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When it comes to music, there's a difference between hearing it, listening to it and feeling it. For the new album from producer, film scorer and songwriter SIXFOOT 5 titled BODY EROTICA, there’s some contrasting reactions he wants people to feel with it: disturbed or energized. For him, the music is made for more than just hearing and listening, it’s made for experiencing.
BODY EROTICA is built to evoke the feelings of being in the club at night with a surprising final track that concludes the narrative of the album. While genre labels are being phased out more and more these days, SIXFOOT 5’s BODY EROTICA is electronic music with pop techniques but in his words, “incidental music” is a more fitting classification.
“When you hear the music in a thriller film, the musical memory in your brain can get the same feeling from other music. By combining that with electronic music, you get incidental music that creates a whole world within the song.” he said.
SIXFOOT 5, real name Carson Rammelt, built the album on what he calls “cinematic soundscapes.” With his background in film scoring and a love for film, it was only right to translate aspects from both of those worlds into the album.
“Once I was exposed to film scores, I fell in love with it and that exposed me to different genres of films. As time went on, I was actually given the opportunity to score three films myself.” he said.
The seven track album was born from the sounds, emotions and experiences of the New York nightlife scene but was created states away in Florida. After coming out of a creative funk, Carson crafted something that represented home for him that came to him when he needed it most.
“I was house sitting for a friend in January of this year after my 2024 ended not so well. I was feeling lost, aimless and just frustrated. Being in that peaceful environment of stillness awoke my creativity.” he said.
Carson continued by reflecting on how things in life can go in seemingly opposite directions at the exact same time.
“During this time I also was thinking about March 2020 when my horoscope said ‘You never know what’s going to happen. You never know when inspiration will strike.’ During that time, things weren’t in the best place for me. Then, just after that, I collaborated with an artist and our song went relatively viral - then COVID happened.” he said.
This reflection led to something positive which was the spark he needed to put himself in a place where he could find what he was looking for.
“Fast forward to January 2025, I’m still thinking about that horoscope. I found myself in the same place mentally so I just got in front of the keyboard and then it was like I opened a portal. And once I started, I just couldn't stop. I didn’t know where it was going - but I knew what I was doing. The ideas just kept flowing out of me as I got more and more ideas for different songs.” he said.
With the title BODY EROTICA, the sexual energy of the album is at the forefront but it’s done through a creative and immersive lens. Various production elements like pulses, kick drums, droning sounds, dark melodies, distortion and even some original sounds from Carson’s own mouth all came together to paint auditory pictures. These pictures include scenes of lights glowing in a dark room, sweaty bodies dancing and people making decisions they might regret in the morning.
“When I make music, I want to paint pictures. I want the listener to have a multi-medium experience. It’s not just something they listen to - it’s a world to get immersed in. When I start working on music, I see my software as a blank canvas. And as I’m adding more musical elements, I’m painting the picture I see in my mind. It all comes from my third eye and my imagination.” he said.
While the first six tracks of BODY EROTICA are a unified sensory experience of a dark underworld, the final track, “Kontakt,” offers a direct contrast to it all. It serves as a moment of release for the listener, an exhale after the intense sonic palettes they just experienced.
“The entire album is a journey and at the end you reach a moment of euphoria. The melodies and chords are all at the forefront once you reach the final song.” he said.
Creating a multi-medium experience is something SIXFOOT 5 brought to life with the album release party for BODY EROTICA. In a room full of projectors, lights and visualizers, he created the experience the music was supposed to evoke even without those enhancements. The album listening party was designed to push people into the realm where they could just let the music be absorbed and respond to it accordingly.
“I utilized the cinematic soundscapes to enhance whatever emotional response people had to the music. Whether it was mental, physical or a combination of both, I just wanted them to act on it as they were hearing the music and seeing everything happening around them.” he said
BODY EROTICA is an album that serves as a homage to Carson’s past experiences in the nightlife club scene but there's one key difference between where he was then and where he is now: sobriety. While speaking with him, he shared that he couldn’t have made this album if he hadn’t gone sober.
“When I was in the clubs before my sobriety, I partook and indulged in multiple different things. I was still making music throughout all that. But as I was getting older, I realized I just didn’t want to keep going on like that. Then, when I started my sobriety, I wondered if I would be able to still be inspired musically.” he said.
Carson’s sobriety turned out to be one of the best decisions he ever made. The choice to go down this path worked out for him in multiple ways.
“I actually got a large-scale job opportunity to score a feature length film that I wouldn’t have been able to handle without my sobriety. For this album, when the inspiration struck me, the ideas just kept pouring out of me over the course of six days and I realized I didn’t need to be under the influence to be inspired. Inspiration will come when it’s supposed to.” he said.
Carson also spoke on how sobriety has reshaped how he experiences music and the club as both an artist and attendee in the environment.
“Even when I go to clubs now, the music just sounds different to me. I remember everything I experienced and heard vividly and I can implement those elements into my music with ease. Of course, I still get inspiration from my past too but when I experience things now, I’m an observer.“ he said.
SIXFOOT 5’s love for movies and music runs through everything he does. From his actual film scoring for independent movies like Into The Bloo, Life of Riley and Lady Like to the cinematic soundscapes of BODY EROTICA, it’s clear that he showcases his love for his passions through his art. Just like a timeless movie, the music is meant to go beyond the physical senses and reach something deeper within.
BODY EROTICA is available on streaming services now.
You can experience more cinematic soundscapes with SIXFOOT 5 by following him on these platforms:
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Lettie Law is a vessel for God’s message and she spreads it through her music. She gives Him all the credit for the songs she releases, which she says come to her from Him directly. Her latest single, “Forward Ever Backward Never Jesus” is one that celebrates the ever lasting power she believes He has.
When I spoke to Lettie, I could feel how strong and at peace she was just from our conversation. She shared a variety of stories of her life with me and God was the constant throughout all of them. She has a writing process for her songs but as earlier mentioned, she always credits Him with giving them to her.
“I write songs as they come to me from the Divine. Something is whispering to me to tell me what to write, how to sing it and what instruments go with it. Sometimes I’ll get partial parts of a song gradually but for this song, everything came together at the same time. It all comes from Heaven and I give out what I receive from the Almighty.” she said.
Sharing God’s message is a part of every song Lettie releases but this one was specifically crafted to encourage people who are dealing with everything happening in the world today. Lettie sees all the turmoil people are going through in the world and wants people to know that they will make it through any situation they find themselves in.
“No matter what is going on in life at this current time, you can look to God. If yesterday was not good for you, you don’t need to look back. Look to God and there is no way He will not deliver you. Keep moving forward and doing your best and look to God.” she said.
Lettie believes that music and singing can bring people joy, hope, courage and also healing. The latter can come in the emotional sense but also the physical sense too. During our conversation, she shared a story about how one of her other songs, titled “Yaweh” had a large impact on someone’s life.
“My favorite thing about music is how it can be healing. Not all diseases are physical. A woman called me had shared how she had been dealing with insomnia for eight years and had taken all kinds of medication for it. But once she started listening to my song, she would sleep like a baby.” she said.
Lettie Law knows about the power of God and music from firsthand experience. She shared that while she enjoyed singing in front of the congregation at church as a child, this changed as she began to get older. She became more shy and reserved not just in church but in life and in general.
Her shyness and reluctance to sing became the catapult that would push her to sing as God wanted her to after she went through a life altering situation.
“I ended up getting sick and my son suggested I record one of the songs I had written in the books I had from years ago. But once I started recording more, the sickness left my body. But recording and singing in public are very different. So it became a tug of war between me and the Lord because He wanted me to sing publicly but I didn’t want to.” she said.
“A different situation happened and I ended up in a coma and I could hear various voices around me as I faded in and out. I thought I was dying but I woke up on this side and realized I was still alive. The Lord asked me ‘Are you ready to do My work now?’ And I said ‘Of course! I’ll sing in front of the congregation. I will tell my story to the world. Wherever you send me, I am going.’ And when I woke up, all my family members who I had heard while I was fading in and out apologized because I heard them planning for my funeral and things like that. So the Lord spared my life and I’m not shy anymore. The Lord gave me strength and I chose life.” she said.
As Lettie said, she truly did go wherever God sent her. She’s since sung at Boston College, in Connecticut, at churches and even a club.
“University students love Christ. They were singing and dancing and they wanted me to come back. In the club, people were drinking and smoking and couples were dancing and it was nice because everybody belongs to the Almighty. God sees a sinner and knows one day they will become one of His children.” she said.
Lettie Law is West African with her father being from Nigeria and her mother being from Cameroon. The range of the diaspora is felt throughout “Forward Ever Backward Never Jesus” whose production is far from traditional Gospel instrumentation and blends a variety of musical styles. The positive and uplifting atmosphere is felt through both the instruments and the lyrics.
For many Gospel artists, their foundation was laid by someone older than them that raised them in church and likely also had them singing in church as child. For Lettie, this person was her father.
“He played a very big role in introducing me to Gospel and the Almighty. He introduced me to reading the Bible and he and my Mom introduced me to reading hymns.” she said.
Lettie Law has a 10 track album coming soon which will include songs like “Prayer is a Masterkey” and “God is Our All in All.” Her journey with Gospel has encapsulated her whole life and her ongoing faith continues to motivate her to keep making more music.
“I am just a vessel for His word and His message.” she said.
“Forward Ever Backward Never Jesus” is available on streaming services now.
You can experience more of God’s messages through Lettie Law by following her on these platforms.
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