Take The Late Train

The album To Drop and Let Go was all recorded with only two instruments: Double bass and voice.

Fear 

Fear time running out 
Feel love coming down 
Fear time will take my crown 
Feel love around 

I remember, remember it so well when I heard my body telling me to stop 
I shut my mouth, I shot myself, I shut my eyes and I chose to shoot you all 
When? Well, when I closed it with all sorts of things, huge amounts of soil and sand, all kinds of ropes and strong chains 
Strong but not strong enough to silence all those inside me who were in pain 

Fear time running out 
Feel love coming down 

I felt them, felt them alive, more than ever, all my fears demanding full presence and love 
So I faced, embraced, I asked them for a dance and they came, they joined for another chance 
We danced, we cried, we laughed, we died, in love we celebrated that we would never hide 
Now I know time won't stop, I won't disappear, I'm an expansion of love and I choose to embrace my fear 

Feel, feel… Feel love… 

Don’t fight your fear 
Get free your tear 
Don’t fight your fear 
Feel love appear

To Drop And Let Go is my first album of all original compositions. Very personal songs that for a long time I have felt the physical and emotional need to give life to ... I decided to face my fears, my artistic and personal doubts, to look at them directly with honesty and love and record this album, and thus to release them, to let them go… 

I proposed a challenge to myself and decided to record this album with only two instruments: the double bass and the voice. Instruments that are in constant dialogue and occupy different functions during the songs and the entire album, thus giving life to the emotions and words they carry… I thank you, I thank me, I thank us and let go! 

To Drop and Let Go is the second solo album by Jorge da Rocha, a unique work where the artist continues to develop his passionate expressiveness with the double bass, voice and words. A work that breaks the borders of its jazz career and incorporates it into its passion for modern and alternative music, for world music, for electronics and for songwriting. 

In a constant dialogue between all the amazing resources of only his voice and his double bass, To Drop And Let Go seduces the listener in the discovery of new soundscapes and songs that show us the artist's own universe, his feelings and emotions, his experiences and the dedication to permanent personal and artistic search.
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released September 13, 2017 

All songs by Jorge da Rocha (voice and double bass) 

Recorded and mixed at Drytown Studio, Barcelona by Dave Bianchi. May 2017 / Mastered by: Alexis Kevork / Released on September 2017 / Produced and edited by: Jorge da Rocha / Photo and Artwork: Carlos Barros

Drop and let go

Fear

Written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick
Arranged and Performed by Marco Moreira
Recorded at Molino Sonoro Estudio - November 2018

Compuesto por Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick
Arreglado e interpretado por Marco Moreira
Grabado en Molino Sonoro Estudio - Noviembre 2018

Álbum de User

Good Lovin'

Written by Mariah Carey, Dave Hall, Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley & Tina Weymouth
Arranged and Performed by Marco Moreira
Recorded at Molino Sonoro Estudio - November 2018

Compuesto por Mariah Carey, Dave Hall, Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley & Tina Weymouth
Arreglado e interpretado por Marco Moreira
Grabado en Molino Sonoro Estudio - Noviembre 2018

Fantasy

Written by Prince
Arranged and Performed by Marco Moreira
Recorded at Molino Sonoro Estudio - July 2018

Compuesto por Prince
Arreglado e interpretado por Marco Moreira
Grabado en Molino Sonoro Estudio - Noviembre 2018

Nothing Compares 2 U

Written by David Bowie and Brian Eno
Arranged and Performed by Marco Moreira
Recoded at Molino Sonoro Estudio - January 2019

Compuesto por David Bowie and Brian Eno
Arreglado e interpretado por Marco Moreira
Grabado en Molino Sonoro Estudio - Julio 2019

Heroes

Written by Bob Marley
Arranged and Performed by Marco Moreira
Recorded at Molino Sonoro Estudio - May 2019

Compuesto por Bob Marley
Arreglado e interpretado por Marco Moreira
Grabado en Molino Sonoro Estudio - Mayo 2019

Could You Be Loved

Written by Björk & Graham Massey
Arranged and Performed by Marco Moreira
Recorded at Molino Sonoro Estudio - July 2019

Compuesto por Björk & Graham Massey
Arreglado e interpretado por Marco Moreira
Grabado en Molino Sonoro Estudio - Julio 2019

Army Of Me

This compilation is growing a forest. One tree at a time.
Each Euro spent on this compilation will fund a tree that will be planted in Portugal by "Primal Gathering".

The second edition of IN SPIRIT Holistic Music Production Retreat took place at Aterra in Portugal in the summer of 2019. Aspiring artists, passionate musicians, and experienced music producers met with the mutual intention to learn about music production, co-create music and reconnect with their essence by surrounding themselves with beautiful nature and listening deep within through meditation, breathwork, and sacred rituals. You can experience the result of this deeply transformative, inspirational, and healing journey AND directly support your Mother Earth with this compilation. Since we have received countless blessings from the sacred lands of Portugal we are grateful for the opportunity to give something back. All the income from the compilation will be donated to fund an organization that is planting trees. For every single Euro that you spent, 1 tree in Portugal will be planted by our friends from Primal Gathering.

Primal Gathering is an environmentally, socially and psychologically regenerative gathering. They intend to restore forests and ecosystems all over the world, planting seeds to a more sustainable future.

"WE BELIEVE that when we merge tribes from all walks of life and aim to build, not destroy, we serve as an example to the world as a model of Conscious Living and Regeneration."
(Primal Gathering)

We could not agree more on this and hope that listening to this compilation will support YOU to reconnect with your essence and open your heart for more compassion and (self-)love

Your IN SPIRIT Tribe

About IN SPIRIT:

www.inspirit.love

About Primal:

www.primalcreaturebeings.com

Cover by: Baptiste Sejourne

Mastering by: Joe DeFaria

Teresa Gabriel - Invocation Of Spirit

Bass Trip (Final). Peter Vasks.

Morning Theft - JEFF BUCKLEY

Jorge da Rocha is a Portuguese musician living in Spain. After playing with many groups from the Barcelona music scene, Da Rocha starts is solo project recording two albums: These are a few of my favorite songs (playing cover songs from Radiohead, Massive Attack, Björk among others) and To drop and let go, with his own compositions. Both albums were recorded only with two instruments: double bass and voice. And what a wealth of possibilities the combination of double bass, loop station and celestial vocals produces! Jorge’s one-man-cosmos creates magical moments and seduces the listener in the discovery of new soundscapes and songs that show the artist's own universe, his feelings and emotions, his experiences and the dedication to permanent personal and artistic search. A search that aims for finding new ways to arrive at the same destination: the heart and soul of the listener.
Jorge is in a continuous process of developing his passionate expressiveness with the double bass, voice and words, breaking the borders of its jazz career and incorporating it into its passion for modern and alternative music, for world music, electronic music and songwriting.

Fear

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