BREAKING SHADOWS singles

First single for debut full length solo album BREAKING SHADOWS releasing later in 2019. Pre-order through Indiegogo  plus other creative goods & services. https://igg.me/at/sariyahbreakingshadows

CREDITS:
Written and Co-Produced by Sariyah Idan
 Engineered, Mixed & Produced by Lynne Earls at EMP Studios 
Cello: Peter Walden 
Bass: Jennifer Condos
Drum Programming: Lynne Earls  
Guitar: Sariyah Idan 
Keys: Sariyah Idan 
Vocals: Sariyah Idan

Photo: Liz Bretz   Typography: Dyalekt

Darkness

DARKNESS

Recorded in Berlin at Noize Fabrik with The SWAG and Christian Dawid from Klezmer Sessions Neukölln. Releasing February 26th as the second single on debut LP "Breaking Shadows", set for release in summer 2019.

Written and produced by Sariyah Idan
Sariyah Idan - rhythm guitar, lead vocals, backgrounds, keys, snaps
Chriz Key - keybord, organ
Stefan Fuhr - bass
Sugbear Narin - lead guitar
Jan Stix - drums
Christian Dawid - clarinet, trombone
Ryan Parrish - saxophone
Evan Berg - percussion
Sy Anon  - background vocals
Gabriel Do Val - recording engineer
Rita Tulha - recording engineer
Jason Schimmel - recording engineer
Andy Schlegel - mixing engineer
Dave Locke - mastering engineer
Ervin Arana - photo

You Got To Go

YOU GOT TO GO

written and produced by Sariyah Idan
engineered and co-produced by Andy Schlegel 
recorded at Tricone Studios Funkhaus & Viktoria Studios Berlin
mastered by Dave Locke

Sariyah Idan - vocals, guitar, bass
Stefan Fuhr - bass
Jerome Bonapart - drums
Amoy Ribas - percussion
Christian Dawid - saxophone
Andy Schlegel - drum programming

LYRICS
you swallowed the divide & conquer serving a digitized master 
chasing after numbers what truth do they tell
you isolate rip apart imperfections stare down societies reflections
bloody past bloody present but your own health you’ve gone neglecting
power alway places outside amassing wealth for consumer pride
your fortress piled high with useless things once made you smile
you’re warring with yourself on best actions to move cultural wealth
out hands of greed’s manipulation but with your sisters engage competition

you can’t dispel dark feeling unworthy of love
no you can’t dispel dark feeling unworthy of love
so rise up star to some you’re a sun
yeah rise up star to some you’re sun 

and shine

Breaking Shadows

Shine

SHINE

written by Sariyah Idan
produced, engineered & mixed by Lynne Earls at EMp Studios, Los Angeles
mastered by Dave Locke

Sariyah Idan - vocals, guitars
Jennifer Condos - bass
Jay Bellerose - drums
Daniel K Mandelman - keys, melodica

LYRICS
that other woman, she ain’t no good for you
the way she treats your body, ain’t like i do
she toxifies your blood, so that your beauty mind can’t think
the way that i love you, praises up all you be

so let me love you
you know you know i do
let me love you
do you think i can’t with my light hue
let me love you
you know you know i do
let me love you
let my love, my love get through
 
you’re under pressure from everyone around
expecting you to be someone other than the you you’ve found
you’re not predator or HBCU star, you got ideas of your own
i just want to stand by you, celebrate what you grow

so let me love you
you know you know i do
let me love you
do you think i can’t with my light hue
let me love you
you know you know i do
let me love you
let my love, my love get through

you know you can trust me boo
what must i do to get through to you
the walls you build between us
you push me away but i know you don’t mean it
i know you got your demons dude
i got a few too
but one day we can surely rest
in arms of mutual respect
but she’s got a hold on you
she’s a beautiful bitch and i don’t blame you
but she’s killing you softly with her calming hands
i’m jealous but not why i make these demands
someone’s got to get through to you
you’re dulling your brilliance deception’s hue
if not for me than for your seeds
let her go let her go please

and let me love you
you know you know i do
let me love you
do you think i can’t with my light hue
let me love you
you know you know i do
let me love you
let my love, my love get through

that other woman, she ain’t no good for you
let me love you, do you think i can’t with my light hue
that other woman, no no she ain't no good
let me love you 
let my love, my love get through

Let Me

LET ME

Pronounced "SAH-ree-yah Ee-dAn"
Sariyah Idan is a New York bred and New Orleans based independent singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, dancer, and educator. Jazz and folk trained, hip-hop educated, and influenced by both Latinx/Caribbean sounds and her Jewish roots, she has an "ability to seamlessly combine a wide variety of disparate styles and sonics into a memorable sound all her own," (Tinnitist). She views honoring the sounds of both influences and ancestors as a form of cultural activism while her lyricism is hailed as "powerful, soulful, spirited songs filled with stories of struggle, love and social justice" (Fusicology).  
Sariyah’s music has featured on Pacifica and NPR stations, WWOZ, college and online radio platforms. She’s rocked iconic venues The Kennedy Center in DC,  Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC, PANDA Platforma in Berlin, French Quarter Fest, regularly plays House of Blues NOLA, and is the host/producer of monthly event Songs For The People at The Howlin’ Wolf. In 2019 she was a Virginia Giordono Memorial Fund Honoree for performances of her debut LP “Breaking Shadows” recorded in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Lisbon. Her first album recorded in New Orleans, “Glitter & Blood”, releases in fall 2023 and is a continued collaboration with Berlin based engineer/co-producer Andy Schlegel.
Sariyah has shared stages with legends Pete Seeger, Lee “Scratch” Perry, and Yusef Lateef. As a regular street performer in New Orleans she is known among locals as “the most hauntingly beautiful voice of New Orleans’ streets.”