Blanket Of Stars - Gitta de Ridder & Martha Bean

© 2014, Little Memories Records [Lyrics Below] 

Recorded on the 25th of April 2014.
Produced by; Jeremy Stacey
Vocals & Guitar: Gitta de Ridder
Piano: Jeremy Stacey

Mr Yesterday
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You used to bring me flowers, we'd talk for hours and a day
we used to watch the sunset, we'd forget, we'd laugh, we'd play
And I like to remember the way things used to be
'cause today, we're a different you and I

I know you are Mr right now
But I want Mr Yesterday

And I like to remember the way we used to roam
Holding hands made silent plans on lands where we would make our home
And the strongest walls we'd build keep out the winter nights
A whispered promise to each other to keep the warmth alight

I know you are Mr right now
But I want Mr Yesterday

But even your cold hands still warm my heart
they calm my nerves, they tell me I should stay
And I feel certain we can make it, I feel we're only moments away
moments away from tomorrow

I know you are Mr Right now
Be my Mr Yesterday
I know you are Mr Right now
Be my Mr Every day
I know you are Mr Right now
Be my only one today
I know you are Mr Right now
You're my only one you keep me warm

Song written by: B. de Ridder
Additional composers: M. Harris & S. Coulson

Mr Yesterday (radio edit)

'Come Find Me' is the first single and title track of the 'Come Find Me' debut EP coming out on the 15th of January 2015 from Dutch London-based singer-songwriter Gitta de Ridder. 

Song written and performed by // Gitta de Ridder
Percussion // Simeon Rodgers
Bass // Kai Liebrand
Engineering // Rich Evatt
Mixing // Isabel Seeliger-Morley
Mastering // Mike Manders 

Come find me where the birds fly
come find me when the sun shines
find me in the blue skies
come find me when you feel blue
come find me where we once knew
find me in the full moon

we all need a little smile sometimes
a gentle face to say “hello”
we all need a little love sometimes
a twinkle in your eyes, some kindness by surprise

Come find me through the raindrops
come find me in the treetops
find me when it all stops

we all need a little smile sometimes
a gentle face to say “hello”
we all need a little love sometimes
a twinkle in your eyes, some kindness by surprise

when the rain falls heavy build a roof
cover it in leaves of green
when the sky is blackened shine a light
the stars, the moon, they shine for you

we all need a little smile sometimes
a gentle face to say “hello”
we all need a little love sometimes
a twinkle in your eyes, some kindness by surprise


Come Find Me

Download available from Bandcamp, where fans can support the artist directly -> https://gittaderidder.bandcamp.com/track/alternate-reality

'Alternate Reality' released on the 7th of October 2015, is the first single of the upcoming debut album (expected spring 2016) by Dutch-English artist Gitta de Ridder. 

Written, produced and recorded by Gitta de Ridder
Mixing and mastering by Coen Dingemans 
Photo by Asia Pracz / Artwork by Gitta de Ridder 

Vocals/Guitar/BV's/Drums/Melodica - Gitta de Ridder
Bass - Kai Liebrand
Cello - Simon Lewis
Additional Percussion - Leon Schmitz 

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You, you are, the man I’ll never have
Though I have wanted you since the day we met
But we can be together in this alternate reality

I see a road but I turn back
I see a house but I will pass
and I see a life that isn’t mine, I see a love that will never be

‘Cause you, you are, the man I’ll never have
Though I have wanted you since the day we met
But we can be together in this alternate reality

Oh these are the feelings I cannot feel
and these are the thoughts that I cannot think
and these are the secrets I hide away but they whisper to me they whisper to me
Oh these are the future’s that I contain
that I keep away so that they won’t be
and these are the moments, a thousand moments that never happened
They’ll never happen

‘Cause you, you are, the man I’ll never have
Though I have wanted you since the day we met
But we can be together in this alternate reality

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Alternate Reality

Gitta de Ridder - 'Lie With Me' 
Second single of upcoming Debut album expected Sept/Oct 2016 

In art we expose ourselves. In music we bare our souls and speak out about the things close to us, the things we feel, the lives we live. We bare that what lies and sometimes hides inside. We dress it up, we dress us up, in dresses and trousers and jumpers and fashions to say; look this is me and how I want you to perceive me. We mould ourselves into a shape and form. 

In simplicity, honesty, naked in song, in word, in sound we bare all. 
To speak our truth. 
For those who want to hear it. 
x Gitta

lyrics
Lie With Me 

Like a child in the dark 
I stay up late 
Like a radio-wave 
A sirens parade 

Lie with me, lie with me tonight 
Lie with me, till all is bright 

Like I'm one of the stars 
Simon said 
I fly from Venus to Mars 
All from my bed 

Oh come here and lie with me, lie with me tonight 
Lie with me, lie with me till all is bright 

Like a falling leaf 
We search for ground 
The silence smothering me 
I need you around 

So come here and lie with me, lie with me tonight 
Lie with me, lie with me till all is bright

released March 11, 2016 
Written, Performed, Produced and Recorded by; Gitta de Ridder 
Mixing and Mastering; Coen Dingemans 
Cover image credits; Wayne Grundy 
Artwork by; Gitta de Ridder

Lie With Me

'Even If' is the 3rd single of Gitta de Ridder's Debut Album 'Feathers' which is set to be released on the 21st of September 2016. 

"New single ‘Even If’, a song about friendship – or loneliness, shows Gitta’s lyrical ability in an effortlessly catchy chorus with beautiful vocal harmonies"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8LNRlpipdE

Song written and performed by // Gitta de Ridder
Bass // Kai Liebrand
All other instruments // Gitta de Ridder
Mixing & Mastering // Coen Dingemans

Even If 

Even if you were a sailor, if you were a traitor, if you were a liar, if you were on fire, If you asked a question that I couldn’t answer, if you told me actually you were a dancer 
If you’d made a mess and you’d hurt all around you, I’d stick by your side even if I’d resent you, if you’d turn out different than I had imagined, I’d still be your friend, all till the end 

And I won’t let you I couldn’t let you I wouldn’t ever let you down 
No I, I won’t let you I couldn’t let you I wouldn’t ever let you down no 
Not even if you’d exist 

Even if no-one around here could understand you, I’d try to relate to the words that you bend I’d try to align with your viewpoints your reasons, your insane denial and your complete delusions 
I couldn’t care less if they all thought you crazy, they all thought you lazy, I’d make up my own mind, Oh bless for your you-ness, the truth is your greatness is so underrated 

And I won’t let you I couldn’t let you I wouldn’t ever let you down 
No I, I won’t let you I couldn’t let you I wouldn’t ever let you down no 
Not even if you’d exist 

Maybe if I could have known you, I wouldn’t be lonely, we’d walk down the lanes and we’d talk about everything we never told anyone, we’d share all our secrets, we’d have all the world of fun 
Sharing the brightness, sharing the darkness that hides out in our minds, ‘cause you’d understand me and I’d understand you, and you’d be my best friend, and you’d never leave me
You’d never leave me out in the cold 

Oh how I wish, you’d exist 
How I wish, you’d exist 

Even If

"Till the Day That I Die", the latest single of Gitta's Debut Album 'Feathers' released 21/09/2016

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Song Written, Recorded & Produced by Gitta de Ridder
Mixed & Mastered by Coen Dingemans

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF25o4j2eiI&t=6s
Directing & Cinematography by Hannah Lovell // http://hannahlovell.co.uk/

- Till The Day That I Die -

How big do you feel when you close your eyes
feel it shrink, feel it grow, feel it’s rise
how far do you feel when you close your eyes
feel the ground fall away from the skies
nevermind all else we are blind

but I don’t mind, I don’t mind
you do whatever you like
oh my handsome it was love at first sight and I will love you till the day that I die

How does it change when you close your eyes
do you feel, do you know, do you try
How can it be that when we close our eyes
we are here yet we’re somewhere else aligned
we are out of our minds

but I don’t mind, I don’t mind
you do whatever you like
oh my handsome it was love at first sight and I will love you till the day that I die

Oh I don’t mind, I don’t mind
we do whatever we like
oh my handsome it was love at first sight and I will love you till the day that I die

Feathers

Till the Day That I Die

Mr Yesterday

Single taken from Gitta's upcoming 3rd album 'To Our Children' out on 10/10/2020. 

Inspired by the likes of First Aid Kit and Gillian Welch this tune captures a laid back country-vibe. Prominent features of Pedal Steel guitar and smooth drum rhythms only adding to Gitta's engaging vocal performance. A 'cheers' to oddballs & outcasts. Celebrating the beauty that each and every one of us has to offer. 'Here's to wonder!' 

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To Wonder 

Never mind what they said          			 
Never mind it’s in the past 
It’s only ugly words

Like a knife cutting through         			 
like an ache so deep inside 
oh those ugly words 

Here’s to wonder 					
‘bout all that lies beneath  
Over yonder 
Oh I wonder, wonder why it’s cut so deep

Oh I know how it feels 
How the bruises no-one sees
can stay so black and blue 

Part of the few part of the same
we’re bound in glory and in shame
oh darling please be brave 

Here’s to wonder 					
‘bout all that lies beneath  
Over yonder 
As I wonder, wonder how to set it free

you’re ok kid, you’re ok 				
you’re an ok kid oh you’re ok 
no matter what they say no matter what they say 

Here’s to wonder 
‘bout all you’ve got to give 
over yonder 
oh just let them talk their shhhh  
here’s to wonder 
there’s so much to be found 
over yonder 
you just got to got to got to let it out

To Our Children

To Wonder

[ Lyrics Below] This track hints at Spanish Flamenco with additions by guitarist Paco Seco, Gitta’s passionately emotive vocal delivery and hand-clap rhythms that bring images of Spain’s rich culture to mind. Recorded for parts in the UK, in the beautiful ancient town of Ronda, Spain and in the Netherlands. It speaks of a challenging search for forgiveness in an environment that is unforgiving. When religion can't save us we have to find redemption elsewhere, digging deep within the layers of our own psyche.

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The Clearing

No hope for the sinner longing for truce, no room for forgiveness, for starting anew
No rest for the wicked, repentance is cruel, it tosses and turns, aches and it yearns 
 No points for the failing that can’t tell the truth, banned and forgotten, wretched and rotten 

Go to the clearing, no sin there to swim in
No longer no further, oh clearing come nearer 
The reason for treason to be one that purges 
Forgives all our urges so human

Be free be one with all you’ve done no wrong no wrong my son 
Be free be one with all you’ve done no wrong no wrong my son

Oh go to the clearing, no sin left to swim in
No longer no further, oh clearing come nearer 
The reason for treason to be one that purges 
Forgives all our urges so human, only human
Only human 

Where there’s hope for the sinner longing for truce, there’s room for forgiveness, for starting anew. Find rest with the wicked, redemption ain’t cruel, it cradles and holds as kindness unfolds. 

Be free be one with all you’ve done no wrong no wrong my son.
Be free be one with all you’ve done no wrong no wrong my son.

The Clearing

3rd track of Gitta's upcoming 3rd album called 'To Our Children' - album release on 10/10/2020

Lyrics: 

Round the backs of buildings where we’re soul brothering, soul sistering 
stop smothering and start believing in yourself 
Round the end of our lives so much soul bothering, soul bothering 
stop smothering and start believing in yourself 

All the time that’s wasted time we’ve wasted being so unkind
All the time this precious time we wait for someone else to make divine 
divine, divine, don’t let it pass you by 

Round the bend, we’re here again for soul brothering soul sistering 
stop smothering and start believing in ourselves
Round and round and round again this soul bothering soul bothering 
being too hard on ourselves 

All the time that’s wasted time we’ve wasted being so unkind
All the time this precious time we wait for something else to make divine 
divine divine divine, don’t let it pass us by
divine, divine
divine, divine, don’t let it pass us by

Round the bend oh loving friends let’s gather round all holding hands
cause we can stand the strongest winds these storms won’t do our spirits in
can always build whatever breaks and we must whatever it takes 
oh let us build and not tear down not drop the bomb not give a frown
oh can’t you see that we must find 

divine divine divine, oh let it come on by
divine divine 
divine divine divine, oh let it come on by

Soul Brothering, Soul Sistering

Dutch-English singer and songwriter Gitta de Ridder draws the listener into a world full of atmosphere and feeling. Feelings of joy, sadness and wonder. Stories, thoughts, dreams, hopes, and all that lies between wrapped up in a blanket of indie folk acoustic guitar sounds and beautiful melodies.
She grew up in The Netherlands leaving the family home to go study music at age 18. A journey that took her from the Netherlands to Germany, to Italy, Greece, Ireland and the UK, settling in London in 2008 where she has lived ever since. Her first single 'Mr Yesterday' released in September 2014 gathered attention from BBC introducing, Amazing Radio and several Dutch Radio stations and with her self-produced debut EP 'Come Find Me' released in January 2015 and received with shining reviews she is starting to be a name to remember.

"Her remarkable voice is given the space and attention it deserves. She really is a wonderful singer." - Alex Gallacher 'Folk Radio UK' on the 'Come Find Me' EP

"Gitta De Ridder's talent lies in creating moody, atmospheric melodies that could be dark, candlelit spaces but then lighting them up with her voice which is full of hope and quiet determination." - Roland Monger 'Listen With Monger'

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