Songs · Skopia

Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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4 songs

Take a Walk

2012

Angelakos built each verse from a man in his own family who immigrated, then set financial ruin to synths.

★ 4.5

1998 · From Clandestino

Recorded on portable gear while Chao roamed Latin America, an undocumented migrant's lament carried by the lightest guitar.

★ 5.8

Many Rivers to CrossJimmy Cliff

1969 · From Jimmy Cliff

Fifteen minutes on foot to a New York studio was all the writing time, and Blackwell approved it instantly.

★ 6.9

2008 · From Kala

Gunshots and a cash register over a Clash loop, with Brixton kids singing a hook about immigrant stereotypes.

★ 7.8