[Weekly Mix] 2022.02 (2)

https://ffm.to/lumado-beautiful
Elle Jay : writer, vocals
Chris Bartels : writer, production
Aaron Johnson : drums

The second collab between Lumado & Elle Jay, Beautiful is an energetic, optimistic indie-pop song with a modern/80s stylistic blend. Included on upcoming EP Vital Signs, which includes 8 separate collaborators from all over Minneapolis. From Elle Jay: ‘Will you stay till you know you're beautiful,’ speaks to our human desire to run from pain or fear, when seeing it to the other side can often reveal a deep beauty in ourselves.”

Lumado is a playground project - a modern version of a large band. Collaborating together in the studio and also remotely, passing rough mixes, stems, ideas back and forth, and constantly brainstorming, “Who else could we bring on with this song?!” The word ‘genre’ is not in our vocabulary.

Vital Signs

Beautiful

Written and produced by Sam R. 
Co-produced and mixed by Ariel loh 
Mastered by Alberto De Icaza 
Live drums by Chris Corsico 
Cello by Mindia 
Artwork by Sam R.

Dynamites

Mantra is the new single from Surf Coast multi instrumentalist Immy Owusu and his first with Melbourne label Hopestreet Recordings. Mantra is a dreamy slice of Immy’s ‘Afrodelik’ approach to music, a sound that spans psychedelic rock, funk and West African roots.

Immanuel Kwabena Dreesens-Owusu grew up in two worlds: the sea bleached lifestyle of Torquay and the Surf Coast with its rock n roll soundtrack, and the musical heritage of his Ghanaian / Dutch family. Immy’s father Kojo is one of Australia’s best regarded West African musicians and his grandfather Koo Nimo is a legend of Ghanaian Highlife and Palm Wine music active since the 1960s. From them Immy learned Ashanti music and its instruments, added a fuzz pedal and began to experiment. 

Immy spent much of the pandemic living in his caravan in the bush near Bells Beach where he wrote Mantra, letting the Australian landscape and the African rhythms percolate to create a dreamy track with unstoppable momentum. Raw and rhythmic bass and drums at the forefront, Mantra opens with a roughly picked guitar hook. Echo vocals come from all around, spooky but not ominous, telling us to face our fears and give them up to a higher power. ‘When you worry, when you’re feeling down. All your darkness, give it all to me. This is my mantra’. The track builds with layered synthesizers and pads drawing you into an unfamiliar world. 

Of Mantra, Immy says ‘My family always said as a kid that when I was worried about something that I could give these negative feelings up to the Angels, The Great Mother, Jesus, God or the Universe, depending on which family member I was asking.’

Immy Owusu - Mantra

Try To Fall In Love

Flashed

Welcome to Drifting Tales! where gentle beats and soft melodies blend to create the perfect backdrop for winding down and drifting into dreamland. This compilation captures the warmth of quiet evenings and the magic of bedtime stories, drawing you into a cozy, lullaby-inspired soundscape. Each track unfolds like the pages of a storybook under a starlit sky. Drifting Tales is your nightly escape into a world of gentle sound and endless imagination. Featuring 12 beats by 15 amazing artists from around the world.

https://soundcloud.com/lofi-alumni

Mistwalker - Cloud E Daze

Dolphins Are Beautiful

Clair de Lune: Musique Relaxante

Musique Relaxante

Made this melody for my oldest son for use in his drone video.

Sailing through

a song about an ethereal person who doubts themselves

thunder

watch your footing

🎵 Sunset Dreams – A relaxing lo-fi track with warm piano chords, soft guitar plucks, laid-back hip-hop beats, subtle vinyl crackle, mellow synth pads, and a chill, medium tempo groove. Perfect for studying, working, or unwinding.

📌 How to Credit This Track:
Music: Sunset Dreams - VibeWave - No Copyright Music
https://youtu.be/UwvOrAZlZqI

Sunset Dreams

When the Soul Blooms in Color

Threads of Consciousness

This spacey Ambient track exudes deep feeling, ecstasy, and calm. Its lush, synth pad evolves over the constant flicker of arpeggiated notes and sweeps of FX sounds.  This track is a good fit for hopeful dramas, medical narrations and reflective/emotionally searching scripts. Also for deep relaxation, blissful state, yoga, meditation. Consciousness / Complicated / Warm / Searching.

For licensing, contact
https://www.Shockwave-Sound.com
https://www.LynnePublishing.com


Relaxation & Meditation, Vol. 13

John Starcluster - Rest In Space

Finding Peace

Dreaming in a falling night

Analog synth and analog dreams.

Based in Minneapolis, Lumado is a group of friends and collaborators. Remotely making lots of 2020 electronic and experimental sounds.

Beautiful

Lumado

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