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Be The Change (Feat. Pete Simpson)

by Lay-Far

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Really can’t take no more of what is happening today for sure, It’s something that makes me cry out in despair. Need to find that something new so that I can see another view, I really need to be that someone who believes in you. You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear it? You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear? Yes I truly do understand, to be lost in all the lies they say, so I’m asking you turn away, it’s insane. Please stay focused on the truth, and you will notice love’s the proof, and you can be that something good that we need. You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear it You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear
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Really can’t take no more of what is happening today for sure, It’s something that makes me cry out in despair. Need to find that something new so that I can see another view, I really need to be that someone who believes in you. You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear it? You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear? Yes I truly do understand, to be lost in all the lies they say, so I’m asking you turn away, it’s insane. Please stay focused on the truth, and you will notice love’s the proof, and you can be that something good that we need. You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear it You can be the change coz what we really need, comes from deep within, can you hear
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Sweet Mess 05:22

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This is the second single taken from the forthcoming 3rd album by Lay-Far on his own label In-Beat-Ween Music!

“Be The Change” is both timely and timeless message, written in collaboration with one of the strongest soulful vocalists of the last 2 decades - Pete Simpson. It’s conscious, it’s spiritual, it’s political, it’s rebellious! Paraphrasing Gandhi’s favourite quote: “Be the change you want to see in this world”, Pete Simpson addresses each and everyone of us, reminding a simple, yet powerful truth, while aided by the life-affirming uptempo disco-funk groove, produced by Lay-Far.

Acoustic version proves a universal formula – what a great song needs is a good voice and a guitar! Here Lay-Far teams up with his friend and long-time collaborator from Moscow – Andrei dbnn. Together they come up with very simple yet rich and universally appealing arrangement, using just an acoustic guitar and Rhodes with gentle touches of acoustic strings and dub effects. The result is stunning! What you hear is a modern day ballad, uplifting and soothing!

The single comes packaged with an instrumental version of the track and a remix, produced by the Amsterdam-based hip-hop and house legend Kid Sublime! His Subliminal Stripped Club Mix is taking things into melodic percussion-heavy hybrid-house direction, blending the influences of UK garage, jazzy and deep house as well as hip-hop. The groove is infectious!

Last but not least comes the bonus track “Sweet Mess” – an off-kilter dance number, mixing together jazz and dub influences in its unique one-off manner. The track is beautifully melodic and lyrically reassuring, yet raw and pushy, with its’ focus on the live interaction between the rhythm section and soloing instruments: Rhodes and electric guitar, masterfully played by Lay-Far’s friends Phil Gerus and Andy Compton correspondingly. Spring is in the air!

Watch out for Lay-Far’s full-length album “War Is Over”, coming out later this year!

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released May 4, 2018

All tracks produced by Lay-Far for In-Beat-Ween Music, except for:
B1 – Additional production and remix by Kid Sublime
A2 – Produced by Lay-Far and dbnn in In-Beat-Ween Music Lab, Moscow.
A1 & A2 written by Lay-Far & Pete Simpson. Vocals by Pete Simpson.
Bass by Pete Simpson.

Mastered by Martin Iveson at ARCo Labs.
Artwork by Joel VDK.
Design By Michal Rafaj.
(P) & (C) 2018 In-Beat-Ween Music

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In between East and West, analog and digital, tradition and novation....

Set up as a logical continuation of In-Beat-Ween Sessions podcast, started in 2008, IN-BEAT-WEEN MUSIC is here to join the dots in-beat-ween jazz and dub, techno and soul, funk and house. The label is devoted to the music in-beat-ween genres, categories or trends – music for your mind, body and soul. ... more

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