Bitter Boy (feat Jason Moran) [Edits & Carlos Niño & Nate Mercereau 'My Unique Boy' Remix]

by MidnightRoba

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beforeihadapager An astonishing piece of music. I'm not sure I've heard anything quite like it - somewhere between Sun Ra, Amina Claudine Myers and Max Roach's Members Don't Git Weary -- but *really* not any of those things! Such a moving listening experience, given the song is written from a mother's perspective on her Black boy's loss of innocence. Anguished and sorrowful and at once beautiful and transcendent. Favorite track: Bitter Boy (feat. Jason Moran) [Edit].

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1.	Bitter Boy (feat. Jason Moran) Carlos Niño & Nate Mercereau 'My Unique Boy' Remix 03:33	info	buy track
2.	Bitter Boy (feat. Jason Moran) [Edit] 06:26	lyrics	buy track
Can’t you tell trouble’s brewing here? Can’t you feel, can’t you feel it changing here? Where is it? What have you done with it? Bring it back, bring It back, I need him here I need him here I need him here Gentle souled, innocence stripped Holding back Hold him back! For fear of it Avert your eyes Raise your hands Fear will keep you alive Raise your hands Bitter hate Brewing bitter boy Oh, my boy Oh, my boy Don’t talk Don’t talk back Avert your eyes Raise your hands Fear will keep you alive I need him here I need him here I need him here I need him here I need him here Oh, my boy O, my boy

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Bitter Boy, as heard on MidnightRoba's 'Golden Seams' LP, is a song in two parts; a Mother's Plea and a Mother's Lament. Part I is a cry of the loss of innocence and the truths faced by parents of black children - the conversations that need to be had to protect them and the helplessness of not knowing if it will be enough.

Bitter Boy features the piano of Jason Moran
jasonmoran.bandcamp.com

In their 'My Unique Boy' Remix, Carlos Niño & Nate Mercereau transform the wails of lament of Part II into the energy of meditative prayer, summoning a healing strength.

Carlos Niño
intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/more-energy-fields-current
carlosnino.bandcamp.com

Nate Mercereau
natemercereau.bandcamp.com

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released April 23, 2021

MidnightRoba - Bitter Boy (feat. Jason Moran)
"My Unique Boy" Remix
by Carlos Niño & Nate Mercereau

Carlos Niño - Editing, Mixing, Arrangement, and added Percussion
Nate Mercereau - added Guitar Synth, Sampler, Drums, and Mixing
Roba – Voice, Vocal Arrangement, Original Production and Composition
Jason Moran - Piano
Ben Williams - Bass

MidnightRoba - Bitter Boy (feat. Jason Moran) [edit]
Roba – Voice, Arrangement, Percussion
Jason Moran - Piano
Tony Nwachukwu – Drum Programming
Ben Williams - Bass
Written and Produced by Roba El-Essawy
Mixed by Tony Nwachukwu
Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis

Cover based on original art by Yosra El-Essawy

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MidnightRoba is UK-based vocalist/producer Roba El-Essawy, the voice of electronic trio Attica Blues.

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