A tribute to George Floyd (1973-2020), an ode to brotherhood and benevolence, against racism, and violence.

#GeorgeFloyd #Soul #Grenoble #SoulMusic #Pop #Piano

Still Breathing

Twilight is a tribute to David Bowie, in particular the way he worthily staged the twilight of his life with his final testament and masterpiece Blackstar and centerpiece Lazarus.

#Electro #Rock #Indie #DavidBowie #Bowie #Tribute

Twilight

« The partisans » relate l’histoire de ces 25 maquisards français réfugiés dans une grotte, qui entre le 21 et 23 Juillet 1944 tiennent tête à un bataillon ennemi au Pas de l'Aiguille, dans le massif du Vercors. Ce morceau, combinant instruments acoustiques et chœurs folks, culmine dans un final rock épique. Il fait écho à « The partisan » de Leonard Cohen, un hommage aux résistants d’où qu’ils viennent, qui se battent pour sauver leurs terres, leur famille et pour retrouver le chemin de la liberté.

"The partisans" is the story of 25 maquis (french resistance) who took refuge in a cave, between July 21st and 23rd of 1944, stood up to an enemy battalion at the Pas de l'Aiguille, in the Vercors massif. This piece, combining acoustic instruments and folk choirs, culminates in an epic rock finale. It echoes to "The Partisan" by Leonard Cohen, a tribute to partisans wherever they come from, who fight to save their lands, their families and to find the path to freedom.

The Partisans

Reprise du morceau de Billie Eilish à la sauce "Shining tapes".
Cover of Billie Eilish's song "Shining tapes" style.
Fred. B.: lead vocals, percussions, bass, vibraphone, synth, mixing, mastering.
Vince A.: guitars (bossa, classical, jazz solo), synths, backing vocals

Billie Bossa Nova (Billie Eilish cover)

Lyrics:
thick smoke rises above the audience
in this small venue dimmed with red
the notes flow like leaves in the wind
they’re stroking and bathing me in dawn

the groovy rhythm, an embrace that sways
the dizzy artist
the disco king is not very far away
he’s found his black stars

yesterday
we had no choice but to
discount songs
in this depressing place

What's everybody afraid of
in hours like these?
How long have I been blind?

it's all done
in the blink of an eye
it's all done
the hell gone through
the impossible
the envy of meaning
trapped by more destructive figures

I remember should have beens
I remember should have beens
looking for something in the beyond
a poetic and insane beauty
you don't know
i've flown away

magic is alive
as it’s always been
now I shine with my black stars

magic is alive
as it’s always been
now I shine with my black stars

magic is alive
as it’s always been

magic is alive
as it’s always been

magic is alive
now I shine with my black stars

magic is alive
now I shine with my black stars

magic is alive

truth is i've made an exit
in the ghost light
with every heartbeat
magic is alive

truth is i've made an exit
in the ghost light
with every heartbeat
magic is alive

truth is i've made an exit
in the ghost light
with every heartbeat
magic is alive

truth is i've made an exit
in the ghost light
with every heartbeat

truth is i've made an exit
in the ghost light
with every heartbeat
with every heartbeat

truth is i've made an exit
in the ghost light
with every heartbeat
with every heartbeat

[...and the bluebird is whistling...]
credits
releases April 3, 2023
Music written and produced by the Shining Tapes
Vincent Agache: instruments
Fred Bonnier: vocals, production

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About "Thick Smoke"
"Thick Smoke" takes its inspiration from the musical testament "Blackstar" bequeathed to us by David Bowie.

Thick Smoke is a song about the genesis of the album "Blackstar", the atmosphere that David Bowie could have experienced when he recruited his last team of musicians while attending these gigs in New York Jazz clubs, with the smell still impregnated with the fragance of the cigarettes.

Thick Smoke is also the thick fog that enveloped us when David Bowie passed away, the feeling of mourning for a person who accompanied us in our genesis as musicians.

Thick Smoke is the twilight light, emanating from a dying star that draws all its energy from the musical creation stronger than the disease, carrying him to its last breath

Finally, Thick Smoke is the spirit of David Bowie, the magic of his musical legacy that vaporizes in this song, his last ethereal, appeased heartbeats that vanish to mark the birth of the bluebird (“Lazarus”).

Thick Smoke

Lyrics:
Life with you was the ordinary April’s dealings
In my small minded neighborhood
I’ve promised anything

In this inopportune time, I’ve said goodbye
Plagued by an ugly disillusionment
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Smoke screens
(another shoe to drop)

Filthy heartbreak
Filthy heartbreak

What’s left, you ask
In the midst of the pretense
At the bottom of the world
We’re making things more difficult
(things more difficult)

Second-guessing things as they were
I’ve said goodbye
Doesn’t matter how many times
You’ve watched this passion

Filthy heartbreak
Filthy heartbreak
Filthy heartbreak
Filthy heartbreak

Modern Romance

Filthy Heartbreak

Lyrics: 
I imagine you
looking for a place to hide
concealing what will never come

I imagine you
citing hell's obligations
and crying out

it's likely that it won't ever be the same again
it's likely killing me

I'm negotiating time
in the company of others


nobody sees
I'm waiting for help
end of our love story

I told you
things fall apart
nothing works out


you imagine me
expecting deliverance
exposing bad blood

you imagine me
invaded by absurdity
an obscene reality

I imagine you
Moved by most of heaven
We’ve lost our way

You imagine me
Trying to get over you



nobody sees
You’re waiting for help
end of our love story

You told me
things fall apart
nothing works out

We talk of the same feelings
You and I
nothing works out
We talk of the same feelings
You and I

I'm on my 8th day of drinking
I have to stop
(good kitty tonight it doesn't look good)
I'm a little bit of a mess tonight I am in the last degree underground
(Well, little pussycat, that's for another time...)
I can still change my mind you know
I think it's gonna kill me
I'm going on my way through hell
I think I'll drink tonight anyway
Alone - Alone!
Awful - Awful!
this day is shit anyway
It's boring
You should have come in the end
You could have come in the end
You're not making an effort
You're not making an effort

So we go to sleep

The Shining Tapes, is a french duo formed in spring 2021. They propose songs at the confluence of Rock, Electro, Jazz, & Soul.

The Shining Tapes

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