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Shadow & Reflection

by L'Avenir

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1.
De Larmes 04:12
The sickness beginsas the light kisses your eyes always there and pretending to smile But now your intentions are clear and blood's not thicker than tearsthrough your eyes The feeling beginsas you enter the room A presence behind me begins to consume But a twisted logic makes it alright, the mantra that beats in your headevery night Blood's not thicker than tears Blood's not thicker than tears Blood's not thicker than tears in your eyes
2.
Disappear 04:15
Open your eyes, the time is here, the specter takes our place Never one to leave undone but this world is a different place What happened today? And is there tomorrow? Step out of the light Disappear Some people turn cold and their hearts dark,our history erased We live in fear and no hope near All gone without a trace What happened today? Where is tomorrow? Out of the light, they disappear Into the darkness, they disappear It happened today There is no tomorrow The light is gone We’ve disappeared
3.
Shadow Danse 04:11
Our time has come and one by one The memory slips away Take another sip from the pool of dreams as the light fades to grey Slowly to the floor as the colours burst, hear the choir in your head The shadow danse begins as a silence falls Watch the white turn to red You drift into darkness Disappear in the night I fell into your arms Where everything was never right Our time has gone and one by one the memory slips away Take another sip from the pool of dreams As a lifetime fades away Another lifetime drains away You drift into darkness Disappear in the night Fallen from your arms Where everything was never right
4.
Tin Drum 05:13
As day draws near its end I feel discomfort in my skin All the things they do and words I’d never say to you Hateful lies we know untrue Rewrites the story told to you In the end they kill, in the end they prey... they pray Synthetic evolution, a dystopian embrace History undone All memory erasederased Our time draws near its end This aeon fades away Fractured wall thathides the truth Suddenly gives way, it gives way Synthetic evolution A dystopian embrace History undone The fallen and disgraced
5.
She Calls 05:11
The day breaks, again in silence Humming loudly in my head Inside forever where the light is dim Feelings hide and the heart is numb Outside the rain is pouring, beating softly like a drum The dusk falls, again the stars Pulsing brightly overhead Another wish lost in the wind Watch the dead stars fall Hear the cry below the bow Drown, swirling deep below She calls, she calls The night sings, its quiet song Whispered softly in my ear Feel the breeze on my face Her fingers through my hair Then i wake, frozen still I can’t move, i can’t breathe Then she calls, she calls me home
6.
The light is slowly fading Clouds by the sea A villa in silence, with no one but me I take my hand and guide me through this briney deep and rauk fields that stretch as far as i can see Conscious and awakefeeling every moment, slowly slip away from me I slowly slip away I slowly slip away I slowly slip away from me I’ve slowly slipped away I’ve slowly slipped away I’ve slowly slipped away from me The hopeless dream of being at every waking moment The hopeless dream of being
7.
The stars shine tonight There’s a full moonin the distance You breathe the poison then you kissed my lips (kiss my lips). You’re sinking island, all alone in the sea Hoping and praying to be free (set me free) The air is warm tonight (But heaven’s empty) The moon shines so bright (But heaven’s empty) We’re in love tonight (But heaven’s empty) Heaven’s empty Heaven’s empty
8.
The sun cracks the night I feel its warmth kiss my face The candle’s flicker dies Shadows on the wallfade away Death is in the room But it waits foranother day A feeling deep inside As the day drifts away Static phantom smells The deepest secrets now danse and play The truth reveals itself The burden of dreams... The burden of dreams... The burden of dreams...
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released September 24, 2021

L'Avenir is Jason Sloan

Written & Recorded Winter 2020-Spring 2021 in a Minimal Space, Baltimore, MD.

Mixing, Production, Artwork & Layout:
Jason Sloan

Drums & Voices:
Roland TR-808, Roland CR-78, Linn Drum, Vermona DRM-1 MKIII. Simmons SDSV, Boss DR-550 MKII., AKAI MPC 2000XL, Alesis HR-16B, Roland SH-101, Juno-60, JX-8P, D-50, CSQ-600, EDP WASP, Korg M1, MS-20, Oberheim SEM, Crumar Orchestrator, E-Mu EMAX, Eurorack Modular System, ARP Odyssey, Ensoniq ESQ-1, EPS-16+, Moog Minitaur, Yamaha DX7IIFD, Waldorf Blofeld, Steinberger GL.

Video Synthesizers & DVE:
LZX Industries, Reverse Landfill, Snell & Wilcox Magic DaVE.

Thank You:
Sandra Linn, Max Müller, EINS:ZWEI:ACHT, Michelle Shaw, Tristan Victor, Aunt Gleam & Angel, Ron & Andrea, Freddy Hernandez, Randy and Carine and Steve "NO!!" Wann.

©2021 L'Avenir | Soleil Noir BMI

"The hopeless dream of being..."

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L'Avenir Baltimore, Maryland

L’Avenir is the cold synth project of veteran electronic musician and sound artist Jason Sloan. Known throughout the space and ambient music scenes for his contemplative electronic soundscape work for over two decades; Sloan founded L’Avenir in 2011 to explore his long time love of dark synth and minimal wave music created purely from analog and vintage equipment. ... more

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