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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Ron Van Den Beuken - "Timeless 2019 (vs. Singa)" [Dance]

Timeless 2019 (vs. Singa)

"Timeless 2019 (vs. Singa)" music video by Ron Van Den Beuken
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Dance
Description : Ron van den Beuken vs. Singa - Timeless 2019 (Official Music Video)

Ron van den Beuken vs. Singa - Timeless 2019 is OUT NOW on Liquid! 

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Ron van den Beuken (born 10 April 1970) is a Dutch DJ and record producer.

Van den Beuken attended the Maastricht Academy of Music and Maastricht University, where he studied in law. It was also there he became interested in dance music by coincidence.


Tags : 2019, 10s, Ron Van Den Beuken

Youngr - "Superman (Studio Session)" [Pop]

Superman (Studio Session)

"Superman (Studio Session)" music video by Youngr
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Pop
Description : Superman (Acoustic)

Jammed an acoustic version of my new single, Superman. Filmed it in the wrong setting on my go pro so its a square, soz!

Original version here: https://ift.tt/2PagfvN

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Youngr is a solo outlet for Dario Darnell, a songwriter, producer, instrumentalist, and vocalist who makes eclectic, slightly left-of-center pop. The son of August Darnell, aka Kid Creole, Darnell made his (presumably) first recorded appearance back in the early '90s, on his father's To Travel Sideways. One of its songs featured wind chimes from him and sibling Lorne Ashley Brigham-Bowes, youngsters whose musical association extended into adulthood. During the late 2000s, the brothers recorded and performed as the Liverpool-based Picture Book, and in 2013, they were credited as co-writers of Cher's "My Love." Darnell later landed a solo deal with Island, coincidentally the same major label with which his father was once affiliated. As Youngr, Darnell released a handful of tracks across the latter half of 2016 and early 2017, including the free-spirited party track "Out of My System," the ballad "Too Keen," and acoustic versions thereof. Additionally, he synthesized vintage disco-funk and early house with his remix of Tove Lo's "True Disaster." A compilation of his various releases was issued in January 2018 under the title, This Is Not an Album.

Tags : 2019, 10s, Youngr

Marshmello - "Blocks (Fortnite Music Video)" [Dance]

Blocks (Fortnite Music Video)

"Blocks (Fortnite Music Video)" music video by Marshmello
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Dance
Description : Marshmello - Blocks (Fortnite Music Video)

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Enigmatic masked DJ/producer Marshmello makes groove-oriented, synth- and bass-heavy electronic dance music that found mainstream crossover success in the late 2010s. In the spirit of other masked dance figures like Deadmau5 and Daft Punk, Marshmello appears wearing a full-head-covering, in his case a marshmallow mask. Despite his early anonymity, Marshmello's career blew up in 2015 when he began releasing tracks online. From there came shows at New York's Pier 94, Pomona, California's HARD Day of the Dead festival, and Miami Music Week. He also scored a number five Billboard electronic/dance album with his full-length debut, Joytime. Collaborative hits followed, with artists including Selena Gomez ("Wolves"), Khalid ("Silence"), and Bastille (the platinum hit "Happier"). He hit a personal chart peak in 2019 with his revolutionary in-game concert Fortnite Extended Set.

Tags : 2019, 10s, Marshmello

Cloak - "The Burning Dawn (Album Stream)" [Metal & X-Core, Album Streams]

The Burning Dawn (Album Stream)

"The Burning Dawn (Album Stream)" music video by Cloak
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Metal & X-Core, Album Streams
Description : Cloak - The Burning Dawn (Full Album)

Taken from the album 'The Burning Dawn'. Release Date: October 25th, 2019. Order here: https://ift.tt/33fsT0R

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American blackened rockers CLOAK are premiering the third track from their new album 'The Burning Dawn' which is set for worldwide release on October 25.

CLOAK comment: "'A Voice In The Night' is a song about following the road of true freedom, which in turn is a road of constant strife. It's about venturing into the darkest corners of this doomed world and carving your own path until the end. This song is dedicated to those who have heard this voice, and those especially who were brave enough to heed its call."

Tags : 2019, 10s, Cloak

James Arthur - "Breathe (Live @ Vevo)" [Pop]

Breathe (Live @ Vevo)

"Breathe (Live @ Vevo)" music video by James Arthur
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Pop
Description : James Arthur - Breathe - Live Performance | Vevo

James Arthur - Breathe. An exclusive live performance for Vevo.

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Executive Producer: Mish Mayer
Director: Antoine Lyons
Producer: Antonio Cacciavillani
Director of Photography: Bud Gallimore
Editor: Antoine Lyons
Music & Talent Relations: Gabi Corbett
Design: Charlee Twigg


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After his X Factor success, Arthur worked alongside singer/songwriter Labrinth and Graham Stack (JLS, Take That, Westlife) in preparation for his debut album. He put out the eponymous release later that year; the album featured "Impossible" and "Roses" (with Emeli Sandé), as well as follow-up singles "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You," "Recovery," and "Get Down." Arthur departed from Syco Music the following year and briefly returned to the scene with an independent release, the rap mixtape All the World's a Stage. The singer/songwriter made a return in 2016, signing a record deal with Columbia and issuing his second full-length effort, Back from the Edge. The stripped-down and reflective record was led by the singles "Say You Won't Let Go" and "Remember Who I Was." The next year, he was featured on Rudimental's "Sun Comes Up" and issued his own solo single, "Naked." Arthur released a string of singles in 2018, including "Rewrite the Stars," a duet with Anne-Marie that was featured on The Greatest Showman: Reimagined. 2019 brought the solo single "Falling Like the Stars," along with the Ty Dolla $ign collaboration "Treehouse," which also featured Shotty Horroh. Both singles landed on YOU, the singer/songwriter's outward-facing third album, which released in October that year.


Tags : 2019, 10s, James Arthur

Armin Van Buuren - "All Comes Down (ft. Cimo Fränkel) (Acoustic)" [Pop]

All Comes Down (ft. Cimo Fränkel) (Acoustic)

"All Comes Down (ft. Cimo Fränkel) (Acoustic)" music video by Armin Van Buuren
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Pop
Description : Armin van Buuren feat. Cimo Fränkel - All Comes Down (Acoustic Video)

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After working with Cimo Fränkel on ‘Embrace’ single ‘Strong Ones’ in 2015, Armin van Buuren drafted in the talented singer again for this ‘BALANCE’ track. From the club-rocking drops and dwelling vocals to the piano-driven acoustic version, ‘All Comes Down’ is where the magic of musical brilliance meets the full-force impact of dance music today.

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Tags : 2019, 10s, Armin Van Buuren

YNC Capo - "Feeling Like Kevo" [Hip-Hop]

Feeling Like Kevo

"Feeling Like Kevo" music video by YNC Capo
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Hip-Hop
Description : YNC Capo "Feeling Like Kevo" (Official Music Video)

Watch the official music video for “Feeling Like Kevo” by YNC Capo.

YNC Capo’s hit single “Feeling Like Kevo” our now!
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Tags : 2019, 10s, YNC Capo

Lil Reese - "Ain't Witchu 4sho" [Hip-Hop]

Ain't Witchu 4sho

"Ain't Witchu 4sho" music video by Lil Reese
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Hip-Hop
Description : Lil Reese "Ain't Witchu 4sho" (Official Music Video)

Watch the official music video for "Ain't Witchu 4sho" by Lil Reese.

Off of the new EP 'Get Back Gang 2'.
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A product of Chicago's South Side, Lil Reese, born Tavares Taylor, broke out of the Midwest with an appearance on "I Don't Like," one of the wrathful 2012 hit singles by fellow Windy City native Chief Keef. As the track was on its way to the Top 20 of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, Def Jam officially announced the addition of Taylor to the label's roster. Within two days of that, the self-nicknamed Supa Savage, who was 19 years old at the time, released Don't Like, a mixtape hosted by DJs Drama and Don Cannon. By the end of the year, Def Jam circulated "Us" and "Traffic" (featuring Keef), neither of which made an impact comparable to that of "I Don't Like." Taylor continued to record with other artists, including Juelz Santana and Chicagoans Lil Durk and Fredo Santana. The mixtapes Supa Savage and Supa Savage 2, released respectively in 2013 and 2015, were issued through GBE, or Glory Boyz Entertainment, a label founded by Keef and Fredo Santana. Another mixtape, 300 Degrezz, surfaced in 2016 with support from RBC.


Tags : 2019, 10s, Lil Reese

Jackson Wang - "Dway!" [Pop]

Dway!

"Dway!" music video by Jackson Wang
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Pop
Description : Jackson Wang - DWAY!

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Music video by Jackson Wang performing "DWAY!" from the album MIRRORS, out October 25th.

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Music produced by 1Mind & Bijan Amir
Music video directed by Daniel Cloud Campos
Production Company: Collidoscope LLC

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Official Music Video by Jackson Wang performing DWAY!. © 2019 Western and 6th


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Jackson Wang (born 28 March 1994) is a Hong Kong rapper, singer and dancer based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Got7 under JYP Entertainment, and is known for his appearances on Korean reality television, notably Roommate. He is also active in China as a solo artist and TV host.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Wang was a sabre fencer for Hong Kong's fencing team. He was ranked eleventh in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, and won first place at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in 2011. After passing a music audition, he moved to Seoul, South Korea in July 2011 to pursue a career in K-pop. In January 2014, after over two years of training, Wang debuted as a member of Got7 with the single "Girls Girls Girls".

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Sam Fender - "The Borders" [Rock & Alternative]

The Borders

"The Borders" music video by Sam Fender
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Rock & Alternative
Description : Sam Fender - The Borders (Official Video)

My debut album 'Hypersonic Missiles' is out now - https://ift.tt/2LeO5fy 

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Video directed by Thomas James


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Melding edgy, introspective indie rock with a soulful delivery, Newcastle native Sam Fender rose to British acclaim in late 2017 when he appeared on the coveted BBC Sound of 2018 list and was subsequently signed to Polydor Records.

Born and raised in North Shields, just outside of Newcastle, Fender came from a musical family. After gigging locally, he was discovered by Ben Howard's manager, who helped pave the road for Fender's debut single, "Play God." Moody in tone and socially conscious, it was followed by two more singles, "Greasy Spoon" and "Millennial," before the BBC named Fender alongside acts like Sigrid and Lewis Capaldi for their Sound of 2018 list. Tours with Hozier and Catfish and the Bottlemen followed, as did 2018 singles like "Leave Fast" and "That Sound," both of which later appeared on his EP, Dead Boys. It was released by Polydor in November of that year.

At the beginning of 2019, Fender entered his own studios in his home town of North Shields, to record his debut album. Produced by friend Bramwell Bronte, the resulting release, Hypersonic Missiles, was issued in mid-2019, preceded by the Springsteen-inspired single of the same name.

Tags : 2019, 10s, Sam Fender

Glen Hansard - "Race To The Bottom" [Rock & Alternative]

Race To The Bottom

"Race To The Bottom" music video by Glen Hansard
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Rock & Alternative
Description : Glen Hansard - "Race To The Bottom"

"Race To The Bottom" by Glen Hansard from the album 'This Wild Willing,' available now
Order at https://ift.tt/2Hw3Nm2

This video was made in Paris, in and around The Irish Cultural Centre and the Latin Quarter. Special thanks goes to Raymond Keane of I a Clown, Footsbarn theatre, Francois Lecoq of L’ecole Jacques Lecoq and assembled friends new and old. Filmed by the Myles O’Reilly and Simon O’Neill.

Pouyã Khoshravesh: Kamancheh
Mãni Khoshravesh: Ney
Nimã Khoshravesh: Setar
Michael Buckley: Horns
Javier Mas: Spanish Guitar
Glen Hansard: Keyboards, Vocals, Guitars
Earl Harvin: Drums
Joseph Doyle: Bass
Ruth O’Mahony Brady: Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
Aida Shahghasemi: Vocals, Percussion
Maire Saaritsa: Vocals
David Cleary: Sounds
Dunk Murphy: Baritone Ukulele, Sounds
Eamon O’Leary: Bouzouki
David Odlum: Moog

Official Site: http://glenhansard.com
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Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970) is an Irish songwriter, actor, vocalist and guitarist for the Irish group The Frames, and one half of folk rock duo The Swell Season. He is also known for his acting, having appeared in the BAFTA-winning film The Commitments, as well as starring in the film Once, which earned him a number of major awards, including an Academy Award for Best Song

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Gary Numan - "Ghost Nation (Live @ The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester)" [Rock & Alternative]

Ghost Nation (Live @ The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester)

"Ghost Nation (Live @ The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester)" music video by Gary Numan
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Rock & Alternative
Description : Gary Numan - Ghost Nation (Live at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester)

Ghost Nation, taken from the new album When the Sky Came Down (Live at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester), out 13th December on 2xCD & DVD. Pre-order: https://ift.tt/2JdksLr

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Brahms - "Ein Deutsches Requiem (hr-sinf., MDR-Choir, cond. Zinman)" [Classical]

Ein Deutsches Requiem (hr-sinf., MDR-Choir, cond. Zinman)

"Ein Deutsches Requiem (hr-sinf., MDR-Choir, cond. Zinman)" music video by Brahms
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Classical
Description : Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem - hr-Sinfonieorchester - MDR-Rundfunkchor - Conductor: David Zinman

Johannes Brahms:
Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45  

I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen 
II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras 
III. Herr, lehre doch mich 
IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen 
V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit 
VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt 
VII. Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben 

Christiane Karg, Sopran  
Michael Nagy, Bariton  
MDR-Rundfunkchor 
Nicolas Fink, Choreinstudierung 

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony 
David Zinman, Dirigent 

hr-Sinfoniekonzert 
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 11. Oktober 2019 

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A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, a soprano and a baritone soloist, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest composition. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is a Requiem in the German language.

Tags : 2019, 10s, Brahms

David Guetta - "Live @ AMF Festival 2019" [Dance]

Live @ AMF Festival 2019

"Live @ AMF Festival 2019" music video by David Guetta
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Dance
Description : David Guetta @ AMF Festival 2019

#DavidGuetta - #AMF2019, Amsterdam - October 19, 2019 #WeOwnTheNight

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Steff Da Campo - "Renegade (w. Smack)" [Dance]

Renegade (w. Smack)

"Renegade (w. Smack)" music video by Steff Da Campo
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Dance
Description : Steff Da Campo & SMACK - Renegade (Official Music Video)

Steff Da Campo & SMACK - Renegade is OUT NOW on Spinnin' Records!


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Tags : 2019, 10s, Steff Da Campo

Northtale - "Everyone's A Star" [Metal & X-Core]

Everyone's A Star

"Everyone's A Star" music video by Northtale
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Metal & X-Core
Description : NORTHTALE - Everyone's A Star (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

The new album 'Welcome To Paradise' is OUT NOW on Nuclear Blast! https://ift.tt/2ZMre0j

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Shot, Edited & Directed by Jason McNamara
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NORTHTALE - behind this illustrious name lies nothing less than a Swedish-American power metal supergroup! Formed by guitarist Bill Hudson (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, I AM MORBID, ex-U.D.O./DIRKSCHNEIDER), vocalist Christian Eriksson (ex-TWILIGHT FORCE), and drummer Patrick Johansson (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-W.A.S.P. etc.) in late 2017, the line-up was quickly completed by Mikael Planefeldt (bass) as well as keyboardist Jimmy Pitts. Now the quintet has finalised their highly-anticipated debut album entitled »Welcome To Paradise«, which will see the light of day this summer. Delivering a load of (largely) fast-paced anthems, imbued with Eriksson's soaring vocals, the band will not only please fans of titans such as HELLOWEEN, SONATA ARCTICA, GAMMA RAY, STRATOVARIUS among others, but draw new fans to the genre too. That's why Nuclear Blast is happy to announce the signing of this promising outfit today. The group is set to conquer not only your audio systems, but also the world's stages, with their very first gig to take place at their label mates SABATON's very own open air festival (Aug 14-17) and heading forward to two concerts in Tokyo, Japan for the Evoken Festival (Aug 31 & Sep 1). Stay tuned for further info...!

Tags : 2019, 10s, Northtale

Kali Uchis - "Loner (Live)" [R'n'B, Soul, Funk]

Loner (Live)

"Loner (Live)" music video by Kali Uchis
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : R'n'B, Soul, Funk
Description : Kali Uchis – Loner (2019 Live)

Kali Uchis performs 'Loner' live.

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Karly-Marina Loaiza (born July 17, 1994), known professionally as Kali Uchis, is a Colombian-American singer and songwriter. She debuted in the music industry with her 2012 mixtape, Drunken Babble, which was described as "genre-defying". She released her first EP, Por Vida, in 2015 to further recognition. Her debut studio album, Isolation, was released in 2018 to widespread acclaim.


Tags : 2019, 10s, Kali Uchis

Dog In The Snow - "Roses" [Rock & Alternative]

Roses

"Roses" music video by Dog In The Snow
Added: 22-10-2019
Genre : Rock & Alternative
Description : Dog In The Snow - Roses (Official Video)

Taken from the debut album 'Vanishing Lands', released 15th November 2019 via Bella Union. Order here: https://ift.tt/30y5QNn


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“Everyone has another side to themselves which is expressed in different ways,” says Helen Ganya Brown, aka Dog In The Snow. “I think I’m quite shy in real life, which contrasts with my songwriting.”

Brown’s album debut for Bella Union is Vanishing Lands, an imposing, haunting and luminous collection of songs in the darker spaces between dream-pop, art-rock and electronica, lifted by euphoric melodies, ravishing vocals and absorbing lyrics.

The album was initially created at Brown’s home in Brighton before co-producer Rob Flynn helped her add shifting, impressionistic swathes of colour, from the ominous chords that open ‘Light’ to the vocal eddies that close ‘Dark’.

Brown wrote eight of the ten songs in a three-week spell after a period of “strange dreams”. She recalls: “Dreams in black and white. I found myself in a dreamland and discovered it was being destroyed. I chose Vanishing Lands as an album title because it sounded suitably desolate, and lent the songs a feeling of cohesion.”

The themes of the two oldest tracks suit the ‘ruined world’ scenario. ‘Icaria’ is named after a utopian society established in the 1840s by a French socialist which only survived for 50 years. ‘Gold’ refers to America’s gold rush bonanza of the same era, when people searched for a better life, but instead created and faced catastrophe.

In the same vein as Brown’s 2017 debut album Consume Me, the lyrics to Vanishing Lands repeat certain words (such as ‘obscura’, ‘gold’ and ‘empire’), which also provides cohesion. In this age of streaming and playlists, “Perhaps someone will listen to the album from start to finish.”

Born to a Thai mother and Scottish father, Brown was raised in Singapore from the age of five to eighteen, when she returned to the UK, making her home in Brighton. Learning guitar and subsequently Garageband software to construct broader sounds and styles of songwriting, she absorbed influences such as Sufjan Stevens, Scott Walker, David Lynch, Clint Mansell and Brian Eno: brooding, immersive, filmic universes through which Brown could escape her shy nature. But she has since stepped out, both as a commanding solo performer and one of the singers and musicians in the touring version of Lost Horizons, the collective co-founded by Simon Raymonde, Bella Union’s label boss (who first fell for Dog in The Snow when Brown sent tracks to his show on Amazing Radio).

Brown also cites key literary and visual influences. Film director Ingmar Bergman’s B&W masterpiece The Seventh Seal and David Lynch’s B&W lithographs impacted on Vanishing Lands’ desolate aesthetic and album artwork. Less overt this time are Singapore and Brown’s “fragmented sense of identity, being mixed race,” that underpinned Consume Me. But they remain, in Vanishing Lands’ subconscious, as the (arguable) utopia that remains pristine compared to the visions that haunt Brown. The name Dog In The Snow comes from Frank Kafka’s iconic and prescient novel The Trial: “It seemed to represent finding liberation in an oppressed situation,” she explains. “I was trying to think of something with limitless creative space that doesn’t feel hindered in any way.”

The plight of the individual battered by the political system is echoed by the hooded black figures in the video that Brown has made for the fragile album highlight ‘Roses’. Her inspiration was a photo of refugees at sea, their faces hidden, desperate to escape their ruined homeland. But would their destination, if reached, provide comfort or more ruin? “It doesn’t help when people aren’t welcoming,” Brown says. “That was my mother’s experience when she arrived from Thailand.”

The album’s core theme also covers environmental ruination. ‘Fall Empire’ opens and closes with a warning: “If we did dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster”, which Brown heard on the groundbreaking 1982 documentary Koyaanisqatsi. Given the path that humanity is currently taking, no wonder Brown’s dreams seem to prophesise the end of times.

Still, she feels Vanishing Lands’ finale ‘Dark’ is “the most optimistic song on the album. Like I’m waking up from this dreamland and finding freedom rather than it being a negative feeling. Because things do change. We have to hope things will get better.”

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