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Been counting hours
I think I’m on to something
No, I’m not afraid of missing out on anything
Cos’ now I can see, and it all will fall away
I let it fall, fall away
Fall away, away, away
I’m playing with it at the end of a line
Dark opens the way
The dark opens the way
Don’t be afraid
Open the way
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I don’t live in this world and I can’t escape myself
When there’s one cloud
See it rise to the middle of the sky
Everytime you turn a corner in your mind
My heart won’t play, I said from the start
Fear is what will tear you apart
Don’t put the stars out, let them shine in the sky
All of your wants, all of your needs
Are answered when you’re on your knees
To get what you want, you don’t have to plead
Just loosen your grip and let it be
Don’t put the stars out
Beautiful pieces of light, let them shine
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We’re rushing for no reason at all
I never said my way was better than yours
But you’re barely able to hold it all together
Even though it seems like is under control
Nothing, nothing under control
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Is it all in me?
Is this all that I could be?
I wanna find out
Will it keep me warm?
Warm, as I lay down
It’s all in me
And I know now that it’s mine to keep
I will keep it warm
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And if you’re aching
Tell me how much
And if you’re aching all the time
I know you’re warm and tender
We won’t let them win
You’ve got your head in a cloud
That won’t move on without a storm
But you’ll figure it out
And you’ll get all you needed over time
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Long have I waited for low tide
Listening carefully, I fell behind
All the words spoken would bring the light
Softly woken by your side
I am maintaining focus between the tides
You can be as cold as you want, I will be the fire
All is silent, you’re safe tonight
When the fear that makes the body tighten finally subsides
Hold it delicately and stay between the lines
Soon you will feel the weight is lifted from your mind
Every star that I see burns deep into my eyes
All these memories will be the way we survive
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---------Another time
In the deep dark of the night
When I feel the most alive
---------Laying awake
For a little while I am inbetween two lives
---------On the other side, but maybe I’m not inbetween
You know your love is worth more than anything
---------You are wanted
I’m arriving nowhere
---------Hold on high
After travelling thousands of miles
---------And I know
And I know that you will be there
---------Don’t apologize
But not until a little while
---------I am nowhere
And all the love that you have is everything
---------Stay, before a light will go out on
With all of this time here
---------Time/Always in the middle/Another time
You know your love is worth more than anything
Stay
---------Another time
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You may stumble as you get far away from...
We know what they’re like
Oh baby, move away cos it’s not your style
I left it for you to find it
Pull away and hold on
Every day we’re burning bright
Erase them from your life
Only on my fingertips will you ever find it
And I’ll never hide it from view
Oh I want you to find it
Ooh now, it’s gonna rain all day
We’re falling again and wrapped in fire
From the place we’ve been
Floating down with eyes ablaze
And then we say goodbye, and we’re gone
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You are down here again
Hope never finds us where we lie
Feel the sunlight, always
How long will they stay among us?
There is hope inside
We will be high above the aether
And there, we’ll wait
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Collaboration between Spanish ambient/experimental composer Pepo Galán and Australian dream pop musician Karen Vogt. American composer Akira Rabelais contributes codas to "Panacea" and "Above The Aether". Guests include Jolanda Moletta (SHE OWL) backing vocals , Mark Beazley (ROTHKO/BAND OF HOLY JOY) bass, Achim Färber (AUTOMAT) drums and Simon McCorry on cello. Album photography by Aurélie Scouarnec. Vinyl design by Caro Mikalef (Cabina).
Vinyl also available from:
US - A Thousand Arms
www.athousandarms.com/collections/galan-vogt
UK - Norman Records
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AUS - Rocksteady Records. Email:
pat@rocksteadyrecords.com.au
JAP - TobiraRecords
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WORLD - Juno Records
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FLUID RADIO (UK) " Taking in dark ambient, dreampop, shoegaze, neo-classical, and ambient elements... a beautiful blurring between Pepo’s elegant, sweeping, and deeply textured ambient soundscapes and Karen’s vocals "
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INIQUITOUS GLORY (UK) "Galán’s music is majestic and utterly compelling. It has the rare quality of being incredibly subtle whilst feeling totally absorbing, transporting you to a place of reflection and thought. That is aided by Vogt’s lyrics, which can be melancholic and even dark but somehow manage to raise you up, to make you aware, and to get you thinking. There is an existential edge to some of the songs, heightened by Vogt’s vocal delivery which is unreservedly unique and devastatingly beautiful"
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RATE YOUR MUSIC (US) "The standout here for me was Opa, and is perhaps my favorite track of the year. There's a very deep, indescribable feeling inside it that gives me chills even after listening to it countless times. It was also the first track I've heard off the record, since the first time I heard it was on a set on WFMU by my friend and radio tutor, and I was completely floored by it; I couldn't believe a song like that existed, but it's true, and it's really amazing."
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POST-PUNK . COM (US) "A dark and beautiful ambient dream pop collaboration in GALÁN VOGT’s “Starseed”... weaves elements of dark ambient, dream pop, shoegaze, experimental, drone, and neo-classical music with the beautiful, haunting single"
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SOWHAT (ITALY) "... the virtuous balance between melodic and rarefied ambient, an effective blend capable of highlighting the two souls of the project without defining dominant hierarchies. The vaporous flows arising from the combination of guitar drones, piano resonances and electronic textures create the perfect substrate... it is worth highlighting [the contribution] of Akira Rabelais - who was entrusted with the creation of an extension to the songs... capable of expanding the sound landscape towards haunting vaguely ghostly horizons and the finishing work in the mastering phase of Rafael Anton Irisarri."
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TEXTURA (CAN) "Galán, whose work has appeared as part of Kompakt's Pop Ambient series, doesn't overwhelm Vogt's voice... even when the music swells epically, her delivery ensures a feeling of intimacy remains... Processed guitar, piano, and electronic textures blur together in the backdrop, over which Vogt's slow unfurl appears, her voice positioned so high in the mix it feels like it's whispering in your ear...While one could spend time trying to classify the material, it resists being easily slotted into ambient, dreampop, shoegaze, or any other category. The Sweet Wait could be described as an alluring set of vocal-driven meditations, but one is better advised to simply surrender to the music's intoxicating pull. "
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A DECOUVRIR ABSOLUMENT (FR) " Pepo and Karen seem to construct a mysticism without code or grammar, including the codes of a haunted pop... The Sweet Wait is a pocket of air, a lagoon on a sea on fire...Masterfully chilling, prodigiously comforting."
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FOXY DIGITALIS (US) "When the overcast skies begin to part, those first stray beams of light pierce the veil, like celestial spotlights searching the ground for answers to questions not yet asked. Karen Vogt’s voice on “Panacea” propels the pristine stillness of Pepo Galán’s composition into motion, languidly moving from cloud to cloud, a weightless angel pulling the planetary strings."
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BACKSEAT MAFIA (UK/AUS) "Vogt’s magical vocals are stunning: naked and exposed over a wash of ambience and a distant piano, with double tracked vocal interludes that are ethereal and ghostly.....The overall effect is something glittering and beautiful, filled with a deep and rich melancholy that hides within its dark heart a spark of hope and resilience."
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WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT (ITALY/US) "Soft glowing auras cut in minimal tinkling piano keys expand droning synth modulations to shiver anxiously under long drawn outbreaths of beautiful, atmospheric female vocals releasing cathartic inhibitions. "
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MOTHS AND GIRAFFES (UK) "GALÁN / VOGT is a collaboration that has the potential to go beyond this single album. They’ve created a rounded collection of songs that at no point sound clunky or unnatural, but often like they were simply meant to be. The Sweet Wait is immersive, thought-provoking and expansive. Let’s hope there is more to come."
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DESTROY/EXIST (US) "A merger of earthy slowcore and dreampop sounds with more ethereal dark ambient minimal, experimental, drone, and neoclassical music enters all expressive to grip the listener and produce a highly dreamlike sensation."
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released November 12, 2021
All songs by GALÁN / VOGT © 2021
Recorded in Málaga and Paris
Mixing and production: Pepo Galán and Karen Vogt
Mastering: Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio
Coda for tracks 5 & 9: Akira Rabelais
Backing vocals on tracks 2 & 8: Jolanda Moletta
Drums on track 6: Achim Färber
Bass on track 7: Mark Beazley
Cello on track 9: Simon McCorry
Photography: Aurélie Scouarnec
www.aureliescouarnec.com
Graphic Design: Caro Mikalef at Cabina
www.espaciocabina.com.ar
Released on Editions Furioso:
www.editionsfurioso.com