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Praying For The Fall Of Rome

OPERATION LIGHTFOOT 
featuring Sophia Ben-Yousef
CHAINS      Released 27/10/15

Music & Lyrics by Luke Moore & Sophia Ben-Yousef
Recorded & mixed by Luke Alexander Hodgkinson
Mastered by Tony Draper

Vocals: Sophia Ben-Yousef
Guitar/piano/bass/cello: Luke Moore
Electric guitar/percussion: Luke Alexander Hodgkinson

Lyrics:

See the way that they hold themselves
Trapped within your game
See the way that they kiss and beg
Bound by your chains
Old and young, all the same
Dance to your tune
Softly spoken twisted words
Calling your name

Am I too late?  Too far gone?
Break these chains, leave your game.

Coins in palms and gritted teeth
Slaves and martyrs, all
Save their wealth but not themselves
Open cells await.
Fear and pain, forged with hate
Hold strong your heart.
Light and dark, choose your fate
Fight for your soul.

Am I too late?  Too far gone?
Break these chains, leave your game.

Chains feat. Sophia Ben-Yousef

Taken from the forthcoming E.P. 'Grace And Danger' on Mellowtone Records.
Released 21st April 2016. 
mellowtonerecords.com/
Copyright 2016 Ellisongs.

Mixed and Mastered by Danny Woodward at Whitewood Recording Studio.
Recording engineered by John King at AE Audio.
Produced by Nick Ellis

The Grand Illusion

Carry forth, bring back, upon your head, upon your back.                                                                                          Bring the water to the source. Make the reason fit the cause.                                                                            Take a journey to the east. Meet the priest you’d like to meet.                                                                               Beg to bow and kiss his feet and ask your wonder-whys. 

Build walls, make shapes, erect temples and drain lakes.                                                                                       Make friends, gather the foe to follow the thoughts they’ll never know.                                                                        All the leaders clean their faith, proclaim your faith’s the only way.                                                                              And, make you say the things you say then make you dress the same. 

We’re all under the same abuse. We’re all under the Grand Illusion. Allow me to carry on.

Go school, get a job, pay bills, make family.                                                                                                          Count your pennies and save your pay 
for a funeral day you’ll never see.                                                         
Wait around and watch the clock, 
the national jackpot’s all you’ve got.                                                                   And, tell your kids about the day you nearly hit the road. 

Leaders, clergy, barefoot saints who walk around anonymously,                                                                          collect the souls of those who sin and tax the shoes they’re walking in.                                                                      Make the punishment fit the crime for all the liars that like to lie.                                                                       And, scrutinise the powers that be for abusing what they own. 

We’re all under the same abuse. We’re all under the Grand Illusion. Allow me to carry on.

Like the king to the council, like the liar to the cheat.                                                                                           Like the servant to the queen, like the parishioner to the priest.                                                                        There’s always someone new to you who likes to tell you what to do.                                                                                      Who pushes and pokes and prods and points the finger,                                                                                     gives the orders, makes the laws and causes all the causes,                                                                                    that causes all the pain. 

We’re all under the same abuse. We’re all under the Grand Illusion. Allow me to carry on.                                    
We’re all under the same abuse. We’re all under the Grand Illusion. Allow me to carry on.
Allow them to carry on and you’re gone. 


The Grand Illusion - From the 'Grace And Danger' E.P.

Second single off Case Conrad's third album "A Tightrope Wish", out October 14 2016. Preorder the CD for 12 Euro incl. worldwide shipping: https://stargazerrecords.bandcamp.com...
www.caseconrad.com
www.stargazerrecords.de
www.thisisforte.com

The Swim

“They Think They’re People” might be a tongue in cheek reference to how the band see themselves in the music scene, but there’s nothing ironic about the music within. At 8 tracks deep, the band have given us everything from up-tempo and energetic live show favourites such as “Nowhere Fast” and ”You Don’t Know Me” to more laid back and psyche-rock-sleaze infused tracks like “Margins” and “Shine On”. Also included on the record is the single released earlier this year, “Going To Hell”, and newer material such as “Digging Up Dirt”, “Go Love Yourself” and “Reckless” that lead on nicely from the sound of their previous album, Hail.

Three Kings High have toured nationally and will be embarking on UK & European dates in Autumn 2016. They have also supported established acts like Huey Morgan, The Milk, Molotov Jukebox & Craig Charles, playing main stages at a number of Festivals, as well as on corporate stages put on by Nokia. They have been championed by BBC Radio 6 & BBC Introducing as ones to watch.

Nowhere Fast Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gar-CQ699NM
Going to Hell Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cUFKegJ_hE
Digging Up Dirt Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25SA_EiT-s

They Think They're People

Go Love Yourself

#Grown

Slow

Don't Be That Dude, by Bug Prentice. Taken from the forthcoming EP, released 16th September 2016. Pre-order now on bandcamp.

Ally Craig - vocal, guitar
Ruth Goller - bass, vocal
Stephen Gilchrist - drums

Recorded at One Cat Studio, Brixton. Engineered and mixed by Jon Clayton. Mastered by Mark Cawthra. Written by Ally Craig.

Don't Be That Dude

'Symmetry' is the lead single from Birmingham (UK) based singer-songwriter, beatboxer and producter Ed Geater's EP 'Unseen' released Friday 14th October via Music Mandi. 

Buy on iTunes: http://po.st/SymmetryITunes
Stream on Spotify: http://po.st/SymmetrySpotify
Buy physical CD: http://po.st/SymmetryCD
Buy 'Unseen EP': http://po.st/UnseeniTunes
Buy 'Unseen EP' CD: http://po.st/UnseenCD

For any more information, head to: http://edgeater.co.uk/

Symmetry Single

Symmetry (Radio Edit)

Symmetry [Radio Edit]

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

Somewhere I Used To Know (feat. Tommy Sissons)

Grace Moon & The Jaguar - Jungle

My love of the music and fun have brought me to create this track which gives an explicit portray of todays fun and parties.  i hope you BUMP it in your CAR or PARTIES, even Headphones.

work

WORK ( Explicit )  [FREE DOWNLOAD]

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)

Taken from the forthcoming album 'A.M' out October 14th 2016:
itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a.m./id1138208754
https://richardwalters.bandcamp.com/album/a-m
richardwaltersmusic.bigcartel.com/product/…re-order

www.richardwaltersmusic.co.uk
www.facebook.com/richardwaltersmusic
www.twitter.com/richardwalters

Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Aidan O'Brien
Mastered by James Bragg

Where Were You?

'Spectrum' is Krash X Elements follow up to their debut EP Astronauts and Crosses and has been featured as Westside FM's Track of the week and been played on BBC Radio Newcastle through BBC Introducing. Check the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7p4H2UjFXU

Krash X Elements are a hip hop duo based in London and Newcastle with Elements providing space aged beats for Krash's melodic hooks and their thought provoking and deep raps. 

http://krashxelements.wixsite.com/k-x-e
https://www.instagram.com/krashxelements/
https://www.facebook.com/krashxelements/https://twitter.com/krashwilliams

Spectrum

Ave Maria (12th JUNE 2015) - Trio Vocals

"Housing In a Bubble focusses specifically on the housing crisis" 
Wee Claire/Wee World

read full post here:
https://weeclaire.com/2016/10/29/a-song-a-day-astral-cloud-ashes-housing-in-a-bubble/

"Preach, Walker!"  BuffaBlog  
http://www.buffablog.com/astral-cloud-ashes-housing-bubble/

It’s never been the same since they bought this place, 
No-one thought the town would change, 
A few have got cash in the attic, 
But incomes erractic. 
They said we’d see the market gain traction, 
But Frank on the corner’s now making a fraction. 
He says he thinks we’re all in trouble 
‘Cause the housing’s in a bubble. 
We’re out for rational action, 
Forget the transaction, 

I’ve never been the same since I bought the rubble, 
They told me it would double, 
They told me it would grow exponentially, 
And infinitely, 
So when the truth hit me, 
That this was all built to fail, 
Everything I own sinking, like whales in the deep sea, 
Sinking the whole of the money tree, 
Completely. 

No housing de-lousing 
Work drowsy 
Just to feel lousy, 
Announcing, just browsing, is all I can afford to do. 

I’m going to build me a new house, 
I’ll do this myself, 
I just need somewhere for me and my girls 
I’m going to lay the foundation, 
It’s me against the world. 
I just need somewhere. 

No housing, de-lousing, 
work drowsy, just to feel lousy, 
announcing, just browsing, 
It’s all I ever wanted to do.


Track is taken from 'Too Close to the Noise Floor' released July 11, 2016 
Written, Performed, Recorded by : Astral Cloud Ashes 
Mixed By : Daniel Szanto 
Mastered : Tim Turan

Free Download!

Housing In A Bubble

Promises

Ross Palmer - guitar & vocals
Colin Somervell - double bass

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