Emptiness Alive, by Kippysmuse

Emptiness Alive

by Kippysmuse

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1.	Emptiness Alive 03:50	lyrics	buy track
I'm the tree that grows upon the hill I'm the bee that passed you by I'm the bug upon the windowsill Quick to kill but cannot try We are emptiness alive We are emptiness inside One life I'm the thing blossoming in Spring A starling in the sky A silent pulse that beats on everything 'Cos nothing really ever dies We are emptiness alive We are emptiness inside One life Are you the music or the instrument ? A silence in your mind We are emptiness alive We are emptiness inside One life Are you the music or the instrument ? A silence in your mind We are emptiness alive We are emptiness inside One life
2.	Bodhi & Me 03:25	lyrics	buy track
Bodhi & me Together we'll be Ultimately trying to be So happy, happy To be so happy, happy 500 years In the BC. Wipe away tears Under fig trees sapping, not frightening No fighting, so enlightening Trees are so green Branches have been Spaces between Getting on with growing, you're showing We are knowingly glowing Bodhi & me Together so free Ultimately we can be so happy Be so happy Be so happy To be so happy Be so happy To be so happy To be so happy

about

This single was written on a ukulele, in the Portuguese countryside, in a dark candle lit stone room, on ‘Day of the Dead’; Halloween 2018. The lullaby b-side was written for Kris Marsden’s new baby girl Bodhi. It’s a live recording with overdubbed ghostly (out of tune) piano. ‘Bodhi & Me’ is only available on Bandcamp or via digital pre-order. Inspired by the spiritual idea of how everything living is connected as ‘one life’.
Both tracks are taken from the forthcoming vinyl album 'Free From Form', due April 2021.

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released February 5, 2021

Track 1 recorded at Hill House Studio, Craigantlet, in summer 2019
Featuring Matt O'Neill on drums & glockenspiel
Performed by Kris Marsden
Recorded, mixed & additional instrumentation by Phillip Watts d'Alton

Track 2 recorded at White Mountain Studios, Maghera, in winter 2020
Performed by Kris Marsden
Engineered & mixed by Peter Fleming

Written by Kristofer David Marsden
Mastered by Richard Elder
Off the forthcoming vinyl album 'Free From Form', due April '21

Cover art by Steven Fleming @ Web'd Media
B-Side cover photo by Alfy Marsden

Funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland

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Kippysmuse Belfast, UK

'Just brilliant; what a fantastic songwriter'
Ralph McLean, BBC Radio Ulster

'Marsden’s work stands out against the myriad of singer-songwriters out there trying to be smooth and wistful; this is downright naztee...' (Chordblossom.com)

‘Emptiness Alive’ chosen as BBC 6 Eclectic Picks Mix Feb 2021

'There are no plastic emotions here…' (Encore NI) ... more

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