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Seasons

by Dexter Story

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Love is underway Underway Course is set Green light straight to your love Underway to your heart On a course for desire Take my hand fly away with me Coming through to your soul All aboard young and old In the light we will see the truth Underway Course is set Green light straight to your love Underway Course is set Green light straight to your love Love is underway There’s a plan for us all Woman, man heed the call If you look in the sky Where the sun meets the eye Gather round take a seat Open up to be free Love is underway Feeling the sun on your face And wind blowing through your hair This is how good life can be Let the joy in your heart take you there Water’s azure blue on the reef White sand for miles on the beach Finding love on the coast of you Take the adventure of life with me Love is underway Feeling the sun on your face And wind blowing through your hair This is how good life can be Let the joy in your heart take you there Water’s azure blue on the reef White sand for miles on the beach Finding love on the coast of you Take the adventure of life with me Love is underway Feeling the sun on your face And wind blowing through your hair This is how good life can be Let the joy in your heart take you there Water’s azure blue on the reef White sand for miles on the beach Finding love on the coast of you Take the adventure of life with me Love is underway Love is underway Love is underway Love is underway
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Climbing into the hour Ahh Climbing into the hour Climbing into the hour Ahh Climbing into the hour Trying to find myself and all and all Climbing into the hour Ahh Climbing into the hour Climbing into the hour Ahh Climbing into the hour Trying to find myself and all and all
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God Sun Shine your love and light on everyone God Sun Make this world a brighter place for all God Sun Send your warmth and brilliance to the world God Sun Touch every man and woman boy and girl You make possible the day’s dawning You bring life to every living thing You provide renewal in the Spring I know who you are Salute from afar Without question you’re the star God Sun Rise and show your magnificent smile God Sun Bless the tender heart of every child God Sun Radiate your peace to all mankind God Sun Guide us through the darkness of our time You provide the Earth enlightenment Nourish us and keep our spirits fed You, I’ll never take for granted no I know who you are Love you with all my heart Without question you’re the star
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Everlasting moments come into view Eternal is the language we speak to you Universal colours fill our mind’s eye Open up the door Let your spirit soar As is... The is world Just let your spirit soar You've got the key Open the door Just let your spirit soar The is world You've got the key Open the door Infinity, forever the world spins Being in the present where it all begins Journey to the centre of the paradigm Open up some more Let your heart explore As is... The is world Just let your heart explore You’ve got the power Open more The is world You've got the key Open the door As is The state of being there As is It could be anywhere As is Find your reality As is Don’t fight the feeling As is... The is world Just let your heart explore You’ve got the power Open more The is more You’ve got the key Open the door As is The state of being there As is It could be anywhere As is Find your reality As is Don’t fight the feeling
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Gyre Song 03:56
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Paddle Boat 02:08
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Come along sunny day Take a ride on a wave Climb aboard, ocean play With me Youʼll see Free your mind get away Step inside the waterʼs warm Let it go Be who you are With me Youʼll see Join the fun splash around Feel the air hear the sounds Find yourself in the now With me Youʼll see
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Singing in the rain Dancing through the pain Smiling when you cry Living as you die Love is underneath it all Waiting to cushion your fall Take a breath and let it go That’s the only way you’ll know Feeling when you’re numb Staying as you run Forgiving when you’re mad Playing though you’re sad Love is underneath it all Waiting to cushion your fall Take a breath and let it go That’s the only way you’ll know Love is underneath it all Waiting to cushion your fall Take a breath and let it go That’s the only way you’ll know La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la Love is underneath it all Waiting to cushion your fall Take a breath and let it go That’s the only way you’ll know
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Summer feels the sun Shining light for everyone A new day has begun Autumn changes bring The falling of the leaves The wind we deeply breathe Make the most of your life dear Make the most of your time here Always give it your best shot Only live once so why not? Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Winter under snow We blanket when it’s cold Gather young and old Renewal in the spring We hear the robin sing How lucky you and me Make the most of your life dear Make the most of your time here Always give it your best shot Only live once so why not? Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Ahh ahh Make the most of your life dear Make the most of your time here Always give it your best shot Only live once so why not?
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Spring 03:05
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about

*Remixed and remastered* in 2020 by renowned engineer Andy Kravitz, Soundway presents Dexter Story's debut solo album Seasons, co-produced by Carlos Niño.

L.A. mainstay Dexter Story first released Seasons in 2013 - featuring guests from Los Angeles’ close-knit jazz and soul community, including Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Dwight Trible, and a then relatively-unknown Kamasi Washington.

For his debut album, Dexter Story looked to artists such as Bill Withers, Steely Dan, Donovan, and Earth Wind and Fire, for inspiration in creating a record that’s cosmically-minded, but wrapped in the folky, blue-eyed soul that Carlos Niño is known to regularly play.

The message that Dexter had in mind when writing these songs was one of optimism and empowerment, to create a classic record that would reward repeat listens, and grow with the listener, that could be enjoyed through several decades. Carlos made it his mission to ensure all the musical parts facilitated that message, and the result is an album steeped in powerful melodies and chord changes, stacked harmonies and deep feeling.

Album opener ‘Underway (Love Is)’ has echoes of Bobby Caldwell and ‘Sun Goddess’-era Ramsey Lewis, as steel pan and kalimbas combine with soaring strings and synths over a shuffling wood block groove to set the tone for the positive vibes to come.

The album is also interspersed with plenty of instrumentals. On ‘Blood Drip’, Dexter nods to his love of hip hop, and even the influence of The Cavern’s favourite sons get a nod on the penultimate track ‘Spring’, with its alternate rising and falling progressions.

That’s at the heart of ‘Seasons’, the rise and fall of the annual journey, the themes of death, rebirth and renewal. Some songs recall the warming, fiery crescendo to summer, while others hint at the cooling down to winter. ‘Seasons’ is about life and the planetary cycle, and in that sense it’s an album everyone can relate to.

In Dexter's own words:
"Seasons express the ever-changing aspect of the universe, the omnipresent ebb and flow of all life, the divine duality of our existence. They embody the beginning and end, destruction and renewal, birth and death, the folding inward and unfolding outward. Fire, water, matter, space. Cycles, continuum, infinity, eternal love... Our ancestors lived by the seasons. We live by the seasons. Our children will live by the seasons." - Dexter Story

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released December 4, 2020

Remixed and remastered in 2020 by Andy Kravitz
Artwork by Machine (Mark Klaverstijn & Paul du Bois-Reymond)

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East Africa-inspired music on Soundway Records by multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, arranger and ethnomusicologist Dexter Story. Stay updated about Story's releases, events and news at wondem (dot) com or book him at wondemmusic (@) gmail (dot) com. ... more

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