If you can picture the whole world spinning
and pieces of rock standing still;
And picture that just not compared to us,
they are in motion.
And picture the difference in sounds
as you can picture the movement of time throughout your day;
And draw together everything you hear
as one whole song in the act of being sung.
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If you could slow me down to where I think I’m supposed to be,
well I might just end up dead, so I’ll keep this pace instead;
And if dilated into sunlight, felt my cells drip apart;
Felt the essence of my heart without my mind to put it right;
If my feet crumbled every time I put to earth,
If my fingers blossomed every time I touched the bark;
If the water flowed within me,
then I might remember: none is without me.
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I am vibration in the air,
I am the dirt that’s all you’ve ever touched with your skin;
I am vibration in your skin;
I am your skin
which connects you, not abstracts you from your world.
Trumpeter/composer Ashley Ballat and jazz guitarist Stephen Magnusson create warm and imaginative sonic landscapes. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2022
This swinging Welsh jazz combo packs each song with blissfully darting horn lines and simmering rhythms on their latest LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 23, 2022