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Hold Steady

by Zerolex Trio

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1.
Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place, oh Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place, oh Space is the place (Everything is happening) Something out there In the atmosphere But it's not clear Check 1, 2, come thru Can you not hear Your locale Has been known for a while We caught your frequency And recognize your style (Being of the particular race you are) We hear some talk about the black hole But that mystery is just a fissure yo A crack in your soul Now lean in seeking, heeding No warnings or cautions Up posted by the non-believing Inner space, outer space (Galactic realm of eternal black darkness) It's just a grand chasm in your car-case Carcass disposable Ripen then recycle In the the meantime Spread ya ears wide, get a eye full Meanwhile I'll pull All records on file At the intergalactic agency and school Seems you can fly already Now the only thing to do Is just know And glide steady Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place, oh Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place, oh Space is the place I'm everything and nothing How long have you been doing nothing? You must be an expert at it Space is not only high It's low It's the bottomless pit It's never ending Space is the place (It's never ending) Space is the place Space is the place (Space) Space is the place (Space) Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place, oh Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place, oh Space is the place I've checked your file Seems you can fly already Now all you need to do is know And hold steady
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(Space is not only high) Something out there In the atmosphere But it’s not clear Come thru Can you not hear Your locale Been known for a while We caught your frequency And recognize yo style We hear some talk about the black hole But that mystery is just a fissure yo A crack in you soul Now lean in seeking, heeding No warnings or cautions Up posted by the non-believing Inner space, outer space (Inner space, outer space) Just a grand chasm in your car-case Carcass disposable Ripen then recycle In the the meantime Spread ya ears wide, get a eye full Meanwhile I’ll pull All records on file At the intergalactic agency and school Seems you can fly already Now the only thing to do is just know and glide steady Space is the place Space is the place Space is the place, oh Space is the place (x2)

about

Many artists like Ezra Collective and Thomas de Pourquery already paid tribute to Sun Ra’s mythical anthem “Space Is The Place”. It’s time for French producer Zerolex and his trio to bring their stone to the cosmic edifice with “Hold Steady”, a wild audio trip progressing from laid back and lyrical hip-hop into a noisy soundscape of African percussions and free-oriented jazztronica.

Who else could do a better job than Cincinnati-based rapper Napoleon Maddox at telling this epic tale with Saturnian accents? An obvious collaboration for the rapper, as shows his activism as an African-American artist and his proximity with the trio in Besançon, his city of adoption.

The second guest on this release is Brussels-based composer and producer Marc Melià, who shares with Zerolex a strong passion for the Prophet synthesizer, and whose taste for spatial exploration is irrefutable. Marc offers a more ethereal vision of the track, with synthesizers calmly flowing into a delicate tension.

“Now all you need to do is know and hold steady.”

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released April 8, 2022

Zerolex Trio:
bmmrecords.com/artists/zerolex-trio/
www.instagram.com/zerolexmusic/
soundcloud.com/zerolex

Napoleon Maddox:
www.instagram.com/napoleonsoloshots/
soundcloud.com/napsoloforiswhat
iswhat.bandcamp.com

Marc Melià:
www.instagram.com/marc_melia
soundcloud.com/marc_melia
marcmelia.bandcamp.com

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Tribute to Sun Ra's "Space Is The Place"
Composed by Zerolex Trio
Written by Napoleon Maddox

Voice recorded at Studio Le Zèbre by Thomas Jacquot
Saxophone, double bass & drums recorded at BMM Land Studio by Le Serveur
Additional drums by Adrien Legay
Remix produced by Marc Melià

Mixed by Xavier Dromard at Caius Audio
Mastered by Damien Bolo at Spectrum Studio
Published by BMM Records & Sun Ra LLC (Thanks to Irwin Chusid)

Video directed by Lucas Dubiez
Artwork by Renaud Vigourt

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