B i o g r a p h y (by John Bush)
The trio of producers known as Crustation are quite connected in the fertile Bristol trip-hop community — they played in bands with Portishead's Adrian Utley during the 1980s, and regularly hung out with Massive Attack and Smith & Mighty. They debuted in 1994 with two EPs for Cup of Tea Records (also the home of Monk & Canatella, Statik Sound System and Purple Penguin), and released their debut album Bloom in 1998.
Hey (Instrumental) Purple Close my eyes Face the waves Reverie Down down Falling Flame Life as one Ride on
Bloom
Purple
Sitting in the silent twilight The purple half light Of the twilight Wrap the night around me Blanket of black on my back I feel safe in the darkness Your voice is a caress Delights my senses Heightens my happiness Lightens my sadness Your eyes were on me I remember Those days in September Sunset 'round nine Your hand held in mine Sitting in the silent twilight The purple half light Of the twilight Wrap the night around me Blanket of black on my back I feel safe in the darkness The silence is so loud I almost feel it Nothing to say now Barely can talk now I'm feeling like I'm lost I'm feeling dumb Speechless and numb So long I've been blind I'm losing my mind Sitting in the silent twilight The purple half light Of the twilight Wrap the night around me Blanket of black on my back I feel safe in the darkness Sitting in the silent twilight rapture Could it be too hard to capture ? This velvet moment of serenity
Close my eyes
My grief is anchored in the rain I feel the pleasure and the pain But happiness is mine And I feel fine Pastel shades Shades of gray I'll fade away it doesn't always Have to rain Easily bored You can't hold my attention long My concentration's already gone Wish you were too Light a candle Watch the yellow flame burn Illuminated by the flicker Intoxicated by the scent of you So I close my eyes Misty dawn I see you through the foggy dew You've got to seize the day you say I wish you away And so I close my eyes World in disguise Absence of light darkness is right Leave me alone And so I close my eyes World in disguise Absence of light darkness is right Leave me alone So I close my eyes
Face the waves
No tomorrows Left in shadow I lack the discipline to Face the waves and Drown inside of them My nature is to spin like a Grain of sand whenever a tide comes in The certainties have shifted Words deleted incompleted The hissing drift of wintering Scalded scar of his words leaves a stain No tomorrows Left in shadow Like beggars we would meet again In the months to come and the years Exchanging consciousness Exchanging reason and tears Released from all the pain Only a bittersweet savor remains And the barest have to glow A trace of that state of floating is No tomorrows, left in shadow X6
Reverie
Cigarette smoke swirls I Contemplate the circles of Smoke rings that he blows Contemplating you Chained to his memory Remain in this reverie Chained to this memory Remain in this reverie I’m glad you’re near I Want a word in your ear a Word without wisdom Always meaning for you Chained to his memory Remain in this reverie Chained to his memory Remain in this reverie Gladly I watch it Sadly I want to Contemplating you Suffocating through Always waiting for you Chained to his memory Remain in this reverie Chained to his memory Remain in this reverie Chained to his memory Remain in this reverie Chained to his memory Remain in this reverie
Down down
Boredom envelops me Drifting comatose me Eyes fight to stay open Yawns take control My knees easily slides and glide Again I'm an outsider Quietly observing Daydreams floating through my head Slipping in and out Ashtrays of the sun I share My energy drains, the sun rains Down down deeper down The cure to her infection Down down deeper down Until she finds perfection Leave all her lovers hurt 'Cause there're all seen with frost Leave all the rainbows And the things she knows she's lost And always flows the water Refusing interference And always flows the water And nature coaxes sleep And nature coaxes sleep Pause only a moment Run fast through the river Where streams gracefully shimmer And sunbeams dance and glimmer Brace near the river's edge Take a deep breath Dive through beckoning azure Start feeling washed and pure Down down deeper down The cure to her infection Down down deeper down Until she finds perfection Leave all her lovers hurt 'Cause there're all seen with frost Leave all the rainbows And the things she knows she's lost And always flows the water Refusing interference And always flows the water And nature coaxes sleep And nature coaxes sleep Peace and comes an unseen solitude Folding slowly round me Relax perplextions Soul makes connections Green strands of seaweed weaving It helps to stop the grieving Hypnotized I close my eyes Can't see 'cause there's no rainbows for me Down down deeper down The cure to her infection Down down deeper down Until she finds perfection Leave all her lovers hurt 'Cause there're all seen with frost Leave all the rainbows And the things she knows she's lost And always flows the water Refusing interference And always flows the water And nature coaxes sleep And nature coaxes sleep
Falling
I'm falling in hate With this place Days trickle by Like a stream I need to go off Like a bomb Before I explode I need to go I'll feel no remorse When I quit this place Too long I've wasted in this Melancholy space It's always winter here Like a splinter A vice in your eyes The constant sarcasm Cuts me like a blade The scars have hardened And they will never fade Tearation eyes are jaded joke (?) A joke and some Prize but I despise them I'm falling in hate With this place Days trickle by Like a stream I need to go off Like a bomb Before I explode I need to go
Flame
Bruised she feels Insecure and jilted Like a thief he tried to steel her soul Slyer than his easy smile He tried to use her for a while Underneath she's empty as a whole Oh flame's still burning She's not learning Can't keep turning Back discarded memories Dusty thoughts Start to tease her Loaded with ammunition Coded by her ambition He fires a sweet talk into defenseless she Shot and numb with poison words She struggles uselessly Unhurt a slave to his cruel captivity Oh flame's still burning She's not learning Can't keep turning Back discarded memories Dusty thoughts Start to tease her It's all a game For him to play He trank a deep And threw her away Deluding her No illusion is numb Cynicism neared his head And left his appetite Unfed Alone all his brilliant words Are dead Oh flame's still burning She's not learning Can't keep turning Back discarded memories Dusty thoughts Start to tease her He turned her world to black But she's stopped looking back Tattooed it all in black Discretion is the key To his reality And she feels now she's free So she chooses then and there To leave without a care She goes into the dusk As easy as a breeze No longer on her knees Her soul is now at peace
Life as one
Speaking in rhythms And talking in tongues Burning down buildings Of people you shun Fast and fearless Deadly smooth Basic movements of a Painfull mood Sealed off and seperate Nothing left the same They wander round so desperate With no name Why don't you talk to me I don't hear the words you say Surely there's a reason For your change Wallowing in recklessness And wasting time directionless I can't stand it when you act this strange I can't stand it when you act this strange I once was asleep but Now I stand I see you have the key And hold it in your hand I woke to the sound of Sirens moaning Bad omen in the morning Oh blessed warning" Mute loyalty had faded in the dawn The door has closed behind me Now your gone Trip to faint shiver Waiting here On a light illumination in the air On a light illumination in the air Speaking in rhythms And talking in tongues Burning down buildings Of people you shun Fast and fearless Deadly smooth Basic movements of a Painfull mood Is this deafening Or am I just dumb First a whisper then a life as one First a whisper then a life as one
Ride on
True you ride the finest horse I've ever seen Standing sixteen one or two With eyes wild and green You ride the horse so well Hands light to the touch I could never go with you No matter how I wanted to Ride on, see you I could never go with you No matter how I wanted to Ride on, see you I could never go with you No matter how I wanted to When you ride into the night Without out a trace behind Run your claw along my gush One last time I turn to face an empty space Where you used to lie And look for the spark that lights the night Through the teardrop in my eye Ride on, see you I could never go with you No matter how I wanted to Ride on, see you I could never go with you No matter how I wanted to