I am letting this song to the world on International Women's Day <3
Here are the thoughts from my heart to yours.  They were bubbling in my mind whilst I was recording this piece:

be love supreme
If you blot time and matter, what do you hear?
hearts beating in all hemispheres
If you blot time and matter, what do you feel?
Light and darkness as one
Light is transparent
be the light and open heart
let your heart be out of time and matter
be the universe with no judgement
open arms and caring for each other
becoming a tree that stands strong
be love supreme

Love and Light
Ola

credits
released March 8, 2022
Music and Artwork by Ola Szmidt
Recorded in Warsaw on 23rd February 2022

YÔNGQUÂN

I adore this song so much. I love THE CURE <3

The Cure- Lullaby (Cover)

Notes:

For this song, I challenged myself to use a looper and incorporate Teenage Engineering OP1 in symbiosis with Moog Mother and Moog Subharmonicon. In my mind: my voice and instruments created petioles.

In botany, the petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem and can twist the leaf to face the sun.

Connecting all the feelings and words for this song to express and define my heart in 3 minutes 33 seconds became my petiole. I twist my heart to you all listening.

Working on this song has taken the walls down within the songwriting process for me. It opened a portal to expressing myself with total trust and flow, where I allow sound to take me, and what I want to say pours out with no pressure from anyone or anything. It is a particular song to me. It sets a clear direction for the LP to come. It is my therapy.

This is also the first time I address and sing about my eye disease, gently letting go of the pain that has caused me every day since I was born. The art cover represents double vision, as this is how I sometimes experience the world. I chose to live looping and looper as a technique many years ago because It helped me to create with eyes closed most of the time so that I could rest them as much as possible. My eyes get quickly tired, and I have a limit on how long I can read and spend time in front of the screens so my vision does not drastically worsen. It took me so many years to accept this song.

Szukam na stole morza oczu
Może nie widzę, a czuję wszystko

On a table, I am searching for a sea of eyes
Maybe I can't see, but I feel everything

Petioles

Vocals, Lyrics-  Ola Szmidt
Recording and Mixing- Ola Szmidt
Mastering -  Kieran Hebden
July, 2017

Wrapped

04 Wrapped

Ep2 Launch Tickets: https://olaszmidt.bandcamp.com/merch/ticket-for-ep2-launch-at-everyman-cinema-york

Ep2 available to pre-order on 12' and Cd here: 
https://olaszmidt.bandcamp.com/

EP2 Launch at Everyman Cinema, York on  Monday 28th of January 2019. Tickets via Bandcamp on Sale: Friday 16/11/18

Official EP2 release 25/01/19
Bandcamp/ Spotify/ itunes/ Deezer ...

Love Yourself

Love Yourself (Single Version)

Track 4 from Ep2 
Live dates: 
22.02- Leicester, St. Nicholas Church 
tickets: https://olaszmidt.bandcamp.com/merch/ticket-for-2202-st-nicholas-church-leicester
11.03, London, Everyman Cinema, Baker Street ( Audio-Visual + Special Guests)
https://olaszmidt.bandcamp.com/merch/ticket-for-ep2-live-on-11-03-everyman-cinema-baker-street-london

https://olaszmidt.bandcamp.com

11/12/2018

04 Washed Away Comedown

Ola Szmidt- Breathin' (Ariana Grande cover)

Recorded at Ola's home studio in York
lyrics
I will learn how to fall 
I will learn how to stand up again 

Don't try to fix me 
Don't try to teach me 
I want to go through the pain on my own 

Everything has beginning 
Everything has the end 

Don't try to carry me to a better place 
I will find my way out of here 
Oooh let it go! 
Don't try! 
Don't try to fix it for me 
Let go! 
Try! 

Everything has the end 
... has the beginning 

I will learn how to fall 
I will learn how to stand up 
Everything has the beginning 
Everything has the end 

Don't try to fix it 
Don't hide 
Have the energy 
So leave me to my own pain

credits
released March 24, 2019 
Ola Szmidt: 
Recording, Mixing 
Bass, vocals, lyrics 

Toby Colcombe: 
Additional Bass

Spring

This Mortal Coil/ Tim Buckley Cover 
Ola Szmidt- Vocals, Flute, RC-505 Loop  Station

Song To The Siren ( This Mortal Coil Cover)

On my sister's birthday couple years ago, I sat next to my piano and I asked what shall I sing to soothe her and anyone who is suffering in any way. The piano always answers and after couple of hours, I pressed record and lyrics happened at that point, without writing them. I am sharing that moment in time with you. Words came to me like a letter to anyone who is in pain out there. I hope you will find it calming. It is one of those songs hidden on my computer waiting for the day when it could become a medicine and this is a time. I trust my heart and I let this sound bird out.

p.s I was always scared to release this song, time of pandemic made me realise that if I wrote this song, it was written to be shared not hidden. Someone could say it does not fit with where my music is heading, I will argue saying: these are my fingers, my hand and my heart wrapped in the voice recorded, so it does not matter if it os 5 or 10 years ago. It is still me. It is a journey.

I know there is a lot of You out there who will find it healing. I am proud to share such intimate, vulnerable and personal song. It makes me realise that is ok to not be perfect, it is ok to not feel ok and it is ok to cry, as I cried when I was recording this. Not in slightest embarrassed to share this with you. I am a human and as a musician I work with feelings and emotions finding ways to express them to help or simply be.

I am sending you all lots of love and light

Ola x

lyrics:

Have a little faith in yourself
Ocean is deep like your mind
We can get lost in the darkness
I promise to take you out from there
I am gathering positive energy

I follow you, you follow me
even we don't have to speak
I follow you, you follow me
even we don't have to speak

Have a little
Have a little faith
I am running to forest
to recharge your mind
I will find you if you are getting lost
I will follow you
I grab you from dark
dark it's alright
Just to let it go

I follow you
you follow me
I follow you
you follow me
I follow you
you follow me
I follow you
you follow me

Better Future

This is my interpretation of the song written by Bobby Wright in 1974. I heard it first time couple years ago when Melodies International reissued it on 7". I instantly fell in love with Bobby's voice, lyrics, emotion and the message that spreads: the message of love and peace. I worked on my version for two years on and off. I hope it calms and soothes everyone who will listen and I hope that more people will discover Bobby's music.
lyrics
"This world need not hurt no more
Sorry world, even though I love you so

There is no one to turn to
And no one to blame
For the blood of American has scandalized our name

No, world, don't you sit, sit and cry
No, world, don’t you even try

There is no one to turn to
And what will you do
When the blood of American is poured out over you?
When the blood of American is poured out over you?

Who can I turn to?
Who can I turn to?
Who can I turn to?
What will you do?

Evildoing the American has poured out over you
Evildoing of America has rubbed off on you
All the blood of American has scandalized our name
Evildoing of America has scandalized our name"

credits:
Illustration Art Cover: WIRROW
www.instagram.com/wirrow/

Ola Szmidt: Vocals, flute, recording,
mixing on Ableton.

Mastered by Mark Johnston
illeaglesound.com

Blood Of An American

OLA SZMIDT  is a  singer-songwriter, producer and sound therapist based in the UK.  Steve Reid Award winner, funded by PRSF and has been mentored by Four Tet.

Ola Szmidt

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