Earth is about hills and valleys, lives and deaths. And without hope, we have nothing…The album changes gear as we begin to see hope and rebirth amidst the suffering, fear and anger of the first half of the album…This is a song of the steelpan, a singular creation of the diasporic imagination, ringing out from the Hills of Laventille to connect with the hills of Salvador, Caracas, and beyond.
lyrics
And when at last a thought does fly
I, Poet, fire…missing words
And whisper gestures to the sky,
Risking life among the birds;
And when these birds of heaven die
And hills of sugar wash away
I, Pan come to sweetly cry
Burying now my fallen prey.
I Poet, the haunted hunter hunt
The cynic’s soul, the lover’s mind,
Unleashing dogged faith in front,
And aiming upwards ride behind
And when at last I leave the chase,
Hands in cold valleys, swinging low
I scoop hope from the river’s face
Ahead, another hill to go…
credits
from Manila Sunrise - Part 1: Digable Planets,
track released November 20, 2013
6) Electric Hill
Lead Vocals; Synth. Cellos: Twylight Seven
Backing Vocals: Rochelle Dalrymple; Kendel Haynes
Percussive Bass Pan: Delesse Francis
Conga: Tinika Davis
All Songs Written, Composed and Arranged by: Twylight Seven
All Songs Produced, Engineered and Mixed by: Lamar “Beebo” Pollard
Recording, Production and Mixing: Lion’s Den Studios, Mt. Lambert, Trinidad and Tobago
Mastering: Phillip Klum Mastering, New York City, USA
Publishing: 50 Stories Publishing
These sweet, sad indie pop tunes accompany Ian Coss's podcast of the same name, in which he interviews his family about their divorces. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 17, 2021