10. Ceasefire Now - Annabelle Freedman

9. Rafah, Gaza - adrienne maree brown (harmonies by Samantha Rise and Annabelle Freedman)

8. Stay Soft - Samantha Rise

7. May This Body Be A Bridge - Te Mertin

6. One Body - Alexandra Blakely

5. You’re Not Alone (fka I'm not alone) - Aly Halpert & Anat Hochberg

4. We Remember You - Stephen and Jamie of Flobots (feat. Def Sound)

3. We Rise - Batya Levine

2. Blessed Ground - Annie Zylstra

1. Ceasefire - adrienne maree brown

A Lone-Time Lover’s Dance Anthem 
Written by Annabelle Maginnis with Teddy Roxpin, and Smiley Silverstein

Hear My Mind

The song “Steady” by Annabelle Maginnis and Smile High Club featuring Def Sound is a tune about moving fast.  Annabelle speeds through lanes carelessly as they reveal how toxic a rushed life can be.  In Def’s verse, they expand on some of the beauties of connection in stark juxtaposition to the hurried impatience of Annabelle’s first verse.  Finally the two voices converge in the chorus in which the pair displays that the slowness of another person can offer clarity and peace.  
“Steady” features percussion and drum production by Teddy Roxpin, guitar by Max Newman of The Main Squeeze, bass by Will Robinson and mixing by Delwin Campbell of CAPYAC, mastered by Tarekith at Inner Portal Studio.

Steady (feat. Def Sound)

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Up 2 U

“reCOLLECTION” by ​Zhao​, ​Annabelle Maginnis​, ​Def Sound​ and ​Tolliver​ is described by ​LA Record​ as “a song that flows between pop, R&B, hip-hop and electronica like water (and waves and whirpools) across rock.”
The video for reCOLLECTION (with cinematography by Kellen Malloy) was imagined much like the song itself: beginning with a family field trip to the westside of LA where Zhao would bridgethegapbetweencyborgandnatural. ​AnnabelleMaginnis​,​DefSound​andTolliver made the journey from South Central LA and East LA to Marina Del Rey, meeting with Zhao to brainstorm a video treatment that could encapsulate all the elements that “reCOLLECTION” embodies.
They landed on just that: elements. The three artists (Annabelle Maginnis, Tolliver, and Def Sound) each represent an earthly component, likening their verse to something innate and rudimental. The costumes are designed by 2017 Recipient of the Award for Artistic Excellence, Australian artist ​Erica Gray​, whose work is deeply informed by the forms of nature. Each avatar is visualized by a primary color and a unique outdoor location - ranging from a fire-scarred hillside to the vast rocks of Joshua Tree. Zhao plays a cyborg octopus designed by Jess Joy​. The tentacular visuals represent their multi-instrumentalist ways that blend analog and digital worlds. Throughout the song, the chorus transmutes - mirroring the characters’ evolution from the mundane to the uninhibited. The room is initially cast in white, the shapes boxy and controlled., As the song progresses, organic plant forms are introduced, and eventually come to overrun the space in a verdant display . In the song’s climax, , the characters join in a dance party, with choreography by Kianah Jay (TwoLips​). In the end the group sings “I don’t wanna build a castle, on hollow pillars glass and fragile,” having built something much more sincere out of each other - something teeming with life.

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