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France based chamber duo Snowdrops return with their final release of 2021. Arguably their most adventurous and experimental release to date, ‘Inner Fires’ features four tracks of Ondes Martenot, piano, synths and tubular bells with Richard Knox (A-Sun Amissa) featuring on electric guitar on the closing track.

« Inner Fires is an anticipation disc in four chapters, a sort of cinematographic dramaturgy presenting four instrumental pieces that tell us about collective loneliness and underground collectives, sleepy thoughts and sudden awakenings. The resignation of each, the courage of some. It speaks of introspections and expressions. Of the slow disappearance of our beings from our world, and of the intense fight to bring them back to life. On the edge of the precipice. Like a cry of alarm. So as not to become a society of specters. »

Artwork by Peter Collins

Inner Fires

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Somebody Out There

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Bring awareness to who *you* truly are. You are the one that is aware of your awareness. Relax into that. There is no problem to solve, so what's left?

Intention II

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Time (Birds Of The West Remix)

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Karmacoda - Time (Birds Of The West Remix)

Remix of the incredible The Ruin and The Lake by Claude Speeed. 

Original - https://claudespeeed.bandcamp.com/track/the-ruin-and-the-lake

Bandcamp for this remix - https://faexoptim.bandcamp.com/track/claude-speeed-the-ruin-and-the-lake-faex-optim-remix

Claude Speeed - The Ruin And The Lake (Faex Optim Remix)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1fZyFpJGVv5oHPcOiPSCZi?si=e57f8adc765e4962

Everywhere Else: https://lonelyfrenchmusic.fanlink.tv/BCheather

Heather

Loop Hands. 

Produced + recorded by Freya Lily 
Mixing + additional production by Olly Shelton
Artwork by Kelly Emrich

Loop Hands

Monstera Country Cyborg

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J'ai croisé Liv sur la Promenade, irradiante de beauté, on entendait jouer les enfants…

Liv sur la Croisette

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Buy 'Loyal' in The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/collections/music/products/heathered-pearls-loyal

Heathered Pearls - Beach Shelter (Sun Glitters Remix)

Lacing elements of electronica, rock, pop and jazz through a danceable groove, San Francisco's Karmacoda emit a hybrid sound that is both modern and emotional. To expose a more personal side is what the band set out to do with Eternal, their fourth studio album, which was released on Sola Musa Music on August 2, 2011, and gained instant momentum, cracking the CMJ Radio 200 Chart at #191.

Hovering around a central theme of transformation; love, loss, and evolution show up as story lines in the songs, pulling instrumental inspiration from a myriad of decades. AllMusic.com finds, I Am Just Not Listening Any Longer's ...reflective, but not completely somber tone, is a strong effort, a classic statement of soul-burnt emotion." Bassist Eric Matsuno gets back to his jazz roots on Feel The Weight, walking through what AllMusic.com describes as "...a sweet, buttery chorus".

Karmacoda enlist a little help from their friends, putting to use talents from the West Coast's rich music scene, including Beth Hirsch (of Air Moon Safari fame) and Anji Bee (Lovespirals) who join vocalists B. and Heather Pierce on the chillout concept tune, Love Will Turn Your Head Around, prompting Glide.com to deem it, "the gem of the album; dark, languid, and teasingly dangerous".

It's been over a decade since co-founders B. (Brett Crockett) and Heather Pierce met in the lobby of their vocal coach's studio. What started as an experimental music project while the two were in between bands, has turned into four studio albums, two remix records and a live album. Frail, the first song they wrote together was featured in the 2003 independent film, Paris. Bassist, Eric Matsuno joined the band during the release of their 2007 success, Illuminate. Keyboard player, Isaac Ho added his magic to Eternal's 2011 tour and rounds out the current lineup.

From the beginning, Karmacoda have recorded their albums at The Amsterdam Room, B.'s personal studio. In 2009 the band built The Briefing Room, a combined rehearsal space and recording studio on Treasure Island, in the heart of the San Francisco Bay. Eternal was recorded at both studios and was mastered by Andy VanDette (Metric, U2, David Bowie) at Masterdisk, New York. 

While their albums have always featured stellar production, live, the band brings an emotional intensity generated by their dynamic performances, more akin to a rock show than a DJ set.

Eternal builds upon the organic meets electric sound Karmacoda has been cultivating since their inception, and is filled with lush musical landscapes, hooky choruses, moving vocal performances and melodies that linger. TrippinTheRift.com states, "In A Little Bit is guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days thanks to its catchy piano loop and the crystal bells of Heather Pierce's voice." 

Karmacoda - Time (Birds Of The West Remix)

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