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Active Methods EP

by G.rizo

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Verse 1: It’s Happening, What’s Happening! It’s Happening, What’s Happening? It’s Happening, What’s Happening! Oh, You May Be Live! (X 4) With My Medicine You May Be Live With My Medicine (X 4) You May Be Live! Verse 2: It’s Happening, What’s Happening! It’s Happening, What’s Happening? It’s Happening, What’s Happening! Oh, You May Be Live! (X 4) With My Medicine Verse 3 (Derek Rap): What’s Happening I Can’t Explain Verbally Torrential Rain Do The Thing I Did The Thang Good To Go I Love This Game That’s The Dude Fantastic Man Arms Barren Lack Of Chain Gutted Lovers Utter Slang Mothers Butter Utter Bogus! Tell These Brothers Aim In Focus Figural But Not In Focus Spiritual, A Lack Of Odors Burning Flames They Taking Tokers Smiling Faces Faking Jokers Trying To Sell Us Hocus Pocus Medicine What’s Medicine? Let Us In, That’s Medicine! Verse 4: Ear-Popping Be-Bopping None-Stopping, Hopping Baby We Be Rocking (X 2) Hypnotic-Exotic-Erotic-Chronic Baby You Can’t Stop It (X 2) We Be Rocking! Break 2: My-My-My-My-My-My-My-My (X 4) Time for, Time for, Time for (x 3) Medicine, You May Be Live With My Medicine You May Be Live With My Medicine You May Be Live With My-My-My-My-My Getting Real Wet Like PCP (X 2) Bridge: Magic In These Hands Like Bil-Zee-Bee Cooking Hot Wax And Stroking These Keys Hypnotic Static Chemistry Slipping N Sliding Off My Feet Baby Are You Getting Me? I’m A Let It Marinate Til It’s Finery Drunk On Funk Undoubtably And Now We’re Getting Real Wet Like PCP (X 2) Outro It’s Happening, What’s Happening! It’s Happening, What’s Happening? It’s Happening, What’s Happening! Oh, You May Be Live! (X 4) You May Be Live! You May Be Live! You May Be Live! You May Be Live!
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Catnip 05:44
Intro: Aha Ja! Catnip come with something good You came by something good Verse 1: This bass drum is calling me its knocking on my door A beat so sick leads me to the dance floor I'm stalking this groove and its hard to ignore Cuz my curiosity makes me wanna explore I'm locked on this rhythm getting warmer and warmer Anticipating all the highlights coming round the next corner I'm hooked on the sonics and cold tripping on this Its so incredible it must be a case of the Catnip That's right Uhuh, that's right (x2) Catnip come with something good Verse 2: Something strange is afoot And its gaining real fast I'm like a hyped up addict Jumping for my kitty crack Those crispy fried snares Have a serious impact I've got some spastic withdrawals And i blame it on the track This sound is a virus transmitting a morse code Systematically sending out messages In funk mode Its erotically charged And I'm stuck on its tip Its the incredibly addictive One and only Catnip That's right Uhuh, that's right (x2) Catnip come with something good Verse 3: Now there's no need to panic What you feelr is the motion Its something hedonistic wild Ear popping explosion Electronically composed of raw human emotion Push the clip, hit the switch Orchestrate the commotion Punch in punch out Brainteaser inside the box We riding on a sweet glissando I don't want it to stop Cuz the bassline is an ear worm And the synths are pure dipped Its so incredibly juicy thats why they call it catnip The real-real uhn! Chorus: The Catnip, the Catnip of sound It puts that boogie on the line And it knows how to bring it down It hits the real-real Uhn From all points around (x 2) Catnip come with something good Come on you know what to do Make us high with something new Make us fly with something new you came by with something new (ja) Come on you know what to do Make us high with something new Make us fly with something new you came by with something new (ja) The Catnip, the Catnip of sound It puts that boogie on the line And it knows how to bring it down It hits the real-real uhn From all points around (x 2) Break: That's right Uh huh thats right Uh huh thats right Uh huh thats right Catnip come with something good Make it fly with something good Catnip come with something good Make it high with something good Catnip come with something good Make it fly with something good Catnip come with something good You came by with something good Hey (x 8) that's right Catnip come with something good Make it fly with something good Catnip come with something good Make it high with something good Catnip come with something good Make it fly with something good Catnip come with something good You came by with something good Chorus: The Catnip, the Catnip of sound It puts that boogie on the line And it knows how to bring it down It hits the real-real Uhn From all points around (x 2) Ja Uh huh thats right Uh huh thats right Something good You came by with something good
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Hold On 05:01
Verse 1: It Happens in a moment But you can’t Tell Still ringing from a fall You know so well Plunging in a river Sirens call Sniffing out the signs in slo-mo Past the point of Goodness but we’re Still Here Swept up in a Panic That lingers still Blood is curling Shock and Awe I checking for an Exit On Roll call Chorus 1: And if I Hold on a little bit longer It will pass I gotta hold on a little bit longer It won’t last Hold on a little bit longer It will pass And if I hold on a little bit longer It won’t last Verse 2: It Happens in a Moment But you can’t Tell Still ringing from a fall You know so well Plunging in a River Sirens call Sniffing out the signs in Slo-mo Past the point of Goodness but we’re Still Here Swept up in a Panic That lingers still Blood is curling Shock and Awe I checking for an Exit On Roll call Chorus 2: And if I hold on a little bit longer It will pass Hold on a little bit longer It won’t last I gotta hold on a little bit longer It will pass And if I hold on a little bit longer It won’t last It will pass Bridge: I gotta hold on a little bit longer It won’t last I gotta hold on a little bit longer It won’t last Hold on a little bit longer It won’t last And if I hold on a little bit longer It will pass Break it down now Beep, Beep-Beep Beep-Beep On the ground Beep, Beep-Beep Beep-Beep Break it down I gotta (x 3) Outro: Hold on a little bit longer Hold on a little bit longer (it will pass) I gotta hold on a little bit longer (it won’t last) Hold on a little bit longer It will pass Hold on a little bit longer
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The Active Methods EP is a short excursion in texture and active methodology - G.rizo style. This eclectic brew features the upbeat and vivacious "It's Happening," the asymmetric electro of "Catnip," and also the down-tempo, soulful hymn "Hold On." The EP is supported further by a sultry house remix of "Its Happening" by Vienna-based producer, Sam Irl.

Opening track "It's Happening" perfectly fits its intention: to fire up the party and get going right from the start. The whirling synth organ, tight bass, and fresh rhymes are supported by a staccato, frenetic synth hook (courtesy of Jimmy Edgar's " Hot Raw Sex"). Featuring G.rizo Band: Dominik Traun on keyboard, Jakob Schneidewind on bass, vocalist Derek Roberts and G.rizo on vocals and production, the track has been gigged many times and proven as a crowd favorite.

Catnip is a solo electro lullaby about hearing a favorite song for the first time. Using different vocals effects, G.rizo humorously describes the ecstatic feeling she gets when she hears a special song, as she says "its electronically composed of raw hUMaN emOtiON, thatʼs why we call it Catnip!"

Sam Irl comes into the fold by adding his elegant remix of "It's Happening." The track stridently thumps, with tom-tom breaks and open hi hats, while sweet digital keys give it finesse. Its got that head nod and fancy footwork quality down, yet still good for easy listening.

"Hold On" is the wild card on the b-side and is a bit out of character as far G.rizo songs. After the party, is the come down and "Hold On" is slow and rumbling, twisting and anxious, itʼs the silent shout. The hook emerged from the first live gig (improvised session) between Dominik Traun and G.rizo which was at Otto Mueller's Sammlung Friedrichshof (outside Vienna). Something was in the air. With “Hold On” the message is clear, but itʼs a murky march – needing and demanding to be heard.

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released June 9, 2014

A1. "Its Happening (Original Mix)" produced by G.rizo. Vocals and Lyrics by G.rizo & Derek Roberts. Keyboards by Dominik Traun. Bass by Jakob Schneidewind. Live Percussions by G.rizo. Contains portions of "Hot Raw Sex" as performed by Jimmy Edgar, used by permission of Jimmy Edgar. Recorded and Mixed by Patrick Pulsinger at Feedback Studios, Vienna.

A2. "Catnip" written, produced and performed by G.rizo. Additional percussion by Mike Silver.

B1. "Its Happening (Sam Irl Remix)" remix and additional production by Sam Irl.

B2. Hold On produced by Ro8ox the Shice. Vocals, lyrics and vocal arrangement by G.rizo. Recorded and mixed by Ro8ox the Shice at 237, Vienna and Oliver Brunbauer at Feedback Studios, Vienna. Mastered by Helmut Erler. Graphic Design by Dicey Studios. Thanks: C.Fladung & S.Goscinski.

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G.rizo Abuja, Nigeria

G.rizo (nee Ihu Anyanwu) is an electronic musician, DJ and cultural organizer based in Abuja, Nigeria. She has been involved in the underground art and electronic music scene since 2001, a journey that started in New York City and thrived for many years in Vienna. She founded Hezekina Pollutina Records in 2010.
Currently she DJs; curates party/podcast House House House; & curates cultural goodies.
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