Story: 

This song is a salute to all world citizens who gather to practice and demand their rights in the face of tyranny and injustice. 

Lyrics:

Time’s up, it’s time to go now
Deep down, there’s a call for hope now
These trees are evergreen
They glow up even in the storm now

You thought you were the only one,
who could put out a fire
You thought you were the only one,
with an untouched desire

Take this memory and put it in a frame
Take this dream and put it on a page,
Take the joy, the pain, the rage, the rage

About the artist: 

Static River (previously tānāshāh) is the brainchild of music technologist / producer, live electronic performer, and singer-songwriter, Tanya. The project seeks to combine the rich control afforded by electronic sounds with the spontaneity and expression of the human voice. Static River(previously tānāshāh) is born out of a vision to explore sounds that seamlessly blend ambient, melodic, dark, down-tempo electronic music with interesting vocal tapestries and thoughtful lyrics.

The Rage (HLAG + BBG Contest Winner - Best Lyrics)

I watched towns buried in the lap of time vanish in a breath
Thousands of butterflies that fled and fell
so we don’t forget
But when you walk through the door
Nothing, nothing, nothing can change your mind

Keep your big words to yourself

Keep your big words to yourself
I am not listening
I don’t even care anymore
The more my heart breaks
The more I turn to stone

I watched skies singing in silence because song was a crime
Remember hellish fires?
where someone’s sacred tear
was someone else’s smile
But when you walk through the door
Nothing, nothing, nothing can be more blind

Your big words are going to be the end of me
The end of you
The end of us
Oh these big words
Mean nothing at all

Keep your big words to yourself

Keep your big words to yourself
I am not listening
I don’t even care anymore
The more my heart breaks
The more I turn to stone

Big Words (Demo)

Description: 

A deep dark coming-of-age track, Despite captures the endurance of the human spirit “despite” abuse and hardship. Constructed with haunting vocals, catchy arps, and ominous bells, the track climaxes with a cinematic-rock finish. The track is best enjoyed during a night drive, in introspective mood, a power walk, a moment of vulnerability or rebellion. It seeks to uplift anyone healing.

Lyrics: 

In the chambers of my mind, 
I move forward and rewind, 
Floating in this reverie, 
as I release this memory… 
into the wild. 

City towers burning at midnight, 
Birds in cages preparing for morning flight, 
My angels staring down at me 
I am now not because, but despite 
you. 

I am now not because, but despite
you.

CREDITS

Performed by: Static River
Written by: Tanya Sharma
Produced by: Tanya Sharma
Mixed by: Tanya Sharma
Mastered by: Waves Kraft Mastering
Photography: Priyangi Magotra

Despite

CREDITS: 
Performed by: Static River
Written by: Tanya Sharma
Produced by: Tanya Sharma
Mixing: Tanya Sharma
Photo Credits: Isha Jain
Art Direction: Tudor-David Schlanger
Mastering: Lab Rats Studio

LYRICS:
Everybody told me
I said I've had enough
Everybody told me
Do you… do you think I haven’t heard?

I'm freezing but don’t hold me
I am drawing in the snow
the final line
I should’ve
drawn a long time ago

Now I'm picking up all the pieces
that you threw from above
Now I'm picking up all the pieces
at the end of love

Now I'm picking up all the pieces
that you threw from above
Now I'm picking up all the pieces
at the end of love

I held on so tight
To the jar of hope
But it slipped through my fingers
Now there's honey on the floor

Now we're sailing new seas
When we're done
We can see for real
Who we've become

Now I'm picking up all the pieces
that you threw from above
Now I'm picking up all the pieces
at the end of love

Now I'm picking up all the pieces
that you threw from above
Now I'm picking up all the pieces
at the end of love

Now I'm picking up all the pieces
Now I'm picking up all the...
Now I'm picking up all the pieces
Now I'm picking up all the...
Now I'm picking up all the pieces
Now I'm picking up all the...
Now I'm picking up all the pieces
Now I'm picking up

If you tell me now
What it means to be you
I wouldn't listen anymore

If you tell me now
What it means to be you
I wouldn't listen anymore

End of Love

Submitted as part of a requirement to complete the following course module at Point Blank London: "Creative Production & Remix" running between January-April 2022. 
Course Instructor: Doug McAvoy
Photo: Personal Collection (circa 2000)

200-250 words detailing production intent and brief interpretation: 

The track combines the original’s vocals with haunting textures, melodic phrases, and a dance beat. Genre/style is between melodic techno/house, pop, and 80s-inspired electronica. I increased the tempo of the song slightly and added a full-sounding chord progression to the chorus for emphasis. For the rest of the track, I use three repeating melodic ideas that get thinner / thicker throughout the track to create tension. One of the melodic ideas sounds like staccato strings and adds drama in certain sections (e.g. “It’s the dreams that we weren’t chasing”). For bass, I switch between Reese bass (for tension), and an analog and FM bass sound to accompany the beat (for release). I employ the drum techniques in class to create a constant beat and effects (such as drum atmos). 

The minor key gives the melodic phrases a haunting aftertaste. To build on the haunting effect and theme of the song, I added details such as echo and pan on the phrase “haunt us” and a warped reversed sample to index “Time Machine” before the verse kicks in. For the middle section, I switched to a trap-style beat at halftime and distorted the vocals to create a dizzy, unsettling effect. For the end section, I combined many of the vocal elements of the track, the sitar sample used in the original, and some vocal chops.

NOT FOR COMMERICAL USE.

Alicia Keys - Time Machine (Static River Remix)

Credits: 
Performed by: Static River
Written, produced, and mixed by: Tanya Sharma
Mastered by: Waves Krāft Mastering
Visual art/creative direction: Imtiaz Rashid and Bahar Goel

Lyrics: 

Dreams like vivid time machines
They take me back to seventeen
I thought
I thought I let you go

Does memory atrophy
It’s something I can’t believe
When it comes back
stronger than before

I’ve remembered you longer
Than I ever knew you
Strangers now
But I still feel I own you

Now you’re a part of me

Bright screens in the middle of the night
Impulses putting a fight
Searching for your name
Not knowing what I’ll find

Losing integrity
Why can’t I just let it be?
Chasing you now
Or is it my reflection?

Magnetic energy
Like something you’ve never seen
Do I miss you
Or do I miss connection?

I’ve remembered you longer
Than I ever knew you
We’re strangers now
But I still feel I own you

Do you still think of me?

Bright screens in the middle of the night
Impulses putting a fight
Searching for your name
Not knowing what I’ll find

Digital traces of you
Looking for the old in the new
Holding on to something
That I no longer have access to

Bright screens in the middle of the night
Impulses putting a fight
Searching for your name
Not knowing what I’ll find

Digital Traces

My interpretation of celebrated Sufi work, Man Kunto Maula. 



Man Kunto Maula

Hi everyone! Super inspired by this track so decided to bring myself to it. Hope you enjoy.

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