This Song Does Great Things For My Solar Plexus lol...really

When's the next album coming? We want more from Phony Ppl!

I have a very complicated relationship with this song. I discovered it almost exactly two decades ago, when I was going through a very difficult time, just before my first encounter with the river. When I was forcibly pulled out on the banks, this song was the one that played in my CD player. So it stuck with me, and over the years it followed me around, occasionally popping out of my deepest, most repressed memories, making itself known once again. It's profoundly ironic that it crawled back once again right now.

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Piano americano
E sfioro il tavolo con una mano
Pomeriggio strano
E un desiderio che è fuggito lontano

Polvere, gran confusione, un grigio salone
In quale direzione io caccerò la
Polvere dai miei pensieri? E quanti misteri
Coi pochi poteri che la mia condizione mi dà

Aria un po' viziata
Quella finestra andrebbe spalancata
Tela rovinata
E la cornice tutta consumata

Polvere, troppi ricordi, è meglio esser sordi
E forse è già tardi per togliere la
Polvere dagli ingranaggi, dai volti dei saggi
Coi pochi vantaggi che la mia condizione mi dà

Non mi cercare, ché non mi riconoscerai

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Polvere (Enrico Ruggeri cover)

[prod. by Poptartpete/Lyrics written by Gabe 'Nandez]



don't be the one to be one to be none to be, all of us alike
all of me solemnly following drawn to me drawing into I

hey did you know most of the ghosts go alone and go despite
then she wonder why, 
then she wonder why

then she wonder oh, my
then she wonder oh,
whatever way she came about
where'd you wanna go

(woooo…oo) 
never been one to stay 
ever still far away

(wooo..oo.ooo)
everylittle prophecy
buried in bottom leaves ooo

stray from me hazily mazes became to be promise for the flight
so ever upright

———
road that road
to and fro black roads
oh row row row, back home
such a toll.it is, that's all

oh, black hole
crushing cold, trap soul
show me slowly holy stone , why
couldn't hold in it…..i

folds, wrapped closed….


Shot by Les Vandales
https://instagram.com/lesvandales/

m[o]od. | native folk

intro is a collab with https://soundcloud.com/m4risha

buttermilk ft. M4RISHA

Intro Ft. Elujay And BaseHunt

Gravity (produced by River Tiber & KAYTRANADA) at Red Bull studios Los Angeles for Red Bull Sound Select

Red Bull Sound Select: www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/rivertiber
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rivertiber/
Twitter: twitter.com/rivertiber
Instagram: www.instagram.com/rivertiber/
Soundcloud: @rivertiber

Illusions

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River Tiber – Gravity (prod. by River Tiber and KAYTRANADA)

Written and Produced by April George and Matthew Thompson

Mixing & Mastering by MisterNeek (@Misterneek)
Additional guitar by Anders Carlson (@moonlightmask)
Photography & Mixed Media by Daniel Diasgranados (@carving_)
Cover Art by April + VISTA


Beasts

Check out the BB premiere:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7526485/hugh-augustine-syd-nights-on-replay-the-most-art

itunes: https://hughaugustine.lnk.to/NightsOnReplay

IG/Twitter:
@hughaugustinemc 
@sydinternet 
@themostestart

Design: Mihailo Andic

Nights On Replay (ft. Syd) [prod. THE MOST ART]

much love tü Brooklyn Vegan.

hit up (Phony-Ppl.com) Blue Note Jazz Club NYC residency starting December 3rd.

This Must Be Heaven.

Prod.Lacy Mcgrady
Add keys. Kev choice
guitar:Jhawk 
Add. vocals: Alexis Angulo

Mixed and mastered by: Jorge Hernandez

add. mixing and tracking: Rickey Taylor 

thank you to everyone involved!!

Worth it W/ Joyce Wrice

Produced by Go Ronnie
Additional guitar by Nozomi Yamaguchi
Additional drum programming by theekidspex!
Mixed by Tom Kahre
Photography by Ed Canas

Airplane Mode

An artist’s greatest superpower is freedom. Liberation is both the modus operandi and main ingredient of the fearless five-man band Phony Ppl. Comprised of the cream of Brooklyn’s young musician crop, each classically trained member is a product of musical parents who gifted their children exceptional DNA, exposure to the greats, and most importantly, wings for exploration and self-discovery. The result is a collective that’s as limitless as its music; one that has received praise from the likes of Tyler The Creator and Childish Gambino, performed with Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and The Roots, and killed festivals, late night television and their own residency at New York City’s legendary Blue Note. 					
The warmth of lyrics are mainly credited to lead vocalist Elbee Thrie, a former Manhattan School of Music student whose vocals possess a disarming charm and lyrics glow by advanced perspective and retrospection. Trained composer, Aja Grant provides co-writing, the keys and much of the band’s arrangements. Strings are manned by guitarist Elijah Rawk and Bari Bass, PHONY PPL’s visual artist and bass player. The crew’s heartbeat is percussionist and former Music Conservatory student Mathew Byas (whose father is DJ Jazzy Jay of the legendary Zulu Nation). 
After several jam sessions throughout high school, different iterations of the band, and honing in on their sonic cornucopia – the band has taken pride in their genre-less sound. Throughout the years, their music offerings have dabbled in experimental splashes of jazz, hip-hop, R&B, reggae, soul, rock and many more sub-genres. Their first official full-length offering Yesterday’s Tomorrow (2015) which houses discography gem “Why iii Love The Moon”, received critical acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone and more. Their next album titled mō'zā-ik (Mozaik) would be released in 2019 via 300 Entertainment. The album earned its name because each of its songs is a singular piece of art possessing shapes and colors separate from the others, while adjoining to make symmetrical magic. Songs like “Way Too Far” and “Before You Get A Boyfriend” represent the dynamic nature of the album and solidify it as a body of work that transcends classification and time. 
The band’s new album Euphonyus is set to release this fall. An interpolation of the band’s name and the word “euphonious”, the album’s namesake comes from the duality represented by their connection to the people (You – Phony – Us) and the most literal definition of the word “pleasing to the ear”. The band’s sonic approach to the album is to connect the dots between the different feelings each song provides; housing tracks that are danceable, vibrant, and joyful under the same roof as songs that are laced with sadness, sorrow, and lust. The long journey to Euphonyus started in 2019 when the band embarked on their headlining tour with sold out dates across the country. Things caught on fire in 2020 during their set on Megan Thee Stallion’s “NPR Tiny Desk” where the artists previewed their collaboration “Fkn Around” which ultimately went viral. Shortly after marked the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed the band’s album plans but saw the release of “On My Shit” ft. Joey Bada$$. During that time, the band learned how to make music as a unit without being physically together, a skill that birthed their song “Nowhere But Up” which was made on Zoom through screen sharing. In 2021, as the world started to open back up, the band went on tour again setting the stage for 2022. While the album release took longer than expected due to the pandemic, over the last three years the band was able to record songs across the country and worldwide ranging from their individual homes in NYC to Los Angeles, Philly, Japan, and Germany; building and reinventing each track over time.
In the words of the band, Euphonyus encourages listeners “don’t think, just feel”. With the help of an eclectic roster of features from the likes of JoJo, Kaytranada, Leon Thomas, Domo Genesis, and more, Phony Ppl are ready to step into this new era.

This Must Be Heaven.

PHONY PPL

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