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If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. We also don’t accept SoundCloud Go tracks, which can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which will be invisible to everyone. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks that have been previously submitted will also be removed.

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 344

Haaf Soul

From the EMPRESS album, out on the 15th November 2019. Order now at: ffm.to/empress

Watch the stunning 'Ode to Genevieve' music video by Enya Belak Gupta vid here: https://youtu.be/z2lLau5G4Mk

This uplifting, inspirational song is a celebration of trans women, their strength, success and stories, friendship, bravery and love.

'Ode to Genevieve'

Written by Calista Kazuko
Produced by Guy Dagul & Calista Kazuko
Recorded at The Rattle & Benson Studios
Mixed & Mastered by Ben Beheshty

Piano & Vocals - Calista Kazuko
String Quartet - Natalia Bonner, Anthony Lewis, Chika Robertson & Calista Kazuko

Lyrics:

It sucks you feel you’ve got to hide,
Scared of what those people say,
You’ve been running all your life,
They’re not on your side, They’re not your mates,
People can be so full of hate.

Don’t listen to their lies, You’re perfect in my eyes…

Genevieve you’re my Queen, You’re my Queen,
Genevieve you’re my Queen, Genevieve you’re mine...

I watch your body hit the ground,
You need some practice running in heels!
Don’t let those losers drag you down, down, down, down,
You got so much spunk in you, F*** those small minded brutes!

And you are not a joke, Not just some bloke in a wig, You’re a beautiful human being,
And yes, you have the choice, Listen to my voice!

Genevieve you’re my Queen.

Ode To Genevieve

Bad Head Bad Heart

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNpqu3FVWEc
--Lyrics--
Dream in a dream 
not what it seems to be
in a dream
Time Running out 
I'm fading out and 
soon I will be 
strangled up and torn
Wishing you that I was never
born at all
Time and time again
my head's not there
Stuck in a dream (Dream in a dream)
Stars filling up
it's growing on the walls
Is it real
Flash Now I've gone 
somewhere else and now
I've landed here
I'm waking up to places
I have been before it seems
colours flowing up
It's beautiful 
but boy it scares me still

Dream In A Dream

The tracks on this mini-album were built entirely using 1980s home keyboards bought for less than £50 from a popular auction website... Each track showcases a different keyboard, with Splendid Larryo constructed from sounds from the Yamaha PSS-680, a simple FM synth disguised as a child's toy, and brushed up with some up-to-date production tools.

Splendid Larryo

A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for cinematic genre-bending and controversial boundary-pushing, Calista studied classical/jazz piano and composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music, and has since been performing and winning fans across the world with her dynamic voice and captivating songs.

She founded charity-based arts collective Voice of Aiko in 2018 and is currently penning music-theatre with playwright Stephanie Martin. Having composed several international floor-fillers under pseudonyms, Calista’s impact in the world of music is matched in that of fashion, where Stella McCartney has used her tracks as catwalk openers and Parisian fashion house Jitrois actually named its couture ‘Callista’ jacket after her.

Following the success of the critically acclaimed ‘Project: Love Me’ EP, Calista has just released her highly anticipated debut solo album, ‘Empress’. Continuing to modify the norms of modern songwriting, this stunning concept album considers the stories of women in history, challenging complex themes while never losing its sense of fun. Accompanying each release are awareness-raising charity campaigns addressing themes which include LGBTQ+ rights, period shame, prescription-drug dependency and domestic abuse.

Out on 15th November, Empress is fan funded and supported by Help Musicians UK’s Do it Differently Fund. Available now at: https://ffm.to/empress

“An undoubted talent.” Sir George Martin

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