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Kompoz.com collaboration
Joel Sattler - lyrics
Joao Cabrita - drums
Siniša Petrić - guitar, vocal, bass

Other World Blues

Wait

High Kingdom Pt. 1

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6cR1SABd7JYvlwFbWvhkrl?si=o3PWjYwSRDmz9CAERtvOyQ
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://edeniris.bandcamp.com/track/sunshine-motel

The mornings aren’t cold here
I try not to bother you
The year of the dog 
Marked me like your secret tattoo
Friends have moved on 
Or just moved away 
The city has changed 
But I know a place 
We can leave today 

Tell me are you lonely or somewhere in between
Time moving slowly and the death of a dream 
I can’t shake this feeling of what never was
Even this town has changed more than us  
I don’t want to leave yet, can I just stay here
At the sunshine motel, run your hand through my hair 
I don’t wanna be yet, can I stay unborn 
At the sunshine motel with you in my arms 

I've been getting nowhere, I’m not taking what’s mine 
It’s just cold observations and cynical lines 
But the swimming pool looks perfect, with you on the surface 
Simmer in the twilight, your cigarette light shines 
You still make me nervous 

Tell me are you lonely or somewhere in between
Time moving slowly and the death of a dream
I can’t shake this feeling of what never was
Even this town has changed more than us  
I don’t want to leave yet, can I just stay here
At the sunshine motel, run your hand through my hair 
I don’t wanna be yet, can I stay unborn 
At the sunshine motel with you in my arms 

I wanna turn down these lights 
At the end of the day 
I can’t make you mine 
Why do I try anyway 
And time is a dancer
Leading you on 
But you can’t move in this room
You won’t move ’til I’m gone 

So tell me are you lonely
I’m somewhere in between  
Time’s moving slowly 
It’s the death of a dream 
I can’t shake this feeling of what never was 
Now all of these ghosts are changing like us 
I don’t want to leave yet 
Can I just stay here
At the sunshine motel 
Run your hand through my hair 
I don’t want to see yet 
Can I stay unborn 
At the sunshine motel with you in my arms 
At the sunshine motel with you in the dawn
At the sunshine motel you were the one

Track Credits: “Sunshine Motel” written by Eden Iris. Produced by Eden Iris and Ben King. 
Vocals, acoustic guitars, and keyboards performed by Eden Iris. 
Electric guitar and bass guitar performed by Ben King. 
Drums performed by Tom Broome. 
Cello performed by David Landau @cellandau. 
Violin performed by Phoebe Silva @phoeborama. 
Engineered by Eden Iris and Ben King. 
Mixed by Ben King. 
Mastered by John Greenham at Clearlight Mastering in Los Angeles. 
Cover Art by Louie Gooey at Goo Promotions

Sunshine Motel

Shift Up

MLØZ turned the original version upside-down.
In this new arrangement the the progressive trance elements accompanied by Michelle voice will surely make anybody dance.

McDubtrix X Michelle Dowd - Legends (MLØZ Remix)

The debut EP from Norwich-based band Citizen Smith, as featured on BBC Introducing. Recorded at The Sickroom Studios

Why Can't You Smile

A feel good song by Charlotte and I , the last one for this year but working on new stuff for 2024 . I've got another 3 songs out to finish the year off , the next one is in 3 days time . We would like to thank you for all the support you have given us this year , outstanding !
Featured on New album - Hopes and Dreams
https://open.spotify.com/album/78ewrWZjS41XvHT9mFWd6O?si=yDMcRADSSrOdWlanz6UPMw
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWWNcrIRv08J_eEbL7MJ_1UTdMo0MjJLM

Time Of Our Lives

Time Of Our Lives ( Charlie and the Fox )

Roses N Daisies

Roses n Daisies (RADIO EDIT)

Sitting in an empty room in central Krakow Poland...
Everyone is running wild and
Everything's been stolen
No-one seems to know the past
No one needs reminding
Everyone is making sense
And everything is blinding....


Sitting in an empty room in central Krakow...
Everyone is running scared
and everything's been FROZEN!

Krakow

Exist

Free Will is the first single and the opening track from Adam Ross's new album, Littoral Zone. The song is a stream-of-consciousness journey through a list of doubts, desires, demons and disputes as warped synths and rolling bass guitar slowly build to a sweeping orchestral conclusion. Free Will is a perfect scene-setter showcasing Adam's wry lyricism and the masterful skills of his musical collaborators. The album is produced by Andrew Wasylyk who brings a sonic palette of bone-dry drum kits, modulating keyboards and sparkling piano, all topped off with heart-stirring string arrangements by Pete Harvey, yearning vocals by Gillian Fleetwood and punctuating brass by Rachel Simpson.

Recorded in 2023 during a series of studio sessions in Dundee, the song takes you on a stroll through a north-east village as the narrative flits between parochial and existential concerns, introspection and shabby romance. It marks a departure from the sparse folk of Adam’s previous album and opens up the new, expansive musical world of the Littoral Zone.

Adam says about the song:

"I was thinking about the idea of blame and guilt, having read a book about free will. There's a theory that says free will doesn't exist because there's evidence we make choices before our brains have the chance to actually think about them. And if that's true then it's either a scary/depressing realisation or potentially a liberating one because then there's no need for blame or shame - stuff just happens.  
“Naturally, that led to a line about religion. I had a pretty positive experience with a religious childhood but I don't believe anymore and the only hangover is sometimes finding it hard to shake the idea I'm being watched, which is sort of where the tattoo line came from. I'm really pleased with how this song turned out, particularly the way the outro loops and builds. It felt like a pretty good opening statement for the album."

Free Will is released on 17th January as a digital single. It also comes as a free download with pre-orders of Littoral Zone which is released by Fika Recordings on 24th May on vinyl, CD and digital.

Adam Ross - Littoral Zone - Free Will

Slayer on a Sunny Day

The song deals with a type of relationship that hasn’t happened yet but it feels like you’ve been together for a very long time . The song is out now on all streaming platforms. And you , have you ever had a “suspended love”?

Suspended Love

flakebelly // in parks of tall trees

Dive into the psychedelic realm of "In Parks of Tall Trees" - an auditory trip that defies explanation. Backwards piano chords weave with poems of dreams, accompanied by a heartbeat of furious drums. Piano riffs masquerade as bass guitars as solipsistic organs take center stage.

https://linktr.ee/flakebelly
https://songwhip.com/flakebelly

(P) 2024 flakebelly - all rights reserved
(C) 2024 flakebelly - all rights reserved

In Parks of Tall Trees

In Parks Of Tall Trees

‘Forget It' is a big sludgy sabbath-worship of a track, combined with a loud/quiet dynamic using big tempo changes. Musically playing with the lyrical themes of living inside a brain plagued by panic attacks and anxiety.

Described by Maximum Volume as "engrossing slow burn nigh on doom laden offering initially before taking off briefly with a screaming invective before slowing again. Just when you start to relax it races off again with cries for help before fading out with manic laughter"

FFO: The Bronx, Manchester Orchestra, Pulled Apart By Horses.

The Tall Trees – Forget It

Disorder is taken from Keening's second album - James Francis Diaries.
Preorder available here - https://darkliberationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/james-francis-diaries-2
James Francis was the lead singer of the cult band Strange Ones. He disappeared in 1993 from the island of Losse in Scotland where he was recording his debut album.

In 2022, James’ tapes and diaries were given by James’ parents to the band Keening. Keening had discovered and fallen in love with the Strange Ones' records and learned about James’ disappearance. The original demos themselves, even with digital restoration are unlistenable as James distorted the recordings and overdubbed them with found sounds from the island. Instead of replicating the songs, Keening decided to write their own music inspired by James’ diary, the mystery surrounding his disappearance, his lyrics, and the island of Losse. James’ edited diary is included here for interest and with the permission of his family.

releases January 20, 2024

James Francis Diaries

Disorder

Minimum Wage (Give Me Money)

Acceptable/unacceptable, meaning it & being real vs keeping distance, giving space vs abandoning. As fluid as the tendency for the soon-to-be-progressive society is, the rigid borders well-serving the Either-Or world are yet being built. It's not easy to navigate in a reality like this, it's so easy to get lost in it. That's what the song is probably about if you're hungry for meanings. Could what we read in fairytales and myths as kids be valid and adequate for guiding us through adulthood?
Was previewed on BBC Introducing Scotland on December 8 2023. This is the 3rd and final single preceding debut EP coming in 2024.

ada ardor - Right

In The Dark

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