Nodes (feat. Ronnie Rallings) [Single]

by Aubergine

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'Nodes' emerged as a natural fusion between childhood friends and long-time collaborators, Aubergine songwriter Oliver Hughes and Brisbane-based rapper Ronnie Rallings.

Featuring the soulful melancholic tones of Ronnie Rallings, the track underscores a boom-bap stream of consciousness rap with lush layers of psychedelic textures and ambient grooves. In a seamless juxtaposition of 90s nostalgia and experimental electronica, 'Nodes' is a lyrical exploration of monotony and rebellion, powerlessness and freedom, set to Aubergine’s unique psych-chill-jazz sound.

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LYRICS:

I take a walk and try to talk the talk
It’s kinda dark
Recess to my art
It’s cold outside and I can’t see inside my mind
Time is behind
Trying day to day to perform
Backwards walking in a storm
Can't see the earth's resources anymore
Wish I wasn’t rich or poor just in the middle
More shit I dribble
Beginning to cripple
But I chastise and better rise in order to topple this man-made enterprise
And I’m standing here crying

I roll just like an enchilada
Not the devil dressed in Prada
Drink of choice is my whisky and water
Like an algorithm beast caged in its own prison
Get rid of the rhyme
Criticism
My eyes see the only real vision
When I’m crossing all these borders
Defying all these orders
Such poverty and frustration
Can’t afford my registration
The motivation
Imma deliver
Feel the earth move shake and quiver

And the microphone explodes into nodes of darkness
Nobody can tell me what my path is
And the microphone explodes into nodes of darkness
Nobody can tell ya what ya path is

Red light colour defeat
Sideways smile repeat
I’m still alive although I’m up smoke
I’m a repeat for you to hear
Pull this feeling from ya ear
We persevere
Queue in lines for fake truth and times
Serious sabotage serves us sadness
Scandal I say
Well there’s just so much sadness
State of mind
Silicon is real
The satirical feel
No cage
Mescaline medicine
Miracle mind mould

And the microphone explodes into nodes of darkness
Nobody can tell me what my path is
And the microphone explodes into nodes of darkness
Nobody can tell ya what ya path is

You sold your soul and now you want it back
Turn around that’s all you see
Move like rivers

You sold your soul and now you want it back
Turn around that’s all you see
Move like rivers
Flow like me

I am whatever
A music connection
I’m a connection to music
Whatever
The soulful power that I pull from a flower
Watch as my confidence does tower
I don’t need no sympathy
Stronger than a bird set free
Plenty of time to grieve
Life carries on
It was all promised
Time will tell
Throw no coins into the wishing well
Money far too precious to some
Blissfully ignorant and dumb
The blackened sun

And the microphone explodes into nodes of darkness
Nobody can tell me what my path is
And the microphone explodes into nodes of darkness
Nobody can tell ya what ya path is

Nobody
Nobody

credits

released May 29, 2020
On this studio recording, Aubergine were:
Ronnie Rallings - raps
Oliver Gwilym Hughes - keys, saxophone
Haitch - trumpet
Henry Roebuck - bass
Brad Williams - drums

On stage, Aubergine are:
Oliver Gwilym Hughes - keys
Jamie Karl Stevens - alto saxophone, clarinet
Olivia Marlton - tenor saxophone, flute
Henry Roebuck - bass
Brad Williams - drums

Recorded, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Joshua Rivory

Catalog: 4K•DG•15

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