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Chaos Emeralds

by Elsa Hewitt

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1.
Legend 03:32
A fire burns above my head As I lay dreaming in my bed Whatever echoes through inner space Or rises from the earth Growing and expanding below ground I feel things moving around Roots channeling down Through the sub-terrain Whatever echoes through inner space Learning from nature like bruce lee Clouds pulling in and contorting Shift into new shapes ceaselessly
2.
I was not born separate Pain And it was truly, truly unimaginable Let it unfold And we will have a ball again Oh let it unfold Unimaginable pain Taking over our love Savour it I was not born separate I love you I knew, I knew I hear you I hear you So so so so so so So so so ill I promise to myself to know what What I love to do The warping time The fiery flame Even when I feel all alone I know that I’m with you I was not born separate I was not born separate
3.
Avery Albino 02:31
4.
Citrinitas 05:15
Love, reaching up Makes my heart smile My weekend is nearly over And I’ve got work to do It’s gonna be so good When I see you again
5.
When you know that your secrets Have gone to a good home Indeed there are caves You won’t enter alone I see now it had To be spoke to be felt And the truth that awoke Caused the iceberg to melt Life flooded back To the creatures of stone That were stopped in their tracks And froze to the bone Freedom to roam Or return to their home Where the colour returned To the cold monochrome The cold icy touch Of a psycho thriller That was pumped in the veins Like polyfiller Finally free To reclaim your heart Circling in Anchoring the whole thing Seeds of wishes and visions disperse And order themselves in a garden path Finding the strength and the space to expand As suddenly, painfully, I understand Thundering, raining The songs sing themselves They comfort the souls With the textures of the heart Ancient is their art Ancient is their art
6.
7.
The Realms 05:15
Dreamy silky beast Impressive empress Keeping it unseen Living in a box There is a knowing So softly singing Calling her over To fall into ether And dance in surrender Living in a box But visualising from the outside Projecting through content Express the truth through work Within the rigid framework Of the industry that you work in Living in a box But visualising from the outside Show me all, show me Show me all, show me All possibilities All possibilities All Oh, show me Further than I have ever been able to see Show me Further than I have ever been able to see Show me Further than I have ever been able to see Show me all possibilities All possibilities All possibilities Show me further than I am always looking for
8.
Let Them In 03:07
Don’t rethink it too much Don’t rethink it He hasn’t let us in He hasn’t let us in He hasn’t let us in Now I let them be free I have held them Now I let them be free
9.
Violet Rest 03:10
I chose to tune in To the darkness within Intimate mystery Spiralling into me Endless matter Softly clad Like cashmere on my skin I felt with such clarity Every distant point of light Shining fragments in my hands Puzzle pieces in my sight How does this piece fit the rest Where will this place to me next Is that a ceiling or a floor Crawling forwards on all fours Every distant point of light Shiny fragments in my hands All of them made for me to piece together The key is locked so ironically Away on the inside Praying for you dancing through me Dying by my side Every distant point of light Shiny fragments in my hands All of them made for me to piece together This metamorphosis is justice I have gone through the door And I violently rest my body Whatever your searching for I know that you will find it I know that you will find it
10.
Reliquary 01:10
11.
Wash The Sea 02:44
the lyrics are a little hazy, i wrote down what i feel the words to say, but you can always choose your own interpretation… Will be some paradise There’s a strange arrow He’s a soul like a prize marrow You hold me like a bow and arrow There’s a stream where we all fall down Had a dream where I take away a living heart Help each other through Wash the sea in front of me I’ve a strange feeling right now Lightning across it Waves crashing Lightning flashing Where is my passion See you rise up
12.
Anahata 02:59
tuned in to channel good featuring princesses vhs's u feel like a firm velvet couch another picture of me not promoting an ep in the cinema tent with the big iridescent cushions in my industry biography using big words like destiny I had a plan I was not telling anyone I had a plan it was working perfectly turn up the heat till you know when to stop I feel their grip tighten I soften and loosen further reaching molecule subverting this ridicule it's not madness it's hilarious genius shadow in style intoxicated breath is bated the gate on the hill keep the key workers on gotham syrup listening fills me back Listening filling me back up sometimes a simple thank you is enough a huff and a puff and a moving speech Slowly eroding the borders around me slowly undoing what it means to be me Glistening like water Filling me back up

about

Presenting my eighth album release, Chaos Emeralds.

It started out as a breezy collection of experimental beats that I casually threw this Sonic The Hedgehog reference at very early on. It came to embody a great deal more in the end, as it travelled with us through a few years of change and transformation.

Half of the lyrics were improvised, and the other half were poems that i wrote around the same time but didn’t think to join with them until random moments over the following three years.

The tracks were made predominantly from synths and spontaneous field recordings as well as guitar, vocal processing and resampling of my incredibly rusty flute-playing.

The initial recordings that spawned the album I made in and around a shared house in south London that my housemates and me were lucky to be living in when we were locked down. The best thing about this place was probably the big, thriving garden, where I spent a lot of time writing and doing yoga. 


The album was conceived at a time when the traffic had slowed almost to a complete stop, and you could hear nature in detail, free from the never-ending chorus of pollution that normally crowds it. The air felt clearer, the sounds felt juicier, the light felt more penetrating. The quietness was very peaceful and the local wildlife appeared to be flourishing. The songs came to embody a primitive stage of rebirth, like bright sunlight shining into cluttered spaces where dusty objects of the past were in a state of disintegration. They followed on from the dark winter of LUPA, rising like the spring, fragile but resolute, absorbing, expressing and responding to the world like a baby, experiencing the world with heightened senses.

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released April 12, 2024

Written, composed, produced and mixed by Elsa Hewitt
Cymbal recordings on track 11 by Matt Davies
Vocal adlb on track 12 by Nanagucci
Some wood tapping on Reliquary by Kirk Barley

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