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The dream is to go back. The nightmare is that we never can.

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During quarantine, I had to make a trip to the grocery store. I met an elderly man
who struck up a conversation with me. We almost seemed to be kindred spirits.
He began the conversation with “Life is hard when you outlive all the ones
you love.”

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It seemed like a bit of a quick start to a conversation, but I could tell he
just needed someone to talk to. After talking for a while, I felt this sense that he had
that the world at large had forgotten about him. But, he had created a plan to travel
the world on a train he had read about. He could work on the train and it would
take him across the world. He was amidst planning his way out.

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“songbird” was a direct inspiration from that moment. This idea of life after all that you
love and care for is gone. His story resonated with me in the way that I feel from COVID
taking away so many small businesses – so many dreams from all of us.

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But what do we do now? Where do we go from here?

“songbird” hopes to take you to a place of hope amidst a looming dark shadow cast over the world.

About the artist

Nigerian, LA-based recording artist, producer and sound engineer Oluwatomi Owoeye Agbedavies fondly known as Tomidrey. Recognized for playing bass for Davido during his Lockedup tour sometime in 2018 and combining carefully crafted melodies with teasing harmonies with his Bass guitar on covers of various hit songs. He grew up in Ibadan, in a little community called Felele, Oyo state from a family of 4 with an older brother who is a professional Disc jockey.

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Artist shared few words about the song

"Cherie" represents what Tomidrey's sound is like, the talking drums is what he grew up on in Nigeria. He used talking drums instead of the common bass triplets in amapiano.
Fun fact it is an actual remix of the first version I made

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Kiwi Girl is a groovy and sexy jazz instrumental, the rich and open sound palette makes it also chill and laid back. The tune builds up from single guitar lines to full horn section and subtle percussion.

Some of the best Norwegian musicians brings elegance and sophistication to the track. Awesome Magnus Bakken deliveres brilliant improvised sax lines.

My two other jazz singles Secret Place and Pilgrim has now almost 100%0 streams on Spotify and spread worldwide in over 30 playlists. It is fantastic to grow followers and new fans from all over the world. Hope you like it.

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Jon Thorstensen is a Norwegian composer, jazz guitarist and pianist who tends to explore the borders between jazz and other contemporary music. His music whirls in many different musical landscapes, often combining unison guitar and horn section lines to elusive and expressive instrumental jazz.

Jon has collaborated with Magnus Bakken and Sigurd Evensen (Silya & the Sailors), some of the highest profilated Norwegian musicians.

It's a german song about a girl I met a while ago. She reminds me of the famous pop star Shakira. We only met once, but just in the few minutes we got to know each other, there was this kind of tense feeling of "love". We never met again after this day, but maybe we will. So this song is about her. It was produced by me, lyrics by me and mix mastered by me. It has a catchy hook and a very chill vibe.

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This is the opening track to Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes' new album As Long as it's Not Us, which debuted this week at #5 on the Official Australian ARIA charts.

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A beautiful romantic solo piano track that takes you to another place.

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Afro fusion artist Chimzy’s long-awaited project, Insomnia, was born from months of sleepless nights, as the artist pondered his future. The music on the tape is the fuel that kept him going through those long, dark days. He set out to create the sounds of the feelings he was experiencing, while simultaneously resolving to take his career to the next level by carving out his place in the industry. Despite the ominous theme that both the EP’s title and cover art depict, Insomnia is full of buoyant afro fusion tracks that express a range of emotions, from desire, to disappointment, to delight. Abuja-raised and Houston-based, Chimzy is confident that his unique experiences on his musical journey set him aside from his peers. Insomnia is a capsule of the artist’s emotions, taking his fans on a turbulent yet melodious journey that showcases his writing ability and musical prowess in one.

Level is easily the standout track of the EP. Chimzy and Teni celebrate hedonism and good-living over an addictive amapiano beat that will leave listeners dancing and wanting more.

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Karen Harding returns to Ultra Music with ‘You & I’, ahead of her 8-track EP ‘Sweet Vibrations’ (forthcoming on 15th October). With shades of classic house and a trademark, instantly catchy vocal, ‘You & I’ underlines Karen’s status as one of the UK’s most talented singer / songwriters. The new track follows huge tracks ‘Un-Do My Heart’, a collaboration with Digital Farm Animals, and ‘Morning’, a collaboration with Shift K3Y – both of which gathered serious DJ support and exploded on to daytime Radio 1. ‘You & I’ seems sure to follow. Stream / download here: https://ffm.to/you-i.

Karen Harding’s star continues to rise. Her acoustic piano version of Roxette’s ‘Must Have Been Love’ featured in the most recent series of Love Island and surely contributed to her recent milestone – hitting an amazing 1 million Shazams. Her enduring appeal saw her recently hit another milestone - 1 million UK sales of her breakthrough top 10 hit single ‘Say Something’. Since that first single she has matured as a songwriter and performer, showing an innate ability to combine melody, meaningful lyrics and flawless vocals to move the dancefloor. As a result, she has featured and co-written with numerous influential artists including Purple Disco Machine, Paul Woolford, and Giorgio Moroder, and crashed through an incredible half a billion streams of her music, with close to 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

‘You & I’ opens with uplifting and emotive chords with a classic piano house flavour. The effect is enhanced with Karen’s soulful opening refrain, which builds along with the drums to a big drop guaranteed to put smiles on faces as people flock to the dancefloor. Karen’s vocal hooks are as strong as ever, grabbing hold from the very first listen. This is a sublime slice of feelgood dance music equally at home across the airwaves as it is on the dancefloor.

‘You & I’ joins some of Karen’s biggest recent collaborations on her much-anticipated EP, together with some brand-new material sure to please her growing army of fans. With live music on its way back, and Karen already wowing the crowds at the likes of Boardmasters, Manchester Pride and Bradford Dance Festival, this seriously talented artist is set to close out 2021 as her biggest year yet.

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"Eastern Soul" as the title suggests, is full of "soul" and also a somewhat carefree but also careful and artistic synergy of distinct musical influences. It maintains strong ethnic and "roots" influences as much as it retains its universal appeal by fusing pop and electronic elements with these ethnic musical idioms.

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