud.com/west1ne/the-elks that I had to spend a couple of hours to vocal a vibe about twisted words...no time for studio, just my mobile phone headset for a mic ?

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West1ne - Twisted (FKA The Elks) Ft. Akara Etteh [RAW DEMO]

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Recorded at 0014 and uploaded at 0031
1-take freestyle for FAWM 2016, to @Romderful's https://soundcloud.com/romderful/sweet

Beautiful track!

R.O.M. - Sweet (1-take freestyle for FAWM 2016) - Evernote 20160203 00.14.00

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Spent a couple hours on this pop RnB beat last night...started it back in March though. Then an hour this morning writing a quick lyric and 2 takes on the mic...Holla if you like and I might finish writing this track!

Vain v5 [DEMO] produced and vocalled by Akara 2011

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Started this on snapchat ( akara.etteh ) 2016.07.27

Was inspired by https://soundcloud.com/mogotvibez/grinder
and thought I'd make something smoother, that it conjured in me.

Rewarding my friends with an upload and a download :)

If I get to 500 followers I'll stick the vocal version up too!

HMU on snap if you wanna see more songs coming to life

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Yes You Are A Champion INSTRUMENTAL

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Spent a couple of hours producing this; am now writing to it...thought I'd share it with the world to see who's feeling the instrumental.

Free download here:
http://bit.ly/AkEVibeIns1

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Vibe By Your Side V3 INSTRUMENTAL

INSTRUMENTAL - Vibe By Your Side V3inC (R&B - FREE DOWNLOAD) - Akara Etteh 2016.09.08

Personal song I wrote
Produced by Ak&Samx

Yvonne C - Gold   prod.Akara Etteh

Made this a few years back when I was listening to a load of Cymatics stuff, future-bass, trap and soul.

Akara Etteh - 2017.06.08 Exit V4

Make Shapes (KINNOHA x Akara Etteh)

Written by Jean-Mikhael + Lauren Morgan and Georgia Morgan (FPKA Blessed)
produced by @AkaraEtteh
Mixed and mastered by Turkish "Tumai" Salah @turkishdcypha 

Visual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgHunvbTwTQ

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LYRICS:

Feelings get unnoticed  
It don’t make no change  
Reach for these moments  
Getting all in vain  
Kudos to you 
If you ain’t willing to stay  
Will you come through  
Will you come through  

I’ve been feeling hella lonely lately  
You’re the only one that make me crazy  
Sick of waiting for you on a daily  
I’ve been feeling, I’ve been feeling hazy 
Hazy 

Tell me what’s the deal? 
I KNOW this was real  
All up in my feels 
Been caught up 
What’s up? 
Hold up! 
Now what’s the deal? 

I’ve been feeling hella lonely lately  
You’re the only one that make me crazy  
Sick of waiting for you on a daily  
I’ve been feeling I’ve been feeling hazy 
(all up in my feels) 
Hazy 
(a-a-all up in my feels) 

You, you’ve been getting comfortable  
I’ve been providing all my time 
For you I've broken every kinda rule 
You’ve been taking me for a fool  
Pick a path now you gotta choose  

I’ve been feeling hella lonely lately  
You’re the only one that make me crazy  
Sick of waiting for you on a daily  
I’ve been feeling, I’ve been feeling hazy 
(all up in my feels) 
Hazy 
(a-a-all up in my feels) 

Tell me what’s the deal? 
I KNOW this was real  
All up in my feels 
Been caught up 
What’s up? 
Hold up! 
Now what’s the deal? 

Calling me telling me how much you want this to work but I’m not here for tips 
Why don’t you see I was waiting for you but you know that I’m so over this  
On to the next  
Sure you’ll find someone to test  
Kudos to you  
I’ll be living my own best  

I’ve been feeling hella lonely lately  
You’re the only one that make me crazy  
Sick of waiting for you on a daily  
I’ve been feeling I’ve been feeling hazy   
Hazy 

Tell me what’s the deal? 
I KNOW this was real  
All up in my feels 
Been caught up 
What’s up? 
Hold up! 
Now what’s the deal? 

Tell me what’s the deal? 
I KNOW this was real  
All up in my feels 
Been caught up 
What’s up? 
Hold up! 
Now what’s the deal 

Been caught up, what's up, hold up 
Been caught up, what's up, hold up 
Been caught up, what's up, hold up...

The Deal

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Deal

Written by Jean-Mikhael + SamSen
produced by @Taurxs
Featuring additional piano and vocal performance by @DavidFWalker
Mixed and mastered by Turkish "Tumai" Salah @turkishdcypha

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LYRICS

Come here darling  
Mama told you  
To not trust things  
Can I be more specific  
Don't ever in trust humans  
Your own instincts  
They can be quite treacherous  
The love that's shown is unfolded  
So come let's fly  
And make this worthwhile  

‘Cos every little thing, every little thing  
Makes you think again cos you wanna win  
But that's on you  
Well if you make through the night  
What is there to fight  
Let's live for the rights  
Might as well strive  
‘Cos what you gonna do 
We’re scared for the people  

You’re a young boy 
Your daddy did not teach how to be a man  
So you gotta understand your life's gonna take you on a different type ‘a journey 
You can kill 2 birds with one stone  
So what’s the reason for hope 

‘Cos every little thing, every little thing  
Makes you think again cos you wanna win  
But that's on you  
Well if you make through the night  
What is there to fight  
Let's live for the rights  
Might as well strive  
‘Cos what you gonna do 
We’re scared for the people  

Every little thing, every little thing  
Makes you think again cos you wanna win  
But that's on you (but that’s on you, that’s on you) 
Well if you make through the night  
What is there to fight  
Let's live for the rights  
Might as well strive (let’s keep it moving) 
‘Cos what you gonna do (what you gonna do) 
We’re scared for the people, oh 

We’re scared for the people, oh 
We’re scared for the people, oh 
We’re scared for the people, oh 
We’re scared for the people 
 
Darling 
Oh little boy  
Gotta teach you something 
You gotta understand  
You gotta understand 
That you don’t shape for the people

Why You So Mad

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Every Little Thing (w/ Taurxs, David F. Walker)

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I've got a mastered version of this somewhere, but here's my remix of ML's track Heaven Knows. Look out for more tracks from myself and ML in the near future...can't wait! www.ThisIsML.com

Mickey Lightfoot - Heaven Knows [Akara remix v18]

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Remixed this from Kai's vocals back in 2009/2010. Popped up in my iTunes and I thought "this sounds finished...and pretty current" so think it's due sharing!

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Vocals written, arranged and produced by Kai Lavatai
soundcloud.com/kailavatai
indabamusic.com/people/KaiLavatai

Production, mixing, mastering and postproduction by akara.etteh
indabamusic.com/people/akara

Additional bass vocals performed by akara

Kai Lavatai - Invisible (Akara remix) [2009/10]

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Work on several projects:
@OTODRecords
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soundcloud.com/ThisIsML
soundcloud.com/RozenChild
soundcloud.com/JammHot
soundcloud.com/GahLai
soundcloud.com/TheAliceRogers
soundcloud.com/TheJeanMikhael
soundcloud.com/ASJayMusic
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Been lucky enough to have songs on BBC Radio 1, and have played at festivals across Europe, including @Afropunk, The Great Escape, Lunatik festival, and @Field-Day-Festival

Growing up on a diet of Nigerian gospel, hip-hop and die-hard 00's neo-soul, I'm using those influences, combined with my classical training, to create sing-along songs that Muse would be proud of. BASS that moves you, emotive instrumentation, with hooky, pop sensibilities.

One Love

A.k.

Akara Etteh

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