shadowboxing heroes (mixes and monologues)

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    • "SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!" VINNY DA VINCI, SA
    • "Excellent... Nice Package!" MARQUES WYATT
    • "I always support music i love.... this is bliss..." KING BRITT
    • "wonderful voice.. very impressive collection" ANDY WARD, UK
    • "this whole album is dope! LOVE IT!!" MR.V, SOLE CHANNEL NYC
    • "new favourite vocalist...This album is a jewel" SOUL HEAVEN, UK
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• "SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!" VINNY DA VINCI, SA

• "Excellent...Nice Package!" MARQUES WYATT

• "I always support music i love.... this is bliss..." KING BRITT

• "wonderful voice.. very impressive collection" ANDY WARD, UK

• "this whole album is dope! LOVE IT!!" MR.V, SOLE CHANNEL NYC

• "Love this EP. I know of Veda's past work and she deserves to be a star." QUENTIN HARRIS

• "An amazing album showcasing Jai Veda's unlimited talents..." MIKE FOSSATI, SPIRIT OF HOUSE, SWITZERLAND

• "Excellent. Once again...nice collection of tracks" DAZ-I-KUE, BUGZ IN THE ATTIC

• "You can take the album teaser off repeat now. Jaidene Veda this week released her new album, shadowboxing heroes (mixes and monologues), and simply just draws out the tease. Whew...Her beginning hums on "Open Love Letter" take us straight to Meshell Ndegeocello nostalgia as she then transitions into straight seductress spoken word, tightening her grip on your poor, poor heart" GIANT STEP, NYC

• "lovin the album!!! brilliant productions!!!!" APHREME, OCTAVE MOODS

• "WOW! This is goosebump Music. Love all tracks & feel the soul behind every one." DEEP GROOVE RADIO, GERMANY

• "Really don't know where to start?! This is one massive album, respect" QH RADIO, NETHERLANDS

• "such a great vocalist, subtle sexy always brings class to the music" JOE SILVERO, DISTANT PEOPLE, UK

• "I never heard a Jaidene Veda record I didn't like. Album is. On point. Has the Veda trademarks, but you can hear and feel the next level of growth." KRISTI LOMAX, 90.7 FM KPFK LA

• I was already fascinated by "Pisces Pendulum" and I'm really pleased to get new stuff from this talented artist. Full Support!!" Black Mighty Wax aka Cesare Cera GRU RADIO

• “What a lovely project from Jai, whose vocals and songs you only can love. There’s too many nice songs on her new album to decide about a favourite one, so go and just get the whole CD - you want regret it!” RALF GUM, GOGO MUSIC GERMANY/SA

• "the most difficult thing on such a class release is choosing one fave...special mention for WHEN, where Veda teams up with renown wordsmith and lyrical heroine Ursula Rucker... a truly beautiful album from this fan-funded & genuinely music-loving artist!" PHEEL, BRAZIL

• "My new favourite female vocalist. It's rare we we respond to promos anymore as it is not to often we find a diamond in the rough. This is so much more than a diamond. This album is a jewel that will shine on. Precious, timeless, a wonderfully programmed masterpiece." SOUL HEAVEN, UK

• "I'm a big fan of Jaidene's work anyway & yet again she hasn't disappointed. This album is a classic example of her talents both to perform & write Solo as well as collaboratively. Definitly going to be supporting this both on my show & live dates!!"" DOWNTOWNSOUL. UK

• "Really nice love Jaidene's vocal just so easy to listen to and coupled with some really nice soulful production. Quality like this doesn't come often, when it does I embrace it. Full support" DJP DJ & SEO Pressure Radio, UK

• "As always I expect nothing less than absolute quality and beauty from Jaidene and as always she delivers yet again! Colors Of My Love is going right into rotation. Congrats girl, job well done!" MASTER KEV, NYC

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released 27 November 2012

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tags: canadian electronic jazz fusion dance music down tempo downtempo electronica house lounge nu jazz soul spoken word Canada

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After three co-written & self-produced indie albums, two Billboard club singles, and several international chart topping ep's including 'SUNDAY' & 'SOUL SIZE LOVE', Jaidene Veda has become a recognizable voice in both the underground house community & top 40 club circuits around the world. Often described as "Bjork meets Sade", UK's 'Kula Records' recently dubbed her a "modern day Tracey Thorn". ... more

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Track Name: Undergroundvibe & J.Veda ft Ejoe Wilson - 1.open love letter
"what if. what if. what if...
what if i wrote you a love letter,
what if i recorded it over a love song,
signed it anonymously,
would you still take me seriously,
would you take me to your next poetry slam
no matter i shy i pretend i am,
that's how we'd meet you know,
pretending...
that you weren't just watching me dancing,
pretending, wishing…
that you weren't just up close to the mic,
but over here up in my ear,
pretending, wishing, knowing...
ooh i'd know that voice of yours anywhere,
just like you should know the smell of my hair,
just come a little closer

but i'll stay til the end,
after all my girl is the DJ,
and you know she just played my song...
"sweeter love"
cuz i'd sing to you,
if you came by, for tea for two,
we could leaf through records...
we could make our own,
i wish you'd come sing to me
(like that, like that...)"
Track Name: Anthony Nicholson ft Jaidene Veda - 2.the essence (SAY HEY) interlude
*from the forthcoming ANTHONY NICHOLSON LP
(courtesy Miquifaye Music)

written, produced, mixed & arranged by Anthony Nicholson
vocals performed by J.Veda
additional keys by William Kurk
guitar by David Sampsonic Sampson
recorded and mixed at Miquifaye Studios, Chicago
Track Name: Monodeluxe ft Jaidene Veda - 3.change (OSAZE SLOW MOTION MIX)
"time. time won't change a thing
and i, i don't wanna think, that you, can't see past me,
just cuz i can't see, while trapped inside of 'me'

time. time won't change a thing
and i, i don't wanna think
that waiting, and wanting, and needing
is how we're s'pposed to be
but time to time change is what you think
that time after time if you change the lil things
that you can't see, 'past' me
but it's me, me trapped inside of 'me'

i got this mad disease, and it's in my mind
but i got this real dis ease, cuz i'm so unkind
to the maker that made me, to the Saviour that saved me
to the one who knew, that this is how i be,
yes this is how He made me (He made me)
He meant to make me, just how He made me"
Track Name: 4.JOSH MILAN vocal interlude
JOSH MILAN
http://honeycombmusicstore.com
https://twitter.com/JoshFromBlaze
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Josh-Milan/260821323951180?fref=ts

performed, recorded & mixed by J.Milan (HONEYCOMB MUSIC LLC)

mastered by Jamey Harrow
Track Name: 5.shadowboxing heroes (Alexandra Hampton downtempo mix)
"i look i see, black and white, a memory
come back, come see, colourful but simple dreams
lone mirror, lone girl, shadowboxing heroes,
lone fear, lone world, head over our heels

(du du-ah de-noh...)

don't say, don't see, all you are, all you wanna be
wake up, baby breathe (baby breathe)
wake up, baby breathe
you're ready now, as you'll ever be
wake up (wake up), wake up (wake up)
you're ready now as you'll ever be

you're here, all you gotta see, lone mirror, lone girl,
shadowboxing heroes (shadowboxing heroes)
shadowboxing heroes (shadowboxing heroes)
shadowboxing heroes (shadowboxing heroes)
shadowboxing heroes (shadowboxing heroes)"
Track Name: 6.KATE MELVINA vocal interlude
performed & recorded by Kate Melvina
edited & mixed by J.Veda
mastered by Jamey Harrow
Track Name: 7.stay (ode to London) veda nu jazz vocal
"under the door, i saw the light,
remember your face, under the night sky
went to your bed, turned down the light,
remember your kiss, your voice right behind it
remembered to find, all that we might,
want to discover, within each other

and now we're so far, come back to the moment
so close, go back to the moment
sober kisses mean more, i don't need to rush, slow down your love
i'm here and i'm stayin, as long as your stayin,
stay (stay), stay while i go

never too fast, when i don't mean to,
never look back, when i don't need to
Paris to Prague, Berlin to London,
wandering heart strings, leaving me wonderin'
trouble in writing, lovers inviting,
in hopes to discover, more of each other

and now we're so far, come back to the moment
so close, go back to the moment
sober kisses mean more, i don't need to rush, slow down your love
i'm here and i'm stayin, as long as your stayin,
stay (stay), stay while i go"
Track Name: 8.HOSANNA SOPHIA LITTLEBIRD piano interlude
performed & recorded by Hosanna Sophia Littlebird
edited & mixed by J.Veda
mastered by Jamey Harrow
Track Name: 9.hidden heart (j veda music box mix)
"you aspire, you aspire...
to find my heart, to find my heart
to see inside of it, but i see through you
through to the bone (of you)

you inspire, you inspire...
sweet sweet song (ooh-oo-ooh)
a sullen lullaby, that i sing to you
from storm to repose for you

love, such a lonely drug...
yet i've been sober for too long
love, such a lonely drug...
yet i've been sober for too long"
Track Name: 10.WAYNE TENNANT vocal interlude
"i love you still" released 26 March 2011
http://waynetennant.bandcamp.com
lyrics and melody by Wayne Tennant (SOCAN)
engineered by Conn Shawnery
recorded at Studio Conn-Soul in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

https://twitter.com/tennantmusic
http://soundcloud.com/wayne-tennant
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wayne-Tennant/26970821351

performed & recorded by Wayne Tennant
edited & mixed by J.Veda
mastered by Jamey Harrow
Track Name: Anthony Nicholson & J.Veda - 11.when (feat URSULA RUCKER)
"(UR) When the nights seem a little colder
When you seem to not be listening to the things that I told ya
When my heart and thoughts can no longer hold ya
Is this thing getting old to ya?

(Is it? Tell me…)

'Cause it's funny...
Love can be so strong & at the same time...so fragile
And rite now...I'm feeling like...
you've stopped viewing what we have as valuable
Something to treasure, to invest in, to defend
And rite now...I'm feeling like...
our dream...my dream...is coming to an end

(Is it? Tell me…)

When the nights seem a little colder
When you seem to not be listening to the things that I told ya
When my heart and thoughts can no longer hold ya
Is this thing getting old to ya?

(Is it? Tell me…)

(JV) looking for the architect of my heart,
looking for the architect of my heart
if you see him, tell him, i don't believe him,
i can't use this organ, he's done wrong
88 keys are all i need,
no heart string bleeding seeking fleeting,
love's just poetry

(UR) 'Cause you've got your politics of loving, and...
I've got mine
And this ain't no pantomime
And I don't wanna move and fake
I wanna live in realtime
So if we can't bring it back rewind
I guess it's time

(Is it? Tell me…)"
Track Name: 12.LADY C vocal interlude
"On Your Mind" *from the forthcoming (debut!) LADY C EP (Spring 2013)

www.ladyc.ca
http://lady-c.bandcamp.com
https://twitter.com/LadyC_Fraser
www.soundcloud.com/lady-c-music
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lady-C/116998201694786?fref=ts

performed & recorded by LADY C
edited & mixed by J.Veda
mastered by Jamey Harrow
Track Name: Luka ft Jaidene Veda - 13.overstanding (veda vocal)
"i got this simple song (eh eh eh)
i got this Sunday song (eh eh eh)
i got this certain uncertainty
but it's what makes you come to love me
i got this certain tone (eh eh eh)
i got a certain soul (eh eh eh)
and now i'm perfectly imperfectly me
but it's what makes you come to love me

i tried (too soon) i cried (so good) i'd fight (so foolish)
but now i'm overstanding this town
overstanding this sound
overstanding all around (out loud)
overstanding this, now i'm overstanding my ground

i got this sinister over time and overstanding, all the ways i've tried
i got this Spiritual over time and overstanding, all the ways i've cried
i got this really silly way, o'makin’ the same mistakes
you got this b-e-a-u-t-y-full way, o'makin sure that i'm okay

but i’m growin’ on a constant (ly)
yes i’m workin' on me constantly
and now i'm wishin’ on a constellation
but i‘m countin’ on the complications
spider web silk sewing concentration
free fall (free fall) from butterfly height of contemplation
a girl will write a song...
another girl will sing along...
no more certain uncertainty...
just sisterly certainty."
Track Name: 14.SATURNA vocal interlude
performed & recorded by Saturna
edited & mixed by J.Veda
mastered by Jamey Harrow
Track Name: Rancido ft Jaidene Veda - 15.colors of your love (veda vocal)
"you caught the sun , you chased the moon
and the stars above you, they start to applaud you
you caught his bow, you took on his soul
then the words stall around you,
all the sounds fall surround you

i didn't notice, you didn't call this,
lo-o-ove lo-o-ove (lo-ove) all the colors, of your love...

it's pink then it's blue, it's me then it's you
it's cold then it's warm, it's calm then it's stormy
it's so, yes it's so, ooh, yes it's so…

i didn't notice, you didn't call this,
lo-o-ove lo-o-ove (lo-ove) all the colors, of your love..."
Track Name: 16.DENNIS & JOANNE BAKER vocal interlude
performed & recorded by Dennis & Joanne Baker
edited & mixed by J.Veda
mastered by Jamey Harrow
Track Name: Rancido ft J.Veda - 17.colors of your love (JASON B RMX)
"you caught the sun , you chased the moon
and the stars above you, they start to applaud you
you caught his bow, you took on his soul
then the words stall around you,
all the sounds fall surround you

i didn't notice, you didn't call this,
lo-o-ove lo-o-ove (lo-ove) all the colors, of your love...

it's pink then it's blue, it's me then it's you
it's cold then it's warm, it's calm then it's stormy
it's so, yes it's so, ooh, yes it's so…

i didn't notice, you didn't call this,
lo-o-ove lo-o-ove (lo-ove) all the colors, of your love..."
Track Name: Monodeluxe ft Jaidene Veda - 18.change (JASON B RMX)
"time. time won't change a thing
and i, i don't wanna think, that you, can't see past me,
just cuz i can't see, while trapped inside of 'me'

time. time won't change a thing
and i, i don't wanna think
that waiting, and wanting, and needing
is how we're s'pposed to be
but time to time change is what you think
that time after time if you change the lil things
that you can't see, 'past' me
but it's me, me trapped inside of 'me'

i got this mad disease, and it's in my mind
but i got this real dis ease, cuz i'm so unkind
to the maker that made me, to the Saviour that saved me
to the one who knew, that this is how i be,
yes this is how He made me (He made me)
He meant to make me, just how He made me"
Track Name: 19.open love letter (ANANDA PROJECT RMX)
"what if. what if. what if...
what if i wrote you a love letter,
what if i recorded it over a love song,
signed it anonymously,
would you still take me seriously,
would you take me to your next poetry slam
no matter i shy i pretend i am,
that's how we'd meet you know,
pretending...
that you weren't just watching me dancing,
pretending, wishing…
that you weren't just up close to the mic,
but over here up in my ear,
pretending, wishing, knowing...
ooh i'd know that voice of yours anywhere,
just like you should know the smell of my hair,
just come a little closer

but i'll stay til the end,
after all my girl is the DJ,
and you know she just played my song...
"sweeter love"
cuz i'd sing to you,
if you came by, for tea for two,
we could leaf through records...
we could make our own,
i wish you'd come sing to me
(like that, like that...)"
Track Name: Trancemicsoul & J.Veda - 20.my skin (nice day) VEDA VOCAL
"feel the breeze on my skin,
feel your fingers dig in
hear the sun call my name,
heaven singin,
blue skies (blue skies came)

it's a nice day,
come my way
we don't know where we go,
we just go
and you woo me along,
like a song,
tell the moonlight "hold"
cuz when moonlight comes,
i might lose it, i might lose it
(i'm gonna lose it, lose my way home)"
Track Name: Trancemicsoul & J.Veda - 21.my skin (nice day) KAFELE REMIX
"feel the breeze on my skin,
feel your fingers dig in
hear the sun call my name,
heaven singin,
blue skies (blue skies came)

it's a nice day,
come my way
we don't know where we go,
we just go
and you woo me along,
like a song,
tell the moonlight "hold"
cuz when moonlight comes,
i might lose it, i might lose it
(i'm gonna lose it, lose my way home)"
Track Name: 22.MYSTERYSA outro
performed by Theresa Bagan (Mysterysa)
recorded, edited & mixed by J.Veda
mastered by Jamey Harrow