Jaume Pla: vocals, guitar and sinthesizer
Guillermo Martorell: sinthesizer and guitar
Miquel Sospedra: electric bass
Aleix Bou: drums and percussion
With:
Núria Graham vocals on “Never Push A Sailor”
Kathy Sey and Yoli Sey: vocals on “Man In The Shadows”, “Quicksands”, “At War Against”
All songs written by Jaume Pla except “Never Push A Sailor” (Jaume Pla/Núria Graham)
Recorded at La Masia Music Lab (Molins de Rei) by Josep Vilagut and Dani Pernas
Additional recordings at Paracetamol Studios
Mixed by Brendan Lynch and Max Heyes at Lynchmob studio (London)
Tras consolidarse como uno de los grandes nombres de la escena pop de Cataluña, Mazoni sorprende volviendo a sus orígenes con un disco íntegramente en inglés y de marcado carácter vitalista y noctámbulo. Además, lo hace bajo la producción de Brendan Lynch, mano derecha de artistas como Paul Weller o Primal Scream. Y con una colaboración vocal de lujo: Núria Graham. El resultado: un disco para escuchar a volumen alto y que invita a dejarse llevar.
Este nuevo "7 songs for an endless night" es un guiño a una perla de juventud de Mazoni, aquel "7 songs for a sleepless night" que le valió el beneplácito de la crítica en 2003. Más de una década después, Jaume Pla sorprende buscando el reverso de la moneda. Esta vez la noche se tinta de electricidad y de espíritu lúdico. Porque estas siete canciones están concebidas para bailar, para gritar y para dar saltos.
Cada una de estas canciones para una noche sin fin parte de un modelo estético distinto. Grabadas en largas sesiones nocturnas y con margen para captar la magia del momento, en el grueso de los temas se impone el groove y la intensidad ("Man in the shadows", "Quicksands"), pero sin renunciar según el caso a las melodías (la luminosa "Never push a sailor", cantada por Núria Graham), a la velocidad ("Dead singers") o al grito arrebatador ("Pull up the roots"). Sintetizadores analógicos y voces femeninas entran en juego. Y todo el conjunto garantiza un efecto estroboscópico en el oyente, que de inmediato se convierte en cómplice de la banda, en un viajero más de la noche interminable.
Con esta nueva aventura, Mazoni cierra un círculo que abrió con su anterior banda, Holland Park, y especialmente con su primer y enigmático disco, "7 songs for a sleepless night". Y da un giro sorprendente a una carrera musical que le ha dado momentos álgidos en la escena pop-rock independiente en catalán con canciones ya míticas como "Eufòria", "No tinc temps", "La promesa" o "Per primer cop".
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MAN IN THE SHADOWS
Through the deepest forests
where the light is gone
where the river is longer
and you are all alone
When your bravery is closer
when your fears emerge
and your sleep is over
good and bad converge
All those dreams where I used to belong
seem to be a desire from another
man in the shadows who howls at the emptiness,
lost in his homeland, who feels that he’s right when he’s wrong
Losing touch with present
as the river flows
as I ride the serpent
while I hear the crows
While my seed is growing
and it changes my soul
in the deepest forests
where the light is gone
All those dreams where I used to belong
seem to be a desire from other
men in the shadows who howl at the emptiness,
lost in their homeland, who feels that they’re right when they’re wrong
DEAD SINGERS
Mixed emotions in eerie dreams
she comes in white in a holy beam
crazy patterns, no sense of time
I hear your voice through my wind chimes
and it says
I’m still here and you still want me
I’m still here and you still want me
You may think that I’m talking about a girl
but maybe it’s another kind of pearl
It has no form, it has no name
and you can’t find someone to blame ‘cos
this danger, danger comes from inside you
this danger, danger comes from inside
Oh let it rock
It dries the pain and hides the shame, with a Judas kiss
a youth to spend, a toxic friend always trying to please
like the black magic of dead singers touching your soul
the feeling that gets you out of the hole
NEVER PUSH A SAILOR
People talk all the time when there’s nothing to say
and hide their own fears when they point their finger at me
What is the advice of the people who were never there
what is the lesson you feel you have to teach?
and I say Oooooh, It’s fascinating
what makes you think my smile meant that I was alright
Running throughthe streets of my hometown
with no clothes on, it’s like a damn recurring dream
but it’s asreal as my anger
Look! my hand hurts
your soul was deaf
and now it won’t stop bleeding
What was your mistake?
You shouldn’t push a sailor
Never push a sailor
Why do you appear years later when I told you the truth
You suffered a lot, well, you deserved it for sure
Conversations I still remember because the words were so painful
I’m still waiting for your present but I’d rather go
and I say Ooooh It’s kind of funny
what makes you think my smile meant that I was alright
Running throughthe streets of my hometown
with no clothes on, it’s like a damn recurring dream
but it’s asreal as my anger
Look! my hand hurts
Your soul was deaf
and now it won’t stop bleeding
again it was your fault
Never push a sailor
You shouldn’t, you shouldn’t…
AT WAR AGAINST
Lorries
atwar against cars
atwar against bikes
atwar against pedestrians
atwar against bikes
atwar against cars
atwar against lorries
Nations fighting nations
Cities fighting cities
Neighbours fighting neighbours
Me fighting You.
PULL UP THE ROOTS
All my explosions come singing a devil’s song
All your rejections are digging a deep hole
I’m gonna cut off my ear, don’t wanna hear you
I’m gonna use my rage to
Pull up the roots
pull up the roots
pull up the roots
pull up the roots
grab a needle, some thread
and sew up your mouth
sew up your mouth
Then, I’m gonna head down south
No time to swallow my pride, it’s time to spit it out
No time to follow your eyes that keep me on a tight leash
I’m gonna cut off my ear, because I hate you
I’m gonna use my rage to
Pull up the roots
pull up the roots
pull up the roots
pull up the roots
Grab a needle, some thread
to sew up your mouth
sew up your mouth
Then, I’m gonna head down south
IN MY VEINS
All the world has something to say
I’m tired of hearingtheir words in my mind
It’s time they stoppedtalking for any oldreason
They really make us waste our time
So, let’s dance till we fall to the floor
Let’s shout ‘til we loseour voice
Child, there’s no return, only future
“Just for pleasure”, that’s our choice
Give me your holy skin and let me touch you
I want to feel you in my veins
Give me your shiny sweat and let me smell you
I want to feel you in my veins
Veins, veins, veins, in my veins.
Baby you’re my needle of love
You’re my favourite helpless hope
Youfree me and clean me of everything useless
Baby you’re my needle of love
Give me your holy skin and let me touch you
I want to feel you in my veins
Give me your shiny sweat and let me smell you
I want to feel you in my veins
Veins, veins, veins, in my veins.
QUICKSANDS
Don’t try to put me down
Springtime is here again
Your head is in the clouds
playing this endless game
Quicksands
You know that it’s no good
starting a fight again
If you win we lose
If I win it’s the same
Quicksands
Slave to your words
trapped in quicksand and sinking fast
Slave to your thoughts
don’t use force or you won’t come out
And everywhere you go
we all feel the same
same old dirty road
under a different name
Man in the shadows