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ZOLA BLOOD – ” Silver Soul “

Posted: December 17, 2020 in MUSIC
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East London four piece Zola Blood bring forth a brooding and darkened offering full of haunting elements in their latest single ‘Silver Soul’, the second release from their highly anticipated EP ‘Two Hearts’ “

‘Silver Soul’ is about saying a last goodbye to a time or a place when you’ve outgrown it and you know it’s time to change. In terms of the writing process, ‘Silver Soul’ was kicking around for a couple of years before we figured out how to make it work. We tried a bunch of different versions and ideas, and it was coming up with that drum loop – that you hear at the beginning – that helped us weave it all together. Usually the music comes first for us, which in turn inspires melody and lyrics. For ‘Silver Soul’ it kind of happened the other way around – we just had some basic chords, lyrics and melody but the rest was pretty fluid. So it was fun to take a different approach.

Speaking about the track, they explain, “Silver Soul is about saying a last goodbye to a time or a place when you’ve outgrown it and you know it’s time to change.

East London based quartet, Zola Blood is undoubtedly one of our favourite electro-ambient projects to come out of the UK. The recent tour with RÜFÜS DU SOL has left a visible mark on the band – they appear more direct and powerful in their delivery. ‘Silver Soul’ is taken from their latest EP via Akira Records.

GHOSTLY KISSES – ” Never Let Me Go ” (EP)

Posted: June 14, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Ghostly Kisses is the dreamy pop music of singer songwriter Margaux Sauvé. Today is the release of “Never Let Me Go” EP. We’ve put a lot of work in these songs, we explored ways that we never did before. The music is now yours! , Thank you to everyone involved.

Composed mainly on her travels, “Never Let Me Go” is a 22-minute concentrate of dreamy, intimate and emotionally charged music. Margaux Sauvé called on Louis-Étienne Santais for the production, with the collaboration of the producer and engineer of his Alex Ouzilleau.
She details each of the pieces of her EP.

Call My Name
For Call My Name, Louis Étienne and I wanted to explore more organic sounds and feel human depth. Drums, a string quartet, electric guitar and harp were recorded to add a greater dimension to the piece, cinematic sounds and a little oriental touch.

Lydian
I wrote Lydian more than two years ago. She talks about following her instincts, listening to an idea, pursuing her dreams. Making music in life as a career is an idea that grew in my mind for several years before becoming clear. The moment I realized it was a great relief. This song is about that moment.

Barcelona Boy
Louis-Étienne and I were in Barcelona during the Catalan crisis in 2017. One evening there were a lot of protests outside and we decided to stay in our apartment and not go out. We always travel with my little Yamaha keyboard reface CP and that evening we started playing in the apartment. That’s where Barcelona Boy started.

Where Do Lovers Go?
Where Do Lovers Go? Talk about my last breakup. For several months, I was in a kind of denial and I tried to convince myself that the situation could get better and that we could reconcile. Where Do Lovers Go expresses the last attempt at reconciliation and negotiation, the desire to find the other halfway.

Stay
The song Stay took me a long time to write. She also talks about this latest breakup, but more about the moment I finally accepted that despite the sadness, it couldn’t work.

Ghostly Kisses’ Never Let Me Go will be available on all platforms on June 5th. In a moment of great challenges and pain, I wish that we could all be kind to one another

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Released June 5th, 2020

Composition: Margaux Sauvé, Louis-Étienne Santais
Lyrics: Margaux Sauvé, Vann Delorey

Special thanks to the musicians who played on the album.
String quartet: Caroline Béchard, Jany Fradette, Marie-Claude Perron, Suzanne Villeneuve
Harp: Marie-Rose Lehoux
Guitar: Antoine Angers
Mandoline, Acoustic Guitar: Charles-Auguste Lehoux
Drum: Alex Kirouac

HILANG CHILD – ” Endless String “

Posted: June 16, 2015 in MUSIC
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We’re proud to be sharing the UK premiere of “Endless String”, the second part of the new AA-side single from London-based multi-instrumentalist Hilang Child aka Ed Riman.

Weaving gorgeous ambient threads with synths so chilling they’ll make your bone marrow frosty, Riman creates a piece of atmospheric music that eschews standard pop or rock motifs in favour of his own, breathy, epic style of noise. It’s fizzing with emotional depth and gorgeously textured instruments, slowly building layers upon layers like the most thundering post-rock, but staying intimate like a barely-there whisper. Perhaps there are similarities to Sigur Rós, but when has that ever been a bad thing?

“Thule”/”Endless String” is out now via Akira Records.

 

ALLMAN BROWN – ” Ancient Light “

Posted: January 30, 2015 in MUSIC
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Allman Brown is an artist who has played shows all over London, New York and Paris. He has worked with many talented people, most recently the lovely Lowell and Liz Lawrence. He is currently planning a release of an EP with Akira Records

 

ALLMAN BROWN – ” Fields Of England ” feat Sophie Jamieson

Posted: June 19, 2014 in MUSIC
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Folk musician Allman Brown has a new EP due out Ancient Lights on Akira Records check out this gorgeous track with the additional wow factor of Sophie Jamieson on Vocals