Gesang: Lydia Ecklin & Max Berend de Boer
Piano: Bettina Hummler
Drums: Andri Weber
Bass: Alan Tucci
Gitarre: Matthias Urech
Fotografie & Artwork: Maximilian Lederer
Grafik: Willio.Studio

Poesiealbum

Vivre

Vivre (ft. Lily Claire)

Old Light

Turning of the Year

Started singing lmk what you think 
I think I like it more

“Turn Up” (ft. Liam) by. Yung Sneer x AJ Cooper

LAIKA single

Laika

Daad'e del

Song about winning -- teaming up to win in life, a game, marriage, love, partnership

Lyrics:

Verse 1
Sometimes in life we look around and find
There’s something left undone we couldn’t do alone
Here we go again I’m there with you my friend
Let’s start one final push to reach the end

Chorus
I want it. You want it
We’ll become our favorite team
Time to grab the reins and seal the dream
I’m ready. You’re ready
Let’s go out and do this thing
We may never get this chance again
Let’s Win (except 3rd time through sing “again” – then go to outro)

Verse 2
Time and time we’ve shown
We can’t win all alone
As we start this ride
We’re on each other’s side
With every goal we score
We’ll reach for even more
Until we know we’ll take that trophy
Home

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
Won’t be easy won’t be fast
But I can see that mountain top where you and I will stand
We’ll stand

Repeat Chorus

Outro
Take my hand my friend
And let’s win

Let's Win

otay:onii - “Brave New World” (bonus)

YESTERDAY

A song about one of the characters in Anand Gopal's great story 'No Good Men Among The Living' about Afghanistan, framed by the situation there in 2021. Lyrics:

Power in your hands
hands that can't hold no pens 
you claim those desks holdin' your guns
and a dark time comes

40 years of war
not one without a scar
not in sight a life worth livin'
it s a fight for surviving 					

On his run for bread
was where they shot his brother dead                          
and out of hunger pain and pride		
Gul joins the other side

Are there no good men among the living
Are there no helpful men among the dead
what kind of men have you become 
no more allowed to hear a woman sing


Been in the poor man's trap
he can't find America on a map
the least of problems here to have					                 
for who kills for a day alive		

Gul whipped who he saw
whipped to enforce what they called law
with a cable, that's what he had                                                                   
they call it holy djihad

Then America
would turn the fights into a war
they drew a good and bad divide					
and thought all pick a side

Are there no good men among the living
Are there no helpful men among the dead
what kind of men have you become 
universal soldier in Afghanistan


At first they turned the tides
and Gul lost hope, betrayed allies
don't count on mercy, die or flee                                           
now you're a refugee

And still a Taliban
that's what he knows, commanding men				
fight for something with a gun   				
peace has no space for him

[flute]

The door falls in the lock
those who got out can help no more
have no strength to look back
how guards and inmates swap

No more nation building
now mothers sell their children
one more power gave up shell fires
in this graveyard of empires

Are there no good men among the living
Are there no helpful men among the dead
what kind of land will this become
where 20 million women fear lockdown 
and not one word made up in such a song

No Good Men Among The Living

Singer-songwriter (etc) in Cumbria.

Anne-Marie Sanderson opens a new chapter with her new single, Turning of the Year, offering both an invitation and a manifesto: ‘It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention / Follow this breath to its full potential...’.

Old Light, her forthcoming debut album [5 Sep 24] promises to be well worth the wait.  Touching on themes of nature, personal growth, and ancestral wisdom, the album is also rich in musical scope, paying homage to diverse influences from folk, pop and jazz. The end result is a signature sound crafted with care in Anne-Marie’s home studio, where she took on the roles of multi-instrumentalist, arranger, recording engineer and producer.

In an age where attention is spread thin and our focus seems constantly blurred by peripheral darkness, Sanderson’s songs seek out glimmers of hope and create space for them to shine. There is an understated authority to her work and an irresistible inevitability to its emotional momentum. Each note and every word is significant, an essential part of the greater whole. Or to borrow from the album’s soulful second single If, ‘everything has got its right place / everything has got its right time / and everything has got a balance / and everything will work out fine.’

"a gloriously wide vista of astonishing grown-up tales which both fascinate and delight – the overall result, complex and immersive, is mesmerising... A bold, unusual and most beautifully constructed body of work." - Tap the Feed Magazine (2018)

Turning of the Year

Anne-Marie Sanderson

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