B i o g r a p h y (by Official Site)
After two years of composing, recording and experiment in a 3m x 4m top-floor atelier in Vesterbro, Blue Foundation have whittled down more than 30 pieces into their second album (out on Virgin on 02.02.04), the 11-track 'Sweep of Days'. As with the critically acclaimed first album, the Danish members of the band, Tobi, Kir and Bo, have once again combined their instrumental, vocal and rogramming talents with the London-based Japanese turntable maestro DJ Tatsuki, and with the English lyricist and performer MC Jabber. The band's characteristic style from their previous record - soundscapes layered with dense and unpredictable beats, subtle scratching and soft trumpet harmonies, threaded throughout with intelligent lyrics expertly delivered - has been further developed and refined for 'Sweep of Days'. The new album features a wide range of live instruments, including violin, cello, guitars, piano and melodica, plus guest vocals from Blood & Fire's Spikey T on the dub-inflected duo 'Embers', and Japanese rap from Sato-ji o the uncompromising 'Yellow Man'. (And, for the connoisseur, there is a special, extended track on the vinyl LP, and a hidden track on the CD!) Warm and reflective, melancholy yet life-affirming, 'Sweep of Days,' with its mix of jazz, catchy melody, bass, scratch and static, is a testament to the diverse musical inspiration and experience of the Blue Foundation band members and collaborators. Now, after mixing in Copenhagen (October '03) and mastering at the Exchange in London (November '03), it's time, finally, to put our music to the test, and release it to a changed world.
Wise guy Grand Witch of Trouble Crushed (Instrumental) Jabber Hollywood Burgeon (Instrumental) Black S Mazda (Instrumental) Hide Cutting Me Up J Hurt (Instrumental) Evo
History As I moved on End of the Day (Silence) Ricochet 02.17 am (Instrumental) Embers Bonfires Yellow Man Shine Save This Town Sweep My Day
Stuck in a hard place Enemy Eyes on fire Distant dreams Little by little Stained Ghost Talk to me Empty wall Hero across the sky Watch you sleeping Equilibrium
Blue Foundation
Wise Guy I tremble, wise guy One day, I'll rise and shine in the morning light Surrender, wise guy One day, I'll rise and shine in the morning light Remember, wise guy One day, I'll rise and shine in the morning light
Grand We fling ourselves fearlessly, With lights upon our faces into insecurity and unity We dream ourselves fearlessly, With laughter in our eyes, But no one has a steady look at last You go in the morning, the morn before light Warm is the bed and my back where you'd lie Slowly my awakening, my breathing in haze And so I know I do belong here, I will sing to the day
Witch of trouble
It's like Cream but not the Wu so you don't know what to do She's like a witch of trouble in electric blue And if you don't watch out she'll get to you Piercing through emotional armor like when you do voodoo She sits on her throne of lost souls My thoughts roam the coast of insanity in schoals I brag and boast but I will never ever get to her, no hope Deep in my mind's the cure for the illness waiting in the shadows I used to be afraid, living on a razor blade Came toe to toe with nemesis it left my mind unscathed All I wanted was to bathe in the rays of eternity All of the sudden wasn't one thing bothering me That was when she materialized line after line The past became the high time I remember pushing forward breaking out of confines But I never knew the truth in her sighs After her theft one is left with piles of ash She got me good, my life was in tatters and rags Too many intentions to mention thrashed Suffocated in those plastic bags at last yeahh Meanwhile fools run high and low she smiles cruelly hosts Imaginary shows the voice of solitude bellows She's not my type why I want her every night no one knows I unfocus loose sight of the material forget the spiritual My mind is in a black hole no way out some would say I chose Consciously obviously not I didn't deliberately get caught in her plots and what not Reefr Kid and Kuri closin' up
*** Thanx a lot to Steve & Reefr Kid HIMSELF for this one ***
Jabber Kir : I tried to run, I heard them going away, I know they will wait for me. But for eyes to shine and blood to merge: The raising of a buried land, claims a marked hand. MC Jabber : Kir : I saw a marked man among their crowd, Will he wait for me? So for eyes to shine and blood to merge: The raising of a buried land claims a marked hand.
MC Jabber :
Hollywood Earliest days, in calm and misty dawn I can reach so far above my head with my height. And I feel fit for fight, With my pace I break out the light, And the cool wind strengthens me to walk on by. But, so far beyond my pace, I watch you run over and make me feel foreign inside. And don't ever call again I want seven undone days. A revolt of my force inside. Thoughtful, early autumn-days, a chestnut in my palm as I open my lover's eyes to see if they still shine. Though I feel fit for fight, and my pace can break out the light, I need more to make me feel all right.
Black S My Kandora, you wander solemnly. I linger, I owe – what? A hundred tides! I'll wait, I know that I'm native here. My Kandora, your blood runs faster. I linger I owe – what? My Kandora, the finest pellicle, My loning. I owe what? A hundred tides! I'll stay , I know that I'm native here. I linger, I owe what? I wonder why. Hide Lower the day-tune, while they carry candles through the night, For thousands of miles Lower the day-tune, Why? They hide into the dawn Then they took off to find her tree, Drove for miles the highway down Lifting the dark to call the light, But though they tried, nothing went right. Lower the day-tune, while They drove to seek wonders, For thousands of miles Lower the day-tune, Why? They hide into the dawn [and I'd stay in the doorway to keep an eye behind them, exited to dive into their dawn, they hide into the dawn] You've got to come to hear the sounds, Directed by the bright, they grow And hundreds of fountain-hearts will sound, Though they have no reason to
Evo So long for now, I will take what you said and did, and fold it all around my heart So calm for now, But I feel unrest working in my spine (One blow in the nape of my neck, A hot kiss) So long for now, I know you must be leaving, But I hope to see you safe again I'll try to follow my curve, Wherever it might lead So long for now, I will keep it all, and fold around my heart So deep the earth breathes, Through winter's cold She must fold Around her heart.
Sweep Of Days
*** Thanx a lot to the Official Site for sending me the lyrics ***
History History is just beginning It's like leaves creating a canopy And, woven in the tapestry, my testimony A ceremony of souls, a symphony of sounds of sounds and forms A cacophony – I'll keep that energy I'll keep that energy flowing through the whole range of me So you can focus on the rage in me And my obituary? Well, I'm re-writing it every second, every century Well, I'm re-writing it History is just beginning As I Moved On Come and dance, come I was all alone, going for a ride Travelling solo, off my guard I had to follow this calling from the wild Into the shadows Into the shadows of my heart I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again Come and dance, come And as I moved on, thought I'd blow my mind But as it turned out, I was wrong I met my sorrow, saw her in the eyes She tried my courage She tried my courage, but left me stronger (You better stand up straight and you gotta be strong You gotta fight for your right and reclaim your own song) I needed all my strength to Stand up to your agenda I said it, I said it again I never wanna become Stuck in your machine I said it, I said it again Come and dance, come End of the Day (Silence) Silence Stretching out between us I dream of a presence With essence And absence of doubt Come closer Come and stay with me now Help me reconcile Come and stay a while And I will find a home Because we love till the end We love till the end of the day Of the day Distant Shifty-eyed and restless I dream of a presence With essence And absence of doubt Come closer Come and stay with me now Help me reconcile Come and stay a while And I will find a home Because we love till the end We love till the end of the day Of the day Ricochet Yesterday my troubles seemed so far away And now there's nothing left to do but watch the choices slip away And all the voices ricochet – our conversation disappears In recrimination – voices ricochet – they're just Words in the distance, like birds inside my head, and The water runs red – you're a Stone on the windscreen, you shatter the world ahead Voices ricochet – you can picture a big ‘thirteen', try to extinguish me Relinquish me from the damage It's only mortality… It's the echoes of carnage Now the view is all tarnished – the rest is just wreckage The sky's a varnish, furnished with thoughts of flight And the pain still visible in light and sound and sight Dismiss the sky – voices ricochet Grip is precarious There's various ways the path of truth can bury us Too many variables, too much chit-chat Too much of this and that Too much zig-zag, yin yang, yak yak I'm all right, Jack, pull up the plank, I'm aboard Fall on your sword – a humming repetitive Feels like a sedative, nerves are the last to decay Don't worry, it'll fade away Voices ricochet – our conversation disappears In recrimination – voices ricochet – they're just Words in the distance, like birds inside my head And all the manacles that bind, the pinnacles you climb To the background of a cynical ‘who' and ‘what' and ‘why' And ‘why not?' ‘Scuse me while I dismiss the sky Voices ricochet – dismiss the sky Embers A western sky is glowing Calling off the day Fading rays of live sunsets Caressing my feet on my way A shade in the horizon Quivers in the haze Whisper near right by my ear And these are the words that he said: If you love your woman up to the maximum Tell her fi hold on, hold on strong Orange eyes of embers Gleaming in the night Guard us until break of dawn Blessing the ground where we stay The eastern sky is glowing now In reddish shades of grey With promises of life and love And I wanna cherish the day If you love your woman up to the maximum Tell her fi hold on, hold on strong Bonfires I was given wine We're feeling okay And quite all right You wash my tears away And make me wanna stay And bonfires lit up the shores (Wa fa fa-wey) To go beside you Is where I want to be (Wa fa fa-wey) To laugh, to love Days of roses and wine Drifting astray With your hand in mine You stroke my fears away And make me wanna stay And bonfires lit up the shores (Wa fa fa-wey) To go beside you Is where I want to be (Wa fa fa-wey) To laugh, to love (Wa fa fa-wey) Where to go and hide? We're going to the sea (Wa fa fa-wey) To laugh, to love And this is how it went; I am here to stay Roaring with the wind There's life within This is what I give A circle is complete Another circle spins There's life within Within
Yellow Man フロム極東、日の出ずる国、YOU KNOW? ヤバイ日本人CRAZY JAPANESE ヘイ MY FRIEND ぶっ飛んでくれ！ STONE STONE STONE 町が重震地、始終、エルアイから踏む字が泣いたら３メートル級の の美、夜の道、満月と忍者、己のみの信者、ブルッて泣いてた、 って死んだような目をしたジャパン、茶碗と箸持って特攻、 飛行、ひとりで発射、不甲斐ない差異、唱いだし合う、隣の宇宙、 フッ、固まる、宇宙の噂じゃねえぜ、民は重装備、旅先で足袋履き、 匙加減塩味、レプレゼント地球でいってみよう！ 血で殻洗われた、風に攫われた、結ばれた、晴れた、この世は平行線、 空と名を割れた事を問う、暴れ、黄昏れる、誰かな？古風のイェローメン。 ひとりひとりが強者になればいいって事。 Shine I tend to be Stuck in minor key Then pale monotony Holds me down But luckily You are so dear to me In your charity I go home I'm so sorry This melancholy Holds me down But luckily You are so dear to me In your charity I go home Save This Town Come around to this fine town Where freedom makes the world go round And where dreams are found And carried out Even in the afternoon You can go there fishing for the moon And the fairy lights Glow like fireflies Come on save it Come on save it Every single one Come on save it Come on save this town Growing from diversity Out of true originality It's the place to be And that's why I fear the need to standardise And I fear the guys with normal eyes It's a precious child Come give it a try And we try Every single one Come on save it Come on save this town I know that we can't save this town alone So this is why I say Come on and raise your voice And spread these words around: Come on save it Come on save it Every single one Come on save it Come on save this town Sweep The floor you walk on is smooth. There is no ground there. Magic begins with blood. Outside, there are trees, With concrete under their roots. But I have passed the tombs of kings, Regaled them with pacing, checked bins for food and wrappings. I have scoured the seas for miles, cloaked my face with ash. My fingertips opening, accepting my time. The dark cylinders of half-smoked cigarettes For me, I'm your sorrow Calling in your dreams For me, I'm your shadow Howling in the streets Tomorrow, I will walk the streets And steel myself for the familiar. Your eyes Will not settle, a hunger. You'd be happier in your grave. When we meet, share stories, you stretch me. I see, I see a semi-circle of teeth. The dark cylinders of half-smoked cigarettes For me, I'm your sorrow Calling in your dreams For me, I'm your shadow Howling in the streets My Day As we're nearer to the end; Here we are again Seems like we're always working At this time of year We have come a long way, my friend How many hours we have spent Seems like we're always working At this time This is my day And I wanted you to know This is my day And I'm gonna be okay Through the steady sweep of days Keeping focus as the currents race Seems like we're always working At this time This is my day And I wanted you to know This is my day And I'm gonna be okay
Life Of A Ghost
Stuck In A Hard Place Stuck in a hard place on a rock I can't face it Staring at the party I'm looking for love I can't find it Stuck in a hard place on a rock In the darkness and drizzle At the bars, making a pop But all you suckers will fizzle You will fizzle You're missing your memories You can't remember your name You've changed your tune But you've stayed the same Throw off your dead skin Like a chrysalis Metamorphosis No use resisting this Your mind is ephemeral You can't remember the game You've peaked too soon But you've stayed the same Throw off your dead weight From the precipice Metamorphosis No use resisting this
Enemy We were lovers on the run Heading for adventure Ruinous and young We fled across the broken land Wild, deserted places And it went out of hand Watch your back Stay with me Someone here could be an enemy Watch your back Don't you see One of us could be the enemy We seized a house upon a hill Damp and tainted ceilings And broken windowsills Seagulls hanging from the trees Black and static water Red and sticky leaves Watch your back Stay with me Someone here could be an enemy Stay with me Don't you see One of us could be the enemy
Eyes On Fire I'll seek you out Flay you alive One more word and you won't survive And I'm not scared Of your stolen power I see right through you any hour I won't soothe your pain I won't ease your strain You'll be waiting in vain I got nothing for you to gain I'm taking it slow Feeding my flame Shuffling the cards of your game And just in time In the right place Suddenly I will play my ace Eyes on fire Your spine is ablaze Felling any foe with my gaze And just in time In the right place Steadily emerging with grace Distant Dreams I don't know why you fail me I don't know how you dare Stay calm now Stay calm I don't know why you call me I don't know what you want from me Ricochet Voices My trouble seems like distant dreams My troubles seem so far away Yesterday It all seems like distant dreams My troubles seemed so far away I don't know why you miss me I don't know what you want from me Stay calm now Stay calm I don't know why you call me I don't know what you want from me Little By Little Stuck in a hard place in the middle, walking on coals Caught in holes, sorting the souls like the Sphinx and the riddle Your invisible ripples surround me little by little He's my only saviour Living in a stateless zone Searching for an answer Everywhere he goes Widening circles, the surface a living, physical mirror Connecting fire with the fever, reflecting, I'm a believer Let the whispers enfold you, pull you nearer and nearer Little by little He's my only saviour Standing in a stateless zone Waiting for the answer Frozen to the bone Stained Cut me down from here Fade it out, my time Strech it out, my face I stay here Stained Cut me down from here I'm running out of space Ghost Early morning, dreary horizon Aching hands are pulling a millstone Wailing from the cart Moaning from a shattered heart He's burned down many a bridge And he's scared of walking in the dark It hurts when the rain falls on his skin Oh he is worn out from marching And he's forgotten for what he's searching Yet he keeps up the stride God knows that he won't arrive Talk To Me It doesn't matter what you say Cause it's written on the wall There's no need to exaggerate But I think this time we spoiled it all We were heading for at spin Where we were bound to win We were dynamite We would scandalize And outrage and mesmerise Others stopped where we'd begin We were bound to win But eventually It turned out to be A fantasy You say you wanna walk with me But you're always on the run You're sure you wanna talk to me? ‘Cause I say one word and then you're gone Walking in circles around the core Tell me what it is That you fear, what makes you withdraw? Burn this land Empty Wall Love I waited all my life I sit beside an empty wall Closing now my eyes It's written in my face today Running through your love
Hero across the sky Stay close to me Can't you see I won't get old Crawl down to me Can't you see I won't get old I can't cut loose I feel your warmth I can't get close to you at all It all depends on the past A hero across the sky I feel the pain in every one I can't get close to you at all I get stoned I feel no warmth I get high and watch the town It all depends on the past A hero across the sky I feel the pain in everyone I can't get close to you at all
Watch you sleeping I wanna watch you sleeping peaceful Resting your heart and your soul We should never awake without the other Lying by our side I wanna learn from the calm with which you Aim at your dreams and your goals And I'm sure your stories always will unfold I try to get you up But you go down And you are not okay I wanna carry you But you won't get up It's really killing me You know it's killing me I wanna join you sleeping peaceful Feeling the sun in our room What a plenty of rays and beaming light Surely, it does me good I wanna trust the pulse In which decay is followed by bloom And I'm sure any flaw will turn out beautiful I try to get you up But you go down And you are not okay I wanna carry you But you won't get up It's really killing me You know it's killing me
Equilibrium Call, baby, call It's no fantasy You've got me waiting on the corner I can't feel it any more Call, baby, call It's no fantasy You've got me waiting on the corner You've got me waiting I'm in chains The future remains the same Just struggles and strains Trying to keep the gains Well, the strong take from the weak But the smart take from the strong I'm your freak, I'm your song A hard rain's gonna fall I'll take your glory I'll take it all I'll take your territory Delirious I'm in delirium I'll find that equilibrium
In My Mind I Am Free
Just a Hand I saw a man turning somersaults I saw a couple holding hands in the air I heard a rumour going round the streets What will become of us all It's just a hand across the century It's just a hand It's just a hand across the open seas It's just a hand Somebody told me that I remember it all Praying for the sound of a rescuers call I heard a whisper about the next big thing What will become of us all It's just a hand across the century It's just a hand It's just a hand across the open seas It's just a hand Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin It's just a hand across the century It's just a hand It's just a hand across the open seas It's just a hand
Broken Life A shaken mind a broken life It's turning upside down Crowned with love and silent tears Reflecting all his fear Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin A shaken heart a broken life It's turning upside down Sadly, his face reflects These broken dreams we share
Lost Oh, what a world I'm lost in your arms I can't feel free Oh, what a world We're not who we were If I can't feel free Eyes fixed on the door Slipping from sight I can't quite grasp what you're saying The door slams in my face I've lost control If I feel the slightest of fever Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I can't live without you I can't live without you Oh, what a world I'm lost in your arms I can't feel free Oh, what a world We're not who we were If I can't feel free Dark shades fall on you Circle around Leaving your face divided in two Thoughts of leaving you Pulling me closer Get so ??? without you I can't live without you I can't live without you I can't live without you I can't live without you Oh, what a world I'm lost in your arms I can't feel free Oh, what a world We're not who we were If I can't feel free Oh, what a world I'm lost in your arms I can't feel free Oh, what a world We're not who we were If I can't feel free
Hard Life (feat. Findlay Brown) Baby, it's a hard life Baby, it's a hard life Baby, it's a hard life Baby, it's a hard life And it's like we're in the morgue In the rain with the wind blowing wild Hide the silver Hide the gold Save your children Take control Hide the silver Hide the gold Save your children Take control Baby, it's a hard life Baby, it's a hard life Baby, it's a hard life And it's like we're in the morgue In the rain with the wind blowing wild Hide the silver Hide the gold Save your children Take control Hide the silver Hide the gold Save your children Take control Take control Take control Take control And it's like we're in the morgue In the rain with the wind blowing wild And it's like we're in the morgue In the rain with the wind blowing wild
Hoshi No Tame No Komoruta
Hoshi o Tsukaru Sora no Koete Hoshi o Tsukaru Sa
Blood Moon
Dreams on Fire (feat. Sonya Kitchell) Shadows ink like a broken bone The wind leaves you jagged Footsteps that leaves no trace On a race against the sky When you walk on the streets on your own You search for the sky All the people you love, they are gone You reach for the light All your dreams are set on fire And all your lonely thoughts succumb Your heart speed up with that desire And these lonely days succumb They are ??? Nothing more Want to hear (?) ??? And the hands that pulled you in Give way to release Just when you thought the ash were thin Then you found peace All your dreams are set on fire And all your lonely thoughts succumb Your heart speed up with that desire And these lonely days succumb They are ??? Nothing more Want to hear (?) ??? Lost Girl (Feat. Jonas Bjerre) Lost Girl What black nights come to Just me and myself in this wry That I drink of most every night Do you think of us Do you wait for us Where the world end You will be waiting very long I can't recall of staying high Follows our only call I can't recall of staying high Follows our only call I creamed at you too far To cross blue death and dear But having patience from each leg Apartment sickness seize itself Betroth to the evenings glows And I am but one of them And I am but one of them He screws in sunrise Do you think of us Do you wait for us Where the world end You will be waiting very long I can't recall of staying high Follows our only call I can't recall of staying high Follows our only call And when it saw what I saw And when it feel It's coming back to you And when it saw what I saw And when it feel It's coming back to you Brother & Sister (feat. Sonya Kitchell) You're looking so good, boy When you walked down the street In an endless sky In an endless sea Brother This is your dream This is your heart You can't hide Trying so hard, that you might stay here Treat you well, so you will stay Endless nights Endless heartbeats Trying so hard So you will stay You're looking so good girl When you walked down the street In an endless sky In an endless sea Sister This is your dream This is your heart You can't hide Brother This is your dream This is your fire You can't hide Stars Fall Quiet Stars fall quiet All I want is you In my heart again (In my heart) In my heart again (You will fall apart) All I want is you All I want is you Stars fall quiet All I want is you In my heart again (In my heart) In my heart again (You will fall apart) All I want is you All I want is you Staying at the house There's no one here Fade of the stars What are we now to you (You will fall apart) Don't blame my eyes (feat. Erika Spring of Au Revoir Simone) Don't blame my eyes I know it's hard To face a lie Don't blame my eyes It's just an obstacle Floating by Watch You Sleeping (feat. Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon) I've tried to get you up But you go down And you are not okay You are not okay I wanna carry you But you won't get up It's really killing me You know it's killing me I wanna join you sleeping peaceful Feeling the sun in our room With flooding rays and beaming light Surely, it does me good I wanna trust the pulse In which decay is followed by bloom And I'm sure any flaw will turn out beautiful I've tried to get you up But you go down And you are not okay You are not okay I wanna carry you But you won't get up It's really killing me You know it's killing me I've tried to get you up But you go down And you are not okay You are not okay I wanna carry you But you won't get up It's really killing me You know it's killing me
Voices
(Dead People's Choice LP) Ricochet voices My trouble seemed like distant dreams My trouble seemed so far away Yesterday, yesterday It all seems like distant dreams My trouble seemed so far away Yesterday Ricochet voices My trouble seemed like distant dreams My trouble seemed so far away Yesterday, yesterday It all seems like distant dreams My trouble seemed so far away Yesterday, yesterday Yesterday, yesterday It all seems like yesterday