maybe, I am waiting to be well
wildflowers fall behind my eyes
and maybe I am dancing with myself
ooh, darling, run away with me

I look at you, with crystal eyes
wait alone as midnight falls away
wander through a garden in the sun
and wait for it to gently fade away

maybe, I am waiting to be well
wildflowers fall behind my eyes
and maybe I am dancing with myself
ooh, darling, run away with me”

Bandcamp: https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/wildflowers
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Xmb9GKlBKmp97WNc9lOVh?si=8QyRgjXTRZSXbpHOysd9DQ
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sunspireofficial/

Sunspire is Jack Jazrawry-Brown from the British countryside (Wiltshire). He currently lives in Birmingham and creates dream pop music with influences of lofi hip/hop from his university bedroom. His debut album “Ruins By The Sea” is set to be released, as a cassette on our label Crafting Room Recordings, in May of this year.

“Wildflowers is one of the more abstract tracks on the album, painting a picture of a night of dimly remembered beauty and vague travels through dark streets. Present too is a more general sense of days slipping past unnoticed, passing through life in a state of meditative calm as the world falls to chaos in the background.

Wildflowers features two primary sounds: swirling glide guitar and heavily chorused synths, tied together by driving sidechained drums and weighty bass. The vocal production is sparse, allowing the lyrics to cut through the flowing wash of sound below. The song is held back in the verse, allowing the lead part to soar when the chorus kicks in.”

Written and recorded by Sunspire (Jack Jazrawy-Brown) in university halls, Wildflowers paints a picture of a night of dimly remembered beauty and hazy travels through dark streets. On this track, Sunspire combines his haunting vocals with a fast paced and upbeat style, the result of half a year spent honing his songwriting and production. Throughout, swirling synths and flowing, multi-tracked guitars build to a climactic chorus, with memorable lyrics and a catchy hook-filled melody.

Released March 21, 2021
Written, Recorded and Mixed by Jack Jazrawry-Brown
Mastered by Archie Sagers
Art by Jack Jazrawy-Brown

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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I walked to watch the sunset as the leaves fell from the trees
and found myself adrift upon imaginary seas
I wandered through the gateway and I waited by the shore
I let the tide wash over me as I sank once more”

Bandcamp:
https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/delirious-2
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Xmb9GKlBKmp97WNc9lOVh?si=x4-DdBnZTriRptHebt00rQ
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sunspireofficial/

Sunspire is Jack Jazrawry-Brown from the British countryside (Wiltshire). He currently lives in Birmingham and creates dream pop music with influences of lofi hip/hop from his university bedroom. His debut album “Ruins By The Sea” is set to be released, as a cassette on our label Crafting Room Recordings, in May of this year.

Delirious is the second single from Sunspire’s debut album. It combines beautiful swirling acoustic guitar, effect laden electric, powerful bass and ethereal vocals to create memorable dream pop track.

Released April 11, 2021
Written, Recorded and Mixed by Jack Jazrawy-Brown
Mastered by Archie Sagers
Art by Jack Jazrawry-Brown

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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mmmm and I miss you already, and I wish you were here
I’ve never had a dream like this before
and I miss you already, and I wish you were here
I’ve never seen you like this before
I’ve never had a dream like this before

a haze of greyish mist appears upon the ruined castle on the hill
what’s it have to take for me to make myself believe that this is real
I see you in my sleep already, it’s only been a matter of days
I stare into your eyes but suddenly I find there’s nothing to say

mmmm and I miss you already, and I wish you were here
I’ve never had a dream like this before
and I miss you already, and I wish you were here
I’ve never seen you like this before

mmmm and I miss you already, and I wish you were here
I’ve never had a dream like this before
and I miss you already, and I wish you were here
I’ve never seen you like this before

I’ve never had a dream like you before
I’ve never had a dream like you before”

Bandcamp:
https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/see-you-in-my-sleep-2
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Xmb9GKlBKmp97WNc9lOVh?si=x4-DdBnZTriRptHebt00rQ
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sunspireofficial/

“See You In My Sleep” is the third and final single from Sunspire’s debut album. This track is the closer for the album and acts as a summation and conclusion to the wonderful sounds explored throughout its’ runtime. Combining sombre acoustic guitar with reverb laden swirling guitar and whispered vocals creates a beautiful sense of calm and euphoria.

Sunspire is Jack Jazrawry-Brown from the British countryside (Wiltshire). He currently lives in Birmingham and creates dream pop music with influences of lofi hip/hop from his university bedroom. His debut album “Ruins By The Sea” is set to be released, as a cassette on our label Crafting Room Recordings, in May of this year.

released May 2, 2021
Written, Recorded and Mixed by Jack Jazrawry-Brown
Mastered by Archie Sagers
Art by Jack Jazrawry-Brown

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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Moving to Afrika in the dead of night
I’m off to pack my bags and to book a flight
Moving to Afrika where the sun shines
Maybe Namibia
I’ve heard it’s real nice

And the dusty roads will lead me there
Where everyone lives without a care
Maybe then I can escape
Live out my own nomadic tale

Moving to Afrika in the dead of night
I’m off to pack my bags and to book a flight
Moving to Afrika where the sun shines
Maybe Namibia
I’ve heard it’s real nice

Moving to Afrika
I’m moving to Afrika
Moving to Afrika
I’m moving to Afrika”

https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/moving-to-afrika

Baltimore at an Angles returns with the first single off his 2nd album! After deleting the album off all streaming services last year, Grant has reworked the tracks and, with the help of Archie, they re-mixed and mastered.

Baltimore at an Angles is Grant Gillingham from Bournemouth, England. He creates jangly indie rock songs from his home on an extremely low budget, recording all vocals with apple earphones and all guitars through I-Rig.

This new direction represents a higher fidelity of sound but the fuzzy vocals and jangly guitar that made his debut unique are still present in the single and the rest of the album.

releases May 14, 2021
Written and Recorded by Grant Gillingham
Bass by Archie Sagers
Mixed and Mastered by Archie Sagers

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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1 – Sirensong (0.00)
2 – Wildflowers (2.49)
3 – Delirious (7.03)
4 – Ruins By The Sea (9.51)
5 – My Worlds Are Yours (12.41)
6 – Echo Down (16.14)
7 – The Waves (18.48)
8 – Halogen Sun (22.05)
9 – See You In My Sleep (25.29)

https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ruins-by-the-sea

Sunspire is Jack Jazrawry-Brown from the British countryside (Wiltshire). He currently lives in Birmingham and creates dream pop music with influences of lofi hip/hop from his university bedroom. His debut album “Ruins By The Sea” is set to be released, as a cassette on indie label Crafting Room Recordings, May 23rd of this year.

“‘Ruins By The Sea’ is my first fully produced album, and the culmination of two years of songwriting and producing. The first demo for the opening track, ‘Sirensong,’ was completed in July of 2020 in the midst of the UK’s coronavirus lockdown. In comparison to much of the album, this is a rather gloomy track; inspired by myths of sailors lured onto the rocks by the siren’s beautiful song, it reflects a collective time of hopelessness in all of our lives. But, as the album progresses a general sense of hope is established – despite the occasional melancholy of the lyrics, I hope that the overall message is one of joy, a reflection of a year perhaps not so full of despair after all.

The album is a serious departure from my first EP, ‘Euphoria’ – the lo-fi production and vague lyricism of those songs has been replaced by cleaner, catchier songwriting, with new production methods being explored as the album progresses. The addition of a quality microphone to my bedroom studio has been hugely important to the more professional sound of this record; vocals are clear and with audible lyrics, and the inclusion of acoustic guitar on many tracks is a key addition to the sound of the album. In later songs, I also began to experiment with alternative guitar tunings, most notably my own adaption of Nick Drake’s most commonly used open tuning.

Lyrically, this album explores numerous themes – despite the sense of stagnation that 2020 introduced, personally it was a year of change, with a move across the country to the University of Birmingham. A lot of the record deals with the effect of that change, most significantly to relationships with friends and family – while some songs are wistful and reminiscent, there is a continuing sense of joy at life and change taking place, against the odds. Opening up to more personal lyrics has allowed this album to become something intensely meaningful to me personally – a record of the emotions, both painful and uplifting, that I have experienced over the past six months.”

Reviews:

“featherlight male vocals alternating dreamy hums, angsty broods, and intoxicating echoes into a seemingly weightless pastoral atmosphere of tranquil bliss.” – WhiteLightWhiteHeat
credits
releases May 23, 2021

All songs written and produced by Jack Jazrawy-Brown.
Mastered by Archie Sagers.
Special thanks to Ellie for her beautiful vocals on halogen sun,
and to Archie for his continual support and friendship.

the tree is stripped,
all colour, fragrance gone,
yet already on the bough,
uncaring spring!
– ikkyu

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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Sunspire’s debut album, which features “The Waves”, is now available on the label bandcamp for vinyl pre-order! There is an extremely limited number available which will include a poster and will be signed by the artist.

https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ruins-by-the-sea

“imagine, that this is the last time we are here
floating above the bottomless green
imagine, that this is the last time the waves
are quite like this, quite like this

and what if I am lost in a far off place
where the sun is not the same
and what if I return to a different sky
a strange and distant plane

and ooooh, I can barely picture it
if I could see it then, what now
and ooooh, beneath the opal sky
I watch the distant lives, and mine”

Sunspire’s debut album “Ruins By The Sea” is out now on indie label Crafting Room Recordings. Pre-order the cassette here:
https://craftingroomrecordings.bandca…

Follow Sunspire:
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/track/0NL95I…
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/sunspireoff…
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09qD…

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Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crafting_room/
Website – https://craftingroomrecordings.co.uk/
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Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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Bandcamp: https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/gold-again
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/27ynE6auB8FakobhIENLTW?si=3-nWVPqQShup5asnw32Umw&dl_branch=1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archie_sagers/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArchieSagers

Label Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crafting_room/
Label Twitter: https://twitter.com/crafting_room
Label YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY_H8aUrjvI8iHobz5mi9sQ

“I live my life
Young and Old
Bright in spring
Living gold

All his leaves
Will fall at length
And look he stands
With naked strength

Like the oak
It’s then and now
Trunk and bough
Will lean to bow

The summer’s-rich
And autumn changed
Sober-hued
It’s gold again

Flowers blocking all my sight
Went to start a new
And I left that night

Silver streaming through the panes
The oak will guide
Til gold again”

Archie returns with the first single from his upcoming E.P. Gold Again features a driving post-punk bassline with warm chorus laded dreamy guitars, soft synthesiser, deep vocals and beautiful harmonies. The track was written in the summer of 2020 but was only fully developed in Archie’s small bedroom during the dark winter months.

The lyrics are based on a classic poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson called “The Oak”. The song went through a few different development stages before the final version you hear here today. Jasmine lends her soft voice and vocal harmonies during the chorus section of the track and also her film expertise for the music video which she directed and stared in.

Archie’s new E.P. will be released in September of this year and features his best crafted songs to date, telling his story of moving away and falling in love.

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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Bandcamp:
https://craftingroomrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/shes-a-mirage

Lyrics:
“It’s the time she’s coming back And she sits down with her medicine Her notebook is a-fillin’ up With thoughts that she’s not good enough

She needs assurance That she is perfect Look in the mirror Critics from the Guardian Like a haircut that is far too long You can’t wake up and fly out of the door

She’s high maintenance And a problem She’s a mirage

It’s the time she’s coming back And she sits down with her medicine Her notebook is a-fillin’ up With thoughts that she’s not good enough

Clasping her hairbrush What damage will she do? Out on the town for a plastic pink parade Watching on the sidelines Full of awe and stuff Rodents are cute if they are material

It makes no sense to me Set me free It makes no sense to me Please set me free”

She’s a Mirage is the second single from Baltimore at an Angle’s 2nd album “I’m a Victor”. Combining jangly guitar and catchy bass hooks, Gilligham’s new track captures the essence of 80s indie from his bedroom in Bournemouth. Gilligham’s more collaborative approach with his second album presents the label founder, Archie Sagers, on bass for this track.

Baltimore at an Angle is G. Gillingham and he creates jangly indie rock songs from his home on an extremely low budget, recording all vocals with apple earphones and all guitars through I-Rig.

This new direction represents a higher fidelity of sound but the fuzzy vocals and jangly guitar that made his debut unique are still present in the single and the rest of the album.

Written and Recorded by G. Gillingham
Bass and Artwork by Archie Sagers
Mixed and Mastered by Archie Sagers

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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Glitter is the second and final single from Archie’s upcoming E.P. “New Colours In The Sky”. It features sparkling guitars and an atmosphere reminiscent of a still city in the midnight rain. Distorted bass chords give power to the melodic chorus and nostalgic synths drift in and out.

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/3IIedFP98iVQp1DfXjwihd?si=43b6fd0411314c4b

This song was written in the second national lockdown in the U.K. Archie captures a rainy evening in Brighton where street lights reflected off the floor like fireworks and glittered in the falling rain.

Archie’s new E.P. will be released September 12th of this year and features his best crafted songs to date, telling his story of moving away and falling in love.

lyrics:
Soaked, Stumbling in the rain
Passing through empty streets again
The wind throws me to the ground
Other than you, there’s no sound

Violet swirls occupy my sight
Glitter falls from the sky
And I know the moon is full tonight
Light is bouncing off your eyes

Walking past lines of cars
Blinding lights fill the floor with stars
Tonight is only the start
And I’m warm in the jacket of your arms

I think I am just my eyes
Reaching forward, for the flood
And I’m stuck on the door, on the way in

Credits:
released July 30, 2021
Written, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Archie Sagers
Artwork by Jasmine and Archie

For Jas

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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Baltimore at an Angle is G. Gillingham and he creates jangly indie rock songs from his home on an extremely low budget, recording all vocals with apple earphones and all guitars through I-Rig.

This new direction represents a higher fidelity of sound but the fuzzy vocals and jangly guitar that made his debut unique are still present in the album.

Gillingham chose to work with Archie Sagers for this album. Every song was sent to Archie for mixing and tidying up. Bass riffs, synthesizer flairs and creative reverb are present throughout the runtime and are a mark of Archie’s production. The collaboration between the two musicians brings an interesting departure from Gilligham’s usual lofi aesthetic.
credits
released August 10, 2021

All songs written and recorded by Grant Gillingham
Between summer 2018 and summer 2020

Mixed and Mastered by Archie Sagers
Bass on tracks 3-9 by Archie Sagers

Published by Crafting Room Recordings
Artwork and Cassette Design by Archie Sagers

Cover artwork from
Ædes Hartwellianæ, or notices of the Mansion of Hartwell.
by William Henry SMYTH (supplied by the British Library)

C R R _ 0 1 9

Independent record label based in Brighton -Dream Pop – Indie Rock – Ambient Music – Founded 2019 by Archie Sagers

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