Name: Snow by Mirabeau
Duration: 3 min 13 s
Description: Rich bass, lyrics intended for a trance state.

Taken from the album Ascendant. Vocal by Bryony Lang. Cello by Ian Burdge.

Lyrical extract from the book 'Hotel World' by Ali Smith used with the author's permission.

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WEIGHT
stand up and let me see you
hands raised steady adagio
eyes closed inanimate
I shoot this film

a string of past convictions
held in complete silence
I gave you up so we could be alone

for someone would always come to take you away
no matter how set upon the path we thought we were
I am hanging falling breaking
between one word
one word and the next
one word and the next

we hope to see the future
we aim to catch it off guard
we search for proof as if proof could be found
within a skeletal code
within skin cells once shed
within the blood we were bound to deny

someone will always come to take you away
no matter how set upon the path you thought you were
I am hanging falling breaking
between one word
one word and the next
one word and the next

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Weight

For Gord. We’ll all be there this summer to see you bring out the new songs with your singular guts and panache.... and the golden oldies that are so golden. All my respect, admiration and love, Leslie. #gorddownie #thetragicallyhip


Flamenco For Gord

Rich bass, lyrics intended for a trance state.

Snow

Lyrics and vocal by Richard Price. Music composition, guitar and vocal by Caroline Trettine. Recording made at Lumme Studio, Brighton in 'The Apollinaires' sessions, July 2007.  The Apollinaires was a working title for the band: they were soon renamed as Mirabeau. A different mix of this is included on the Mirabeau first album, Golden Key, on the Generous label (2010). www.mirabeauproject.com. The lyrics also appear in Richard Price's poetry collection Rays (Carcanet, 2009). 

Parkway

Lyrics and vocal by Richard Price. Music, guitar and vocal by Caroline Trettine. Music and guitar by Ian Kearey. From "The Apollinaires" session at Lumme Studio, Brighton, July 2007. The Apollinaires was a working title for the project which became Mirabeau. This is a slightly different mix from the one released on Mirabeau's first album Golden Key, on the Generous label (2011).

Last Train, Full of Couples

Music, guitar and vocal by Caroline Trettine. Bass by Ian Kearey. Recorded at the Brighton sessions, July 2007, Lumme Studio. A slightly different mix from the version on the Golden Key album, on the Generous label, 2011.

Treasure Time

Words and vocal by Richard Price. Music by Caroline Trettine and Ian Kearey. Lyric also found in Richard Price's poetry collection In Your Generous Hours

In Your Generous Hours

Bob Dylan - John Horsfall

Track from the album Ascendant by Mark Northfield. Lead vocal by Mark.

Album streamed and available in most formats at http://marknorthfield.bandcamp.com/. Also available for download from emusic, iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. Physical CD available from CD Baby and Rough Trade.


ZERO
let's go down to the river
watch the stars all flicker on
throw our secrets into the water
let em be carried away
time will do what it always does

it'll run through yer fingers
measure life in years but remember
zero doesn't exist
 
now is almost
now is always
now is gone
now is nearly
now is surely
now is not
now is high-time
now is high-tide

let's go down to the river
see the sky fade from azure
silhouettes on the dim horizon
the power of the unseen guiding human endeavour
our senses to exchange vows
water murmurs the earth's agreement
zero runs in between
 
now is almost
now is always
now is gone
now is nearly
now is surely
now is not
now is high-time
now is high-tide

falling leaves dance about us
distant trains make future plans
your hands speak of an innocent heart
your eyes another man
a soft breeze chinese whispers
we have been here all our lives
getting drunk on the revelation
love is seeing stars
 
now is almost
now is always
now is gone
now is nearly
now is surely
now is not
now is high-time
now is high-tide

almost
always
gone
nearly
surely
not
high-time
high-tide
here
 
now is here
now is here
now is here
now is here
now is here

Zero

Mirabeau are the poet Richard Price and the musician, composer and singer Caroline Trettine, working with musicians who include Ian Kearey, Roberto Sainz de la Maza and David Chapman. Their first album was Golden Key, 2011, their second is Age of Exploration, 2015, both released on the Generous label via CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon download.

Snow

Mirabeau

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