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Geist

Keep Checking up on Me

The new album 'Love Of Too Much Living' from The Magic Lantern, release date 29th September 2014. 

Harvest Moon

Written and Recorded by Hejira. Mixed by Hejira and Floating Points. Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering. 

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Photo: Spain, 2025.

Another little musical journey. 

As ever, listen all the way through = good karma... thank you.

Drums: NI Kontakt sample pack.
Bass: Sandberg Elektra 4-string with flats through two instances of NI Guitar Rig.
Guitars: Suhr Custom Classic into some NI GuitarRig patches.
Keys: various NI, Arturia, Crow Hill Cosmos, Karanyi Lofi keys and Spitfire piano.
Mastering: Ozone 11 Standard.
DAW: Ableton 12.

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Falling

Lydia is the second single taken from the new album 'To The Islands' from The Magic Lantern, written during a tumultuous return to his childhood home in Australia. 

Opening with intricate finger picking, a wistful mood is established before Jamie’s intimate lead vocal takes centre stage. Written at a real liminal point in Jamie's life, Lydia is the most personal song on the album, so when it came to recording, the intention was to focus on the intensity that comes with stripping everything away. 

A defiantly solo song, Jamie chose to record it live in one take. Reminiscent of the personal, oblique narrative songs of Elliot Smith and hushed intimacy of Sufjan Stevens, Lydia demonstrates Jamie’s undeniable conviction. 

Influenced by the likes of folk, jazz and contemporary music, Jamie is dedicated to remedying the anxiety and fear present in all of us. Born in Australia, before moving to the UK at 12, Jamie adopted the stage name of The Magic Lantern and began writing songs while studying philosophy in Bristol. Moving to London in 2007, his debut album was released with a chamber-folk style quintet in 2011 before returning to his solo roots with an intimate second album in 2014. The Magic Lantern has received praise from numerous publications including The Guardian, Acoustic Magazine and Folk Radio UK as well as BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction and BBC Radio 2’s Jamie Cullum, Mark Radcliffe and Bob Harris among others. 

His third album sees The Magic Lantern return with a new ensemble drawn from London’s thriving jazz scene, exploring memory and hope in a world of near constant uncertainty.

Lydia is out now via Hectic Eclectic Records.

Lydia

You (FTB Remix)

Helena Deland's new single 'Truth Nugget' out now. Her debut album 'Someone New' out October 16th. Pre-order now: https://helenadeland.lnk.to/TruthNuggetID

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You shed all your layers
And become a truth nugget
My desperately open boy

You say you can’t hold anything back
It’s a habit
You say what’s on your mind
Whatever’s on your mind

Now you haven’t got anything on
It’s a habit 
That dies hard

Watch me do my makeup and hair
While you make up hypotheses out of thin air
I am another solid mystery when it comes to you
Michael, I’m the puzzle in the other room

Mountain park
The gate where you stand guard
And spread a blanket
So you have it
In case I come around

Festively clothed
We’ll shed layers and expose
The naked landscapes of our minds
We’ll crack open our minds

I am one to keep everything on
It’s a habit
That dies hard

Watch me do my makeup and hair
While you make up hypotheses out of thin air
I am another solid mystery when it comes to you
Michael, I’m the puzzle in the other room

Someone new

Helena Deland - Truth Nugget

Helena Deland's new single 'Someone New' out now. Her debut album 'Someone New' out October 16th. Pre-order now: https://helenadeland.lnk.to/SomeoneNewID

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If I could have every thought
As though for the first time
I'd never get sick of
The patterns of my mind
But I am stuck

If things go my way
I’ll stay in this room 
Where tonight I want to lay
Kissing someone new
With a familiar face
I can’t replace

Because remembering, no
It hasn’t been enough
It’s like the partial glow
A bright flower gives off
At night
Color imprecise 

What if I told you
It’ll all just end the same 
And then turned to you
Showed you my game 
You’d believe I’m stuck
Until I get ahold of

A stranger to remind me
I don’t contain the world
It is outside, can’t I see?
And in it I’m this lucky girl
And how to play my role
'Til I get too old

By then remembering, oh
It better be enough
I'll be covered head to toe
In the faded flower patterns of
Memories
Of nights like these
Of good times passed
I'll be home at last

And I will give
Myself a fucking break

If things go my way
I'll stay in this room 
Where again I want to lay
Kissing someone new
Who tells me 
Something pretty 
So that I too
Can feel like someone New

You (FTB Remix)

Hejira

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