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Jack Zade is a London-based composer and producer known for his innovative approach to blending electronica with organic orchestration. His music navigates between atmospheric electronic soundscapes and acoustic elements, creating a unique sonic palette that reflects a wide range of influences. With a deep background in electronic music, Jack’s compositions often evoke a cinematic quality, balancing textured digital beats with live instrumentation. His work likely appeals to listeners who appreciate experimental genres, ambient music, and intricate sound design that merges the digital and acoustic worlds.

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La Moi Elle

“What Will We Do Now?” is a record that comes from quiet hours, It merges downtempo and electronica with a big of blues and jazz textures, combining live sessions with found sounds and half broken analog gear to create something more slow burning and a little weathered. It’s not a clean or polished album, it’s sort of supposed to feel lived in.

At the heart of these tracks are vocal samples from some awesome soul and folk singers, like Johnny Adams on "901" and Z.Z. Hill on "Sweet Darling," among others, their voices are the emotions around which I built the songs, shaping the music around their phrasing and tone.

A lot of the album came together using an old Moog Prodigy from the late 70s that used to belong to Liam Howe from Sneaker Pimps, a band I’ve loved for years. Becoming X had a huge influence on me, songs like "Spin Spin Sugar" and "6 Underground" still hit like nothing else. There’s something in that sound, that strange mix of electronic and soulful sounds, that I’ve always been drawn to.
I also like using synths such as the MicroKorg and Yamaha CP, instruments that might seem basic at first glance, but have this unexpected depth and charm when you switch them on and start to really learn them. The Wurlitzer setting on the CP especially has this warmth that felt perfect for the mood I was chasing.

Making an album is never a linear process for me, I’ll usually write close to 300 pieces and gradually carve it down to around 15 that feel like they belong together. Not every discarded track is a full song though, some are just sketches or dead ends. But what remains is what stayed with me, what felt truer the longer I lived with it.
This record, more than anything I’ve done, felt like it took its shape slowly. The more I sat with it, the more it made sense to me. It's repetitive in places, even broken in a literal way, there’s a barely functioning Korg synth on a few tracks that kept cutting out or glitching. But I kind of fell in love with that. It’s part of the album’s DNA, damaged, delicate, but holding on. I owe a lot to records like “Play” by Moby, which showed me how electronic music can feel both vast and intimate. 

There’s a particular moment in the film Lost In Translation, where Scarlett Johansson’s character stares out the taxi window at night in Tokyo while My Bloody Valentine’s “Sometimes” plays out. I feel like that scene captures something I try to do with music, not just to soundtrack a moment, but almost perfume it. Make it linger. Make it matter.

There’s a particular feeling I keep coming back to, feeling like the only person awake in a city. It’s isolating but somehow comforting, for moments when you’re deep in your own head, and the silence starts to hum.
I don’t know if any of that comes across when you listen to it, maybe it won’t. But “What Will We Do Now” makes the most sense to me when played all the way through, start to finish, alone, late at night around 2 am.

Thanks to the artists whose voices  shaped this record, Your field recordings, voices, and spirit made this project possible for me.

 Tanika Charles 
Z.Z. Hill 
The Cliks 
Tapioca 
Penny Lane
 Antennasia 
Johnny Adams
 Dreamlife
 Mario Luciano
 Jimmy Q 
Son Lux

All tracks composed and produced by Jack Zade

Cover art by Andriy Chagin - www.instagram.com/aandreychagin/

What Will We Do Now

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“Folks, this fantastic psydub / IDM instrumental track blew me away, and you can trust me, the experimental textures are definitely unique! I really enjoyed the hazy and glitchy synth pads, creating a dark, slightly gloomy, and psychedelic soundscape: “Wrong Places” is the latest release by a talented London-based composer Jack Zade . Give it a listen and make sure to add this masterpiece to your must-listen playlist!”

- IndieTapes  

Stream:  https://open.spotify.com/track/73LTU9paZecs62dY8rczkO

Wrong Places

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How Could This Be Wrong (Jack Zade Remix)

“With each new release, Jack Zade continues to explore the boundaries of electronic music, and "Why" is no exception. The track features an irresistible blend of pulsing synths and intricate drum patterns that create a dynamic and immersive listening experience.”

- BPM Contest

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Lyrics:

Silent the sirens
While we are sleeping
Will the earth turn upside down?

Don’t be afraid 
Don’t be afraid 

Silent the sirens
While we are sleeping
Will the earth turn upside down?

Don’t be afraid 
Don’t be afraid

Upside Down

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Lyrics

I wanna know the difference 
Are you losing it?

And just before I go 
I wanna know the difference

All these little things
Did you ever like it back?

I wanna know the difference
I wanna know the difference
I wanna know the difference


“With Solace, London-based composer Jack Zade takes us on a sonic odyssey, where dream pop and alternative rock collide to form a musical landscape as captivating as it is nostalgic. Since his debut in 2018, Zade has drawn on British dance music culture to craft tracks that transcend genres and eras. Solace is no exception, with its abstract melodies and heavy atmospheric synths reminiscent of artists such as Tycho, Boards of Canada, and Aphex Twin.
Here, Jack Zade combines electronics with a unique sensibility, distilling elements of house and ambient into a dream-pop framework. The result? Emotive music that transcends simple electronic constructions to immerse us in an immersive, introspective, and sensory experience. Solace lives up to its name: it's a sonic refuge, a space of solace and contemplation.
The synth layers blend with subtle rhythms to create an almost ethereal atmosphere, while the melodies rise and fall, leaving behind a sense of softness and depth. It's a dive into a universe where each note seems to float between heaven and earth, a truly introspective journey that resonates with a rare emotional intensity.
Jack Zade continues to push the boundaries between genres, creating a sound that is both modern and timeless, perfect for those seeking to escape into lush, dreamlike soundscapes. For fans of dream pop and atmospheric electronica, Solace is a must-have track, a moment suspended in time that comforts as much as it inspires.”

- Extravafrench

Solace

Your Love

Lyrics

I’m not going back, to that space
I’m not going back, where you took me

I’m not going Back, to that space
I’m not going Back, where you took me, no no no

Do you remember the days?
When I used to sit around and cry
I could believe 
when I saw you the other day
You had that big old smile on your face

I’m not going back, where you took me, no no no
I’m not going back to that space

Lyrics:

On your love girl
Where you go?
On your love girl
Where you go?
On your love girl
Where you go?

Baby
Baby 
Baby 
Baby

Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 

On your love girl
Where you go?
On your love girl
Where you go?
On your love girl
Where you go?

Baby
Baby 
Baby 
Baby

Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 

On your love girl
Where you go?
On your love girl
Where you go?
On your love girl
Where you go?


Baby
Baby 
Baby 
Baby

Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Don’t you know where your times gone 
Baby 
Don’t you know where your times gone

Nightmare

Sink

Lyrics:

Waiting for love, day after day 
In this slow soulful groove
I’ll find my way 
The Sweet melody 
Carries Me Along 
In this slow soulful groove

Waiting for love, day after day 
In this slow soulful groove
Waiting for love

Waiting for love, day after day 
In this slow soulful groove
I’ll find my way 
The Sweet melody 
Carries Me Along 
In this slow soulful groove

Waiting for love, day after day 
In this slow soulful groove
Waiting for love


 "Jack Zade's "Snow" feels like the soundtrack of the most pivotal scene in a future dystopian movie. With intricate sound design, haunting instrumentation, and spaced-out eerie vocals, the song will transport you to a whole new cinematic universe. With the approach of blending digital and acoustic, Jack seems like someone very meticulous with his approach to creating music, so I advise you to pay attention to the very last details in "Snow". You'll find small, but extremely intricate elements that enhance the whole experience. Play this at the right location and I promise you instant goosebumps." 

 - posted by Ivo (STEREOFOX)  


All tracks composed and produced by Jack Zade in London. www.jackzade.com

Snow

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Lyrics:

What will we do now?
We lost it to trying
We lost it to trying

What will we do now?
We lost it to trying
We lost it to trying

What can we say now?
Our mouths only lying
Our mouths only lying

Give in and get out
We rise in the dying
We rise in the dying

Give in and get out
We rise in the dying
We rise in the dying

Give in and get out
We rise in the dying
We…

What will we do now?
We lost it to trying
We lost it to trying

What will we do now?
We lost it to trying
We lost it to trying

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Hide And Seek (Jack Zade Remix)

Slow Motion

Lyrics:

There’ll be no ending
With all, till I dream 
Dreamer, in my way

And the day if I could cast a spell
I’d cast my spell on you
Dreamer

I’f I could get a dream
And make a dream come true 
I’d like to be on a ship that’s sailing round the world all alone

If I could make a wish
I’ll make with you
And the day 
If I

A New Age

Lyrics:

Frightened 
Hold on dear gentleman
One day you’ll smile agin
Some say
You be coming home

Memory
She sits silently
You be coming home

Frightened 
Hold on dear gentleman
One day you’ll smile agin
Some say
You be coming home

Say that you’ll smile again
Hold on memory 
She sits silently 
You be coming home

If you cannot see
You be coming home 

Frightened 
Hold on dear gentleman
One day you’ll smile agin
Some say
You be coming home

Smile Again

Lyrics:

I said that I was leaving
Had my mind made up

look at is know 
so happy that we made it
look at is know, said that we could end 

Look at us now 
Look at us now

For so long
For so long 
For so long 
For so long

Knee Deep

Lyrics:

Baby listen to this 

Keep you by my side 

Sweet Darling 
Please don’t leave me there don’t you go 

Sweet Darling 
Please don’t leave me there don’t you go 
Please don’t leave me there don’t you go 

Sweet Darling 
Please don’t leave me there don’t you go 
Please don’t leave me there don’t you go 

Gotta love
Gotta love

Sweet darling 
Don’t leave me there don’t you do 
Please don’t leave me there don’t you go

Oh yeah
I beg 
I plead
I’ll beg 
I’ll plead

Sweet Darling

Lyrics: 

Point it at me 
With your love gun 

Point it at me 
You'll pay a fortune in denial 
I know you

Point it at me 
With your love gun 

Point it at me
With your love gun 
Point it at me

Point It At Me

Lyrics:

Crazy love 
Tell me where I'm going wrong

Crazy love
Tell me I'm the only one 

Crazy love 
What do I have to do 

Crazy love 
I wanna be close to you

Crazy love 
Tell me where I'm going wrong

Crazy love
Tell me I'm the only one 

Crazy love 
What do I have to do 

Crazy love 
I wanna be close to you

Screamer

Lyrics:

Gone in your past 
Gone in your daytime 

Gone in your past 
Gone in your arms 

Gone in your past 
Gone in your daytime 

Gone in your past 
Gone in your arms 

These are strange times 
Where the garden grows 

These are strange times 
Where the garden grows 

Gone in your past 
Gone in your daytime 

Gone in your past 
Gone in your arms 

Gone in your past 
Gone in your daytime 

Gone in your past 
Gone in your arms 

These are strange times 
Where the garden Lies  

These are strange times 
These are strange times 
Where the garden grows

Strange Times

Even Stranger Times

Stranger Times

Lyrics:

Hang tight, you say, just turn the other way 
Your light, my name, a soul without a face 
Now I feel this come and I want you to know

Now I see you as
I see you as
I see you as 
And I want you to know

My head hangs out

Now I feel this come 
I feel this come 
I feel this come 

And I want you to know

Lyrics:

A weakness is killing me 
She don't know
She don't know

Now my heart 
Short to control 

And I pray
She Don't know
She Don't know

And I pray
She Don't know
She Don't know

A weakness is killing me 
She don't know
She don't know

Now my heart 
Short to control

She Don't Know

Lyrics:

Only thing that won't subside 
The sirens ring to tell me 

I've been sinking 
Man I'm sinking 

Only thing that won't subside 
The sirens ring to tell me 

I've been sinking 
Man I'm sinking

Only thing that won't subside 
The sirens ring to tell me 

I've been sinking 
Man I'm sinking

Only thing that won't subside 
The sirens ring to tell me 

I've been sinking 
Man I'm sinking

Hider

Staying Close

Lyrics:

To me

Out of all of this wasted time 
I still want you closer than this 

I'm guessing that the price that I'm asking is to high for us

To want you
To want you
To want you

Out of all that I thought it would be 
I still want you closer than this 

I'm guessing that the price that I'm asking is to high for us

And guilt 
To me

Jack Zade

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