I’m shedding off an old skin
Putting down old habits
Putting on a new skin
Reclaiming my past
Pacified. Under empire
Crucified by its strenght
I’m shaping up a new skin
Craving for a new deal
Regaining a new me
Revealing a new joy
I’m forgetting the things i’ve learned
I’m forgetting the things i’ve seen
The words i said. The words i mumbled
The words i screamed. The words i whispered
Free of past. The old figures
Freed from darkness. From the dead ends
Refuelled by the sea
Refuelled by the sun
Refuelled with life
Exhaustion that makes you stronger
I’m standing still just like nature
I’m standing still like a still life
Watch me! I’m a still life. I’m overwhelmed!
Feels like high tide
Northern winds lift me up
Watch me! I’m rising up!
I’m overwhelmed by a tide of light!
Fuelled by a garden of life
What you gonna do with these guns in your hands?
What you gonna say when he finally comes clean?
Why do you keep staring at the sky?
What you aiming for? Going for the moon?!?
Watcha waiting for sitting at the crossroad?
Don’t you know these paths lead to nowhere?
Why you're throwing stones at the clouds?
Did you strike a deal with him?
Will you come clean?
Would i come clean?
Will i come clean? Come clean. Be clear.
Will you ever go clear?
Makes me shiver. Makes me tremble.
Makes me worry. Makes me dizzy.
Makes me drunker. Makes me dreamier.
Oh! Inner Voices…
Musicians on "Drifting Canticles" :
Yann Even, guitar
Philippe Kervella, drum
David Cadoret, bass
Gilles Le Guen, vocal
Recorded & Produced by Steeve Lannuzel
Music by Adam Humphreys except "the drowned man..." by Adam Humphreys/Mike Pate, and "refuelled, "inner voices", "stanza" by Yann Even
Words by Gilles Le Guen
Recorded at Studios Rock à l’Ouest, Guingamp, and Balloon Farm, Rennes
Mastering by Seb Lorho, at Near Deaf Experience, Saint-Jean-du-Doigt
Designed by Yves Bigot
Painting by Guillaume Montier, Le Retour, oil on canvas 50x50 (2014)
Coat of arms designed by Marjolaine Sirieix
DENNER is :
Yann Even, guitar
Philippe Kervella, drum
David Cadoret & Laureline Prod'homme, bass
Gilles Le Guen, vocal
credits
released October 6, 2017
Thank you to the guests :
Steve Scales, congas and bongos and Chris Frantz, cowbell on « stanza ». Additional percussions produced by Tina Weymouth. Engineered by Rick Kwan, at Clubhouse Studios, Connecticut, USA
Frank Darcel, guitar on « stanza »
Philippe Pascal, vocals on « inner voices »
Eric Voegelin, strings arrangements on « refuelled ». Recorded by Quatuor Taléa with Christine Massetti (violin 1), Nicola Davis (violin 2), Iffic Pelé (viola), Sabine Balasse (cello), at Rustik Studio, Bagnolet, Paris
Benoît Gaudiche, trumpet and Mellotronics on « the drowned man», Mellotronics on « safe & sound », melodica on « radiant cold »
Robin Poligné, keyboards & electronics on « radiant cold », « drifting canticles », « inner voices » and « stanza »
Julien Perrin, guitar on « the drowned man» and « lovers in ribbons »
Laureline Prod’homme, backing vocals on « drifting canticles »
Eric Trochu aka « Ert », theremin on « safe & sound »
Gabriel Séverin, cabalonga shamanic shaker on « drifting canticles »
Big thanks to Loïc Bléjean, Mikaël Le Bourhis, Gaëtan Le Boursicaud, Vincent Lecouplier, Lomig Ar Vur, Farid Lozès, Tonio Marinescu, Jean-François Sanz.
With the support of fonds de dotation agnès b.
Thank you also to friends and family who helped funding this album : Cécile Arndrsk, Stephan Barbery, Roxane Boémare, Valérie Chapon, Benoît Debelloir, Sonia Dedessus-Le Moustier, Anne-Sophie Denieul, Virginie Gaboulaud, Pascal Godjikian, Philippe Gorce, Laurent Guillemot, Céline Harlet, Annik Honoré, Emmanuel Jarnier, Frédéric Jégou, Loïc Le Fur, Hervé Le Gall, Erwan Le Guen, François Le Guen, Isabelle Le Guen, Yannick Le Guen, Katell Le Coquil, Gwen Le Person, Anne Le Vézouët, Céline Mahé, Patrick Mahé, Céline Martinucci, Gilles Meursault, Caroline Ollivro, Yves Pazat, Fred Poilvet, Xavier Renault, Ludovic Renoult, Jean-No Rio, Gerald Rollet, Anne-Marie & Noël Roze, Joseph & Yvonne Roze, Judith Roze, Veronique Roze, François Strassman, Thierry Théolier, Bruno Van Wassenhove, Patrice Verdière, Kristoffer Warfvinge.
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based in Rennes.
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