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"Pollen" will be my next baby to fly the nest on September 24th. Self-recorded, mixed and mastered at home, the track draws influence from 80's new wave, post-punk and disco with lyrics exploring themes of personal identity, sense of belonging and change. The first vocal hook came to me in a dream and I managed to remember it when I woke up. Hit me up if you’d like a download  x

POLLEN
You danced all night, soaked in pollen
Your shadow was more fluid than you
All you want is purity
You chucked it in a line and hoped for the best
It’s a dizzy world, we’re all spinning
If you get to the end, do you get back to the beginning?

I said this wouldn’t affect me, now I’m paralysed
Step into my head and you can analyse this one for me
So far from your paradise
This is too hard to forget, it’s gonna leave a few dents
You got quick eyes and they’re dimming
Your mouth is out of sync and I don’t think you really mean it

Oh how great it feels to be no-one
When my eye twitches, it’s the end of the world
And is it sad to be someone?
When you run your mouth, your breath clears the room
You’ve lost your crowd, they were never loyal anyway
They’re lost in the sound of their own world now
They found their true meaning and learnt it was nothing
It’s a dizzy world, we’re all spinning

You run on bad news, chip shop truths and the blues
We said goodbye to our youth, now we’re long in the tooth
You wanna dance in the flames but you don’t know the truth
Do you still have those nights when your head’s getting loose?

I got a new name, and a character to match
I’ll act it out alone, I won’t tell anyone
Aroused a new feeling and it’s finer than the last
What a fool in this world but a devil in the next
I got a new taste and a badly chosen scent
I got a new dance, and it fixes the past
I’ve seen everything and it’s never gonna last
If you love me then you’ll share my fate
And send a miracle
I’m invisible


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Pollen

Rust & Bones – Fetchflix TV Series – Miss Scarlett

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The voluptuous, sexy and very beautiful Miss Scarlett Page-Turner, commonly called “Miss Scarlett”, is the daughter of Ronny Page, flutist of the not so famous rock group "Led Vanillin", and Hazel Turner, full time pimp in her neighborhood brothel called “The Nuts”. Since Miss Scarlett Page-Turner was working for her mother as a call girl, she was assigned classy customers such as Dick Boneman. It did not take long for Mr. Boneman to understand how the big selling potential of Miss Scarlett would help his business. Mr. Boneman offered her a job in the sales department of Boneman & Sacks Relic Asset Management Inc. and she became sales rep for the North American Catholic market where she was meeting Bishops and Cardinals to sell them holly relics. The secret of her success was obviously the spicy extras she was offering during the sales meeting. Eventually, sales started to go low when Bishops and Cardinals where too busy dealing with sexual abuses scandals from their priests and having to hide them. Miss Scarlett lost her job as a sales rep and started a new career as novel writer. Her first and only novel “The  Bishops Secret Jewels” was a total success. Indeed, this novel was a real page turner. It was based on the unorthodox meetings she had with Bishops and Cardinals, which later were disclosed by journalist on the news. Could being laid-off by Mr. Boneman be a good reason to kill him? Naaaaah, she became his full time sexy mistress and his partner in crime for much worst sins.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.” 

Music & Production: Syrel
Photography: Miss Scarlett  portrait by Syrel

Musical Note:
The double bass line at the beginning is based on the bass line of the “Lady Marmalade” song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan in 1974. The “Lady Marmalade” song is well known for its suggestive lyrics that you probably know very well. I was also vaguely inspired by the song “Scarlet” recorded in 1974 by the English rock band the “Rolling Stones” featuring guitarist Jimmy Page of the “Led Zeppelin” rock band.

Rust & Bones

Rust & Bones – Fetchflix TV Series – Miss Scarlett

cropped from a 12 minute performance.

Made almost exclusively using a Norand Mono mk2 synthesiser.

I'll finish the studio version at some point before or after I perish.

Duckscream (Live)

Made almost entirely using a Roland TR-8S and some entropy strips.

Garlic Soup

Bang Bang Exorcism

A Piece Of Dad's Old Hearth

'Until I Take My Final Breath' is a track taken from a forthcoming album project called 'Transformations' in which organic recordings of classical instruments are warped and bent using an array of effects, transforming them into otherworldly ambient soundscapes. 

This track features a recording of a woodwind quintet (piccolo, flute, bass flute, clarinet and recorder) which is massively slowed down and then fed through delays and reverbs. The result is a haunting piece where every nuance of the woodwind's vibrato and breath can be heard. 

Also presented in a remixed 'stuttering' version, where filters bring a rhythmic intensity and percussion adds to the chaotic metaphor for trying to snatch a breath of calm in a noisy world.

About the composer: 
Christof R Davis is a rising star of the contemporary classical, ambient and soundtrack genres. His work ranges from intimate solo piano compositions and layered neo-classical pieces through experimental ambient/electronica to cinematic soundtracks. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 6 Music, and he is a regular fixture in BBC Sounds Music Mixes ('The Sleeping Forecast' and 'Ambient Focus' to name two). 

You can find links to all his work at: linktr.ee/christofrdavis

Released across all streaming services on 29th November 2024

Presave or Stream Links:https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/christofrdavis/until-i-take-my-final-breath

Until I Take My Final Breath

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Basement

Pump! Pump! Pump! Push! Push! Push! Is fun Techno/dance/rock song about a daily gym routine that turns into a gym romance! It’s not uncommon for people to form romantic connections with others they meet at the gym, as shared interests and activities can often serve as a foundation for a relationship (in fact, we know two couples who did just that!).
We’ve combined a fast-paced dance song with the addition of a lead guitar to reflect the action packed, exercise routines and work outs that many people do at their local gym.


PUMP PUMP PUMP

Decomposing (ft. Zinga & Jacey Channels)

I'm just a warm meaty lump mixing the music I love to support the artists who made it. Reach out and tell them if you like their work. Share and comment, and spread these wonderful sounds to anyone who loves to hear wonderful sounds.

Tracks and Artists in the this mix:

1. Music and Words for Money - Tim McInnes
2. The Jazzmaster - Matt Finucane
3. Keep the balance - Roller Disco Death Party
4. Humming - You dirty blue
5. Steals My Sleep - Girobabies
6. BRZL (Will Farr Remix feat. Lo Tea) - Meat and Prawns
7. What Happens Now - The Empty Page
8. Suddo Tonnau - Worldcub
9. Holding Up - Wyse
10. Living Arrangements - Hot  Air
11. Life - Mistrust
12. I Feel - Good Hugg
13. You're My Favorite Drugs - The Shops
14. Nicer - Low Bridge
15. Highlighter Pens Will Keep The Chaos At Bay - Gaylips
16. Nervous Bird - Popfuture
17.  Your Thing - Head Gardener
18. Achieved very little but felt peaceful - Astrakan
19. Jazz Cafe - Vickram Bhamra
20. All the good times - Driftwood
21. When the wind blows - Rochelle Rochelle
22. You & Me - Retro Kid
23. Lucy in the sky with Dolphin - South Acid Mimi
24. The Incredible Shrinking Man - Exposed Brick
25. S(he)'s a Rake - Vanessa Van Ness
26. Mandem Say ft. DJ Black Low - Apple Digital Master 2448 - King Nilote
27. Nevergreen - Andrew Anderson 
28. FLIES - DohB
29. Hiding Through Fear (VIP Dub) - Spectre Horsemen Pale With Dust
30. The Old Gardener - Richard Trethewey
31. Alienation - Negative Response
32. Crawl (M2) - Julia Dales
33. Ghost Man - Soli Vive
34. where are we now - daniel iorio
35. Croydon Fox - Strange Flesh
36. Dirac Sea - Particle Drift
37. Automation Nation - Mike Pendegast
38. Dark Matter - W^(Will Arneil)
39. Make it Matter (Radio Edit) - Malibu Hot Flush
40. Heaven Knows mp3 - David Stanley
41. Nostalgic for the violence of his youth - Victor Serge
42. Amygdala Algorithm - We Have Ghosts
43. The Meditation - Debrison
44. Bonnie & Clyde - the kahunas
45. Diamonds and Pearls - Ben P Williams
46. Contain Control - Fibres
47. Hermosa Vida en Verano - Jimena Fama 
48. Low Song - Subordinate Clause
49. Sadist - BIG big SKY
50. The Ship - Superboo
51. Strange One - Man at Q & M
52. It Starts Again - Band Spectra
53. Wake Up! Its Another Day mp3 - GO VOLTA
54. Bee Side - Shrube
55. Advance [Radio Edit] - Gates of Light
56. England’s Glory - Johnny Panic & the Bible of Dreams (Jimmy Andrex)

Will Farr's Eclectic Mix Volume 3

The Artiste

bleep-bleep-sleep

Lyrics:

Statues and memories
They get best of me
Shadows and photographs
They got the rest of me
But not for long

Stuck in this reverie
Can’t shake the dust off
Forever residue
On this soul
But not this song

And I, I’ve done my time
Time to give up the ghost
I’ve done my time
Time to give up the ghost

So wear your heart out
I’ve cleared my head
A new page lifted
Tune into a different song 

The old forgivable
Undone from a million to one
To blame
From right or from wrong

And I, I’ve done my time
Time to give up the ghost
I’ve done my time
Time to give up the ghost

Tear down the past
Tear down the past
It won’t last 
No, no, no, no, no
_____________________________________
Written, recorded and produced by LUZANGOH

Glaciers

Give Up The Ghost

120 to 30, delayed and filtered

“He should be heard by many many people” – Louder Than War Magazine
loud guitar, negative vibes
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