Filed under: Diaries, Just A Crash | Tags: AC/DC, Better Not, Chasing Amy, concept, crash, Cyanna, Done Be, Fear and Loathing, Highway Exit, Hunter Thompson, influences, JAC, Just A Crash, Kevin Smith, Paul Haggis, Terry Gilliam, The Road to Perdition, trivia
People have been asking about the films that inspired the Just A Crash album, and I guess we never tried to hide the fact that we love the cinematic way of approaching a story, as well as drawing inspiration from scenes or just the feel of a film to write a song.
So since this blog is supposed to be the diary of Cyanna, I guess that listing some further facts about this album -where some ideas came from, the sources etc- would be an interesting article -or a series of articles-, especially for those wondering what this band’s actual influences are. After all it’s almost a year now since the album’s official release, so here goes..
It’s no secret that the basic concept of the album was conceived during a talk we had about “Crash“, the 2004 film written and directed by Paul Haggis. Self-absorbed characters, prejudice, stereotypes, guilt and the hell of facing one’s inner self, the fact that everyone and everything is connected with that invisible substance of randomness. The title of the album itself is actually not about the romantic sense of the word ‘crash’, but rather the urge of humans to collide, violently enough to feel something and exit, even for a moment, that numbness of modern life in a big city, in a bigger world. ‘Done Be’, the opening track of the album (as well as the hidden closing track), is a story, a sequence of moments, thoughts and memories of a character trapped in such a scenario.
Another film that proved a great (more…)
Filed under: Just A Crash, Lyrics | Tags: Better Not, Chinese Dress, Cyanna, Done Be, Electron, Highway Exit, JAC, Just A Crash, Limiter, Liquid, Lyrics, On And On, Paranoid GF, Shine, TV Nation
DONE BE
Sigh – packing my things
Head to the door – grabbing my keys
You lie on the floor where I left you
Don’t wanna wake you – I gotta go I gotta go
Nothing ever changes and we both know well
We’ve already sold – all that we had to sell
Nothing lasts forever but the fires of hell
At least I’ve tasted life – I got stories to tell
Still I’m breaking – don’t wanna wake yet
Inside there’s always this feeling
that I hope I can remember not to stare at the ceiling when I…
If you remember the last time
I was falling to my knees every time you ran faster and I…
Still I’m breaking – don’t wanna wake yet
Still I’m breaking
We crash into each other all night and all day
Abusing heart and touch till there’s not much to say
Crossing every phase with a new way to feel
Adopting every dream ‘til we’re crashed by the wheel
Sigh – still at the door
Watching you breathe – that’s when I leave
Wonder if I ever regret this
Wonder if I ever feel like I’m home..
We crash into each other all night and all day
Abusing heart and touch till there’s not much to say
Crossing every phase with a new way to feel
Adopting every dream ‘til we’re crashed by the wheel
With a new way to feel
Still we’re crashed by the wheel
Filed under: Diaries, Making Music | Tags: Cyanna, Done Be, Epihirisis Apollon, Greek Cinema Revisited, Just A Crash, Kyttaro, Planet Of Zeus, Stab Me, Zavara, Zavarakatranemia
Last month the “Just A Crash” album finally hit the stores all around Greece and Cyprus. For those who still can’t find it at the local record store let us know please. Its also on digital sale via the iTunes store and some other e-shops.
Since the album’s completion in December 07 we haven’t actually taken a break. We did a remix for Planet of Zeus -”Stab Me”- which is available for everyone to download from our myspace profile (myspace.com/cyannamercury). Then we recorded a new track -“Zavara”- to be released this month in a compilation by SonyBMG under the conceptual title “Greek Cinema Revisited”. This track was inspired by the classic “Zavarakatranemia” original theme song of the film “Epihirisis Apollon”. You can listen to this track here.
During the last months we also created a video, a short film actually for the opening track of the album – “Done Be”. Directed by Grigoris Panopoulos and shot in numerous locations in Athens, this video will soon be uploaded on YouTube for you all to see.
We also have a gig coming up this Sunday 18th of May at the Kyttaro Club downtown Athens. Apart from the new album we will perform the new track “Zavara” as well.
Stay tuned – more live dates to be announced soon.
Filed under: Diaries, Just A Crash, Making Music | Tags: Aris Christou, Best radio, Claudia Matola, Cyanna, Done Be, SCA studio, Soundwave, Teo Zefkilis, TV Nation
Unfortunately we’ve had some more setbacks and delays and so the album is not ready yet.
The last three weeks we have been mixing with Aris Christou (again after 2 years of working mostly with Teo Zefkilis) but the mixing sessions are not frequent enough for the album to finish. However the results are more than encouraging and only a few songs are left to be completed.
In the meantime “Done Be” and “TV Nation” (included in the promo sampler we have been giving away to radio producers and stuff) are receiving some serious airplay on Best Radio, and so we gave an interview on Claudia Matola’s show (14:00-16:00 GMT +2) last Saturday regarding the whole Coca-cola Soundwave competition thing.
We have been working on these tracks for almost a year. We have been working on general ideas for this album (most of which have obviously been abandoned) for almost two years. I can’t help but wonder how much longer will this epic take.. it has been a looooooong painful process. Fun too.
Who knows.
Filed under: Diaries, Just A Crash, Making Music | Tags: Cyanna, Done Be, Electron, Mercury Studio, On And On, SCA studio, Shine, Teo Zefkilis, TV Nation
The albums almost ready at last, we are mixing/mastering it with Teo Zefkilis @ SCA studio (as always).
This is the final songlist in no particular order:
Done Be; Electron; On and On; Better Not; Chinese Dress; Highway Exit; TV Nation; Limiter; Paranoid GF; Small Talk; Liquid; Shine;
The amounts of coffee and chocolate of all kinds consumed by all four of us is unimaginable.
Btw the photo on the top of this blog is the door to the hallway of our own studio (aka the Mercury Studio). Its the door between the rehearsal room and the programming/mixing/editing/monitoring room.
We are very proud of our original vintage wooden doors.
And windows.
Lets see what this life holds for us next..
by Spyreas
