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Arcane 2 - Music inspired by the Works of Kai Meyer

by ELANE

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Ol_ All along enjoyable—but if you mainly like prog or fantasy, do not sleep on the brilliant ultimate track! Favorite track: Nugua’s Journey.
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Never heard a word Passing through your lips As you write my name Glad to see your script Somewhere in this book You may see my face Kiss your paper cheek Turn another page Sometimes I'm feeling blue If there's a soulmate to call mine? I don't know much about you But I do know that you know me line by line With every page a heartbeat The Pages of the World We're travelling through time line by line Many years have passed Since you wrote that line Tell me what you think Give me your advice Not a soul around Who would understand Our dialogue Written down by hand
2.
They bound you For half of your life to be Only a tool, not a human being Dark leaden memories In your eyes However old and young souls can see Your secret and your flame Your light and your strength Behold! There! The Lantern’s Gold In sand and light Always there You are the princess, this kingdom is yours This is your kingdom, the princess are you Realign life’s compass and I will promise you The World will fall down on its knees before you Turn ashes in- to the sand and embrace yourself See the truth behind their veils Secret of wine Behold! There! The Lantern’s Gold In sand and light, Always there You are the princess, this kingdom is yours This is your kingdom, the princess are you Realign life’s compass and I will promise you The World will fall down on its knees before you
3.
Well, your heart feels very down ‘cause the journey’s long as you were told Watching clouds up in the sky you feel sad When will you come back home? Wish your friends were by your side Reaching hands and takin’ ‘way the cold Keep the menaces away from the ancient Pathway under your soles From the mountains to the shore From the clouds to the ocean’s floor You’ve been told the dragon’s lore And your duty – find their breath of gold There is more than we see There is more than we feel From the clouds to the sea There is more than we know Where the rivers still flow To the mountains of snow Hold on, hold on Catch your breath of gold Hold on, hold on Catch your breath of gold Now your friends are by your side Lending hands for battles to be fought And the treasure that you’ve found is the fact That friends won’t leave no more Despite yourself you must choose Between love and life In the middle of the night you arrive Say, are you ready to fight? All the fears left behind Have nothing on this ‘cause you’re in charge Of the story’s end Whatever you feel now It‘s needless to say ‘cause all you need Is that she is near Hold on, hold on Catch your breath of gold
4.
Aurora 02:46
Outside of the window pane Flowers grow of ice Exquisitely this house invites It’s seasonless inside You hide in these walls For in here you’re feeling free Tonight you’re as quiet As a mouse could ever be Ignite the fire of frost And come with me Secret doors and unknown rooms Hallways to the suites Deep beneath the carpeting The iron star unleashed You hide in these walls For in here you’re feeling free Tonight you’re as quiet As a mouse could ever be Ignite the fire of frost And come with me
5.
Visions Sent 04:11
Visions sent into the storm To all World’s end beyond all lands let them float As a dream it will return To your arms, it’s said Let him go with the storm And you will follow the ivory horse bravely And you will follow the ivory pathway bravely And we fly through the night You and me at the end If you go, windstorm will come Force the clouds and bows of 1,000 rays of light will appear Force the clouds and bows of 1,000 rays of light build your way And we fly through the night You and me at the end See your dream Let it come Feel your dream Let it come
6.
What means sand To the Kings of the desert sun? Grain by grain Time flows like wand‘ring dunes When the midnight moon Now casts his light on our secret routes Gaining height, gaining fame Fight ghosts of Djinn Wars Like the wind she took my breath Hope won‘t return when the storm arrives Get a strong and deep grip Stay the course at night. Out of the night she came Without a sign she came Like a ghost she was My sweetest drug she was Into the night we float Into the night we float Above the roofs of marble stones We fall deep down into the storm It pushes us away into the gale Fighting Djinns in the Desert Wars To the end of the World Find the truth behind all lies in the storm
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The Isle 01:26
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Aura 03:18
A silent boat divides the fog Into this morbid dream You row across the sea towards The painting’s central scene You know this place, seen it before Some darker patterns show They welcome you, pass cypress groves And enter the Château So You came To take my place At father’s side You Shall not Proceed to be His allied Will there be a time When everything’s fine And my whole life Feels perfect? If you’ll be my anchor I can be your Aura And all we lost Was worth it Ist dieses Haus ein Labyrinth Mit Muscheln ausstaffiert Der Sämann hat ein neues Rad Ein Kraut auf Nestors Grab The kettle’s on the fireplace You need to give your best Upstairs a world, unknown to them My father’s place to rest So He came To take my life Silently Saw His eyes, A pleasant sight of Beauty
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When the night comes and the World falls asleep For an instant torn from time I hold your hands in mine for sure Let this be reality I wish I could escape with you tonight See the dragons fly in the past Glance at clearings to Worlds unseen I was cursed by pure moonlight In the sign of the moon we are here in a tranquil time In the sign of the moon a fallacy of a dear embrace For one heartbeat The hunt ceases In dark starwinds we dwell I hold your hands in mine for sure Let it be reality
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Silken sands and wind of pain Surround me on the summit Quite useful you were Now tearing pain begins For tonight more stars shine on Earth For tonight more stars shine on Earth Dazzling sparks spreading in my dark blood Like the Moon embracing the Sun Out of my dark hiding place I caught you, my knight To be my weapon, my assassin Couldn’t hide the stars through my eyes I want to protect a place for us Where even shadows are full of light Enclose it into a globe And will enshrine it in my heart For tonight more stars shine on Earth Dazzling sparks spreading in my dark blood Like the Moon embracing the Sun
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Through the dusty fog she walks Across the choppy seas Here today and gone tomorrow No foreign flag she fears Born by magic, trained by life Yet hunting for her dreams As mother ocean opens up And nothing’s as it seems
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Leinen los 05:10
Ist der Wind eine sanfte Note Wenn der Sturm die Zügel führt? Ist der Sturm bloß ein stummer Bote Wenn der Mahlstrom dich berührt? Wohin euch die Strömung auch trägt Wenn’s euch in das Dunkel verschlägt Solang eure Flagge gesonnen euch weht Lebt wohl bevor ihr geht Wohin Wind und Wellen euch führ‘n Und liegt euer Ziel noch so fern Gebt Acht, dass ihr nicht eure Träume verschmäht Lebt wohl bevor ihr geht Leinen los, Leinen los Leinen los, Leinen los Hiss‘ die Flagge, setz‘ die Segel, Stoß‘ Dich ab vom sich’ren Steg Fährst ohne Kompass, ohne Karte Du alleine kennst den Weg Trotz‘ den Gezeiten, lass Dich leiten Schenk‘ dem Himmel ein Gebet Nie geseh‘ne Längen, Breiten Alle Ängste fortgeweht Leinen los, Du kennst den Weg Leinen los, Du kennst den Weg Hast den Gezeiten getrotzt, hast die Gefahren gebannt Hast die Klabauter bekämpft, hast ihre Zeichen erkannt Und wenn Du eines Tages denkst, das alles ist lange her Dann sei Dir dessen gewiss - wir vermissen Dich sehr Ist der Wind eine sanfte Note? Ist der Sturm bloß ein stummer Bote?
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Walk the waves Salty breeze Deep blue sea ‘neath our feet Ocean’s wide You and me Wiggly lines Set the spirit free Come close to me Don’t fear what I feel now Come here and dance with me, this Could be the last time we see the sun Hexhermetic, it’s hexhermetic dance Hexhermetic, it’s hexhermetic dance A ghost ship to New Providence, then the Carfax to Tortuga – betrayed again Hexhermetic, it’s hexhermetic dance Hexhermetic, it’s hexhermetic dance Walk the waves Salty breeze Deep blue sea ‘neath our feet Ride the tides Rigging creaks Pale with fright The darkened sea
14.
When I awoke I felt so alone The dragons had left our home They raised me, fed me like I’s one of them But nobody’s here, abandoned I am An uncertain quest was ‘bout to begin Where could I go? And what would I do? The places I’ve known seem foreign to me The world of man is no site to be And her quest will ever go on As long as the dragons are gone And her quest will ever go on Until Aether and moisture summon Can I believe the sight of my eye This boy just fell from the sky Menaces lurking in shadows around Stick us together and force us to run All these shadows and wasting distrust It’s coming their way in purple and grey To grab at her heart and punish her hard I drag you down in mind’s coat! I grab your heart! I squeeze your throat! The mark of Death to stigmatize your chest! You won’t survive the purple hand! Life now descends! Torture evermore! I can sense Jauzi from afar Only dragons might heal my scar My heart feels so entwined with grime Will I reach them in due time? Then the rain began to fall in that sudden hour And in a trice it felt like home, but it wasn’t so The lakes were blood and caves were veins in the body of Pangu The dragons spurred the giant’s heart With baneful Aether Her life was saved, but not the Earth When Pangu wakes we’ll all go down The battle’s only just begun Keep him asleep forever Pangu awakes! Pangu awakes!

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“Spectacular sequel to the previous album. Perfect Harmony - Musical Perfection” Orkus

"Mysterious, aesthetic mysticism that flatters you with playful, melodic beauty." Sonic Seducer

"Romance turned into music!" Miroque Magazine

“A thoroughly magical event. Enchanting, mysterious and highly recommended.” Karfunkel

In an ever-changing world, six years mean a long time. So, it is even better to know that there are constants you can rely on. When you listen to the first sounds of ELANE’s new album ARCANE 2 – their first LP album since 2011 -, time does not seem to have passed at all. Faithful to the line of one of their songs saying, “We’re travelling through time” - from naught to sixty in the style so typical of ELANE.

ARCANE 2 offers 14 completely new songs which, diverse and different though they are, follow a common thread: Catchy tunes and a story line which is narrated by the appeal and magic of Joran Elane’s pop voice. Sometimes the arrangement of their music leans towards acoustical folk, another time more towards rock, being almost progressive, and yet another time towards world music crossovers. Last but not least, you’ll be in for a few surprises too! In short, never before has Elane been as groovy as on ARCANE 2.

Pieces such as “Magic Carpet Ride” or “Sabatea’s Song (You Are The Princess)” will get you moving, hits like “More Stars Shine on Earth” or “Visions Sent” sound downright sexy and the 12-minutes-long piece “Nugua’s Journey” is almost an album in itself.

All songs have been inspired by the stories of the German bestselling author Kai Meyer who is -, according to “Buchreport” - hailed as “Germany’s figurehead of fantastic adventure novels”. In 2006, Kai Meyer and ELANE met in person at a concert and already with their first album “ARCANE” they wowed their audiences in 2011.

“Kai Meyer is one of the most creative masterminds of the German fantastic novel scene”, keyboarder and composer Nico Steckelberg states. “Every single chapter in his novels offers plenty of material for a song of its own.”
Singer and songwriter Joran Elane remembers the creative process with fondness. “You immerse yourself into Kai’s stories and, in a way, you become their protagonists. At the same time, you remain true to yourself and let your own emotions flow into it – that’s music right from the soul of ELANE”
And what does the author think of the outcome?
“ARCANE 2 is my favourite album of the band,” Kai Meyer says. “All of it has a more complex and more intricate sound. In addition, it is a splendid production.”

ARCANE 2 stands for the hidden and secret things in music. The album is released in an artfully designed DigiPak with a lyrics booklet included. It was recorded, mixed and produced by Markus Skroch and Nico Steckelberg at Kalthallen Studios.

Kai Meyer, born in 1969, has published over 60 books since 1993. His novels are regularly listed as best-sellers by the German magazine Spiegel. Furthermore, they also reach a worldwide circulation of several million copies. His books have been translated into over thirty languages, among them editions in e.g. the USA, the UK, Japan, Italy, France, Spain and Russia.

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released April 7, 2017

Produced, mixed and edited by Markus Skroch & Nico Steckelberg
Recorded and mastered at Kalthallen (www.Kalthallen.de) by Markus Skroch
Cover artwork by Natalia Le Fay
Copyright der Buchvorlagen © Kai Meyer

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The roots of ELANE are in the deep forests of the German Sauerland. The characteristic mixture of organic and electronic sounds has become their trademark. The amazing voice of lead singer Joran Elane as well as acoustic and electric guitars, violin, viola, cello, gentle soundscape, percussions and bombastic orchestral arrangements create a distinctive sound and a huge recognition value. ... more

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