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Red Dress

Floundering

Loosie is an EP released by Kalou in January 2014. Recorded in San Francisco, California. All songs by Sam.

Marie

Off the back of her trip to Paris Fête De La Musique Juba showcases some new tracks and also invites Paris based DJ and Producer, Anyone ID, on for a mix.

JUBA with Anyone ID - 19 July 2025

sampled this youtube gem for this tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lCdqp5OUDI
props to the creator. i had this phone, was solid but degraded badly. miss those old android times

i'm back (like i left something)

from the upcoming kalou album 'you're a special person to me, i'm glad we met'.

lyrics:

when i was a fly and i died on the bathroom floor 
i laid there forever more
when i was a chicken stuffed in a cage it was tough
i never had the chance to love
when i was cow i was branded at my birth
then i watched my mother be sold in chunks 
i felt alone but there was nothing i could do 
every single night i had dreams of pastures new

feel pain 
impossible to console
scare you 
with intensity i can’t control 
that’s when 
emotions overwhelm 
don’t want
this moment to ever end

when i was a human i had  thoughts a thousand times
how would it feel, to feel alive?
so i wandered out, wondering what might be
i got drowned by a wave of guilt and grief

when i was with four letters, i was very happy

#musicvideo #surf #indie #alternative #punk #thrash #energetic #upbeat #kalou  #wheniwas #dariacore

when i was

Juba - 16 August 2025

13. Still Here

'Burying' expresses the need to break away whether from the media, the news or an unhealthy relationship. It is a dance between strength and weakness depending on how it is perceived.
Produced by Asta Kalapa studios, electric guitar by Aidan Mulloy.

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Tell me that you really care
But you're talking to a lit up square
Different versions of reality
You don't understand the things
That mean something to me
And you're always giving me advice
As if I can't see with my own two eyes
Mending my views on the world's affairs
Because clearly I'm too unaware

Mister bigshot what you wanna fight about next
It's a fine line, you're a million miles from it
Mister headstrong why don't I just tell you a lie
Tell you I'm wrong, tell you that you are right
Oh you were right

I can see I'm losing this fight
I don't feel the need to be right
Don't you know I've given up hope
Oh I'm burying, burying, burying
Burying my head
I can see I'm losing this fight
I don't feel the need to be right
Don't you know I've given up hope
Oh I'm burying, burying, burying
Burying my head in the sand
Burying, burying
Burying my head in the sand
Burying, burying

Hard to know if you can hear
If you can see me standing here
You're too busy looking in a mirror
Can't you see I've given in
What's the point in arguing
It isn't gonna make it any clearer
What's your game, what you come for
I don't wanna be ignored
There's a sweeter side, just to make it alright
Oh well okay fine, I'll be back like the tide
It's a sweetness, such an incompleteness
Weather to my water is you

I can see I'm losing this fight
I don't feel the need to be right
Don't you know I've given up hope
Oh I'm burying, burying, burying
Burying my head
I can see I'm losing this fight
I don't feel the need to be right
Don't you know I've given up hope
Oh I'm burying, burying, burying
Burying my head in the
I can see I'm losing this fight
I don't feel the need to be right
Don't you know I've given up hope
Oh I'm burying, burying, burying
Burying my head
I can see I'm losing this fight
I don't feel the need to be right
Don't you know I've given up hope
Oh I'm burying, burying, burying
Burying my head in the sand
Burying, burying
Burying my head in the sand
Burying, burying
Sand, burying, burying
Sand, burying, burying

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Burying

Belong

Big beat with heavy bass, melodic vocal and catchy hooks.  Very funky...

Aspiration

Star Crow

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13. Still Here

Little Big Noise

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