B i o g r a p h y (by DJ Zak Davis)
Coming from New York they played clubs such as Izzy Bar and Spiral Lounge, but it was not until 2004 that we are seeing a full length artist album. This interesting band is composed of Tom Welch, Shambo Pfaff, David Fisher, Tom Birkley, and Cuban-born vocalist Lissett Alea. Their music is true fusion of drum & bass, house, and trip-hop with sexy flowing vocals. They crank up the first track "Purest One," with a drum & bass flavor, melding it with some dark loops and beautiful work on the keys. It is a very exciting start to an interesting showcase. They bring out a bit more of the trip-hop sound on the song "Portrait." It is totally reminiscent of a Tricky song, but not as hardcore. The band's first release "Summer Rain" entered The National Dance chart at number 29 and with good reason. They came at this track with a funky house vibe and it makes me think of summer beach parties that never stop. It is quite a beautiful song. Etro Anime is not even afraid of a little hip-hop either. On "Diablo" they put in a harder bass line with some scratching and elegant vocals laid over top. It's what you might get if you mixed Mark Farina with Jazzy Jay and added a splash of Nelly Furtado. Drum & bass re-enters the equation on the song "Adonis." The lighter rhythms come together nicely with Alea's soothing vocals. This album is all about breaking down boundaries that stand in dance music and fusing the styles together, harmoniously. Ending this fifty-five minute disc is the track "Either Way." This song definitely shows how it would be either way. It is eleven minutes long and is two different songs in one. The first half has more of a pop sound with guitar riffs and a live percussion sound. Two and a half minutes after the end of the first part, "Either Way" enters its second phase. This song describes the bliss and pain of being involved with someone. It is a very moving song and enlightens the listener to the deep side of the group. This album is well produced and they show promise of capitalizing on the US dance market. Be on the lookout for Etro Anime in clubs and festivals worldwide and there CD in stores in near you.
See the sound - 2004-02-20 -
Purest one Portrait Endless Danger Diablo Let it go Adonis Forgotten love All I need (Instrumental) Impossible Either way Summer Rain (Bonus Track)
See the sound
Purest one
It was my weakest night between the dark and light The look in your eyes and disturbing surprise I could not see wrong from right But I never really was the purest one Though I try to cleanse my soul with every sun And I just get deeper in the same shit doesn't everyone Close my eyes and play along Cause I am a tempted girl This is a candied world And it spreads like fire And when it devours me I call the burning fun But I never really was the purist one Though I try to cleanse my soul with every sun And I just get deeper in the same shit doesn't everyone Close my eyes and play along Can I hush my conscience around you If I could take it all back Will I lie and suffocate my impulses I'll never leave them behind Will I But I never really was the purest one Though I try to cleanse my soul with every sun And I just get deeper in the same shit doesn't everyone Close my eyes and play along Will I fly closer to heaven If I don't get what I want Will you ever see the innocence you knew in me I'll never be her again But I never really was the purest one Though I try to cleanse my soul with every sun And I just get deeper in the same shit doesn't everyone Close my eyes and play along I never lied to you Portrait Blue portrait with green lips a look of serenity The sorrow in your eyes captured Moving forward a steady clip a search for tranquility Security's your right bliss on your list You found me before I found myself You loved me before I loved myself You gave yourself completely And I can't give in Your light spins the music repeatedly The portrait stares at me as the world bends From your all encompassing heart that heart of purity It's so humbling to be your friend You found me before I found myself You loved me before I loved myself You gave yourself completely And I can't give in Tu m'as trouvé avant que je me trouve Tu m'aimes avant que je m'aime Tu as laisse ton coeur ouvert Et je ne peux pas succomber Je ne peux pas succomber
Endless You've been asking what will it take Will I ever again trust your face Forgive you for past mistakes Well why should I when my life's been based On instincts that aren't in your traits Some things we learned in the race I see the sound I will find my way It's endless it's endless I see the sound I will find my way It's endless it's endless A lifetime of color gone in one blink of black I'd rather live in gray than go back Why go back And all the pain that clothed me Reminds me your motives attack But baby there's no love in that You said you're dying you're dying to try this Well maybe you're gonna die trying Doing just enough just enough to get by And all these words they leave me exposed They'll never compare to the word I've yet to disclose I see the sound I will find my way It's endless it's endless I see the sound I will find my way It's endless it's endless I will find my way I will find my way Danger I don't wanna try to fight this love How dangerous can it be I know the odds are so unfavorable And honesty's forsakable So many run for safety Run from the Danger of falling in love like this Danger of falling apart In the hands of another Danger in falling in love like this Cold sweat craving the dark So completely So sweetly Danger Things have gone wrong They do more often than they don't I was a child before A soldier in defense I'll take the leap I've gone so far for lesser gold I wanna know this life By your side I don't wanna try to fight this love How dangerous can it be I know the odds are so unfavorable And honesty's forsakable So many run for safety Run from the Danger of falling in love like this Danger of falling apart In the hands of another Danger in falling in love like this Cold sweat craving the dark So completely So sweetly Danger Danger of falling in love like this Danger of falling apart In the hands of another Danger in falling in love like this Cold sweat craving the dark So completely So sweetly Danger of falling in love like this Danger of falling in love like this
Diablo Awake from your slumber And do what you want Your life won't be longer But it sure will be fun He says when I'm tryin' to make my mind Two roads, both which insist He'll tug at my earlobe and he'll whisper You are what you resist Sometimes there's a devil sittin' on my shoulder And I can't find an angel to help me decide Oh he's gettin heavy as I get older I've got to find me An angel someday Angel are you coming Or did you give up I spent all my credit And pushed all my luck But these days I can hardly hold him down His strength is my crutch Oh white feathered angel I am waiting Am I just asking too much Sometimes there's a devil sittin' on my shoulder What is it about me he just won't go away And though we have gotten to like eachother I've gotta find me An Angel He's got a smile that charms me plenty He'll take dessert before his food He gives delicious conversation And then he makes sure That he's been....understood Angel, you better come soon Sometimes there's a devil sittin' on my shoulder And I can't find an angel to help me decide Oh he's gettin heavy as I get older I've got to find me An angel Sometimes there's a devil sittin' on my shoulder What is it about me he just won't go away And though we have gotten to like eachother I've gotta find me An Angel someday Let It Go I gave to you more than I owned And my share was still unknown I don't want to replay the show Wanna let it go You know that our love's been dying We can't talk though we keep trying But as long as the love is strong Let it go Just let it go Integrity Identity and All the ghosts inside of me Tell me there's so much I still don't know If today you were almost dying Well tomorrow you might be flying We sure got a ways to go Let it go Gotta let it We finally reached the day The ties start to break away I lied to your face I know I'll never let him go Don't hang ideals on me I don't need to know how good it could be I just want to try and stand-alone I wanna let it go I wanna let it go If today you were almost dying Girl tomorrow you might be flying So many ways to go Gotta let it go
Adonis I know I have such a long way to go Until I'm fine without him I find myself back at the very place I thought I had left I heard when you said There's a power source and it's right within me But where and when is the key Where and when is the key Adonis you really lost me this time Adonis but I love it you can have me Adonis I was safely sleeping Adonis you've awakened the fool Oh girl, is this what you want now Oh yes, this is what I need It's the way that we move Somehow this love dances And the way that we're true To letting things go their way I know I'm somebody who Will take any chances And I feel like letting you in for good I'm tired of watching love slip away Slip right through my fingers I thought it was stronger than that I guess I was wrong Cause heaven has never been closer You show me how to reclaim it It's bigger than my words can be Deeper than all of the seas Adonis you really lost me this time Adonis but I love it you can have me Adonis I was safely sleeping Adonis you've awakened the fool Oh girl, is this what you want now Oh yes, this is what I need It's the way that we move Somehow this love dances And the way that we're true To letting things go their way I feel like somebody who Will take any chances And I feel like letting you in for good Oh yes this is what I want now This is what I need Somebody new somebody new Somebody like you
Forgotten Love You don't need many words To leave me breathless Only one off your tongue The sweet sound that calms The aching in my soul You enter languid As you shape your tones You leave me breathless You leave me breathless I want to know if a soul will show to grow Grow in my garden Sow up the hardened soil of forgotten love I want to know if a soul will show to grow Grow in my garden Sow up the hardened soil of forgotten love Some days have passed me by I'm still awake in the night So much time Spent waiting for this Moment to come What is there to fear? The dream's clearly seen It's the end of unbridled years The end of unnecessary fear I want to know if a soul will show to grow Grow in my garden Sow up the hardened soil of forgotten love I want to know if a soul will show to grow Grow in my garden Sow up the hardened soil of forgotten love I felt one day I was closer to love than I ever came I was sure there was no mistake And there I was all wrong again The only thing for sure is that I'd been forgotten I was swept away I want to know if a soul will show to grow Grow in my garden Sow up the hardened soil of forgotten love I want to know if a soul will show to grow Grow in my garden Sow up the hardened soil of forgotten love Impossible They find their way into my head Now it's impossible to think They drink my breath on their way in Now it's impossible to breathe Did I dip meaning in the mud again Wanna see just how dirty it will end How can your absence be so wrong How can your presence be so strong How could I ever lose my head How can your absence be so wrong How can your presence be so strong How did I let it get this bad So we'll talk away our existence And make it impossible to care For words so listless and empty Is silence impossible to bear Did I dip meaning in the mud again Wanna see just how dirty it will end How can your absence be so wrong How can your presence be so strong How could I ever lose my head How can your absence be so wrong How can your presence be so strong How did I let it get this bad But words Fall right off you mouth Lingering and weightless Where are they now? How can your absence be so wrong How can your presence be so strong How could I ever lose my head How can your absence be so wrong How can your presence be so strong How did I let it get this bad Either Way There's a gun to your head will you pull or bleed And keep your view of your identity Tied with the need for a perpetual enemy Will you prove your manhood to me we'll see I wish you knew you didn't have to But either way I'll still love you A hostile world is easy to sell An open world is easy to tell Of prosperity and dignity for those who fell Making it reality seems to be hell well I wish you knew you didn't have to But either way I'll still love you I wish you knew you didn't have to But either way I'll still love you I'll still love you
Summer Rain ( Single - 2003 )
Walking alone takes some faith Trees are gray light's a blue haze Walking alone takes some faith Wind is pale cutting through the days I'd rather be out in the summer rain Getting soaked yeah I wouldn't complain But I think too much and I'm left to blame Feeling strangely the same I'm drawing pictures around your name Conversation slowly sketched away With the words I could not say Couldn't find anyway Walking alone takes some faith Leave behind lonely lover's face Now that the calm's been replaced Road you take fills with heartbreak Walking alone takes some faith All the love's in a state That you can't touch hear or taste And the grace just falls into place And no one can cloud the sun when you live your way I don't want to run and hide underneath the shade I'd rather be out in the summer rain Getting soaked yeah I wouldn't complain But I think too much and I'm left to blame Feeling strangely the same I'm drawing pictures around your name Conversation slowly sketched away With the words I could not say Couldn't find anyway
*** Thanx a lot to Erica for this one ***
Spreading Silence
Hear Me Calling Got a ticket to I don't know where And the wheels keep rolling, keep rolling New realities are still not clear And the days keep coming, keep coming And the world keeps turning, keeps turning Round and round and round Do you see my face Can you hear me call Do you see my face Can you ear me calling I've searched for you in the mountain... Got a ticket to I don't know where And the wheels keep rolling, keep rolling New realities are still not clear And the days keep coming, keep coming And the world keeps turning, keeps turning Round and round and round I've searched for you in the mountain I've searched for you when it rains down hard on me Do you see my face Can you hear me call Do you see my face Can you hear me calling Can you hear me calling Hear me calling Hear me calling you I've searched for you when only hope remains Yours Forever Can I whisper in your ear Words that can be said only at night Only at night Can I follow your sound Can we play a game of dark and light Greet the sun and ride the tide Ride the tide Can I follow your size Got your breath Mixed in my blood I'm in love with the Way we make love feel The best test Is when I'm possessed By your sweet caress I'm yours forever People say they want to stay away From the flame of giving up to pain Want to dive in the day Your waves light my way When I swim in your ocean I return to that deep devotion Oh timeless motion Life of pure emotion Got your breath Mixed in my blood I'm in love with the Way we make love feel The best test Is when I'm possessed By your sweet caress I'm yours forever I'm yours forever I'm yours forever I Think Of You Sun is shining on the leaves The air is warm I think of you Your eyes reflect the sky Your voice is like the tide I think of you No, no matter what I do I think of you Can you dig this, cause I dig this And I feel like we've been through this I know there's reason for this meeting And a way that we can do this No, no matter what I do I think of you My thoughts surround you and they ask if it's the same If you forget all at the memory of my name If I'm the only one who's quietly insane With all the questions My thoughts surround you and they ask if it's the same If you forget all at the memory of my name If I'm the only one who's quietly insane With all the questions No, no matter what I do I think of you Remains So we meet again How have you been It's been awhile And still it feels so much the same What happens now We speak of life I play pretend And mask the need between the lines So much is broke so much is burned There's no turning back and still the link remains What to do what to say Do I tell you nothing simple Do I finally just simply walk away What to do what to say ‘Cause my mind keeps mixing things And all I see is gray Too many memories here And where's there's fire ash remains ‘Cause we both broke and we both burned There's no turning back and still the link remains What to do what to say Do I tell you nothing simple Do I finally just simply walk away What to do what to say What happens now We speak our lie I play pretend And mask the meaning between the lines ‘Cause my mind keeps mixing things And all I see is gray Too much has happened here And where there's fire ash remains So much is broke so much is burned There's no turning back and still the link remains What to do what to say Do I tell you nothing simple Do I finally just simply walk away What to do what to say Day By Day Day by day It comes and goes away Day by day I used to come home and wonder about him I used to be on my knees without him I couldn't collect my courage around him He was something beyond my reach And I was ready to die for him Nothing gonna take my right away from me If love's the undertow I'll be the first to go Day by day It comes and goes away Day by day Day by day It comes and goes away Day by day I had to find out for certain why I go For the fruit of the tallest tree That I just have to reach But as time passes by we all know why why why We go with the undertow And now I know I was ready to die for him And nothing gonna take my right away from me If love's the undertow Day by day It comes and goes away Day by day Day by day It comes and goes away Day by day By day by day And all that he leaves is silence around me And all that he leaves is me on my knees Day by day It comes and goes away Day by day Day by day It comes and goes away Day by day Thru Time Crying trying to recognize you Yeah I see you slowly coming into view Wishing kissing will mean as much to you Yeah I know it can't happen too soon I see the difference in the space that's in between us And the difference is the years we often lose But what was lost and buried sometimes is recovered By the hope that's always there and the knowledge of the truth Truth is I've always adored you Truth is I've always adored you Do you feel like we've been in love thru time And the sun has always shined on you and I Do you feel like we've been in love thru time And the sun has always shined on you and I I feel like I've rested my head on your shoulder before I've already got you etched in my bed like you've been there before I feel like I'm blessed with the best I've never been vexed by your sex Can't test or contain you I feel like I've rested my head on your shoulder before I've already got you etched in my bed like you've been there before I feel like I'm blessed with the best I've never been vexed by your sex Can't test or contain you Do you feel like we've been in love thru time And the sun has always shined on you and I Do you feel like we've been in love thru time And the sun has always shined on you and I I feel like I've rested my head on your shoulder before I've already got you etched in my bed like you've been there before I feel like I'm blessed with the best I've never been vexed by your sex Can't test or contain you I feel like I've rested my head on your shoulder before I've already got you etched in my bed like you've been there before I feel like I'm blessed with the best I've never been vexed by your sex Can't test or contain you First Heard Your Name Every day I rise up with the sunshine tapping on my window I close my eyes and I'm right there with you Every single step that I've taken fallen Dancing laughing crying in the rain it was right there with you But everything is changing and you're still on my mind And I don't know if I'll be the same My love my life I want to be right there with you And I knew it when I first heard your name Every night I wake up with the moonlight shining on my memory I close my eyes and I'm right there with you Every single thought that has passed or lasted Lost in love while carrying the pain it was right there with you But everything is changing and you're still on my mind And I don't know if I'll be the same My love my life I want to be right there with you And I knew it when I first heard your name I only want to be beside you If another day slips away without you I'll lose the gift of happiness and joy without you in it I love you Every day I rise up with the sunshine tapping on my window I close my eyes and I'm right there with you Every single step that I've taken fallen Dancing laughing crying in the rain it was right there with you But everything is changing and you're still on my mind And I don't know if I'll be the same My love my life I want to be right there with you And I knew it when I first heard your name Yes I knew it when I first heard your name I knew it when I first heard your name Another Life Under my skin Your fingers crawl and make themselves at home Under my skin Defenses fall and leave me wanting Another breath Another taste Another crystallizing moment Another night Another time Another life Where my soul doesn't ache or feel lonely Another life Where the wind blows it's songs in my ear Under my skin The moons seem long and filled with voices Under my skin A light grows near and soon we shall be free Another night Another time Another life Where my soul doesn't ache or feel lonely Another life Where the wind blows it's songs in my ear I'm wanting your sweetness And sacred sounds Your beauty to keep me From breaking down Another night Another time Another life Where my soul doesn't ache or feel lonely Another life Where the wind blows it's songs in my ears
Twenty Four Seven I want to be invincible now I want to be invisible I want to find and fight for truth now I want to fly and touch the sky Twenty four seven Want to be want to be A superhero Twenty four seven Want to be want to be Malleable Want to battle with my daemons Want to face them one on one Want to dig up all my bravery Want to lay this fear to rest Twenty four seven Want to be want to be A superhero Twenty four seven Want to be want to be Malleable Invincible Invisible Ready twenty four seven Spreading Silence She works like that She works like that She gave me gold when I finally asked I asked by not asking yeah she works like that She gave me gold when I finally spoke I speak by not speaking I see when my eyes are closed Yeah she works like that She works like that Spreading silence She works like that She works like that Silence Spreading silence Silence Spreading silence I lost all I owned and I did not care She told me my name meant nothing and it put me there She flashed a smile that made you feel there was no curse And she stopped me and gave me the Universe Yeah She stopped me She stopped me She works like that She works like that She works like that Spreading silence She works like that She works like that Spreading silence She works like that That