The arrival of SOULAJU: Soul flows like water.  The long awaited album is finally complete.  15 solid tracks available for $5 mp3 download.

This story has many beginnings.  This moment is a culmination of past reflections.  The focus is on the Present, in these times, as we shape what will be.

SOULAJU is a fusion of lives, stories, styles, and cultures; this fusion is personal and universal.  Each track stands on its own, but the true jewel lies in the journey of the album, start to finish.

In the words of photographer Ric Urrutia, “Soulaju is creative, conscious, energetic, sexy, intellectual, and overall: bad ass.”

The reviews, the hype, and the celebrations will come in waves.  The album will soon be distributed by Itunes, Amazon.com, and other major distributors.  For now, as independent, community-based artists, we are excited to share this release with our friends, our supporters, and your networks and communities.

Thank you for your support.  Please help us spread the word.

Official SOULAJU album release: 15 tracks, $5 download: http://soulaju.bandcamp.com/album/soulaju

In celebration of International Women’s Day, March 8^th, I would like to share a song with my fellow WeMoons that orbit this extremely complex yet extremely beautiful home, our planet Earth, and also to the men that support and nurture humanity’s  most sacred resource: the life givers.

WeMoon is a trance floetics dedication to the divine feminine powers embodied by all mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, granddaughters, cousins, aunties, nieces and roots. It is a song to all the women that have fought, danced, worked, sang, organized, loved, and planted seeds of all forms for the rights of women, for the rights of all humans, for the rights of our animal-relations, for the rights of the environment — for justice, respect, equality and for the joy of living.

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“Da Indies”, Shine Flow EP — Molina Soleil & Aju w/ DJ Icewater (2009)

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“I strut, I flow, my style I’m all mine / I shine my truth / I chop, mash up time / you work, you grind, you climb with no interlude / your push, your pull, you rise high, it’s all you…”

…the first words heard from my first collaboration with Aju and DJ Icewater.  It was a big shift in style and presentation from the more gritty Up Before the Sunrise album.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 20th, 2010

Peace to our fans, friends, and supporters.  We came to a difficult decision this week.  We will be pushing back the release date of SOULAJU with DJ Icewater until March 23, 2010.

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“Like Magic”, Soulaju — Molina Soleil & Aju w/ DJ Icewater (2010)

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This is the first single off the forthcoming album Soulaju. This is one of the first tracks Aju and I recorded together in Oakland, CA back in December 2008.

On “Like Magic” we aimed for that ethereal sense of sensual energy that stops time. This multilingual track is one of three on Soulaju that explore themes of love, sexuality, arousal, sensuality.

I have largely stayed away from these themes because most of what passes for “sexy” in American popular culture is overdone and misogynistic. 

The music we were given by DJ Icewater pushed me to be a better storyteller; to be adaptive, to be daring, to have fun with the music; to blend my experiences and what I have seen with what I can only imagine…

~ Molina

Link for free “Like Magic” mp3 download on mediafire:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zoe4lmj5zyl

Touted as the best small venue in Denver by Westword and the Denver Post, The Walnut Room will host the Soulaju release party on January 29th, 2010.  Bay-Area mixtape legend DJ Icewater produced the album and will be in town for the event.  The national street release date for Soulaju is January 26th, 2010.

DJ Icewater is the tour DJ for The Pharcyde.  Highly respected for his support of independent artists, DJ Icewater has put out over 40 mixtapes.  Most recently, he has mixed albums for international phenom Shing02 and up-and-coming Bay Area artist Jern Eye.  More events are being planned in connection with Icewater’s visit to the Mile High City.  Stay tuned…