Door #22 – holds a phenomenal playlist that didn’t go online yesterday (caught up in your average human Christmas pre-drama). But here is another favourite of ours, Dunjahs 2nd playlist that is fully loaded with lost gems and hidden treasures, and that whenever it gets played has people asking for the ‘what is that music’. Which is rare these days considering how over saturated and all around available the constant stream of music has become, and how much magic it has lost. Anyways, here is a return to the magic of music, if you like to listen closely and pay attention to the finesse and grace that songs can have… You probably know some of the tunes, and although i despise the term diversity due to the online SJW nonsense, this playlist is truly diverse – but has one thing in common – every song is pure sweet, tasteful goodness and has a loving undertone. Truly enjoy this one;)
What do you get when you mix The Strokes with Ukulele? Usually some easy-peasy-washed-out-feel-ok-but-not-particularly-great-when-listening-version. Since it’s always tricky to try out these things – not saying you shouldn’t though – without losing the passion and grip of an original indie-rock anthem, I was quite skeptical and curious to hear this one.
Alex says:
Hadn’t heard my favorite strokes song covered on the ukulele before so I gave it a go…and then added some stuff
Well – not only did he “add some stuff”, he blew me out the water with this beautiful interpretation that does the original more than justice. I even think it brings out sides of the track that were previously hidden and I wasn’t aware of.
Could and have listened to this many many times now. I hope you will, too!
PS: Alex is going to release fresh music start of next year under his new project name Tiny Dolphin
Beautiful piece of art by Mr Temple. Classy tribute or cover. I think the original is by Bear’s Den, didn’t bother looking it up, you are supposed to enjoy music not write an essay about it. This man is a composer, singer and producer and you can literally feel it in everythig he does. There is a certain depth to his art tht’s making the world brighter, one piece at a time.
Check out his latest release and more shameless self-plugging links below:
★ Temple Haze latest Release STREAMING: https://templehazenarou.lnk.to/IfICouldBeYours
★ Pre Book UPCOMING Temple Haze Releases : http://prebook.grooveattack.com/welcome/index/26
In our Christmas Run down, here is a full mixtape, Tommy did, finding time out of his super busy schedule in recent days, to select his favourite Mat McHugh tunes and mixing them together with the tracks we recently released. As a short synopsis: we did a remix album with Mat, but it was a long back and forth betw us Major labels, insane offers and our general idea of not letting us being nailed down in terms of naming tracks, or even the act/artist himself. I still fully support our mindstate, but it was a loooong time in the making and cost us a lot time, nerves and other materialistic stuff. But that is out-of-the-way now, and we as a label, are finally running into our old form, after having eliminated and cut off the shackles of the corporate technocracy, So yeah, we are indy and that is the best state. Dig into Mats superb originals and our remixes from 2016 altogether that Tommy blended into a super sweet Mixtape (old school style). Enjoy Sideways Vol 1. The next mixes/tracks we do together will come out in a heartbeat. Below find a link to the Album – so make sure to get that and save it on Spotify, Apple, but no download gate or any of that nonsense. Good music will always find its way.
Opening door#15 on our Advent Calendar, we find this true gem that we had the pleasure of releasing a few weeks back. Super proud of this wonderful cinematic songwring ballad full of love about love, that you can literally feel . The track is ‘Growing & Glowing’ as it rightfully should. The Press Text is just as well described as it is insightful to not be placed here :
About ‘If I Could be Yours’ and the team-up of Temple Haze & producer narou :
If I Could Be Yours is a ballad, conceptualised as an equivocal and psychedelic narrative into the different ways love can be perceived. ‘When you first fall for someone they seem to be the answer to all your questions, you can see this person as your saviour, maybe they are your saviour, maybe it is just lust disguised as love, maybe you are truly in love but do not understand how to see it, these are the main themes I was inspired by’, Temple says… Moreover, the song is a tribute to the idea of love; how we can see and feel love as this transformative entity.
If I Could Be Yours is based in Gospel. ‘My mother is a gospel and choir singer and I always had that influence following and motivating me. With this track I felt a calling to channel my mothers energy into the songs essence, as she inspired me to be authentic to myself.’
Temple started his journey into music on the road, hitchhiking through America and Europe, working on organic farms, living an off-the-grid lifestyle, busking on the streets and finding his way as a vagabond. After nearly 4 years on the road He moved to Berlin to settle into the vibrant artistic community. Since then the Washington, DC native has been making waves in Berlin’s underground music scene. He is best known for his collaborations as a singer and co-composer of BAKERY, featured vocalist with SAM SHURE, and currently in collaboration with the producer NAROU. Temple’s live repertoire includes solo acoustic shows, full band shows, downbeat ableton live sets, mystical DJ sets, and ambient soundscapes…
All in all, Temple has played at over 200 shows around the world, and as a support act for Crystal Fighters (with Bakery) and Rising Appalachia (Solo).
Temple also dives deep into sound design, film score composition, brainwave entrainment frequencies, and ancient mantras bringing the music scene and spirituality together in a unique combination. As co-founder and musical director of Soneiro Collective he holds space for sound journeys and vocal workshops portraying the best of his universal knowledge and empathic feeling for music.
Hailing aboard the label, Alex Fisher is a young US / Austin based singer songwriter with an affinity for beautiful moods and feels, which will soon convey into heartfelt songs, adding to his list of already established song. Alex’ music “makes you stop what you’re doing and listen extra close.” His writing has been described as “atmospheric and vast […] the perfect blend of melancholy and innocence” and has been compared to the works of early Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver and Alt-J.
His debut EP ‘The Sailor’s Wife’ includes five tracks which were individually composed, recorded, and produced by Alex while spending a year in London.
We are happy to be joining him along his artists journey – under his brand new artist project Tiny Dolphin in 2019 – and here is a good idea where this will go, and also a glimpse of our youtube channels new design ;) where we will feature every released track and every real Video and Lyric Video, and sometimes just little messages from our artists. Alex is now joining our ranks and we are super happy to have him on board, so get a taste of him with one of his older offerings, that sadly went mostly unnoticed. Hope we can change that. Welcome Alex!
