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1.	Francine Thirteen - Tiamat 03:19	lyrics	buy track
I am no man’s daughter My holy blood is their water My holy flesh they dwell therein And very soon I’ll shed my skin Send down my ark Only for my kin Rain down my flood Others begin again Send down my ark Only for my kin Send down my flood Others begin again I am no man’s daughter My holy blood is your water My holy flesh they dwell therein And very soon I’ll shed my skin (2x)
2.	Azarias - See It Grow 02:55	lyrics	buy track
Grow Grows, How it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows grows grows That' just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Grows grows grows grows... We grow from the inside We grow from the inside out Grow We grow from the inside We grow from the inside out Grow We grow from the inside We grow from the inside out We grow from the inside We grow from the inside out We grow from the inside We grow from the inside We Grow Take it slow Don't hurry You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it grow Take your time Don't worry You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it grow You see it grow Grows, How it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows grows grows That' just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Grows grows grows grows... Take it slow Don't hurry You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it grow Take your time Don't worry You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it You see it grow You see it grow Grows, How it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows grows grows That' just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Grows grows grows grows How it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows grows grows That' just how it grows Space and Light That's just how it grows Grows grows grows grows
3.	Uno Lady - Light of My Life 02:13	lyrics	buy track
Darker ways have sure departed brighter days will soon be dawning light of my life light of my life light of my life despite the winter's cold love will keep up warm
4.	Drasii - Sun Key 04:13	info	buy track
5.	Azieb - When I Called 03:25	lyrics	buy track
Where were you at when I called You left me all alone, on your floor, when I needed you most Where were you at when I called I was so confused, lost my truth, trying to find it in you Broke me into pieces, and took the ones you needed Now I can see it All I have to do is love myself Love, Love, Love, Love You don't know how to love me Na Na Na Na Where were you at when I called You don't know how to love me Na Na Na Na Where were you at when I called You don't know how to love me Na Na Na Na Where were you at You don't know how to Na Na Na Na No No No No No No No (x2) And when I told you, it hurts every time I feel empty inside You still ignore the signs You don't know how to, love me You don't know how to, love me You don't know how to, love me You don't know how to, love me You don't know how, you don't know how Where were you at when I called Called, called, gone Called, called, gone Where were you at when I called You were gone You were gone Na Na Na Na (x4) Where were you at when I called You don't know how to, love me Na Na Na Na Where were you at when I called You don't know how to You were gone Na Na Na Na Where were you at when I called Love Me Where were you at when I called You don't know how to You were gone Where were you at Called called gone Where were you at Where were you at Gone
6.	Palka - Looking for Love 02:49	lyrics	buy track
I’m looking for love Asking the guy upstairs Searching in despair Watching from above Somebody that could care Red sunset that she stares I’m looking for love No matter where I go Always the same tableau Watching from above I tried to let if flow I tried to let it grow I’m looking for love Your plan is graceful My mindset is playful I found it above Cause I’ll stay there with you Entering sky’s tissue I’m looking for love Asking the guy upstairs Searching in despair Watching from above Somebody that could care Red sunset that she stares I’m looking for love No matter where I go Always the same tableau Watching from above I tried to let if flow I tried to let it grow I’m looking for love Your plan is graceful My mindset is playful I found it above Cause I’ll stay there with you Entering sky’s tissue
7.	Sun Pump - Disassembly 06:53	info	buy track
8.	Actual Music - A Train 07:10	info	buy track
9.	Phelimuncasi - Meyo 03:49	lyrics	buy track
Song in isiZulu Lena ingoma yengoma eyadlala Umgqomo umgaomo opholile Wabe esengiculela ingoma Ngithi meyo meyo Woza Lena ingoma yengoma eyadlala Umggomo umgqomo opholile Wabe esengiculela ingoma Ngithi meyo meyo Woza Meyooo meyo meyo Ngabe sengithi meyo meyo meyo Abaveli ku-Ayoh Yeeeee lee wololo Abaveli ku-Avoh Welolo meyo Meow meow Lena ingoma yengoma eyadlala Umgqomo umgqomo opholile Wabe esengiculela ingoma Ngithi meyo meyo Woza Lena ingoma yengoma eyadlala Umgqomo umgqomo opholile Wabe esengiculela ingoma Ngithi meyo meyo Woza 1-Braai nge-One izoba no-One Bengidakwe kakhulu izolo Uzokhathala futhi ukhathazeke Uzokhathala futhi ukhathazeke Lala ugula futhi uphuphe file Lala ugula futhi uphuphe file [English translation] This is the song of the song that played A barrel is a cool barrel Then he sang me a song I say meyo meyo Come on This is the song of the song that played A barrel is a cool barrel Then he sang me a song I say meyo meyo Come on Meyooo mevo mevo Then I said meyo meyo meyo They are not from Ayoh Yeeeee lee wololoo They are not from Ayoh Welolo meyo Meow meow This is the song of the song that played A barrel is a cool barrel Then he sang me a song I say meyo meyo Come on This is the song of the song that played A barrel is a cool barrel Then he sang me a song I say meyo meyo Come on Braai with One will be with One I was very drunk yesterday You will be tired and worried You will be tired and worried Sleep sick and dream dead Sleep sick and dream dead This is the song of the song that played A barrel is a cool barrel Then he sang me a song I say meyo meyo Come on This is the song of the song that played A barrel is a cool barrel Then he sang me a song I say meyo meyo Come on
10.	Psyclo - No Cheese No Mayo 02:18	lyrics	buy track
I don't need no medication to run away from bad decisions I don't need a destination, a destination, a destination My body was left in limbo, got a high bounty but no cheese no mayo Cuz I'm just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko Should've known how, can't see straight Should've yelled help, now too late Hold on tight, changes take overnight Hold on tight, be shedding in the moonlight Prep with low hopes No damage control I don't need no medication to run away from bad decisions I don't need a destination, a destination, a destination My body was left in limbo, got a high bounty but no cheese no mayo Cuz I'm just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko Shut up and talk, a disgrace Spilling some blood, I'm okay Hold on tight, 20/20 hindsight Hold on tight, hitting on the bull's eye A sense of hope Went down the stairs, facing a thousand years (just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko) Went down in the fire as if I care (just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko) I don't need no medication to run away from bad decisions I don't need a destination, a destination, a destination My body was left in limbo, got a high bounty but no cheese no mayo Cuz I'm just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko, just a sicko sicko
11.	M-Bell - Floating Compression 04:20	info	buy track
12.	Tomu DJ - eXtra Super Deluxe 08:24	info	buy track
13.	Babani Soundsystem - Trwa Batan 06:22	info	buy track
14.	Takashi Shallow - 1978 05:18	info	buy track
15.	Nandele - Muatide 03:05	info	buy track
16.	Kuntari - Penarabadan 03:53	info	buy track

about

FPE Records presents FPELV: a collection of sixteen singles, gathering amazing, innovative, bold, genre-defiant musicians from around the world, to bathe in shared light. Sixteen banging bops, dropping in four groups of four throughout August and September, representing the present of music, a vision of community, strands that stand alone and tug at each other in complex ways, across time and space. FPELV is playing by new rules.

In late 2022, I began reaching out to artists to ask if they wanted to contribute a track to a compilation to be released in summer 2023. When the musical heroes I asked started saying yes, the epicness of the project blew all the way up. South African gqom sensation Phelimuncasi. Bay Area ambient juke innovator Tomu DJ. Ritual pop iconoclast Francine Thirteen. Genre-destroying genius Psyclo. What started as a compilation album became a new template for how to understand music.

Logic and structure emerged, unimposed, rather, discerned. Francine's textile work juiced the metaphor. Many of the pieces rely on internally interlocking polyrhythms, complex percussive patterns adorned with pretty colors. (Others... don't.) Relationships figure: love, living it, lacking it, feeling its presence or absence. Engagement with transcendence or like, deity, comes up a bunch of times.

Designing a compilation feels a bit like how it felt in olden times, making a mixtape. But the stakes are higher. Each piece demands autonomy. Each level of structure requires independent coherence. Each track slays. The singles are dropped in batches, styled as Textiles. Four singles to a Textile, each with its own arc. Then the four Textiles come together. It's not a mosaic. The fibers blend, echo within and throughout each other.

Hence, FPELV, sixteen singles, a door to a new reality, seachange, paradigm shift. When you hear Textile1 (August 4) you'll be floored in eager anticipation of the next cache (August 18) and so on, until the final drop September 22. It's a summer of constantly evolving musical delight from FPE.

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released September 22, 2023

Tracks compiled by Matt Pakulski, 2022-2023

Mastered by Matthew Styles-Harris, Horizontal Studios

Cover by Francine Thirteen

Individual track credits listed on the tracks

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