Our new single 'Good Life' is out now!
Listen here: https://bit.ly/3pgYonu
Follow Rayowa here: https://linktr.ee/rayowa

‘Good Life’ is about living in the moment. It’s about overcoming the pressures and anxiety of the expectation we put on ourselves to succeed. It’s about knowing times are hard but better days are coming. It’s taking a step back and acknowledging the difficulties you’ve overcome and that you should trust in yourself and the decisions you’ve made. It’s about being assured in the pursuit of your goals and refusing to give up until you reach the top.

The chorus lyrics are ‘Tonight, keep stayin’ up past midnight, but it doesn’t bother me, keep livin’ for the good life’. The meaning behind those words is sacrificing today’s short-term pleasure for tomorrow’s long-term gain. Staying positive, working hard all day, going to bed late and repeating the process.

The music video is a bit tongue in cheek and a bit of fun. We referenced the Nick Love film The Business starring Danny Dyer & Tamar Hassan. It’s a British rise and fall gangster film set in the 80’s that we grew up watching, so when we had the opportunity to go to Spain to shoot the video, we went for it. We wanted to capture the grit and aesthetic of that film but make it look a bit Tarantino with some hints of Goodfellas. Our good friends Corey & Kieran Rid, two brothers from Liverpool, made the video. 

The soundtrack to The Business caught our attention from a young age. Before we’d seen the film, we’d hear our Mum playing tracks like ‘Hanging On a String’ by Loose Ends, ‘Don’t You’ by Simple Minds and ‘All Night Long’ by Mary Jane Girls; so when the film was released in 2005 and we heard those records soundtrack the visual of these British blokes living the so called ‘high life’ in Spain, it felt really inspiring. When working out what to do for our video, we felt our music gave us that same feeling we felt as kids watching it for the first time while feeling really nostalgic, so we wanted to recreate that. We wanted to soundtrack our own film with our music. 

3 brothers. London/Essex modern disco collective 💎
📧 rayowalife@gmail.com
IG: @rayowa

Good Life

Our new single 'Remember’ is out now!
Listen here: https://bit.ly/3JP45CB
Follow Rayowa here: https://linktr.ee/rayowa

‘Remember’ is a song born of the pandemic and is about getting our lives back on track while managing our mental health through those times. It’s about pulling yourself back from what feels like defeat. Witnessing the world’s collective struggles as well as experiencing our own personal ones over the last two years really inspired the track lyrically. The chorus lyrics are ‘Try to remember, you’ve got to live your life, like you remember, just got to take your time, time to remember.’ 

The majority of the world has experienced loss in one way or another during recent times and so we want this tune to remind people that despite everything that’s happened to us all, everything will be okay if we take it slow, remember who we are and what we’ve got to give to the world. We just have to trust the process and remind ourselves that our experiences, good or bad, shape us and all lead us to where we’re supposed to go.

The music video was shot in Xàbia in Spain. We’re driving this pristine, red Mustang around the mountains and among some really beautiful scenery. This visual is a sort of continuation on from the video for our last single ‘Good Life’. We wanted to capture that feeling of cruising around in the summer, listening to your favourite records and feeling like nothing in the world matters.

3 brothers. London/Essex modern disco collective 💎
📧 rayowalife@gmail.com
IG: @rayowa

Remember

Our new EP 'Believe'' is out on all streaming platforms now!
Listen on Spotify/Apple Music etc. here: https://bit.ly/3KNAmuB
Follow Rayowa here: https://linktr.ee/rayowa

Believe’ is the title track of our new EP and is about believing in yourself and how challenging it can be to maintain the mindset you need to achieve your goals. It’s about knowing in your heart that if you work hard enough, you will succeed. The song also explores themes of sobriety and how challenging remaining so can be. It’s also a celebration of how lucky we are to have such amazing support and love from our family and friends in the pursuit of our dreams. 

‘Keep Believin’ is a lyric from the single and was a mantra we adopted during the pandemic. It was something we’d say to each other if one of us was feeling down. We experienced so much loss and heartbreak during those times and so in certain moments, it was really difficult for us to keep believing in what we were doing, and so we are really proud and excited to have come out the other side of it and have this new body of work ready to share with the world. 

The four tunes on this EP collectively encompass the message of keeping the faith, regardless of how difficult the circumstances you find yourself in are, and so it felt natural for the EP to be named ‘Believe’. 

Musically, we wanted to push beyond the boundaries of disco we explored on our first EP and showcase a wider range of influences including RnB, Soul and Funk, while still retaining some of the key musical elements of disco. Our aim was to create something that sounds fresh and modern but that also feels as familiar and as timeless as your favourite worn in record.

The visualiser is a montage of footage from a number of our live dates over the past year, including a show where we supported Nile Rodgers & Chic. We wanted to show a different side to us with this visual and shine light on the wider members of the Rayowa project. We play live as a 9 piece with a group of really incredible musicians who are some of our best friends. The energy we all feel when we play gigs together is amazing and like nothing any of us have experienced in a band before. We wanted to give viewers an insight into that and a flavour of how our live shows look and feel. 

📧 rayowalife@gmail.com
IG: @rayowa

Believe

'Good Life' remix by Todd Edwards out now!
Listen on Spotify/Apple etc. here: https://bit.ly/3FPFnlc
Follow Rayowa here: linktr.ee/rayowa

‘Good Life’ is about living in the moment. It’s about overcoming the pressures and anxiety of the expectation we put on ourselves to succeed. It’s about knowing times are hard but better days are coming. It’s taking a step back and acknowledging the difficulties you’ve overcome and that you should trust in yourself and the decisions you’ve made. It’s about being assured in the pursuit of your goals and refusing to give up until you reach the top.

The chorus lyrics are ‘Tonight, keep stayin’ up past midnight, but it doesn’t bother me, keep livin’ for the good life’. The meaning behind those words is sacrificing today’s short-term pleasure for tomorrow’s long-term gain. Staying positive, working hard all day, going to bed late and repeating the process.

The music video is a bit tongue in cheek and a bit of fun. We referenced the Nick Love film The Business starring Danny Dyer & Tamar Hassan. It’s a British rise and fall gangster film set in the 80’s that we grew up watching, so when we had the opportunity to go to Spain to shoot the video, we went for it. We wanted to capture the grit and aesthetic of that film but make it look a bit Tarantino with some hints of Goodfellas. Our good friends Corey & Kieran Rid, two brothers from Liverpool, made the video.

The soundtrack to The Business caught our attention from a young age. Before we’d seen the film, we’d hear our Mum playing tracks like ‘Hanging On a String’ by Loose Ends, ‘Don’t You’ by Simple Minds and ‘All Night Long’ by Mary Jane Girls; so when the film was released in 2005 and we heard those records soundtrack the visual of these British blokes living the so called ‘high life’ in Spain, it felt really inspiring. When working out what to do for our video, we felt our music gave us that same feeling we felt as kids watching it for the first time while feeling really nostalgic, so we wanted to recreate that. We wanted to soundtrack our own film with our music.

3 brothers. London/Essex modern disco collective 💎
📧 rayowalife@gmail.com
IG: @rayowa

Good Life (Todd Edwards Remix)

'Better Man' is available to stream now: https://ffm.to/rayowa-betterman

Better Man

The second single from our forthcoming debut EP is now available to stream: ffm.to/rayowa-chance

Chance

The third single from our forthcoming debut EP is now available to stream: linktr.ee.com/rayowa

The Only Night

In a time when we’re all countin the days til we can all be back together, we thought it fitting to re-edit one of our favourite tunes.. 💿 ‘Roberta Flack Feat. Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again’. Free to download. Hope you’ve all had a sick easter in the sun ☀️ Enjoy. Rayowa 💎 x

Back Together Again (Re-edit) - Roberta Flack Feat. Donny Hathaway

The forth single from our debut EP is out now: linktr.ee/rayowa
Also available on limited 10" vinyl: https://rayowa.bandcamp.com/merch

Keepin' Me Under

Our rework of the classic RnB track 'Wish I Didn't Miss You' by Angie Stone

Wish I Didn't Miss You

Wish I Didn't Miss You (Angie Stone Rework)

Our new single 'Searchin' is out now!

Video: https://youtu.be/ZdXRkvrRIUg
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3kKYMWJ
Apple Music: https://apple.co/333flal


Follow Rayowa: https://ffm.to/rayowa-follow

Buy merch and limited vinyl: https://rayowa.bandcamp.com/merch

20/11/20

Searchin'

'BELIEVE' EP - OUT NOW! 🕊 💎 Pre-save it now  ⬇️
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Follow Rayowa here: https://linktr.ee/rayowa

Rayowa are a band of three brothers, Dan, Reece and Luke Baker who all share a love of soul, funk and pop music. Their sound is classic and contemporary: mixing the crystal-clear falsetto and chiming guitars of disco with slick production and effortless charisma. Expanding their live line-up to a nine-strong collective, the band will be playing in a city near you soon.

Enquiries to rayowalife@gmail.com

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