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Erased Tapes 十五

by Various Artists

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Tell me about myself Take us back to our homeland Teach us our language Teach us our language From the Congo to the Carolinas Show me my mother’s face Tell me my father’s name Tell me my father’s name Before Europe, before Christ, before Moses Before Washington, before Lincoln Take me back to my homeland Take me back on a spaceship called Marcus Garvey Black Star Line It’s 1915 and Booker T. is dead And the children are screaming The children are crying ‘take me back to my homeland’ Take me back before I go mad Return what you stole from us Take me back to my homeland before I go mad Take me back Before… after the beginning. Right now Before I go mad Fact, fiction, forecast Myth, ritual, and political control The myth you sold The myth you hold (Camae Ayewa)
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Somewhere on the earth Two people were born  They met and lived together 地上に生まれた二人 彼らは出会い 共に暮らした (Masayoshi Fujita)
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「嵐の日、窓の外、音を聞きながら、じっと待ってる。そんな時間が好きだった。 一人でいるような、みんなでいるような。」 不可思議な間で 音を立てる 何もない顔で 寄り添って 外は嵐 湿気た嵐 目を閉じれば ほら   またここで会えるさ おかえり おかえり おかえり おかえり (Hatis Noit)
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A ball of light fills my room Dances in without a tune But banging drums overhead  Pin me down upon my bed Open up my mouth to scream Are my parents proud of me? Mother, Father can I lie between your bodies tonight? Are the Gods just playing games Rolling stone down sky lanes? Count the seconds one, two, three Miles away but coming for me Open up my mouth to scream Are my parents proud of me? Mother, Father can I lie between your bodies tonight? Can I grow up, be a “man”? It’s been like this since time began Maybe if I hum along  it will soothe me into song A ball of light fills my room, If I danced would it dance too? And with the sheets from the bed  I could scare the storm instead Open up my mouth to scream, Are my parents proud of me? Mother, Father can I lie between your bodies tonight? (Douglas Dare)
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Anda þinn guð gef mer til thin
Gratandi jeg thig beiði (Anonymous)
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Wind, sun, rain,  The garden in my brain  Leaves, roots, contain, Clouds of joy and pain  Dark light shades displayed  Where comfort may stray I am not afraid  History made up like a play  Changed as seasons do  The lies make their breakthrough  The birds echo the stream  As lights project a scheme  An image with a theme  Still I'd like to  Still I'd like to dream (David Allred)
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about

A new compilation titled Erased Tapes 十五, encompassing a two hour cross-section of the label's 15-year history including hidden gems and previously unreleased material, will be available on November 4 to coincide with specially curated festivals in London and Berlin.

The first offering comes from UK producer Kevin Richard Martin aka The Bug and Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit who share their paranormal first collaborative cut After the Storm amongst other unique pairings such as The Art Ensemble of Chicago featuring Moor Mother, Bell Orchestre interpreted by Colin Stetson, Douglas Dare joined by The London Contemporary Orchestra and Ben Lukas Boysen remixed by Kiasmos.

Premiered exclusively via The Wire magazine in form of a free download ahead of their debut live performance at Le Guess Who? Festival 2019 in Utrecht, the track is now finally made available on vinyl and streaming platforms alongside other previously unreleased pieces from electronic producer Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles and Icelandic composer Högni.

“As a solo vocalist and voice artist, I’d always dreamed of floating and being drowned in a beautiful sonic storm. And then I met Kevin Martin” — Hatis Noit

The artwork is composed of the Japanese kanji for '15' — calligraphed by label founder Robert Raths and designed by Munich-based artist Bernd Kuchenbeiser.

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released November 4, 2022

℗© 2022 Erased Tapes Records Ltd.
The copyright in this collection is owned by Erased Tapes.
Compiled and calligraphed by Robert Raths.
Designed by Bernd Kuchenbeiser.
All rights reserved. All tapes erased.
Made in the EU. LC 15952

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Founded by sonic architect and explorer Robert Raths aka ghostworker in 2007, Erased Tapes is a truly independent record label that has disrupted the industry and rejuvenated the musical landscape. The London-based label has consistently nurtured genre-defying artists from all around the world without losing its avant-garde ethos. ... more

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