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‘Mikayla’ released NOV 15th on ‘Swamp Sandwich’ EP
Swamp Music Players – Mikayla (Featuring Steve Greene)
Original Single
VICTORIA, Canada
Release Date: 15th Nov 2024
In Summary
Swamp Music Players, hailing from Victoria BC, Canada, deliver a captivating narrative in their latest original single, “Mikayla.” Led by founder John Edward Kayden, the core group paints a vivid picture of the emotion behind a love gone awry due to the pursuit of fleeting pleasures. Collaborating with Detroit artist and producer Steve Greene, the track was revitalized, infusing new energy and emotion into the story of a lover scorned and disappointed. Greene’s involvement as both a featured artist and producer adds a unique depth to the song, elevating it to new heights with his brilliant performances and production values.
Released on 15th Nov 2024, “Mikayla” stands out for its raw and authentic approach, avoiding overproduction to maintain a retro-futuristic quality reminiscent of past decades of electronic and garage rock.
The song delves into the enigmatic world of “scene girls,” exploring their
passion for art amidst toxic environments. Recorded at Steve Greene’s Battlechamber music studio in Detroit, the song takes listeners on a journey through haunting melodies and evocative lyrics, showcasing the intersection of retro-rock and retro-tech in a truly unique musical experience.
Q & A
Tell us about the key contributors to this project.
Song by the core group of Swamp Music Players with lyrics and chorus composed by John
Edward Kayden. John Edward Kayden is the founder of the Swamp Music Players and had
written and composed the idea of a song about a love that went wrong due to a frivolous and inconstant girls relentless pursuit of happiness by abusing anything that brought immediate pleasure and her pathologically using people to achieve her temporary goals. The song is about how always taking the most easy path often results in a very difficult life that people who chase expedient pleasures ironically are the least happy and live miserable lives.
The song was long an abandoned project until Detroit artist and producer Steve Greene decided to helm the production and re-compose the track , perform vocals and the instrumental performances. The song Mikayla was a unique opportunity for Steve Greene who often mixed and mastered songs by Swamp Music Players to become more involved and become the featured artist on one of our songs. Steve Greene’s brilliant performances and production values brought a new energy to ‘Mikayla’ with his input that the song would be from the emotional focus of a lover scorned and disappointed.
Q – What’s the story behind this release?
The song is really about the phenomena of the most obsessive and unique “scene girls” that haunt downtown after music shows. Not just your regular fan and definitely an outsider that is on the periphery and often attracts sketchy peer group of downtown artists , junkies and runaways. The scene girls that often are very passionate about art and highly curated esoteric interest in music but only as a consumer and rarely pursue their own artist talent. These scene girls often are both emotionally abused and abusive and vanish from the music scene to become solitary or vanish under mysterious circumstances. Strong in passion for art but often surrounded by toxic ne’er-do-wells.
Q- Tell us what makes this release stand out and why it’s significant
Steve Greene’s brilliance and acumen as both a producer and a musician really elevates the
track. The song was purposely raw and not overproduced using various authentic recording
techniques using retro technology to give the song a retro-futuristic quality of previous decades of electronic rock and garage rock.
Q- Where did the recording take place?
The recordings took place entirely at Steve Greene’s Battlechamber music studio in the city of Detroit.
Q- What was unique about the recording process?
Steve Greene was only given the lyrics and the chorus progression to work with but was able to construct the song as it was intended from scratch!
Q – Could you share a memorable quote about this release or your journey as an artist?
“The song has been reimagined an almost retro-futuristic Cyberpunk quality to its LoFi-Rock , its the fusion of retro-rock and retro-tech gives it the feel of Garage Rock they would listen to in Neuromancer or Max-Headroom universe.
Q- Is there anything additional that would be valuable for curators to know?
Steve Greene is owner of the Battle Chamber studio as well as a musician, film composer and 1/3 of the band Voyag3r. Steve Greene is notable for composing the score for the soundtrack of the film “New York Ninja”. https://battlechamber.com
https://swampmusicplayers.bandcamp.com/track/mikayla-feat-steve-greene
‘Mikayla’ Featuring and Produced by Steve Greene , was Mixed and Mastered at Steve Greene’s Battlechamber music studio in Detroit !
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Swamp Wizard !
October saw the release of ‘Swamp Wizard’ single featuring Steve Craik by Swamp Music Players! With a great response to our Spotify and Youtube channel our hopes are high for the continued success of the single as it will be the lead track of our exciting EP ‘Swamp Sandwich’ ! in late October !
Swamp Wizard ( Mago del pantano!)
With a special guest appearance by the Swamp Wizard himself on outro-solo electric guitar. ‘Swamp Wizard’ the song is a celebration of Swamp Blues and modern swamp music. In the survival of the genres Swamp Music Players international music collective is keeping the scene alive by creating new and subversive music steeped in tradition but with a resto-mod philosophy. The Swamp Wizard represents the fury of nature and not messing with those that have fallen from grace, amen brother!
Featuring Steve Craik on vocals
and special guest the Swamp Wizard himself on the screaming guitar solo.
lyrics
Swamp Wizard he roar at the storm
Swamp Wizard, he roar at the storm…..oooh yeah…
He come to your land, He drink from your well
He come to your land, He drink from your well
Swamp Wizard, He’s the morning star lawd , he a beast!
morning star ….His daughters in the parking lot , behind the liquor store
morning star ….His daughters in the parking lot , behind the liquor store
Don’t go there no more , Don’t go there no more
Swamp Wizard he roar at the storm
Swamp Wizard, he roar at the storm…..oooh yeah…
He come to your land, He drink from your well
He come to your land, He drink from your well
Swamp Wizard, He’s the morning star lawd , he a beast!
credits
released October 1, 2024
Steve Craik – vocals
Evert Pater – bass and rhythm guitar
Geoff Mason – drums and percussion
Ronin Doris – psychedelic guitar solos
Keys performance by guest Steve Greene.
Special guest The Swamp Wizard – screaming guitar solo
Mixed and mastered in Detroit’s Battlechamber by Steve Greene.