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X Revolution Shares New Single ‘SLF WRTH’
Australian artist X Revolution releases his brand-new single ‘SLF WRTH’. His trademark lyricism, talent, smooth voice, and hip-hop origins are all combined in this song. His creative style combines the raw energy of rap and hip-hop.
X Revolution was founded to bring light to the realities of our society. More than just a musical endeavour, it is a call to action, urging listeners to face reality head-on and effect change via the medium of sound. He pushes the envelope and creates a distinct atmosphere inspired by the emotional resonance and intricate structure of music.
With this enthralling single, X Revolution establishes himself as a new artist with ground-breaking potential. His ability to compose music demonstrates how his work not only has resonance but also has an impact. ‘SLF WRTH’ delves deeper, showcasing his development and skill.
Distinguishing between rap and hip-hop, X Revolution’s skill is evident in ‘SLF WRTH’, a reflective song that combines intense beats with poignant lyrics.
‘SLF WRTH’ sees X Revolution craft for the open-minded listener who yearns for something beyond the mainstream. The track emerges from samples of a few old records and structures them as a verse and chorus setup. After setting the foundational structure of the song, X Revolution sent it off to Melia Lisa, who is the main artist on the track.
On the track, X Revolution questions, “Conquering one’s past and moving on, not letting whatever hit you in the past, drag you down no more.”
Establishing an ethical, truth-based, and accountable society is the aim of X Revolution. His intention is not just to amuse us, but also to inform and encourage our audience to engage in more significant connections with the outside world. His aim is very clear: he wants to use music as a weapon for change, challenging listeners to face the realities of our daily lives and take deliberate action. The X Revolution is a collective movement, not an individual one. Prioritising the movement’s culture over individual recognition is part of his attempt to create an atmosphere in which all members may contribute, grow, and learn.
Michele Ducci has unveiled the second single, ‘Woman Like You’, from his forthcoming album and animated film ‘Snail in the Clouds’.
‘Woman Like You’ pairs bright distorted electric guitar with an electronic drumbeat, adding in Ducci’s soulful vocals and a catchy uplifting chorus with Letizia Mandoleisi’s sweet vocal harmonies. A vintage organ pedalboard operated by Ducci simultaneously generates chords, bass and rhythm, like a one-man band. Shane Kennedy (Girl in the Year Above) joins in on guitar. Simon Milner (Is Tropical, Ysing) recorded and produced the track at his 4am Studios in London.
The album and film tell the story of a planet called ‘Snail’, inhabited by hybrids – primarily a mixture between scorpions, snails and humans – who lead a life according to the style of Pythagoras, devoted to music. There is also a cloud man named Agostos, a writer of musical operettas, who together with a talking smoke machine called Doctor Subtilis, begins to kill all hybrids, targeting in particular the hybrid musician Diodoros and his band, in an effort to steal the ark of melodies, an ancient ship that allows the whole planet to survive with music and joy.
The video for the single, created and animated by Ducci and Mandoleisi, delves further into the realm of planet ‘Snail’:
Says Ducci, “The ark of melodies, after various attempts, finally starts to work and fly in the planet Snail, while the shady Doc. Sub. and Agostos, with their platoon of soldiers made of foggy smoke, spy the miracle, planning to steal the ark for their evil and tyrannical purposes.”
About the track, Michele says, “I wrote this song for my love Letizia. Love seen from the mind is the sound we make. Sound is the love of matter.
We used a Technics synthesizer organ from a flea market. I tried to find a mood that was right for the song and I started using the bass of the pedal board together with the synth and the drums, and it was magical to hear the song reveal itself all coming from a single instrument. Leti was singing with me and we recorded everything live in one shot. Then we made Shane do the guitar flight, as if he came out of the window. The idea was to maintain disproportions, guitar thrust and synth drum thinness a la Haroumi Hosono, so as to create an estrangement, but naturally: it’s about how I listen, with close up something that captures me in its nuance as element of a larger orchestra somewhere. I’m glad we decided in the studio with Simon to use the layers of arrangement as the close-ups in the cinema; they look like strange enlargements that perch on parts of a mutated orchestra. I’m happy to come back with this love song at a time when everything seems to opt, even my labor in managing the flows of selfishness that have poured out on me while doing this album, for the sound of war. I’m here happy to be able to say that the sound of love always wins as did for me. Snail in the clouds is one of the most important works in my life and I am glad to start from pure love for this album that is my son.”
The album and full-length film will be released on the 5th of June on Monotreme Records.
Michele and Letizia’s previous musical short film, ‘The Great Book of Nature’, is an official selection for the 2026 Venice Shorts Film Festival.
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