Displaying Music with the Tag: Vocals
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Chamukwenjera Chakoromoka
-Ancient Forward
A lively afro-pop song featuring Newton Gwara on vocals.
Tags:Contemplative, Drums, Full Band, Guitar, Happy, High Energy, Jump, Mbira, Profanity, Shona, Sweat, Trance, Uplifting, Vocals
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Chemutengure
-Sevana Marimba
Zimbabwean marimba from the 2016 Rattletree School of Marimba album "From Austin, With Love"
Tags:African, Dance, Full Band, High Energy, Jump, Marimba, Mbira, Shona, Sweat, Vocals, World Music, Zimbabwean
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Demos: Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer
-Joel Laviolette
The Buddhist Forgiveness Prayer set to music
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Meditation, Prayer, Vocals, Wistful, Yoga
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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
-Joel Laviolette
Old School Techno meets modular synth sound explorations in this new EP
Tags:Aggressive, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, Modular Synth, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Techno, Vocals
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Dudidodo
-Joel Laviolette
Old School Techno meets modular synth sound explorations in this new EP
Tags:Aggressive, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, Modular Synth, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Techno, Vocals
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Dudu muDuri
-Sevana Marimba
Zimbabwean marimba from the 2016 Rattletree School of Marimba album "From Austin, With Love"
Tags:African, Dance, Full Band, High Energy, Jump, Marimba, Mbira, Shona, Sweat, Vocals, World Music, Zimbabwean
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En Galop
-Rattletree
Rattletree's brooding take on a Joanna Newsom classic
Tags:Contemplative, Cover Song, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Full Band, Story, Vocals, Wistful
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Fearless
-MbiraMe
A high energy Uplifting Trance track! Turn it up and dance!
Tags:Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Happy, High Energy, Jump, Psy Trance, Sweat, Synth Heavy, Trance, Uplifting, Vocals
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Fools Gold (Stone Roses Cover)
-MbiraMe
A synthed out version of a classic indie pop song by Stone Roses.
Tags:Cover Song, DJ, Dance, Drums, Dubstep, Electronic, Happy, Jump, Odd Time Signature, Synth Heavy, Vocals, Wobble
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Going To The City
-Ancient Forward
A contemplative song exploring the struggles of the youth in Zimbabwe.
Tags:Contemplative, Distorted, Drums, Foreign Language, Full Band, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Shona, Story, Sweat, Trance, Vocals
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In Her Smile
-Joel Laviolette
A song I wrote back in 2005. All brought about from a lunch with a stranger
Tags:Acoustic, Contemplative, Demo, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Singer Songwriter, Vocals
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Just Let It Go
-Joel Laviolette
Intricate synths and a bass interweave with sound design elements and percussion in this contemplative piece.
Tags:Aggressive, DJ, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, High Energy, Jump, Modular Synth, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Trance, Uplifting, Vocals
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Kufungira Matemai
-Joel Laviolette
I have been thinking about my teacher, mentor, and good friend Matemai who I have studied mbira with since 1998. He passed away in 2021 and this is a song based on the last mbira song I learned from him.
Tags:African, Drums, Full Band, Guitar, Mbira, Shona, Vocals, Zimbabwean
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Love Ourselves
-Ancient Forward
A dark afro-glitch dance song.
Tags:Distorted, Drums, Full Band, Guitar, High Energy, Jump, Sweat, Synth Heavy, Trance, Vocals
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Om Shanti
-Joel Laviolette
An ambient soundscape that takes the listener on a downtempo journey.Audio sample taken from Guruji Patabi Jois doing the opening chant of Ashtanga Yoga.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Field Recording, Foreign Language, Sound Design, Vocals, World Music, Yoga
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Seems Like It’s Been So Long
-Joel Laviolette
A story of a man trying to find his way through the spirituality and ancient traditions of a music that he was drawn to.
Tags:Acoustic, African, Contemplative, Demo, Downtempo, Drums, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Odd Time Signature, Singer Songwriter, Story, Vocals, World Music
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She’s Coming Back Again
-Ancient Forward
A man takes a dark journey through mysticism and secret teachings.
Tags:Aggressive, Angry, Distorted, Drums, Dubstep, Full Band, Guitar, High Energy, Jump, Loud, Mbira, Sweat, Synth Heavy, Trance, Vocals, Wobble
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Soon Is All We Have
-Joel Laviolette
A song for a weekly songwriting group that I'm a part of. The prompt was "Get Well Soon". I like this one. It has David Lang type vibes to me. The chord progressions is loosely based on a phrase in a Bach Chorale I've been learning (aren't they all?).
Tags:Chamber Music, Classical, New Music, Vocals
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Standing Tall
-Joel Laviolette
Matepe music meets Zim-style Afrobeat. Recorded and originally released independently in 2009. Now available worldwide on Ecstatic Wave Records
Tags:African, Aggressive, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Full Band, Glitch, Guitar, Mbira, Shona, Vocals, Zimbabwean
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The Earth Loves You
-Joel Laviolette
Intricate synths and a bass interweave with sound design elements and percussion in this contemplative piece.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Full Band, Meditation, Odd Time Signature, Vocals, Wistful, World Music
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When The Levee Breaks
-Joel Laviolette
The old blues classic set to hypnotic matepe and distant-and somewhat scary-vocals
Tags:African, Cover Song, Distorted, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Trance, Vocals, World Music
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You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
-Rattletree
The original by Dead Or Alive twisted and brought to new places with the electonic marimbas of Rattletree!
Tags:Cover Song, Dance, Drums, Electronic, Full Band, Fun, Happy, High Energy, Sweat, Vocals