Summary: This song is about first impressions causing misconceptions that brings about interest in the person in question, that through further thought can be understood as simply curiosity. 
This song taps on self-depreciation and self-inefficacy being let out in a form of entitlement that through clearing the misconceptions of the person in question, one grows to love and understand the situations, the people, and themselves.

Differentiation factor: The basis of this song is repetition, in the instrumental the same motif is repeated over and over, yet the melody and meaning of the song changes. This constant movement through constancy creates a bit of a deviation that may affect a person.

I saw you in mysterious light
For maybe bout half of the time
I knew your smile
But was it gonna change my life

A meaningless diversion
Is all you ever were
I could never see the end with you

Was i supposed to be the one
To take a step and go beyond
I dont think we ever truly knew

Its hard to 
Decide on the boundaries
With you

Thought about not holding back
Carelessness and without tact
Could i make the difference
I lacked

Remnants of past encounters
Prevent me from moving forward
Wonder if i ever did
Progress

Its hard to
Decide on the boundaries 
For you

I saw you in mysterious light
For maybe bout half of the time
I knew your smile
Wish you didn't change my life

credits
arrangement: raziel
instrumental: raizal
vocal: raizle

mic: china condenser mic
location: my sleeping quarters

prow 1/7

Summary: This song is about unrequited romantic desire. How everytime you let down your guard and rest, they're the first thing that plagues your mind. How you can't quite stop being so aware or act the way you usually do when they are around. How you know nothing will ever come from pondering and pursing this one-sided desire, but you keep wanting something to happen.

Differentiation factor: This song has a very country or folk sound and is mostly in 3/4 except for the last 2 sentences which are either in 4/4 or 2 3/4 bars followed by a 2/4 bar. I believe this makes the song quite peculiar.

I closed my eyes
And i saw ur face on mine

You were so beautiful ur cheeks were redder than wine
Be mine
Be mine

I was so scared
Flushed for no apparent reason

Maybe i glared 
At someone with no correlation

I'm so tired
Of all these misconceptions

But by design
Degrees of implications

credits
arrangement: raziel
instrumental: raizal
vocal: raizle

mic: china condenser mic
location: my sleeping quarters

prow 3/7

Summary: This song is about wanting to understand things, like religion, love, happiness, or just life, but weighing out that the consequences are not worth it and the effort needed is too much because you're not wise enough and you really lack drive. For the instrumentation i was inspired by a short excerpt of lonely lonely by feist on the american pleasure club tape 'i blew on a dandelion and the whole world disappeared'.

Differentiation factor: The melody is just arpeggios, that is quite weird. Since i was inspired by a tape there was a lot of noise which worked really well with the song so i added in some really low white noise. I really like the way the white noise pairs with a shaky voice for vocals so i did that as well, i added quite a bit of reverb to everything and as well as a bit of distortion so it will sound like the tape i was inspired by.

cover me with your
happiest decor
keep me far from harm
leave me in the dark

separation puts it in place
all the pieces fade away
i have seen your soothing face
sing the saddest note when you pray

cover me with your
happiest decor
keep me far from harm
leave me in the dark

credits 
arrangement: raziel 
instrumental: raizal 
vocal: raizle  
mic: china condenser 
mic location: my sleeping quarters

prow 4/7

Summary: This song's lyrics are quite literal, it's about people other than your immediate family coming to live in your house and sleep in your room for however long, taking away your personal space and usual routine. At the time i wrote this song i was also having some bad menstrual cramps and the house would be filled with a heavy scent of oriental oils you could taste them. For the song i took a little for my verse from a song called "do you..." by miguel, this song also inspired the idea of heavy reverb, which i also got from "girl" by sobs.

Differentiation factor: The vocal melody starts on the seventh. This song also doesn't have instrumental chords, the guitar just plays a melody similar to the vocal over and over. There's a simple bass line for the chorus and for the verse the bass line is more complex. I added 808 bass too because i like really low bass. The song has very heavy reverb and vocal layers, and also has delay on almost all the instruments. I also added a midi clarinet part which is just the chorus vocal melody in a high octave to give some highs to the song because its very low. 

I need my space
The only place
Where i 
can find solace

In times like these
When i am in pain
I find my peace
by hiding away

These intruders
disgust me 

I cant stretch out
My feet

I need my space
The only place
Where i 
can find solace

In times like these
When i am in pain
I find my peace
by hiding away

I cant find a way out
I taste it in my mouth

I need my space
The only place
Where i 
can find solace

In times like these
When i am in pain
I find my peace
by hiding away

credits 
arrangement: raziel 
instrumental: raizal 
vocal: raizle 
mic: china condenser 
mic location: my sleeping quarters

prow 5/7

Summary: This song is about being really comfortable around someone and feeling some sort of attraction to them but not knowing whether you should pursue it in a non-platonic way because you don't want to spoil the relationship you already have so you're stuck but comfortable where you are and you're leaving it to fate to decide. Or maybe being in denial.
The lyrics were inspired by a show about witches i've been watching and how it is situationed in a forest-y hill with ponds and beautiful sights and with the theme of magic the greenery was often embellished with magical tones.

Differentiation factor: There are only two chords in this song, i used chorus and delay effects on my amp when i recorded the e guitar. There is no naturally recognisable recurring form. I used samples of sean hong and dong heng's voice i took last year because they have really low voices to add noise to the mix. I also used my earphones mic and recorded while i fiddled with the mic as it was very sensitive to make the beast-y sound, which i added a lot of delay and reverb to, this is prevalent throughout the entire song. There are a lot vocal layers. I added a lot of delay and reverb to all the tracks. The song and lyric pronunciation were made to sound muddy and ambiguous to give the effect of being mystical and child-like. The vocal melody rhythm changes quite often.

As i wade, through the water
I saw you
I saw you

In the pond
Dripping on

Its damp here
Though theres shelter

Raining down in silence
Puddles muddled sound when
I look at you
I notice you

I found a way, a path to a better place
But only in my mind
Why am i so warm
When i think of you

U are so comforting
Do you know, how you
Melt my pain
With your softness

You smell of the forest when the rain comes
Sounds resonating in my eardrums
That is why, i cannot be around you, for i
Find my senses lose their power to behave
All i am is stuck in your flow

Maybe i should resist this urge to let go
When i find a way
I find a way to
I find a way
I find a way to
I find a way
I find a way
Maybe i will come out of this hole

credits 
arrangement: raziel 
instrumental: raizal 
vocal: raizle 
mic: china condenser 
mic location: my sleeping quarters

prow 6/7

Summary: This song is about someone who is filled with self-hatred and low-self esteem, who finds someone who brightens her up a bit, but with their share of heavy emotional burden and habits that include doing things she's not completely fine with, but since they were nice enough to spare time for her, she feels obliged to do whatever they want. But she decides to tell them her burdens, hoping that they won't leave.

Differentiation factor: I used pitch shift 12 semitones lower and vocal transformer for a phasing effect on the vocals and made it louder at the choruses and softer at the verses. The timing of the tracks as well as some words are misaligned and the pitch shifts are off by a few cents to make the song sound more chaotic to represent how though both people in the relationship were happy, they were hiding things from each other. There is a lot of reverb and some delay on all the tracks. There are upper and lower harmonies for the vocals.

never really wanted you to take
never really wanted you to tell me
but my lips dont ever tell you no so u just go on

never really thought that you would stay
every little thing i do that irks me
you were always understanding and it makes me feel low

but tonight i will give you all my senses
in the form of thought
and i hope you dont mind it like you always do its ok if u do

though im really just a fragment of your life
i hope i mean more than in my mind
i might its wrong but you might think whats wrong is whats right

yellow flowers bloom around your neck
rolling so i know i can keep track of
all the promises and favours and commitments and pacts

but tonight i will give you all my senses
in the form of thought
and i hope you dont mind it like you always do its ok if u do

credits 
arrangement: raziel 
instrumental: raizal 
vocal: raizle 
mic: china condenser 
mic location: my room, studio a with help from junyang

prow 7/7

Raizel, who goes by rel, is a vocalist and a songwriter. She has played at various venues to showcase her vocals and music. Currently a vocalist for a jazz band and a pop band, she loves to experiment with genres, and displays her eclectic tastes in her music.

C Bb Am 
clock ticks on and as soon as it’s one you go home
looking at the message of where you’ll have to be on your cellphone
told you many times this would be the last time but you always say no
i know i’m the problem and i should’ve changed it long ago
chorus
F G C Bb A
you would take me out on another date
and i won’t be able to push you away
i’ll say i’m sorry and you’re just not my type
but i’m in this deep and it’s not justified
guess i’ll just have to ghost you, for today
verse 2
is this the reason i cant settle on one
why can’t i understand the way i’ve become 
am i too scared to spend my life, all alone
you want to take out to drinks and get drunk
he wants to keep me in his room till the sun
but all i want is to be home all alone 
{i say but im still out here waiting}
for you to take me out to another date
then i can’t seem to push away
i’d say i’m sorry and you’re just not my type
but i’m in this deep and it’s not justified
guess i’ll just have to ghost you, for today
outro
oooooo

credits:

caleb leck - bass
aloysius au - guitar
gary pan - guitar
david lim tak ming - drums

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