9. Sands
.
Does the light inside ever shine on who you are?
are you searching for Searching for the stars
or are you looking for fire to start?
You are the wind and you are the spark
.
I’m building rose colored castles out of sand
Rose colored castles out of sand, out of sand
slipping through my fingers, slipping through my hand
These rose colored castle were never meant to stand
.
I can find you in the shadow of any rose
lord knows yeah on any road
Holding a map to your every pose
can’t feel no text I can’t touch no code
but I used to hold you close
and if I lose your touch in time
It’s alright
I’m right behind the sky
in crown and shroud of day
where the sunshine plays
out your front door and down the way
.
Song by KALEN & @nosurrendernyc
Artwork by KALEN
@hi4headrecs
Recorded at @bunkerstudio
Engineered & Mixed by @johndavisnyc
Mastered by @alexdeturk
.
#sands #velvetnight #kalen #nosurrender #neweelease
These rose colored castles were never meant to stand…full performance now on YouTube.
.
I love performing (& making music) with my dear buddy & poerful poet @nosurrendernyc
.
This video is from a @deathbypianonyc show at @nublunyc ft. @marlonpatton
.
We’re performing an acoustic version of SANDS off of my solo album VELVET NIGHT which goes live for streaming on March 13th with a show at @cordeliabk !!
.
#velvetnight #kalen #nosurrender #deathbypiano
Making this record has returned the spark in me. I haven’t really been inspired to rhyme in years. More sermons…more help on the way. Beautiful having @likemaddladd@creaturenomics and @thetaiallen (not pictured but very present) in the DBP/NS studio (aka home). It’s been 15 years since we’ve been in the studio together. But every gathering is a blessing. More Infesticons tunes soon… @aleeminati you were well missed but we’ll be around.
Thanks 🙏🏾 to everybody that streamed the new Infesticons track. Stepping out of the year with some of the same folk I started out with is a blessing. Salute big bro @likemaddladd Hope you’re all ending the year with those that matter as well. They’re usually all the help you ever need.
New Infesticons dropped today! Preview of the new EP out next year. Shouts to my brothers @likemaddladd@creaturenomics and @aleeminati Illustration from the promo of our last album by Isao Moutte. Link in bio. Free download on Bandcamp. #newmusic #undergroundrap #indiehiphop #mikeladd #rebelmatic
One week from today. Spoken word set. My neighbor @kalenkraze also performing at our neighbor @sam_sumpta spot aka @bandsdobk HQ. Come be our neighbor. DM me for details
Bind me, wind me in your arms
Tie me up, hide me from your harm
Blind me, I think I’ve seen enough
Find me, perched upon your bluff…
.
And acoustic version of Sands (a @deathbypianonyc x @nosurrendernyc track due out next year) is song #9 on the VELVET NIGHT album. Link in bio.
.
Are work by @kalenkraze
.
#velvetnight #sands #kalen #nosurrender #collaboration #velvelnightalbum #albumrelease #acoustic #spokenword
Caught my brother @creaturenomics of @rebelmaticnyc opening for GZA last night. We go back decades and were both members of @likemaddladd group The Infesticons…rumor has it…new drop soon…
It is time for countdown…
.
No Surrender and I have made a lot of music together over the years. Soon you’ll hear more of it. We did an acoustic version of an upcoming 2026 @deathbypianonyc x @nosurrendernyc song called Sands on my upcoming Velvet Night album - out next week exclusively on @bandcamp | No Surrender will be joining me at @tothebridgenyc for the release show on Nov. 8th
.
Pics by @nimachaichi
.
Playing in the background here is Countdown, the og dbp tune he co-produced
