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Turn To Clear View

by Joe Armon-Jones

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  • Turn To Clear View CD
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    1. Try Walk With Me Ft. Asheber
    2. Yellow Dandelion Ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow
    3. Gnawa Sweet
    4. Icy Roads (Stacked)
    5. (To) Know Where You’re Coming From
    6. The Leo & Aquarius Ft. Jehst
    7. You Didn’t Care Ft. Nubya Garcia
    8. Self:Love Ft. Obongjayar

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  • Turn To Clear View A3 Artwork Print + Digital Download
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    Limited edition numbered Turn To Clear View print of original artwork by Divya Scialo.

    Super Matt finish on textured off white paper (308gsm).

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  • Turn To Clear View Reissue Vinyl LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    - Single Sleeve with printed inner sleeve
    - 140g vinyl LP

    Tracklist:

    A1. Try Walk With Me Ft. Asheber
    A2. Yellow Dandelion Ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow
    A3. Gnawa Sweet
    A4. Icy Roads (Stacked)
    B1. (To) Know Where You’re Coming From
    B2. The Leo & Aquarius Ft. Jehst
    B3. You Didn’t Care Ft. Nubya Garcia
    B4. Self:Love Ft. Obongjayar

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Time to let go Let it all go With no resistance Time to let go Let it all go Move into the distance Take me to the river Take me to the mountainside Take me to the ocean So I can heal this pain inside Take me to the river Take me to the mountainside Take me to the ocean So I can heal the pain Time to let go Let it all go With no resistance Time to let go Let it all go Move into the distance Take me to the river Take me to the mountainside Take me to the ocean Mama Africa will hear my cry Take me to the river Take me to the mountainside Take me to the ocean yeah Oh I cry These tears deep inside Release my I need to release my Find some piece of mind
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Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion They call you a weed They don’t want you ‘round here Growing in their grass Easily abounded Even when you die You are multiplying Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion Carry my wish upon the wind with you That you grow ever stronger Propelled with all the things you need To rise from fields or cracks on the street (Grow Strong) From the root to the flower Healing truth lives in power Though they don’t want you ‘round You grow from the ground Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion (Yellow Dandelion) (Yellow Dandelion) Yellow Dandelion Yellow Dandelion
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Gnawa Sweet 06:24
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Joe Armon-Jones: Wrote a page of words for you But none of them (made any sense) Were any good Anyway So here’s a song instead That i thought of while i was with you Anyway We can be together now Or we can be together in heaven I don’t care When I wrote those million words for you to view You said nothing, and that really hurt So I wrote that song about you And all the words to follow Anyway When I realised it was you And not all the others to follow Oh yes they dooo When I wrote this song about you I’m hoping this will do So you take solace, so you take solaace I’m almost run out of words for you to view What can I doooo Wrote a page of words for you But none of them (made any sense) Were any good Anyway So here’s a song instead That i thought of while i was with you Anyway We can be together now Or we can be together in heaven I don’t care When I wrote those million words for you to view You said nothing, and that really hurt So I wrote that song about you And all the words to follow Anyway When I realised it was you And not all the others to follow Oh yes they dooo When I wrote this song about you I’m hoping this will do So you take solace, so you take solaace I’m almost run out of words for you to view What can I doooo Jehst: They way I feel is so strong for you I wrote a song for you Even though it’s been so long I still long for you I couldn’t stop it if I wanted to Yeah there’s been one or two But I wrote this one for you My darling Looking fly with the Hawaiian garland Plus your energy was calming Had me playing Prince Charming Knight in shining Next thing Flipping like I’m Jack out The Shining! Let me just black out the blind and Divine light of the vagina So blinding My religion Fly position When our planets aligning To bring life into fruition The seed So what’s it gonna be? Cos the apple never falls Far from the tree I wrote this for you For believing in me Did the maths like One plus one And made three But what that really mean? It’s the magic number! My lighting flash The clap of your thigh’s thunder Caterpillar to a butterfly Aye Carumba! She just needs a Little Brother now 9th Wonder For 9 months You were carrying the cargo I’ll kill for my daughter Like Arnie in Commando Go hard for the hardo Dead all the bravado I gotta get it for the avocado To grow strong I wrote a song To express it with Cos I’ll forever be indebted For your precious gift So the love is unconditional Whether romantic or platonic Even if it’s nonreciprocal I wrote this song for you And little you To let you know It’s only right that we’re together You’ll never be left alone Whatever the direction I’ll be set to go Hours on the telephone So we started getting close My ghetto rose From concrete she grows Shit is real But we’re still Catching many jokes And it shows Leaving all my weaknesses exposed We on the same frequency That frequently explodes The Leo and Aquarius Precarious If it wasn’t serious The shit would be hilarious Had so many flavours Yeah various But when it comes To my favourite one Ayo! There she is! My palette so refined And our bond is so strong Now our DNA combined It’s the big bad wolf On the chase What’s good? I got a taste for Little redbone from the ‘hood And I would Wave a magic wand if I could And put the beef to an end See me as a friend If nothing else Nothing more Nothing less I wrote this for the Queen Raising my princess It’s the King!
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Obongjayar: You have everything own nothing You know everyone have nobody Money turn you high viz Invisible without it That million pound exterior Don’t make you superior Inside you’ve got some cleaning up To do Why why why why Why why do you try too hard Lie lie lie lie Lie lie Just to feel among Be yourself Be yourself o Be yourself Be yourself o Be yourself Be yourself o Be yourself You keep running from your skin Everyday you’re someone different You don’t know where you begin Shapeshifting to fit in All the flash all the tricks Don’t hide your insecurities The only person you deceive Is youuuu (Be yourself) Repeat Joe Armon-Jones: And I know you wanna say Why did it have to be like this I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change And I know you wanna say Why did it have to be like this I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change And I know you wanna say Why did it have to be like this I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change And we always wanna say Why did it have to be this way I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change And I know you wanna say Why did it have to be like this I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change ‘Cause we always wanna say Why did it have to be this way I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change And I know you wanna say Why did it have to be like this I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change And I know you wanna say Why did it have to be like this I never know but I tell you It’s gonna change It’s gonna change

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Bass-heavy dub and contemporary club culture are
the foundations for Joe Armon-Jones’ phenomenal
second album. “Turn to Clear View” builds on the
celebrated keys player’s singular vision, exhibiting a
sound with flourishes of R&B, hip-hop and p-funk, and
featuring regular bandmates Oscar Jerome, Moses
Boyd and Nubya Garcia. He builds on his close-knit
core personnel with guest spots from artists he’s long
admired, including Georgia Anne Muldrow (Brainfeeder,
Stones Throw), Obongjayar (XL) and Jehst.

From character-fuelled raps to Afrobeat-influenced
jams, Armon-Jones channels the diversity of the
ascendant scene that surrounds him. Co-produced
with longtime collaborator Maxwell Owin, the
record has a carefully-plotted feel that reflects their
meticulous approach. The duo carefully perfected
every touch, with Armon-Jones ever-present
throughout the mixing and mastering processes.

Between his highly acclaimed solo career and his work
with the influential Ezra Collective, Armon-Jones is
building on a rush of acclaim – winning Session of the
Year at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards and being
nominated for UK Act of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards.
His electric, open-ended live shows have brought him
to Glastonbury, SXSW, Boiler Room and a sold-out
headline show at London’s Village Underground.

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released September 20, 2019

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Joe Armon-Jones London, UK

Joe Armon-Jones, keyboardist, composer and producer, is pushing the boundaries of his sound, blurring the lines between bass- heavy dub, contemporary club culture and his background as a pioneering force in the modern jazz scene.

Away from his solo project, he’s a member of Ezra Collective, regularly plays with Nubya Garcia, and has toured with Ata Kak and Pharoahe Monch.
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