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Alfa Mist - Bring Backs (Gatefold Black Vinyl Edition)
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On his new album Bring Backs the producer, self-taught pianist and rapper takes us on a sonic trip back to his beat-making past on the streets of East London, through the depth and musicality he discovered composing and playing jazz.
2017 saw the release of Alfa's breakthrough record, Antiphon and the 2019's album Structuralism were both self-released on his Sekito label. His latest endeavour, 2021's Bring Backs, sees Alfa taking on new challenges. The record marks his first release for the label Anti and is also the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form.
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Alfa Mist - Bring Backs (CD)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
On his new album Bring Backs the producer, self-taught pianist and rapper takes us on a sonic trip back to his beat-making past on the streets of East London, through the depth and musicality he discovered composing and playing jazz.
2017 saw the release of Alfa's breakthrough record, Antiphon and the 2019's album Structuralism were both self-released on his Sekito label. His latest endeavour, 2021's Bring Backs, sees Alfa taking on new challenges. The record marks his first release for the label Anti and is also the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form.
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via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics
Alfa Verse:
I was not prepared
She called me a good person, I was like “You lost me there.”
I got fam in foster care cos it wasn’t my cross to bear
Lots of prayers long distance but life’s not as fair
For a child with a problem parent
Not comparing or judging, not as caring
Must have lost my bearings
My vision is tunnel, I live in a bubble
But living’s enough, I’ve been in the struggle
So I send Ps but can’t listen to troubles
Forgive me I love you but I live a life paved with lies
Everyday I say I’m fine, then lay awake at night
Contemplating ways to fly but then I stabilise
I stay alive
Chorus
Take My time,
So they only see me in right state of mind
We all rise and decline
I don’t want to live a life they design
Take My time,
So they only see me in right state of mind
We all rise and decline
Lex Amor Verse:
What do I owe?
What do I give?
Feel like Babylon owes me everything
Bus stops in winter taught me all about a wish - darg
Feeling, I been feeling things
Demons ere I musta let a couple in
Something for the cold
Something for my questions marks
My yes’s and my no’s
Is this everything I get?
Spirit feeling it but my mind a bloody mess
Can’t lie my guy, my mind a bloody mess
Tonight
I think I hit the belly, mazza mazza what a mazza
Wish someone would tell me I just woke up In a sweat
Not much I can do to force a happy ever after
Imma
Pick the ink, swish my wrist, pray that it connects again
I’m praying it connects
Not sure what I’m doing here been hoping for the best
Still
Fidgeting and restless
Consciously in awe of possibility and essence
I just think I need a rest
Would you please give me a sec
Tonight
Jigga told me she believes the ends’ll make amends
Wish someone would tell me
I been fighting with this passa
Why’s When’s and How’s drowning out my fathers “Yo”
I know cold like everyone I know‘s known a mazza
Praying vim’ll back it
But jacket’s wither in the cold
Shoulda known
Dash my phone
Let me lie down here in silence man I’m tired...
credits
from Bring Backs,
released April 23, 2021
Written & produced by Alfa Mist
Recorded by Ed Deegan
Mixed by Will Holland
Mastered By Guy Davie
Jamie Leeming: Guitar
Kaya Thomas-Dyke: Bass
Junior Alli Balogun: Percussion
Jamie Houghton: Drums
Johnny Woodham: Trumpet
Alfa Mist: Electric Piano/Synth, Vocals
Lex Amor: Vocals
Spiraling, jazzy songs from musician and physician Eki Shola, who began writing songs as a form of healing after the 2017 wildfires. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 4, 2020
supported by 232 fans who also own “Mind The Gap (feat. Lex Amor)”
Great album! A crossover jazz-r'nb-african trip from continent to continent. London does it again. Nyubian Twist with more jazz overtones. John Woodward
