Here's my latest offering to the Shuj Roswell catalog. A departure from the Electro Hip-Hop Soul stylings that many have grown accustomed to. For this release, I really wanted to set a minimal LoFi Hip-Hop vibe while recording and producing the musicians from my live band: Eric Imbrosciano on drums, Sarah Mount on Saxophone, and the brothers, Mark and Matt Wilkolak on Trombone and Trumpet respectively. I also reached out to the good homie, Brisco Jones, who can be heard on the cuts. This EP is sample free and contains all original music.
Session Recording Engineer - Sam Goodman, Chris Wright
Mix and Mastering - Mark Cooley and Chris Wright, Violet Studios
Album art by Karlyle Walker

Shuttlecock

Shuj Roswell Live - Playlist

5/29/21 Moe’s
Summer Breeze
Flying High Above The World >
Murph Break>
You Had To Have It All
It Never Rains In LA
Let’s Get Free
Big Booty Bomb 
Meditate*
Burn It Down>
Burning Down The House+ > 
Burn It Down
Burn It Down Reprise/The Roof Is On Fire
So Wonderful
Easy Like Sunday Morning (Shuj Roswell Remix)^
Burn It Down Reprise

*Daily Bread Flip
+Talking Heads
^Debut

Live Band:
Emcee: J. Shook
Eric Imbrosciano: Drums
Matt Wilkolak: Trumpet
Sarah Mount:  Saxophone  
Mark Wilkolak: Trombone

Shuj Roswell Live - 5/29/21 moe's BBQ

This one's about appreciation. It's for everyone that's ever supported Shuj Roswell. If you've streamed or shared a song, left a comment, bought a ticket, or said hi at the show, then this one is for you. It's my way of saying thank you. Your love and support mean everything. When we all squad up then the crew get down!

Jus Because

10/29/21 Cervantes Other Side w/Balkan Bump and Forrest Pump 
Audience Recording 
Video stream is available on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Oi38Aql5EA4

Set list: 
The Great Pumpkin rises through the pumpkin patch* >
Sun Go Down@ >
Snowblind >
The Plug% >
Let’s Get Free+
Big Booty Bomb >
Pumps and a Bump” >
Big Booty Bomb
2001* >
The Exorcist >
Halloween Fun Time flip# >
Murdered Out >
Ric Flair >
Murdered Out >
Deep Space Disco
Jus Because&
The Great Pumpkin Waltz lofi remix^

* It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown quotes
@ Extended LoFi intro
% Bonobo cover
+ Jammed out with extended drum solo ending
“MC Hammer alternate lyrics sung for Forrest Pump and Balkan Bump 
# Pretty Lights Flip
& Debut
^ Passed out candy and rocks to audience while band was introduced

Shuj Roswell Live - 10/29/21 Cervantes Other Side

Shuj Roswell Live - 10/29/21 - Cervantes Other Side

I combined some of my favorite disco era songs along with some 90's hip hop, contemporary electro soul, R&B, and original Shuj Roswell tracks to create one continuous house mix of music you can skate too 

Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
The Lowdown - Box Scaggs
Ice Cold - The Floozies
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Lady Don’t Tek No - Latyrx (Lyrics Born & Lateef)
Escapism (Gettin’ Free) - Digable Planets
Obviously - Gramatik (Feat. Cherub & Exmag)
Murdered Out - Shuj Roswell
Ric Flair All Night - Shuj Roswell
777 - Silk Sonic
Blast Off - Silk Sonic
Skate - Silk Sonic
Brick House - The Commodores
Give It Up - Marvin Gaye
Summer Love - Michal Menert
Love To Love You Baby - Shuj Roswell Remix
Bump N Hustle - Pretty Lights

Shuj Roswell DJ Set - 3/17/22 - Rollapalooza

An Electro Soul collaboration between Shuj Roswell and Father Figure

Lyrics:
You say that you love me
But I don’t believe that you do, girl
Now I found me some other baby
That’s gonna take the place of you
Goodbye, Baby
Goodbye pain, yeah

Girl now, you caused me so much pain
That I can’t stand it
Now my love is growing kind of weak now babe
Cuz love should be much stronger

Goodbye, Baby
Goodbye pain, yeah
Goodbye, Baby
Goodbye pain, yeah
Lord have mercy, goodbye pain

Goodbye, Baby

Shuj Roswell Live - 5/6/22 - Knew Conscious

Brighter Day Flip* >
Let’s Get Free >
Ain’t Nuthin’ Stronger Flip
Till It’s Summer In the City Flip > 
Fly Like An Eagle Flip^ >
Murdered Out >
Big Booty Bomb >
Ric Flair All Night
Jus Because 
Blast Off
Goodbye, Baby
So Wonderful
2001
Rocket Man

*Derlee
^Pretty Lights

Shuj Roswell Live - 5/6/22 - Knew Conscious

Tell Me. is a downtempo boom bap vibe that rides over a piano hook that I layered some lofi vocals and synthy horn lines over. It features a distinct vocal sample I created through an AI program using a voice similar to that of 50 Cent that says, “Tell me its real, that feeling that we feel”. Essentially this line is asking for reassurance that euphorically-connected feelings of happiness, trust, closeness to others and enhanced emotional empathy won’t ever go away

Tell Me.

6/17/22 - Sonic Bloom - Hummingbird Stage (Friday 3:45-4:45pm)
Deep Space Disco > 
Interstellar Jam >
Deep Space Disco
Everybody Loves The Sun >
It Never Rains In LA >
Happiness (Troubled Faces)*
Murdered Out >
Ric Flair All Night
Goodbye, Baby
Run On For A Long Time
Let’s Get Free
Summer Breeze
Jus Because
Super Best

*Pretty Lights

Guitar: Mark Cooley
Drums: Eric Imbrociano
Saxophone: Mike Chiesa
Trumpet: Jim Chiesa

Shuj Roswell Live - 6/17/22 - Sonic Bloom - Hummingbird Stage

Shuj Roswell Live - 12/16/22 - Cervantes Other Side
Let's Get Free
Goodbye, Baby
Ain't Nuthin Stronger
Ric Flair All Night >
Big Booty Bomb
Murdered Out^ >
The Big Heavy# >
PL vs. Led Zeppelin*
Tell Me#
So Wonderful
Love 2 Love You remix >
Bump n Hustle*
Super Best

^ Run This Town Edit
# Debut
* Pretty Lights Flip

Guitar: Mark Cooley
Drums: Eric Imbrociano
Saxophone: Mike Chiesa
Trumpet: Matt Wilkolak
Emcee: J.Shook

Shuj Roswell Live - 12/16/22 - Cervantes Other Side

I’m very humbled and honored to announce my next single out on The Gradient Perspective newest Electro Soul Broken Beat Compilation!
I’ve been playing this one live for a while so I’m super stoked to finally release it. I really wanted to showcase the clav, my horn section and the bass guitar, which is performed by the homie, Chris Wright. I also had some fun bringing my wife, Kristin in on the vocal parts. I end the song with some tasty guitar licks in a soaring solo full of tension and release.

The Big Heavy

This is my contribution to the PLF Producers, Oops All Swirls! compilation

To my musical ear, Pretty Lights production is already perfect so I had some reservations about submitting a remix for this project when first approached by Jordan
 After giving it some thought, I decided to treat this more like an edit than a remix. I wasn’t interested in creating a new version or altering something I already considered flawless. But an edit gave me room to rearrange and re contextualize rather than replace
 I chose my favorite Pretty Lights track, High School Art Class, and immediately started digging through live versions from the past two years. I pulled out moments that stood out to me most and began weaving them together with elements of the original studio production
 What ended up happening was the creation of a new swirl from my favorite swirls while still keeping true to important elements and transitions in the song
 Once I had the arrangement locked, I recorded some original guitar lines and as a final touch, layered in some of my favorite Bob Ross quotes to act as a gentle guide through the track, because who better to teach Art Class than Bob Ross?
 Big shout out to Jordan and Mikey Thunder for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this collab
 Catch me with my live band at Levitt Pavilion opening for Moontricks on Friday, Sept 19th at 7pm! Free Show!

Pretty Lights-High School Art Class x Bob Ross (Shuj Roswell Edit)

Shuj Roswell Live - Levitt Pavilion
Denver, CO 9/19/25
(w/ 💻🎸Mark Cooley, 🥁Eric Imbrosciano, 🎺Matt Wilkolak and 🎷Kyle Cervantes)

Set 1: Flying High Above The World > Memory of A Free Festival [1] > Let’s Get Free [2]> Ric Flair All Night [3] > The Plug [4] -> Run On For A Long Time [5], So Wonderful [6] > 2001 [7] > Country Roads [8], The Big Heavy, Jus Because [9] > Super Best, We’re The Super Best

Notes:
[1] David Bowie, Mark welcomes the audience and tells a story about a trip through the three phases of Twilight they’re all about to embark on
[2] Contained samples of Digable Planets - Escapism (Getting Free)
[3] Contained samples of The Fly’s - Got You Where I Want You
[4] Bonobo cover
[5] Contained a Johnny Ringo quote from the film, Tombstone and a sample of Bon Jovi - Dead Or Alive 
[6] Contained samples of Lil Peep - Life Is Beautiful, Benson Boone - Beautiful Things, Shuj Roswell - Murdered Out
[7] Contained samples of ABBA - Super Trouper, Mark teased TV On The Radio - Golden Age and Phish - Sand on guitar
[8] Pretty Lights edit, Contained samples of B.o.B - Airplanes, Mark on vocals during “Show me home Colorado” breakdown
[9] Contained samples of Earth, Wind & Fire - September

Shuj Roswell Live - 9/19/25 - Levitt Pavillion, Denver, Co

This is the first single off my debut album, FLYING HIGH ABOVE THE WORLD, dropping on Michal Menert's label, SUPER BEST RECORDS, later this month.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Burn It Down (Single)

So Wonderful

Something Freaky (feat. Jessica Jones)

Flying High Above The World (feat. David Murphy)

All songs written, produced, recorded, arranged, engineered, and mixed by Mark A. Cooley at The Roswell Space Lab

 Additional instruments and vocals recorded and engineered at Side3 Studios by Andy Flebbe and The Roswell Space Lab by Mark A. Cooley 

Mastered at Side3 Studios by Andy Flebbe and Mark A. Cooley 
 Performance Credits: 

Jarrett “J-Shook” Allen: Vocals
Dwayne “Jubee” Webb: Vocals
Will Glazier: Trumpet
Daniel de Lisle: Trombone and Flute
Mikey Thunder: Turntables 
Adam Revell: Access Virus TI Polar
Sam Goodman: Violen
Jordan Polovaiga: Cello and Talk Box
Mark A. Cooley: Guitar, Moog Voyager, Roland Juno-106 

Co-Production credit: UNFOLD_MUSIC and Michal Menert

Group vocals Big Booty Bomb: 
J-Shook, Jubee, Stephanie Ayers, Amy Law, Chloe Casey, Jesska Cvijanovic, Regina Kramer, and Mark A. Cooley

Album Art: Moon Suk Lee

Everybody Loves The Sun

Summer Breeze

You Had To Have It All (Co Produced By Unfold_Music)

All songs written, produced, recorded, arranged, engineered, and mixed by Mark A. Cooley at The Roswell Space Lab

 Additional instruments and vocals recorded and engineered at Side3 Studios by Andy Flebbe and The Roswell Space Lab by Mark A. Cooley 

Mastered at Side3 Studios by Andy Flebbe and Mark A. Cooley 
 Performance Credits: 

Jarrett “J-Shook” Allen: Vocals
Will Glazier: Trumpet
Daniel de Lisle: Trombone and Flute
Mikey Thunder: Turntables 
Adam Revell: Access Virus TI Polar
Sam Goodman: Violen
Jordan Polovaiga: Cello and Talk Box
Mark A. Cooley: Guitar, Moog Voyager, Roland Juno-106 

Co-Production credit: UNFOLD_MUSIC and Michal Menert

Group vocals Big Booty Bomb: 
J-Shook, Jubee, Stephanie Ayers, Amy Law, Chloe Casey, Jesska Cvijanovic, Regina Kramer, and Mark A. Cooley

Album Art: Moon Suk Lee

Big Booty Bomb (feat. J. Shook, Willdabeast, Sam Goodman, Jordan Polovina)

Everybody Loves The Sun (feat. Mikey Thunder And Adam Revell)

My mom used to play Elton John’s music all the time. I grew up on it. His songs played a large part of my musical childhood. In fact, I’m told that the first song I ever sang was, “B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets.” Having not listened to much of Elton’s music in recent years, I found myself truly inspired having gone to see the movie, Rocketman. The music brought back intense feelings from both my childhood and where I find myself in the present moment. I immediately went into the studio and started work on this remix.

As a musician, I’ve always related deeply to the original song which was inspired by the 1951 science fiction short, The Rocket Man, by Ray Bradbury. The story depicts the complex relationship between technology and psychology, and in particular, an astronaut's love of the stars. A man ventures into space for three months at a time and returns to earth for only a few short days to see his wife and son, deeply torn between his love of space and his family. The song imagines what his long adventures, while filled with loneliness, would be like. I've always viewed this as a metaphor for the life of an artist. 

This remix makes a great precursor to the release of my next full-length album, Setting Fire To The Stars. (Coming this fall). It's a sci-fi themed record that vibes on the darker side of our feelings. Thoughts of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and social isolation are recurring ideas in both the lyrics and music found on this album. Subjects that many of us are all too familiar with. 

So here's my remix of Rocket Man for you. I hope you catch a new vibe off my interpretation of the original classic.
🚀👨‍🚀

Shout out to my good homies, Moon Suk Lee, for the original artwork and Brett Shredmunds for the title work.

Mixed and Mastered by Mark A. Cooley and Chris Wright at Violet Recording

2019

Rocket Man (Shuj Roswell Remix)

Run On For A Long Time

Ain't Nuthin' Stronger

Let's Get Free

Snowblind (feat. Michal Menert & Nicholas Gerlach)

Vibration Of Light

Sun Go Down (feat. J. Shook)

Blast Off (feat. Jordan Polovina)

Here's the audio of our Live Stream from 6-19-20. You can re watch the stream in it's entirety here: http://shujroswell.com/videos/

Shuj Roswell Live with special guest Michal Menert

Mark A. Cooley - Production/Guitar 
Brisco Jones - Turntables 
Eric Imbrosciano - Drums 
Sarah Mount - Saxophone 
Matt Wilkolak - Trumpet 
Mark Wilkolak - Trombone
Session Recording Engineer - Sam Goodman, Chris Wright
Mix and Mastering - Mark Cooley and Chris Wright, Violet Studios
Artwork: Karlyle Walker

It Never Rains In LA

World Beater

I’ve had this remix in my back pocket for a while and felt it was finally time to let it out. I’ve always resonated with this song for several reasons. To me, the song represents the precious commodity of freedom. The freedom to be who you want to be, the freedom to do what you want to do, and the freedom to love who you want to love. 
As with all my remixes, I tried to keep this song’s arrangement true to the original while adding that electro soul vibe.
Artwork : Karlyle Walker

Easy (Shuj Roswell Remix)

Booking: shujroswell@gmail.com

Shuj Roswell is the latest musical creation of Denver's own, Mark A. Cooley. Releasing his debut album on Michal Menert's Super Best Records label in 2015, he carefully curates vinyl samples of 60's and 70's funk and soul as a foundation for his production. Fusing traditional sample based hip-hop techniques with warm analog synthesis and hard hitting beats, he sets the table for a sound within the Electro Soul movement he calls, Funk-tron-a-delic.

When playing out, Shuj Roswell Live takes the musical experience to the next level by bringing live instrumentation into the mix. Mark plays guitar and is accompanied on stage by drummer and good friend, Eric Imbrosciano. Eric comes from a hip-hop, funk, and jazz background originating from his early years gigging in and around the New York music scene. He injects a soulful vibe into the Shuj Roswell live sound from laid back hip-hop grooves to drum & bass breaks. Eric also performs in the jazz-fusion quartet, Space Orphan. You might have run into him as he hosts several open jams around the Denver area

In addition to his drummer Eric, Shuj Roswell Live consists of emcee, J. Shook, who’s recorded vocals on several Shuj Roswell tracks and a rotating who’s who on saxophone, trumpet and trombone. Mark recorded with and sampled his live band in the studio on the EP, Shuttlecock

Shuj Roswell has performed along side the following artists: Daily Bread, Michal Menert, Maddy O'Neil, Marvel Years, Late Night Radio, Break Science, Exmag, Blockhead, Adam Deitch, Borahm Lee, Chris Karns, Funkstatik, Birocratic, Alvin Ford Jr, Russ Liquid Test, The Werks, Paul Basic, Tnertle, Kevin Donohue (Sunsquabi), Mux Mool, Mark Farina, David Murphy (STS9), Lucid Vision, Nosaj Thing, and Analog Son among others

Shuj Roswell (Super Best Records)

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