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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 479

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 479 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Del Osei-Owusu - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves479

Fresh Faves: Batch 479

Selected tracks from artists who have participated in our BOOM artist development scheme or our BŴM! scheme in partnership with Tŷ Cerdd and Articulture.

BOOM/BŴM! artists past and present

This the last tune from Relentless Approach of Better Times. On screen is a quote from Thich Naht Hahn about not letting fears about the state of the world fill your heart, or you won't be in a position to help. This is followed by information about how trauma and anxiety affects us biologically, physically and socially. Anger, fear and suspicion are symptoms of a body that hasn't yet felt safe enough to complete the somatic cycle (experience and then integration of the experience) that allows us to move on from trauma. The current divisions across the world are expressions of unresolved trauma. I argue that by becoming trauma-aware, and seeing hate as pain and fear of vulnerability, we can reach Better Times.

The Relentless Approach of Better Times

Existential EP

Existential

YCBCC

Gallipoli

'Sooner Or Later' will be released on 3/3/23.

Sooner Or Later

Golden Thread ft Cian Finn

Night Noise Team is Sean Ormsby and Fabien Pinardon. Originally from Belfast and Paris but now living in Edinburgh and London. NNT has a sly way with a lyric, a melody, an arrangement. They draw from a well of chansons, funk, rock, pop and soundtrack music. 

New single Little Shocks is direct, European, dancefloor pop with a lyric seesawing between Edinburgh and Barcelona and beats vacillating from brittle to euphoric.

Contact: Sean at nightnoiseteam (@) gmail.com
Twitter: @nightnoiseteam 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nightnoiseteam 
Bandcamp: https://nightnoiseteammusic.bandcamp.com

Little Shocks

Misunderstood jumps and jitters into a full-on punk assault right from the off. Speeding through your brain like an out of control, amphetamine powered steam train, the track manages to spit out venomous tounge in cheek lyrics that call out a hypercritical society, where people take the moral high ground without thinking of the consequences of their own actions. So jump in, hold on tight and enjoy the ride!

Misunderstood

1675941775664 Missunderstood Master

In the lead-up to SXSW around March 2023, Marcus Joseph will launch part one of his remix-album campaign, promoting the first NikNak remix single that will be drip-fed to lead up to the release of the complete album by May 2023.

Challenge Day Revisited by NikNak

Mother Said - Tallulah (Radio Edit)

A conversation between two lovers.

——

LYRICS
Cold as ice, caught in the passing of time
I didn’t understand the things that you do
So I settle you down,
“Take in the moment, it’s not gonna come back around”
But you frowned and said:
“For some things in life, you gotta keep those feet on the ground”

I take comfort in you, but That’s All
I don’t feel like you do and That’s All
and sooner or later you won’t want me hanging around

Don’t just stare at the ground
For some things in life are waiting just to be found
And no doubt, I need you tonight
To keep me from just dropping out

I take comfort in you and That’s All
I don’t feel like you do and That’s All
and sooner or later you might just need me around

Is it true…what you say?
Is it true…you’re drifting away?
All that you say…is it even remotely the truth?

Have I lost you?

——

SONG PERFORMED BY:
Si Clancy / Vocals
Nadine Haberl / Vocals
John Bean / Cello
Ruth O'Mahony Brady / Piano
Mirka Neulomaa / Viola, Violin
Vicki Reynolds / French Horn

Thank-you to the incredible musicians who played on this track!

Special thanks to Ruth O'Mahony Brady :-)

Written by Si Clancy © 2013-2023. Mixed by Si Clancy and Nadine Haberl with help and advice from Jez Burns. Piano arranged by Nadine Haberl and Ruth O'Mahony Brady. Strings and brass arranged by Martha Bean. Recorded between homes and Yellow Bean Studios, Leicester. Mastered by Jez Burns.

If you like this song enough, please SUPPORT THIS MUSIC by purchasing the track on my Bandcamp page on by donating to my Buy me a Coffee fund. In difficult times, every contribution helps me to continue making stuff. Seriously, everything you see / hear over here is fully self-funded and independent.

siclancy.bandcamp.com
buymeacoffee.com/siclancy

That's All (Duo Version)

Composed for the Olive Collective: 

Cor Anglais - Ella Pearson
Piano - Megan Rushbrook
Violoncello - Alex Carey 

Audio Engineer - Natalie Roe

The Iridescent Isle

A recording of 2 performers playing a game-based score on the mechanical Organ in Theatr Soar. Notes are held down using different coloured sticks, each stick having its own rules that dictate how they move across the keys, and when the piece ends. Each play of the game is different, and can be played by up to 5 people.

Here is the link to a video of the piece: https://youtu.be/fi7X4vD2_iM

Datod I

An exploration of what a post-apocalypse landscape might sound like in the form of British artist Iain Chamber's eerie and evocative examination of the decommissioned UK Ministry of Defence site Orford Ness.

Secrets of Orford Ness by Iain Chambers
Out: October 27, 
Format: digital
www.flamingpines.com

All tracks by Iain Chambers
Mastered by Nima Aghiani
Photography: Ian Rawes

Secrets Of Orford Ness - Extract 1

Marcus is a musician and spoken word artist and his sound can be described as a warm fusion of Jazz, Reggae, Hip-Hop and Contemporary Music. 

His debut album Beyond the Dome was released on the Jazz Refreshed label.

His work has been supported by Tom Robinson (6Music), Gilles Peterson (6 Music), Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM), Dj Lanni (Worldwide FM) and Jay Phelps (Jazz FM, Worldwide FM).