Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Purchasable with gift card
£1GBP or more
about
Premiered on BBC 6 music, May 2020 (German language version).
Of the Earth was written & recorded on 23rd April 2020 to mark Earth Day. The piece incorporates text from Mahler's six song symphonic work, Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), specifically the final movement, Der Abschied (The Farewell).
Whilst the piece is a re-setting of the original text, this is spoken rather than sang. The music does not borrow from Mahler's original work and is instead its own sparser reflection on the text. Several of the lines resonate more when placed in the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, during which time this piece was produced.
The original German version was followed by one in English & a third in Polish. Each version has a slightly altered instrumentation & arrangement.
lyrics
Translated into Polish by Paulina Anna Załęska.
Strumień śpiewa melodyjnie w ciemności,
Kwiaty bledną o zmierzchu,
Ziemia oddycha w całkowitym spoczynku.
Wszystkie pragnienia stają się ułudą,
Znużeni ludzie idą do domów aby śnić,
Odnajdywać zapomniane szczęście i młodość.
Ptaki przysiadają cicho na gałęziach,
Świat zapada w sen.
"The Universal Edition score of 1912 for Das Lied von der Erde shows Mahler's adapted text as follows.
Der Bach singt voller Wohllaut durch das Dunkel.
Die Blumen blassen im Dämmerschein.
Die Erde atmet voll von Ruh' und Schlaf.
Alle Sehnsucht will nun träumen,
Die müden Menschen geh'n heimwärts,
Um im Schlaf vergess'nes Glück
Und Jugend neu zu lernen!
Die Vögel hocken still in ihren Zweigen.
Die Welt schläft ein!
Translation into English:
The brook sings out clear through the darkness.
The flowers pale in the twilight.
The earth breathes, in full rest and sleep.
All longing now becomes a dream.
Weary men traipse homeward
to sleep; forgotten happiness
and youth to rediscover.
The birds roost silent in their branches.
The world falls asleep."
released July 14, 2020
Music composed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Luke Moore.
Featuring a reading by Ewa Ladkowska.
Original text written by Meng Haoran, Wang Wei & Gustav Mahler.
Translated into Polish by Paulina Anna Załęska.
Asger Baden & Peder’s music has been featured on “Breaking Bad,” and the harrowing songs on “Furcula” have that same gripping tension. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2017
The hushed new EP from Skullcrusher sets soft, plaintive vocals against warm, minimal arrangements of guitar, piano, banjo, and more. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 20, 2020
A soundtrack to a film that is both historical and autobiographical, Yang’s music here finds graceful beauty in slowly unfolding melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 4, 2023
With features that include Nels Cline and The Residents, this album from polyhedren is a cinematic trip through global music. Bandcamp New & Notable May 1, 2022
Toronto artist Jonathan Relph works through depression on this bleak and beautiful album, half dream-pop and half ambient. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 18, 2020