Surreal and floaty .. stunning single which deserves to be heard by all :)

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Warning Signs

A Huntsman collaboration with the talented poet Tommy Sissons. www.facebook.com/TommySissonsOfficial

Somewhere I Used To Know (feat. Tommy Sissons)

Nucleotides is Trev Gibb's first solo album release, produced by Mick Ross of Mono Productions at The Tower in the Ouseburn, with initial recording sessions engineered by Mark Broughton at Blast Studios. Recorded between autumn of 2013 and the winter of 2015 the album has gone through various permutations, starting out as a single project with David Burn (Detroit Social Club) before becoming an album-project under the tutelage of Mick Ross and Mono Productions. During work on the album Trev and his band supported Kaiser Chiefs and Public Service Broadcasting at Newcastle Arena in the spring of 2015 and subsequently played at The Stadium of Light and  Lindisfarne Festival, culminating in a single launch and digital-only double-A single release Old Wounds/Skinny Arms on the Mono Productions label in January 2016.  

The album features quite the array of North-East musical talents, with Tom Fletcher (The Lake Poets, Hyde & Beast) on pedal steel, synth and piano from Dale Knight (Keep Breathing), Fran O'Hanlon (Ajimal), Matt Hardy (Tessera Skies) and Rob Murray (Minotaurs) on drums, and Chris Murray (Minotaurs) and ex Let's Buy Happiness / current EatFast and Apologies' Mark Brown both on bass. The album also features guest vocals and guitar from Martin Longstaff (The Lake Poets), guitar from Matt Weaver (Rushers of Din) and Nick Sheffield and violin and mandolin from Patrick Lawrence and Guy Bainbridge respectively.

The album will self-release on Nov 4th on Spotify, Soundcloud and Bandcamp.

5. Last Great Psychedelic Band

Fifi Rong's new single 'Future Never Comes' released 4th Nov 2016
Written & Produced by Fifi Rong and Mark Rose
Mixed by Robert L. Smith (Defy Recordings)

Lyrics

Ready for another fight 
Dark sky swings from side by side 
Ocean, land and the blinding lights 
All become one before my eyes 

Ready for another strike 
To feel something to do or die 
Time and space in disguise 
Doubt and fear in a wasted mind 

Show me the way to the sky beyond 
where the love is real where I can fly 

Show me the way to the sky beyond 
Where the love is real where I’m finally alive 

Wana end this hopeless night 
Waiting to find out who am I 
So afraid to fall behind 
So afraid to live a life 

Disappointed all this time 
No where to find peace of mind 
Knowing tomorrow is a lie 
This moment is all that I have 

Show me the way to the sky beyond 
where the love is real where I can fly 

Show me the way to the sky beyond 
Where the love is real where I’m finally alive

Future Never Comes

Fifi Rong - Future Never Comes(Radio Edit)

Ross Palmer - guitar & vocals
Colin Somervell - double bass

Meet The Evening

Love Is A Lonely Thing, Part 1 Released 6 SEP 19⠀⠀
Song written, produced and performed by Fifi Rong
Mixed and Mastered by Robert L. Smith, Defy Recordings
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Artwork Kasia Grabek @cakecepts⠀⠀
Photo Zee Marla Osh video siren 
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Part l
Cry for your smile
Cry for your smile

I am gonna leave
Why did I begin?
The perfume my hair
How long will it stay?
This is gonna hurt 
Why did I begin?
I heal just to break 
A ritual that repeats

I know how it goes
I know how it feels
I know how it’s gonna unfold
A shock to the system
And soon I’m about to need you
My Love is a lonely thing 
My love…
Love is a lonely thing

How much I cry for your smile
How much I cry for your smile
Hmm… hmm

You know that kind of thirst
Go from ocean to desert
But now it’s far too late 
So let’s take it all the way

I know where I come
I knew where I go
I know when the summer turns cold
Abandon my reasons
But still it’s good to meet you
‘Cause Love is a lonely thing 
My love…
Love is a lonely thing

How much I cry for your smile
How much I cry for your smile
I cry for your smile

One of many temporary lovers 
My destiny of contemporary love
For your smile for your smile
For you for you 
For your smile for your smile 
For you for you
For your smile for your smile
For you for you 
I cry…
All my stories written by design

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Love Is A Lonely Thing

Love Is A Lonely Thing, Part 1

Love Is A Lonely Thing, Part 2 Released 14 OCT 19⠀⠀
Song written, produced and performed by Fifi Rong
Mixed and Mastered by Robert L. Smith, Defy Recordings
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Artwork Kasia Grabek ⠀⠀
Photo Zee Marla Osh video siren

Lyrics:
On a holiday   
Getaway
When the ocean fades
The sky turned grey
I became 
Your escape
The price I paid
The love we made
Oh joy no joy 
Don’t spoil
My lone soil 

But I do wanna be the one for you 
I do wanna be the one for you 

I do wanna I do wanna be the one 
I do wanna I do wanna be the one 

Don’t you wanna don’t you wanna be the one 
Don’t you wanna don’t you wanna be the one 

I should never love
Never trust
And just go back 
To where I’m lost

So I go beyond
And go above
Am I too much?
Or not enough

Oh joy no joy 
Don’t spoil
My lone soil 

I do wanna I do wanna be the one 
I do wanna I do wanna be the one 
Don’t you wanna don’t you wanna be the one 
Don’t you wanna don’t you wanna be the one 

Let hell break loose for 1000 times
That kind of Love will never be mine
No no don’t matter where you draw the line 
Take me with you to the other side

Love is a lonely thing 
Love is a lonely thing

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Love Is A Lonely Thing Part 2

Way Out

Love Is A Lonely Thing, Part 3 Released 9 Dec 19⠀⠀
Song written, produced and performed by Fifi Rong
Mixed and Mastered by Robert L. Smith, Defy Recordings
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Artwork Kasia Grabek ⠀⠀
Photo Zee Marla Osh video siren

Lyrics:
I can’t let you in my dysfunctions
I’m no good if you come any closer
I’ve seen a lot
I’m the icing sugar on top
Of your separation
On a surprise secret vacation
I’m perfectly human
I am not a grave
Where you bury your problems

No joy ‘cause love is lonely thing 
No joy ‘cause love is lonely thing 

Goodbye Lover, go back and love her

I want you enjoy this for the last time
Give it all ‘cause we’ll never be younger
I’ve seen too much to be the icing sugar on top

If it’s meant to happen
So we should take on the assignment
A part of me is broken
With all my last words left unspoken

No joy ‘cause love is lonely thing
For your smile for your mile
Cry for your smile

No joy ‘cause love is lonely thing
For your smile for your mile
Cry for your smile

Goodbye, goodbye

I still don’t believe in love
I don’t believe things that won’t last 
I still don’t believe in love
I don’t believe things that won’t last 
I still don’t believe in love
I don’t believe things that won’t last 
I still don’t believe in love
I don’t believe things that won’t last 
I still don’t believe in love
I don’t believe things that won’t last

Love Is A Lonely Thing Part 3

Distance Released 24 April 2020⠀
Song written, produced and performed by Fifi Rong

Guitar by Zoolon @zoolon_audio⠀
Mixed and mastered by Oskar Vizan @oskarvizan
Artwork/Photo by Dylan Chubb @dylnchbb ⠀⠀

Lyrics:
Jealousy, I’m bored of you
Wanna talk but I’ve no words
You’re so cold, I’m scared of you
You’re so good, I hate on you
Wanna make it last, in my sky
You don’t believe so watch me grow
Kind of detached, too lazy to feel
How much love can fight with something new

When I hear you say, those ordinary words
I listened intently, as if I’ve never heard
When I saw you stare, at the sky that might fall
I wanna kiss your neck, and forgive all your fault

Jealousy, I’m bored of you
Wanna talk but I’ve no thought
I really cared but I let it go
How much love can fight with something new

When I hear you say, those ordinary words
I listened intently, as if I’ve never heard
When I saw you stare, at the sky that might fall
I wanna kiss your neck, and forgive all your fault

Am I moving too fast, in isolation?
I told you my past, did you ever listen
I showed you my scars, but you kept your distance
I know that I’ve loved, in your absence
In your absence

When I hear you say, those ordinary words
I listened intently, as if I’ve never heard
When I saw you stare, at the sky that might fall
I wanna kiss your neck, and forgive all your fault

I watch the way you walk, wish we don’t have to stop
Matching you every step, knowing we don’t have to talk
I watch the way you walk, wish we don’t have to stop
Matching you every step, knowing we don’t have to

Distance

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'Love Yourself First' Released 5 June 2020⠀

Song written, produced and performed by Fifi Rong
Mixed and mastered by Oskar Vizan @oskarvizan
Artwork/Photo by Dylan Chubb @dylnchbb ⠀

Lyrics
Oh my shaky worthiness
I woke up feeling like this

Oh my wary confidence
It put me in a crisis

Love ended before it starts before it starts before it starts
I couldn't make it last and make it last and I see it passes

他们的爱，他们的爱，他们的爱无法拯救我 (Their love can not save me)
他们的爱，他们的爱，他们的爱永远不够多 （Their love is never enough）

给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱最简单快乐 (My own love is the simplest happiness)
给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱是最终解脱 (My own love is the ultimate salvation)

All I want is liberation
I’m paying for my freedom

So I choose to be broken
Surrender to the present

Love ended before it starts before it starts before it starts
I wanted to make it last and make it last and I see it passes

他们的爱，他们的爱，他们的爱无法拯救我 (Their love can not save me)
他们的爱，他们的爱，他们的爱永远不够多 （Their love is never enough）

给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱最简单快乐 (My own love is the simplest happiness)
给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱是最终解脱 (My own love is the ultimate salvation)

为了下次分离做好准备 Prepare for the next separation
保护灵魂最柔弱的部位 protest the softest place in my soul
自爱远远比他爱更珍贵 love from the self is far more precious than love from others
自爱原本是 最纯粹的美 loving oneself is the purest form of beauty

他们的爱，他们的爱，他们的爱无法拯救我 (Their love can not save me)
他们的爱，他们的爱，他们的爱永远不够多 （Their love is never enough）

给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱最简单快乐 (My own love is the simplest happiness)
给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱是最终解脱 (My own love is the ultimate salvation)

给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱最简单快乐 (My own love is the simplest happiness)
给我自己的爱， 自己的爱， 自己的爱是最终解脱 (My own love is the ultimate salvation)

There Is A Funeral In My Heart, For Every Man I Loved

Love Yourself First

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https://fifirong.bandcamp.com/track/de-ja-vu-ft-fifi-rong

Jetsam, fuelled by music coursing through his veins comes armed to the teeth with an impressive back catalogue of literally 1000’s of beats being member of Scotland’s notorious hip-hop crew, The Being. Now rapidly gaining attention for his unique style and versatility in a plethora of genres ranging from boom-bap, soul, R&B, trap, grime, drill and everything in-between, Jetsam debuts alongside the lustrous vocals of FiFi Rong who brings pure emotional intimacy and open vulnerability into her distinctive sonic vision.

Blending Alt Pop, Alt R&B, Electronica, Trip hop, IDM, Soundscape and UK Bass Music with her unmistakable vocals, brings FiFi Rong into an elite league of paradigm-pushing, Avant-Pop artists, collaborating with a slew of impressive household name and securing numerous awards.

About Jetsam

Konchis is a producer & engineer rapidly gaining attention for his unique style and versatility when it comes to production. At the age of 30 he's been honing his craft for 17 years culminating in a back catalogue of literally thousands of beats and a wealth of experience in the studio and on the stage. Part of Scotland’s notorious hip-hop crew The Being, Konchis also writes more experimental bass heavy music under the alias Jetsam. The son of Mr. Defy from the Glasgow crew II Tone Committee, Konchis has had music in his blood from birth. With production influenced by many genres his tracks have flavours of boom-bap, soul, R&B, trap, grime, drill, cinematic, library music, world music and everything in between.


About Fifi Rong

Fifi Rong began to build an illustrious career, going on to work with the likes of Skepta (on his hugely successful UK No. 2, Mercury Prize-winning album Konnichiwa), Yello, and Phaeleh. The illustrious music producer continues to challenge the status quo and rebels against cultural boundaries by freely experimenting sonically and visually, setting the precedent for a generation of young Chinese artists to come forth and embrace who they are. She is currently sharing the next stage of her journey online with her long-awaited project, Yi Jing 意境 Live Performance Series. The project is designed to bring the worlds of online concerts, short films, and performance/sonic/visual art all into one reality, with the aim to build a community of loyal aesthetes and avid music/art lovers. Fifi Rong has also begun to release her work as music and multimedia NFTs, marking herself as one of the forerunners in the exciting field.  Fifi Rong continues to work towards a future of freedom, creativity and self-expression, with a determined yet positive attitude.


Artwork by Denver Fernandes

Connect with Jetsam
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Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/jetsam/182428968


Connect with Fifi Rong
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fifirong
Instagram: https://instagram.com/fifirong
Facebook: https://facebook.com/fifirongmusic
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Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/fifi-rong/448530651

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Déjà Vu

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Jetsam - Déjà Vu ft. Fifi Rong

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Fifi Rong is a Chinese-British vocalist, songwriter, and producer known for her emotionally rich, genre-blending sound, subtly infused with elements of her Chinese heritage. Her music bridges Alt Pop, Alt R&B, Electronica, Trip-hop, IDM, Soundscape, Avant-Garde, and UK Bass - all bound by her unmistakable voice and artistic vision.

She has collaborated with artists including Skepta, Tricky, Yello, Phaeleh, and the late Lee 'Scratch' Perry, earning over 100 million plays in China and recognition from The Guardian, FADER, NME, and FACT Mag.

FiFi’s spellbinding live performances have appeared on major stages from Montreux Jazz Festival to Kraftwerk Berlin, and she joined Yello for a seven-date arena tour. She also launched the Yi Jing 意境 Live Performance Series - an innovative blend of concerts, short films, and visual art.

Her ongoing 7-EP series Qi:7 explores personal transformation, cultural identity, and emotional healing through a uniquely avant-pop lens.

Fifi Rong - Future Never Comes(Radio Edit)

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