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In Defiance of Indifference

by Timezone LaFontaine

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    Mass media and crass consumerism are the ice and snow - the numbing agents of contemporary life dominated by indifference... Indifference to each other, to our environment, and to our own physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual health. Community and underground art are the heat and fire we can generate to protect ourselves from this frostbite. Will we choose to live our lives in a narcotic dream of media dissociation? Or will we choose to fight to live a shared dream of community and creativity? This album generates a turning point... an opportunity for change.


    Featuring guest vocals from Doc Hollywood, Lawless Lucy, Seed Verb and Sloe-T. Guest cutting and scratching by Blandow Charismium. Guest beatboxing and vocal scratching by Camo.


    Triple album with 24 bonus tracks: includes album/vocal versions, instrumental versions, and remixes.
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the past is cast in sepia tone, static The future is hyper real, holographic The present alone is dynamic, eternal within the frozen zone, fires burning Affirming those yearning for morning's blue blooming Sun sparkles on snow, renewing the night from abject consuming Exhuming the creative state that is latent in humans A crystalline lattice awaits to initiate order from disarray dismantling store displays Distinguish makers from takers and buyers, liars, climate change deniers Fires develop from sparks to infernos Extend to crescendos, erupt from volcanoes A journey begins in this moment containing all that has passed, and all time remaining The lessons to learn bore on backs of our forebears Maximal tracks to enact dreams I store there Reflections in ice like paths in a labyrinth Tactics imagined enacted by mavericks Now you all wanna get some of that Now you all wanna know where the goal's at It's hard to hold that, know you wanna chase the grail A mindfulness to fully face the veil I phrase the rhyme, the veils of time Displays arrays of light, shades and shine, amaze the mind Peruse the tune, remove confusion, find the sign that guides you thru illusion Allude to the view within, to still your mind, begin again And find divine within your friend Ascend beyond the grind, prevail in kind, availing one of moving thru the veils of time plus verses by Seed Verb & Sloe-T 
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DID YOU CATCH THAT NAME?  I heat the decibels next, the beats collect, bassflex in crucibles, phrase deft acts devised as metallurgical, precise with the slice like a knife - surgical cuts beyond the merely visible, check yourself, this is integral all in, indivisible and mad classic y'all, advances maximal cool cat, true that, who's that? Zone's back, act like you knew that skewer pop hip-hop and no-skill rap cure that with more funk than a sewer rat pure fact, you need to believe I weave the threads of dreams that you perceive invigorating and untamed, the selfsame full circle from Samhain to Beltane fresh soundset, sub-bass vibrates reflects us, check this, dilates the mind's eye plexus, night time - dream time, next it's flight time soulsound live, the new way sway, Timezone, new gates open now move, the thru way, dirty south did you catch that name? it's the next installment, commencement originators ascendant, exquisitely blended intended as observant, through a lens of abstraction and stylistic swerving worlds woven in words, spoken in smoke until the whole verse is cured prepared in heat, seasoned by the flame, primed to rise again reach and strive again, resonant, person to person, reverberant imperturbable dream interpreter - ephemeral, forever impermanent serving the urgency of lessons to learn in this I'll never endeavor to threaten the feminine that's just the kind of man I am a man among boys, toys and wack MCs absentee dads whose raps are hackneyed   fresh soundset, sub-bass vibrates reflects us, check this, dilates the mind's eye plexus, night time - dream time, next it's flight time soulsound live, the new way sway, Timezone, new gates open now move, the thru way, dirty south did you catch that name? love to infinity, love the asymmetry line to line, life can turn on a dime I learn all the time, never conforming never stop burning, on with the journey beatblends from Timezone LaFontaine mad sun, did you catch that name? lone gunner, longtime up and comer getting no younger but still got the hunger I'm gonna flex expressive forever your soul shines, my daughter, a treasure I write rhymes to resound with you when you're all grown and about to move you'll listen to these beats, rhymes and shouts I do and contemplate the paths and routes I choose here's what I'll work to hear, no doubt I do pops, your lyrics are truth, I'm proud of you fresh soundset, sub-bass vibrates reflects us, check this, dilates the mind's eye plexus, night time - dream time, next it's flight time soulsound live, the new way sway, Timezone, new gates open now move, the thru way, dirty south did you catch that name?
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HEALERS WILL TO KILL ILLNESS  Step by step advance, cross the vast expanse of endless ice with perseverance adherence to a vision or a legend as some would say if you see it then come this way this drum array is the drive to keep the fire alive ice and snow's the vibe in a land of cold hearts and closed eyes I throw fly flows in the face of racist five-os the enforcers of mass acquisition pepper spray protestors, shoot down children they get away with literal murder media induce fear, isolate further but people with the sight gonna congregate to light bring fuel to the fire in the dark of night spark the spirit and heart within to start again, rise to stand, defend the soul from a prison as host organism for a cancerous case of capitalism To the point like a drill bit, share the skillsets Healers will to kill illness the night blows in with ice cold wind media fight for control of the minds of men Style is fresh, perpetual flex intent on the next, precisely selects the fuel to inject, the spark to ignite, the beats provide light through darkness of night the soul aflame with love that's been giving him drive to give back amid indifference that I could meet halfway to stand alone in the end again and again the poem infused with love I don't pretend to understand this turn of events is part of a plan to lay the bass, beats in the mix, samples set, example set mad tracks, traverse the path, decades pass, verses stack sheets of paper, released as vaporous steam "back on the scene, sharp as a guillotine" cold crush if you know what I mean seems the callous fiends can't kill the dream To the point like a drill bit, share the skillsets Healers will to kill illness the night blows in with ice cold wind media fight for control of the minds of men fact is, the path is a practice enacts the soul access, can't hold back this it's a balancing act that takes tact I've been making these tracks with love since way back play back in times when a guide is hard to find to open your heart is an art in hard times say in no uncertain terms that hurting is a pertinent part the ways we learn an abiding joy that contains the spectrum turn isolation into connection mediatech is the nexus to focus change infuse with soul and notice pains listen to them instead of cold numbing them a million miles of road, I'm still running them a cold night that's set to get colder and a heavy load to bear I'm still shouldering an old flame that can't be extinguished a link in the chain that won't relinquish a hold on my heart when push comes to shove back in the here and the now and it's love To the point like a drill bit, share the skillsets Healers will to kill illness the night blows in with ice cold wind media fight for control of the minds of men eyes to spectacle, glistening, crystalline change begins with the ones who are listening this frozen state we been through can end, too begin to invoke the healer within you 
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START WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT (feat. Camo) Start with where you're at build with what you've got work with what you have create with what you've brought start where you are express what you've felt give us what you've learned in terms of higher self what you seek cannot be bought though some say they just happen to sell what you've always sought ain't no merchants of breadth and depth they sell a surface fix express that you lack success and the purpose is to encourage purchases infect a healthy self-respect with the sense you've been left bereft and must get the next image that they project and such it is with relationships initiated with a graceless impatience that's based from the gettyo on a scenario not unlike an unboxing video flush with the rush of cash acquisition practiced lines, imitated sex positions uninspiring to say the least, but an adequate distraction for a couple of weeks funny to see and sad to say, as a general rule, music's the exact same way and wack MCs hate me for sharing this one weird trick they won't come near it because It's easier to flow with casual coldness than to show what the soul's true role is in action and practice, right? so they check ad campaigns and act all plastic-like looking over their shoulders, get a crick in their neck skim across the surface, missing the depth and blame their ex for this and that make wack battle raps - man, who wanna listen to that?! Start with where you're at build with what you've got work with what you have create with what you've brought start where you are express what you've felt give us what you've learned in terms of higher self what I've lived cannot be condensed in a pop format with the lessons dispensed to express with intent to make drones of youth who resent these attempts to pretend that the truth is a brand to assume in place of identity and other such intangible traits like integrity but shortcuts got mass appeal energy drinks to mask the feel of a deep fatigue from a long and shallow stroll through malls and sales and so-called value, yo the thrill of a new love distilled, on sale never to fulfill with the true love that's real and represents work and a skill at listening rappers just wanna spit disses, lips glistening like movie trailer crescendos of violence and sex, each one about the same as the next Start with where you're at build with what you've got work with what you have create with what you've brought start where you are express what you've felt give us what you've learned in terms of higher self the problem with words is words can be misused twisted and turned into wicks - a lit fuse or more like a retro LED display counting down on a detonator hidden away underground fashions are like that, too the mullets, the sewn-on fabric patches and tattoos it's bad news for musical styles as well dubstep synth bass drops crescendo swells all of these are superficial aspects that can be taken and changed into commercial assets like hipstamatic photo filters that imitate the cachet of experience from back in the day but the heart is expressed in the long term a lifetime path intact with the long burn dimensions of love and grace that's inaccessible through commercial-style infatuations they ain't selling no patience or perseverance or belief in your love or adherence to the principal traits that enable you to create a more authentic self like what we've been waiting for Start with where you're at build with what you've got work with what you have create with what you've brought start where you are express what you've felt give us what you've learned in terms of higher self
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ESCAPE THE LABYRINTH OF ICE (feat. Doc Hollywood & Lawless Lucy)  live from the labyrinth of ice, designed as a passage, a device to prescribe a life confined walls inscribed by lies paths predetermined, demographically typed choice reduced to photos on menus frozen in dissociative venues chained in entertaining frames for always hoarding products you're sold in hallways the rumor's that you're groomed to get tumors, bet your role is set within consumer debt the maze: a script you're assigned to play through not for critical minds to find ways through the walls of ice are thick, so bear witness to the fact they're built from indifference to your fellow man, to the health of land set in place with the absence of helping hands lost within, locked in competition got to envision a changed composition to melt the ice we need sustained flame ways to raise up above the base game maintain focus and learn to listen to the voices that the discourse is missing invoke conditions, enact the catalyst begin to melt the walls of the labyrinth flames start with sparks to change the dark to light light awaits the right time to ignite time waits for nothing, no one changes all, keeps on going plus verses by Doc Hollywood & Lawless Lucy 
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OUTLASTERS IN THE FROZEN REALM (feat. Sloe-T & Seed Verb)  There's no way to mitigate all the risks I take Art operates to infiltrate the conscious state Thoughts lock to sub-bass, sine waves oscillate Headsets in subways, jets on runways rise to skyways Fly rides glide over icy highways creative space, the pace is set 1-2 mic check, basement tech studios encased in bass, into your 'phones These poems intoned, designed to remind and hone your mind's eye to find the way home Heat to penetrate the freezing land of market research's deceiving plan Media simulates wealth thru duplicates Dupes initiates, reduced mistruths inducing youth to mass hallucinate but underground cats'll stand against the wind Labeled as 'fringe' but really where it all begins Call in friends, mix soul in blends, raw, intense Sure not following trends As for this moment now, i'm stealing this Promoted products ain't no more real than this But music fans can't find the real artists They're pawns to PR firms, charts and markets Harsh to wake to, this heart of darkness I aim to drive a stake through - catharsis Art that's far from harmless LaFontaine names the targets Reclaims the farthest dreams it seems you lost but I found 'em return to you now in the form of sound and build the beat to dig in and get down in Step by step we gonna climb the mountain There's no way to mitigate all the risks I take Art operates to infiltrate the conscious state Thoughts lock to sub-bass, sine waves oscillate Headsets in subways, jets on runways rise to skyways Fly rides glide over icy highways creative space, the pace is set 1-2 mic check, basement tech plus verses by Sloe-T & Seed Verb 
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SAME MISTAKES I MADE BEFORE (feat. Camo) I don't want to make the same mistakes I made before like going through revolving doors of miscues missed opportunities and chances misused truth misconstrued to live down and live through I want to earn the chance to learn from those journey forth, discern the code behold the insight bestowed in this light give thanks - advance to learn and grow sunset and blazing tones and hues displayed in view clear in the mirror as I'm rolling through a long time to think and reflect on some things that I'd rather forget feeling the wind - Zone in the mix while the mind's eye choose to focus on this images of previous days are replayed as I drive entranced on the freeway and I try to give myself leeway about the things I wish I could rephrase gotta get burns to learn from, but damn son my past actions hold me for ransom and demand that I practice the lesson but in the meantime I'm practically guessing stressing events that haven't occurred yet a key in a lock that hasn't been turned yet that's the definition of a complex excessive effect on the present context right about now I roll down the exit fuel running low though you know so i check it I don't want to make the same mistakes I made before like going through revolving doors of miscues missed opportunities and chances misused truth misconstrued to live down and live through I want to earn the chance to learn from those journey forth, discern the code behold the insight bestowed in this light give thanks - advance to learn and grow rolling alone, holding my own should I make the call? - holding my phone I set it aside for now - heading inside for now gotta get fed so I head in a dive for now a truck stop - wonder how did my luck stop I slipped up and missed where the buck stopped playing with vice of various types now I'm paying the price these precarious nights alone with my thoughts - joe in the pot counting on the next shot I'm hoping I've got no guarantees for a rambling man ambling shamble of a gambling man but I won before when i was on the right avenue a couple more scores, pick up some revenue imagine the clock on the wall could dial back, but I could keep the lessons I learned a while back find my way home to when times were better know what I should have said and stay together why'd I insist on making you wait? now I subsist in a state of too late... get the check, leave a heck of a tip into the night, the next leg of my trip headlights up - turn on a song, son night coming down - gonna be a long one... 
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CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE  The struggle is a part of the artist's path with heart game change in the way I play my part say the start is now, as per usual raw with the audiovisual soon to find the new design define the tune to bloom the mind I'm brewing pure moonshine while these serpentine superstars are serving up turpentine keep my rhymes on high and the bass low someone's got the credit coming, better say so pops taking care of my share from the get-go drop top, wind in my hair - let's go homeward bound - I'll show you how I hone the sound notice how the ground contains the roots and seeds the next sounds reflect - stage set - soundchecks reset lit the spark and lift the dark these lost artistes can't admit when they miss the mark risk restart - my art aims to change the way past pain affects the frame once again, love maintains - it's the root of how you live truth from the new kid - moving on fluid dig the new shit - fresh-pressed tunes, rough-hewn from the Blue Ridge every second, double-checking what you reckon is the best direction? hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due every minute, world spinning make a killing - make a living hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due we're passing all the casting calls asking y'all to play the role of crass consumers on soul parole rolling on to a new dawn, beyond a chemical lawn indebted as pawns, suppressing a yawn a veteran's on the mic, not a senator's son never been one - never gonna be caught in the quarreling between the wannabes and the has-beens and the never-wills and the clever advertisers shilling ill pills to kill kids' drive to fantasize, express exuberance, dance and empathize could a bass design create the space and time to place the seed of healing, based in rhymes? say it's mine - I'm rocking the gift changing the game like the oculus rift sightlines set on mindful intent reminders embedded in the rhymes i invent the guides I never had, mentors I never found give as good as i got? I'm giving better now heading out - been around - here and gone now I'm back where I'm from - come along mic control impeccable - mysteries ineffable every second, double-checking what you reckon is the best direction? hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due every minute, world spinning make a killing - make a living hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due back on track - clad in black pass the rest with the depth of parallax flow in the midst of eminent bloom roll in the mist with the treble and boom home is where I am - it's where I'm from present in the things I've done and songs I've sung new self - one and the same I ain't chasing the fame - I'm facing the change that's my evolution, state of becoming translate the phrases related to drumming never the same as the next is - unique poetics rhythmic expressions - check texts - committed to practice pass the test - advanced mathematics study the script - prepare for the role house lights down - on with the show pack the supplies - wheels turn prep double-checked - ready to burn ready to learn - sip the elixir evocative plot twist locked in the mixer LaFontaine - guarantee the beat's tight give thanks - practice the deep sight insight to facets of craftsmanship the path to the answer begins with you asking shit every second, double-checking what you reckon is the best direction? hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due every minute, world spinning make a killing - make a living hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due every moment gone - keep going on staying focused on the path that you rolling on hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due every instant - look and listen visions within extend to the distance hell is on earth - heaven is too give credit where the credit is due 
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THE FRAME YOU LOOK THROUGH  Change the frame that you look through defining the meaning of paths that you took to arrive at the realization that shook you to see you create the frame you look through change the angle of light and the shadows it casts perceive the sound of the song as a looking glass and a lens focused on the present and past and shine light on the moment that's yet to pass the dark days are behind, yet you retain all the perspective and the strength that you gained in recognition of the human condition unfold the soul's volition in altruism now you're listening in to resonance shedding them outgrown impediments that were lessons in a sense now you're hoping for more grounded in gratitude - open the door emerge from the edge of the forest in the last scene in another, from a tunnel at the wheel of a fast machine at last, on screen, the plot twist bathed in sun rays - the hottest compared with the cold you had to go through to know what you hold because no one could have told you what it means to brave the bridge across the precipice to a new day with no precedents Change the frame that you look through defining the meaning of paths that you took to arrive at the realization that shook you to see you create the frame you look through change the angle of light and the shadows it casts perceive the sound of the song as a looking glass and a lens focused on the present and past and shine light on the moment that's yet to pass eloquent in defiance of indifference restless - resisting unfocused belligerence and 'shopped images of paper-thin surfaces disposable products with profiteer purposes what I'm after, I'm here to offer: the next chapter, be your own author cycling symbols until you find one that clicks an image of inner transformation that sticks a song to sing along that's given, not sold just what love is at its best, and that's bold handmade in the basement - no product placement works in progress - steady and patient ready to take you straight to the breakthrough the moment you've earned to celebrate new changes unseen, and too often unsung or so it would seem to be so 'til you're sprung from the prison of a self-definition that wasn't designed by yourself and that's a condition of an ad campaign that's had free reign a self portrait that it's time to reframe Change the frame that you look through defining the meaning of paths that you took to arrive at the realization that shook you to see you create the frame you look through change the angle of light and the shadows it casts perceive the sound of the song as a looking glass and a lens focused on the present and past and shine light on the moment that's yet to pass
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FEARS OVERBEARING BUT ONENESS UNDERLYING  It's always coming at you, more swift, faster than you know how to flow with who'll you go with? At times you got to walk alone show you haven't grown a heart of stone shine your light through jolts and shocks pick your way through bolts and locks hold the spark through cold and dark and through your art, your soul impart your foes are never letting up attempting to prevent you getting up and setting up your systems of sharing your gifts and wisdom preparing to uplift 'em - caring how you're living and expressing your perspective, a puzzle piece a clue to full release, but they'd prefer to muzzle these - the racists, terrorists, murderous police, defense industry and bankers creating debt slavery, corrupt, deceptive entertainers on TV, robot radio stations, websites and streams play on fears and undermine freedom desperate to convince us that we need 'em what I wonder is, from the Oneness, who's done this? The ones who fund this and want to run this who use confused distraction and abuse, to produce inaction choose love to root reaction, the site of learning see and feel the fierce urgency the fire's burning, the tide's turning one came back as many to keep learning fears overbearing, but oneness underlying keep it in mind as practice, keep trying... the hard times, been through that the death of a lover is a path, went through that drugs as a way to insight, a shortcut still tight with herb, but so what? To hit a tuning fork you don't need a hammer when we gonna let the heads out the slammer? Bad as I've had I know some have had worse some of what's coming for me you had first some of what's coming to you, I lived through maybe I can find a way I'll give you something that I've learned that'll ease the pain when making it from day to day through freezing rain that's an artist's role, the way I walk so fake ass musicians are gonna get mocked I ain't the one to take the bait of self-aggrandizement or self-hate wack musicians are trapped in narcissism falling farther from the heart of artistry too much focus on photography, not enough quality in the discography learn as a listener, observe the turns of the river search for the courage to reconsider what you believe are the reasons to resign to be bitter see, Time's a heavy hitter my way to retaliate against society's sick state is to dedicate myself to maintain my health elevate phrase and let my light blaze the fire's burning, the tide's turning one came back as many to keep learning fears overbearing, but oneness underlying keep it in mind as practice, keep trying... For alla y'all who think that it's easy to do this but never even can seem to come close to this you don't know where i'm from or what I been thru kid walk a mile in mine to find the truth is not what you project on me like a silver screen I seem chill, serene but seen the illest things still make the beats and bass, mixing can't kill the dream in 2015 hate recycled to love as best I can Melodians and Babe Ruth "The Mexican" flexing them gems that are mostly overlooked still I ain't shook cause mainstreams is overcooked the maps I make are autobiography of the One we are now that's cartography tossed to the cast of a mad tragicomedy lastly, thanks to all y'all I'm honoring "you love me, you hate me, you know me and then you never can figure out the bag that I'm in" but I'll give you one clue of what I'm purely about smacking flavor outta wack emcees' slurring mouths you heard it now, ain't a thing that I'm worrying about Timezone LaFontaine, Dirty South and there's one thing that I'm sure of the only way forward from here is pure love that's the news, be sure to read it I'm wishing us all luck, we sure gonna need it...   river, deliver this sorrow to renew tomorrow in a song to sing along to survive as only the strong do but respect the fact that the ones we've lost were strong too... 

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