Tony Njoku announces his brand-new single ‘RAPTURE’ taken from his upcoming album ‘Your Psyche’s Rainbow Panorama’ due for release on October 4th.
On ‘RAPTURE’, Tony’s elastic falsetto and indomitable, celestial pop combine proving again why he is such a standout name right now. Flitting between jittery, experimental synths and borderline hymnal refrain; the track is a voyage through Tony’s mind, contemplating another version of reality and providing a refreshing perspective on what it means to be alive.
"Rapture is a song about the brain scrabbling, yet elating nature of psychedelic experiences. Sometimes we need to have an experience that totally shakes up our perception of reality. An experience that opens up our hearts and minds to truth, love and freedom.
"Take the plunge, recalibrate your mind, there's so much more to this life than we can ever comprehend.” Tony Njoku
Tony is a Nigerian-British artist who has been championed by Giles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft, Huw Stephens and has performed with Anna Von Hausswolf, Rival Consoles, Goat Girl, Gaika, Jacques, Ider and Kokoko!
lyrics
All my thoughts have been scrambled up. Taking tabs to recalibrate.
The zeitgeist help them together. One more push I could break away.
Hey ay, Hey ay
Hey ay, Hey ay
Hey ay, Hey ay
Hey ay
In one fell swoop I risked everything, took the plunge went against the grain.
For this life I’m committed, to live my truth I’ll face anything.
Hey ay, Hey ay
Hey ay, Hey ay
Hey ay, Hey ay
Hey ay
Bask in the rays of our sacred light, recharge, realign and recalibrate.
We are the virus the penetrates the matrix, our love is contagious.
Watch us spread like wild fires in cognisance, dangerous.
I shoot my souls raw love beam. Beamed straight towards your trajectory.
All my thoughts have been scrambled up. Taking tabs to recalibrate.
The zeitgeist help them together. One more push I could break away.
Tony is a British-Nigerian electronic music producer and songwriter from London.Raised in between Lagos and London the
twenty-three year old has always been a frequent globetrotter with the breadth of his travels reflected in his music.His self-penned and produced songs have been described as 'strikingly evocative soundscapes,managing to make even the shortest pop songs sound like epic adventures....more
they picked the cotton that saved the world. that picked cotton propelled u.s. economy; a unique capitalist setup. (though anglo saxon colonizers are not unique.) so many pop stars and hip hop billboard mainstays trumpet u.s. capitalism ad nauseam; or escapism & distraction.
"Don't Die," also powerful.
"i don't believe they lies. don't believe their truth, need they heads for proof" -- that's direct and powerful.
the violinist Saydah Ruz stands out here, i think. Jeremy Leaming
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