Crown Juel - Orange & White in Oil Paint

Do You Mind

During the pandemic - everything as we know came to a halt.
Businesses closed down...we suffered.

I went on Worldstar one day and saw a video of a news report saying that sex workers were thriving, an all time high...that moment I started daydreaming thinking what would really drive someone to seek this out during the pandemic and possibly become addicted, fall in love.. "That sparked the first line "But when you"re paid good for it, take ya" soul by force.." the rest was history.

Since I"ve been out of the loop for a lil bit, figured i"d come back with at least a gift.

Do You Mind #96

FuckBoy

The way you call me honey
The way youre outta money
Yet you still never have time to spend

You know the drill: the kind of person who displays all the red flags and constantly hits you up, asking if you"re down to chill? FuckBoy is all about the disappointment in those empty promises, toxic relationships, and what seems like the endless cycle of choosing the wrong type. 

In the early months of the pandi, freshly locked down and in our endlessly productive zoom meetings, FuckBoy was created. At first, it was a song we had written to pitch for another artist, but through these past three years, it has become a favorite of mine to sprinkle in the encore at my live shows. 

Hey friends! Im SOZI! Im a Music Artist, Songwriter, and Producer born and raised in Los Angeles. Im so excited to drop this Sound Genesis and cant wait to connect with all of you! Join my Discord so we can chat some more! 

FuckBoy #65

FuckBoy #64

Future Surf Radio - JumpRope

"JumpRope" is a Collaborative effort by the founders of Future Surf Radio, Cam Murdoch, Scolla Fungwe & June Jissle as well as fellow Future Surf creatives, Miles Ryan Harris & Ashton Woods. This Afro-Carribean love song was created entirely in-house while on the trip to ETHDenver. Written & Performed By Scolla Fungwe, Miles Ryan Harris and Cam Murdoch. Produced By June Jissle  and mixed & mastered by Ashton Woods.  Artwork Designed By Scolla Fungwe.

PLATTER (music video) 

inspo for the rich auntie in you seeking revenge. Hahaha.

Produced by Sam Katz 
Filmed by D La Grimm
Edited by Jamee Cornelia 

PLATTER (music video)  14/100

Black Dave - Calm Down

"Calm Down" by Black Dave

Lyrics:
When it hits
Finna make it bump
Nigga turn it up
Todoroki with the flame and we burning up the club
And Im Toph
Gonna make it rock 
Feel it in the subs
Call my bluff
And you getting cut
Since you feeling tough
Gettin split (yeah) 
It's a trap I got you on the flip (yeah)
Sick (yeah)
and you know its acid when I spit (yeah)
Kit (yeah)
Black Dave swerving in the ship (yeah)
Hit (yeah)
and its final heaven off the kick
Time to power up
Kamehameha
Floating like a butterfly and jumping with the drum
Im the Ultra Instinct and you Super Saiyan one
and I see it on the chain but in real life you a Punk
Bitch 

Black Dave - Calm Down 64

Black Dave - Calm Down 63

"Bruises" Music Video Game - Closing Cinematic 

Collect the closing cinematic from Annika Rose"s "Bruises" music video game and own a piece of history.

"Bruises" Music Video Game - Closing Cinematic #28

Girlfriends

Girlfriends is a down and out love song that doubles as a love letter to the green queen Mary Jane. Written during the healing process of a lengthy relationship ending, it"s a song about picking yourself up and moving on.

Girlfriends #5

Girlfriends #4

Settling

Fridays at The Park 

Created on a Friday with friends at the legendary Valentine Studios in Los Angeles, CA -  thepark.wtf 

We"ve been hosting these lunches, conversations, jams, collaborations, collective creation moments around music + art for almost two years now, and have more recently started filming them, streaming some, and sharing the process in new ways.  All with this heart of creating more music, more art and artifacts onchain together.  This music mint will be an 0xSlits with the park DAO, deployed using Nouns Builder, with the majority percentage going back to the park DAO address.  Say what?! Let"s talk about it, together on a Friday soon.  Living everyday together like it"s Friday.

Happy Friday

- 


Musicians: 
TOBi
Chloe Angelides 
Tim Anderson 
Being There
Josh Lippi
Ben Schwier 
Derek Taylor

Engineers: 
Maddi StJohn
Travis Pavur 


Settling #1

Rosa Linn Hallelujah R3hab Remix

Nvak Collective is a next-generation record label and artist advocacy collective that fully embraces web3 to uplift creators. Our mission is to build a more equitable, profitable, and diverse music industry that puts the underrepresented first, recognizing that the current system is in need of major disruption. Our small team has already discovered talent from remote regions around the globe and launched them to billions of streams and hundreds of thousands of fans, all while providing artist-friendly deals and artist care. 

With a focus on signing and developing women, non-binary, and LGBTQ+ artists from emerging markets, we see web3 as a tool to better help these creators tell their stories, earn new revenue streams, and connect with their biggest fans. Since June of 2022, weve worked hard to bring rising artists such as Annika Rose into the web3 space, and will continue to bridge the gap in web3 education and onboarding for artists seeking to take the leap.

Rosa Linn began her journey with Nvak Collective back in 2018 when she was discovered by Nvaks local A&Rs at a small music festival in Dilijan, Armenia. She became the first artist signed to Nvak Collective in 2020, and has since surpassed over 1 billion streams and will be opening up tours for Ed Sheeran, Young the Giant & Milky Chance this summer 2023.

Rosas latest single Hallelujah puts her powerful vocals on full display as an ode to the life-changing year she has experienced since competing at Eurovision for Armenia and signing a major label deal. She says, This past year, my life has changed so much. It can be hard to put into words how grateful I feel, but I hope this song helps you understand. This Hallelujah R3hab Remix offers a dancier twist to the already uplifting track, and were excited for it to be the first of many curated drops from Nvak Collective. Play it loud. 

Rosa Linn Hallelujah R3hab Remix #21

The Soul Tribe

Now introducing The Sun card, NFT membership in the Soul Tribe. Gain preferred access to IRL events and other perks, including The Astral Realm Experience in L.A. on 11/17/22.

The Sun

Good Intentions

This is actually the third version of this song that I wrote. It first appeared as as soul sampled driven record on a mixtape I did called "Forget Me Not" when I went by Cello Kid. Then, I reproduced it for a mixtape called "Concerto Grosso", I went by Cello Figaro at the time, and it sounded more like this.

When I did this version, I finally felt like the record had reached it's final form. It feels fitting to release this song as a free mint given the context of the chorus.

Also featured on the hook my brother Tyler Donavan

More about PAISLEY....

In 2017, I had a thought, patterns prevail. It was derivative of a quote from my best friend and frequent collaborator, Sky Welkin, which read passion prevails. Sky is a talented cartoonist that embeds profound messages like this throughout his work.

During our college years, hed often come by and draw while I made beats, this was our ghetto co-working era, and in these sessions wed smoke, engage in discourse, and share ideas about the respective worlds we were building in our art. In fact, I was very much into doing something new each album, but Sky was the primary influence for me to get into world-building and having a particular sense of style that was cultivated over time.

In one of my college apartments, I decided that to let Sky use all of the walls in my room as a canvas - the few hundred dollars that Id spend to have the room repainted when I moved was minuscule compared to the living art piece around me. Every so often I would discover some new character scene or phrase that hed drawn without me noticing, but one of these phrases was placed in such a way that I couldnt miss it as soon as I woke up, passion prevails.

Web3 has offered much in the form of expansion for the experiential qualities and monetization of my art. We always say things like, time passes quickly in web3.

As much as I agree, I find it interesting that time also seems to stay still - art is appreciated for its beauty regardless of age and with the possibilities available to me with NFTs, something like my debut album, can no experience a new form of appreciation.

As I begin to release works from the PAISLEY collection over time, it was only fitting that I began with the short film.

When I was working on the album, I connected with my friend and collaborator, Dawit N.M. to share the pattern theories I was creating from and what I was aesthetically into at the time. Dawit went on to handle the art direction for the album, as well as bringing my convoluted story concept to life as a film.

The story of PAISLEY exists in a universe in which we've all been made to forget true selves. Though, there are those of us that break free and reawaken, remembering all the knowledge of self that was once lost. A human that knows who they are can no longer be controlled and is thus a threat to those in power.

This is the case for our protagonists Figaro and Paisley. The pair, bound by fate, seek each other out in parallel universes with the hope to awaken their companion and continue their journey towards freedom. Our short film finds Figaro, moments after being awakened by Paisley, and follows them towards their attempted escape.

The PAISLEY album and short film are an allegory for patterns at every level of life. Just as cells make up organisms and organisms make up the planets, and the planets the universe, and so on - patterns, appear, reshape, and reappear until their purpose in your life is realized. In my album I explore the different patterns in my relationships and my relationships as patterns, that were required for me to grow individually.

This year marks the 3 year anniversary of the PAISLEY collection, with the short film has only been screened at live performances and intimate talks. Now it will all be immortalized on the blockchain.
