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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 422

John Myrtle - Spider On The Wall

A R&B tinged tune about religious hypocrites.

Sugar Free

Where is Your Proof?

Buggs - Flaws

Ellie Bleach - Doing Really Well Thanks

Last year, when the world slowed down, I found myself looking inwards and remembering the past. I see my friendships shift in shape, my relationships ebb and flow, and the ground I’m standing on is moving beneath my feet. This record is an introspective dive, pinpointing the moment I recognised a consistency within me that fights to contradict my life in stasis. Beneath the skin deep layers there is an engine: sometimes idle, but never stalling. This motor propels me with a musical momentum. It compels me to speak my truth, words encircled in melody.

I asked my friend Hannah to draw this concept.

On October 30th, I’ll be releasing a 12 track collection. The music is about 50/50 unreleased and remastered versions singles I’ve published over the last year or so. One song is totally re-recorded to feature the beautiful singing of my good talented friend Sanja Cin.  

The process of recording this music is much indebted to a number of longterm collaborating partners:

Firstly, all of the drums and percussion instruments that you hear were lent to me freely by Aidan Poland. Without unrestricted access to his beautiful drum kit, I never could have captured these rhythms.

All of the keyboards and synthesised FX were produced using equipment loaned to me by Matt G. With the exception of tinkering in humble bedroom studio setup, all of the sounds were captured using Matt’s space where I had unfiltered access to microphones, a computer workstation, and most importantly: silence.

The entire record has been subjected to the fine-toothed audio engineering prowess of my good friend David McLaughlin. Dave took my tangled mess of a record and made it shine bright. 

Special thanks also goes to Maria Toase,, who recorded me acoustically when I was somewhat lost, wandering between disbeliefs, and reminded me to believe in myself. The acoustic music from that session form the bones of the track “Killing Time” paired with instrumental layers that I added almost a year later. 

We all walk a path but rarely do we watch where we are going. Without these individuals’ advice and collaboration I would never have achieved what, for me, is a monumental line in the sand along the shores of my dreamworld.

Top To Bottom

Hartoel

Morning Affirmation Remix - Feat Udo And Tnah (Scott Xylo Remix)

Tonight’s guest on A Path Through Haze with me, Psych Milligan will be the wonderful @tallulah4eva , head-honcho of the superb @sadclubrecords - whilst we get on tremendously well off the baize, she is my nemesis-ter on it - there will be live backgammon on tonights show… expect all the thrills and spills of this grudge match (we are 1-1) and folk and country by the likes of Karen Dalton, Steve Young, Joan Baez and Kathy Heideman!

Tracklist here-o

Roy Montgomery ‘Cowboy Mouth (For Sam Shepard)’
Joan Baez ‘No Expectations’
Trader Horne ‘The Morning Way’
Trader Horne ‘Velvet To Atone’
Kathy Heideman ‘Move With Love’
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David Rosenboom and Jacqueline Humbert ‘Broke and Blue’
The Coterie ‘Until It's Time For You To Go’
Steve Young ‘Rock, Salt and Nails’
Marianne Faithfull ’Sunny Goodge Street’
"Blue" Gene Tyranny ‘Next Time Might Be Your Time’
Grateful Dead ’Scarlet Begonias’
Catherine Howe ‘Nothing More Than Strangers’
Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers ‘(Lady Down) Candles In The Wind’
Sachiko Kanenobu ‘Kagerou’
Melanie ‘Look What They Did to My Song, Ma’
Michael Hurley ‘Are You Here For The Festival’
Steve Young ‘Lonesome, On’ry and Mean’
Fluid ‘Rokudanashi’
Kazuhiko Kato ‘Arthur Hakase no Jinriki Hikouki’
Dillard & Clark ’Out On The Side’
Karen Dalton ‘In A Station’
Lulu ‘Marley Purt Drive’
Nat Stuckey ‘What Am I Doing In LA?’
Kris Kristofferson ‘Getting’ By, High & Strange’
Lee Hazelwood ‘The House Song’
Joan Baez ‘The Ghetto’
Sanford Clark Shades’
Sanford Clark ’They Call Me Country’

A Path Through Haze with Tallulah Webb (Sad Club Records): 07 11 2024

Swallow Cave - Cold Moon

ALUNA - NEON LIGHTS

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Buggs - Flaws

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