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endless sky

This is a tune I started while staying in an Airstream trailer in the woods of central California, channeling my inner Bon Iver. I spent 5 days out there making music and hiking all day. Drank a lot of instant coffee as well.

I recorded probably 30 demos in that trailer and I've been chipping away at them ever since. Whenever I get stuck or at a loss for new ideas, I crack open one of those projects and I can still feel the palpable sense of inspiration I had on that trip. 

The core foundation of this song is a sample of an old song my friend and I made about 10 years ago. I used some granular synthesis to make a bed from that old track, then structured a new song around the sample. As I often do I recorded my voice then mangled it up to make some emotive vocal chops. 

I'm hoping this one takes you on a nice little mental trip -- you deserve it 

endless sky #101

SATELLITES

SIRENS #24

lofi tape

happy holidays y"all <3 

thank you everyone for supporting and listening to my lofi series i"ve been dropping over the last month. it means so much to me and is so cool seeing everyones reaction to it. here is the final installment of the series, its the full tape mixed together and includes two songs that are not going to be released independently of this tape - so they will be exclusive and only available on the tape.

free mint presale for everyones who"s minted any of the lofi tracks so far :)

hope everyone has a good end of the year and get ready for some new and different vibes in the new year! got a lot of fun stuff planned.

mark

lofi tape #69

Fine Wine feat Amaarae

The conversations around global black music are changing. Hip-Hops dominance of the first two decades of the millennium, in combination with Afrobeats meteoric rise in worldwide popularity,  has the world at a cultural crossroads. At the interesection of these cultural movements are the cities that have propelled and bolstered their growth: Atlanta & Lagos.
 
Written and released between trips to and from the Sister Cities, Kelechiefs forthcoming album ATLagos is his contribution to the shifting cultural landscape. The Atlanta native, who is also the son of Nigerian immigrants, samples vibes from both sides of the Atlantic. Trap. Afrobeats. RnB. Highlife. Drill. Alte. Jazz. Amapiano. The album represents, wrestles with, and celebrates both sides of Kelechief identity.
 
The Amaarae assisted Fine Wine is a smooth alt influenced tune driven by a lush piano sample and bouncing drums.

Fine Wine feat Amaarae #13

Coming to America

decent.xyz"s "Coming to America" is a collection of 50 NFTs for Allan Kingdom"s song of the same name. Each NFT entitles its owner to 1% of the royalties earned on Coming to America over the next 3 years.

Coming to America by Allan Kingdom 48/50

This is a tune I started while staying in an Airstream trailer in the woods of central California, channeling my inner Bon Iver. I spent 5 days out there making music and hiking all day. Drank a lot of instant coffee as well.

I recorded probably 30 demos in that trailer and I"ve been chipping away at them ever since. Whenever I get stuck or at a loss for new ideas, I crack open one of those projects and I can still feel the palpable sense of inspiration I had on that trip. 

The core foundation of this song is a sample of an old song my friend and I made about 10 years ago. I used some granular synthesis to make a bed from that old track, then structured a new song around the sample. As I often do I recorded my voice then mangled it up to make some emotive vocal chops. 

I"m hoping this one takes you on a nice little mental trip -- you deserve it 

endless sky #99

endless sky #98

endless sky #97

OVER MY HEAD!

HEART ON THE WINDOW SILL, BRAIN IN THE BASEMENT

free drop for the gang. the instrumental is a remix of my recent song KUNG FU! (released with my lovely LNRZ fam).

join my telegram collectors chat: http://guild.xyz/dlg-gang

OVER MY HEAD! #33

Stars Won't Align

Stars Won't Align is the fifth Episode in RHKI Season 1.

Oh to be human - what does that mean?

Sipping on store bought wine? Checks out.

We've been around for a while. Seen it all.

Such peculiar ways of reading the world.

Anyways - here's our take.

The flow in between mortality and immortality.

The sun and the moon.

Or whatever it is that you humans try and make sense of.

Stars Won't Align #26

OTHERSIDE

OTHERSIDE 

This song is a perfect example of why nothing created is ever useless. Pieced together from 4 different songs I created over the past 3 years. Lyrics that never felt connected, spliced and crafted to make what I had tried to accomplish with each song made. Production elements from songs I have released, and songs I haven't.

This one is incredibly special to me.

Trying to explain the meaning behind it would only be doing it a disservice, but what I will say is that in life you are often given a choice and those are what make or break us. Time and happenings make those choices harder for some, and for a long time I chose wrong. I don't want to die young.

OTHERSIDE #15

VOODOO

VOODOO is the forth Episode in RHKI Season 1.

We reminisce on mortality - and the mystery of human connection.

The allure of the chase. The pull of desire.

She was nothing short of captivating. And now, she's a part of our world.

Magic comes in many forms.

Here's one of those spells.

VOODOO #7

my girl

02  "my girl"

Love has, and always will be the most complex and confusing emotion in all of its joy and agony. We fall in love... we believe that it will conquer all... that nothing can come between us and the person we love. But, sometimes we fall for someone who feels right for us, instead of someone who is... and we end up hurting ourselves in the process.

We make mistakes, they make mistakes, and we have no clue how to handle the challenges that come with loving someone. We stick by our person through all of their mistakes because we want to believe something that simply isn"t true. Hoping for a future that won"t exist.

Young love is falling for someone we believe is perfect, despite the reality. That is the blessing of it. Learning from our mistakes, and growing into ourselves. Finding our ways in which we want to love and be loved. You can stick by the person you love, but never forget to stick by yourself first. 

You are always worthy of to love, and of loving.

my girl #22

The Thrill

Coz none of this here matters,
I do it for the thrill

The Thrill #27

Take It Back

i was reminiscing about summertime in Europe at my house a couple days ago with some friends and just remembering the way life felt at the time. since making these BREATHE ambient tracks i've been pretty much exclusively using my Prophet this week, so with this track i just had fun with it.

Take It Back #25

The Song of The Sun & The Moon (33 Demo)

I wrote The Song of The Sun & The Moon during the making of my new album "33". I was alone in the woods in Ithaca, NY across from the Dali Lama"s Namgyal Monastery watching the sun set with a small acoustic guitar. My nephew had just been born and I was reflecting on my own journey so far. I had just been dropped from a major record label, and had been largely unsuccessful in terms of making a living as an artist, but I felt a peace about it all in that moment. I was proud of myself.

I thought about the lullabies my parents would sing me as a child. My mom would sing Joni Mitchel or John Denver, and my dad would make up his own little songs. Their songs are so ingrained in me, even as I write this. In some way, I wrote The Song of The Sun & The Moon as a lullaby to myself, from myself. It reminds me that every night I die, and every morning I am reborn. 

That is the song! And it goes on. I don"t know if it will ever be finished.


The Song of The Sun & The Moon (33 Demo) #8

Stars Won"t Align is the fifth Episode in RHKI Season 1.

Oh to be human - what does that mean?

Sipping on store bought wine? Checks out.

We"ve been around for a while. Seen it all.

Such peculiar ways of reading the world.

Anyways - here"s our take.

The flow in between mortality and immortality.

The sun and the moon.

Or whatever it is that you humans try and make sense of.

Stars Won"t Align #8

Smoking

Just when Frank Miller gives you a chance to breathe lightly and chuckle for a moment, he pounds you back in with a sledgehammer of dark truth, giving you emotional whiplash and leaving you profoundly awestruck.