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Japan
07:35
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Hello again
Milky white
Asian sky
Good to be back
Hello again
Memories
Edited
For content
Keep coming back
Hello again
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Shock Treatment
05:31
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No desire
Not again
This is fine
As I am
Once we had
Mighty plans
Dewy-eyed
Hand in hand
No desire
Let’s go here
Do this thing
It is all
Amazing
What is that
Behind the sun
Shall we walk
Shall we run
Let’s go there
So we went
Sure enough
What we found
Lots of stuff
Bits of me
Bits of you
It was great
That is true
Now I sit
Thoughtlessly
Free at last
From purity
Nothing right (little girl)
Nothing wrong
Just these words (little girl)
Just this song
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HWY 17
03:45
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Can’t chase this dream
Out of my heart
It won’t go away
What is this dream
Trying to say
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Pillars
06:21
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Pillars of light
Hold up the sun
I want to sleep
Don’t wake me up
Yellow and blue
Clouds tower high
Lord let her stand
And stroke the sky
Empty concerns
Vie for my thought
They bring no joy
I guess I forgot
We are machines
Of organic stuff
Lord let her stand
Enough is enough
It’s always the good
Rarely the bad
This is not fair
Lord let her stand
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Sakura
06:17
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A war to end war
What more could we do than this
But murder the world
We must remember
We know we must remember
We must not forget
Yet somehow we do
And all our constants crumble
Thus spake history
So here be sculptures
From all corners of the world
Committee-approved
We try and we fail
There must be something more apt
But what could it be
I muse on this while
Walking back to the city
And stop to admire
A pink and purple blossom
Growing buoyant from this soil
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Merlin Ball Vancouver, British Columbia
Merlin Ball draws on many musical atmospheres to create a singular space and mood. Net result: indie-driven stuff that blazes along under sombre skies and brilliant sunrises. How do you talk to someone 10,000 years away? This is Merlin Ball's attempt.
Merlin Ball recommends:
DRIFT Series 1 - Complete
by Underworld
Amazing stuff. It does not get better than Underworld.
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One Cello x 16: Natoma
by Zoe Keating
Got this album a couple years ago and love it. Dreamy, percussive, tuneful.
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The music and experimentation coming out of Hel Audio is exciting and very, very cool. Heard about this particular artist via the 99% Invisible podcast a few years ago. Ok Ikumi is go-to chill music.
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