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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
After selling it out in just a few weeks, the 12" vinyl returns. Get your hands on the repress, blessed with incredible photography by Nwaka Okparaeke and vibrant art direction/design by Mutual Intentions' Hans Jørgen Wærner.
Please note: shipping times may be affected by the current coronavirus situation. We'll get these out to you as soon as we can. Bless up Royal Mail.
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Bundle: 12" Vinyl + 'You So Shady' Glasses
12" vinyl + super limited, special frames hand-selected by Demae from her 'You So Shady' side hustle. Once they're gone, they're gone!
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'A True Flower Blossoms Too' T-Shirt (Black/White)
T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album
"Should you choose to see the true beauty in you, you will see a true flower blossoms too" — we love this beautiful statement so much that we felt like carrying it on a tee!
With lyrics taken from Demae's ode to self-empowerment "Use It", we hope to spread self-love and positivity with this vibrant and bold design by Mutual Intentions' Hans Jørgen Wærner, who also designed Demae's vinyl sleeve.
Available in black or white and made on 100% organic ring-spun combed cotton. Super soft and thick (220gsm) to the touch so you know it's that proper quality — perfect for all seasons.
Washing Instructions:
- Wash cold or max 30°
- Ironing 110° (no ironing on print)
- Do not tumble dry or dry clean
Please note: shipping times may be affected by the current coronavirus situation. We'll get these out to you as soon as we can. Bless up Royal Mail.
Includes unlimited streaming of Life Works Out... Usually
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
Hey I’m feeling ah
Hey I’m feeling ah
Hey I’m feeling
Ya ya ya
I’m feeling kinda hazy
Feels like I’m in a trance or even maybe
I need you to come and save me
I’m stuck in a daze
Alright
Is that a if, no, or maybe?
Well If so
Baby won’t you come and save me
I need you to come a break me
up
Up from these chains
Alright
Is that a no or maybe
Mmm mmm da da da
come and save me
Coz I feel like
I might be going crazy
I’m stuck in a daze
Oh no
Yea
Hey
Baby
Hey
You had me looking crazy
But somehow really it dont phase me
Just wanna be wherever you take me
Always on my mind
Without you I’m lost and always in a rut
So say yes to my cause
of being all yours
If that’s a no or maybe
don’t you know I’ll cry for you baby
Coz my whole life revolves around you lately
I’m stuck in a daze
Ooo ooo o o ooo o ooo
Hey
Baby
Hey
Stuck in a daze
Hey
Presenting the spirit booster that this year needed; the incredible, debut proect from London's Demae (fka Bubblerap and ⅓ of Hawk House) — due on digital and 12” vinyl via Touching Bass.
'Life Works Out...Usually' is a soothing antidote to these turbulent times; a soulful coming-of-age story celebrating black joy, self-empowerment and life learnings centered around an integral two year period of growth and featuring appearances from Fatima (Eglo Records), Joe Armon-Jones, Ego Ella May and Nala Sinephro — all part of our close-knit, London-based musical community.
Sonically, it draws a unique line between the grit of inner-city London soul, interstellar Flying Lotus electronic rushes and new-age Dilla-isms mixed with flecks of London’s exciting jazz-influenced sounds. Production comes from rising producers like Eun (Ego Ella May, Denzel Himself), Jake Milliner (Slum Village, Lord Apex), 104.ROG (Liv.e, THEESatisfaction) and Wu-Lu (Ego Ella May).
Demae was previously one-third of hip-hop adventurists, Hawk House, whose introspective, eclectic style was reshuffling the rule book for UK-based rap, quickly making them one of the UK’s most exciting emerging sounds and earning fans from Mac Miller and Ghostpoet to Wretch 32 and Jill Scott.
Touching Bass' relationship with Demae runs deep (having met each other back in 2012) making the label the perfect home as they continue to prise open a distinct, exciting lane for themselves as a stable for forward-thinking, soulful music.
In a previous life, she built a notorious reputation and following on Soundcloud for creating imaginative covers, demos and flips of tracks under her Bubblerap alias. From Minnie Ripperton and MNDSGN to Missy Elliott and Andre 3000, the tracks have racked up over a million plays.
In more recent times, she has also become a fundamental part of Fatima’s touring band as a backing vocalist since the release of her much loved second album And Yet It’s All Love.
credits
released September 4, 2020
All compositions written and performed by Demae Chioma Wodu
People Are Weird (Eun, production)
Basic Love (10.4 ROG, production)
Help Me Live (Jake Milliner, production)
Stuck In A Daze (Eun, production; Ego Ella May, writer/add. vocals; Joe Armon-Jones, keys/writing)
Ford (Eun, production)
Use It (10.4 ROG, production)
Let Go (Wu-Lu, production; Joe Armon-Jones, keys/writing),
Seasons Change (Eun, production; Fatima, writing/add. vocals; Nala Sinephro, writing/harp; Joe Armon-Jones, keys/writing)
Mixing/Executive Producer: Eun
Mastering: Ben Hixon/Frank Merritt
Photography: Nwaka Okparaeke
Graphic Design: Hans Jørgen Wærner
Art Direction: Demae, Alex Rita and Errol Anderson
supported by 124 fans who also own “Life Works Out... Usually”
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell