Reflets

Stefano Manotti -  Endless Road

Performed by Stefano Manotti

Written by Stefano Manotti

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Arrangement and mixing : Giulio Carmassi (ex Pat Metheny group)

Executive production and mastering : Paolo Schianchi and OmniaMusica Recording Studio


The wind of hope
Rushes through the night 
Like a swift bird passing by 
And a love light shines 
Silver in the distance
Where fatigue and sadness leave
And a need appears

I’m waiting to meet you 
On an endless road
With a free wind blowing even more

And you are a stranger
You are one of those
That could help inflame
inflame my soul

Now sadness plays the blues 
Without notes or beats
With a strong desire to erase 
Blank faces in the street


What you perceive 
Has just cooled inside
But the past, like a dream
Will always warm your cry 


I’m waiting to meet you 
On an endless road
With a free wind blowing even more

And you are a stranger
You are one of those
That could help inflame
inflame my soul

Endless Road

Cast of Characters:
xian3-- @xian3 – Christian -- vocals and lyrics
Holger Engel—bass, seed idea
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark-- electric piano
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)-- @josh-clary-1 – guitar and four-string fretless bass
 
This song began with Christian's friend Holger Engel coming up with a melodic bass line and sharing it with him to use as a seed stem for a project. Having collaborated successfully with him before, Christian thought of Josh and decided to pass it along to him to see what he could build with it. Josh was excited to work on another of Holger's creations. His bass line was in a high octave on the instrument, so Josh added a similar, complimentary bass line on the low octave to give it some heft. He invited Ken onto the project, and after doing their little rhythm section give and take, Ken laid down some powerful, yet tasteful drums. Mark was brought in next, and added some very fitting, wonderfully melodic electric piano, which he added in the choruses. Josh also asked JJ to add some electric piano to the verses and synth to the whole thing, which he did in a very mind-bending syncopated way. Josh then added some guitar to the high end to thicken things up a bit.
  We then sent the finished product back to Christian to add his thoughtful, inspired lyrics and signature vocals to his song. This is what Christian had to say about how the lyrics came about. 
  "[Being an avid reader], I came along the sentence, 'We write and make art to show our wounds to the world,' reading an interview with Paul Auster (1947-2024). He died earlier this year, yet his novels are legendary. There was talk about creativity, manifoldness and what the personality consists of. 
  "I can’t remember where that interview was and basically I wrote the lyrics around this sentence attributed to him. 
  "I quote another writer, Goethe (1749-1832), with a famous quotation from "Faust,“ 'Two souls, Alas, housed in my breast...' That points in the right thematic direction in my opinion.
For sure the lyrics also contain other layers of meanings, much more personal…
I am also happy about the title of the song 'We Are Many'. I think Tez came up with it. I was unsure for very long, what’s the name of that song… :)"
  After we had it in the bag, we asked mix-master Tez to produce and mix it, so what you hear is also his creative vision for the project. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
 
Original "We Are Many" lyrics by Xian:

1
To me it seems very obviously
That my I is not a unity
Rather a bunch of personalities
I got a problem with multiplicities

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“ …

2
I am no self-contained identity
Cut off by other possibilities
No border guards set up at the boundary
Enforce the claim to exclusivity

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“…
„I“ writes and makes „art“
To heal the wounds of the heart

3
„Two souls, alas, housed in my breast…“
We hope, that if we do confess
To get rid of this fallacy
And collect the splits of personality

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
I write and make „art“
To heal the wounds of my heart

out
There is
A consolation in round things
There is
A consolation in round things 
A consolation in round things
Oh, ohh,
„I“, „I“,
Oh…

We Are Many (Eclectic Collective with Xian3 and Holger Engel)

JIM ANDERS _ Free

My second collab with La Gazelle https://soundcloud.com/amandine-esno
Lyrics : La Gazelle
Music : HyLGZ22

C'est comme si je ne pouvais pas te connaître avant de m'être collée contre toi à l'arriere
Je pouvais pas savoir avant d'avoir crié de peur et de joie
D'avoir crié de jouir
Je pouvais pas te savoir avant de m'être assise à côté de toi aux Deux Magots
Tant que tu ne m'avais pas prise dans tes bras au réveil et préparé un cappuccino

Moi Je savais pas que tu levais tant la tête pour voir le monde
Que tu avais l'air à l'aise nu sur c balcon

J'ai découvert tout ça et aussi que t es un peu comme moi
Sur les p'tits déj et les repas
Et puis t'es dans ta tête parfois

Pas tant qu' t'avais pas serré ma cuisse mon mollet sur ta moto tant qu'on n'avait pas écrit à deux mains et laissé fuir ce stylo

Le vent sur mes seins il fait un temps magnifique comme tous les mots qu'on s'est dits.
Rien n'est de trop.

Peut être que je t'aimerai bientôt
C'est peut être déjà en train de se mettre en marche
Et un jour on se le dira
Il existera peut être
Un jour on se répondra moi aussi je t'aime

Ça sortira pas de nulle part
C'est de trucs qui sont là depuis le début mais qu'on ne voit pas
Peut être que devant la tour Eiffel je t'aimais déjà

Je ne sais plus qui de toi ou de moi a dit c'était bien
sur ça aussi on est d'accord

Je sens ma peau plus douce que jamais
Tes caresses m'ont lissée et polie
J'aime cette satiété pas encore assouvie.

Derrière moi dans le tgv du retour un jeune homme dessine
Enfin plutôt il gomme ce qu'il a dessiné
Je l'ai longtemps entendu crayonner et maintenant je ressens dans mon siège les vibrations de sa main frénétique qui efface.

J'essaie de faire abstraction que ça ne me touche pas.
Je ne veux rien gommer. Tout garder.

Comme Si

Having a little fun with this instrumental experiment. Dont you worry ….just make sure to get out of the noise

Oh no..not me

waking up

BABY WON’T YOU TAKE ME

Shifting The Start Of Singing

Say You Love Me Extended Dance Mix Djloops (1982)

Despite The Squalor Everybody Had A Good Time

JIM ANDERS streamen : https://open.spotify.com/album/3ZhBPR6FFdNbfwH0E3JWAp?utm_source=SendGrid&utm_medium=Email+&utm_campaign=website

Während Max Mustermann sein mustergültiges Dasein fristet, tanzt Jim Anders gerne mal aus der Reihe. Der Berliner Künstler Jim Anders steht für tanzbare elektronische Sounds und Texte am Puls der Zeit. Beeinflusst von vielseitigen urbanen Musikstilen, kreiert er einen ganz eigenen mitreißenden Sound. Seine Texte mit Tiefgang geben dabei Raum zur Reflektion. Wo energetische Beats auf modernen Elektropop treffen, wird der Großstadtdschungel zur Leinwand und der Rausch im Club tanzbar.



Als Soundtüftler und Sänger führte ihn sein breites musikalisches Interesse auf Ausflüge in Elektro Duos, Rap- und Avantgarde Projekte, wodurch er sein Talent entwickelt hat, unterschiedliche Stilrichtungen neu zu denken und sie zu etwas Einzigartigem zu mixen. Das Ergebnis ist die 1. veröffentlichte Jim Anders EP Lauf!, die in Eigenregie im heimischen Studio bei BaumSoundBerlin entstanden ist und mit 6 kraftvollen Tracks aufwartet. Moderne Musik kann auch anders - reinhören, aufdrehen, abgehen!

JIM ANDERS _ Free

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