I don't want to

Song by Arwen


prod. blindforlove AKA Frank Moses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGlmXeB-NE

I Don't Want To

The intro track to my recent Ep, No Curfew.. This track is a beatless synth-focused piece which has a manipulated sample from a David Bowie interview.
This track was also played on Jim Gellatly's show on Amazing Radio, and gain regional play on Phoenix FM's Eat My Brunch, presented by Michelle Ward. 

Lyrics:
"Well, alright. I find that I'm a person who can take on the guises of different people that I meet. I can switch accents in seconds of meeting somebody and I can adopt their accent. I've always found that I collect. I'm a collector and I've always seemed to collect personalities, ideas.. I have a hotchpotch philosophy which really is very minimal."



Purchase Link:
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Cemented

Released 11th June 2021.

As I lay on the ward,
I’ve never felt as safe and reassured,
Than when I see you standing by my side,

What a way,
What a fine way to make my day,
It’s wonderful to hear you say there’s nowhere else that you’d rather be,

I don’t mind, you can go,
There’s a world outside your window,
But I’m glad you’d choose to spend your time with me,

What a way,
What a fine way to make my day,
I’d never assume you’d wish to stay and help me bear the strain,

But it’s wrong, and it’s cruel,
To lay my wounds on you,
I’m ashamed, I’m a fool,
But what else can I do?

You’re divine, you’re a treasure,
You can turn my pain to pleasure,
You’re the one who gave me cause to go on living,

What a way,
What a fine way to make my day,
How can I ever repay the life you gave away to make my day,

What a way to make my day,
What a way to make my day,
What a way to make my day,

Make My Day

Blank Sky

It Is What It Is

Danger Kill ft. Honeyblood

Don't Make Me Wait Too Long

Street Law

ALL TO MYSELF

London based Italo-British experimental duo SOUP! have teamed up with American singer and multimedia artist Meredith Adelaide for a transcending, metaphysical Pop gem. SOUP! and Meredith make a game-changing pairing, with SOUP! breaking rules and boundaries within the paradigms of Pop, and Meredith bringing their thoughtful honest lyrics and dreamy vocals.

Meredith and the band met through the Rattle Collective, an international music network based in London and L.A., which allowed many artists to connect and cooperate during lockdown. Meredith recalls: “I’ve been trying to work with Gigi at The Rattle since I joined the Los Angeles crew. He started SOUP! as a way to not overthink creation and asked me if I’d be down to add vocals to a song. It happened during the pandemic. It was a time of transition when I was asking myself a lot of hard questions about what I actually wanted in and for my world”. The result is the single ‘All To Myself’, born out of a remote collaboration transcending physical borders. The new single maintains the essential ingredients of SOUP!’s debut ‘All The People’ - with their abstractionist approach, dystopian soundscapes and a symbiotic performance between the human and the machine.

THE PROCESS

The gestation went through several phases. Drummer Matt Hardy describes phase one: “the track began with a kind of pitched-up vocal loop. To date, I have no idea what it is or where it came from. We jammed over this as a band and developed the current groove. Loads of crazy arpeggiators and guitar loops were added in the process. We really wanted it to sound as mad as possible!”. The track really started to come together during phase two, as Meredith added their vocals. “They really understood the vibe we were going for and the kind of vocal performance we had in mind” explains Matt. As put by Meredith, the lyrics are about trusting that letting go will always bring the right things back. They explain: “there should be no convincing ourselves that something is right for us. Letting go can be a meditation to help me gain clarity about the elements of what I want from what I’m letting go of". Phase three saw Gigi enacting the final synthesis and adding the dark, sweeping synths, which take the track to a different place and enhance its cinematic character.



ABOUT THE ARTISTS

SOUP! began in 2019 from the encounter of award winning producer Gigi Piscitelli and drummer Matt Hardy. Gigi cut his teeth training under Alan Moulder and Flood working on records for the likes of Goldfrapp, The Killers and the Charlatans. He produced Dele Sosimi, from Feta Kuti’s Egypt 80 and he is now working on the forthcoming LP by London’s Afro-Punk pioneers Ibibio Sound Machine. Matt is a young veteran of the British contemporary Indie-Folk scene. He provided the drumbeats for artists like the celebrated singer-songwriter Jake Houlsby and Folk chanteuse Ajimal.

Primarily a self-photographer, Meredith Adelaide touches multiple disciplines as an independent artist. A union-actor and filmmaker with a decade-long modelling career behind them, Meredith is a well-rounded artist, now adding their voice to the world of music. In their art - much of which is released through the creative platform 'Patreon' - Meredith explores themes of grief, loss, self accountability, identity, unconditional love and sexuality.


SOUNDS LIKE

LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, Soulwax, Radiohead, ChkChkChk(!!!), Atoms For Peace


LINKS

SOUP!
Spotify: http://tiny.cc/soupnoises 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soup.noises
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOUP.NOISES/
Matt Hardy: https://matthardydrums.com/
Gigi Piscitelli: https://www.gigipiscitelli.com/

Meredith Adelaide
Patreon: http://patreon.com/meredithadelaide
Instagram: http://instagram.com/meredithadelaide

All To Myself (feat. Meredith Adelaide)

9 artists, 4 languages, 1 message!

Music is one of the purest forms of unity we have to help us share our human experience with others. I came up with this single Pangaea as a way of illustrating the unifying power of sound and music. 

When we share our happiest moments with each other through music, we don’t even need to understand the words to connect. We can trust the vibe, the body language and our other senses to reassure us we are in a good place with good people. 

End of charitable period:
Over £100 was raised for charity throughout September from the digital downloads of the Pangaea EP (an expanded project featuring songs by artists in this song) on Bandcamp! The charitable period came to an end on the 30th of September 2020.
More information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2vBTjFO2N/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

FLVZ - Vocals (Shona), mixing and mastering
Kenzola - Guitar
Juskarma - Producer, mixing
Moak - Spoken Work
Kudi Israel- Vocals
Brett Sinclair - Vocals
Kay Corominas - Vocals (Spanish)
Rukus - Vocals
Jasmin Issaka - Vocals (Dutch)

Artwork by Jonathan Mukholi

Executive Produced by FLVZ & Brett Sinclair
Produced by Juskarma, Kenzola & FLVZ
Mixed and Mastered by Juskarma & FLVZ

Additional artist information:
FLVZ
A Zimbabwean born music producer and rapper currently based in the East Midlands UK. His style advocates an experimental approach, with maximalist sound design and psychedelic quirks within the musical canvas of electronica. Starting out as a rapper in his earlier musical years, FLVZ grew fascinated with production as he developed as an artist, and started creating beats and productions in 2012.

Juskarma
Juskarma is a producer/songwriter with influences in soul music, reggae, hip hop and grime.

Kenzola
Kenzola is an unsung London-based guitarist that tells each story with care. With 10+ years experience ranging from Heavy Metal solos to acoustic Lo-Fi Hip Hop samples, Kenzola focuses on reading the energy and capturing the moment.

Brett Sinclair
Brett Sinclair A Singer Songwriter from Nottingham currently working on a concept album to be released in the next few years.

Kudi Israel
Kudi Israel is a London-based R&B artist infusing old school RnB with Neo-Soul for a modern take on the genre.

Kay Corominas
Spanish singer and song writer Kay Corominas, was born in Cadiz and grew up always surrounded by music and instruments. She moved to the UK in 2012 and started fronting the popular Latin inspired band The Sugar Tree, she is also the spanish half on the brittish/spanish musical duo "Descaradas" with Molly May.

Rukus
Rukus is a UK recording artist, DJ, and producer who has been professionally touring and performing both nationally and internationally as a solo artist and with his TRINITY collective. Rukus’s first release ‘Let It Go’ produced by Baby J achieved nationwide success and critical acclaim. The single featuring Ty, Klashnekoff and Yogi took the UK Hip-Hop scene by storm. 2007/08 he had the opportunity to go on a UK tour with Mark Ronson after featuring on the Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse Valarie remix alongside Precha, Alex Blood and Malik MD7, which has sold over 450,000 copies.

Moak
Moak is a writer, poet and lyricist based in London. Trust your voice.

Jasmin Issaka
Influenced by jazz, folk, pop and predominantly soul, Jasmin Issaka is a singer songwriter with a quirky, eclectic and powerful sound best described as alternative soul or soulful acoustica. Based in Manchester, Jasmin Issaka is 'Sweet like honey' and her tunes will 'stick like honey'.

Pangaea

Pangaea (Ft. Kenzola, Juskarma, Moak, Kudi, Brett Sinclair, Kay Corominas, Rukus, Jasmin Issaka)

Two brothers versus the machines. Clusters of Eyes debuted at Smugglers Festival 2018 and have since been inhabiting coastal Kent’s subterranean network of tunnels, honing their set of gritty electronica and robot-rock.

This latest track features guest vocals from Troy of punk/hardcore band The Long Knives.

Imagery of a dystopian post-Covid, post-Brexit landscape is set to an irrepressible groove - inspired in equal parts by The Fall’s ‘Blindness’ and Death In Vegas’ ‘Aisha’.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/QaII3ePbDtc

This Is Transformation (feat. Troy)

It Will Be

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Don't Make Me Wait Too Long

JIM