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Where ‘re You Going M ´am

from It's Like Jazz by SaskiaLaroo

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A Laid-back hip-hop/funk groove and Saskia's muted horn, spacious improvising throughout the song: this track is about travelling, about going places, about crossing distances and concepts of time and space. American performer Ghasem Batamuntu's poetic voice will tell you all about it in the track--how wide the horizon is in California and how narrow across the canal in Amsterdam. When the song goes to the bridge, Rob Gaasterland can be heard rap-singing, "WHERE'RE YOU GOING M'AM?". In addition, the song travels into the clouds and features Gaasterland's tasty space synths, chased by a contrasting hard groove.

lyrics

(Ghasem:)
Transporting yourself places
And you, if its a big place you have to go
A long.. that's what I like about Amsterdam
You walk five minutes
You wait less than ten minutes for a tram
Then you're where you need to be
In ten or fifteen minutes

And it makes it so
It's much more relaxing
You need to try it
That was on of the first things I noticed here
The amount of time and space in traffic
With a conception of a space

(Rob:)
Where're you going m'am
Where're you going
Where're you going m'am

(Ghasem:)
Space, openly and distance
And places consuming more time
You will have to notice
There are maybe mountains
Relaxing must it be
Very open space mountains

With a concept of space
Openly and distant
And moving through that space
Consuming more time
So I grew up in very open spaces, mountains
And then one day I thought again
I really thought about it and saw what this is
And how I where I grew up was that
You grew up and then all that time
And I then saw that contrast
It's so much
That's what I like about Amsterdam
Plus you when you look
And that might be for seven miles
Instead of fifty or hundred meters
Across the canal or I might look
Down the canals,
That might be my greatest
Concept of distance
Is looking down the canals

credits

from It's Like Jazz, track released September 28, 1994
Where ‘re You Going M ´am 5:46 / 88 bpm
First released as song nr 7 on the album “It's Like Jazz” (September 28, 1994)

Music: Laroo/Laroo Music, Gaasterland/Gaasterbop Music
Lyrics: Gaasterland/Gaasterbop Music.

Musicians:
Saskia Laroo: trumpet & muted trumpet solo
Rob Gaasterland: space synthesizer & rap vocals
Ghasem Batamuntu a.k.a Gregory Forte: voice

Produced, Arranged, Computer Programmed & Recorded by Saskia Laroo & Rob Gaasterland
Additional Recording & Preproduction by Saskia Laroo at Saskia ‘s Studios, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mixed by Rob Gaasterland at Studio de Boot, floating somewhere in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1994)

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SaskiaLaroo Amsterdam

I am
trumpet player
Saskia Laroo
from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
My musical styles vary from
jazz to dance to world to pop
I have released six CD 's
with electric and acoustic music
on Laroo Records
I perform with my own formations
or as special guest
throughout the world.
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