Hearing Voices

Remember the tall grass
waving to July
as the sun slipped out the sky

I've lived a thousand times here
Red Sun come around
Red Sun come alive

Fires burned alright that year
smoke filled up my lungs
so we shot the trees with guns 

Grass Low
Trees Grow
As far as Im concerned you know
I think we're the ones that burned 

And the light came over me
I swear that I could see 
Somebody Dancing in Red
Slipping over the coastline into bed

You better run now
They're looking for your friends
I think this is the end

Grass Low
Trees Grow
As far as Im concerned you know
I think we're the ones that burned

Red Sun Disco

Europa

Grief and Time walk into a bar
Grief says please don't break my heart
Time looks to the side and says
Let the moment decide my friend 

And The Moment pours himself a drink 
and before he has a chance to think
Silence walks in with a steely grin
and says it's my world you're living in

Useless heart 
how you got me this far
I will never know
but you lead me to this bar
with all these strangers I know 

Loneliness is in a bathroom stall
writing crude words onto the wall
Anxiety is rioting because her name was in the writing 
everybody sighs because she does this nightly

Carings in the corner oversharing
one too many and her smile is blaring
Grudge never liked the other much
but with him she's always had a special touch 

Useless heart 
how you got me this far
I will never know
but you lead me to this bar
with all these strangers I know 

Tensions throwing punches to the crowd 
and he breaks the Silence's nose into the ground
everybody orders another round 
and a one way ticket trouble bound

And before the last shot is tasted
Time is wasted

Useless heart 
how you got me this far
I will never know
but you lead me to this bar
with all these strangers I know 
with all these strangers I know 
with all these strangers I know 
with all these strangers I know

Welcome To The Wonder Land

Welcome To The Wonder Land Pt.II

Manchester-based producer and visual artist - catch92 provides another insight to his forthcoming album ‘Patchwork’ in the shape of the classic soul-tinged sample flipping track ‘Anor’.

Coming via Asta Hiroki's Folded Music imprint the album is a melting pot of hip hop beats, jazzy bumps, and downtempo electronica on his first full-length for the label -with ‘Anor’ a standout from the bunch.

When creating, catch92 uses any and every production method at his disposal, with the overarching ethos of being entirely open to exploring any musical avenue and not worrying about maintaining a specific sound, instrument, or narrative throughout the collection.

Starting life as a handful of sample chops and a break thrown together he arranged a basic idea to perform at the regular Workinonit hip hop event. After road testing it to a great reaction, the idea captured his imagination as to what it could become and he reworked the project to its current state - a high-quality soulful beat a la J Dilla’s ‘Donuts’, or the widespan creations of Madlib, and Knxwledge.

Despite the bittersweet nature of the music there is still room for a smile, with the title is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the vocal sample which sounds to say “I Know” through a Yorkshire accent - which the producer is fond of.

Having steadily gained a reputation as one of the most interesting names working with leftfield hip hop styles catch92 has received praise and regular spins on BBC 6 Music, FIP, Couleur 3, RadioEins, and across the Radio Campus network, in addition to some big placements on key Spotify hip hop editorial playlists.

Patchwork

Anor

During a recent trip to Italy I bought a thumb piano in Naples. It was a vibrant yellow which only realised later mirrored the Sorrento lemons you see everywhere from shops, restaurants to decorating plates, mugs, ornaments, and clothes.

Sorrento lemons are like lemons on steroids being about three times larger than the ones that get sliced for your G&T or gastropub fish and chips. One restaurant in Pompeii gave them to our group them sliced with salt, pepper and olive oil. An amazing explosion of flavour.

This track was inspired by the warm sound of the thumb piano, the colour of Sorrento lemons, the intense midday heat and the sparkle of sunlight on the Bay of Naples. The sound of cicadas at the end of the track was recorded whilst visiting the historic city of Pompeii.

Sorrento Lemon

So Late

Brambles is inspired by memories of childhood pastimes, particularly picking blackberries with my mum, sister, and grandparents. The gentle fingerpicked guitar part provides a steady backdrop for the dreamy clarinets and trumpets that weave through the track. I was really happy to be able to include my sister on the track as one of the vocalists.

One by one we go rummaging on
Staining our shoes with the berries and sun
We pluck, we pull, the buckets fill
We amble

Two by two we go battling through
Stretching and straining to grasp at the shoots
You bare your skin, the thorns dig in
The gamble

The marks on your clothes
Might come out with soap
The marks on your hands
Will soon start to mend

Three by three is a mouthful indeed
Bursting with berries and singing with glee
La da di da, la da di da
The brambles 

The marks on our clothes
Might come out with soap
The marks on our hands
Will soon start to mend

Brambles

Lost In A Minute

1974 (that's how it was in those days)

A X6402 collaboration:

STEPAN
TaNezha x Six Four Zero Two

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THE COLLABORATION
This X6402 Collaboration is with 'TaNezha'  (Tetyana Nizhynska) who is a singer based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The lyrics were written and sung by TaNezHa, a capella, in the style of a traditional Folk song. 'Six Four Zero Two' created the music, responding emotionally to the story and mood: "I wanted the music to soar and weave fluidly around the constant that is the voice".

THE TRACK
‘Stepan’ is a story about the strength of a young girl whose partner goes off to war and is lost for some time. When the people eventually gather to hail the Cossacks triumphant return, he is not with them. The girl is forlorn and returns home where, she finds him waiting in the courtyard. A joyful return to love, peace and their homeland.

CREDITS:
Lyrics and Vocal: Tetyana Nizhynska.
Music, Instrumentation and Production: Six Four Zero Two.
Design: 6402.

LYRICS:
Translation from Ukrainian.

There, in the meadow at the edge of the forest, a girl was walking,
looking for healing thyme, mint and roses.
She was singing as she walked "I am collecting the potion for Stepan,
so he can stay strong and defeat the enemies".

When she went to the valley she saw Cossacks,
returning home to Nenka (homeland) in a big crowd.
"Oh, you men, you dear fellows, how happy I am to see you.
Where is my beloved Stepan? I yearn to see him".

"Oh my dear, we do not know, he did not follow.
We know not of his fate, we have not seen him".
The sweet girl burst into tears and went home.
“Where have you gone, my Stepan? My eternal love".

"Oh, you dear man, if only you all would come back home.
Let all of our enemies be gone!", the sweet girl cried.
Then, as she entered the yard she saw Stepan,
waiting there, to joyfully meet his beloved girl.

Welcome To The Wonder Land Pt.II

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