ZEF

-YO DIS IZ WHY I'M HOT! I DON'T GIVE A FACK
-YO I'LL KICK A RAP OVER SUM-1 ELSE'Z TRAK
-I REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA! I PUT IT ON DA MAP
-SOUTH AFRICA! MAN I HEARD DAT PLACE IZ FUKN WACK!
-WEN U SAY SOUTH AFRICA DA 1ST FINGZ DAT CUM 2 MIND
-IS YUP: RACISM, APARTHEID AN CRIME
-FUCK A RACIST! MUDDAFUKKAZ IZ STUCK IN '89
-BUT DA CRIMEZ STILL WYLIN! WORD 2 MY 9

-YO-LANDI!
-DIS IZ WHY I'M HOT! I DON'T HAVE A JOB
-I JUS MAKE UP RAPS DEN I LEARN DEM OFF BY HEART
-NOW I'M BLOWING UP YES! WHY? COZ I RHYME TIGHT
-YO MY FLOW IZ HOT JUS LIKE DA GUY FROM TWILIGHT
-I CAN'T BELIEVE DAT KRISTEN WENT AND HAD A FLING YO!
-NOW ROBERT IZ SINGLE AN READY 2 MINGLE!
-I'M HOT COZ MY LINGO ON DA MIC IZ ZEF
-SPELT Z 2 DA E 2 DA MUDDAFUKN F!

-DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT! DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT!
-DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT!
-DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT! DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT!
-DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT!
-I'M HOT B-COZ I'M ZEF! U AINT B-COZ U NOT!
-DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT!
-I'M HOT B-COZ I'M ZEF! U AINT B-COZ U NOT!
-DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY - DIZ IZ WHY I'M HOT MUDDAFUKKAZ!

DisIzWhyImHot

bootleg of a SICK baltimore club tune by Murder Mark, ft. SHEILA D. 

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Bad Bitches Drop It

Lil' Juke track, one seventy bpm, minimal vibe$.

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U Hurd It Here First

Re-edit of Eminence's "Give It Up". 

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[I've Been In Love] Before

"This zone I think of as "inner space", the internal landscape of tomorrow that is a transmuted image of the past"

- JG Ballard

released November 13, 2024
Written, Produced & Mixed by Claremont.
Mastered by Ruud Whiting (Metrodome).
Artwork by William Francis Green / Escha.

Inner Space

"This zone I think of as "inner space", the internal landscape of tomorrow that is a transmuted image of the past"
- JG Ballard

'Inner Space' is an exploration over the course of an EP of the psychology of the self and of the attitudes that are created towards past, present, and future incarnations of body and soul. 

This is the culmination of several years work on and off, and I'm incredibly grateful to be able to share these songs with you that I've been so excited about for so long. 

Thank you to Maya for her spellbinding vocals on Plant, to Beeg for his jaw dropping remix of the title track, to Ruud for doing a beautiful job of the masters and to Will as always for providing the artwork and design to complete the trilogy of releases that started with the 'Meeting Mushi' tape 8 years ago. 

The EP is accompanied by a 6-panel embroidered cap with hollyhock insignia to the front, EP title to the back.  100% organic cotton 'dad' cap with low-profile design, pre-curved beak with tri-glide buckle. Limited run of 20 in powder pink and desert sand designed by William Francis Green. 

Thank you as always to Kizzy, for her unbelievable support and love and for continuing to help me to be my purest self, and to Evelyn and Rosa for showing me a love that words cannot possibly describe.

A New Phase

Plant (feat. Maya Alessandra)

Inner Space (Beeg Remix)

'Rosa' is the first full piece written and recorded in its entirety since the  birth of my second daughter,  Rosa Lydia, who the track is named after.  

The melody that plays throughout speaks to the peace and love that has settled over us since she arrived, the frenetic amen breaks that run alongside the bass detail the energy and drive that she inspires in us daily.  

We love you Rosa. 

Rosa

'We'll be caught up together in the clouds, 
I'll see you in the air'

These were words spoken at my grandmother in-law Margaret's funeral, describing how we meet our partners, families, friends, loved ones as our soul leaves the body and ascends to the sky, soaring eternally together. 

It's such a beautiful image, and one I've tried to do justice to here.  There is a further song in a more traditional structure, but the lyrics fit so perfectly over the top of this that will have to wait for a further release another time. 

Thanks so much to Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe (AKA Loudness Draft War Dodger) for mastering, and to my mum Lydia for again providing the artwork, which is based on my favourite photo from me and my wife Kizzy's wedding day, showing her glorious wedding bouquet in all it's splendour and symbolising the hope I have for us to share the kind of eternal bond that we celebrated for Margaret and her husband Jim. 

Written, Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Claremont. 
Available to download via bandcamp.

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We'll be caught up together in the clouds
I'll see you in the air
It's scaring me 
To think about it 

We'll be caught up together in the clouds
I'll see you in the air
It's scaring me 
To think about it 

Piling pressure on top of feeling 
Piling pressure on top of everything
On top of everything

Piling pressure on top of feeling 
Piling pressure on top of everything
On top of everything

Caught Up Together (In The Clouds)

Nothing But Jade [EP]

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ルーフ (Rūfu) [Escha Remix]

ルーフ (Rūfu)

Northern producer of rhodes-driven electronica.

Caught Up Toghether (In The Clouds) is out now! 

Co-headline show with Paltin at The Talleyrand, Levenshulme this Thursday 22/10/2025. 

https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/The-Talleyrand/Claremont--Paltin-at-The-Talleyrand/41223882/

https://james-claremont.bandcamp.com/merch/inner-space-hollyhock-embroidered-cap
https://james-claremont.bandcamp.com/merch/inner-space-hollyhock-embroidered-cap

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