Bori Toth

For a city whose size had scared me for years right now it’s a feeble evening row, not un-similar to a beach evening ending
On the table to my left there’s a magazine with a picture of dead monkey, making a mockery of what I’d call art
But what would I know about the scene in the city that has swallowed up friends lovers and family,
Just give me a village the size of a teacup
You’re happier here spread out with your eyes closed,
I feel I should order a drink in celebration to welcome the summer, whose first day is ending
Should you wake you’d catch me of course and ask me the wisdom of drinking once more
I cast me mind back to yesterdays wedding where we got drunk and fell over
I did my best to be polite to a family I’d never met, but on numerous occasions, I guess, I could have tried harder
Of course by the end of the night I was a best friend with everyone and every ones wife but right now I couldn’t remember their names no matter how hard I try

As the sun glares through the hotel window I wonder of our future and where it will lead to,
I wonder if you’ll be laying there 10 years 20 years 30 years down the line
I’ll still be staring out at the street confused about love and life,
It’ll be interesting to see if anyone every bought those songs of mine if anyone heard those words that I never got quite right,
I think I can be honest in presuming the world is not exactly going to be leaping out its bed to make me rich using my songs in adverts selling oranges or lemons,
Who knows I may end up owning the whole street, or more likely sleeping under tree in the park opposite
Would the runners keep me awake or would I keep them asleep
I’d hope I have the sense to move back home, as lovely as today is, I‘d imagine the winter would be rather cold

I’d been told for years that the devil had the best tunes and that the devil lived down here whereas us country folk weren’t worth the salt from the road
Ex pat magazine editors who choose to loose their temper on the easily persuaded northern town dwellers
And sure enough 99 percent of the people I meet have scant regard for entertaining me, it seems I’m too old too slow too quiet and just wrong
And I’m glad. In their cocaine fuelled electronic cabarets I’ll be the man at the bar drinking overpriced whiskey from a bar maid who’s to good to catch my eye
She only works here two nights a week, the rest of the time she’s a singer in a rock and roll band
I bet she’d change her tune if I told her my album had peaked at number 172 and that I also had friends who worked in bars and that didn’t define who they are
Though it certainly helps their capacity to drink.

But I’ve strayed off the subject
Now I’ll be leaning over and waking you up, and you’ll squint at me through the cracks between your eyelids, woozy with cider
As if you’re asking exactly where we are and exactly what I wanted.
And I’ll be happy because we won’t be taking anything too seriously.

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February 11, 03:17 AM

Bonobo: Mix for Solid Steel

Seams _ Hung Markets _ Pictures Music
Nufrequency _ Fallen Hero (Motor City Drum Ensemble remix) _ Rebirth
Jamie Woon _ Night Air (Ramadanman Refix) _ Candent Songs
DJ Medhi _ Pocket Piano _ Ed Banger
Bullion _ You Drive me to Plastic _ Young Turks
Bonobo _ We Could Forever (Bonobo 808 mix) _ Ninja Tune
Sect _ Man of Wisdom _ Culprit
Nickodemus _ Conmigo (Es E remix) _ Wonderwheel
Floating Points _ ARP3 _ Eglo
Dauwd Ikopol _ Pictures Music
Teebs _ Jahara _ Brainfeeder
Juk Juk _ Winter Turn Spring _ Text
FourTet _ Locked _ Text
Eliphino _ L.F. (i know) _ Somethinksounds
Falty DL _ The Sale Ends _ Ninja tune
Blawan _ Potchla Vee _ Hessle Audio
Jack Dixon _ Coconuts _ Hot Biscuits
Mosca _ Bax _ Numbers
Koreless _ 4D _ Pictures Music
Ifan Dafydd _ Miranda _ Push & Run
Sepalcure _ Pencil Pimp _ Hotflush

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February 11, 01:57 AM

Sleepless

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February 10, 12:12 PM

Friday Mix (with J Dilla, Jaylib, The Roots, etc)

TomE - Reminiscing over J Dilla by Laid Back on Mixcloud

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February 09, 10:51 AM

Combination of real instruments and samples from real life

This all results in songs like this:

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February 09, 04:02 AM

I'm giving up posting 'planning stuff'. Music is much more fun.

Every version of this song is just gold.

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February 08, 10:12 AM

Another turn on 'co-creating'.... At least it's with Nas, Mos Def and Pretty Lights

"Car manufacturer Hyudai are cross promoting their new car with a project called RE:GENERATION which sees the likes of DJ Premier, Skrillex, Mark Ronson, Pretty Lights and The Crystal Method come out of their typical musical comfort zones and delve into genres that have been fundamentally influential to them and team up with some legends in the process to create brand new sounds.

The result, as you’ll see in the YouTube trailer, are moments of revelation and frustration but the key aspect here is that an album of sorts featuring all the work is being given away as a free download on the official website with a feature length film to follow."

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