     Still buzzing from a week immersed in songwriting following last year's SongStudio–in true form–I couldn't sleep.  On the back porch of my stuffy apartment, I uncorked a bottle of wine and started picking what was to become "Archetype X."  I wrote and recorded this song on a guitar I have since lost (also in true form); making this the last song recorded on an acoustic that meant a great deal to me.
     At this time, I found myself thoroughly revisiting Patrick Rothfuss' series, The Kingkiller Chronicle–a personal favourite since The Name of the Wind (the first book) debuted.  I am especially enamoured with the depiction of Denna, who is the embodiment of an archetype that I believe many of us can relate to.         
     We are ephemeral beings, personifying the very fleeting nature of our existence.  Our desires only fall into reach when we no longer attempt to grasp them.     
     
I owe a special thanks to my good friend, David–he was pivotal in bringing this song to life.  

For now here is a rough sketch.

Enjoy!

https://itun.es/ca/xgdT9

Drums by Andrew McLeod-Boudreau.    

©2015 Jordan Paul
People Zoo Records

Archetype X

Preview of a work-in-progress called 'Seafoam.'  

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© 2016 | Jordan Paul | People Zoo Records

Seafoam

Experimental piece with acoustic guitar, percussion, and sampled vocals.

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© 2016 | Jordan Paul | People Zoo Records

*Sample of Ghanaian woman singing at her sewing machine in Farefare courtesy of Klankbeeld(http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/)


Sunlight

Vietnam in the '80s | Just for fun 

Speech mixed with some weirdness

Photo by Kathryn Merriam

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© 2016 | Jordan Paul | People Zoo Records

Moderate Stimulation

time makes us someone else
renders us useless
restless and stupid

making sense of all of this
using our senses
pleasing us senseless

pleasing us senseless

peace will come
silent but forceful
silent yet forceful

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© 2016 | Jordan Paul | People Zoo Records

Pleasing Us Senseless

One of the first compositions from the collaborative efforts of Brand Nault, Izzy Samuels, and Jordan Paul—collectively known as World Away (www.worldaway.ca).

It is an evolving track, featuring a few different styles of experimental electronic music.

© 2016 | Jordan Paul and World Away | People Zoo Records

Gleaming The Cube - World Away

An assortment of self-published, indie/singer-songwriter songs for sync placement; with elements of psychedelic and ambient music throughout. 

info@jordanpaul.ca | © 2016 www.jordanpaul.ca

Snacks (EP)

Vishnaen Odyssey

Relevent

Seafoam v.1

Sitar/FX experiment for the mind


Inquiries/Usage:
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A Dream

FX / Soundscape

info@jordanpaul.ca | www.jordanpaul.ca | © 2016 Jordan Paul

Ether

Svarūpa-Siddhi

Long, evolving and meditative track to be enjoyed in a relaxed setting.  I hope this song takes you away.  Here's to finding solace in the new year.

To Metrodorus

6:33 am

A song about the black dog we all face and the rejuvenation waiting on the side of the darkness.

Rain

info@jordanpaul.ca | Coming April 19th, 2019 | @jordanpaulmusic

Lyrics:

I’ve brought the thief to the house of the just
I’ve taught the morning to a pale artifice 
My son’s a pestilence that’s burning at noon
Vapour in the death of the night moon

The night moon
The night moon
The night moon
The night moon

To speak the laws of prudence
To keep the wolves at bay
To hear the dog howl at the wintry door
Oh take me back to days of holy vellichor 

I’ve brought the thief to the house of the just
I’ve taught the morning to a pale artifice 
My son’s a pestilence that’s burning at noon
Vapour in the death of the night moon

The night moon
The night moon
The night moon
The night moon

Oh mental flames redeemed
Valla’s in the shadows of the leaves upon the tree
Oh mental flames redeemed
Valla’s in the shadows of the leaves upon the tree

I’ve brought the thief to the house of the just
I’ve taught the morning to a pale artifice 
My son’s a pestilence that’s burning at noon
Vapour in the death of the night moon

I’ve brought the thief to the house of the just
I’ve taught the morning to a pale artifice 
My son’s a pestilence that’s burning at noon
Vapour in the death of the night moon

Lyrics and music by Jordan Paul © 2019
Mixed by Jonathan Anderson
Mastered by Noah Mintz

Night Moon

Rain is about the black dog we all face—depression, madness, and despair. It is the darkness throughout our lives that gives contrast to the light. Without the storm, there is no regeneration, no rebirth, and no calm. This storm lives in all of us, bringing us pain but giving us the perspective to appreciate the light on the other side.

Lyrics:

I've got a secret
I think that I'll keep it
All to myself
I’ll tell no one else

I’ve been living in fiction
My own self–infliction
Keeps weighing me down
I fear I might drown

In the
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain

I need to get high,
I can’t sleep at night
Confined in my head
Watch the world go on by

Through the
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain

The rain will leave you
Diseased, dead, denied
If only I could warn you
But I’m pent up inside

From the 
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain

Music and lyrics by Jordan Paul Smith © 2019
Mixed by Jonathan Anderson
Mastered by Noah Mintz

In the glow of the distant condominium ant-farm—light and sound careened into a multi-sensory ocean. My soul unfurled from my body, showering sound in an embrace; welcoming a long-lost friend. In the lake’s stillness, I could hear the city weeping. The skyline against the water lay bare a stark contrast of urbanity and nature. The city crooned its mercurial drone atop the refrain of our life-source on its ancient pluvial journey. Chaos, harmony—song, singer, and city—a nanosecond in the eternal moment.  It is this scene—chaotic and yet harmonious—that bred Ward’s Island.

Ward's Island

Jordan Paul’s first EP “Night Moon” debuted in 2019 on Spotify’s editorial “Fresh Finds” playlist, earning him an invite to write and record with 18-time Grammy-winning producer James Sanger (U2, Dido, Keane) at the famed Vibey Studios in Normandy, France. Jordan Paul is back now, laying bare his soul on the new single, “Strange.”

The Soundtrack includes ‘Strange’ in their list of “Canada’s Best New Indie Releases,” writing “Jordan Paul definitely has an old soul...his Beatles/Queen-esque vocals lay beautiful over his slow-paced instrumentals and synths…this is the perfect time for the release of ‘Strange.’”

Early reviews have been exceedingly enthusiastic - Sleeping Bag Studios calls the new single "Charming, enchanting, serene…Jordan’s working inside of a true utopia of melody & message combined throughout the music & words of ‘Strange,’ and I think he’s just put in another verifiable highlight of his career with this new single. I love everything about this tune." 

“Jordan Paul’s voice shines like an otherworldly, sophisticated diamond, hypnotic and sure. And with his newest single ‘Strange’, he gives us another taste of something we can't get enough of.” Brent Jensen, author and host of No Sleep ‘til Sudbury

“Strange” is the first of a series of singles set for release in 2020 from Jordan Paul. All were recorded at Jonathan Anderson’s (Andy Shauf, Aidan Knight, Said the Whale) Protection Island Studios in Maple Ridge, BC, and mastered by Noah Mintz (Marcy Playground, Broken Social Scene, Matt Mays).

Strange

https://open.spotify.com/track/7qy8DQyoL6xmsCNKjf1r1a

Emerald Glass

"If Queen, Mimicking Birds, Radiohead, and Led Zeppelin all had a beautiful love-child–thy name would be Ellis Meek." – Jer, music journalist  (Sleeping Bag Studios, British Columbia)

"Canada's Jeff Buckley" – Chris Birkett, record producer (Led Zeppelin, Talking Heads, Buffy Sainte-Marie)

Inquiries: jordan@jordanpaul.ca

*open to invites of experimental collaboration

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