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26% MIXTAPE

by B-ahwe

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1.
Reload 02:17
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Take time, time a little to reload. Time a little to reload, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Take time, time a little to reload. Be kind a little, we know, it isn’t all that. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Take time, time a little to reload. Be kind a little, yeah we know, it isn’t all that. Oooo-oooo-wahhh-ah-oooh.
2.
Infected 03:37
Kinda cold out I wouldn’t mind, If you weren’t here infecting my mind. Got places to be, people to meet. Yet here I am, day dreaming. I will put my phone down if you will too. This kind of sweetness, wakes up my tooth. Some what addicted, I can’t lie. The idea infects my mind, mind. I’ll put it down if you will too, get on with my day if I should. Oh I will leave this all behind. If you could say I’m not on your mind. I will put my phone down if you will too. This kind of sweetness, wakes up my tooth. Some what addicted, I can’t lie. The idea infects my mind, mind. I’ll open the merlot, if you should skrrrt up. If you should crawl in and get quite warm. Yes, I could be persuaded to be quite polite. I’ll open the merlot, if you should skrrrt up. If you should crawl in and get quite warm. Yes, I could be persuaded to be quite polite. Da-da-da-da-daa-daah Da-da-da-da-daa-daah Da-da-da-da-daa-daah Da-da-da-da-daa-daah
3.
Ligaments loose since I flew east, they weren’t tight just in need of space. Craving calm and new for a while to remind me what I knew all along. Crystallising years of moments, on the tip of my tongue yet barely audible. Audio books don’t come on shelves, you write em in your mind for you to hear, Some boats, no scape-goats, no labels, deep debates though. Surrendering to whole new lands and pausing all my usual plans. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Foreign objects near my person, personifying sought inclusion. Heightened senses of the elements, eroding my maleficent defences. Riding waves i’ve craved a while, more than ready to be inspired. Pulled back by the memories, learning how to cut these, being selfish is a skill set child. Some boats, no scape-goats, no labels, deep debates though. Surrendering to whole new lands and pausing all my usual plans. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Ride Breeze clears the conscience we could fly out here warm night air Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where. Lover you don’t have to save me, I ain’t expecting nothing. Truth is that i’ve got this, but we could catch a ride to no where.
4.
Your lips were sweeter than a merry go round and richer than the roaring seas. Your eyes were deeper than i delved to go and rarer than i’d dared to dream. In the morning there’ll be no where left to hide, no more doors to shelter lies for you and me. In the morning there’ll be no where left to run, only left to come undone for you and me. Your lips were meant to meet mine, but where they made to remain. As tides and seasons change, I can barely hold on to what is real. In the morning there’ll be no where left to hide, no more doors to shelter lies for you and me. In the morning there’ll be no where left to run, only left to come undone for you and me. When we wake forgive me when i stutter quickly lose my bravado my swagger, without the liquor to provide me with the smirk to hide under my softer side and emotions are quickly laid a sunder with no more cuchy-coo to cope it’s quickly clear what is up the devils juice ran out this cup the sworded suki tainted crush a simple mesh to vest the deeper vailed detest that we hold the basic instinct to regress embrace those physical goals denied my minds true gaze lacking the strength to phase my true waves of feelings LFO my own healing but no i get my ego’s mediocre medicine easy getting by forgetting slip into the physical haze your touch i crave undeniably but your mind and heart how it enriches me i didn’t have the strength to speak wasted what could have been let the sunrise upon this scene soon reveal all the bravery we lack in league when we wake
5.
Losing my mind a bit Chasing in circles quick Living in fabrications Questioning all relations Tryna find consciousness can barely lift me up It’s a tall order to digging out this hole I’m dragging in old mistakes burnin up old flames living in the past like it owns my name cos the good times easy roll too simply they’re forgotten And soon I don’t realise how i’m rotting The days they all liaise It seems I lose my name As it all passes by in this lawless domain Inside I scream complaints but the outside don’t change I gotta reframe and tighten up my game Re focus the lens soon it will commence the mind set shifted to a positive mixture pull through the darkest nights to see the other side and remember I’m still growing Manifesting watch me moving, My own timeline. There’s no rules, stop comparing, on my own ride. Manifesting watch me moving, My own timeline. There’s no rules stop comparing, own my own ride. Gotta shape up and restart realign and recharge. I know I done it before Gotta find it, find it, find it. Gotta shape up and restart realign and recharge. I know I done it before Gotta find it, find it, find it. Manifesting watch me moving, My own timeline. There’s no rules, stop comparing, on my own ride. Manifesting watch me moving, My own timeline. There’s no rules stop comparing, own my own ride. I’m still growing, I’m still growing, still growing.
6.
Counting all these pressures, forgetting all my blessings. Push my body to its limits endless trials and expectations, Body was not my own. But if age is a percentage then I’m barely even there. Must remember if I’m breathing everything else is a gift. But I lose myself, put their pressures over health. Do it in my own time yeah, do it in my own (Leave me the alone) Do it in my own time yeah, do it in my own (Leave me the alone) Do it in my own time yeah, do it in my own (Leave me the alone) Do it in my own time yeah, in my own (Leave me the alone) Contorted broken lens, Taught to change what’s within. Time limits and other myths, We Get there when we can. mmm have i lost spots within me reaching to all these heights let my happiness be decided to take away my precious rights to leave me to grow is age really a percentage how will I ever know Do it in my own time yeah, do it in my own (Leave me the alone) Do it in my own time yeah, do it in my own (Leave me the alone) Do it in my own time yeah, do it in my own (Leave me the alone) Do it in my own time yeah, in my own (Leave me the alone) Contorted broken lens, Taught to change what’s within. Time limits and other myths, We Get there when we can. Contorted broken lens, Taught to change what’s within. Time limits and other myths, We Get there when we can. When we can, when we can.
7.
Restart 03:53
Come trace the shape of me to you and the history that unfolds us holds us villains of our own tales the most venomous of old souls misaligned and shrouded far more complex than unguided an everyday tragedy cos we made a broken society where girls cry naturally but men can’t bare to speak begs the question of whens it all gunna give. See I like to fast forward to the end of it some what prone to invert till I can even speak to suppress the weight upon me the baptism of fire that bore loves understanding complete lack of grounding push away the bitter thoughts from clear view focus on the me i bore to pull through re-adjust to birds eye anywhere but there i won’t be pulled back Fast forward to the good part fast forward to the restart where i begin. where the past is laid to rest no longer weight upon my chest it’s just a part of me. Should not wish away the process so tired of this old mess self sabotaging dumb I’m a princess press the past the root of the cause of the evil That bore it anxiety don’t need no causes stressing the past asphyxiates the futures chances My fire was fuelled mind was neglected heart abused done feeding pain with petrol i’m through show me the route far from these blues To Breath some hope in these lungs whilst there’s still any chance just can’t sit in the pain Been long enough , wanna run run run. Knock knock 27 at the door, truly unsure that i’m able to love, unfortunate enough to experience the brunt Of the toxic creations we bred in our sons. Cold manipulation unrivalled million rules for me None for himself Taught me it was always my fault Contorted til I didn’t trust my mind Truth is I was far too innocent Who could be prepared for such maleficence Since it seems like I don’t stop running work so hard, try to move through it but I’m fighting the scars Living life like it’s already through watching good roll by Waiting for bad to seek me out pull me down I start again expecting the worse never questioning change when will I Fast forward to the good part fast forward to the restart where i begin. where the past is laid to rest no longer weight upon my chest it’s just a part of me. Wish away the hurt before it starts wish away the love before it comes push away all things when they get close cos i was taught to never trust my tongue Wish away the hurt before it starts wish away the love before it comes push away all things when they get close i’m too scared I run, run, run.
8.
Hazy through days I find Things start to mount Falling through cracks in the ground Sand through my fingertips Like grains of love i couldn’t grasps quite hard enough Felt too tough but was i just too scared to hold on Lion from wizard of Oz Who am i if i’ve not the strength to even try to Hold my tenderness quite tight Such beauty in this weakness Takes strength to say out loud I see as sunset sweetly greets my eyes I feel a little patience That’s how the life came pouring into me. Takes time to understand, patience in your hands, patience. Feeling in the middle of which end of anticipation Then i ask the question under the surveillance Am i the exception to the expectation should be more audacious with a little patience Cos i’ve been following the yellow brick road Wondering why the streets are not paved with gold Its all often adding too much value to the goal Always chasing and never making it home Ain’t exactly where the house it but it’s the hardest Cos you cant beat it its where the heart is Looking for answers in all the wrong places All ya needings in close proximity More tranquility no thoughts that limit me Could cause exhaustion unsure what's within me Seeking diamonds pressure forms it But you can't get nowhere without kindness Hold my tenderness quite tight Such beauty in this weakness Takes strength to say out loud I see as sunset sweetly greets my eyes I feel a little patience That’s how the life came pouring into me. Takes time to understand, patience in your hands, patience. Dragging a bag a burdens till I burn out Determined to have control over the turn out Defeated by things I don’t need to be concerned bout Till I learn how it’s the journey Learn how it’s the journey.

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26% MIXTAPE
Age is a percentage

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Nottingham-raised, London-based future soul artist B-ahwe pushes her sound into new territories with her 26% MIXTAPE. Borne out of the move to a new city, and embracing new methods of creativity, the project centres on the theme of growth, and confronting the societal stigma around achieving things by a certain age. Age is a percentage, not a number.

The tape features her trademark jazz inflected, future soul sound, but pushes it in bold new directions, acting as a blank canvas for her to incorporate influences spanning drum n' bass, broken beat and alternative hip-hop. It's a timestamp of the influence of being in a new city, binding influences together seamlessly with both long-term collaborators TAMBALA (College Music) and apltn (College Music), and new partners Hemai (Tru Thoughts) and Lorenz The Music Guy (Steam Down).

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released November 15, 2023

Reload
Written by B-ahwe and apltn
Produced by apltn
Additional Production by TAMBALA
Bass, Guitar and Keys by apltn
Additional Vocals by Lydia Kotsirea
and Rebecca Herrington

Infected
Written by B-ahwe and Jasper Green
Produced by B-ahwe and TAMBALA
Additional production by apltn
Keys and Synths by Jasper Green
Bass by apltn

Ride 2 Nowhere
Written by B-ahwe and TAMBALA
Produced by TAMBALA
Additional production by apltn
Guitar by Liam DeTar

In The Morning
Written by B-ahwe
Produced by B-ahwe
Additional production by TAMBALA
Synths by Nicholas Ward
Additional Synths by Jasper Green

Still Growing
Written by B-ahwe and Liam DeTar
Produced by TAMBALA and B-ahwe
Guitar by Liam DeTar
Keys by Jasper Green
Additional Vocals by Lydia Kotsirea, Rebecca Herrington

PercentAge ft. Sunny Reyne
Written by B-ahwe and Hemai
Produced by Hemai
Keys, Synths and Bass by Hemai
Guitar by Liam DeTar
Additional Bass by apltn

Restart
Written by B-ahwe
Produced by B-ahwe and TAMBALA
Synths by Nicholas Ward
Additional Bass by Cheek Bones Tricky

Patience ft. NEONE the Wonderer
Written by B-ahwe and Lorenz Okello Osengor
Produced by Lorenz Okello Osengor
Additional production by TAMBALA
Guitar, Keys and Synths by Lorenz Okello Osengor
Bass by Cheek Bones Tricky
Additional Vocals by Lydia Kotsirea, Rebecca Herrington

Mixed by TAMBALA
Digital Mastering by Katie Tavini
Vinyl Mastering by Stephen Kerrison

Artwork and Vinyl Design by Ralph Berryman

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