New collaboration with Peter Bennborn. Once again a fantastic ethereal piano piece by Peter which I sat on for a little while till one day, last October, I went on one of my weekly walks and images started accumulating. As I was walking, I was also listening to one of my favourite French artists, Allain Leprest, and so when I got back home, I decided to make a mix of all the elements running around in my head: I jotted down as best I could all the impressions and phrases that had come to me and then I went through the songs by Leprest I'd been listening to, picking a couple of words here and there when I felt they could get incorporated... so that the end result is about 80% my words and 20% his.

Music and mixing: Peter Bennborn (@peter-bennborn-project)
Lyrics and vocals: Yann Vienne (@non-sapiens)

If you want to find out more about Leprest, here is the link to one of his albums posted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpEAx_NrtQ&list=PLpwUqL0q8iXUDCuzaBYIwZkMWKe7c3C4L

Finally, here are the lyrics (I've outlined the parts I borrowed with asterisks) with a quick translation at the end:

Comme un * vieil ingénu *
croquer dans une pomme
comme la beauté nue
en poche un marron 
en somme un vieux con 
je m'en vais marcher 

c'est toi ma colline, je t'aime 
jt'aime comme ma tronche 
car je te connais 
avec tes ronces
tes tunnels de ramées
pourtant après toutes ces années 
* t'es plus la même *

profiter ... des trouées 
déboucher ... éjecté au-dessus de la ville 
* l'horizon loin *

le clocher... explosé (dans)
une flamme de feuilles fauves 
le soleil trop mouillé 
et je me sauve 

* c'est facile d'aller loin *
mais de sentir soudain 
dans le dos le souffle chaud 
d'une dernière bouffée d'été

* les moineaux démarraient *
vers la plaine et les nuées 
sans les Alpes, âmes scalpées
par la grisaille tartinée

Boire les verts et les roux
les nuages à la traîne 
le bleu du ciel qui joue 
* au moins une fois par semaine *

entre rochers et racines 
entre les buissons d'églantine 
sans se presser pour ne pas se mettre en nage 
on l'est déjà bien assez, en âge

et * sonné au sommet *
saluer un Christ blanc comme de la craie 
il doit se peler 
moi je vais marcher 
en apesanteur 
dans mes hauteurs

* * *

Like an old man forever naive 
Biting into an apple 
As into naked beauty
Water chestnut in my pocket 
All in all a gentle old sod 
Off on a walk...

You are my hill and I love you 
Love you like my mug 
Cos I know you 
With your thorn bushes
Your tunnels under the canopies
And yet, after all these years 
You ain't the same any more... 

Relishing... the gaps between the branches
Coming out... as if shot into the sky over the town 
Horizon so far away... 

The spire... Exploding inside
A flame of fawn leaves 
The sun far too wet 
And off I went...

It's easy enough to go far 
But to feel all of a sudden 
In your back the warm breath 
Of a last summer spell...

The sparrows were taking off
Towards the plains and the sun raining through the clouds
Without the Alps, scalped souls,
buried away under a thick layer of grey butter...

Drinking in the greens and the reds
The clouds lingering by 
The blue of the sky at play 
At least once a week...

Between the rocks and the roots 
Between the thickets of wild roses 
Taking my time so as not to break into a sweat 
One's quite old enough as it is*

And, knocked out at the top 
Greeting a Christ as white as chalk
He must be freezing
I'm off on a walk 
Weightless 
Up on high...

*untranslatable pun, sorry... ;)

Breathe - Collaboration with Peter Bennborn

Bonjour,

Cette page Soundcloud regroupe la suite de mes collaborations sur Soundcloud et dans la vraie vie.

Contact : yvienne@gmail.com

Autres pages Soundcloud :

Compte principal : https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens

Collaborations Internet : https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens-and-ko

Collaborations Internet avec Carlo Presti : https://soundcloud.com/spidersapiens 



Hi,

My collaborations are still at the following pages: 
https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens-and-ko 
https://soundcloud.com/ns-hugo
https://soundcloud.com/spidersapiens

But most of them end up being reposted here anyway...

Apart from these, I sometimes repost stuff from others that I've particularly liked but I only do so for 24 hours so as not to clog my own stream too much (nostalgic sigh for old SC...).

And who am I exactly, then? Well, my name's Yann Vienne and I'm a French teacher of English living in Alsace, near Germany. My hobby is to write and perform simple little songs in French and English and since discovering Soundcloud to post them for everyone to hear and my ego to inflate. My wife and some friends appear on certain tracks. 

Please don't hesitate to leave a comment, be it positive or negative. And for regular updates you can visit my Facebook page (and "like" it if you please) at : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Non-Sapiens/231217246890785?sk=wall

Bonjour,

Je m'appelle Yann Vienne, je suis prof d'anglais et je vis en Alsace. Mon hobby ? Composer de petites chansons sans prétention, les enregistrer avec les moyens du bord et poster ces petits brouillons sur Soundcloud. Et depuis quelques mois j'ai un VRAI groupe que vous pouvez écouter ici : https://soundcloud.com/nonsapienslive

Piano is my instrument, inspired by the world. Sounds like whatever I like, intent on a cool vibe, often somewhere in between Swedish melancholy and Brazilian bittersweetness... 

Peter Bennborn Project is a diverse musical experience ranging from romantic piano ballads to alternative indie metal rock and everything in between, but for country and reggae so far...

The music is either performed alone or in worldwide collaborations, wherever the appropriate musician for the task is located - no limitations and no limits in a borderless world... 

SoundCloud collaborators (from Sweden, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, USA, Cuba, South Africa, Dubai, India, Philippines, Australia):
Vocals; https://soundcloud.com/michelle-yaneza, https://soundcloud.com/neisy-wilson, https://soundcloud.com/jogoldie, https://soundcloud.com/vapmok, https://soundcloud.com/nazneen-1, https://soundcloud.com/just-andre, https://soundcloud.com/kosmi-1, https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik, https://soundcloud.com/michael-obadja, https://soundcloud.com/markexander, https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti, https://soundcloud.com/steveferguson, https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti, https://soundcloud.com/ruud-lockefeir, https://soundcloud.com/padruna
Drums; https://soundcloud.com/walter-w-kelleher, https://soundcloud.com/powerhell, https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu, https://soundcloud.com/moodymo
Bass; https://soundcloud.com/jonnytrobrobass, https://soundcloud.com/vladaroo, https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu, https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Guitars; https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani, https://soundcloud.com/flohbold, https://soundcloud.com/raphaelgtr, https://soundcloud.com/single_espresso, https://soundcloud.com/jerry-kramskoy-1, https://soundcloud.com/lando-orz, https://soundcloud.com/derek-cornett, https://soundcloud.com/robertdahlstrom, https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
Horns; https://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown, https://soundcloud.com/waynemorley, https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau, https://soundcloud.com/jomama-2, https://soundcloud.com/the-ewi-master
Vibraphone: https://soundcloud.com/cocogdiez
Keys; https://soundcloud.com/martinmusic-1, https://soundcloud.com/balammusic, https://soundcloud.com/benjamin_meilink, https://soundcloud.com/johan-rigner
Remix/Drum Programming; https://soundcloud.com/mixed_meta4
Lyrics; https://soundcloud.com/jaime0223, https://soundcloud.com/non-sapiens

https://soundcloud.com/bitbybeat

Enjoy!

Influences: Acid Jazz, Bossa Nova/Latin, Classical; Early inspirations; Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Narada Michael Walden, Level 42, Ultravox, Incognito, Shakatak, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jay Graydon/David Foster, Quincy Jones

Breathe - Collaboration with Peter Bennborn

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