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I Can't Figure You Out

From TOPS' LP "Picture You Staring" 
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Released September 2nd

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outside, you don't know why
tell each other in the middle of the night
talk about it like you really want to know 
what she running around for?

rat-tat the door unlatch
someone here to take you back
outside in the middle of the street
are you getting what you need?

thoughts of you 
running through my mind
open door but it doesn't feel right 
you look at me as if you know what it's like 
in the shadows of the streetlight

now i know 
I can't go back
you're with her and she doesn't deserve that
but when I look into your eyes
you see something I'm trying to hide 

thoughts of you 
running through my mind
open door but it doesn't feel right 
you look at me as if you know what it's like 
in the shadows of the streetlight
shadow, why's it a shame for me to love?

Picture You Staring

Outside

TOPS "Outside"

P.O.V. (stripped)

hiii,

A year end present for everyone! 
read below for more info -- Agor & Ra *_*

2014 led Blue Hawaii around the world. Over multiple visits to Russia, China/SE Asia, Mexico, Japan, Europe and the US, it felt like everything was coming up opposite Untogether, the album we made. Instead of being secluded in a Montreal apartment writing a fragmented break-up record, we were travelling vast distances, rediscovering each other as close friends and tying together radically different cultures. Our music came to reflect that. Live, everything sounded more together and higher energy than the record in an effort to find common ground with all those different audiences. 

It's the end of the year, so to commemorate the global underground touring we did— to all the people who were interested in coming to and putting on a Blue Hawaii show in Bangkok or Vilnius— we decided to put together a free mixtape of edits —  somewhere between the dreamy record and the banging live show. 

In 2015, Ra will focus on her other band, BRAIDS, who have just completed a beautiful, deeply emotional, new record which I am very excited to see come into the world. I will use what I’ve learnt this year DJing and roaming the earth to produce more music this winter —  planning on releasing material in a similar vein to this mixtape and hitting SXSW this March as DJ Blue Hawaii.. holding down the fort until Ra and I can record another album…   something 4 y’all to look forward to! ---;)  Agor (the boy in Blue Hawaii)

Enjoy! 


Get Happy (Edit)

Intro

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Release date:
12 Oct 2016


Look Back In Laughter

There are no liner notes, essays or books that could ever really put just how vast the influence of John Coltrane is. Maybe a multiple-tome encyclopedia. Maybe. 

These liner notes will be no such attempt towards that. However, with this brand new mix conceptualized by Colectivo Futuro’s Miguel Colmenares, and with John Coltrane’s birthday coming up (September 23rd. Day of an equinox), maybe we can process a few ideas as to why he has become such an icon for so many all over the globe.

... continued here > http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/tributes-john-coltrane-selected-miguel-colectivo-part-1

TRACKLIST

01. Byard Lancaster Meets Le Professeur Inlassable - Saint John Coltrane
02. Aktuala - Ohnedaruth (Deicato A J. Coltrane)
03. Alice Coltrane - Something About John Coltrane
04. The Last Electro -Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - The Trane & The Pharoah (For John Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders)
05. Steve Reid Ensemble - For Coltrane
06. Sonny Fortune - Five For Trane
07. Tete Mbambisa - Trane Ride
08. Bobby Hutcherson - Searchin' The Trane
09. Carlos Garnett - Memories of Coltrane
10. Four For Jazz - For John Coltrane

Tribute(s) to JOHN COLTRANE - Selected by Miguel Colectivo (Part 1)

Music written by the three members of the band ( Each of the three members composed his instrument part)
Lyrics written by Benoit Merckx (HoneyBox)
Song performed by : Mike (Bass), Not sure who (Drums), Benoit Merckx - HoneyBox (Guitar, Voice)

Another song with our rock band.

Recording medium : Magnetic Tape, One Take.
Recording year : 1999
Sound quality : Very Poor. Recorded with one standard microphone in the middle of the room.
Editing : None except intro fade-in, outro fade-out and volumes.

Lyrics :
« Détache moi de mes envies, détache moi de mes espoirs,
Détache moi de mes peurs, détache moi de mes pulsions

Si tu le peux, enterre moi, enterre moi au plus profond de toi,
Si tu le peux, enterre moi au plus profond de toi

Enlève y moi juste pour un jour, promets moi de ne pas crier,
Engage toi seulement pour une fois, détruis moi si tu en as la force 

Si tu le veux, enterre moi au plus profond de toi,
Si tu le veux, enterre moi au plus profond de toi

Excuse moi de tout le mal que tu as fait, 
Excuse nous des paroles en l’air,
Excuse le si tu le peux encore, excuse nous d’avoir cru en toi

Si tu le peux, enterre moi,
Il vaut mieux pour toi de ne plus croire en rien, de ne plus croire en rien, de ne plus croire en rien, de ne plus croire en rien, de ne plus croire en rien, de ne plus croire en rien, en rien »

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By Jesús Mallo Velasco

"Ne plus croire en rien" (1999) (Pre-HoneyBox Tune)

Music composer/Sound designer

Biography:

A lot of music listening and a creation : "HoneyBox" started in 2001 when me and my teenage friends broke our alternative rock band. I left my electric guitar and decided to work on solo with an old Roland keyboard that my step father had at home. It even had integrated floppy disks ! Few months later, I bought a Yamaha hardware sequencer, started to experiment and created my first electronic tracks. The world of electronic music opened to me a wide range of dreams and music gender defining was never easy. In 2005, moving from my hometown Brussels to London was a big and inspiring change... I studied Sound Design and started to build soundscapes for films and scenography projects, creating, editing and mixing sounds with a computer based equipment. Simutenaously, I played improvisations of my tracks with my sequencer in various public spaces.

Getting to the point : Today : My material : a 19 year old hardware sequencer, an old Syquest floppy disks for my data, a 30 year old spanish acoustic guitar... along with my voice in French, Spanish or English... A recent computer to record, and everything sounds "contemporaneous"-:) My style : learning from gigs to gigs, improvisation, creating music "in the moment". My today's leitmotive : Taking the maximum advantage of what I have NOW.

Some places where I have performed :

Baran Café, Bergen, Norway
LCC cafe, London
Electrowerkz, London
Rhythm Factory, London
Club Ventura, Madrid
Eisbär Soundclub, Madrid
La gougoutte à pépé, Bruxelles

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By Jesús Mallo Velasco

"Ne plus croire en rien" (1999) (Pre-HoneyBox Tune)

HoneyBox

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