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Recorded on a Full “Blue“ Moon night with the mesmerizing Zaphir Blue Moon Chimes. You should have seen Jeff (aka Taubefeder, the man behind the beats) standing in the silent wooden cabin.
It was -5°C outside and the moonlit sky, reflecting on the trees and grass, was silent too.
This song relates to one of my first conscious experiences of the full moon, rising as the sun was setting on Casablanca, rising with the evening call to prayer.
First it was a flute melody, then came the lyrics, but Jeff aka Taubefeder’s jazzy beats gave a whole new body to the song.
“So once in a month, people of Orphalese, climb as high as you can, and watch Selene rise“.
lyrics
Il se trouvait maintenant sur le toit. L’un des premiers de ces moments privilégiés, pendant lesquels le rêve du monde semble s’apaiser. Et le poids qui pesait jusqu’alors sur ses épaules, s’évanouissait doucement dans l’air chaud de la fin de l’été. Le soleil descendait sur la vieille ville, et la danse des hirondelles sût le distraire un dernier instant.
Lentement, comme porté par le vent, des campagnes au dessus de la ville blanche, monta la clameur de l’appel à la prière. Celui du soir, de l’Ouest, le Maghrib.
Et alors que son regard se déportait sur les couleurs du couchant, c’est là qu’il l’aperçut, halo pâle baignant dans la polyphonie des minarets, son premier lever de pleine lune.
( He was now standing on the roof. One of the first of these moments, in which the Dream of the world seems to quieten. And the weight on his shoulders slowly vanished with the late summer’s warm wind. The sun was setting on the old town, and the dance of the swifts could divert him in that instant.
Slowly, as if carried by the breeze over the land to the White City, rose the clamour of the Call to Prayer. The Maghrib, of the evening, of the west.
Gazing in the colors of the sunset, that’s when he saw it, bathing in the minarets’ polyphony, his first Full Moon Rise )
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And I keep feelin’ it coming
From far below the horizon
And I keep feelin’ it growing
Throughout the four seasons
Choose the spot, spot the hill or pick any skyscraper
Cut fences, sever locks for the encounter
Ascend to the advent and cherish the hatch
See the sunset west then turn east to watch
The full moon rise
And I keep watchin’ it glowing
Now far above the civilization
Come to the lunar pilgrimage
Of its silent revolution
Put the space into perspective
Ready for the sweet introspection
Receive the planetary directives
And enjoy the frequencies’ motion
Fathom how fast ego fades facing physics
Bringing the skyline into brand new metrics
View the lift of the veil on your solar plexus
Every once in a while submit to the exercise
Let your fears fall as you climb to the roof
Free yourself from the crowd and seek the distant point
Since of our importance there is no more proof
Lay back, slow down and witness
The full moon rise
We take too seldom the time to relativize our size in space, and these rituals give us powerful perspectives to look back on our roles and importance. So once in a month, people of Orphalese, climb as high as you can, and watch Selene rise!
credits
from ONE : A Journey To Lyrical Realms,
released March 5, 2020
Music by M.ONDE
Text by Thomas v.d. Brücke
Keys, Flute & Vocals by Thomas v.d. Brücke
Sansula, Beats & Percussion by Taubefeder
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