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Misha & Ashley DuBose - Michelangelo

Written and arranged by Ruby Francis
Co Production by WNTR
String arrangements J.Rozzi
Piano Jay Wilcox
Bass Geo Jordan

Don’t need my keys
Don’t need my phone
Gonna spend the day in my home
Don’t need to get up and make my bed
I’m too busy in my head


No need for make up for today
I’m probably already late 
I made arrangements and cancelled them
So I can be alone

I cancelled all my plans
The plans that I had
To get up in the morning
And be productive

Looking in the mirror
Noticing myself
It’s gotta come from me
And nobody else 

Procrastinating 
Trying to escape this 
Like I got another life
And nothing but time

I got people calling me up
Do they really give a fuck?
They don’t understand
Where my head is at 

Pressure
I’ve become immune to the pressure yeah
My motivation has gone away
No pen, no paper today
Don’t feel creative and I’m frustrated
I only had myself to blame and
I admit I need some help
But it’s gotta come from myself


I cancelled all my plans
The plans that I had
To get up in the morning
And be productive

Looking in the mirror
Noticing myself
It’s gotta come from me
And nobody else 

Procrastinating 
Trying to escape this 
Like I got another life
And nothing but time

I got people calling me up
Do they really give a fuck?
They don’t understand
Where my head is at 

I got people calling me up
Do they really give a fuck?
They don’t understand
Where my head is at

Procrastinate

Brighton-born producer El Train will take you into his dreamland with his new album And Then We Woke Up, available both on streaming platforms and in vinyl format on November 2, 2021.

Previously acclaimed by The Fader, Complex, Wonderland, Line of Best Fit, Notion and many more, the UK artist has brought to life the follow-up to Puzzles, his debut album self-released in June 2019. This 13-track cosy project features some of his current favourite artists such as Kallitechnis, Kaisha, Jaz Lund, Fliss or Paal Singh.

The album was born during the first lockdown and heavily inspired by everything that was going on in the world at the time. "When the lockdown hit, I kind of ramped up my work rate. The idea for this album began to take shape towards the end of 2020. I’d been working on so much new music with all these amazing people without ever meeting anybody in person (those pesky lockdowns!). The music industry itself completely ground to a halt for 18 months and it felt to me like we were all kind of hibernating. ‘And Then We Woke Up’ is meant to encapsulate the feeling of returning to some sort of normality after what feels like an extended period of hibernation" he continues.

While sleepwalking through the emotions, seasons and every curveball life threw at him during this pandemic, El Train dreamt of his eclectic Shangri-la. From oneiric jazzy interludes to the aery r&b from Lessons in Love, from the groovy Video Game to the UK-garage-inspired MAD... And Then We Woke Up and its electro soul explorations make for the perfect stargazing companion.

#SCFIRST

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Lessons In Love (Feat. Fliss)

'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]

A waltz made of snow, breath, and fading footprints.
“Snow Kiss” is a cold confession — a memory melting the moment you touch it.
A track for lonely nights, frostbitten love, and quiet heartbreaks that refuse to die.

Снежный поцелуй (Snow Kiss)  
English Translation

[Verse 1]  
Snow fell on the city in silence,  
like a letter with no address meant for me.  
I walk, and shadows pass  
over the frozen, forgotten ground.

[Verse 2]  
Your trace on the glass is fading,  
like ash melting into the night.  
All the words you never spoke  
echo inside me, sharp as ice.

[Pre-Chorus]  
Every step is a stranger’s dawn  
where your silhouette  
once stood, but is gone.

[Chorus]  
A snow kiss —  
cold as the truth we couldn’t say.  
A snow kiss —  
the last moment we can never catch again.  
If only I could  
bring back your breath —  
but the night quietly washes the traces away…  
and I’m left alone  
with you deep inside  
the snowy silence.

[Verse 3]  
You were light breaking through the fog,  
vanished, yet still warming my path.  
Even if oceans now lie between us,  
I’m powerless to forget you.

[Bridge – whispered]  
If snow lands in my palm,  
it’s you returning for a heartbeat.  
If the wind touches my shoulders,  
I’ll hear your forgiveness.

[Final Chorus – softer]  
A snow kiss —  
keeps the silence that grew between us.  
A snow kiss —  
like trembling light beneath winter winds.  
If only I could  
bring back your breath —  
but the night dissolves every dream…  
and I remain alone  
with the memory covered  
in snowy silence.

[Outro]
-------------------

Вальс из снега и дыхания.
«Снежный поцелуй» — это признание, которое тает, едва к нему прикоснуться.
Музыка для тех ночей, когда любовь замерзает, но всё ещё живёт.

Снежный поцелуй (Snow Kiss)

Vocals & written by @eltonaura
Produced by @Burnstwins, @bedows, & @nikothegreat
Mixed & Mastered by Matt Hennessy @vsop-studios

Additional Vocals by Kamaria Woods, @manassehmusic, @demetruest, Kayla Cain-Lofton, @blake-davis-48
Bass by @boyang-matsapola
Pic by @msalsbu
Art by @benskiaht

Single

Combo #5

Elton, Bedows, & Burns Twins -- Combo #5

Grounded

Debut EP 'Sorrows Into Silk' by Ella Frank
Executive produced by @Intalektmusic
1. Lime
(prod. by R-Kay)
2. Kettle
(prod. by Intalekt & R-Kay)
3. Luna feat. E ^ R T H
(prod. by Intalekt)
4. Mountains
(prod. by Intalekt, R-Kay & Seb Chedick)
5. Able feat. Seb Chedick
(prod. by Seb Chedick)
6. Seeds
(prod. by Lester Duval)

Lime

UK producer El Train links up with singer/songwriter Alexa Harley for his second single of the year ‘Down For You’. The follow up to last single ‘Mad’ sees El Train in his pocket, blending hard hitting drums, with soulful production.

“I first heard Alexa on Tom Misch’s Beat Tape 2 way back in 2015 and have been a big fan ever since. The collaboration actually started over e-mail, I sent her a batch of beats and we then got into the studio to record the track, tweaking it until we finally got to this version that we both loved!”

When asked about the collaboration, Alexa Harley had this to say about the track;

"Down For You" tells the story of being 'friend-zoned' after several weeks of dating. As a songwriter, it was really therapeutic to compose the lyrics in a chronological order to really set the scene, using a mixture of phrases from the other person's experience as well as my own. I have some truly wonderful mates from a couple of previously failed flings, but this time around I decided to focus on what was best for me and moving on, rather than trying to keep this person in my life because I liked having them around (and probably for the wrong reasons). In essence, the song is also about self-love; choosing to do the hard thing and letting go of someone, even though you'd rather not.”

Down For You

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My new album Pages of Philosophy is out now!!!
https://ffm.to/pagesofphilosophyalbum <3 <3 <3 

Lanzarote is OUT NOW!
https://ffm.to/lanzarote ☀️🌵💦📖🍷

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