Opening track of the album, Release

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Random Rab - Perceiver

Written by Jessie Arlen
Produced + Arranged by Jessie Arlen & Jordan McLean

Drums by Mackenzie Williamson 
Guitar by Luke O'Malley 
Bass by Christopher Smith
Trumpet by Jordan McLean 
Saxophone by Dean Buck 
Farfisa by Victor Axelrod
Vocals by Jessie Arlen

Engineered + Mixed by Abe Seiferth 
Mastered by Steve Berson

Sooo Serious

Cant get enough of this! 

*I DO NOT OWN THIS SONG

Soulful East Coast by Sound Scientists

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Hero Records presents the forthcoming limited 7” single: 
Frameworks featuring QNC 'Back To The Music' (HR014S)
After the success of their first single on Hero Records, 'Ain't No Use' , Manchester producer Frameworks (aka Matt Brewer) and legendary New York MCs QNC (aka Q-Ball and Curt Cazal) return with the brand new soul-tinged head-nooder, 'Back To The Music'.  Backed with the funk-fuelled Renegades of Jazz remix of their, ahem, classic tune 'Classic' this double-sider updates old school hip hop values for 2015.

QNC should need no introduction but if you have been hiding under a rock for the last 25 years then they have released a bagful of singles on seminal labels such as Gee Street , D&D and Chopped Herring as well as the album “Dynamic Duo” on Grand Central and have been featured on releases by the likes of Aim and Rae & Christian. Not forgetting Curt Cazal's former group, the highly influential, JVC FORCE of 'Strong Island' fame.

Frameworks has released the downtempo 'Vanish' and 'Old Friend' EPs on First Word Records featuring vocalists such as Kathrin DeBoer from Belleruche and Island Records' JP Cooper as well a couple of albums from his 'Brickbuilders' project alongside BluRum 13 (One Self) on My First Moth. He is currently finishing his debut solo album release for First Word Records.

Renegades of Jazz (aka David Hanke aka Little Trooper aka one half of Mash & Munkee) has just released the single 'Fire' featuring Aspects and his second album 'Paradide Lost' on Agogo Records and has remixed the likes of Brownout, Chris Read, Skeewiff, Colman Brothers, Jungle Fire, Nick Pride & The Pimptones, Weekend Sun, Daytoner, Herma Puma and, well just about everyone!



Release details
Frameworks featuring QNC 'Back To The Music' [cat.no. HR014S]
A – Back To The Music [3.58]
B – Classic (Renegades of Jazz Remix) [3:38]

Released on 26 January 2015 on limited edition 7″ vinyl (300 copies only) via Kudos Distribution. Digital download available from iTunes, Juno Download, Beatport, Amazon and all good online digital retailers.

Frameworks & QNC - Back To The Music (snippets)

Music and words by 9 Theory, except:

Rap:  Marv Ellis
Female vocals:  Tori Roggeman (Wolf Prize)
Guitar solo:  Dan Lehner 

Static Mathematic (feat. Marv Ellis)

I freeze before the thought lands
I stall the urge to name it
I act as if the want stays unread tonight
As if it stays unread
I hold still
You look, yes
You look, yes
You look, yes

I feel the stare rewrite my posture instantly
My want feels loud, my mouth stays disciplined
I want the pull, I fear the label tied to it
I measure breath, I measure risk, I sit with it
You touch the air between us, not my skin
My body answers faster than my mind admits
I learned to mask the urge, to call it taste
To hide the kink behind acceptable shapes
I feel the pressure climb when silence holds
I want to ask, I choke, I fold, I stall again
Desire feels political inside my chest
I rehearse truth, then censor it mid-sentence
I want control, I want release, I want both
I hate the math, I hate the mirror, hate the quote
I cut the thought, restart it wrong, repeat the cut
I want too much, then judge myself for wanting it

I move inside the tension I don’t solve
I move inside the tension I don’t solve
I sit between the pull and what I show
Between the pull and what I show, I stall
You look, yes
I stay
You look, yes
You look, yes
You look, yes

I feel the room expect a role from me
Strong frame, calm face, no complexity
But my desire doesn’t fit the outline clean
It wants direction, friction, ceremony
I fear being seen for how I want to feel
I fear restraint more than being revealed
I name the rule, then want to break it slow
I crave permission I refuse to own

I move inside the tension I don’t solve
I move inside the tension I don’t solve
I sit between the pull and what I show
Between the pull and what I show, I stall
I stay
You look, yes
You look, yes
You look, yes

I watch myself negotiate my hunger
I frame it soft so it won’t sound like thunder
I want my kink without the public trial
I want my freedom without the walk of shame
I feel the weight of every learned rule
Man stays steady, man stays cool
But my pulse breaks rhythm when you stay close
I want to kneel and still remain whole
I learn desire isn’t something clean
It cuts through posture, gender, scene
I don’t want conquest, I want accord
I want my body loud without being a sword
I leave the moment carrying heat
Not resolved, not cured, but still complete

I move inside the tension I don’t solve
I move inside the tension I don’t solve
I sit between the pull and what I show
Between the pull and what I show, I stall
You look, yes
I stay
You look, yes
You look, yes
You look, yes

Sexual Pressure and Kinks

Quicky edit/flip of an old P@UL S1M0N classic. I love the original tune and the words he sings within. There's a lovely kind of 'fuck-it' style optimism to them. The whole sentiment of the tune seems to apply more than ever today, decades later. I was moved to tinker around with it in the midst of recording songs for my upcoming album. Smile while the world goes off its hinges. New album 'Proxima' coming in early 2017. Peace!

Loosie/B-Side

Heartland

Opening track off the soon to be released "Infinite Reflection" out March 12th on Rhythm & Culture Recordings.

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Discography
[HR001T] Hero No.7 - The Right Side Of The Tracks 12"
[HR002S] Hero No.7 - Keeping It Real? (Mash & Munkee Remix) / Mash & Munkee - Keep On Moving (Hero No.7 Remix) 7"
[HR003S] Savages & Unifairfly - Blow Up Your Box / Mean Streets 7"
[HR004S] Gumbo Ya Ya & DPF - Balaclava Man (Hero No.7 Remix) / Hero No.7 - Black Mountain Gumbo Style 7"
[HR005S] Weekend Sun - Figo / Keep Running 7"
[HR006S] Mash & Munkee - Superbad / The Good Vibe (Renegades Of Jazz Remix) 7"
[HR007S] Frameworks featuring QNC [aka Q-Ball & Curt Cazal] - Ain't No Use / Classic 7" 
[HR008CD] Mash & Munkee - We Like It Like That CD
[HR009S] Weekend Sun - You're Good To Me / Her Name Escapes Me 7"
[HR010T] Alternative Dubstep Orchestra - Power / The Waterfall 12"/CD
[HR011S] LUNGS - Faraway / Loner 7"
[HR012S] LUNGS - Not Mine / Hold Me 7"
[HR013CD] Weekend Sun - Forever Tomorrow CD

Frameworks & QNC - Back To The Music (snippets)

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