Name: DKODA - Only One Step Away by DKODA
Duration: 3 min 4 s
Description: So another friend asked me to flip this classic sample from Mos Def, I kept the essence instead of microchopping this time as I don’t have enough pads on Koala once my drums are all loaded up too. This is also why I’ve been in a looping, layering and subtracting phase on my iPad with Koala. From Wednesday I will be back on my new iMac and best of all, my new MPC X Special Edition.

Okay! Mr! I can’t listen to your beats anymore, until you know what 😂😂❤️❤️

The Notice is Notice, Sato & Jack TRIPPIN

SR196

Track produced for the LoopDiggers Sunday Roulette No. 202

LDSR202 - Flowers

herringbone

Flipper

just a little dub

Butterscotch

So another friend asked me to flip this classic sample from Mos Def, I kept the essence instead of microchopping this time as I don’t have enough pads on Koala once my drums are all loaded up too. This is also why I’ve been in a looping, layering and subtracting phase on my iPad with Koala. From Wednesday I will be back on my new iMac and best of all, my new MPC X Special Edition.

DKODA - Only One Step Away

for spring (ldsr208)

Phantom / LDSR 209

Tyrantosaurus Rex (The guest who thinks he's lord of the manor)

“Bruised Velvet”

[Verse 1]
Your name still tastes like honey laced with sin,
I swore I’d never say it — yet here we are again.
Curtains closed, but your shadow knows the route,
Through every crack I thought I’d sealed with doubt.
Candle burning low, but I can’t put it out,
You left your flame in places I can’t douse.

[Chorus]
It’s that bruised velvet kind of need —
Soft to touch, but it still bleeds.
I dress my ache in silk and smoke,
Let your echo wrap around my throat.
You’re gone, but babe, you never left —
You're every breath I can't forget.

[Verse 2]
My mirror’s got your fingerprints in steam,
Lipstick smudged on every half-forgotten dream.
You were a promise with a bar tab and a smirk,
Now I’m drunk on the silence where you used to work.
My body knows the parts you claimed,
Each sigh still echoes like a name.

[Bridge] (sparser, stripped-back)
I don't reach for you — I reach for relief.
But your absence tastes like teeth.
Even when I try to sleep alone,
You hum beneath my skin like a dial tone.

[Final Chorus]
It’s that bruised velvet kind of ache —
I wear it soft, but make no mistake.
I still burn where your hands once roamed,
Still crave the fire I should’ve outgrown.
You're gone, but baby, not undone —
You're every bruise beneath my tongue.



Bruised Velvet

Welcome to the many Dimensions of DKODA. I try to create audio worlds within my own sonic universe. 

*I mix creatively and not for radio, I have nothing mastered on here*

I’m on this grind 24/7 people, come along for the journey. My page just showcases my development as I practice beat making every day. I just post the results up on here as soon as I finish a new one. 

This page mostly acts as a personal record of all the sampled music I’ve made over the last 15 years, since I got deep into my MPC's and started teaching myself. I just make what I feel and try to translate what’s in my head so people can hear it. I was exclusively using Koala Sampler for iPad since September 2023 but as of June 2025, I now own an MPC X Special Edition so all new beats from now on will be made with that like the old days! Please bear with me as I try to master a new tool! This also means my 2 year iPad and Koala Sampler phase has come to an end 😢 I hope you enjoyed the 1400 beats I made with it!

Having synesthesia, I see the colours, shapes, textures and movements of the sounds in my mind whenever I hear sound/music, plus scenes in my head. I try and use samples to paint and capture what I feel or want to say. I’m all about the feel.

Thanks for taking the time to listen, comment and follow, it's definitely appreciated. All music produced by DKODA (Pronounced Decoder).

‘Top Tracks’ are not the best tracks!

Contact: createdbydkoda@gmail.com

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