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Malama Ka 'Aina (Respect the Land)

by Buckman Coe

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    Comes with 2 Remixes by Adham Shaikh and Cookie Cartel as well as a pdf booklet of the insert found in the CD.
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    Drawing strongly from Reggae’s mixture of joyful, danceable rhythms and socially conscious vibes, the latest album from Vancouver’s Buckman Coe is a gorgeous and downright infectious manifestation of the artist’s spiritual nature and passion for social justice. It is simultaneously his most political album to date and possibly also his most uplifting!

    Featuring masterful production by global/electronic artist Adham Shaikh and musician-activist Jason Kecheley, Malama Ka ’Aina (pr: Ma-LA-ma kah-AY-nuh) – a Hawaiian phrase meaning to respect the land and live in harmony – sees Coe’s almost ethereal, soul-drenched voice soaring over arrangements that draw from folk, pop, soul, psychedelia and hip hop, and singing songs that celebrate the awakening of social consciousness and the togetherness of those who are fighting for a better world.

    “Carnival Ride” is a joyously catchy number about First Nations and non-aboriginal people coming together to protest pipeline expansion. Originally written on ukulele, the final arrangement incorporates global rhythms, soulful vocals and hip hop passages to help drive home its message about the destructive nature of capitalism.

    “False Flags” is an equally “big” sounding song that calls out world leaders for perpetuating violence against their own people and turning the populace against false enemies in order to distract from their corporate agendas.

    And “World Waking Up” and “Jah People” are both funky tracks that celebrate those who are joining social justice movements, while questioning whether it’s enough.

    The album also contains plenty of tracks that are less directly political in nature.

    There are songs about love, desire, and giving each other courage in uncertain times. There's another about a community losing a promising, vibrant young man and the desire to make sense of or derive inspiration from tragedy.

    The title track is a tribute to Coe’s “spiritual home” of Hawaii. It speaks of the importance of finding natural environments that replenish us, and of the need to respect the traditional occupants of the land.

    The final track is a psychedelic journey of personal awakening.

    Coe himself is a living manifestation of the values he sings about.

    Born in London, England but raised in Edmonton, he moved back to England at 17 to do a degree in Economics and Geography at the University of Leeds, focusing on economic inequality. He then moved to Colorado to study counselling psychology at the Buddhist University Naropa.

    Coe went on to teach yoga and work with people with special needs and mental health issues – all the while playing music, as he had throughout his life.

    He released a home-made folky debut in 2009, followed it up in 2012 with By the Mountain’s Feet, and in 2013 with an EP that hinted at the more Reggae-influenced sound of Malama Ka ’Aina.

    Though Coe has never chased after acclaim, it has followed him nonetheless, the demand for his albums and live performances quickly growing to the point where he had to give up his day jobs and devote himself full-time to music.

    Readers of WE Vancouver named his band the Best Band in Vancouver, and readers of the Georgia Straight voted it the second best indie band.

    With the release of Malama Ka ’Aina, Coe stands to become even more celebrated by those who love him and much better known among those who don’t.

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    The first vinyl from Buckman Coe!
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1.
City lights missing from the Island life, My mind's still a thousand miles away Catching up with every wave Moonlight shines off the shore break Seabreeze, lifts off my heartache Reminds me that my soul is free Moku ola e Ho’i Mai Malama ka ’aina Malama ka ohana To grow sometimes you must go away, But come back, back to your family With gifts for society Our roots grow deeper than you may know, In hard times, inspiration will show Show you the way Moku ola e Ho’i Mai Malama ka ’aina Malama ka ohana West coast always in the sunshine, East coast where all the food grows This is a paradise Moku ola e Ho’i Mai Malama ka ’aina Malama ka ohana translation: Come back to the healing Island Respect the land Respect the community
2.
Courage 04:44
Your love is an early spring Though we’re living through uncertain times All I know is the peace that you bring When you’re near I forget That the world’s full of suffering and pain, oh my.. Because your smile that you give Is sunshine through rain Oh, my lovely lady You bring a brighter day Ooh, I want a world for you and I Oh woh, my love Where we are kings and queens of our lives Will time await for us Through the glacier melts And the rising of the tides But we can outweigh our troubles When we stand together My darling I need you to keep.. Keep your spirits high Oh my lovely lady You bring a brighter day Ooh, I want a world for you and I Oh woh, my love Where we are kings and queens of our lives (It can be) Have courage! (If we can see it) Have courage my love!
3.
Red Moon 04:48
Life and Death Engaged in a game that we can watch And the learn the steps With each in and out breath The pattern repeats upon itself A circle without end Red Moon, in the tarnished skies Red Moon, you turned to me and sighed We may be gone too soon But life finds a way to make it round again Long, long ways To come around To come around to find out... Make no mistake my love We were meant to collide and create Rare beauty in our wake To bring forth a supernova Like springtime blossoming into space From our love's embrace Red Moon, in the tarnished skies Red moon, you turned to me and sighed Red Moon, my love Though we have gone astray, it's what we're here for And I know that life will find a way To make it 'round again Long ways to come around To come around, to find out Love is what you make, what you make it No need to wrestle with your heart All that I have, when I'm need Is my mind to be free, to trust and believe That the stars will lead, me back to the start Where love came from on high Made one you and I From us two filled the rest of the skies Red Moon, in the tarnished skies Red moon, you turned to me and sighed Red Moon, my love Though we’ve gone astray, it’s what we’re here for I have memories of light before dawn And I know that life will find a way I know that life will find a way I know that life will find a way To make it ‘round again
4.
False Flags 04:15
You mention war they see the profit signs When you mention war, we’re all asking what for It’s not for freedom and it’s not for peace It’s for global domination of corporate greed One day all false flags will fall Releasing all souls captured There’s always been a battle For our hearts and for our minds I believe in human kindness They say it’s for our security Bit by bit take away our liberties Turn their guns on their own populous This is betrayal of the People’s trust Alarm bells ring when you read the history books Because terror is a tool of them godforsaken crooks Masquerading as the leaders of the world And they fill their pockets while they rape the Earth Yes, they fill their pockets while they rape the Earth One day all false flags will fall Releasing all souls captured There’s always been a battle For our hearts and for our minds I believe in human kindness In the time that life evolved upon the earth How far have we travelled since the moment of our birth? Our capacity for joy is matched by the grief The leaders seem to change and yet the history repeats Things will not change until we break the chains Pick up the pieces of what remains of the day The veneer is thin, you know, the stories that they spin But a breaking point is always reached in the end One day all false flags will fall Releasing all souls captured There’s always been a battle For our hearts and for our minds I believe in human kindness
5.
Missing You 05:19
Knowing you woman is like deciphering Morse code from outer space And as soon as I get a grip I lose my orbit and I take a trip You’re spinning around like a comet on fire When you’re coming around And I feel like a creature outta time when you burn it all down Fearsome lady! I’m facing a galactic mess that is you And I got no choice woman Not to follow through What else to do? ‘Cause you’ve been begging and pleading And bargaining and bleeding for true And I’ve missing you like my heart misses blood I’ve been missing you and know why God sent the flood I’ve been missing you like the birds miss the breeze I’ve been missing you and I’m down on my knees Begging and pleading for peace I was lamenting you to a friend Pointing out your constellation She said, “You need professional help, Who better than a woman is a queer to tell?” So I wrote in to Dan Savage Just to get that brother’s low-down He wrote, “Mr. Libido it’s too late To turn that spaceship around” “Your sweet lady, is just the kind of super freak suited to you And you’ve got no choice man Not to follow through, what else to do? ‘Cause, I’ve been begging and pleading And bargaining and bleeding for true” And I’ve missing you like my heart misses blood I’ve been missing you and know why God sent the flood I’ve been missing you like the birds miss the breeze I’ve been missing you and I’m down on my knees Begging and pleading for peace
6.
A thousand miles of madness across these lakes and streams Following the greed of the Ringmaster’s dream There’s a constant ache, persistent pain We long for our homes And the Garden green It’s a Carnival Ride Spinning us round and round Spinning us round and round Until the world’s burning down It’s spinning us round and round Spinning us round and round Spin doctors be telling lies polluting skies until black tides And suicides will ruin lives We’re calling all the tribes We’re standing side-by-side Not for our pride We’re getting off of this crazy ride A billion dollars spent On the greenwash machine And you can bet your life The beach won’t wind up so clean Stay vigilant, brothers Sisters, keep an eye They may be blinding us with promises We won’t stand for these lies It’s a Carnival Ride Spinning us round and round Spinning us round and round Until the world’s burning down It’s spinning us round and round Spinning us round and round We be sinning and spinning And keep them demons grinning This carnival that we've been in Pollutes the rivers we swim in It's time to see it's a prison And let the light through the prism It's time to share a new vision We do it for the children We do it for the earth We finally giving birth to new and true ways With fists raised, we give thanks and praise So follow this parade to the dawn of better days! The opposition grows …while the time’s running out The silent cries …will rise up to a shout The man will be defeated …of this I have no doubt The mission of the righteous …carries throughout Love is the way …to end their evil from our lives Our strength will be revealed …like the parting of the skies We are all in this together …you and I and I People of the world …stand up unite!
7.
Neutron star, the target Your fortress heart No chance for survival It will blow us apart Our bodies are a loan from the stars And we were there from the start When time dissolves into space Will we remember our faces, all places Oh mi amor ¿Qué hay más allá? Que nos espera? Cuando el jardín se rompe Se rompera nuestro amor en pedazos? The well of my heart goes much deeper Than our perception of time Still I wish for more than just one life To call you mine When Saturn’s rings are pulled into the star We will know that we are next after Mars A nebulous light in the sky Let’s hold hands while we die Oh mi amor ¿Qué hay más allá? Que nos espera? Cuando el jardín se rompe Se rompera nuestro amor en pedazos? translation: Oh my love What's beyond? What awaits us? When the garden breaks Will our love be torn asunder?
8.
I put my love inside a locket To lay against your skin, For to tell you how I feel I’d not know where to begin In a moment like this just give me one kiss Before I have to go I’ll be weeks on the road, you know I’ll come home Don’t worry darling, As you said we’ll be just fine I respond to the sadness That you’ve been wearing all this time Love is Eternal, but there’s a black hole in our minds ‘Cause nobody knows how this story will go How life will unfold Everything we have shared You know I take it with me everywhere And I’ve learned love is no conquest It’s to surrender if you dare There are worlds to explore I don’t want to close any doors To places you may go For we learn who we are When we are so far from home Don’t worry darling As you said we’ll be just fine I respond to the sadness That you’ve been wearing all this time Love is Eternal, but there’s a black hole in our minds ‘Cause nobody knows how this story will go How life will unfold Love is Eternal! Nobody knows how this story will go All this time apart I hope it strengthens the valves of our hearts For the future is uncertain And there are many ways to read the stars
9.
Rubber Bands 02:58
Held together with rubber bands Bones stacked like empty cans Marrow’s not flowing beyond the dam Docs don’t know why but you know ma’am You know who I am Hands tied with other hands Mind stalled with too many plans Disaster loves a stubborn man To fall down the staircase bam bam You know who I am Oh oh, oh oh, ooh ooh… Lady instead I’ll let you do what you please Cellophane tongue wrapped around my knees A horde of critics lined up out the door I don’t know why you asked them round here for Only you know who I am Oh oh, oh oh, ooh ooh… Held together with rubber bands Bones stacked like empty cans You know who I am
10.
How long have I been asleep I feel you watching as I blink back to reality So give me some love, I know of the ways that I’ve gone astray Oh, I’ve been living as it comes Come what may If the world could wake up The world will wake up The world’s waking up from it’s collective dream Love is the simplest thing! Love is the simplest thing! Oh my eyesight hard when it’s breaking up for me To watch as the world runs straight towards emergency Love, come summon up our courage please Or we won’t be living in a fertile Eden’s ease Tell me how to work for the peace we need I put my heart on the line, strive for the light To see you as me If the world could wake up The world will wake up The world’s waking up from it’s collective dream Love is the simplest thing! Love is the simplest thing! I won’t ever say that rage is not a state of mine For there’s a war of attrition, and enslavement of our minds Oh, when the love comes in, it’s still hard enough for me Oh, to live for life for a world of peace But life will return with the rising of the sun If the world could wake up The world will wake up The world’s waking up from it’s collective dream Love is the simplest thing! Love is the simplest thing!
11.
Every minute ticking of the clocks Closer to the judgement day The guns will melt in the rising of the sun You can hear the women pray All divisions must cease with the dawning Of this brand new age Our gods, ancestors, no longer separate us Because we are one and the same If the warring is ever going to stop It’ll come from us leading the way From the elders, earth education Rise Up Jah People today! Back in touch with the lands that sustain us Dispense of technologies that will maim All answers exist within and between us Live with love and praise Back to our roots no more GMO crops The industrial military complex must stop Slow down your mind and let the wisdom drop No more boundaries, One Love under Jah If the warring is ever going to stop It’ll come from us leading the way From the elders, earth education Rise Up Jah People today! I think about it, I spit and shout it, I kick it loud I do my best to not have my head up inside the clouds I bring it back to earth and try to think of what its worth Connected to this land ‘cause everytime that i kick And i really wanna be the one to bring forth the change Open up ourselves to the rain Let the water heal our bodies from pollution's pain So let me see you tap into that warrior within Feel the fire burning in your chest as we start to begin To rise up, the Jah People we’re all equal Let's end this war on earth and bring it back to being peaceful Let's not forget regrets, we fret Let's kick back, reflect and get more respect Its not like we’re set to stay in this debt We still can protect of all what is left, so There's no really way we can track the worth If every single person started giving back to earth Will the current generation finally be the first To lift our mother back to our hearts I n-n-know the way you F-f-f-feel inside your S-s-s-soul ‘cause I can See it in your eyes So let me see your hands up to the sky And realize that the truth is always inside Hold on children, hold on Hold on children, hold on Hold on children to the One Love Song If the warring is ever going to stop It’ll come from us leading the way From the elders, earth education Rise Up Jah People today!
12.
Oh brother, you passed by the warning signs That were covered with moss and concealed by time Always driven by joy to kiss the sky And the river rejoiced like all who shared your life Slipped away from me Carried to the deep You left a Trail of Light For all to see To live a life without regret I only wish that I had more time left To learn from you in flesh and blood But I’ll do my best to carry on your good And your beautiful mind For those left behind You left a Trail of light My brother kind To live a life without regret Still I wish that I had more time left To learn from you in flesh and blood And I’ll do my best to carry on your good And your beautiful mind For those left behind You left a Trail of Light My brother kind Slipped away from me Carried to the deep You left a trail of light For all to see In Loving Memory of Daniel Rezmer
13.
After All 04:56
I only have time for one cup of coffee no time for eggs or toast my dear You know I’m fond of sleeping in ’til midday but I feel a change in the air A change in the air I’m on my way Got one speed Born to bleed And it’s the first day after all It’s the first day after all I better set my own alarm That way I have no one else to blame Today I feel I’m gonna do just what I say I’m gonna get the news the old-fashioned way The old-fashioned way I’m on my way Got one speed Born to bleed And it’s the first day after all It’s the first day after all
14.
Every minute ticking of the clocks Closer to the judgement day The guns will melt in the rising of the sun You can hear the women pray All divisions must cease with the dawning Of this brand new age Our gods, ancestors, no longer separate us Because we are one and the same If the warring is ever going to stop It’ll come from us leading the way From the elders, earth education Rise Up Jah People today! Back in touch with the lands that sustain us Dispense of technologies that will maim All answers exist within and between us Live with love and praise Back to our roots no more GMO crops The industrial military complex must stop Slow down your mind and let the wisdom drop No more boundaries, One Love under Jah If the warring is ever going to stop It’ll come from us leading the way From the elders, earth education Rise Up Jah People today! I think about it, I spit and shout it, I kick it loud I do my best to not have my head up inside the clouds I bring it back to earth and try to think of what its worth Connected to this land ‘cause everytime that i kick And i really wanna be the one to bring forth the change Open up ourselves to the rain Let the water heal our bodies from pollution's pain So let me see you tap into that warrior within Feel the fire burning in your chest as we start to begin To rise up, the Jah People we’re all equal Let's end this war on earth and bring it back to being peaceful Let's not forget regrets, we fret Let's kick back, reflect and get more respect Its not like we’re set to stay in this debt We still can protect of all what is left, so There's no really way we can track the worth If every single person started giving back to earth Will the current generation finally be the first To lift our mother back to our hearts I n-n-know the way you F-f-f-feel inside your S-s-s-soul ‘cause I can See it in your eyes So let me see your hands up to the sky And realize that the truth is always inside Hold on children, hold on Hold on children, hold on Hold on children to the One Love Song If the warring is ever going to stop It’ll come from us leading the way From the elders, earth education Rise Up Jah People today!
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released September 25, 2015

Buckman Coe - vocals, guitars, ukeleles & accordion
Tim Parent - electric bass
Jon Roper - electric guitar
Adam Parent - drums & vocals
Sam Cartwright - drums & rhodes
Chris Gestrin - organ, piano, moog & rhodes
Adham Shaikh - synths & programming
Tom Heuckendorff - organ
Max Murphy - saxophone
Ryan Naso - trumpet
Andy Codrington - trombone & percussion
Theo Vincent - congas & percussion
Tom Van Deursen - electric guitar
Brett Hinders - piano
Martin Reisle - cello
Michael Fraser - violin

Guest Vocalists:
Kala Siddha
Warren Hooley
Kristie McCracken
Dawn Pemberton
Gemma Luna

Produced by Adham Shaikh & Jason Kechely
Mixed by Sean Holowaychuk
Recorded at Afterlife Studios and Profile Studios
Mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering

Art by Danielle Caners
Script by Corrina Keeling
Design by Rika Heywood

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Buckman Coe Vancouver, British Columbia

Conscious Roots and Soul Musician. Folky beginnings, evolving into Americana, World, Reggae, and sometimes some dubby psychedelic adventures.
“World Artist of the Year”
Western Canadian Music Awards 2019

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