Voice Notes

2008 (New Version)

This is the theme I wrote for LOSING GROUND, Kathleen Collins' celebrated film called "a nearly lost masterwork" by The New Yorker.  Vocal by Frankie D., piano by Jim West

Love Does Her Thing in Funny Ways

2hollis - I like your style **SNIPPET**

Joi - Goddess

Auqetre - Extended Edit

FRIEND OF MINE [MAL'S "JUST_MEAT" EDIT]
rel. 24/06/2025.

FRIEND OF MINE [MAL'S "JUST_MEAT" EDIT]

Margeaux @ The Lot Radio 07-01-2025

Bitter Babe takes the second half of RA.997, revelling in the fullness of the Latin electronic continuum. 

As part of our countdown to the 1000th edition of the RA Podcast, a milestone in the 18-year history of Resident Advisor's weekly mix series, we're switching up the usual format.

This week, following heady excursions through Lagos, Kampala, Detroit and Chicago, our focus shifts to Latin America—arguably the story in underground electronic music since the pandemic. 

After years of being all but ignored internationally, the glut of special club sounds coming out of Peru, Brazil, Colombia and beyond have finally received their flowers. 

Among the movement's great success stories are two artists who exemplify its refreshingly undogmatic energy: Verraco and Bitter Babe. 

Bitter Babe, naturally, takes the B. As a DJ, she reflects the fullness of the Latin electronic experience—"diverse, messy, emotional, political and full of contradictions," as she says in her interview. 

Her rollicking rides through guaracha, dembow, cumbia, techno and everything in between are powerful counters to anyone who believes the culture begins and ends with Shakira and Bad Bunny. And, as she'd like to remind everyone, "not every offbeat rhythm with Latin percussion is reggaeton."

Skip through the 60-minute mix and you'll hear wildly different rhythms at every juncture. Surely, you might assume, at the expense of flow? And yet enjoyed (as intended) from start to finish, the tunes gel like milk and honey, each silky transition subtly phasing in fresh tones and percussive flourishes. It's fast, feverish and intensely riveting.

@bitterbabe
Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1001

Correction: the final version of this mix was uploaded on Tuesday, July 15th.

RA.997 Bitter Babe

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When you’re around I lose myself
High on your fumes like nothing else
Crawl through my window
Take a shiner for you
Wanna get out of here?
You know what to do

I’d catch lightning for you, baby

Oh I could spend my whole life 
Wasting time by your side if you let me
When you look at me, I come undone
You don’t even have to try
I’m already sold on this high
‘Cause you get me
To a place I’ll never come down from

Your hands on me, it feels so easy
Cards on the table, you see me clearly
Take your shot
I’d pull the trigger for you
Let’s drive away fast
Tell me what you wanna do

You run through me electric

Oh I could spend my whole life 
Wasting time by your side if you let me
When you look at me, I come undone
You don’t even have to try
I’m already sold on this high
‘Cause you get me
To a place I’ll never come down from

We could, we could talk for hours (all, all, all I wanna)
I could, I could spend it all with you (all, all, all I wanna)
We could, we could talk for hours (all, all, all I wanna do)
I’d start a fire to be with you
You’ve got me right here, burning

Oh I could spend my whole life 
Wasting time by your side if you let me
When you look at me, I come undone
You don’t even have to try
I’m already sold on this high
‘Cause you get me
To a place I’ll never come down from

To a place I’ll never come down from (I’m on fire)
To a place I’ll never come down from (All I want to)
To a place I’ll never come down from (I’m on fire)
To a place I’ll never come down from (All I want to)


Music and lyrics (c) Niki Colet 2020

Voice Note #2 - If You Let Me

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I do all the things like
Hold you when you’re not right
But I’m not your girlfriend
Itching just to know now
All about how your day went
But I’m not your girlfriend

What would it take
For you to stake your claim
I wait up for you, take you serious
You talk so sweet
But you’re so hard to read
I’m tired of all the spaces between

Go a little crazy, cry when you don’t call me
But I’m not your girlfriend
Think about you constant
Whizzing through my mind like
Maybe I’ll tell him

What would it take 
For you to stake your claim
I wait up for you, take you serious
You talk so sweet
But you’re so hard to read
I’m tired of all the spaces between

Before we turn the lights out
There’s always a goodnight
And then I dream about you
Reach you for real this time

You drive, I call shotgun
I could do this all night
But I’m not your girlfriend

Voice Note #3 - Girlfriend

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Hands up on an empty floor
Nobody else likes dancing anymore
But I don’t care
I didn’t come to make friends

You had charm and all the right words to say
And well, I guess you’re still that way
But I don’t care
You were never mine, anyhow

So I’ll cry
And I’ll keep dancing through the tears
Forget tonight
I’ve been standing here for years
When the lights change back from
Red to gold
And the bartender says
It’s time to go home
I’ll be fine
Out on that dance floor alone

Chin up, it’s over now
I can’t feel when the music’s this loud
Thrumming beat
Come and drown it all out 

Spinning around your ghost
You don’t know and that’s what hurts me the most
So I tell myself
That I’m better off somehow

So I’ll cry
And I’ll keep dancing through the tears
Forget tonight
I’ve been standing here for years
When the lights change back from
Red to gold
And the bartender says
It’s time to go home
I’ll be fine
Out on that dance floor alone

Wishing, waiting
Spent all my life aching
Only hating
All the tension fading
If nothing else, I’m 
Done sitting by the phone tonight 

Hands up on an empty floor
Nobody else likes dancing anymore
But I don’t care
I didn’t come to make friends

So I’ll cry
And I’ll keep dancing through the tears
Forget tonight
I’ve been standing here for years
When the lights change back from
Red to gold
And the bartender says
It’s time to go home
I’ll be fine
Out on that dance floor alone

Voice Note #4 - Hands Up

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Well, I guess this is it
I think we've reached 
The end of the line
Couldn't pry myself away for years
But you've gone and
Outdone yourself this time

Not another fucking consolation prize
I would rather 
Stand here stranded
And watch you say goodbye

From the windows of the train
Home spins out of view
Then fades away
Yes, I know that you tried
But I'm through with shrinking
Just to make you smile

Not another fucking consolation prize
I would rather 
Stand here stranded
And watch you say goodbye

I loved you so much and it was all so sad
But the leaves are changing and I can't stay
The sun doesn't rise here anyway

Gathered all the courage I had saved
Cashed it in for this one rainy day
I won't sit in the smoke rising from your sparks
How does a flower bloom in the dark?

I don't want it
You can go
And don't forget your pride
I'll be heading
Off to somewhere 
Wide and open and bright
To catch a little light

To catch a little light

Voice Note #5 - Consolation Prize

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I wanna lock you up
Keep you in my heart forever
Slow dance for a hundred years
I wanna drive you wild
But for real this time

There’s a chamber of my heart
With your name written on it
Every night you come home
To somebody else

She gets to crawl into bed
And ask you how your day went
Kiss you on the cheek
Whenever she damn pleases

I know it’s not real but
Can I keep you? 
Can I keep you?
I’d never break her heart
I never wanna break her heart
Can we pretend this is a question I can ask
Can I keep you

I look into your eyes
And feel like you might understand
All the different ways I can be
All the difficult things I am
Like nobody else can

But oh my darling I’m a mess
And I can’t run away from it
Half of me just wants the best for you
And we know the answer

She gets to take your hand
Whenever she feels like it
Lean into you, make new plans
You’re all hers for the weekend 

I know it’s not real but
Can I keep you? 
Can I keep you?
I’d never break her heart
I never wanna break her heart
Can we pretend this is a question I can ask
Can I keep you

I’d never break her heart
I never wanna break her heart
Can we pretend this is a question I can ask
Can I keep you

Can I keep you
Can I keep you
Can I keep you

I wanna lock you up
Keep you in my heart forever
Slow dance for a hundred years
I wanna drive you wild
But for real this time

Voice Note #3 - Girlfriend

Niki Colet

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