session drums: Vlad Ivanov
additional choir voices: Felix Brüske, Yuki Dowsett
Mixed by Christoph Langer, Mastered by Felix Brüske at mor-tonstudio
there is also a lyric video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI2a95WOcNA
Lyrics:
They say it started with the virus
I say it started long before
A wind of distrust went on sweeping through the streets
Erasing every glimpse of faith
The daily news were showing chaos
A chaos grown in our heads
Religion never disappeared, it just had changed
Believe in numbers on the screen

All acts of freedom would be punished
As freedom had become the plague
Now sit and work and leave your house just to consume
Arrested souls for evermore
Sign of the animal was traded
As useless vaccinations on and on
You had to choose if you`re against or you are for
Will you be an outcast, will you not?

They say it started with the virus
Thus conjured up conspiracy
Denunciators, parasites would soon appear
Will we survive this mental war?
The daily news were showing chaos
Humanity would become rare
I saw, and behold, a red horse went out to earth
The iron age had been revealed.

Revelation

Before covid there was another plague entering this country and it still rages on.
Also the the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYrStU9NcX0
Session drums and drumloops: Vlad Ivanov
Production and Mixing by Christoph Langer, Mastering by Felix Brüske at MOR-Tonstudio
Lyrics:
Voices that have never silenced
Now the choir will swell again
Never thought that it could happen
But it seems we make the same mistakes again.

Don't wanna se they're just liars
Don't wanna see what is to come
Don't wanna see the misery that came on us back 80 years ago.

All falls down, the time is nigh
All falls down, a time to cry
All falls down, but we are rising
Standing tall until we die.

We'll never sit and watch
Never let them grow again
We don't fear that shaved-head scum
Nor the police that is always on their side.

They want you to be a slave
Even more than you are now
They will set the land on fire
When you burn down, noone cares you never learn.

All Falls Down

Actually these are two songs from our first EP we put into one. Session drums by Vlad Ivanov, Mastering by Felix Brüske @mor-tonstudio.de
There is also a video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-5SSxTO50

Heathens (re-recorded, extended version)

Have you ever wondered what came out if The Doors, 2 Unlimited and Tom Waits would meet at the recording studio? Probably not... Anyway, this is how it could have sounded like.
Lisa: lead vocals
Kai  : Fender Rhodes
Christoph: Hammond, synth, programming, voice
session drums by Vlad Ivanov
Produced by Christoph Langer, mastered by Felix Brüske at MOR-Tonstudio

Lyrics:
"Where are we now and what happened while we slept our time away?
Woke up each day with the feel inside that god was never here.
It's come to this, the war back in our hearts
Back in those days, the future bright and clear

When will we dance? When the tyrant's head will roll between our feet.
Accept the guilt, we will live in shame so we will live at all.
It's come to this, the rivers have run dry
Back in those days, when it all began

It has to be done!
All dreams are dead..."

Dystopic Disco

Nomen est Omen. This song appears in different shapes and there are more to come. Two different versions can be found if sought.
Originally performed by Madderwort. Written by Felix Brüske and Christoph Langer. Session drums by Vlad Ivanov. First time we tried the soundcloud-mastering function.
Lyrics:
"new millenium, new diseases,
subjugation: progress
a creature that is out to take us, eating our souls

run away has turned out futile
as it hides inside all people
in every person that you meet and
beware, it is also inside us

time has come to face the demon
our love's the only weapon
fighting for a new millenium
let's get out of here
let's get on and fight

paranoia, hopeless fury
symptoms of a global crisis
zombifying mind controlling that monster knows it all
digitalized ideal bodies, a thousand shapes, the just hide one

but we never give up fighting
the future it is ours to create!"

Xenomorph (A.I. mastering)

Quite a lean arrangement, compared to our other songs.
Additional drums and mastering by Felix Brüske.
Lyrics:

"Hear they say it's getting harder
Hear they say it's getting bad
Oh, I know, that's no reason to be sad
'Cause there always will be places, where they can use someone like you
And you have been used so often, you will see that's nothing new

What you do or what you say 
It's the same anyway
If you curse or if you pray
It will hurt
What you do or what you say
Noone listenes anyway
If you go or if you stay
It will hurt another day

Now you've found a way to walk on
But you are forced to stay at home
Have to beg the state for money
And maybe the'll get you some
As you see your world is going down, you may find a place to hide
But the sorrow that has spawned in you will linger by your side."

Venlafaxine

Music and lyrics written by Art Glenn. Originally performed by Epilog.
The original song can be found here: https://musicsoverrecords.bandcamp.com/album/superficials
For this recording we had the opportunity to use another rare vintage keyboard, namely "Godwin String Concert"

Colouring the Sky

The the radio compatible version. All credits can be found under the extended version.
Available at: https://musicsoverrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dystopic-disco

Heathens (radio version)

Session drums by Felix Brüske. Music and Lyrics by David Krützkamp, originally performed by Madderwort.
Original track: https://soundcloud.com/the-bitter-herb-man/madderwort-cardboardbox
See David's profile: https://soundcloud.com/davidkruetzkamp
Lyrics:
"Here on a cardboard box
In a bus shelter of the town
I drink my wine and try
To hide my thornmade crown
My back huerts and I feel worn out
Like a punching bag, bought, used
That has been hit by heavy weights
And from time to time got abused

This is the art of losing time
It's rushing by undefined
Maybe someday I'll take a ride
And see what heaven has to hide

My shoes say leave no traces
My eyes don't see the stars
With a past long left behind me
I see the future as a farce
Forget the faces of yesterday
Forget the faces I used to know
Still wonder how I got right here
Time might show me a place to go

Maybe you see me tomorrow
You might even see me today
Drink myself to sleep now
Tomorrow will be another day."

Cardboard Box

Garden of Heathen play a wild mixture of Vintage keys, heavy guitar and electronic beats. Their influences rank from 70s Disco, 80s Synthie Pop, 90s Dancefloor with a touch of Metal.
Thanks to everyone stopping by and listen! (If you like one of our songs or follow us, be sure we will check your stuff too. We are just not able to do it on time)
News and details about the band can be found on our homepage: http://gardenofheathen.eu/

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