Recollecting on the subtle connections and fluid nature of the dance. Reliving the emotions and sensations that ensued on the dance floor. Recognising our true nature through dance.

Song Lyrics:

When I’m alone in my room
I remember how we danced
To that morning tune
We were whirling and swirling
And light on our feet
Lightly entwining
In a way where we could truly meet

I could feel you near me
The way that you moved me
We moved as one body
Feeling so wondrous
Frozen in time
A rhythm familiar
Fitting so well with mine

I’ve been waiting for this chance
To feel the rhythm through the floor
Hear that melody once more
Now I’m rising to the beat
In a continuous flow
Pulsating rhythms 
Giving me the moment to let go

I can feel you near me
The way that you moved me
We moved as one body
Feeling connected
In your dance and mine
Lighting me up and
Energising me to the core
How could I ask for 
Anything more
How could I hold on
To something so golden
And pure

I was moving so freely and
Feeling so sure
Like a rhythmic being
Unencumbered 
On the dance floor
Lighting the way for
You to move through me
And me to move through you now
How could I ask for
Anything more
How could I hold on
To something so golden
And pure

There came a time when we moved on
And as quickly as it came
This connection it was gone
But the joy of it lingered
Well it lingered on
Lighting me up and
Energising me to the core
How could I ask for
Anything more

Move

MOVE

Kingdom by the Sea

He loved her from the day he saw her
floating in a shaft of sunlight
in the mellow hour of a summer day.

She came out the blue as in a dream,
and turned his life into a song
he carried in the chambers of his heart.

He took her to a golden shore;
she loved the sea and the salty sand.
The days were long, their love strong.

He promised her he would never part.
as his hand caressed her glossy hair.
Their bodies twined in love’s embrace.

With a fall of snow, white winter came.
Then she grew pale and her heart did chill.
In a graveyard by the sea, she lies as if asleep.

The days grow long and the nights grow cold;
he dreams of her in their love’s embrace
as they together lie in their kingdom by the sea.

—©2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
       (July 15-7, 2021)

Kingdom by the Sea

Australian based singer-songwriter, Andrew Graham Smith, creates a fusion of pop, folk, classical and poetic singer-songwriter genres with emotion, reflection and authenticity. With gentle piano arrangements and a mellow vocal performance lending itself admirably to his poems that he has transformed into songs.

Valhjim is a music composer with an eclectic approach to different genres: rock, pop, folk, New Age, and experimental electronic music. Greatly driven by imagination and poetic imagery, he combines multiple instrumental textures to fire the imagination of his listeners. 

His more experimental ambience and electronic music is built with layers of suggestive sound textures, rhythms, and melodic lines that stir the imagination into suggestive imagery and worlds unseen, true architectures of sound that open up limitless spaces to explore. Often Valhjim's melodies sail through genre thresholds, crossing over from one genre to another, from neo classcal to electronic, or from jazz to rock or new age.

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