Physical release of our debut EP entitled "Jiana".
Featuring 3 bonus tracks & a 12 page booklet.
Includes unlimited streaming of Jiana
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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The closing song of the EP has a theme similar to the previous one („Şivoi”), invoking the woe of a dying world that we left behind. While „Şivoi” resolved in the mentions of hope, of the ability to get past the end of this world, „Codru” focuses on the wounds of our old earth, and on it’s final moments of agony. It is a painting of this grief: the surroundings and leftovers of the forests are described, and the mountains howl their pain up into the sky.
lyrics
Şuier aspru, prin ce văi
te petreci, subt crengile moi?
Peste rădăcini şi spini,
pe cărări cu mărăcini,
Prin ciulini ascunzi lighioane
născătoare de ghinioane,
Poartă boli în al tău pântec,
împleteşte-n lunci un bocet.
Frunzele cad şi zările se varsă,
Apa e neagră, piscu-i scobit.
Ce deznădejde sădit-a omu’
’n pântecul lumii – cânt adormit.
Eu rag cu inima-nflorită
la mugetul de jale,
descumpănit, în pripă,
născut de-un glas din vale.
Rămâi să pieri!
Rămâi să simţi!
Azi, dezmierdat de soartă,
de veacuri, văzu-ţi, îmbrăcat
cu spini, cărarea-arată-ţi.
Unde calea şerpuieşte,
Uite! Încalecă zarea.
Pasul meu uşor îl ţese...
Uite, văpăi
Peste cer se-ntind.
S-a-mplinit
Ceasul.
Uite, văpăi
Peste cer se-ntind.
S-a-mplinit
Ursita.
Unde calea şerpuieşte,
Uite! Încalecă zarea.
Pasul meu uşor se pierde...
Codru, ridică-ţi ascuţitul pinten,
crestele albe, suflul pierit!
Urlă-ţi durerea către înalturi
Spre a-ţi renaşte duhul cernit!
credits
from Jiana,
released September 30, 2016
Drums recorded @ Mentor Rock, Râmnicu Vâlcea, resampled @ Blana Recording Studio, Cluj Napoca.
Guitars recroded @ Sinners Studio, Sibiu.
Traditional, acoustic instruments & bass recorded @ Tel’aran’rhiod Studio, Sibiu.
Violin recorded @ Getic Art Studio, Iaşi.
Vocals recorded @ Blana Recording Studio, Cluj Napoca.
Mixed and mastered by Bornuz Vlad @ Blana Studio, Cluj Napoca.
Special thanks to all the people that came in Cluj-Napoca for the guest vocals recording session!
Artwork and logo by Kogaion Art.
Video by Isabella Ienciu.
Released through Art of Night Productions.
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