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Absent Mindedness 
music and lyrics by Akenya.

featuring...

Akenya (lead vocals)
Tara Kannangara (trumpet)
Brad Linde (tenor sax)
Guy Mintus (piano)
Kavita Shah (background vocals)
Immanuel Shuford (tuba)
Alexa Tarantino (alto sax)
Carole Turcotte (flute)
Joe Vilardi (guitar)
Lindsay Woolgar (bass)
Ian Wright (drums)


Recorded at the
2013 Banff Centre Workshop for Jazz and 
Creative Music 
located in
Banff, AB, CAN.


Ensemble Coached by 
Esperanza Spalding. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUgOhjGLlIA

-Lyrics-

-Intro-

Chorus: If I could just remember the words I said
I would be alright
If I could just remember the words I said tonight
Then my intentions never would be misread
We wouldn’t have to fight
If I could just remember the words, my love…

Verse 1: But abstract eruptions 
of emotions manifest and congest
my inner vision when I try to recollect.
And my breath is getting heavy, 
I bereave the hidden phrases that just
can’t seem to make their way into the forefront
of my blunt mind. I’m running out of time.
I’ve gotta find my way back
to a linguistic type of tongue that’s in tact.
And in fact, if I’m not on track, 
My rhythmic dialect will disturb
our overture of love and words…

(Chorus)

Bridge: But they always leave me. Why?
Say that you believe me!

Verse 2: It’s like every single time I begin, it’s the end.
No more sentencing. I’m slowly losing touch with what’s within.
My meaning is slipping, I mean there’s no definition,
I’m falling into submission, I black out and fade in.
Now I’m closer to knowing the words I was going for 
then out of nowhere I’m stumbling and muttering
nonsense. Can’t seem to clear my subconscious 
mind, I sound obnoxious, the worst part about it is
you and I falling apart in the dark pit that stirs
all of my forgotten words…

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

-Outro-

Absent Mindedness

Super talented Bristol boy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RaleighRitchie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Raleigh Ritchie </a>aka Jacob Anderson has had an impressive and jealousy-inducing career so far. A talented singer-songwriter and skilled actor, he has released two undeniably strong EPs, supported Kendrick Lamar on tour and starred as the ultimate warrior in Game Of Thrones. Now teaming up with the The Internet for a string of decadent remixes for the Black and Blue EP Point 2 we present to you, Stay Inside.&#13;
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Stay Inside

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Premiere: Raleigh Ritchie - Stay Inside (The Internet Remix)

'Groove Curse' EP out now on 12" vinyl & digital -
Stream / Download: soulhasnotempo.lnk.to/SHNT001

Released 15th August 2014 via Soul Has No Tempo.

Soul Has No Tempo present Groove Curse, Jordan Rakei's long-awaited follow up to highly-acclaimed debut EP Franklin’s Room, his modern take on reggae-infused soul music. Groove Curse takes an evolved turn, with a sound Rakei describes as “raw, vocal-driven, groove”. With the first single off the EP, Street Light featuring Berklee College of Music Alumni, Gwen Bunn (vocalist and producer of Schoolboy Q’s Collard Greens feat. Kendrick Lamar), the release celebrates the skills of upcoming young musicians who are writing, self-producing and taking full advantage of their vocal and multi-instrumentalist talents.

Soul Has No Tempo present Groove Curse, Jordan Rakei's long-awaited follow up to highly-acclaimed debut EP Franklin’s Room, his modern take on reggae-infused soul music. Groove Curse takes an evolved turn, with a sound Rakei describes as “raw, vocal-driven, groove”. With the first single off the EP, Street Light featuring Berklee College of Music Alumni, Gwen Bunn (vocalist and producer of Schoolboy Q’s Collard Greens feat. Kendrick Lamar), the release celebrates the skills of upcoming young musicians who are writing, self-producing and taking full advantage of their vocal and multi-instrumentalist talents.

Jordan Rakei - Street Light feat. Gwen Bunn [SHNT001]

The over arching concept behind this song is about finding your own lane and trusting in it. It's about finding yourself and not conforming to the pressures around us. For me, my sound and musical identity has always been in between the soul music that I grew up on and the jazz that I have studied and grown to love. So I wrote this song to say, that it's okay to be a little different. We should embrace our uniqueness and follow through with it.

Somewhere In Between

Somewhere in Between

Pre-Order The Album

Marcus Intalex & ST. Files* ‎– Universe / Lose Control
Label: Metalheadz ‎– METH 038
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM 
Country: UK
Released:n25 May 2001

15 Years Of Metalheadz

Marcus Intalex & ST. Files - Universe (Original Mix)

KALLITECHNIS - Talk Talk Talk (prod. Rami.B)

Rocket Science

7-INCH VINYL

Joyce Wrice & Kay Franklin - Rocket Science (prod. by Mndsgn)

Guitar, Vocals - Lila Ramani 
Bass - Jesse Brotter 
Synth/Keys - Brian Aronow 
Drums - Jonathan Gilad

Lyrics by Lila Ramani 
Recorded and Mixed by John Scott at Phoenix Down Recording 
in Somerville, MA 
Mastered by Adam P. Cissell at Guv Studios 
in Roslindale, MA 

Album Artwork by Isaac Baird, Lilly Donlon, and Jesse Brotter 
Layout by Jesse Brotter

Locket

Plants

The first track from the upcoming release - Sounds Of Crenshaw Vol 1 -  from Terrace Martin Presents The Pollyseeds.

Terrace Martin Interview on Beats 1 - http://bit.ly/TerraceBeats1

Pre-Order the Album on ITunes - http://bit.ly/ThePollyseedsiTunes

Stream on Apple Music - http://bit.ly/ThePollyseedsAppleMusic

Stream on Spotify - http://bit.ly/IntentionsSpotify

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Licensing Inquiries: Fabian@ropeadope.com

Produced by Terrace Martin
Craig Brockman: Fender Rhodes
Terrace Martin: Prophet Synthesizer, Mini Moog, 
LM-1 Drum Machine, Alto Sax, Vocoder
Marlon Williams: Guitar
Wyann Vaughn: Additional Vocals
Rose Gold: Additional Vocals

I just look at you and I just want to do bad things to you In a good way though
Excuse me what’s your name

(Chorus)
Don’t mind my bad intentions, but you have my attention And that don’t happen often, so please take heed and listen You deserve a lifestyle, you deserve the finer things
And I ain’t talking big house and I ain’t talking, hold up
I ain’t sure if you’re ready for that diamond ring, but you might be though You might be though
Oh oh
But you might be though You might be though

How many men have you turned down tonight
It’s so crazy you’re still shining when they turn down the lights baby
Two step with a real one
Let’s take the next step you got a man but your home ain’t happy Don’t worry baby I got the tools we can build one
Let’s spend some time together
We’re such a good time together
Let’s take a selfie, on God ain’t we so bomb together
I see you like ah whatever Seems like you got it all together So
(Chorus)
They just turned on the lights baby Need to walk to the car or something Maybe hit another bar or something
Or even better, give me your number I can call or something
Real talk, far from tight in the back can be used for something active We lit, what a sight
We met, what a night
(I like you, I like you, I really really like you)
(Writers: Jason Martin, Terrace Martin, Rose McKinney, Craig Brockman, Marlon Williams)

Sounds Of Crenshaw Vol. 1

Intention (feat. Chachi)

The Pollyseeds - Intentions (feat. Chachi)

Full stream of Shanti Celeste's stunning new track "Thoughts," taken from her forthcoming EP on Idle Hands.

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/05/premiere-hear-a-track-from-shanti-celestes-stunning-new-ep/

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Make Time / Thoughts

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Premiere: Shanti Celeste - Thoughts

SANDAS

Marsupial Superstars Feat. T3

https://youtu.be/rU_1Kvex3Bs

Written, Composed, Produced, and Arranged by Eimaral Sol & Guess
Recorded at SugarHill Recording Studios
Mixed by Josh Applebee at Château Sur La Hill
Mastered by Chris Longwood at SugarHill Recording Studios

℗ 2018 11:11 Concepts

Lyrics

It’s time you knew
Of just what you could do
If you love you, then watch how you transform
It’s time you knew
Of just what you could do
If you love you, then watch how you transform

I know you tired of the same shit
Of the heartbreak manipulation
Of going out and getting wasted
It’s complicated, don’t want to face it
Cause
When you look at your reflection
And you’re feeling introspective 
Always have to face the question
That you been stressin’,stressin’

Y ? Can’t I be free from the ways of the world?
Y? Y can’t I be, who I am, in my soul?

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Wake up in the morning feeling anxious
Another day I got to face
I feel complacent
I cannot keep pretending
Can’t keep up with spending
And this realm ain’t lending me no favors 
One day I got tired
The same day I decided
It was time for me to
Take back the pieces of my life and
If you don’t like it, change it
If you can’t find it, make it
The only thing holding you back is your own limitations

Y ? Can’t I be free from the ways of the world?
Y? Y can’t I be, who I am, in my soul?

Why, why why why why why why?
Why why why why why why why 
Why why why?
Why why why? Why why why?
Why why why why why why why?

Ooo,ooo
Ooo,ooo
Ooo,ooo
Ooo,ooo

It’s a prophecy acknowledging the wealth in you
That you don’t seek
The truth that you, so deeply need 
It’s a prophecy acknowledging the wealth in you
That you don’t seek
The truth that you, so deeply need

I, I can be free from the ways of the world
I think I can be who I am in my soul

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