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Les routes de la nuit sont belles avec le Sieur De Molière. Longs sont les sentiers qui mène au succès, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin en sait quelque chose. Il chercha longtemps un refuge pour sa compagnie : il trouva l'hospitalité à la Grange des Près, à Pézenas, sous la protection d'Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Conti. Résumé : Molière, un génie citoyen : à Versailles en 2022, une exposition rend hommage à l’illustre comédien. «Molière, la fabrication d’une gloire nationale» met à l’honneur l’artiste légendaire dans la ville qui a vu naître ses plus grands chefs d’œuvre. Il poursuivit sa carrière dans la ville de Pézénas (34) entre 1646 et 1657 où il observa les caractères des habitants et des notables, notamment dans la boutique du barbier Gély, et ils lui inspirèrent les personnages truculents de ses hilarantes et grinçantes comédies. Proche de Louis XIV, il a contribué au rayonnement mondial de la cité royale, avant même que celle-ci ne soit créée.
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I compose, play, record & produce my music.
All instruments performed by Damien Riba.
© Damien RIBA, Mangalyan Records, 2013-2022

Chez le Barbier Gély à Pézenas

Music composed, performed and recorded by Damien Riba, all rights reserved © Mangalyan Records, 2023. Bonus track from Italské listy (1928), Lettres d'Italie, Letters from Italy by Karel Čapek. Artcover : Fresque.

Italia Antica (D. Riba)

Introduction in English:
Some of my friends accuse me of having a longing for death or even of glorifying death. In fact, I often deal with death in my lyrics - as I do in this song and the whole album that will be released in the next 12 to 15 months. 
But as with previous songs, I always say that I can enjoy life all the more by fully accepting death as an inevitable reality. Many people who try to suppress this fact constantly feel an underlying, agonising fear that tends to keep them away from the wonderful aspects of life. 
In addition, recognising that death is a constant companion from birth leads to even more profound gratitude for every day that I am allowed to live. 
The song ‘Rendezvous with Death’ was written at a time when I was at an important turning point in my life. During this phase, I realised that I had to let some things ‘die’ in order to continue living well. In this respect, this in-depth rendezvous was necessary in order to move forward again. Another example of how death and life are inextricably linked.


Lyrics in English

Rendezvous with Death

The dead comes very quietly
He sneaks up behind you unnoticed
He has stolen your lifelong dream
So don't even start making plans for the future

In the most beautiful kiss he takes your joy
In the greatest rush of life he simply unplugs you

He cradles you gently in his lap, lulls your mind, sings you to sleep
Before you awake, he draws you all the way in to himself 

He is waiting for you in the treetop 
Lean in, he takes you to himself
With every branch he has already grasped you
The dead

Deutscher Originaltext

Rendezvous mit dem Tod

Der Tod kommt auf ganz leisen Sohlen
Er schleicht sich unbemerkt von hinten an
Er hat Dir Deinen Lebentraum gestohlen
Drum‘ fang‘ erst gar nicht mit Zukunftsplänen an

Im schönsten Kuss nimmt er Dir Deine Freude
Im größten Rausch des Lebens stöpselt er Dich einfach aus

Er wiegt Dich sanft in seinem Schoß, lullt Dich ein, singt Dich in den Schlaf
Bevor Du erwachst zieht er Dich ganz zu sich hinein 

In der Baumkrone erwartet er Dich 
Lehn Dich an, er nimmt Dich zu sich
Mit jedem Ast hat er Dich schon erfasst
Der Tod

Rendezvous mit dem Tod (Rendezvous with the dead)

Rendez-vous mit dem Tod (Rendez-vous with Death)

Galligaskins

A bunch of tracks that will be coming out in 2025 sometime, many of these are WIP and are subject to change

Tracklist
Crunchy Munchy - Acidic Underground (Komputing Power V3
Crunchy Munchy - Seaside Racetrack (Aero Breaks EP)
Crunchy Munchy & element8 - aerocities (Aero Breaks EP)
Crunchy Munchy & element8 - Looping Currents (Aero Breaks EP)
Crunchy Munchy - ID
Crunchy Munchy - ID
Bliss2K - Stash (Crunchy Munchy Remix)
Crunchy Munchy - ID

Crunchy Munchy 2025 ID/WIP Showcase

Cantrip

Solsticians
All rights reserved © Music by P. Paolini (guitar) & D. Riba (keybords), 2024
Artcover : future-sciences.com

Solsticians - Ménestrels Millenium

Paul Simon wrote this 50 years ago, but very relevant today

american tune Laura

Bang bang bang

"It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in" - Jon Cale

A Stronger Loving World

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