Etruscan Sun (EP)

by Essien

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1.	Essien ft. Lou Bold - Etruscan Sun (Valle d'Itria Edit) 04:40	lyrics	buy track
Hold me After all I am your child Scold me For I’ve let you grow unwild Fallen hard for hopeless dreams writ grand Turned my back against the sun To the kingdom in my hand I can’t hear the leaves Or see them drift towards the earth Etruscan light is lost on me As tho’ it had no worth Winter take me now – (woah!) Winter take me now, yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah! Light breaks through In a wave so glorious As it shoots in joy beneath my feet Light breaks through, In a wave so glorious As it shoots in joy beneath my feet
2.	Essien ft. Lou Bold - Etruscan Sun (The Black Luminosity) 07:35	lyrics	buy track
Hold me After all I am your child Scold me For I’ve let you grow unwild Fallen hard for hopeless dreams writ grand Turned my back against the sun To the kingdom in my hand I can’t hear the leaves Or see them drift towards the earth Etruscan light is lost on me As tho’ it had no worth Winter take me now – (woah!) Winter take me now, yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah! Light breaks through In a wave so glorious As it shoots in joy beneath my feet Light breaks through, In a wave so glorious As it shoots in joy beneath my feet I’m made electric By this joy beneath my feet This is my one home It’s my past and future suite You’ll draw me back into your soil One day, I know But til then I’ll dance I won’t reap what you have sown I feel the joy beneath my feet
3.	Etruscan Sun (Valle d'Itria Edit - Instrumental) 04:40		buy track
4.	Etruscan Sun (The Black Luminosity - Instrumental) 07:35		buy track
5.	Essien ft. Lou Bold - The Joy Beneath My Feet (Etruscan Reprise) 01:49		buy track

about

I started reading about the Etruscans in one of DH Lawrence’s Italian travel diaries. They came before the Romans and were a natural, uninhibited people in tune with and respectful of the cycles of nature and of birth and death.

"Etruscan Sun" is about how nature restores us to a state of grace but how easily we are duped into thinking happiness is in accumulation of technologies - often at the expense of the planet which is our true home, our "past and future suite."

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released January 18, 2023

Lead Vocals - Lou Bold
Backing Vocals - Anita Dobson
Bass - Anoir Ben Hadj Amara
Classical Guitar, Synths and Piano - James Fellows
Mix Down - Ciaran Maxwell @icklegram ickledubs@gmail.com
Mastering by Colin Bennun @ The Stooodio colin@oood.net
Artwork by Tian Widjaya - www.instagram.com/wjtian
Composed, arranged and produced by James Fellows

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