Strangers EP

An intimate acoustic duet reminiscing about young love, youth and the need to move on from one another. Recorded between the seaside of Sydney and my apartment in Berlin.

Lyrics

In the summertime
we would ride our bikes
and trace the river to the ocean’s mouth and you would pick me up
before dark
and you'd show me all you knew
when we were just kids
we thought we knew everything

So let this heartbreak take over cause you can’t fight anymore so let this heartbreak take over cause you can’t fight anymore...
in the wintertime
how it rained
but the kitchen was warm
and you’d lay me down
on the blankets
and laugh until the morning broke
but we were just kids
we thought we knew everything
so let this heartbreak take over cause you can’t fight anymore so let this heartbreak take over

Cause you can’t fight anymore...
my love
so let this heartbreak take over cause you can’t fight anymore so let this heartbreak take over cause you can’t fight
so let this heartbreak so let this heartbreak so let this heartbreak so let this heartbreak

Credits

Written by Adam Dudek & Emma Louise Gash
Lead vocal and guitars performed by Adam Dudek
Backing vocals by singer-songwriter Darby
Mixed and Produced by Adam Dudek
Mastering by Calbi / Fallone at Sterling Sound New 
Artwork by Lilla Clara

Just Kids

Credits
Written, Performed, Produced & Mixed by Adam Dudek
Bass & Backing vocals by Valgeir Daði Einarsson
Backing Vocals by Darby
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering
Artwork by Rhys Votano

Strangers

Credits
Written, Performed, Produced & Mixed by Adam Dudek
Bass & Backing vocals by Valgeir Daði Einarsson
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering
Artwork by Rhys Votano

You're Now a Ghost

Credits
Written, Performed, Produced & Mixed by Adam Dudek
Backing vocals by Valgeir Daði Einarsson
Backing Vocals by Darby
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering
Artwork by Rhys Votano

Proof

Barely Your Man

"Better to You" started with the line "I am the salt in your wound" and is about how you stay with somebody even when there is pain.

Self produced and mixed in my little studio in Berlin. Many thanks to Lil Ulmann for performing violin and her great patience with my poorly written Notation skills!
And as always thank you to Darbymusic for knocking it out of the park with her backing vocals.

Mastering by : Zino Mikorey mastering 

Artwork by : Bisera Krckovsuka

Better to You

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2nd single of elkvilla's upcoming EP

Written, Mixed and Produced by Adam Dudek

Flatline into Your arms

Flatline into Your Arms

Written, mixed and produced by Adam Dudek in his berlin apartment.
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24/96
Group vocals by Alina Sarah Stoll, Darby, Leeli and Ben Carusi
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Lyrics
All her clothes are gathered,
she packs her things and wants to leave.
How the floorboards they echo with sounds of heels
tapping her toes, tapping her toes away. From me

For these shouts once were whispers
that lingered under-covers.
These doubts have now resurfaced
that you'll share your warmth with another.
But what will keep me warm through the winter?

This small house surrounds me
for only us could fill this room.
All is left are remindments 
oh how they linger around, linger around here.
around me

For these shouts once were whispers
that lingered undercovers.
These doubts have now resurfaced
that you'll share your warmth with another.
But what will keep me warm through the winter?
Through the winter....

Through The Winter

Through the winter

Written, Recorded and Mixed by Adam Dudek in his berlin apartment.
Vocals and instrumentation : Adam Dudek
Backing vox : Darby
Mastered By Robin Schmidt at 24/96
Photo: Habila Mazawaje
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Lyrics
Those tail lights
from a drizzly night
as you leave for your mothers house.
It felt like a little boat
had left its shore and I’m on land.

Chin to chest,
all days conclude.
Chin to chest,
and just regrets.

For I will row my boat
in no direction now.
For I don’t need no compass
I just need to sink
In the sea...

Ending a week
is like starting one,
For I see nothing ahead.
An empty flat and frozen food,
and those pictures of you.

Chin to chest,
All days conclude.
Chin to chest,
and just regrets.

For I will row my boat,
in no direction now.
For I don’t need no compass,
I just need to sink.
In the sea…

In the sea...

Single

Sink

Written, mixed and produced By Adam Dudek
Bass : Valgeir Daði Einarsson
Oohs : Darby
Mastering  : Ted Jensen
Artwork : Ehud Neuhaus

Lyrics
Lets go inside and pretend its winter
I’ll wear my brown coat
and you’ll wear your sweater
Please play along , Please play along.

The sun peaks through the drapes,
Which we cover with blankets throughout the place
It will be the way we use to be
holding close and sharing heat

please play along
With this and come back inside

for the daylight is now wasted
by how we hide in our blankets
Like a child who stays indoors from fear
the cold will keep you here
the cold will keep you here

It might drizzle rain
as it hydrates the windows wooden frame
While we both forget we’re miserable 
for the blame goes to where we are

for the daylight is now wasted
by how we hide in our blankets
Like a child who stays indoors from fear
the cold will keep you here
the cold will keep you here

My selfish ideas
will make you stay
out of routine

for the daylight is now wasted
by how we hide in our blankets
Like a child who stays indoors from fear
the cold will keep you here
the cold will keep you here

The cold will keep you here

Detailing the loneliness of going out on weekends to the city to find somebody.

Credits
Written, Produced & Mixed By Adam Dudek
Vocals & Instrumentation : Adam Dudek
Bass & Backing Vocals : Valgeir Daði Einarsson
Drums : Philipp Hasse
Backing Vocals : Darby
Mastering : Ted Jensen
Photo : Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir

Lyrics
We’ll go out hunting in the evening
I’ll wear my tie, you'll wear your earrings.
Because we're both lonely,
Because we’re both lonely. 

We trail in from where our houses stood,
The bright lights felt like we came from those woods.
Because we’re both lonely,
Because we’re both lonely. 

So won’t you place your gun at me
from where you seem to be
because Im you're figurine
and you're my figurine.

So come hunt me down 
So come hunt me down.

Lining up takes time and persistence
while entry fees our names won't be listed.
Because we’re both lonely,
Because we’re both lonely.

So won’t you place your gun at me
from where you seem to be
because Im you're figurine
and you're my figurine
So come hunt me down.

I can't wait to meet you
so I can disappoint.

So won’t you place your gun at me
from where you seem to be
because Im you're figurine
and you're my figurine.

So come hunt me down
So come hunt me down...

hunting

Hunting

Australian songwriter & producer Adam Dudek Based in Berlin.
slow vibey indie-folk

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