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Ella Thompson’s Domino is a spooky, bittersweet collection of cinematic soul cuts influenced by 1970s Italian 'Giallo' film scores, with luminous vocals that draw a line between 60s icons like Nancy Sinatra and contemporary soul artists like Kadhja Bonet. Ella’s effortless singing and haunting lyrics paint angular pictures in the moody darkness. In her words: “The original instrumental of the song ‘Domino’ is titled ‘Swimming in a cold lake at night’ this kind of sums up the feeling of many of the songs on the record….seeing light in dark places, freedom and anxiety of the unknown, curiosity, never regretting a swim and the euphoria you get when you come out the other end.”

The sparse production is intentionally cinematic, deeply influenced by the music of Italian ‘Giallo’ film scores of the 1970s, particularly by composers like Piero Piccioni but comparable to current artists like Adrian Younge or Bad Bad Not Good in a meditative mood. Minimal but propulsive bass and drums know when to hang back, as they do in the title track and when to step forward as they do in the chugging, deep and funky rhythm section work on the single Never Fight The Way You Feel. Choral vocal textures by Ella’s backing vocalists Rita Stach and Hailey Cramer create deep harmonic backgrounds, sometimes sounding like an epic ensemble of voices, sometimes laying down ethereal and delicate parts, almost imperceptible. Nylon string guitar features prominently, creating hypnotic chordal beds as sparse piano and tuned percussion pick out minimal, evocative melodies. 

All the instrumentation used in Domino was created by Frollen Music Library, a library music project by the musicians behind Karate Boogaloo, Henry Jenkins, Hudson Whitlock and Darvid Thor, all long term collaborators and friends of Ella’s. When she heard their take on 1960s and 1970s soundtracks, Ella had an immediate creative response: “My ears lit up when I heard these cinematic melodies, and I couldn’t help but turn them into something else for words and voices.” She recorded all her vocals, and those of her backing singers, with Frollen engineer Henry Jenkins in a two day whirlwind, eschewing perfectionism and striking before the magic of the moment faded. The result is sublime. In Henry’s words: “When I first heard what she had written I was floored. She completely reimagined the instrumental pieces of music we had composed and took them to new heights”. 

Ella has returned to making music under her own name in 2023 after years releasing music with her electro pop duo GL and cult indie band Dorsal Fins. One of Australia’s truly accomplished singers, Ella’s range reaches from art music to cinematic soul, jazz and pop. In addition to her solo project and bands she has been a featured artist for numerous acts most notably, deep funk pioneers The Bamboos and Mark Ronson. Domino is available November 3rd through Hopestreet Recordings on Vinyl LP & digital formats.

Ella Thompson - Wouldn't It Be Easy

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I like being independent
Not so much of an investment
No one to tell me what to do

I like being by myself
Don't gotta entertain anybody else
No one to answer to

But sometimes, I just want somebody to hold
Someone to give me the jacket when it's cold
Got that young love even when we're old

Yeah, sometimes, I want someone to grab my hand
Pick me up, pull me close, be my man
I will love you till the end

So if you're out there, I swear to be good to you
But I'm done lookin' for my future someone
'Cause when the time is right
You'll be here, but for now
Dear no one, this is your love song

Ooh oh oh

Sometimes, I just want somebody to hold
Someone to give me their jacket when it' cold
Got that young love even when we're old

Yeah, sometimes, I want someone to grab my hand
Pick me up, pull me close, be my man
I will love you till the end

So if you're out there, I swear to be good to you
But I'm done lookin', for my future someone
'Cause when the time is right
You'll be here, but for now
Dear no one, this is your love song

dear no one

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This suite is a testament to return — not to nostalgia, but to reclamation. It maps the emotional terrain of exile, memory, and spiritual homecoming through cipher rap etched with soul and ambient folk textures. The barred gate in the jungle stream becomes a central motif: symbolizing both obstruction and passage, a surreal checkpoint between colonial rupture and ancestral reconnection.
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02 - Last Dayz - Onyx
03 - Live On Live Long - Capone -N- Noreaga
04 - Love For Free - Reel (Feat) Jay Z
05 - Channel 10 - Capone -N- Noreaga
06 - Represent - Nas
07 - Halfway Thugs - Capone -N- Noreaga
08 - Only A Customer - Jay Z
09 - Closer - Capone -N- Noreaga
10 - Ybe - Prodigy (Feat) Bg
11 - Rich And Black - Raekwon (Feat) Nas
12 - Keep It Thoro - Prodigy
13 - 24 Hrs To Live - Mase (Feat) The Lox Black Rob And Dmx
14 - Dirt All By My Lonely - Naughty By Nature
15 - I Shot Ya (Remix) - Ll Cool J (Feat) Keith Murray Fat Joe Prodigy And Foxy Brown
16 - Started Sumthin - The Lox (Feat) Mase And Dmx
17 - John Blaze - Fat Joe (Feat) Nas Raekwon Big Pun And Jadakiss
18 - Banned From Tv - Noreaga (Feat) Nature Big Pun The Lox And Camron
19 - Get Krunk - Juelz Santana Jim Jones And Camron
20 - Twinz (Deep Cover 9 - Big Pun And Fat Joe
21 - New York (Interlude) - Ja Rule
22 - The Banks Workout - Llyod Banks (Feat) 50 Cent
23 - Empire State - Jay Z (Feat) Alicia Keys

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13 - 24 Hrs To Live - Mase (Feat) The Lox Black Rob And Dmx

06 - Represent - Nas

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1. Ten Nine (Nas - Nas Is Like Remix) 0:00
2. Satellites (Outkast - ATLiens Remix) 4:09
3. Day Break (Mood - Snakebacks Remix) 7:39
4. Inner Visions (Biggie - Big Poppa Remix) 10:14
5. After The Rain (Big L - MVP Remix) 13:02
6. It'll All Be Over (Biggie - Suicidal Thoughts Remix) 15:13
7. Somewhere In The Night Sky (CNN ft Tragedy - T.O.N.Y. Remix) 17:41
8. Drifting (Jadakiss - Why Remix) 21:18
9. Don't Worry (Juggaknots - New Money Remix) 25:13
10. Light Years Away (Devin The Dude, Andre 3000, Snoop - What A Job Remix) 29:24
11. A Path Thru Haze (ATCQ, John Forte, Fugees - Rumble In The Jungle Remix) 34:32
12. How High The Moon (Wu-Tang Clan - Uzi (Pinky Ring) Remix) 36:59
13. Message To Earth (INI - Fakin Jax Remix) 40:07

Phoniks - Down To Earth: Remixes (13-track Remix Tape ft. Biggie, Nas, Big L, Jadakiss, more)

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Ella Thompson - Wouldn't It Be Easy

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