debut EP by appleshiftq titled "mike's matrix volume 1: stay up" available everywhere september 7th, 2021

produced, written, recorded, performed, mixed, and mastered by appleshiftq

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stay up (feat. 2STACKS, 64Floors)

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My new song ‘Jarvis Valley’, a melancholic folk pop song loosely based on the works of Dylan Thomas. I recorded this at home and all composition, instrumentation, recording and mixing were done entirely by myself with an acoustic guitar, an 80s synth and a looped beat track. The song features fingerstyle guitar, layered vocals and crescendos into a lighter, more dream-like sound at the final chorus. ‘Jarvis Valley’ is a fantasy place Thomas mentions in a lot of his work. He usually presents it as the place we go after death. I like to think such a place exists. I also reference some of the places I have lived myself and the song represents some of the memories that I have there. I often feel that childhood memories have a dreamy paradisal afterlife quality about them. Jarvis Valley, for me, represents both childhood and death and the happiness that comes with both. I hope you enjoy! 😊

Lyrics:
I know of tales from the valley
Yeah, I’ve heard a prospect of the sea
A map of true love that’s drawn within
The fields that dance green and golden

Yeah, I know this place
I’ve been here before
Yes, I know his face
He took me from the war

I too grew up in declivities
The old ones in White Rose County
The land of the ancient queens and kings
Forgotten by years of industry

Yeah, I’ve known this place
I’ve lived here before
Yes, I’ve known his face
He brought me to the shore

Take my hand and run with me
Through green and gold eternity
Into Jarvis Valley
Into Jarvis Valley

Old Callaghan knows everyone
He watches us dance and sing our song
I swear I have seen him play along
In my dreams where I am dead and gone

Yeah, I’ll know this place
I will call it all my own
Yes, I know his face
He’ll bring me to my throne

Take my hand and run with me
Through green and gold eternity
Into Jarvis Valley
Into Jarvis Valley

Take my hand and run with me
Through green and gold eternity
Into Jarvis Valley
Into Jarvis Valley

Into Jarvis Valley
Into Jarvis Valley

Jarvis Valley

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"Ariadne" is the coming of age journey of a young adventurer, constantly at odds with the restrictive structure of the world that surrounds her. In her struggles to navigate this world, she follows many paths that lead her to dead ends. However, Ariadne's astuteness perseveres beyond these dead ends as the lessons that guide her to freedom. Her mastery of these labyrinths allow her to transform the very structures to which she was once bound.

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