Twenty-something

Produced, mixed, music, lyrics and vocals by Kiri Tse
Vocal Producer: Claire Rodriguez 
Recording engineer:Cesar Marenco


I’m twenty-one but I never had a clue
I’m hanging here just to try and play it cool
Ran out of time I can barely make it through
Booze down my throat I see waves of changing hues

The smoking sky gathered streams of flowing stars
The glim of light travelled miles and miles afar
Into our eyes they discovered where     we are
We’ll never know cause we’re million years apart

Drown in ripples of pounding sea
Trapped and choking in my nicotine
Cause I’m losing all my sanity
Override  my memories 
I can’t take this new reality
I can’t feel my own gravity
I’m still looking for my clarity
Deep inside my memories 

You said you’re chained to the city’s vicious pace
The more you give only means the more they take 
So you decided not to wake up everyday 
Here comes a storm you’re just gonna let it rain

My skull is cracking I can’t read another page
You turned around seeing nothing else is saved
Bury your senses you can’t feel it anyways
Then turn your cheek when they slap you on the face

Drown in ripples of pounding sea
Trapped and choking in my nicotine
Cause I’m losing all my sanity
Override  my memories 
I can’t take this new reality
I can’t feel my own gravity
I’m still looking for my clarity
Deep inside my memories 

Hit my head bleeding through my veins
Hold my breath till my lung deflates

A big hug and thanks to everybody who is involved in this song !


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Twenty-something

&lt;3 this on HYPEM  xx
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Written and Produced by Kiri Tse
Mixing engineer: Matthew Sim @ Germano Studio @matthewyhsim
Vocal Producer: Max Mckellar
Mastering engineer: Tom Coyne @ Sterling-sound. 
Guitars: Jernei Bervar



I never wanna tell you why
I drench myself in the pouring rain
I never wanna tell you lies
Cuz it’s your heart. I’ll never break

I saw the walls tumbling down
But you told me I’m insane

Sirens Running in my mind
I’m trying hard to believe it’s fake 
try to kill the warning signs
But it’s running wild inside my brain

would you save me from catching flames
while I’m still wide awake

Now my nights are running longer than the days



I wanna run around the hills see them melt into the sky
put the years behind my mind 
and remember all the people who were kind
leave this broken place behind

I wanna scream across the shore hear the echoes of my voice
not afraid to disappoint 
anybody anywhere
and I’ll do it as I care


Would you promise never ever let my heart freeze
when I’m not me

This city got me feeling not too pretty
got me wake up feeling lonely

Don’t let me slip into hate 
don’t let my demons dominate


I’m afraid I gotta say goodbye-
cuz I’m losing my mind I’m missing my pride
I’ll imagine your face on my lips 
when I lose my grip
And My memories slip

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http://hypem.com/track/2m1ea/Kiri+T+-+I'm+Not+Here

Spotify: http://hyperurl.co/spotifyimnothere
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/im-not-here-single/id1211133628
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa84f97Tu4s
I'm not here

Written by Kiri T, Max Mckellar
All vocals by Kiri T
Vocal Producer: Max Mckellar, Matthew Sim
Co-Producer: Matthew Sim

You could turn the blinds slam the door shut
it doesn’t stop the blood from dripping on the floor
You could run the tap watch the bubbles glisten
it doesn’t wash the stain off your Brooks Brother

So burn the sweet lucy in the air
flicker all the scarlet lights to green
Run your fingers down my pretty hair
doesn’t mean you didn’t cause my painful twisted dreams

Slipped through the cracks 
caught up in your own tracks 
Oh babe I’m chilling high by the bleachers

Don't be surprised 
Oh boy kiss me goodbye 
Oh babe, please tell me how the pain hurts

Oh why would you care I'm not here 
But now that you're here I'm not here

Slipped through the cracks 
caught up in your own tracks 
Oh babe I’m chilling high by the bleachers

Cover your ears and close your eyes
Doesn’t mend the holes you punched through the walls
Don’t you cry about it don’t complain about it
You reap the seeds you sow hey I told you so

So burn the sweet lucy in the air
flicker all the scarlet lights to green
Run your fingers down my pretty hair
doesn’t mean you didn’t cause my painful twisted dreams

Now Cuz I'm not here 
You need me 
Now cuz I'm not near
You appear 
You broke down in tears 
Oh My dear
But Now I'm indifferent

I'm Not Here

Music by Kiri T, Max Mckellar and Matthew Sim @Germano Studio NYC.

On Spotify: http://smarturl.it/RVMKiriTSpotify
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On YT: http://smarturl.it/RVMKiriTyoutube

Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis @Sterling Sound
Recorded at Heaven Recording Studio HK

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IG: www.instagram.com/kiri_thy/
YT: smarturl.it/KiriTyoutube

Rearview Mirror

My rendition of Liability by Lorde  <3
I'm a sucker for sad songs 🥀

On Youtube: http://hyperurl.co/liabilitycoverkirit

Liability- Lorde (cover by Kiri T)

Lyric Video on YT:
http://smarturl.it/BetterKiriTLyrics
Spotify:
http://smarturl.it/BetterKiriTSpotify
Apple Music:
http://smarturl.it/BetterKiriTApple

Music written by Kiri T and Max Mckellar
Produced by Alexander Fung and Kiri T
Co-Produced by @MatthewSim
Mixed by Matthew Sim @Germano Studio NYC
Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis Sterling Sound
Cover art by Eqqus The Cave Workshop
Photo by Alyssa Barker

Find me on:
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/kiri_thy/
YT: http://smarturl.it/KiriTyoutube

BETTER

Music and Lyrics written by Kiri T
Produced by HIRSK
Mixed by Matthew Sim @Germano Studio
Vocal Production by Matthew Sim
Mastered by Alex Psaroudakis
Cover art by Eqqus Lee @The Cave Workshop
Photo by Alyssa Barker

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BBC Introducing Record Of The Week

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Jealous

First single from my album, Grown Ass Kid.
℗ Secret Door
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Credits:
Produced by Cam O'bi 
Additional production & arrangement by Dee Lilly
Recorded by Nick Breton @ Truth Studios; Don "Hullio" Outten & Elton Cheung @ Classick Studios
Mixed by Elton Cheung, Dee Lilly, Cam O'bi
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Artwork by David Silverstein
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Lyrics
[Chorus]
How come I can't do what fuck I want do
How come, how come
Tryna get this skraight no damn hot comb through
How come, how come
Weavin' through the naps, dreams been on hold
since my cradle hit the flo
tender head, my denim skrong
Yea, yea, yea, yeaaaaaah

[Verse 1: Cam O'bi]
Remember when I was a kiddo
growin' up in the middle
windows lining my smile, silver teeth underneath my pillow
a nigga had a nappy head like a Brillo pad
sister said I need to do somethin' about them beedy-beed naps
snackin' on Andy Capp's with a pickle and a quarter water
walked in the barbershop asked me what I wanted 
I told that man I wanted to look like Superman,
but when he had the long hair
you know, kinda like Michael Jackson?
The damn barber just started laughin'.
I cried as he gave me that bald fade.
Afro puffs hit the flo', symbolic of shedding my innocense
I guess I thought they were magicians or alchemists
or mathematicians 
with algebraic calculus algorithms designed to cure me of my nappiness
like a perm burned off my happiness
I sat silently acquiescent
pitfalls of adolescence 
spitballs and scrabble sessions and tattle-tales
playing around in the hallway like one of Santa's elves
"You wanna goto jail?" 
"Hell naw, mister security!", got sent to the principal for my potty mouth 
talkin' bout some "give me your number so we can call the house" 
but gimme got shot, so the ink staining my record now
you pull a comb thru my afro that shit'll crackle like a bowl full of Rice Krispies
rollin' my innocence in a cigarillo like

[Chorus]
How come I can't do what fuck I want do
How come, how come
Tryna get this skraight no damn hot comb through
How come, how come
Weavin' through the naps, dreams been on hold
since my cradle hit the flo
tender head, my denim skrong
How come, how come
How come I can't say what fuck I want say
How come, how come
Tender braids, but I can't make my eyes rain
How come, how come
Yanked straight from my naps, dead on my comb
When my cradle hit the flo' 
Tender head, my genes on swole
Yea, yea, yea, yeaaaaaaah

[Verse 2: Smino]
I don't wanna sing the
Star-spangled banner, 'less it's produced by David Banner
elbows on the lunch table, eatin on a gravy sammich 
lil' nigga no table manna's
crazy it attracted shawty's 
on the back of the bus gettin' neck had a knack fuh noggin'
lil' nick at nighttime
googlin' booty, beauty illusions polluted and deep-rooted in my mind
my block was a rubix
anywhere you turned, the shit was hot around the clock 
and they could not ice cube it
damn
mama I don't like this school shit, 
fuck a logarithm, I'll log into the music
damn
daddy I don't like this school shit
I beat the desk until my knuckles bleed
all my teachers think I'm challenged mentally
but my mental skrong, know who I wanna be,
instantly began a surgery
bada-bing, voila!, made wings wit the words Hallelujah, yah bitch, yah!
all my blessings came when I accepted I'm not y'all
I been put it down the line like laundry
they told find something more concrete
now a lil' nigga breakin' concrete
praises to God I ain't no convict
they'll never take away my confidence

[Chorus]
How come I can't do what fuck I want do
How come, how come
Tryna get this skraight no damn hot comb through
How come, how come
Weavin' through the naps, dreams been on hold
since my cradle hit the flo
tender head, my denim skrong
How come, how come
How come I can't say what fuck I want say
How come, how come
Tender braids, but I can't make my eyes rain
How come, how come
Yanked straight from my naps, dead on my comb
When my cradle hit the flo' 
Tender head, my genes on swole
Yea, yea, yea, yeaaaaaaah

Grown Ass Kid

TenderHeaded ft. Smino

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+ [Special note for track A9 - SHFTR_CA#BB1] => A huge shout of thanks to Richard D James for gifting me a Sequentix Cirklon sequencer and PreenFM2 synth during my Regional Arts Fellowship in 2017! This was the first track I made using this gear. You can also read up more about my open source Farey Sequence FM programming tool for the PreenFM here => 
https://github.com/noyzelab/FareyPreenFM2

++ Folks interested in using cellular automata can also check out my open source Arduino based synth module here => 
https://github.com/noyzelab/uMANIAC

SHFTR FRQ

NYZ SHFTR FRQ 09_SHFTR_CA#BB1

Electronic producer / sound designer / poet from Hong Kong

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