bomb vocals

Absent Mindedness 
music and lyrics by Akenya.

featuring...

Akenya (lead vocals)
Tara Kannangara (trumpet)
Brad Linde (tenor sax)
Guy Mintus (piano)
Kavita Shah (background vocals)
Immanuel Shuford (tuba)
Alexa Tarantino (alto sax)
Carole Turcotte (flute)
Joe Vilardi (guitar)
Lindsay Woolgar (bass)
Ian Wright (drums)


Recorded at the
2013 Banff Centre Workshop for Jazz and 
Creative Music 
located in
Banff, AB, CAN.


Ensemble Coached by 
Esperanza Spalding. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUgOhjGLlIA

-Lyrics-

-Intro-

Chorus: If I could just remember the words I said
I would be alright
If I could just remember the words I said tonight
Then my intentions never would be misread
We wouldn’t have to fight
If I could just remember the words, my love…

Verse 1: But abstract eruptions 
of emotions manifest and congest
my inner vision when I try to recollect.
And my breath is getting heavy, 
I bereave the hidden phrases that just
can’t seem to make their way into the forefront
of my blunt mind. I’m running out of time.
I’ve gotta find my way back
to a linguistic type of tongue that’s in tact.
And in fact, if I’m not on track, 
My rhythmic dialect will disturb
our overture of love and words…

(Chorus)

Bridge: But they always leave me. Why?
Say that you believe me!

Verse 2: It’s like every single time I begin, it’s the end.
No more sentencing. I’m slowly losing touch with what’s within.
My meaning is slipping, I mean there’s no definition,
I’m falling into submission, I black out and fade in.
Now I’m closer to knowing the words I was going for 
then out of nowhere I’m stumbling and muttering
nonsense. Can’t seem to clear my subconscious 
mind, I sound obnoxious, the worst part about it is
you and I falling apart in the dark pit that stirs
all of my forgotten words…

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

-Outro-

Absent Mindedness

middle of 2022 - and still, all i have is prayer and will. this is my prayer brought to sound, to try make sense of it. to bring it to life. i hope all 44m44s touch you if you listen.

siyathandaza, siyanqula, siyacamagusha.

(and we prayed)


VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4S40wLgg4


It would be easier
If we found joy in the usual ways 
I had a dream that we had too much
We had nothing but golden days

I can spend days looking at myself 
Am I any different
Do you find that I’m not 
If we never make it 
Will it count that we tried 
Will the universe take note
  
At best life is long
But not without end
We have no time to pretend, we have no time 
At best life is long
But not without end
We have no time to pretend, we have no time

We’ve come so far 
Beyond where we feared we’d stop
If you ever forget I’ll remind you 
If you’re ever weary I’ll pull you thru

It would be easier
If we found joy in the usual ways 
I had a dream that we kept in touch
what we achieved we were amazed
How long must we wait
How low must we sink
Before we earn our place

The road is long 
And we got rules to bend
There is no time to pretend

We’ve come so far 
Beyond where we feared we’d stop
If you ever forget I’ll remind you 
If you’re ever weary
I’ll pull you thru


WATCH VIDEO

Thru

Hometown

Fall

VIDEO:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H6Adfs4ncI

this world can take it all
if you care then you must know
can only pray
to find our way
in the time we’re given

i’m the center of my world 
but seven billion have a say
seven billion have a heart
seven billion find a way
nature has it’s way to go
we must follow it along
seven billion bodies sinned
replacing seven billion gone

let it be now let it go
let it stack and let it blow
watch this here to numb your fear
shut your mind and save your tears
the system has it’s way to go
we must follow it along
7 billion living
taking what they’re given

battle against our own selves
waste and poison in our air
hate and greed in our skin
well of course its not fair
one day a dawn will come
it won’t be too long at all
if we win we move along 
if we lose god save us all

7 Billion

Recorded at the Popsicle Studios in Cape Town while on Tour with The Brother Moves On. 

This is the Live Version of Ni Songo Xela

Itai Hakim Ft. The Brother Moves On - Ni Songo Xela (Popsicle Studio Session)

Written and performed by The Highness Collective.

Recorded at Classick Studio
Mixed by Lon Renzell at Classick Studio

Pearl (Loona Dae & Gem Tree)

04 Yaw - Where Would You Be

Instrumental Produced by Cloud Atrium 

Keep the Smile, Leave the tension, Feel the Joy, Forget the worry, Hold the Peace, Leave the pain, and Always Give Thankhs

Release Date: 3 October 2016

KUNDALINI - Masie Blu

This Song is basically Kwamampela but before it was that it was called 'just take her out to lunch.' I made this song 2013 and sent it to Bradley who was running Motive records at the time. Bradley Loved the song and called a few producers to work on it. Long story short... it wasn't released then. but now I am releasing it now.
I'll have it downloadable Monday.
Photo By:
Yagazie Emezi
http://yagazieemezi.tumblr.com/post/154259306072

Take her out to lunch

Just Ask Her Out To Lunch(Kwamampela first version)

Dripcity IAMDDB

The Fridge-My Mrs.

Written by Anna Wise, Jonathan Hoard & Dane Orr
Guitar solo by Jelly Ellington
Mixed by Dane Orr & Zeke Mishanec
Mastered by Daddy Kev

Ideas

1000 Times

instrumental produced by @CloudAtrium 
written and arranged by Masie Blu
Recorded and Mixed by @iambnjmiin

Grace - Masie Blu

Highness is a five piece collective and band based in Chicago. While they all do their thing separate, collectively, they fuse in house production with live instrumentation. RED, Gem Tree, Loona Dae, Schenay Mosley, and Ora first came together in 2011 while they all attended Columbia College. After a few weeks of jamming and jelling, these ladies, then a 9-piece band and going by the name of "SHE", entered a school wide battle of the bands. From there they earned their first residency at The Shrine, which led them to performing amongst the heavy weights of Chicago music scene. After going through a name change circa 2014, the group reinventing their sound and image as something most would describe as diverse, funky, soulful and even an edge of punk. Highness recently released their second studio EP self-titled "The Highness Collective".


Pearl (Loona Dae & Gem Tree)

The Highness Collective

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