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STAR OF HEART

by DATSON

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1.
Angels Commute 05:13
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Velvet Scooter 03:39
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With her cut frocks and her big bosoomas Bird nest hair, I want to consume her Drive buy the bodega I says, I could use her Hop on board my velvet scooter
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gggggg 02:57
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Now and Forever 06:59
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NOW AND FOREVER When I said I was glad that I met you I meant now and forever When I said I was glad that I met you I meant now and forever You don't want me back but you'll have me Don't remember my face but you'll see me Wouldn't know my voice but you'll hear me In your dreams. In your dreams. You won't get me out of your dreams I'll take everything you've got but you'll give it Drag you screaming all the way but you'll follow When you dream, you'll be swimming then I'll drown you Off a cliff I will push you You'll be running like a deer and I'll kill you in your dreams. In your dreams. You won't get me out of your dreams We got this stuff between us though civilisations collapse around us When I said I was glad I met you I meant now and forever You never think about me in the day time You're blissfully without me when aware It's only when you're sleeping I'll be there I'll be there now and forever in your dreams You will dream you are falling and I'll catch you When you're lost in a maze I will find you We'll be fighting to the death then I'll kiss you in your dreams In your dreams, you wont get me out of your dreams now and forever falling falling falling running running running falling falling falling running running running I'll be in your dreams
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The Best of All TImes 10:37
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Mooring 07:21
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7.
@ Joy 06:39
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Sentients @joy In congress of dellusion Dissolve all barriers Use love as a solution
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The Ballad of Pinky and Pablo 05:57
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Underground 05:53
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10.
Le Currawong Funky 03:07
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11.
Larry 03:19
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I got Larry
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Enjoy Your Space 03:36
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about

First released Stickylabel 2002
Digital rerelease 2019

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID:
"When can you fit my air conditioner?" David Messer, (Juice)
"This guy has got cloth ears." Chris Mazuak (Radio Birdman)
"Play something we can dance to." Mandy Sayer (Author)
"Have you seen my other boot?" Clinton Walker (Studio 22)
"What key is this song in again?" Toby Creswell (Rolling Stone)

STAR OF HEART is the first release of DATSON’S music. He was, way back in the dim distant recent past of rock, a member of the Sydney cult punk/surf band Surfside Six, and wrote their hit single 'Cool in the Tube'.
After that, he formed Samurai Trash, the first Australian band to sign with Virgin records. In Trash, DATSON explored looping with answering machine tapes, responsible for the ‘noises’ used in that band. He also made his own instruments and included folk instruments like the dulcimer in his textural repertoire of sound.

Samurai Trash unfortunately imploded soon after their first few singles, and following that disappointment, DATSON left for New York. As a result, he missed out on the flowering of Aus/rock during the 80s, so consequently, does not have the embarrassing skeleton in the closet of ever being photographed wearing a mullet. In New YorkDATSON worked with Dana Vlcek (Rebirth of Cool and now Abstract Truth) and spoken word siren Dana Bryant. Since then he has recorded hundreds of hours of music, andSTAR OF HEART is the first selection to make its way out of the Foster St studio.

For twenty-five years, DATSON has stuck to his guns and made his own music, when there was no market for individual song writing musicians making electronic music. He has been refining his material and now, the industry has caught up with his ear, and he is ready to put it out there.

Launched at the Foster St Warehouse studio where the music was made - afternoons in the company and sound of angels - in a room suffused with a glorious glow and moments in the presence of beautiful alchemy.

STAR OF HEART comprises a range of material, from the spoken word Ballad of Pinky and Pablo, to the high-energy Angel’s Commute. Filling the spectrum in between is a mix of funky pop (Velvet Scooter), love songs (Now and Forever) and beautiful evocative instrumentals (Mooring).

Geoffrey Datson thanks:
* 25 years of long suffering neighbours and flatmates, thank you;
* 25 years of difficult and unreliable genius band mates; from you I have learnt.
*all those people who've supported the work and advice over many, many years: Toby Creswell, David Messer & Cate, Helen Ryan, and Dave Bonnefoy for labouring through the tapes.
*everybody who's hung around arguing till the small hours, because it's only through argument we reach agreement. (the jury is still out on the mixing black debate.)
*DJ FuckHeaD who'll be turning up at a party near you to tamper with your records.
*Arc=Atom and Emma for extended use of turntables & records, along with numerous turntablists who've played the most exquisite of musics in the small hours. You guys gave me a whole new set of ears.
*Darrenator for doing production on the launch.
*And the musicians who are not finalised (so as to speak) yet.

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released June 16, 2019

Composer/Producer Geoffrey Datson
Exec Producer Annette Hughes

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GEOFFREY DATSON is a sound artist, combining spoken word, electronica and instrumentation in his recordings. Many poets recite their work to music, but few are also composers. Datson's work is a synthesis of forms of sonic expression in which the voice and the sound field are interdependent. ... more

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