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London based singer /songwriter @costi_0 makes her debut on TT with ‘As above so below’. 6 tracks, bearing raw emotional composition, lyricism & sound.

She draws heavy inspiration from her background in poetry, reworking her writings into lyrics. Looking up to the musings of Kurt Cobain and William Blake alongside the study of dark and light, heaven and hell. coming through in the consistent shadow of grunginess throughout contrasted by escaping moments of light.

features from Crimson Chaos, Yayoyanoh & Wisteria

c0sti - As above, so below

The most currently relevant selections of the immediate now: it's new!

Here is Spotify playlist of best music: open.spotify.com/playlist/40RZVd2JDjMZzeHZ3xpR7j

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: MAY 2023

Dean Blunt - Rap (prod. Vegyn)

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Fucking Hoes Heads Based Freestyle (Lil B)

made w @1nt3gr4l
artwork by Makayla Trentadue

Schrodinger

TT welcome singer/songwriter c0sti for her label debut with a six-tracker titled ‘As above so below’. A concoction of moving lyricism and raw, grungy sonics, she takes influence from her poetry background and the works of Kurt Cobain and William Blake while examining the contrast between darkness and light and heaven and hell. The result is six emotive tracks that balance both hope and melancholy.

PREMIERE: c0sti feat. Yayoyanoh - Deep end [TT]

Taken from Charles Verni's 'I Was Today Years Old', out May 12th.

AND NOW TO BUY PRE-RELEASE: https://charlesverni.bandcamp.com/album/i-was-today-years-old

@charles-verni <3

The present and inhabiting it, existing in the immediate current rather than the then that was and the soon that is to be and continuing to be and locking into now and deconditioning mind to foresight or reflection and being today years old always and forever and always having been and forever willing to only be; also liking and reposting and sharing widely this Charles Verni song 'Earth' now and now and now and now and now and now and now and now and now and now not then now because it's all that is and is and is and is and is and is and isn't not and is — today!

Charles Verni - Earth [MK PREMIERE]

London based singer-songwriter c0sti debuts on TT label with 'As above, so below'. 6 tracks of raw, unconventional bass and instrumental patterns cemented blissfully by the artist's dark, moody lyrics.

'Walk down a dark path (you're gonna trip)' cuts its teeth with a grimacing guitar riff with c0sti's angelic yet somewhat devilish voice trickling above along a robust tribal drum beat. 

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Kurt Cobain and William Blake, alongside the study of dark, light, heaven & hell, c0sti creates a transmission that feels as obsessive as it does liberating. 

The EP drops in full on May 12th here: https://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/album/as-above-so-below

As above, so below

PREMIERE: c0sti - Walk down a dark path (you're gonna trip) [Tobago Tracks]

c0sti - Wilted ft. Wisteria

c0sti - Death trap ft. Crimson Chaos

20 Mins In

From 'Through the Fire and Flames', a compilation of guitar music. Drops June 9th on TT.

Pre-order: https://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-fire-and-flames

@lovefear1 🎸♪✮☠︎︎

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The High Council of axemongers abides. They bear screaming blades of fret-forged light, string-lashed instruments wielded to sear new paths skyward. They stand astride 13 gleaming new pillars of soon-to-be-mythological guitar heroism, shining beacons of musical truth illuminating a world of grey.

'Through the Fire and Flames' is a compilation of guitar music, defined in the most open sense. Enclosed are heart melters, head soothers, heavy hitters and more. It's a shrine to a sacred instrument, a pantheon of tributes from the furthest reaches of the shred spectrum. Guitar speaks to us. Guitar animates our beings. Guitar is language, communion, path — guitar is a way Through the Fire and Flames.

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Curation: Madjestic Kasual
Mastering: Robert Venning, aka DJ Pitch
Cover art: Josh Crumpler
Motion graphics: Alvar Halo

Lovefear - Day Place

Do you know what it is, can you feel it? Does it defy knowing? Have you said "a politics" or "reify" recently? How does it feel, do you know it and what it is? What can you say, what conclusions have you drawn? Have you etched? Have you carved into flesh? Have you liked Anna Lily's 'Conflagrate' featuring My Nettle as well as Bug Bus Piano? Have you reposted it? Have you shared it aggressively? Do you and have you and will you? What do you know?

@yupanna <3
@mynettle <3
@goodnightbed <3

Covert art: @sage888_ <3

Anna Lily - Conflagrate (feat. My Nettle & Bug Bus Piano) [MK PREMIERE]

PAM, previously host of beloved NTS show Okonkole Y Trompa, joins you for a dawn chorus every Thursday. Traversing obscure rarities, globetrotting vintage pop and beyond.

https://www.nts.live/shows/early-bird-show-w-pam/episodes/early-bird-show-w-pam-27th-july-2023

The Early Bird Show w/ PAM & GUTS THEME 270723

Island of Angels w/ innerinnerlife & Mark Allen Soul - 15/03/2024

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