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Missy Elliot Ft. Eve- Hot Boyz (Shiva's Fly Girl Remix)

Hayley Thompson leads the music project, A New Thing, an international collaboration of vocalists and musicians shaping a new movement in gospel house music. Their debut single, Psalm 23: Detroit to NYC, will be released on October 28th on Whasdat Music/ Brooklyn Girl Music.

The track represents a new take on the style heard in gospel house classics, reminiscent of Kenny Bobien’s “I Shall Not Be Moved.” Thompson, a Brooklyn, NY native currently living in Detroit, came to love house music while living in New York City. “I would check out DJs and producers like Ian Friday at the Brooklyn Tea Party, Danny Krivit at the 718 Sessions, and Eman’s Bang the Party in Fort Greene.” These influences led to the creation of A New Thing and the production of “Psalm 23.” “I wanted to capture the joy of soulful house music and that combination of spiritual energy, dance, and community that makes so many of us love it.”

Thompson co-wrote the single with composer Karim Beldjilali (NYC) and co-produced it with Detroit house music legend and mainstay, Pirahnahead, founder of Whasdat Music. The other talented members of A New Thing collaborated across cities and continents. Music industry veteran, Carllie Jaxen (NYC), masterfully provides the lead vocal. The background vocalists are Detroiters and include popular house vocalist Eric King, gospel performance favorite, Teyonee Reed, Jeanne Harris Parks, Keir Coleman Ward, Lee McPherson, and Toni Washington. Musicians include Los Hermanos’ Gerald Mitchell on keyboards and organ, France-based phenomenon Slikk Tim Becherand on bass, and local bass player Dave Henderson. Thompson provided additional instrumentals.

The project’s name, A New Thing, comes from Isaiah 43:19: “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

Psalm 23: Detroit to NYC (Preview Main Vocal)- A New Thing

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Zelda - Song of Storms (Deon Custom Remix)

It has been a while since I released a mix. I felt a longing to get a new one out but there were some factors that inhibited that desire. I changed my musical tastes from an EDM base to more house and deep house genres; slower BPMs, fewer "drops", and much more emotion. I had three of my mixes taken down due to copyright infringement, which I interpreted as being too mainstream. I kept the hidden gems to myself. I had spent the last year rebuilding my music library with more colors to choose from when I make these mixes. I actually got bored with my previous mixes because I would simply press "SYNC" and set the master BPM to 128; it became too easy and lacked passion.

The main reason that I haven't been able to put a mix up is because I suffer from depression making daily tasks seem impossible. It is something I have struggled with for many years but the last two have been particularly difficult. I channeled a lot of energy to get this new mix out but consider this to be an exploration into my reality.

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This mix is different, not only in genre, but in technique. For a majority of the mix, SYNC was turned off. The BPMs range from 80 all the way to 140. This posed a particular challenge jumping between these beats but that's what has been missing, a challenge. I kept with the harmonic mixing but the transition techniques are new and experimental. It will sound different than my other mixes but this was recorded and choreographed all in one take.

keys - mft
putty boy strut - flying lotus
the hype feat. eliza doolittle (cln remix) - wookie
mosaic of a farmer - mft
sheeta (mendo remix) - hunzed, harvey(it)
beggin for thread (bag raiders remix) - banks.
the nightcaller - flyng lotus
cocaine model - zhu
subside - galimatias & sorrow
stay closer - zhu
never catch me feat. kendrick lamar - flying lotus
desert chase - harry gregson-williams
coronus the terminator - flying lotus
same dream china - gold panda
need u (100%) feat a*m*e (amtrac remix) - duke dumont
tell me - golden features
coup de grace - hybrid
shivva - elite force
move for me - morgan page

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