Heartless is from Sean Nicholas Savage's "Bermuda Waterfall" (May 13th, 2014)
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Heartless
remember when you used to send me butterflies
across your ocean eyes?
seduce the kingdom with your breasts?
back in the jungle i was always heartless
and fearless though my body was slashed
by the hands of the teeth of love
i couldn’t hide under clouds of blood
in lipstick, in dress, i knew i’d become
heartless
don’t ask me why i’m singing here
in the kitchen mirror
entertaining him?
the child who conquered the palace
then cut me open and left me here
heartless
i blame your beauty
my obsessive jungle pride
for the final slide
the same boy who once had 
sweet dreams of wings
beautiful things that left me heartless


Bermuda Waterfall

Heartless

Sean Nicholas Savage - Heartless

Magic Light

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Jeffertittis Nile - "The Electric Hour" (CASS)
SERIOUSLY EPIC, LOS ANGELES BASED GLITTER-PSYCH FROM THE LONG AWAITED SOPHOMORE ALBUM "THE ELECTRIC HOUR" OUT NOW ON LOLIPOP CASSETTE!!! LP AVAILABLE VIA BEYOND BEYOND IS BEYOND RECORDS!!! 
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JEFFERTITTIS NILE - "Midnight Siren"

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Be Thankful For What You Got (William De Vaughn Cover)

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Maria Usbeck's solo debut, Amparo, is a collection of songs written and recorded across the span of three years in Ecuador, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Barcelona, Lisbon, Easter Island, Costa Rica, Florida, L.A. and her home in Brooklyn. Though the songs were composed electronically, Amparo called for an acoustic treatment, so Usbeck spent a winter in the studio recording the arrangements live with producer Caroline Polachek and mixer & engineer Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Fleshed out in full sonic color on the marimba, xylophone, quena flute, piano, and harp, the album stretched into something hi-fi and expressive, meditative but not meandering.

Amparo stems from Usbeck's desire to compose in Spanish, her native language. Growing up in Quito, Usbeck was immersed in salsa, merengue, bachata, and Andean music, but was more attracted to German and American culture than to her own, and moved to America by herself at 17. After five years of fronting new wave outfit Selebrities and writing songs in English, Usbeck experienced a delayed-onset homesickness and knew it was time to "let the mother tongue speak." The impulse manifested itself directly: Amparo takes its title from Usbeck's middle name and her mother's name, and translates roughly as "to guide, protect, and embrace." Usbeck wields her Spanish lyrics cleverly while folding in snippets of several other far-flung tongues: Rapa Nui from Easter Island, Quichua from Ecuador, Bribri from Costa Rica, and Catalan. Because these lyrics were composed while visiting the countries from which they originate, their usage is more impressionistic than literal, like a mockingbird imitating fragments of other bird calls. Similarly, Usbeck reinterprets the Ecuadorian music that she grew up with as a newcomer, returning home with fresh ears, and as such the sounds are very much her own.

The backbone of Amparo is percussion, vibrating throughout with timbales, tumbas, a talking drum, bongos, shakers, and an Indian flat drum, with the gaps filled in by her field recordings of birds, beaches, and jungles. The songs were written and recorded chronologically, with the exception of the closing track, a cover of Colourbox’s “Tarantula” reimagined in Usbeck’s Spanish translation. Amparo is a reflection of the textures of Usbeck's childhood. It is also a distinctly grown-up pop record – a travel diary, music made by a visiting outsider to tap into a shared core of human expression. Emotively, Usbeck is her most powerful on piano ballads "Uno De Tus Ojos" and "Jungla Inquieta," but is a magnetic narrator throughout, moving between whispers, chants, and lullabies. Amparo pulses with many stories in many voices, but they flow together seamlessly like water, leaving behind a wordless hum.

Amparo is released May 27 via Cascine in North America, Labrador in Euope and Rallye in Japan.
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Maria Usbeck - Jungla Inquieta

"Don't Wanna Be" by Xenia Rubinos from the album 'Black Terry Cat,' available now
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Xenia Rubinos - Don't Wanna Be

Down At The Root

Late Bloomer

PRE-ORDER ALBUM 
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The Putbacks - Melbourne’s heaviest funk rhythm section - bring you a twisted and electric collaboration with the legendary Bilal on their new single The Ways. A dark, dirty post-soul post-jazz mystery-cinema freakout dominated by screaming electric guitar and Bilal’s husky stream of consciousness lyrics. Produced by Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote), The Ways is a hard-hitting, abstract journey into an alternate reality where The Meters specialised in Sci-Fi soundtrack art and Dick Dale played guitar on Madlib records. The Ways is the first single from The Putbacks’ self-titled debut LP coming November 9.

The Putbacks are a rhythm section. Drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and percussion. Stone cold pros, grizzled veterans of all the tours and all the studios. They take their cues from the great house bands of the 60s and 70s soul studios as film composers from David Axelrod and Lalo Schifrin to Adrian Younge and contemporary instrumental groups like BADBADNOTGOOD, Khruangbin and El Michels Affair. Known for their instrumental 7inch funk cuts and their collaboration with Emma Donovan, the forthcoming LP marks their first album as a quintet.

Bilal has been a household name amongst soul aficionados since he was an integral member of the Soulquarians collective – a movement that launched his career alongside those of Questlove, Erykah Badu and D’Angelo and whose influence is still strongly felt. Bilal is a mercurial and diverse artist, noted for his wide vocal range, his resistance to being typecast and his working across multiple genres, The Ways being a prime example. Bilal’s discography is studded with stellar collaborations including Kendrick Lamar, Common, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Guru, J Dilla, Robert Glasper and The Roots, amongst many others.

The Ways is out digitally everywhere on September 28 through HopeStreet Recordings. Pre-orders for The Putbacks on LP, CD and Digital are available now through https://hopest.re/ThePutbacksLP.

The Putbacks

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The Putbacks - The Ways (with Bilal)

Taken By Trees | Watch The Waves

Holy Hive, the group that coined the genre Folk/Soul, comes out swinging with this monster Single. “Oh I Miss Her So” is pulled from their upcoming release Harping EP: a drop dead gorgeous tune of love and longing featuring the harping of Mary Lattimore. The tune serves as a testament to The Hive’s gift for songwriting and arrangement, taking the listener on a ride from the first notes of Paul’s falsetto to the outro featuring Dave Guy’s (The Roots) gorgeous trumpet solo. 

Taken from the upcoming Holy Hive EP "Harping". 

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Harping

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Holy Hive - The Things Themselves

CREDITS

Vocals, mix, and sonic textures by Secondsight.

TRACKLIST
https://www.haji-maa.com/mixes/kundi-treats-001-soundbath

Soundbath 001

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Arbutus is an artistic community based in Montréal, where punk ethos and pop music collide. Beginning as a DIY loft space, Arbutus Records developed to cultivate and promote the music associated with the space with a strong emphasis on friendship and collaboration.