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Rapper Kim Ximya and producer D.Sanders of BANA have released their official mixtape ‘Moonshine’ today along with the music video for ‘Flowers’.
LA-based producer D.Sanders joined BANA about a year ago. Together with Kim Ximya he has been working on this mixtape. Previously, the two released demos of the tracks ‘Manual‘ and ‘Seasons Off‘ which are both not part of the mixtape. The same goes for the track ‘Gather’ which was exclusively revealed to subscribers of BANA’s newsletter prior to the mixtape’s release.
One week ago, the demo for ‘Baggage Claim‘ came out, the full track can be heard on this mixtape.
Moonshine
noun, informal
smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
empty or foolish talk, ideas, etc.; nonsense.
Due to technical problems, the CD release date has been pushed two days back to November 30. To make up for this, the first few albums will include stickers.
Watch the uncensored music video of the title track ‘Flowers‘ below!
‘Moonshine’ Track List & Credits:
Moonshine
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed and arranged by D.Sanders
Process
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed by D.Sanders
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
Closecall
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed by D.Sanders
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
Take a Look (Feat. Masta Wu)
Written by Kim Ximya, Masta Wu
Composed by D.Sanders, Hohyung Lee
Arranged by Jinsoo Park, Hohyung Lee
Flowers TITLE
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed by D.Sanders
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
사랑같은건 Written by Kim Ximya
Composed by D.Sanders
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
Dance
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed and arranged by D.Sanders
Money Flows TITLE
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed by D.Sanders
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
Comintoya (Feat. ELHAE)
Written by Kim Ximya, Jamaal Jones
Composed by D.Sanders
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
Outro
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed by D.Sanders
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
Baggage Claim
Written by Kim Ximya
Composed by D.Sanders, DJ Soulscape
Arranged by Jinsoo Park
