I Was Always There

Yhê Yhê

Recording and composition process happened between January of 2022 and October of 2023 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. All instruments, compositions and lyrics by Raoni Martins, except lyrics for track 11 which is a collab with Lucas Ajúr. Front Cover's drawing art and design beautifully done by Emilia Oliveira. Inlay and back cover's art by Raoni Martins. 

   The new work from Draven Project showcases a sound that tries to bring a good balance between the influences around the band. The last album's style is more developed here. It's a blend of Rock, Electronic, and Hip Hop. The album is called Cybertronic Dissonance and it contains thirteen tracks. It is divided into two acts. Act I is called The Raven's Nest, which is written and based on real situations and memories. It's about the life journey and trespassing through many issues while trying to be alive and make ends meet. Lyrics are filled with energy and rage against the past years facing music business and life. Every song on Act I is a moment of intense truth. Act II is called The Evil Flock. It's a set of 6 poems written to be songs. Music inspired by the works of Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jim Morrison.  
   
   There is a cyberpunk vibe running throughout the album, like a soundtrack from a dystopic world. The use of synthesizers and keyboards grew more and more on each album. Billy Idol, Depeche Mode and Ministry are for sure references for this release as well. Venus Highway goes right between Idol and Joy Division's sound with symphonic synth rock touches and doses of Brazilian music.

The raven figure on the album is a reference to the graphic novel and movie series The Crow. Therefore, it follows the concept of a raven being the holder of the heart and soul of someone while this person deals with revenging a great loss. The whole album is ambiented in the way the raven is standing on the shoulder of the main character, following his steps. There are many references to the famous black bird on the album. Act I is called The Raven's Nest because it means a relation to being born and alive into this world and having to learn to fly by fear of falling down and ceasing to live. This fear gets the bird into the majestic skill of flying, so it can fly over the land and face the world. While Act II is called The Evil Flock because it relates to the bird in a mature life, corrupted by the evil of the world while struggling to survive every single day.

Cybertronic Dissonance

The Only One

The blinds are drawn
The waiters have gone
The bar is now empty
And we’re here alone 

There’s no one on the dance floor
There’s no one drinking wine
So hold me like you did before
Let's dance just one more time

For this club is closing
This is the last night
The bouncer he’s not bouncing
He’s fought his last fight

And so maybe one last kiss
Just one last embrace
Tell me all the things you’ll miss
When they’ve closed this place
 
There’s no one at the hat check
The turnstile, it wont turn
This candle lit at both ends
Has nothing left to burn 

Do you remember
How the floor was bouncing
And the crowd was shouting
As you sang your songs

Do you remember how
The band played on and on and on and on
And oh, under those lights
How I’m going to miss those crazy nights
 
The van is packed
The cases stacked
This is a one way road
I’m not turning back

I’m driving down to Paris
And then across to Spain
But maybe when I get to Rome
We can dance again


Single (C)2023
Music - Andrew Pickles and Sreyashi Mukherjee
Lyrics, Instruments and Arrangement - Andrew Pickles
Vocals - Sumi (Sreyashi Mukherjee)

Those Crazy Nights (with Andrew Pickles)

Parlons d’existence sur le seuil de nos vies
Les moments de silence les regards sans bruit
Fidèles à nos histoires dans les creux de la main 
Nous replongeons au coeur de ces tristes matins 

De brumes et de verts
Les parfums
Humides en terre
Les chagrins 
Les moments insolites
Ne décrochent pas
De nos mémoires libres
Des fantaisies

Chorus

Parlons des belles couleurs, légères émotions
Dans les recoins du coeur, les belles intentions
Tout au fond de l’âme, de légers rebonds
Et les petits drames qui nous font faux bond

Dans les petits matins 
Dans les petits chagrins
Frais et salins
Nos vies en vain…

Petits Matins  Avec Yann Kifer Piano

Watch the video at https://youtu.be/aG4pq0aTzaQ

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Romeos & Juliets

Dein Segen blieb in unsern Händen

not like you

Song written in 2002 about the passing of my parent. 

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