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Electric Matter - EP

by Hill & The Sky Heroes

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1.
Feel It 03:47
FEEL IT (H. Kourkoutis) Right now your heart is sinking in hot water Yet somehow it radiates a light And this tide that pulls you even closer Is the slow ride of an old love at first sight And I’m gonna feel it Right now the world is screaming torture Yet somehow the stars are whispering our names You are the one, we could be two When world's collide we’ll push on through We’ll chase the stars and catch the moon Let go of the shore it’s coming soon Right now electric matter comes in waves And I’m gonna feel it I know we’ll wake it, I know you'll feel it too I know we’ll take it, I know you'll feel it too I know we’ll break it, I know you’ll feel it too I know we’ll make it, I know you’ll feel it too Til then, I’m gonna feel it © 2015 Hill Kourkoutis from ‘Electric Matter’ - EP
2.
In Your Eyes 04:01
IN YOUR EYES (H. Kourkoutis) There must be something in the way I hang from every word you're breathing, baby Is this another mistake Or in the shadows is there something, maybe? I see a look in your eyes What is a girl to do? It shouldn't come as a surprise That I am falling for you We can mess around and back on down Or we can find out what is true Fake and make but I can’t shake it And now I’m stuck on you Oh, it’s in the things that you do Oh, it’s in the things that you do You creep in corners of my mind I’m climbing up the walls to hear you lately I don’t know what I will find And I can’t help but feel I’m going crazy I saw that look in your eyes What is a girl to do? It shouldn't come as a surprise That I am dying for you We can mess around and back on down Or we can find out what is true Fake and make but I can’t shake it And now I’m stuck on you Oh, it’s in the things that you do Oh, it’s in the things that you do Maybe I’ll take a number So I can wait in line I’ll be the last one standing ‘Cause you’re a goldmine You are a rolling thunder That is your only crime But a lust that’s left behind’s a bomb time We can mess around and back on down Or we can find out what is true Fake and make but I can’t shake it And now I’m stuck on you Oh, it’s in the things that you do Oh, it’s in the things that you do I saw that look in your eyes It shouldn't come as a surprise © 2015 Hill Kourkoutis from ‘Electric Matter’ - EP
3.
BEAT’S IN THE BODY (H. Kourkoutis/S. Ryder) Walking in a straight line’s probably impossible The party’s in the bass line, move your body, beautiful Summer angel baby’s got an unbreakable heart of gold Yeah we’re dancing to the sunrise, we’re the only ones we know Keep on jumping, something’s coming The beats in the body and the body’s in the drumming It’ll be alright, It’ll be okay If we keep on dancing the night away Pounding on the pavement dancing like a skeleton Look at us embracing being who we’ve never been Wash us in the moonlight til we don't know where the end begins Yeah, we’ve been doing backflips calling up our next of kin Keep on jumping, something’s coming The beats in the body and the body’s in the drumming It’ll be alright, It’ll be okay If we keep on dancing the night away © 2015 Hill Kourkoutis and Serena Ryder from ‘Electric Matter’ – EP
4.
Who Am I 04:52
WHO AM I (K. Gonzales/H. Kourkoutis) Eat, drink, die, then you’re gone Hail Mary, I've seem to come undone And the days that run through my hands lose their meaning But I keep on holding on Sleep all day, lie awake at night Just crawl and hide from the world outside Tell me who am I, who are you? You got yourself figured out Then it falls through the cracks Dream, sleep, cry and move on Shapeshifter, you're seeing it all wrong ‘Cause the walls you’ve built disagree with your maker And you don’t seem to belong This disguise can’t fool those wandering eyes So crawl outside or life will pass you by Tell me who am I, who are you? You got yourself figured out Then it falls through the cracks I just don't know what I see I’m looking in the mirror I am looking for me But just don't know what I see So I'm looking in the mirror Keep on searching in the mirror Tell me who am I, who are you? You got yourself figured out Then you fall through the cracks Tell me who am I, who are you? In this life, am I true? You got it all figured out Then it falls through the cracks, yeah When the silence breaks the sound … © 2015 Hill Kourkoutis and Krista Gonzales from ‘Electric Matter’ – EP

about

Upon spending the better part of a decade touring with the likes of Serena Ryder and The Weeknd, directing music videos for Mother Mother and Sass Jordan and producing/writing for The Cliks and Eh440, Hill Kourkoutis is harnessing her many talents and experiences into one creative endeavor. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, the award-winning songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, filmmaker and proclaimed modern-day Renaissance Woman began performing and recording under the nom de band Hill & The Sky Heroes in 2011. Following a three year hiatus, The Sky Heroes are releasing the follow-up to their 2012 debut, ’11:11’, the collaborative effort which featured many of her peers from the Toronto music scene including Adrian Eccleston (Drake/Kylie Minogue), Doc McKinney (The Weeknd/Esthero), Serena Ryder, Donna Grantis (Prince and 3RD EYE GIRL), Saidah Baba Talibah and Martha & The Muffins.
 ’11:11’ was released to critical acclaim and saw sync placements on Degrassi: The Next Generation (MuchMusic, Canada/Teen Nick, USA), Offspring (Network Ten, Australia) and the film Pulling Strings (Traziende Producciones, Mexico).

The sophomore release, ‘The Great Year’, will consist of a trilogy of EP’s released over the course of a year, slowly revealing the body of a sophomore LP. When asked what Kourkoutis wishes to achieve with ‘The Great Year’, she remarks “My desire is to take the listener on a journey in relative real-time. Each EP is being released within a month of being written and recorded. It is an experiment in not only diving deeper within myself and my voice as an artist but about being candidly open in the creative process with those who listen along the way. ‘The Great Year’ will reveal an evolution in its sounds and subject matter. I want to challenge the popular music we have come to love yet honour it by maintaining an air of nostalgia. I want to explore and unite the paradigms of darkness and light that surround us all daily. It is a traditional concept album that is being released in a not-so-traditional fashion and an inspired journey of coming to terms with being human through mutual observation”.

The first inklings of these sentiments are apparent from the first EP in the trilogy series. Quietly released in January 2015, ‘Dark Days’, shows a departure from Hill & The Sky Heroes’ debut collaborative effort. With the exception of the dark disco/pop anthem “Don’t Be The Mistake,” co-written with Derek Downham (Andy Kim/The Beauties), the self-produced, written, performed and mixed EP exemplifies the introspective dichotomy between contempt, resistance and a longing for love and purpose on a material level. The lead single “The Flame” has been slowly gaining traction since March 2015, seeing adds on Top 40 radio and entries into the Top 20 charts of Campus/Community radio stations across the country. The follow-up EP, ‘Electric Matter’, released in May 2015, contains 4 songs, each engaging an eclectic amalgam of alt pop, electro and dark soul. The subject matter on ‘Electric Matter’ deals with a more cellular approach to Kourkoutis’ realizations on life and love and features two collaborations in the form of co-writes from fellow Sky Heroes. Graph Gonzales (Hawksley Workman/Esthero/Clipse) lends her voice and writing to the hauntingly cinematic hip-hop inspired grooves of “Who Am I” and Juno award-winning artist Serena Ryder contributes to the hypnotically sultry rhythms of “Beat’s In The Body”. The third EP, ‘Mystics’, is slated for a September 2015 release, where more Sky Heroes collaborators will be revealed. Bear witness as ‘The Great Year’ unravels in 2015 and Hill & The Sky Heroes’ quest from darkness to light reveals itself.

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released May 26, 2015

Produced, Written, Performed and Mixed by Hill Kourkoutis
Except "Beat's In The Body" Written by Hill Kourkoutis and Serena Ryder and "Who Am I" Written by Hill Kourkoutis and Graph Gonzales. Additional Background Vocals on "Who Am I" by Graph Gonzales.

Recorded and Mixed at The Lair (Toronto, ON)
Mastered by Brett Zilahi at Joao Carvalho Mastering (Toronto, ON)

Artwork by Hill Kourkoutis
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Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Hill Kourkoutis, award-winning songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker began performing and recording under the nom de band Hill & The Sky Heroes in 2011. Following a three year hiatus, The Sky Heroes are releasing the sequel to their 2012 debut, ’11:11’, a conceptual series of EP's collectively known as "The Great Year". ... more

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