A Life of Surprises is a reminder that the most beautiful moments are often the ones we never saw coming.
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Cover artwork by Annie Spratt
https://unsplash.com/illustrations/plant-with-dark-silhouettes-against-a-pink-background-ALPn3wzSUac

A Life of Surprises

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Words and vocal @augenmerk
Music & mix @guiville
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https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/symbol-203-feat-augenmerk-guiville

Tracks (Feat. Augenmerk)

Music & mix Guiville @guiville
Vocals, lyrics, and additional string arrangements by Michael Wheelwright @wheelwright
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https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/truth-guiville-wheelwright

VHS 22 (Feat. Wheelwright)

Dirk Maasen - Piano - https://soundcloud.com/dirk-maassen-official
Guiville - MIx, acoustic guitar, bass, synth & drum programming @guiville

Dirk has a wonderful piano track that's open for collab. I couldn't resist creating a backdrop for his keys. The Original stem: https://soundcloud.com/dirk-maassen-official/open

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Dirk Maassen - Open (Guiville Remix)

Music &amp; mix Guiville @guiville

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Power

// Original vocals Anne Boyko
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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This track with Anne singing was based on the first track I uploaded onto Soundcloud which you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/guiville/what-will-you-do-now-mr-darcy with acoustic guitars and a little synth background for textures. Guitars recorded using (from ebay for £9.00): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-980186-…ne/dp/B0000ATCOR
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I hope everyone likes this new version as much as I do.
--
Track lyrics:

You left with the rain, took the sun from my skin
Now the days drag along, so sallow, so thin
I still set the table for two out of spite
Though I know that your shadow won’t join me tonight

Oh, love, how cruel you can be
A whisper, a promise, now lost in the sea
I call out your name, but the echoes just sigh
The ghost of us lingers, yet never replies

The streets where we wandered now mock me alone
Your laughter replaced with the hum of my phone
Oh, I should have known you would vanish like mist
Leaving nothing behind but the bruise of your kiss

Oh, love, how cruel you can be
A whisper, a promise, now lost in the sea
I call out your name, but the echoes just sigh
The ghost of us lingers, yet never replies

And all the poetry, and all the lines
That I carved into walls to keep you in time
Have faded to nothing, just like your last glance
Oh, wasn't it tragic? Or was it just chance?

So here’s to the dream that dissolved into dust
To the hands I won’t hold, to the words I can’t trust
I dress for the gallows, I wait for the call
But love doesn’t answer, no, not at all...
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Photo by Rodolfo Sanches Carvalho
https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-standing-near-fern-plant-CsNacHXW6RU

What Will You Do Now (Feat. Anne Boyko)

// Original vocals Libby
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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Track lyrics:

The station hums with echoes low,  
Neon flickers, engines slow.  
A suitcase full of dreams untold,  
A ticket clutched in hands so cold.  

Footsteps fading down the line,  
Ghosts of laughter left behind.  
One more ride, one last time,  
Before the dawn erases mine.  

On the last train home, where the memories flow,  
Rolling through the night like a shadow show.  
Steel on the tracks sings a lonesome tone,  
Whispering stories of those who’ve gone.  

Raindrops race the windowpane,  
Flickering towns call out my name.  
Faces blurred like passing lights,  
Gone too fast to say goodnight.  

Footsteps fading down the line,  
Ghosts of laughter left behind.  
One more ride, one last time,  
Before the dawn erases mine.  

On the last train home, where the memories flow,  
Rolling through the night like a shadow show.  
Steel on the tracks sings a lonesome tone,  
Whispering stories of those who’ve gone.  

Every mile is a moment lost,  
Every turn is the past’s own cost.  
Fading echoes, fleeting ties,  
Disappear with the morning skies.  

The station nears, the brakes sigh low,  
A final stop, nowhere to go.  
Stepping off, the night still hums,  
Another traveler, lost and done.

--
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash // https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt

Lost and Done (Feat. Libby)

// Original vocals Victoria Fox Shaw
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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Woke up to the silence, a vacant room
The morning light cuts through the gloom
I hear the clock ticking, like it’s keeping time
But it never moves fast enough, it’s always behind

I’ve got a book that I never read
And a bed that’s too big for just one head
I whisper to the walls, but they never reply
The loneliness sits with me, but I don’t know why

I’m living alone in the static
The world moves around, but I’m stuck in the attic
Of my own thoughts, and I can’t escape
Just a face in the mirror, trying to relate

I walk the streets with no one to call
The empty spaces echo in the hall
I see people laughing, they’re out in the sun
But I’m here in the shadows, always on the run

The phone sits silent, just like my mind
I reach out for connection, but I can’t find
A hand to hold or a place to stay
Just a ghost in the crowd, fading away

I’m living alone in the static
The world moves around, but I’m stuck in the attic
Of my own thoughts, and I can’t escape
Just a face in the mirror, trying to relate

The city hums, but I don’t hear the song
I don’t fit in, I’ve never belonged
I’m just waiting for a voice to break through
But all I hear is the sound of my shoes

I’m living alone in the static
The world moves around, but I’m stuck in the attic
Of my own thoughts, and I can’t escape
Just a face in the mirror, trying to relate

Alone in the Static (Feat. Victoria Fox Shaw)

// Original vocals Abbie Woodrush
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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There were shadows on the sundial,  
Growing longer every spring,  
Tiny boots by the doorway,  
Now quiet like a bird with folded wings.  
Echoes of their laughter  
Still sleep in the floorboards deep,  
But the clocks keep steady breathing,  
And the roots don’t beg the leaves to keep.

They are feathers in the wind,  
Drawn by skies they’ve never known,  
Not ours to hold, only to begin,  
Now they find the breeze alone.  
We were shelters, we were songs,  
Now we hum them from afar,  
Guiding by the dimming light  
Of a once-familiar star.

There’s a coat left on the railing,  
And a name etched in the frost,  
Pages turned in quiet silence  
Where no stories have been lost.  
The door still opens softly,  
Though no footsteps follow through,  
Even absence has its colour,  
And the silence carries you.

They are feathers in the wind,  
Drawn by skies they’ve never known,  
Not ours to hold, only to begin,  
Now they find the breeze alone.  
We were shelters, we were songs,  
Now we hum them from afar,  
Guiding by the dimming light  
Of a once-familiar star.

Let the sky be wide and patient,  
Let the maps remain unread,  
Let the night be kind and quiet  
When they rest their growing heads.

They are feathers in the wind,  
And the wind must let them go.  
We were earth beneath their wings,  
Now we’re just the place they know.  
We were shelters, we were songs,  
Now we hum them from afar,  
Still their names are stitched in sky  
Like a slow, returning star.

Feathers in the Wind (Feat. Abbie Woodrush)

// Original vocals Lucy
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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No matter how the night falls,
I see you slipping away,
Don't turn your back,
When the light fades,
Why refuse a touch

Won't you stay with me and take me away?
Won't you call my name and show me the way?
I keep searching, but the echoes fade,
Still, your voice keeps calling me

No matter how the dawn breaks,
The shadows still remain.
Calling your name,
Through the silence,
Why must we love in vain?

Won't you stay with me and take me away?
Won't you call my name and show me the way?
I keep searching, but the echoes fade,
Still, your voice keeps calling me

No matter how the stars shine,  
Their glow can’t make you stay.  
Lost in the dark,  
As the time fades,  
Why let love slip away? 

Won't you stay with me and take me away?
Won't you call my name and show me the way?
I keep searching, but the echoes fade,
Still, your voice keeps calling me

No matter how the wind cries,  
It whispers through the pain.  
Reaching for you,  
But the night stays,  
Why do we drift like rain?

Why Do We Drift Like Rain? (Feat. Lucy)

// Original vocals John 'Zac' Hill
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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The rain hit the pavement, cold and grey,
Running through the council estate,
Me and my brothers, out all day,
Living off laughter, crisps, and fate.

Dad’s old Ford, rusting in the drive,
Mum’s vinyl spinning, keeping us alive,
Bowie and Boland sang us to sleep,
Dreams in the static, memories deep.

Oh, the echoes of the past still call my name,
Flickering like old TV flames,
From hiding in fields to the corner shop,
Time moves on, but the past won’t stop.

Saturday mornings, sweet and slow,
Kicking a ball where the wild grass grows,
Stealing a smoke behind the shed,
Tales of tomorrow filling our heads.

Dad’s old Ford, rusting in the drive,
Mum’s vinyl spinning, keeping us alive,
Punk on the telly, disco at dawn,
We never knew we’d soon be gone.

Oh, the echoes of the past still call my name,
Flickering like old TV flames,
From hiding in fields to the corner shop,
Time moves on, but the past won’t stop.

Letters from school, old scuffs on my knees,
The smell of the chippy still rides on the breeze,
Brothers in battle, but brothers in arms,
Now only shadows remain in the calm.

And if I could, I’d go back again,
To rainy streets and childhood friends,
But the echoes fade, the years move fast,
Still, I hold on to the echoes of the past.

Brothers (Feat. John 'Zac' Hill)

// Original vocals Claire Thomson
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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We were fire, we were gold,  
Burning bright, never growing old.  
Whispers in the summer rain,  
Now just ghosts that call my name.  

I see your face in shattered glass,  
A love too wild, a love too fast.  
Echoes of a dream we chased,  
Now just ashes gone to waste.  

Oh, where did the time go?  
We were young, we didn't know.  
Hearts like thunder, hands so strong,  
Now just echoes of youth gone wrong.  

Late-night drives and reckless bets,  
Swearing we'd have no regrets.  
But the neon lights have faded cold,  
Left us stories left untold.  

I see your face in shattered glass,  
A love too wild, a love too fast.  
Echoes of a dream we chased,  
Now just ashes gone to waste.  

Oh, where did the time go?  
We were young, we didn't know.  
Hearts like thunder, hands so strong,  
Now just echoes of youth gone wrong.

We Were Fire, We Were Gold (Feat. Claire Thomson)

// Original vocals Helen Skirton
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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Silent echoes fill space,
Hearts drift, losing their place.
Fingers slip from my hand,
Love dissolves into sand.

Moonlight dims on us,
Shadows stretch, creeping dusk.
Once was bright, now fades,
Cold replaces warm days.

Fading love, falling slow,
Like lost stars won’t glow.
Every touch, ghostly cold,
Hearts forget what they hold.

Footsteps leave shallow prints,
Time erases past hints.
Empty words, hollowed deep,
Echoes die, whispers weep.

Ocean pulls love away,
Waves crash, won’t stay.
Once a fire, now dust,
Ashes blow, losing trust.

Fading love, falling slow,
Like lost stars won’t glow.
Every touch, ghostly cold,
Hearts forget what they hold.

Silent echoes remain,
Love dissolves with the rain.
Fingers slip, midnight calls,
Fading love - nothing at all.

Fading Love (Feat. Helen Skirton)

Ministering Angels (Intstrumental)

// Original vocals Emma Anderson
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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The rain fell down in the usual way,  
So I pulled my coat tight and walked away.  
The streets were empty, but ghosts still spoke,  
Whispering names of love that broke.  

And if I swore I'd never care,  
It wouldn’t change the way I stare  
At lovers laughing, hand in hand,  
Oh, such a cruel and perfect plan.  

Never Sunday, never light,  
Only grey in the morning, only cold at night.  
Never Sunday, never true,  
Just a faded photograph where I once stood with you.  

A letter unread on the table lies,  
A relic of time, now brittle with sighs.  
I trace your name with absent thought,  
A masterpiece of pain I bought.  

And if the clocks could just reverse,  
Would it be better or be worse?  
Or would I find, despite my will,  
That you'd still leave, and I'd love you still?  

Never Sunday, never light,  
Only grey in the morning, only cold at night.  
Never Sunday, never true,  
Just a faded photograph where I once stood with you.  

The church bells rang, but not for me,  
No grand procession, no jubilee.  
The hands of fate, so cruel, so sly,  
Turned their backs as you passed by.  

So I’ll walk home with head held low,  
Through silent streets where cold winds blow.  
No dawn, no dusk, no love, no way,  
Never Sunday, never stay.

Never Sunday (Feat. Emma Anderson)

// Original vocals Elizabeth Wiśniewski
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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I found a hat beneath the sky,
It whispered low, "Come learn to fly,"
So I buttoned up my coat of stars
And sailed above the trolley cars.

The clouds were brewing lemon tea,
A bird with boots made space for me,
We sang a song of sideways rain
And danced around a weather vane.

I’m flying free, just me and the moon,
Skipping through echoes of a silvery tune,
No tether, no ticket, no gravity fee,
Just feathers on a Tuesday,
And nothing chasing me.

A fish in spectacles waved “Hi,”
As paper planes went floating by,
The clocks all chimed a different time,
And none of them were mine.

Down below, the people crawl,
All squared up and vertical,
But here I am - a dandelion,
Kissed by wind and gently flyin'.

I’m flying free, just me and the moon,
Skipping through echoes of a silvery tune,
No tether, no ticket, no gravity fee - 
Just feathers on a Tuesday,
And nothing chasing me.

So if you hear a laughing breeze,
It might be me among the trees,
Still drifting where the weird things be...
Still floating...
Still free.

Still Free (Feat. Elizabeth Wiśniewski)

// Original vocals Clare Deacon
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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We met between two yawns of twilight, 
In a café that no longer exists. 
You ordered food and wine,
We drank to well past midnight

Midnight wore your silhouette 
Like a coat too thin for the weather. 
I mistook your silence 
for something sacred
We would laugh and cry

And Paris didn't blink, 
As we unraveled our slow embrace. 
I kissed the ghost of your goodbye 
Under a billboard of someone else’s forever. 
You spoke French and I would try
Some things are left unsaid

You left like a metaphor leaves the poem— 
Slipped between the margins. 
Your coat remained on the chair, 
Smelling of Camus and cigarettes.

We carved nothing into the Pont des Arts, 
Said everything with our shoulders. 
Our ruck sacks were so heavy
And the sun was so very bright

And Paris didn't blink, 
As we unraveled our slow embrace. 
I kissed the ghost of your goodbye 
Under a billboard of someone else’s forever. 
You spoke French and I would try
Some things are left unsaid

I walked back to the hotel 
Where we made love
No one waves. 
Not even Paris.
A long goodbye.
Not in Paris.

Not in Paris (Feat. Becky Deacon)

// Original vocals Elizabeth Starr
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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We used to walk down city streets,  
Laughing loud, hearts in sync.  
Now echoes fill the empty seats,  
And I can’t hear a thing.  

We’re staring at the same night sky,  
But the stars don’t shine the same.  
Your name still lingers in my mind,  
Like an old forgotten flame.  

We are alone, but we’re together,  
Drifting like ships in stormy weather.  
Lost in the space between the past and now,  
Trying to hold on, but we don’t know how.  

Pictures fade but never burn,  
Memories haunt, they twist and turn.  
All the words we left unsaid,  
Still whisper in my head.  

We’re staring at the same blue moon,  
But the glow don’t feel as bright.  
Two lost souls in separate rooms,  
Still reaching through the night.  

We are alone, but we’re together,  
Drifting like ships in stormy weather.  
Lost in the space between the past and now,  
Trying to hold on, but we don’t know how.  

If I call your name, would you turn around?  
If I chase the past, will I just fall down?  
We’re stuck in time, between hello and goodbye,  
Still searching for the reasons why.  

We are alone, but we’re together,  
Two shadows bound but tied to never.  
Maybe someday, in another life,  
We’ll find a way to make it right.

Twist and Turn (Feat. Elizabeth Starr)

// Original vocals Kateryna Andruko
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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Paper moths in the window pane,
Chasing the hush of a neon rain.
Your breath writes poems on my skin,
Lines undone where dreams begin.

No name for the colour between
The dusk and what we’ve never seen
A whisper left on a turning page,
A tremble just beyond the cage.

In the half-light, we dissolve,
Sketches traced in slow resolve.
Shadows bend where you and I
Forget the shape of reasons why.
No need for dawn, no room for right
We bloom like film in silver night.

Your fingers speak in minor chords,
Touch like questions never formed.
We hang between the now and not,
Hung canvases the world forgot.

The lamp hums low like a held breath,
Each sigh a step away from death.
We are unnamed, unsaved, uncaged
A fever in the margin's page.

In the half-light, we dissolve,
Sketches traced in slow resolve.
Shadows bend where you and I
Forget the shape of reasons why.
No need for dawn, no room for right
We bloom like film in silver night.

Stay until the light forgets,
We are the echo silhouettes.
Not love, not lust, but something truer
A half-light hymn in shades obscure.
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Photo by https://unsplash.com/@barnikakovacs
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In The Half Light (Feat. Kateryna Andruko)

Vocals & lyrics by Mercy @mercymercymoi
Music, acoustic guitar, keys & mix by Guiville @guiville
Included on https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/interlude-guiville-nov-2016
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https://versesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-stand-an-international-compilation-in-support-of-planned-parenthood
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Wide open spaces
Red rock
Quenching for water
I see for miles
Watching time pass
Looking to the future
Its here

Fire - red- orange
Colorado clementine
Send help
Gaia
Fire on the water

What could you put out
What can you put out
Wide open spaces
Red rock
Quenching water
I see for miles

Fire-red- orange
Colorado clementine
Send help
Gaia
Theres fire on the water
Fire on the water

Fire On The Water feat. Mercy Weiss

Music & mix @guiville
Violin Lena MolFa @lena-molfa
http://www.lena-molfa-violin.de
https://www.facebook.com/lenamolfa
Vocals & lyrics Mohanad Zohiar

Included on https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/interlude-guiville-nov-2016

True Emotion feat. Lena MolFa & Mohanad Zohiar

F**k You It's Christmas

F**k You It's Christmas feat. bentcousin

Vocals and lyrics by Kyte
Music and mix by Guiville

Included on https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/interlude-guiville-nov-2016

Hollow

Hollow feat. Kyte

Vocals & lyrics by @dinamn7
Music & mix by @guiville

Will I ever be me
As I'm constantly
Running
Running away
Till I reach the sun
Every step I think I'm there, I am free
But I'm lost, stranded at sea
Who am I?
Who are you?
Who are we?
Will I ever find me?
I never stop being,
I'm not one, but eternal rays of color
Euphoric as I run, each day a new way
Till I finally reach the sun
Will I ever find me?
Till I finally reach the sun

Two Hearts feat. Dinamn

Music and mix @guiville
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https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/truth-guiville-wheelwright
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My Mum loved her fags and Martini. When I was child I'd make a trip to the local Spar shop for her in the days before you were asked ID. It was her 'Martini Money'. Gui x

For those interested... 
Martini label: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/25/99/e42599ef35660acaabe52fb2bb42a310.jpg
No.6 fags: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/men/2016/05/19/players_no.6_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqql6ZVqw2K9kLBBgaKs87NAlgjHCouUg7M08dJRyrjJk.jpg?imwidth=450
Spar Shop: https://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/6794955420

Martini Money - Instrumental

// READ ME // Big thanks to everyone who has liked, reposted, commented and just listened to the track x Anyone who made it past the 3 minute barrier I send big virtual hugs! x

// Vocals and lyrics by Anja Enrud @anjaemusic
// Music and mix Guiville

// Featured on TrackForDays: http://tracksfordays.com/post/170811401531/guiville-like-a-freak-ft-anja-enerud-rising

// Photo by Valentina Aleksandrovna
// Vocal sample of Lauren Bacall from 'To Have and Have Not' 1944
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Have_and_Have_Not

"You don’t have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you Steve? You just put your lips together, and blow."

Like A Freak feat. Anja Enerud

Painkiler

Painkiller

Music & mix by Guiville  @guiville
Vocals & lyrics by Wheelwright @wheelwright
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https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/truth-guiville-wheelwright
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Waiting for the bell to ring
I'll miss the bus if I don't hurry then
Up the hill and down the shops coz
Today I've got Martini money

Then walk the dog and watch the telly coz dad's not back yet
Then I'll pretend to do some homework and then it's tea time

And they made us a home
Wasn't always easy
Didn't see at the time
Just how much they loved us and

No one ever said life is easy
Coz life's not easy but
Mum would always say
If we make do then we'll get through

She wasn't exactly a morning person but
She'd always get up at seven and make my packed lunches
Then she'd go back to bed with her Benson & Hedges
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References:
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Spar shop, Park North Swindon https://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/6794955420/in/album-72157623050557262/
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Martini 
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/20875/martini-rosso-bot1980s
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Benson and Hedges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKWE2KvdC0I
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Instrumental version
https://soundcloud.com/guiville/martini-money
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x

Martini Money (Feat. Wheelwright)

// Original vocals, lyrics Keri Johnson @kerijohnson
// Music and mix Guiville @guiville
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// Spotify: https://t.co/eC7Wj6fg8n?amp=1
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// Apple: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/one-last-goodbye-feat-keri-johnson-ep/1516809747

Tomorrow

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Morning

Morning (Feat. Faerie)

Solo artist/producer from Swindon, UK - dabbling in sounds while others sing. No idea what I’m doing 😉. Love to all who listen, comment, and repost! x
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音楽は楽しいです

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