B i o g r a p h y
Sophie Moleta was born in New Zealand but spent a good part of her childhood in Australia. Her theatrical and dramatic style - essential for any major artistic work - was learnt from her parents. Her father was an academic specialist in medieval and Renaissance Italy and her mother was an accomplished musician and accompanist to Dietrich Fischer-Diskau. At home, religion and classical music were very important. She learnt to play the piano when she was four years old. She composed odes to Jesus Christ when she was ten. But at fourteen, she got her first radio - and with it, the world. She discovered the Sex Pistols and David Bowie (she later became a groupie of his). Not long after that, she sang in a punk group, The Brautigans, in homage to the writer. In a spirit of adventure, she crossed the Australian bush and lived for a year in India. She went to France where she discovered Radio-France (!) and its classical concerts and trained as a sound engineer. But after the death of her mother, Sophie Moleta returned to New Zealand and began to write songs. These saw the light of day on her first recording, Slow Scape, and in Trust, an intimate diary covering the period from 1992 to 1998. It was with this self-produced record and her Roland RX-7 synth that -- thanks to the girls of the group Pooka - she returned to France at the invitation of the organisers of the festival " Les femmes s'en mêlent " to give some concerts. It was at these concerts that she enthralled audiences which included Bernard Lenoir and Hector Zazou. Bernard Lenoir was apparently heard to say he'd been begged by fellow concertgoers to invite her to do one of his Black Sessions.... In August 1999, Sophie Moleta left for England to record in Peter Gabriel's Real World studios under the aegis of Hector Zazou -- whom she ended up exhausting by the manner in which she threw herself into her songs as though they were her last task on earth. In March 2000, Dive came out at last on Le Village Vert. Paradoxically it revealed a less anxious Moleta, a woman open to the world and ready for everything. A tour through Europe followed Dive's release. Sophie Moleta was then living in Brighton, where she was working in parallel with the trance group Human Movement. The song Love has come again ended up on a lot of British compilations of electronic music. At the beginning of 2001, Sophie Moleta returned to Paris to try to free herself from her recording contract. She took advantage of her time there to record a dozen demos. As things stand, Sophie Moleta is still under contract to her French label. Nevertheless, she went to live in Australia in the hope of signing with a label there. She's still working with the trance group Human Movement. But after an argument with Telescopic, the single Healing didn't make it to the British record shops. This situation led Sophie Moleta to publish an open letter on her own site setting out her side of the story (see the Thematics page). Sophie Moleta has shown no sign of slowing down in her composition and recording, as is shown by her discography which now boasts three albums and an EP ready for publication. The songs she puts on her website are very sparse -- and calmer, too. But just as deep, just as divine.
Dive - 2000-03-27 -
Octave war Stay Gold Chapelle 10x2 Dive Lewes Apollinaire Geneve Fresh rain Anicca God and fire
Non Albums Tracks - Misc -
Art for arts sake
Dive
*** Thanx a lot to SoPhiE Herself for these great pics ! ***
Octave war
I'm gonna turn your fear into power I'm gonna turn your power into will I'm gonna turn your will into power You can use this power as your drill If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha I'm gonna turn your fear into power I'm gonna turn your power into will I'm gonna turn your will into power You can use this power you can use If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha I'm gonna turn your fear into power I'm gonna turn your power into will I'm gonna turn your will into power You can use this power as your drill If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha... If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha Stay Gold I nearly handed my power over I was caught in the net of repeated enclosure Forgetting that I am my own master Forgetting somehow in the power of thought Shock protectors and graphic designers And how many times does desire come to blind us ? I'm bathing in gold just to remind us I'm writing this song just to remain us that we are all queens of swords That we are all queens Stay gold queen and let it all flow Stay proud queen let them know Stay gold queen it's all here for you don't believe in those Who think that they know what is best for you It really suits you you don't doubt queen Your reason has never been clearer queen Fly like a bird, stay gold queen You truly deserve to wear gold Stay gold let it all flow Stay proud let them know Stay gold queen it's all here for you don't believe in those Who think that they know Wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer queen Fly like a bird, stay gold queen You truly deserve to wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer Fly like a bird, stay gold You truly deserve to wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer Fly like a bird, stay gold You truly deserve to wear gold Wear gold, wear gold, wear gold, wear gold, wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer Fly like a bird, stay gold You truly deserve to wear gold Ahha wear gold, hmm hmm wear gold, ahha wear gold, ahha wear gold
Chapelle
It's sunday morning and I have returned I'm here on the edges with something I've learned And I'm warmer and stronger and it's easier to smile And the pain I was holdings not only inside I'm back in this chapelle on its stone floor And the lights seems less awesome And I've visited Helene and washed all my clothes And it's all getting clearer the simpler it goes And I don't need as much as I did before There's somebody waiting my bums getting cold So I get off this stone floor and hear for the door And there's no holy water but I'm not dry And there's things on my sunday list I cannot find But the oranges are sweet here and the coffee is strong And these moments above ground they're enough to move on And there's no holy water but I'm not dry And there's things on my sunday list I cannot find But the oranges are sweet here and the coffee is strong And these moments above ground they're enough to move on
10x2 Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times three Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Still my lips will hungry be So lets marry you and me Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Still my lips will hungry be So lets marry you and me Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me Kiss me sweetheart Dive
And there is a sea behind the wall It's like a swimming pool And it's up on the sixth floor of this hotel And I have come to find you Tonight to ask you tonight Do you want to dive ? And I do not ask this lightly Please do not take me lightly I don't give a shit about the theory of love Please do not intellectualize me I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight i wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight And I don't wanna take anything And I don't want some time wasting cheap thrill experiment And I know this may not last more than three hours we have before We have to drive we have to leave this sea this city This beautiful part of the world But I lose absolutely all control Every time I look at you every time I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna dive in And there is a sea behind the wall It's like a swimming pool And it's up on the sixth floor of this hotel And I have come to find you Tonight to ask you tonight Do you want to dive ? Do you want to dive ?
Lewes
Hmm, Ok. Up here on the hill I can see everything Woodsmoke in the air and the blackbirds are Singing just a little too much time Looking after someone else Just a little too much pain from taking everything that he said And it's hard sometimes to know Which way and I know I have to let him know Up here on the hill I can feel again Just that breath of air to get my head back Into gear and I know now that this is my It's my lucky chance Just to feel this energy it's rising up And it's hard sometimes to know Which way and I know I have to let him know Up here on the hill I'm just a visitor I wish I could stay But where all just Visitors And the green blade is rising up Inside of me And the spring flowers are here they're all on the hill beside me And it's hard sometimes to know Which way And I know I have to let him go Which way And the green blade is rising up Inside of me And the spring flowers are here they're all on the hill beside me And it's hard sometimes to know Which way and I know I have to let him know Which way
Apollinaire
The sky is as blue And as black as ink My eyes drown in it and sink And I see far away cathedral And I shall never forget this journey When non of us said a word And when I was a little child My mother wrapped me in blue and white Oh holy virgin Do you love me still ? I don't believe in heaven or in hell I don't believe je ne crois pas Her hair is gold it is so bright And like a lasting flash of light Or like the flames which slow parade And laugh at me and go on laugh There are so many things in here I do not dare to tell you I write to you beneath this tent while Summer day becomes a shape of startling Magnificent and flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails
Geneve
"Take it" she said. "I can feel you're cold It's not normal She said "take my warm" And she does and she lets it in And she takes it It comes rushing in And little by little all the pieces fall Together to make her Life a whole And she sleeps The air comes to kiss her skin To relieve her of the depths she's in And she wakes she bathes She sees her skin And she's proud of who She really is And if you feel tired and you wonder why It's because you've got something Buried inside Let it let it go Be who you are Be free with who you are And she's moving through this field of gold Like a chat noir an eagle a polar bear "Take it" she said "This precious thing it's yours to keep you're arriving" And she does and she lets it in And she takes it It comes flooding in And her blood becomes red again And geneve is all it could have been And kissing you With that taste in my mouth
Fresh rain
You conceal yourself well dear But not well enough but not enough Cause I find that I'm wanting A little more of you're stuff And I felt it before dear And that's why I came And I'm feeling some reason To clean up my act And I'm not about to transfert This reason There is a lot of other factors That have something to do And until I am ready I'll keep it Until it is ready keep it Keep it Fresh rain dancing yeh X8 I'm a little scared Of the force dear The white light The white noise I'm a little scared of what could happen dear If we decide I'll conceal myself Well dear just well enough Until I find that you're wanting Fresh rain dancing yeh X6 You conceal yourself well dear But not well enough
Anicca
Two blood red plums One for me one for you A waxing moon A frangipani and a white white rose And anything can change Anything at all Anything can change Anicca And you can sit anywhere you like darling You don't need so much shelter And there's always the warm sun And the street lights for writing And anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca And it's all the same This flesh this flesh and these stars And it seems a little crazy We're full of these scars And it's all the same This flesh this flesh and these stars And it seems a little crazy We're full of these scars When anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca, Anicca And anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca Anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca Anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca And these long walks in the evening Discovering at all And these long walks in the evening Discovering at all Where anything can happen Anything, anything at all Anything can change Anicca When anything can change Anything, anything at all Anything can change Anicca Anything can change Anything, anything at all Anything can happen Anicca
God and fire
Write for the sky Write for the heaven's curve Let no leaded saxon black Obfuscate your verse Write for smell and wind For the silver leaf Let no ugly human face look Or know or breathe Write for God and fire For a love of place Let the void be rid of man Frozen by a flame...
The Birth of Love
Song for Ravi My words cannot describe How much I love you My words cannot describe How much I care about you When you're not here You're always in my heart You have changed my life For better in a million ways And I just wanna say How much I love you, Ravi And I just wanna say How much I care about you And I just wanna say How much I love you, Ravi And I just wanna say How much I care about you Words cannot describe How much I love you My words cannot describe How much I care about you When you're not here You're always in my heart You have changed my life For better in a million ways I just wanna say How much I love you, Ravi I just wanna say How much I care about you, Ravi I just wanna say How much I love you, Ravi I just wanna say How much I care about you I just wanna say How much I love you, Ravi I just wanna say How much I care about you, Ravi I just wanna say How much I love you, Ravi I just wanna say How much I care about you, Ravi
Kerry
Oh Kerry, oh Kerry Oh Kerry, oh Kerry Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know we're unlikely kerry I just wanna say I think you're a great mum Oh kerry oh kerry oh kerry And how many of us sit here On these little chairs in the bathroom When our kids are just having fun in the bath Oh Kerry, oh Kerry You can't say neglect is something we do To our children, oh Kerry Oh kerry, oh kerry But as for us you know what I mean We haven't been that careful But you know there will be time For us to shine again Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know you know what I mean Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know you know what I mean Oh Kerry, oh Kerry Oh Kerry, oh Kerry Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know we're unlikely kerry I just wanna say I think you're a great mum Oh Kerry, oh Kerry, oh Kerry And how many of us sit here On these little chairs in the bathroom When our kids are just having fun in the bath Oh Kerry, oh Kerry You can't say neglect is something we do To our children, oh Kerry Oh kerry, oh kerry But as for us you know what I mean We haven't been that careful But you know there will be time For us to shine again Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know you know what I mean Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know you know what I mean Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know you know what I mean Oh Kerry, oh Kerry I know you know what I mean
My Secret Garden These roses That scent This ache This space That birdcall That sound Crow calling I'm found And this is my secret garden This is my deepest place This is my one true moment My saving grace These roses That scent This ache This space That birdcall That sound Crow calling I'm found And this is my secret garden This is my deepest place My one true moment My saving grace And this is my secret garden This is my deepest place This is my one true moment My saving grace Carla's house I feel like I can Open cupboard doors here And bathe in citrus delight Be nurtured by John Mclaughlin I feel like I can Open cupboard doors here And bathe in citrus delight Be nurtured by John Mclaughlin I feel like I can Open cupboard doors here And bathe in citrus delight Be nurtured by John Mclaughlin And free Flow emotion There is nothing blocked here Old doors and old things And green and white and wood And free Flow emotion And free Flow emotion There is nothing blocked here Old doors, old things Green and white And free, free, free, free, free Flow emotion And free Flow emotion And free Flow And free Flow And free Flow U Heal Me Every time you come over Every time you walk through my front door You heal me, you heal me Every time you hold me Every time you wrap me up in your strong arms You heal me, you heal me Every time I lay my head on your open chest You heal me Every time you say you love me You heal me When you put your little finger through mine before we sleep When you slide over to me and hold me when we wake You heal me, you heal me, you heal me, you heal me You heal me, you heal me Lying in your arms, you heal me You heal me, you heal me, you heal me Lying in your arms You heal me, you heal me, you heal me You heal me Lying in your arms You heal me Every time you come over Every time you walk through my front door You heal me, you heal me Lucky Me All these years thought that I was Looking for you Now it turns out that I been Looking for me Lucky me, lucky me Lucky lucky me, lucky me Lucky me, lucky me Lucky lucky me, lucky me Now I know that I won't Find it in you Till I find it in me Lucky me, lucky me Lucky lucky me, lucky me Lucky me, lucky me Lucky lucky me, lucky me The Birth of Freedom I let go of wanting closure And all I feel is love for you Allowing not owning And all I feel is love for you Love for you, love for you, love for you Love for you, love for you, love for you No more tears and no more heartache And all I feel is love for you No more blame, no more questions And all I feel is love for you Love for you, love for you, love for you I let go of wanting closure And all I feel is love for you Allowing not owning And all I feel is love for you Love for you, love for you, love for you Love for you, love for you, love for you No more tears and no more questions And all I feel is love for you And no more blame, no more heartache And all I feel is love for you Love for you, love for you, love for you Warm fuzzy love for you Love for you, love for you And I let go of wanting closure And all I feel is love for you Allowing not owning And all I feel is love for you
Non Albums Tracks
Art for arts sake Each step can heal Every little thing i feel Is it wrong to have some ideals About the ways to heal And i need to go away now Far from this situation There's been a lot lot lot of damage done Without deep communication And until we learn to love ourselves Nobody can do it for you Until you learn to respect yourself Nobody is gonna know how to treat you Until you stop to project yourself Nobody else can come in freely Until you learn to lose yourself Give up give up give up 'Cause its arts for arts sake It's money For a piece of Prime beef steak It's love for loves sake It's respect for freedoms sake It's arts for arts sake Money for a prime beef steak Love for loves sake Respect for freedoms sake