2l8 "new battles without honor & humanity"
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2L8 "New Battles Without Honor & Humanity" cdTRANSCRIPT
Sunlight. The desire to be part of the change
1. The Agenda2. The Balkan Nigger
3. Innocent Smile4. Let it Go
5. The Borderline6. Interlude
7. It’s Strange, But What Isn’t Strange8. Strange Too
9. Radiance10. Fight
11. The Will to Live12. To Calm Our Brothrs Fears
13. Respect The Brightness of Our Souls14. Fading15. Velvet
15. The Seeker
the A gendaHumanity stands at a defining moment in history. We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy, and the continuing deterioration of the ecosystems on which we depend for our well-being. However, integration of environment and development concerns and greater attention to them will lead to the fulfilment of basic needs, improved living standards for all, better protected and managed ecosystems and a safer, more prosperous future. No
nation can achieve this on its own; but together we can. In a global partnership for sustainable development.
FIGHT!!!
K. El. Guitar, Voices
The essence of my existenceAnd my way to live
Comes from the blood of my ancestorsAnd that is all i stand up for and truly believe
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Nahames Nakanamoko
Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, El. GuitarAc. Double BassDrumsPercussion, Daouli ViolinViolaCelloPiano
the alkan nigger
Doom, dust, gone, distance, miles, journey, ever, forever, Angel, sky, plane, missile, moon, sun, death, heaven
Pistol, water, rain, river, fountain, coin, heads, fever,Feet, travel, ride, distance, miles, journey, ever, forever
This game goes on, ever, forever, ever, foreverBoy, it’s time to decide which side you are on
Some men crave women, some men crave gold, and some crave nothing at allSome trees lean left, some trees lean right, and some stand still and whisper to the wind
And life goes on and on and onSo decide which side you are on, oh boy please
Cause life goes on and on, it isIt is a wave, don’t drift away, don’t drift away, stay by my side and sing
So come and dance with meBecause life goes on and on, it never waits
nnocent smile
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Nahames Nakanamoko
Dafni PapastratiElisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsPercussion, DaouliSaxophone ViolinViolaCelloPiano
Let it goGuide my feet, this voice is calling me
Stand by me while I run this raceHold my hand while I run this race
When I run this race I am, I am, your child
Can’t keep it unless you let it go
Guide me, guide me, I am blindI sleep with my fists clenched tightWhen I don’t lie awake all night
Can’t keep it unless you let it go
K.Delay Newton
Iraklis Iosif idisJ.A.
Dafni PapastratiElisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros Kasartzis
Voices, El. GuitarEl. GuitarEl. Double BassDrums, Percussion, DaouliSaxophone ViolinViolaCello
When will I discover, we’ve been swimming in the mud, will I seek for a new lover, or be crippled deep inside
When will I discover, they will never let me go, will I be surprised, or was I singing alongBut this song, sounds damn wrong
It is so easy for people stories to be covered up, because not only we do not talk to each other anymore
But there are so many of us, and we all speak at once, We all ride the same wagon, destination is unknown
Sing along, drowned voices, sing, how much longer to the surface?
We deny, it’s a denial, to be part of the plan, We refuse, it’s a refusal to participate in the culture of waste and destruction,
It’s a real riot not being wasteful, it’s a real riotSay no, we won’t sing along
How much longer to the surface? How much longer to the fun?
How much longer to the days we won’t be apart? How much longer of us drowning every night?How much longer till there is an end in sight?
Oh my lover, they will never let us go
You are not rid of me, because I am opposed to you
Three Six Four Two I Go To The ZOO (???)
the orderline
K.Delay Newton
Iraklis Iosif idisJ.A.
Nahames NakanamokoDafni PapastratiElisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, El. GuitarEl. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsPercussion, DaouliSaxophone ViolinViolaCelloPiano
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
Giannis Papanikitas
Voices, El. GuitarViola Da GambaEl. Guitar
For thousands of years, human beings had screwed up and trashed and crapped and spoiled on this planetAnd now history expected me to clean up, like I am supposed to clean up after everyone
I have to wash out and flatten my soup cans and account for every drop of used motor oil And I have to foot the bill for nuclear waste and buried gasoline tanks
And landfilled toxic sludge dumped a generation before I was bornBut all these were done before I was born
Now what else is left? Add government debt
Fuck what the fuck oldasses ran upIt’s about time for a goddamned reset
I want to burn the Louvre.
I’d do the Elgin Marbles with a sledgehammer and wipe my ass with the Mona Lisa.
This is my world, now. This is my world, my world, and those ancient people are dead
So forget about tomorrowTake it all today
Forget about the checkWe’ll get hell to pay
nterlude
I can feel it every time that I breathe, I can feel it every time that it’s movingWill I ever understand oh what it means? Am I the one that moves it?
Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really it’s coming on?
Like an afar, distant memory, blurred mist is risingRemarks and impressions appear aggrandized, open your eyes gradually
It’s coming on, it’s coming on, if it’s coming on, I am already awaken
They don’t know I am not here, if I wave and smile everything passes
Reality slips on by, reality slips through meHello Goodbye, Hello Goodbye, Hello Goodbye, Hello Goodbye
It’s coming on, it’s coming on, it’s coming and I am mad, I will not take this anymore
t’s strange, but what isn’t strange
It’s only after you lost everything that you are free to do anythingThis was freedom, losing all hope
K.Elisso PapastratiDafni Papastrati
Voices, DaouliViolinSaxophone
Strange too
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Nahames Nakanamoko
Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros Kasartzis
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsPercussion, DaouliViolinViolaCello
Our Democracy protects you when you are sleepingYou can speak as long as you speak what you’re told
Attached to the ground, an earthquake lost its enemy, fell upon you, ruined your sleeping
But you’re strong, never miss a heartbeat, just damn strong, never waste a kiss, never waste a feeling
In your infancy gave you pills to shallowIn your childhood told you not to play aroundIn your early teens dancing with your shadow
So you got here drowning in your silence
Well it’s about time, you come and see what lies beneath, what lies innerThe shape of gloom was meant for you; in factories robots decide your thinking
Clocks with no hands, never know what time it is, Still want to see, still want to hear itOne more time, one more time, he who talks loud says nothing
In your ignorance you will never feel thisIn your vanity you don’t care about dying
Cause you’re living as long as you are buyingWell dear plastic it’s all that you are made of
I am so happy, so happy
Each day I struggle as my dignity demandsI am in love with the glowing
I am not like you, numb like you
adiance
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros Kasartzis
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsViolinViolaCello
K.Nahames Nakanamoko
Voices, El. Guitar, El. BassDrums
Are you going to fight with me?When will we start the fight?
Being cattle is fun!If you trade freedom for security you deserve neither
So fight!
F ight
K. Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrums
In an existence that becomes more meaningless by the day, what if you were to find out that this entity known as man has been so aggressively manipulated and shaped into something completely alienated from what it is supposed to be, what if you were to find out that all desires, worries, fears, feelings and the very perception of the world is constantly guided by the will of a handful of powerful individuals, what if you were to find out the exact words used, the faces of those men, the true concept of the game and the ways they are attacking the foundation of what being human is all about, what if you were to find out that the feeling of hopelessness one bears inside is an implant, that the travesty known as life was always intended to seem meaningless and the attempt to interact with the world is to be presented as childish and impossible
Wouldn’t all that make life worth living?
he will to live
K. Delay Newton
Iraklis Iosif idisJ.A.
Voices, El. GuitarEl. GuitarEl. Double BassDrums
The less broken have to take care of the more broken, But where do we fit in
A look, a sigh, a chance to beginTo care without commitment, to commit without a care
Dare we say we’ll be there?
Don’t judge me for the way I seem
The mask I wear is real, it is just my skinPlease do realize
The broken need some time to heal
Dare we say we’ll be there?
To calm our brothers fears, to ease the pain insideYes we will be there
o calm our brothers fears
It’s too late, we did not do enough!!
Indeed, a bold statement. Concerning our lives, consuming our lives!We know this white knight shit is getting tiresome. We want to belong and participate.
We need a direction to follow. We need to prove ourselves.We need to live in peace, and enrich each other.
Unfortunately, we do not live like this; we have never lived like this.We live in fear, we die at each other’s hands, we go to jail,
we are scared, and we need a form of escapism.We bury our heads, we talk of concerns that may afflict us,
we are confused of how to help ourselves, we cannot see a way out; we are doomed!If enough people gather on peaceable protest, will we survive?
There are so many like me. And we desire to be, we desire to live, we desire to breathe,oh we desire!
We are fathers and mothers, we have children. We have a duty to take care of our own.We will do anything to ensure that happens. Anything! Anything!
We murder, we slander, we pick up guns, we are patient, we cheat, lie and steal.We give love to our children we create. We fight to prepare the way for them.
We do not do enough. We do not do enough. We do not do enough. It is never enough!We need more commitment. We need more involvement. We need more!
We are prepared to give our lives, to make sure our children live in a free society.We know nothing of mercy; we know nothing of compassion, understanding and empathy.You are my brothers and sisters. I will defend you. At any cost! At any cost! At any cost!
K. Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Dimitra Kationi
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsViola
espect the brightness of our souls
F adingWell I did what I was told to the extreme, so where is the price I’ve been looking for?
I have proved that I am the best, at doing work not needed be doneAnd here I am, in a world that is guided by fear, the boogie man is back
A world suppressing the uniqueness that lies inside, inside us, inside each one of us
My youth is long gone still I don’t know where to standMy youth is long gone, what are the things that I have learned?
We are more than, robotic bookshelves, conditioned to blurt out facts we were taught in schoolWe are so special, every human, on this planet is so special and unique and cool
My youth is long gone still I don’t know where to stand
My youth is long gone, what are the things that I have learned?I am not a worker, I am a thinker, a worker drowns in repetition
I will not settle, for the part I was set, to be the observer while my life isFading
We deserve much more
We deserve the world to be a peaceful placeMy heart is yours, I hope you understand, that my heart is yours
And when I’ll strike him, and watch the blood flowMy heart will be yours
K.Delay Newton
Iraklis Iosif idisJ.A.
Dafni PapastratiElisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, El. GuitarEl. GuitarEl. Double BassDrums, Percussion, DaouliSaxophone ViolinViolaCelloPiano
VelvetK.
Alexandros KasartzisVoices, El. GuitarCello
the S eeker I remember the sky, the shivering cold,
The stars in your hands, the dust on the wall,The earth and the moon, your hand in my hand,
Everything was blue, yes the truth was bentWe sung along, sweet oblivion,
Your whispers would travel to my sunCan you remember? Will I forget?
The river was yellow. The truth was bent
I’ve grown very cold, it’s time to bury herCynicism is a very lonely virtue
K. Voices, El. Bass
... ήταν δύο βασίλεια. Στο ένα κατοικούσαν οι σκοτεινοί και στο άλλο οι φωτεινοί. Και οι δύο φυλές είχαν
ανθρώπινη μορφή αλλά τα χαρακτηριστικά τους δεν φαίνονταν, γιατί στους πρώτους το σκοτάδι τους απορροφούσε
το φως, ενώ οι δεύτεροι ακτινοβολούσαν φως τόσο εκτυφλωτικό που δεν μπορούσες να τα διακρίνεις. Οι
σκοτεινοί έβγαιναν στην επιφάνεια την νύχτα, γιατί το φως της ημέρας τους εξαφάνιζε, και οι φωτεινοί
έβγαιναν στην επιφάνεια την ημέρα γιατί το σκοτάδι της νύχτας τους εξαφάνιζε. Το υπόλοιπο διάστημα
κρύβονταν κάτω από τη γη, όπου μπορούσαν να επιβιώσουν. Μόνο μια ώρα κάθε μέρα μπορούσαν και οι δύο φυλές
να βρίσκονται στην επιφάνεια. Όταν έδυε ο ήλιος. Και τότε έβγαιναν να πολεμήσουν η μία φυλή την άλλη.
Ο πόλεμος κρατούσε από πάντα, ενώ κανείς πλέον δεν είχε καμία ανάμνηση του πώς είχε ξεκινήσει. Έτσι κάθε
μέρα δίνανε ραντεβού στο ηλιοβασίλεμα να ξεκαθαρίσουν την παλιά αυτή έχθρα. Ο βασιλιάς των σκοτεινών είχε
ένα γιο. Ο βασιλιάς των φωτεινών είχε μια κόρη. Και οι δύο τους ήταν οι καλύτεροι πολεμιστές της φυλής τους,
με αχόρταγη δίψα για αίμα, και μίσος για τους εχθρούς. Μια μέρα ο γιος των σκοτεινών και η κόρη των φωτεινών
βρέθηκαν αντιμέτωποι, κάτι που ποθούσαν και οι δύο, και αρχίσανε να πολεμάνε. Η μάχη ήταν σκληρή και κανένας
δεν μπορούσε να ξεχωρίσει ή να δώσει ένα δυνατό χτύπημα στον άλλο. Κάποια στιγμή πλησιάσαν πάρα πολύ κοντά.
Και τότε συνέβη το θαύμα! Τα πρόσωπά τους ήρθανε τόσο κοντά το ένα με το άλλο ώστε το φως και το σκοτάδι
αλληλοεξουδετερώθηκαν, και τότε αντίκρισαν ο ένας το πρόσωπο του άλλου. Και -φυσικά- ερωτεύτηκαν παράφορα.
Ο ήλιος σε λίγα λεπτά έδυε και έπρεπε οι φωτεινοί να τρέξουν να κρυφτούν κι έτσι σαστισμένη η κόρη του βασιλιά
έφυγε τρέχοντας, έχοντας στο μυαλό της το πρόσωπο του πρίγκιπα των σκοτεινών. Ο πρίγκιπας έμεινε ασάλευτος στη
θέση του, έχοντας στο μυαλό του το πρόσωπο της πριγκίπισσας των φωτεινών. Όλη νύχτα σκεφτόταν ο ένας
τον άλλο, και με αναστεναγμούς περνούσε η ώρα. Και οι δύο περίμεναν πως και πως να φτάσει το ηλιοβασίλεμα της
επόμενης μέρας. Και όταν ήρθε η ώρα, προσπερνώντας όποιον εχθρό συναντούσαν τρέξανε να βρεθούνε πάλι οι δυό
τους αντιμέτωποι. Η μάχη ξεκίνησε πάλι, αρχικά το ίδιο άγρια με την προηγούμενη μέρα, και θα χρειαζόταν
ένα πολύ παρατηρητικό μάτι για να διακρίνει ότι και οι δύο τους αφήνανε τις ευκαιρίες να χτυπήσουν ο ένας
τον άλλο να πάνε χαμένες. Η επιθυμία τους να κοιταχτούν ήταν μεγάλη, αλλά το ίδιο και ο φόβος του θανάτου
που τους κρατούσε μακριά. Η πριγκίπισσα, πιο τολμηρή, σε μια επίθεσή της έκανε ένα βήμα παραπάνω και έφερε
το πρόσωπό της μερικά εκατοστά μακριά από το δικό του, και τότε ξαναείδε τα μάτια του πρίγκιπα και πολύ
σπουδαιότερο, είδε το χαμόγελό του. Από εκείνη τη στιγμή η μάχη είχε τελειώσει, και είχε δύο χαμένους και
κανέναν νικητή. Οι δυό τους βρίσκονταν κάθε μέρα στο πεδίο της μάχης και μονομαχούσαν. Μονομαχούσαν για τους
άλλους όμως, γιατί οι δυό τους μόνο γνώριζαν ότι χόρευαν. Οι κινήσεις τους έμοιαζαν πολεμικές, όμως ήταν χορός,
ένας χορός που τους επέτρεπε συχνά να βρίσκονται τόσο κοντά και να ανταλλάσσουν χαμόγελα και ματιές.
Ο πόλεμος όμως μαινόταν. Και τον έρωτά τους δεν μπορούσαν να τον εκμυστηρευθούν πουθενά. Κάθε μέρα έβλεπαν
τους φίλους τους να πεθαίνουν στο πεδίο μάχης. Από την στιγμή όμως που κοιτάχτηκαν οι δυό τους κατάλαβαν
ότι ήταν τόσο ίδιοι, και τους ήταν αδύνατο να δεχτούν ότι υπήρχε λόγος να πολεμούν η μία φυλή την άλλη.
Προσπάθησαν να μιλήσουν ο καθένας στον βασιλιά της φυλής τους αλλά στάθηκε αδύνατο να ακουστούν οι
παρακλήσεις τους για ειρήνη, αμέσως τους αποπήραν και τους κατηγόρησαν για δειλία. Ο ερωτάς τους
δεν μπορούσε να ευδοκιμήσει σε αυτό το περιβάλλον. Και η αιματοχυσία ήταν πλέον αβάσταχτη. Έτσι το
πήραν απόφαση. Κάλεσαν συμβούλιο και προτείνανε στους βασιλιάδες, και γονείς τους, να κριθεί ο πόλεμος
σε μια και μόνο μάχη. Ο καλύτερος πολεμιστής από κάθε φυλή θα αντιμετώπιζε τον καλύτερο της άλλης,
και ο χαμένος θα καταδίκαζε την φυλή του η οποία θα παραδινόταν και θα υποδουλωνόταν στην άλλη. Οι
απώλειες στις δύο πλευρές ήταν πλέον τόσο μεγάλες και ο πόλεμος κρατούσε τόσα πολλά χρόνια, ώστε η
απόγνωση και των δύο φυλών οδήγησε στο να γίνει δεκτή η πρόταση. Και την επόμενη μέρα βρέθηκαν οι
καλύτεροι πολεμιστές, ο πρίγκιπας και η πριγκίπισσα αντιμέτωποι και πάλι. Η Ένταση μεγάλη. Με ιαχές
τους παρότρυναν οι δικοί τους να εξολοθρεύσουν ο ένας τον άλλο. Αυτοί στέκονταν μακριά ακίνητοι ώσπου
δόθηκε το σύνθημα. Τρέχοντας και οι δύο, καλύπταν τα μέτρα που τους χώριζαν. Και μόλις έφτασαν σε
απόσταση βολής, ξαφνικά, σταμάτησαν. Ο όχλος πάγωσε. Έμεινε χωρίς άχνα να κοιτάει. Ο πρίγκιπας
και η πριγκίπισσα περπατώντας αργά και ήρεμα πλησίασαν ο ένας τον άλλο. Φέρανε τα πρόσωπά τους κοντά
και κοιτάχτήκαν, αφήνωντας και όλους τους άλλους να τους δούνε. Όμως δεν βλέπανε. Χαμογέλασαν, με το
χαμόγελο της ελπίδας και της αλλαγής, σκύψανε κοντά και φέρανε τα χείλη τους να ακουμπήσουν, προκαλώντας
κραυγές από όσους παρακολουθούσαν χωρίς να καταλαβαίνουν το τι γίνεται. Και τότε ταυτόχρονα μπήξανε ο ένας
στην καρδιά του άλλου την παγωμένη λεπίδα. Μείνανε ακίνητοι με τις τελευταίες πνοές τους αγκαλιασμένοι
και σιγά-σιγά άρχισαν να διακρίνονται και στους δύο τα χαρακτηριστικά τους. Το σκοτάδι του πρίγκιπα
απορροφούσε το φως την πριγκίπισσας ώσπου φάνηκαν οι ανθρώπινες μορφές τους. Ίδιες. Έμειναν έτσι για λίγο
ακόμα, ώσπου σωριάστηκαν χωρίς άλλη ανάσα, άψυχοι στο χώμα. Βαριά σιωπή ακολούθησε. Σιωπή που ήρθε και
έμεινε για αρκετή ώρα. Κι έτσι σιωπηλές οι δύο φυλές πλησίασαν τα ασάλευτα σώματα και δίπλα από αυτά οι
σκοτεινοί και οι φωτεινοί προχωρώντας ο ένας κοντά στον άλλο, αγκαλιάζονταν. Και μένανε έτσι μέχρι να
γίνουν ίδιοι και να αντικρίσουν ο ένας τον άλλο για πρώτη φορά... Κανείς δεν θυμάται πως ξεκίνησε αυτός
ο πόλεμος, όμως σίγουρα όλοι θα θυμούνται την θυσία που χρειάστηκε για να τελειώσει.
Ιστορία: Κ. / Εικόνες: Pan Pan
We want to thank all of you guys for making this happen. We said the fate of our creation is in your hands, and you replied let’s do it! Together! Because when the times get tough we DO stick together. We asked for your help and you gladly delivered. Which is nothing less than majestic and truly noble... We carry a debt to each one of you and promise to be of assistance when needed.
Most of all we have to thank Anti and xyu7 for the idea and the implementation, alongside with K., Pat and K.K.K., of the Pledge Music Project. And also to Mouxlaloulouda, Zeugolator, Elafini and Zpi for the support and assistance later on. This was really hard work team! I owe you guys. You are so damn awesome, the ways you are altruistic and unselfish amaze and inspire me! Love you all!
We thank the Pledge Music people for the support, the excellent communication and understanding, and for making this possible...
And thanks a LOT to YOU Pledgers:
Periklis Pilavas, The Desertnaut, Tasos Masias, Tertuliano Máximo Afonso, Eleana Garini, Christina Kassesian, Thanos Myloneros, Spiros Paraskevas, Giannis Chamalis, Dimitris Tzouris, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Eleni Mitsiaki, Xristina Voziki, Thanasis Tatavlalis, Stefanos Kornilios Mitsis Piitidis, Giannis Papanikitas, Sotiris Papadopoulos, Konstantina Kalogridi, Mamercus, Yusaku, Mihalis Georgalis, Stefanos Goulas, Tsinikosmaoglou Charalampos, Niki Panou, Petros Doukas, Yorgos Vakoufis, Triantafyllos Fournaris, Aris Alissandrakis, Anett Sellin, Anestis Alexandridis, Vasilis Mpagiatis, Paloma Martín, Christopher Agrafiotis, George Samaras, 4aMorning, Konstantinos Dagkos, Roxani Maria Kamvissi, Eua Kousiopoulou, Leopold Lucic, Maria Tsirikoglou, Nikos Tatsidis, Yannis Daikopoulos, Nefeli Markou, Emma Vasilopoulou, Zizis Mandiliotis, Jessie M., Zoe Farmaki, Ioanna Farmaki, Giannis Gerostathos,Aratol, lias Katzolas, Georgia Chatziantoniou, Alexandros Vrettos, Paris Fragkos, Grigoris Dimitriadis, Katerina Xatzi,Michalis Kouris, Nantia Permanthouli, Mihalis Emmanouilidis, Christos Michos, Eirini Raptaki, Elena Batouridou,Alina Peters, Nikos Evagelinakis, Kiriaki Gatomati, Nikolaos Lazaridis, Oaf_Dawg, George Todoris, Kostas Papamixail, Giannis Alazanis, Michail Skartoulis, Panayiotis Pantazis, Anastasia Panagiotopoulou, Leonidas Lazarou, Moji, Mata Komninou, Maria Xristidi, Zisis Kanavas, Serafeim Kokozis, Nikoleta Karouni, Apostolos Draganoglou, Georgios Kesisoglou, Nikolaos Kasapakis, suckingwounds, Harris Kosmidhs, Marios Mpoumpis, Antonis Natsis, Chrysanthi Papadaniil, Kostas Rodopoulos, Dimitris Sarris, Konstantinos Dagritzikos.
Also our warmest regards to: ?, T. Mylo, Pat, Marquise for your great artwork
Composed, recorded, produced and mixed by K.Executive producer: Periklis Pilavas
Drums recorded at Crossroad studio, Serres by Steve DickinsMastered by Apostolis Siopis at Odeon Mastering, Thessaloniki (www.odeon-mastering.com)
Photography by Jim Evgenidis (www.iconfilmworx.com)Comic by Pan Pan (www.postnoise.com)
Artwork by Konstantina Kalogridi (K.K.K.)
New Battles, without honor and humanity is a collage of sounds, words and songs I composed the last 8 years. The majority of the songs were written in 2010-2011, but there is a significant amount that was written from 2004-2009, plus a really old one, 1998, I found on a tape, one of my very first recordings, from my teens. Some words were written back then too, I was tempted to alter them but then I realized it is better to leave them as they stand, naïve and simplistic. Also few of the words come from Anonymous writers on the net, not sure which anymore, were embodied with mine in this odd collage. About the music, I have to thank all those who humbly gave life to what I have only imagined and also point out the unexpected brilliance that came upon me in the recording sessions.
Most of all, thanks to K.K.K. for sharing the making of this album, and for the wonderful artwork she designed!Long live rebellion, resistance, conspiracy and coorporate decay.
K.
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K.Steve Dickins
Voices, El. GuitarSamples
An ancient voiceThe darkness within your own heart, everyone has this darkness
Let’s go to the sea in winterDon’t focus on the scars, focus on the journeyYou are a good liar, at least do the right thing
Dying
K. Voices, El. Guitar
I got nothing left but to sing for you
got nothing lose your eyes when orbiting new planets
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
VoicesAc. Double BassViolinViolaCelloPiano
K. Voices, Ac. Guitar
When I am thinking of the future, of the things we are going to do, all the lies we will say, all the dreams we are going to screw, well it doesn’t fit to me it, it all feels so vain, suddenly its clear to see and I say
We are gonna die
Yesterday she said to me, look if you are going to stay you better stop singing this song today, well it just brings me down, makes me feel so sad, oh darling, you don’t get it, what I say is
You are gonna die, we are gonna die
Oh my friend came to me, he was cheated oh betrayed, it’s a pity I agree, shame, shame, shame, well I said to him, don’t drown in your fucking shame, you better let go brother, soon it will be late!
Your truth, your lies, not mine, not mine, this is not a world in which I wish to live in.It’s your truth, your lies, not mine, not mine; this is not a world in which I wish to live in.
Nothing can extinguish my anger, and nothing can restore my faith
We are gonna die
May the dreams you are dreaming in a warm soft bed and the voices inside you that feel you with dread, guide you through to another day that will be so much better, better than today
I hear there are still people that are saving for the day that the sky will be blue without a toxic chemtrail, come on now don’t you see it’s such a fucking waste, so how about sister let’s start living today!
And if we ever grow old and ugly, ok that’s not very probable but let’s just say, if we ever grow old and ugly, guess what I am gonna say
You’re gonna die And I will die. And he will die. And she will die. Oh, they are gonna die. We are gonna die
WE ARE GONNA DIE
he forgotten dolls choose to die
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.
Voices, El. Guitar, El. BassEl. Double BassDrums
L ove is goneNow my love is gone to the sun
ForeverThese things happen when you love a bulletAnd then you go BANG! shooting your gun
And then you go BANG! BANG!
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrums
This future is a mess, there is nothing left to spoil, so I construct my ark, fear the rain no more What happened to the child? What is this moan? If this is the fall I choose to dance
I don’t care about your lawI use my legs to climb the wallI’d rather die struggling man
Than wait to drown in your sea
They say love is a liberating dance, I tried, the steps are all mistakenI agree love is a liberating dance, but your steps are all mistaken
ircle the pencil r nk
K. Voices, Ac. Guitar
D on’t follow meWhen we were young, we forgot to share, to see, to blossom
And now we are tired, tired of this and that and allThe reason why we lost, we lost our hearts you know is comfort
Yes we are tired, of being such cowards
Forever young, that’s a game we played and lostSince we live, we shouldn’t sell our dreams so cheap, we should have
Always remain faithful to the essence of our existenceAlways keep everything in our lives that defines us
There are so many roads to freedom, I will follow There are so many roads to freedom, pleased to follow you if you show me one
Don’t follow me cause I am lost too
X xxWhen I was a little boy, I swore to my god
I will never be your toy; I will never be your whore
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Giannis Papanikitas
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsEl. Guitar
S leeplessI heard her voice grow faintI heard her voice grow faint
How unfair, how unfair, I sink in repetitionThe progressive softening of her toneThe progressive softening of her tone
How unfair, how unfair, I sink in repetitionThe enigma takes the form of a thorn,
Pricking the innocent soul into A bloody state, a bloody state
This girl’s dream decays into futilityThe trap was set, Blood thirsts
for more blood, for more blood, for more bloodThe trap was set, the trap was set
I sink into, I sink intoThe trap was set, the trap was set
I sink in repetitionHow unfair, how unfair I sink in repetition
How unfair, how unfair I sink intoYou
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Dafni PapastratiElisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, Ac. Guitar, MandolinEl. Double BassDrumsSaxophone ViolinViolaCelloPiano
K.J.A.
Voices, El. Guitar, El. BassDrums
L ost picturesDust is dust, the world is sinking, I need her, to hide inside her
To kiss the mouths, of their dust, who rides the imagined oceans?So dust is dust, if the world is sinking, I do need her, to hold in my hands
To scent the palms, of their dust, who admits the delusive light?
Don’t you see what they’ve been after?Our good little slave will be working forever
Oh, we’d love to see them suffer!When they’ll be going down
Holding on to old ideas and patterns of thoughtIs not consistent, with the current government policy
But dust is dust, and enough is enough, no words can describe injusticeHow many of us, will be turned to dust, until the spaceship reaches mars?
I know it might sound like I have lost itIt’s because I do have lost it
Looks like the slave won’t be singing foreverGuess we are going down
Down, down, down, because I have lost itDown cause the slave won’t be working foreverDown, down, down, we’d love to see you suffer
You are going down
Dust is dust, my world is shrinking, in fact it is just one roomDust is dust, and I am just thinking that I need her, to live inside her
H ealing songWherever you are, I hope you restAnd all the wounds will heal soon
Wherever you are, whatever you do, whatever you see, whatever you taste, whatever you touch, whatever you smell, I beg you kindness, embrace her
Until you blossom againNo more tears
Believe in yourselfDon’t drown in fear
Dance my dancer, dance like you always didLet us admire your grace, Let us see!
Your glowing eyes in ecstasyBrightening all the world
Your glitter wave
Time is a cureIn your resting placeA solitude remedy
Away from everythingEverything that hurts
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Nahames Nakanamoko
Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsPercussion, DaouliViolinViolaCelloPiano
S ilenceThe silence inside him
And as the years go by I become more and more of an animalI sit alone in this dark room, yes I hide inside
My tenderness, my sweet desire, I do not remember, I cannot recallWhat I desired, if I ever did desire
And I make this my commitment, till the end of slaveryOf my soul, and of my brothers and my sisters
Nothing belongs to me, nothing ever did belongLet us dream on, dream of moving on
On the stars, on the stars, on the stars, they shine so bright tonightAt last it all makes sense, this trip is about to end
Exactly where it begun, to the lust for life
Life inside
Oh, finally its clear friends, we have all been misledNow nothing is solid, nothing is saved, we never feel safeWho will ever be so brave, to speak the forbidden words
I fear it’s possible that we are already tiedLet us dream of freedom
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros Kasartzis
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrums, Percussion, DaouliViolinViolaCello
LoverWill you be my lover?This could be foreverThis will be forever
At first we all thought this could be it
You can bite and not be bittenThis would be so liberating
Now we know it was pretending
How could I say? It just looked so goddamned great.Before you know it was spreading, coloring my mindYou can never leave; go back to where you’ve been to
You will never leave, once you are there
Will you be my lover?
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Nahames Nakanamoko
Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsPercussion, DaouliViolinViola
A monent !!!This time we won’t go far
It’s clear and it’s safeHow much longer will this body
Will it hold me down?I believe in this ideal momentWill come and crush the past
How much longer will this bodyPrevent me from getting
Inside you, inside you, and we lay, silent
Well it starts like thisWithout a breath, with no fear, I face the truth, and kill myself
Without a moan, with no tears, cause I learned, a new spellAnd I can, I will, find me, a new wind
Just staySilent
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Elisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros Kasartzis
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsViolinViolaCello
When the times get toughWhen the tide turns black
We stick togetherWe stick together
nderstanding of standing under the same cloud
K.Mpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, El. GuitarPiano
Inside your chest, I found a key, it unlocks, a secret doorWhere it leads, do not know, I am under a spellI wear the sea, like a blanket, this blanket I curseAnd I find myself, in a plane, where will I land?
Silence, fear grows, why?You learn to hate
Despair, your city inhales everydaySo lay aside this wound, lay aside this life. Lay
Dream under this spell, dream for something fragile, I am
Hey! We shall learn, from the dustNo more fear
The rainWe shall wonderThe seven seas
And we’ll find peace
Like a filling glass I feel my soul rise into my eyesI finally see
reatness falls
K.Iraklis Iosif idis
J.A.Dafni PapastratiElisso PapastratiDimitra Kationi
Alexandros KasartzisMpampis Tsinikosmaoglou
Voices, El. GuitarEl. Double BassDrumsSaxophone ViolinViolaCelloPiano
Moonlight. The desire to be an observer of life
1. Greatness Falls2. Understanding of Standing Under the Same Cloud
3. A Moment!!!4. Lover
5. Silence6. Healing Song7. Lost Pictures
8. Sleepless9. Don’t Follow Me
10. XXX11. Love is Gone
12. Circle the Pencil Mr. Ink13. The Forgotten Dolls Choose to Die
14. Close Your Eyes When Orbiting New Planets15. I Got Nothing
16. An Ancient Voice