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New Beginnings singles

Shooter In The Back Of The Merc

LYRICS:
In a car crash, you'll rearrange your head
And all the memories you wish you'd wish you'd never had
I told you how I'd been hurt before
And you'd hold me and say we're better for it now

I should know better
You, in your sweater

I was standing high up on the wall
Oh, I can still hear you from here, yeah, but if I listen, I might fall
No, you don't think before you speak your mind
And I don't think that I'll speak at all

You should know better
Signed, my dead letter

If I can't stop this, I don't want this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down and strike relentless
I can't stop this, I don't want this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down, me down, me down

You hurt me the way that you'd been loved
And it kills me that I cannot feel a thing
In a car crash you'll reassess your life
And my role in it.
We're gonna drift apart             in a car crash, in a car crash

I can't stop the growing fear that we'll waste all our golden years together
I can't stop this. First, you're gone then you appear, and now I know that it is clear
Tell me that I'm wrong, but I think that we're not meant to be

I don't want this, I can't stop this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down and strike relentless
I don't want this, I can't stop this
Tell me now before the silence
Cut me down and strike relentless.

Car Crash

Fossils of the Mind was the title track of the 2018 album by Will Lawton & The Alchemists. Will and Sebastian met through mutual friends and Sebastian came up with the idea to produce a radical reinterpretation of the track, with new material added by Sebastian and members of the band, notably a startling new vocal part by Will.  Fossils of the Mind was originally inspired by a TED talk by comedian Robin Ince, based on the concept that art that artists of all background produce, whether it's music, poetry, painting etc etc, is like a fossil of the mind of the creator, destined to live on long after the maker has passed on.


Fossils of the Mind - Sebastian Reynolds rework - written and performed by:

Will Lawton – piano and vocals
Buddy Fonzarelli – upright bass
Ami Kaelyn – guitar
Harki Popli – tabla
Sebastian Reynolds - additional synths and programming 

with - Bethany Porter - cello

Concept and original track co-composed with Weasel Howlett 

Produced by Sebastian Reynolds with Will Lawton and The Alchemists, additional production by darqwud 


Mixed by Mike Bannard at Safehouse studios, Oxford, mastered by Tim Turan.

Fossils of the Mind_Will Lawton & The Alchemists_Sebastian Reynolds rework

Molotov - Sebastian Reynolds rework is the new single from  UK producer Sebastian Reynolds in collaboration with Irish duo Colm O'Connell and Rory McDaid under their Rezo moniker.

The original version of Molotov appeared on the third Rezo album, The Age of Self Help.

Molotov (Sebastian Reynolds rework) was written by Sebastian Reynolds, Rory McDaid andColm O'Connell and was produced by Sebastian Reynolds. 

Vocals and lyrics by Colm O'Connell, brass by Leon Benoit & Dieter Savall, percussion, beatboxing and additional brass by Jonas Torrance (Dubwiser) and programming and additional synths by Sebastian Reynolds. 

Mixed by Sebastian Reynolds with Mike Bannard at Safehouse studios, Oxford, mastered by Tim Turan, Oxford.

Molotov_Rezo_ Sebastian Reynolds Rework

Original track Long Way to Christmas by the Mining Co, written by Michael Gallagher, produced by Paco at Paco Loco studios, Spain. Re-imagined as One Year To Go by Sebastian Reynolds. Mixed with Mike Bannard at Safehouse Studios, Oxford. Mastered for release by Tim Turan, Oxford.

One Year To Go - The Mining Co. - Sebastian Reynolds

IYSCM is a collaboration between Sebastian and cult American guitarist Myles Cochran, with the duo collaborating to re-imagine Myles's If You Could See Me, a track taken from his celebrated 2024 album You Are Here. The duo take Myles's downtempo If You Could See Me and rework it into a pulsing, atmospheric ambient house direction, deftly weaving in acoustic instruments, electronic processing and a haunting guest vocal from rising Oxford star Kelly Michaeli. The end result is an intriguing track that calls to mind mavericks such as Arthur Russell as well as modern innovators such as Bob Moses.

IYCSM is taken from New Beginnings, the new collaborative album from UK producer Sebastian Reynolds, set for release via his PinDrop label on 4th July 2025. The album features 10 tracks with many exclusive, as yet unheard reworks by Sebastian.

IYCSM

IYCSM - Sebastian Reynolds + Myles Cochran ft Kelly Michaeli

“ratcage walk” is an atmospheric journey through an imagined city where dusk settles over rain-soaked streets

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5eytRPn7VmcLuNPtkrjoF6
ALL STREAMING: https://ffm.to/ratcagewalk
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/absent.ink/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/absentink
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9nhTsOaOSL6H5t11_45bkg
WEB: https://absent.ink

Molotov_Rezo_ Sebastian Reynolds Rework

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