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Sharing some of his most personal and piercing music to date with immersive new EP, the R&B star takes Wonderland through the project, track-by-track.

A captivating name who is cemented with the UK R&B consensus, American-Egyptian North London-native Col3trane has a cultured and mature approach to his personal sonic elegies. With a sprawling collaboration list under his belt—as diverse as Flatbush Zombies to Raye and Mahalia—the revered songsmith has further augmented his reputation with “Hamartia”, a five-pronged opus that invests you into his inner workings as a character and as an artist alike.

Full of slick, serene production, dazzling vocal melodic work and reflective songwriting, it’s an engrossing and effervescent listen. Below, the singer-songwriter and producer takes Wonderland through the EP, track-by-track.

Listen to “Hamartia”…

Read the track-by-track…

“Memory Game”
I’d say this is the most personal/ deepest song I’ve ever written, which is funny because I had no idea whilst I was making it. I just remember so vividly that I wasn’t thinking about what I was writing about, I remember writing the lyrics for the first verse in like 15 minutes, recording it and leaving the studio and then being really moved by it, because it was so clear to me what the song was about. When I went back in to finish it with that understanding, I realised that memory game is a song that’s about how my bad memory works against me, and how it’s been used to take advantage of me. The whole song is just a sample of a song called Steady Man by an artist called Fairhazel, and then my vocals. There’s nothing else so it’s really just my vocals and the guitar so hopefully the words hit. There’s so much to say about this song. I hope it doesn’t sound pretentious. 

“Where Have You Been All My Life?“
This song was about a night that I had in LA years ago where we were driving around in an uber and up to no type of good. We must’ve spent 2 hours driving from the west to the east to downtown to the valley but we were having a great time. A friend of mine made the comparison between this song and Penelope – they’re both about a journey and trying to reach a destination, and because of the switches in tempo and energy, they both feel like a journey. It’s just funny how different these two journeys are from 6 or 7 years apart. 

“Crocodile Tears”
I think I just had a lot to get off my chest when I wrote this. I was going through a kind of transitional time and just wanted to say things without thinking about it. That’s kinda what I did on some stream of consciousness shit. When I met Chase and started working with him I knew he’d wanna do something with it and he bodied it.  I saw someone say that the drums give like a lunchtime banging on tables feel, which is funny as that’s exactly what it is. One day I came into the studio and saw Alex banging on the table. I asked him like wtf you doing ? When he took his headphones off and played it to me I was shocked at how good it sounded. 

“Karma”
This is one of those songs we have been working on for years and years. It’s a real labour of love. It’s another one I didn’t really realise what it was about until months after writing it, which I think is so funny. It’s like your subconscious is telling you something that you can’t quite come to terms with yet. I think to me now this song is about being so dejected and fed up with where you’re at, but not being able to change your circumstance. Not being able to be heard no matter how loud you shout. It’s sad man this is sad boy music at its finest. 

“Closer”
Anyone who knows me knows how big of a D’angelo fan I am. This song to me is like my version of “How Does It Feel”. Voodoo is my favourite album ever and trying to do something that even comes close to that type of energy is an impossible challenge but so much fun. This might be my favourite one on the EP but also that might just be recency bias.

Sharing some of his most personal and piercing music to date with immersive new EP, the R&B star takes Wonderland through the project, track-by-track.

A captivating name who is cemented with the UK R&B consensus, American-Egyptian North London-native Col3trane has a cultured and mature approach to his personal sonic elegies. With a sprawling collaboration list under his belt—as diverse as Flatbush Zombies to Raye and Mahalia—the revered songsmith has further augmented his reputation with “Hamartia”, a five-pronged opus that invests you into his inner workings as a character and as an artist alike.

Full of slick, serene production, dazzling vocal melodic work and reflective songwriting, it’s an engrossing and effervescent listen. Below, the singer-songwriter and producer takes Wonderland through the EP, track-by-track.

Listen to “Hamartia”…

Read the track-by-track…

“Memory Game”
I’d say this is the most personal/ deepest song I’ve ever written, which is funny because I had no idea whilst I was making it. I just remember so vividly that I wasn’t thinking about what I was writing about, I remember writing the lyrics for the first verse in like 15 minutes, recording it and leaving the studio and then being really moved by it, because it was so clear to me what the song was about. When I went back in to finish it with that understanding, I realised that memory game is a song that’s about how my bad memory works against me, and how it’s been used to take advantage of me. The whole song is just a sample of a song called Steady Man by an artist called Fairhazel, and then my vocals. There’s nothing else so it’s really just my vocals and the guitar so hopefully the words hit. There’s so much to say about this song. I hope it doesn’t sound pretentious. 

“Where Have You Been All My Life?“
This song was about a night that I had in LA years ago where we were driving around in an uber and up to no type of good. We must’ve spent 2 hours driving from the west to the east to downtown to the valley but we were having a great time. A friend of mine made the comparison between this song and Penelope – they’re both about a journey and trying to reach a destination, and because of the switches in tempo and energy, they both feel like a journey. It’s just funny how different these two journeys are from 6 or 7 years apart. 

“Crocodile Tears”
I think I just had a lot to get off my chest when I wrote this. I was going through a kind of transitional time and just wanted to say things without thinking about it. That’s kinda what I did on some stream of consciousness shit. When I met Chase and started working with him I knew he’d wanna do something with it and he bodied it.  I saw someone say that the drums give like a lunchtime banging on tables feel, which is funny as that’s exactly what it is. One day I came into the studio and saw Alex banging on the table. I asked him like wtf you doing ? When he took his headphones off and played it to me I was shocked at how good it sounded. 

“Karma”
This is one of those songs we have been working on for years and years. It’s a real labour of love. It’s another one I didn’t really realise what it was about until months after writing it, which I think is so funny. It’s like your subconscious is telling you something that you can’t quite come to terms with yet. I think to me now this song is about being so dejected and fed up with where you’re at, but not being able to change your circumstance. Not being able to be heard no matter how loud you shout. It’s sad man this is sad boy music at its finest. 

“Closer”
Anyone who knows me knows how big of a D’angelo fan I am. This song to me is like my version of “How Does It Feel”. Voodoo is my favourite album ever and trying to do something that even comes close to that type of energy is an impossible challenge but so much fun. This might be my favourite one on the EP but also that might just be recency bias.