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When writing this track, we drew inspiration from the works of the composer Vangelis.

Following his sad death in May 2022, we also put together a video to talk about his influence, his experimentation with (at the time) cutting edge synthesizer technology, and to talk a bit about how we composed our track. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/NzCG1RlOwUg

Chroma-Fi: Edward Bettella and Jonni Slater
www.chroma-fi.com

(C) Copyright 2022 Edward Bettella and Jonni Slater

Solarium

For Madmen Only

new single, free track. enjoy

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Bigyarus - Formula

As heard on BBC Radio 6

LYRICS
Keep love in the dark 
Where only I fear it 
Holding it close 
So I can be near it 
Love is in the thought of me 
Searches for the heart of you 
A cat that chases shadows 
That’s all that it will ever do

Thinking of the moment 
Only I noticed 
Holding my attention 
I believed that you meant it 
Love is in the thought of me 
Never at the heart of you 
A cat that chases shadows 
Is all that I can ever do

Keep it in the dark 

Don’t want to go inside right now 
I watch the leaves as twilight falls 
I see a shooting star 
and know that things will change 

Keep it in the dark 

Don’t tell me the truth 
I don’t want to hear it 
So many ways to talk 
But distance makes us distant 
Everything is in the thought of me 
Everything is in the heart of you 
A cat that chases shadows 
Is all that we will ever do 

CREDITS
Maaike Siegerist, guitar, vocals
Catherine Rudie, vocals
Chris Blanden, bass
Susanna Downes, piano

Words and music: 
Maaike Siegerist & Catherine Rudie

Production: 
Maaike Siegerist

Photo: 
Catherine Rudie

Keep It In The Dark

From the "Inversions" EP, released on 20th April. A song about the loneliness of the big city. 

"You're late tonight
It's cold outside
Headlights slow on the boulevard
And time has passed
Measured by the glass
All gone, still you stay a little
Turn light down low
Now you're alone

In the streetlight where the people hurry by
Just a glance would dry the tears in your eye

Keep moving on
There's somewhere to belong
But you know these streets say nothing
Do you feel the same?
No, don't turn away
Make tomorrow wait a little
In this stolen light
Stay close tonight
Say it'll be alright"

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Inversions

Alright (Vintage Melodrama)

Love Potion No. 9

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Tour dates: http://www.shemakeswar.com/gigs

Produced by Laura Kidd at J&J Studios, Bristol.
Engineered and mixed by Dan Austin, mastered by Dick Beetham.
Guitar, bass and vocals by Laura Kidd, drums by Dan Whitfield.

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Bristol based producer and creative indie powerhouse She Makes War releases her new double A side single ‘Undone \ London Bites’, from forthcoming album ‘Brace For Impact’ (released 5th October). The songs will be made available online in two stages, with ‘Undone’ on 14th and ‘London Bites’ on 28th September. Analogue music fans are invited to order gorgeous hand packaged vinyl-effect CD singles direct from the artist via Bandcamp.

Written in a daze the day after Laura’s grandmother Constance died last May, ‘Undone’’s monster guitars deliver palpable rage at the bad things that happen to good people, the song acting as an openhearted rallying cry against the British stiff upper lip brigade. “We need to give ourselves a break”, she says. “Giving ourselves time to feel devastated doesn’t make us weak.” ‘I was told I feel too much’, she sang on 2016’s “Paper Thin” (featuring guest vocals by Belly’s Tanya Donelly), but with age, experience and the bitter state of the world comes conformation empathy should be treasured as a rare strength.

Undone

SHE MAKES WAR - Undone

Demo 

Shaolin Bossa

Music Video: http://tiny.cc/thesamejob
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"In the single “The Same Job” by TS Bright, the band only needed 2 verses and a chorus, consisted of 4 lyrical lines each, in order to create probably the greatest poetry in the music of this century and answer any gnawing question that’s blowing in the wind." - Grotesqualizer.

"The song “The Same Job” is distinguished by gentle and unconventional vocal melodies, unusual not only for the folk genre, but in general." - Grotesqualizer.

"The simple and eccentric deviation to what music should be is entertaining." - comeherefloyd.

"‘The Same Job’ is a track that revels in it’s hooks but comes with it a solid level of depth too, making it one of the more enjoyable listens of the year." - Sounds Good.

You can choose any kind of Roman torture
Nobody leaves the line of suiciders
Please, pass me the ball,
I’ll just puncture it

In the beginning was the Sport
The fresh blood flows out of your throat
When you’ve caught a dirty shot
But now humor does the same job

You can try driving nails into hands
No one awakes from an infernal coma
All the naked bodies
Can not turn the tide

In the beginning was the Sport
The fresh blood flows out of your throat
When you’ve caught a dirty shot
But now humor does the same job

The Same Job

This song has been declared Hallowe'en Compliant. For full certification, please visit www.helphelpmonkeyfighters.com

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In deep, concealing doorways
'Neath dark, forbidding skies     
Get your sins reduced to lapses
Get your blessings in disguise

But don't look in those eyes

For a hundred awkward questions 
Got a thousand alibis
Got a quick effective answer
For anyone who tries

So don't look in those eyes 

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Monk Fright Eyes

My original song 'Ego', is for everybody out there who feels all they hear in their relationship is:  
“That’s enough of ME talking about MYSELF; let’s hear you talk about ME”

Natalie Banna: Singer/Songwriter
Iago Guimarães: Producer/Mix/Mastering

Ego (official song)

LOOK AT ME

A song compiled from the eye-witness accounts of those present that fateful evening. Some scars never heal. True story...

A Bear In The Gypsy Rover

intro: Am Em B Em
verse: Em Am B Em
chorus: C G B Em

It was a Wednesday night
and the Open Mic
had just begun.
Mark was up
and he hadn't quite finished
his very first song.

And the bar was buzzing
'cos the night
had so much fun in store.
When the relative peace
was shattered
by what came through the door.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

It booled along to the
end of the bar and
caused a stir,
then bounded back to
the startled front
and gave a grrrrr!

And the panic
only started
when it became clear
we were sharing the
Gypsy Rover
with a pretty mad bear.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

Well Jackie Pink
she didn't think
she dived right in;
and we ended up
with the landlady
bear wrestling.

Then it spied
a spaniel underneath
a table, hunched.
And it dragged
poor Jackie with it
as it went for lunch.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

As the spaniel
gave a series of
blood curdling howls,
it was lifted up to
safety but
relaxed it's bowels.

The cast iron table
got flipped like
it wasn't there,
as beer and wine
and something else
flew through the air.

It was six feet long
and one inch wide
and sprayed us all
from side to side
it covered us
both up and down
and left us the colour
of chocolate brown.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

To end all this commotion
and this monologue,
a man from Westbourne Grove
arrived to claim his

...dog?

(woof)

Now maybe on reflection
I should change
the song,
but thirty people
saw it and can't
all be wrong.

It was six feet long
and three feet wide
with a gaping maw
and blood-shot eyes.
Legs as stout
as an English oak
and fur the colour
of dirty smoke.

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover
We thought our lives were over
There was a bear in the Gypsy Rover

NIC HOY - A Bear In The Gypsy Rover

I want to know your secrets
What lives under your skin?
Such a calm appearance
Show me cracks to gaze in
What lies in the distance you keep?
What do you hide underneath?

‘cause you paint with the same colours that I use
And you hold up a mirror 
It leaves me confused
Do you know me?

Now your mask is fading
So close I want to touch
But I am mistaken
When I look for love
You say that your heart is mechanical
Not worth bleeding for

Still you paint with the same colours that I use
And you hold up a mirror 
It leaves me confused

Don't I know you?
Don't I know you?
Under the surface I saw 
the boy that you hide in the dark
Safe on his own

Still you paint with the same colours that I use
And you hold up a mirror 
It leaves me confused
Don’t you know me?

Words and music: Maaike Siegerist
Cello: Jonathan Stabler
Voice, guitar: Maaike Siegerist
Artwork: Catherine Rudie

From my album Born Before the Wind
https://www.maaikesiegerist.com/music

Also appears on the Snowflakes VI compilation
https://atseacompilations.bandcamp.com/album/snowflakes-vi

Paint With The Same Colours

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