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 Группа Lycia, пожалуй, одно из самых загадочных явлений на готической сцене. По сути, звучание созданное музыкантом и идейным вдохновителем группы Майком ван Портфлитом ознаменовало появление отдельного стиля в готической музыке, условно его можно охарактеризовать, как ethereal / ambient gothic. Звучание создавалось при помощи синтезаторных гитар, а главной отличительной особенностью группы стало использование Майком шепчущего вокала (такого я уж точно не слышал ни у одной группы). Дебютный альбом “Wake” появившийся в 1989 году, далек от того звучания, которое будит на альбомах “Ionia” (1991) или “The Burning Circle & Then Dust” (1995). Материал, представленный на данной пластике носит скорее готик-роковый характер, хотя с другой стороны, уже здесь есть зачатки того неповторимого стиля, который окончательно сформируется на следующих работах коллектива.
Несмотря на сыроватое качество записи, “Wake” в целом слушается практически на одном дыхании и, надо сказать, с большим интересом.
В итоге, дебютная пластинка группы получилась вполне удачной, не дотягивающая конечно до уровня следующих творений, но и нисколько не провальная. Вообщем, хорошее начало. |
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up from the sea
they take from me just everything
up, out of time
they smile for me then drift away
up from the foam
with twisted fates they torture me
smile for me again
smile for me just one more time
SING LIKE SIRENS
every little harmony
swirls around my head...
like a symphony, of old and past
every little harmony
bores inside my head...
like a tyranny, of old and past
don't you ever think of things
don't you want to sing like sirens do
don't you ever want to know
don't you wonder where just everybody goes
in the burning sands
then the blinding snow
from the highest high to the lowest low
from the tallest peaks to the river low
there's a place so near
it's the place I'll go
I don't ever think
I don't ever want to think
I don't want to know anything
I don't ever know
I don't ever want to know
I just see things pass away
INCINERATE
see me from a thousand miles
see me pass, see me fade
see my face melt the final time
just one face, another burned
no use, this time
throw that fire at everything
no use, this time
aggravated with everything, anything
cleanse this soul, eased mind
...incinerate just everything
aim these flames straight at me
...through the smoke you'll see everything
walk through these charred remains
on the ground, melts then fades
stare down at these lost remains
they are me, another burned
no use, this time
throw that fire at everything
no use, this time
aggravated with everything, anything
everything, anything
cleansed soul, eased mind
Incinerate, incinerate it all
these flames, are me
Incinerate just everything
incinerate it all
smoke fades by a hundred times
settles down, blows away
they yawn then close their doors
just one fire, another burned
no use, this time
the fire moves on to anything
no use, this time
this stagnation is everything, anything
everything, anything
TIME
time, the clock on the wall melts right on through
time, the man in the box says "it is now"
time, the hands on the clock scream everything
time, out of the chair...it is the time
don't, it just screams everything
don't, it just loves anything
anything at all, anything, everything
anything at all, anything and everything
THE BELLS
everything seemed so fine
everything fell so far
everything came so slow
everything burned so fast
don't ever think of me
don't ever call my name
don't ever, need some time
don't ever drift from me
DOWN THERE
everybody goes down there, everybody goes down
everyone sees everyone, again and again
down there, down...down there, down
down again...down there, down, down
down again, everything seems so...