Clair Obscur
by Gabriel Keller
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Time (Feat. Emi B)
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Remember the time When we could talk for hours with no sleep Walk around our town without feeling any guilt // Remember the time When we would sit in the grass, you’d make me smell Any flower you would pick with so much grace How has time gone by so fast I turn around and you are nowhere to be found - Time goes by so fast You are nowhere to be found I remember the time holding your hand made me feel insanely safe The time when you looked at me it was my sweet escape // I’d have been ready to go far anywhere and anytime As long as you’d have always stayed right by my side Time Time Time Time, what can I do How has time gone by so fast I turn around and you’re nowhere to be found - Time goes by so fast You are nowhere to be found The feeling left today and resonating is emptiness Losing the best part of my life to a pocketful of deadliness // Lonely to the bone my body won’t move anymore Can someone come and get me I can’t do this no more How has time gone by so fast I turn around and you are nowhere to be found
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Hearing the train on its tracks, took my bag and never looked back Until I... Felt the sun on my skin, I swore to never give in When I... Saw the wind blowing in the leaves of a hundred beautiful dancing trees To the moment I... Jumped on that train and got It rolling, rolling, rolling... I'll be there, Checking on, Checking on the ways for changes ways for happiness I'll chuckle through, chuckle through the rain for more of sun rays I'll be searching for, searching for a stairway and finding an escape to the world I’m looking at, looking at the landscape wondering if I’ll find my way one day But you promised, promised me, “hop on the train it will lead you the way” Train to resolution, with desperation, to finding solution A new kind and clearer horizon drawing in front of me now There’s no stopping, no looking back, an arrow shot and still in flight I jumped on the train and got it rolling, rolling, rolling... Checking on, Checking on the ways for changes ways for happiness I'll chuckle through, chuckle through the rain for more of sun rays I'll be searching for, searching for a stairway and finding an escape to the world I’m looking at, looking at the landscape wondering if I’ll find my way one day But you promised, promised me, “hop on the train it will lead you the way”
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Open Arms (Feat. Emi B)
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Close my eyes, take my breath Feels like I’ve been trapped forever in a maze And looking for a way out now Following the walls reaching for what I might call a breakthrough What should I do ? And Where are you ? Here you are With wide open arms And I’m trying to reach you Trying to touch you All I can get is an image of you Open my eyes, lungs full of air Ready to fight and find all the answers to my questions My way out now, depends on how All the cards I’ve been given out will be laid out Where should I go ? What do you know ? Here you are With wide open arms And I’m trying to reach you Trying to touch you All I can get is an image of you Can you feel ? Can you hear? Calling out for Reaching out for Memories gone My feelings are wrong Here you are With wide open arms And I’m trying to reach you Trying to touch you All I can get is an image of you
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Sans filet j'ai jeté mes vieux souvenirs comme des étoiles filantes Sur la toile égarée, tu regardes s'évanouir mes messages en attente J'irai vider mon ventre des mots, à crier face au vide en écho x2 Nos rires sont des fleurs tombées par terre Je les récolte par cœur, sans colère Dans la douleur je mens, je m’enivre d'un songe Je me mens Dans la douceur, je mens, je m'ennuie et je songe Lentement Et ton rire se perd dans mes rêves qui défient la réalité Je retrouverai je l'espère cette amitié au parfum d'éternité Nos rires sont des fleurs tombées par terre Je les récolte par cœur, sans colère Dans la douleur je mens, je m’enivre d'un songe Je me mens Dans la douceur, je mens, je m'ennuie et je songe Lentement
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Here comes another night, Another chance to do it right, Reveling the deadly atmosphere, I’m roaming the streets. Seeking the path, Where the rage is a queen, Chasing the place, Where I can find my revenge. A war of sweats, for some cigarettes, A brutal fight, feeding my appetite. Here I am, standing between them, Invisible but real, a smart shadow, In the dark side, of the boulevard. Sure I’m nothing human, That doesn’t mean I’m a demon, I’m just a gambler, Hiding behind the winer. I wait for so long, To take this soul, Waiting for too long, To loose control. I’m focus, One kick, two punchs, I’m engaged, one knife, No escape, no escape. His eyes, her breast. Her eyes, the weapon, His eyes, full of rage, Her hands, cold and weak, Blood on the place, blood on his hand. What a show ! Sure I’m nothing human, That doesn’t mean I’m a demon, I’m just a gambler, Hiding behind the winer. But in the depth of my shadow, I could’n find the promised window, Opening on to the glow, of gladness. Feeling as empty as a well, Which never seen a drop of water, Which was hoping the rain,
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Do you remember, The time we were spending, you and me. Us, against the darkness, of the universe. Us, feeding the sun, of our quest. // All these memories, are knocking at my brain, Sweet pictures, although it hurts. All these memories, are just like zombies, Which can only be fed, by eating my hearth. She took you out of my life, I guess, I guess, I must, I have to numb the pain. She took you out of my life, I guess, I guess, I must, I have to numb the pain. She took you out of my life, It was a bleak monday, The rain couldn’t stop falling, As if the sky knew, That something was going to happened. // They found you, on the pavement, Cold and wet, did anyone saw your last breath ? I was full of love and life, now I’m full of hatred, Ready to bite, the one who did this. // I decided to get my revenge, as I face death, Telling her she has no other choice, Than to take me by your side, I was ready too meet you again In the dark side of the world. Do you remember, The time we were spending, you and me. Us, against the darkness, of the universe. Us, feeding the sun, of our quest. // As we are gathered again, Take my cold hand in your’s, Let’s dance to, the ghosts in heavens’ song.
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It'll be for you quite a surprise As you don't expect me to come But you'll never recognize Me under my sweet disguise // Black tights but not around my legs Black pants, black shirt, black gloves, dark face As only accessory A kitchen knife in my hand I'm now your worst nightmare I'll push you out of there Coming throughout nowhere Tonight you will be dead at last ... Tonight Oh honey you only reap what you sow Oh baby from what I know you should bow Too late, darling, you've seen it coming Taste my revenge, you can't wash all your sins Now blood's running on my fingers Your body's laying on the couch If you would have had a soul I'd see it swirling out of you // There is still terror in your eyes And it fills my heart with delight I've never seen you so handsome I can't take my eyes off of you I didn't expect this To be such a nice thrill I remember your scream Tonight, you being dead at last ... Tonight Oh honey you only reap what you sow Oh baby from what I know you should bow Too late, darling, you've seen it coming Taste my revenge, you can't wash all you
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Accalmie
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about
Discover my first album: Clair Obscur.
A first opus marked by many a multitude of musicians from the Lyon region.
A smooth first part and a more tortured second part
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
Découvrez mon premier album : Clair Obscur.
Un premier opus marqué par de nombreux une multitude de musicien.nes de la région lyonnaise.
Une première partie tout en douceur et seconde plus torturé
Bio
From a very young age, I have been passionate about music and above all, fascinated by the emotions it can provide. Joy, the desire to dance, to move your head... but also sadness, melancholy, nostalgia... No other artistic form manages to move me as much as music. Goosebumps, tears, laughter, chills...
Trained in violin and drums, I have always wanted to create, collaborate with other artists and produce works as varied as my influences. I ended up taking up the guitar.
My influences?
First of all, rock, of course. I had the chance to discover the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and many more at a very young age, and to immerse myself headlong into the discography of the 60s and 70s. Then came metal and progressive rock with the discovery of bands like Porcupine Tree, Opeth... Over the years, I also opened up to French pop, discovering Higelin, Bashung, Dutronc, Ange... open to more melting pot artists with Jazz touches such as Sophie Hunger or Fredrika Stahl.
All these influences nourish my music. Not to mention the fantastic people with whom I regularly have the opportunity to work. Lucie on cello, Charlie on guitar, Emilie, Marine, Maïté, Charlotte on vocals, Simon and Lucas on drums, Julien on bass, Maud on graphics...
All this mixing and this thirst for collaborations led me to the creation of this solo project and the production of a first album with texts in English and French: Clair Obscur.
Clair Obscur
This is an album of 10 tracks divided into two parts:
- A clear, bright, rather pop first part, tinged with influences from groups like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and many others. - A more obscure, dark and tortured second part in which we can hear the inspirations of bands like Opeth or Porcupine tree. Hence the name of this album: Clair Obscur.
Not being a singer, like Slash and his first album, each title is a collaboration with an artist that Gabriel appreciates. Thus, there are no less than 4 singers (each writing in the language of their choice) and 3 guitarists in the album. There is also a brass section, a string quartet and many other surprises.
The music is rock oriented, but not only. There is a large part left to Beatlesian pop, with a great use of backing vocals and acoustic instruments. A part is also nourished by more progressive influences.
Gabriel succeeded in developing his own universe. A universe rather provided, dense, which aims to make its listeners travel and transmit emotions to them.
A first opus marked by many a multitude of musicians from the Lyon region.
A smooth first part and a more tortured second part
🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
Découvrez mon premier album : Clair Obscur.
Un premier opus marqué par de nombreux une multitude de musicien.nes de la région lyonnaise.
Une première partie tout en douceur et seconde plus torturé
Bio
From a very young age, I have been passionate about music and above all, fascinated by the emotions it can provide. Joy, the desire to dance, to move your head... but also sadness, melancholy, nostalgia... No other artistic form manages to move me as much as music. Goosebumps, tears, laughter, chills...
Trained in violin and drums, I have always wanted to create, collaborate with other artists and produce works as varied as my influences. I ended up taking up the guitar.
My influences?
First of all, rock, of course. I had the chance to discover the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and many more at a very young age, and to immerse myself headlong into the discography of the 60s and 70s. Then came metal and progressive rock with the discovery of bands like Porcupine Tree, Opeth... Over the years, I also opened up to French pop, discovering Higelin, Bashung, Dutronc, Ange... open to more melting pot artists with Jazz touches such as Sophie Hunger or Fredrika Stahl.
All these influences nourish my music. Not to mention the fantastic people with whom I regularly have the opportunity to work. Lucie on cello, Charlie on guitar, Emilie, Marine, Maïté, Charlotte on vocals, Simon and Lucas on drums, Julien on bass, Maud on graphics...
All this mixing and this thirst for collaborations led me to the creation of this solo project and the production of a first album with texts in English and French: Clair Obscur.
Clair Obscur
This is an album of 10 tracks divided into two parts:
- A clear, bright, rather pop first part, tinged with influences from groups like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and many others. - A more obscure, dark and tortured second part in which we can hear the inspirations of bands like Opeth or Porcupine tree. Hence the name of this album: Clair Obscur.
Not being a singer, like Slash and his first album, each title is a collaboration with an artist that Gabriel appreciates. Thus, there are no less than 4 singers (each writing in the language of their choice) and 3 guitarists in the album. There is also a brass section, a string quartet and many other surprises.
The music is rock oriented, but not only. There is a large part left to Beatlesian pop, with a great use of backing vocals and acoustic instruments. A part is also nourished by more progressive influences.
Gabriel succeeded in developing his own universe. A universe rather provided, dense, which aims to make its listeners travel and transmit emotions to them.
credits
released March 19, 2022
Line-up
Gabriel Keller : Guitars, Percussions, Bass, Backing Vocals Lucas Biguet-Mermet : Drums (1, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Simon Rebuffat : Drums (2, 3, 4, 5)
Charlie Henry : Guitars
Clément Berthie : Guitars
Anthony Barbier : Guitar solo (4)
Marius Marin : Guitars (9)
Lucie Lacour : Cello, Backing Vocals
Emi B : Vocals, Backing Vocals Anne-Marguerite Solt : Backing Vocals Charlotte Gagnor : Vocals, Backing Vocals Marine Poirier : Vocals, Backing Vocals
Maïté Merlin : Vocals
Julien Mailland : Bass
Clément Barou : Piano
Jean Charles Montibert : Strings arrangements Quatuor MajusculeS : Strings
Jérôme Aubernon : Solo Violin (6)
Sos Section : Brass Section (8)
Pierre Lagache : Brass arrangements (8)
Composed by Gabriel Keller
Recorded by Gabriel Keller & Lucas Biguet-Mermet Mix : Benoit Martin / Studio Hors Phaz & Lucas Biguet-Mermet / The Toolshed Studio
Master : Alexandre Badagée / Red Sync Studio Artwork © Maud Colly
Line-up
Gabriel Keller : Guitars, Percussions, Bass, Backing Vocals Lucas Biguet-Mermet : Drums (1, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Simon Rebuffat : Drums (2, 3, 4, 5)
Charlie Henry : Guitars
Clément Berthie : Guitars
Anthony Barbier : Guitar solo (4)
Marius Marin : Guitars (9)
Lucie Lacour : Cello, Backing Vocals
Emi B : Vocals, Backing Vocals Anne-Marguerite Solt : Backing Vocals Charlotte Gagnor : Vocals, Backing Vocals Marine Poirier : Vocals, Backing Vocals
Maïté Merlin : Vocals
Julien Mailland : Bass
Clément Barou : Piano
Jean Charles Montibert : Strings arrangements Quatuor MajusculeS : Strings
Jérôme Aubernon : Solo Violin (6)
Sos Section : Brass Section (8)
Pierre Lagache : Brass arrangements (8)
Composed by Gabriel Keller
Recorded by Gabriel Keller & Lucas Biguet-Mermet Mix : Benoit Martin / Studio Hors Phaz & Lucas Biguet-Mermet / The Toolshed Studio
Master : Alexandre Badagée / Red Sync Studio Artwork © Maud Colly
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