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Souvenirs

by The Gathering

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Lethean
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Lethean Since I found it in 2003 this whole album has been like a companion to me, and my long-lasting love of Annie's voice holds strong. Favorite track: Broken Glass.
Proglover
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Proglover A masterpiece of prog and experimental rock. I don't know why The Gathering never reached the super band status. Anneke and the rest of the band was at there best.
chronoclast
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chronoclast So glad to find this masterpiece in Bandcamp. Instant buy!
By the way, the download includes a cool bonus video from the recording sessions. Favorite track: Broken Glass.
Ovidiu Simion
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Ovidiu Simion This whole album sort of tells the story of my life and I've fallen so deeply in love with it, it's breathtaking. Favorite track: You Learn About It.
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1.
He worries no more than he Necessarily needs to fill his void As big as space never ending thrill He meets his will by choosing hate Why choosing? Need us to smile too? Alright Struggling to prevail Foretaste The aftermath Which will be black As black as waste We’ll throw in an extra dance For just a little over 5 pence Need us to smile too? You’ll turn our limo into a hearse Weighing just enough to run it over your curse Need us to smile too? You lie, you lie, you lie
2.
You think you were earning Burning the church of your god You were yearning Learning the birth of your dirt Did you think you earned it Burning your god That you thought messed up your life? You spill red On my cloudy carpet You think you were earning Burning the church of your god You were yearning Learning the birth of your dirt Did you think you earned it Burning your god That you thought messed up your life? You spill red On my cloudy carpet Your skin turns dust On my cloudy carpet You think You were earning Burning Your skin turns dust No more you were yearning Burning Burning Your skin turns dust Your skin turns to dust When holding it close to the sun And it burns the skin from you're your precious sun It burns the skin It burns the skin It burns the skin
3.
Broken Glass 04:59
Strange vibe circles round Tries to comfort buzzing sounds Form an arrow point at us We the target are the one Place your bet on the best The fastest horse you can find Drop yourself in the grass Breathe the air at last Hold on tight don’t fall down Breathe the air trough the water Form an arrow point at us We the target are the center Find the key lock the door Close your eyes for encore Drop yourself in the grass Breathe the air at last Hold on tight don’t you fall down Breathe the air trough the water Find your peace turn inside You the target you the center Find the key lock the door Close your eyes for encore Drop yourself in the grass Breathe the air at last Hold on tight don’t you fall down Breathe the air trough the water
4.
Now that we’re through the hell with you We dont mind We just give it a sigh We hardly knew what you were capable of doing But why don’t you give it a try Oh, you learn about it Oh, you harvest [untill you can make no more] All that’s eating inside All that’s eating inside We hardly knew what you were capable of doing But why don’t you give it a try Oh, you learn about it Oh, you harvest [untill you can make no more] All that’s eating inside All that’s eating inside Can’t take no more.. Oh, you learn about it Oh, you harvest [untill you can make no more] All that’s eating inside All that’s eating inside Can’t take no more...
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Souvenirs 06:06
Jump in heat Plunge to your truth Agree with your youth Consider defeat Part and part And separate We will Brand new paths In ways to soothe Never disagree with your youth Part of your heart Will separate It will The gift of your life All what was concealed No skin-deep a dive Your childhood revealed You jump in heat Plunge to your start Don’t underestimate You’re own point of view Don’t part your art Or hesitate Your will The gift of your life All what was concealed No skin-deep a dive Your childhood revealed You peel all the layers of forever You start the beginning of the end Breathing is bridging the gap Between black and light And now you feel alive! And now you learn to dive you know! Breathing is bridging the gap Between black and light
6.
Lying - down on Sidewalk - lying Running - tears down His ears - lying Lying - brought us fear Where do we go from here? One day - sixteen Woke up - sixty Gasping - hurry Hurry Where do we go from here?
7.
Monsters 05:01
All you need all you need All you need Is all is now All you need all you need All you need Is not what you're getting All you live all you give All you live Fits in a teardrop If you come closer I'll show you how it feels All you need all you need All you need Is all is now All you live all you give All you live Fits in a teardrop Give what's worth remembering Give what's worth dying Give it al Oh, back for more You just give it all Oh, back for more If you come closer I'll show you how it feels High is high Low is low Love is gone The best ones are the first to If you come closer I'll show you how it feels High is high Low is low Love is gone
8.
As the sand spreads wide open and the glow of the sun pearls the skin All hope is craving fluids and the yearning to where we’ve been Golden grounds so absorbing When the heat of the sun boils the skin We have to stand the test of nature to return to where we’ve been Hold on my saviour Keep my heart in holy dimensions Drag me on your back for one more day One more day One more day You give You learn You live You learn I guess what ever you may find It's all right to eat a piece of your mind
9.
Jelena 10:09
My friend She tipped over Out of childhood into sadness She’s always shining But nevertheless Her beautiful heart is drowned in grief Sugar horse, lives inside Like a friend In need Far and wide she’ll gaze Upon the flowers bloom Jaded, her mind in a daze From the medicine gloom They leave her with her friend A force of nature filled with strength Sugar horse, lives inside Like a friend In need
10.
Razor sharp I cut The bull from my life Too blunt your knife To slay this dreamer We might be dogs astray No running line will hold us So rather kick and kill me I'll be butchered all the same No words are spoken But the world is broken 'Cause I want something Something all wrong done A life instead of mere living Folding crumbling withering oh hell What difference when working the way The crown of my work Is what I shall gain At the end of my days Daylight awake to a puppet world No strings attach to this body of mine Folding crumbling withering oh well The punished pushed along the line All my actions, all my moves A life all mine to lose The crown of my work A life all mine to lose A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days

about

After a successful release of the EP Black Light District in 2002, the Gathering release in 2003 their most precious Souvenirs.

Again the Gathering rock, groove and take you on a exciting journey through highly impressive emotional music, in which Anneke van Giersbergen reflects on her mental "souvenirs" of real life experience. Souvenirs breathes a fascinating modern dark sound in which a perfect musical balance between organic and electronic sounds go hand in hand with more psychedelic film music.

Together with producer Zlaya Hadzich [Motorpsycho, Sonic Youth, Low, Agresion] the band streamlined a mere 50 minutes of music and is joined by Trickster G [Ulver], who sings the song A Life All Mine together with Anneke. With the release of How To Measure A Planet? [1998], the Gathering invented the term "triprock" to escape the pigeonhole community and with Souvenirs again they prove to be pioneers in bending modern sounds into beautiful, experimental and emotional music.

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released February 24, 2003

Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen
Hans Rutten
René Rutten
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs
Frank Boeijen

Produced by Zlaya Hadzich
All songs composed, performed and arranged by the Gathering and Zlaya Hadzich
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen except Monsters and We Just Stopped Breathing by Zlaya Hadzich, A Life All Mine by Trickster G. and Anneke van Giersbergen
Recorded @ E-Sound Weesp, Loud Amsterdam and A1 Amsterdam
Engineered by Zlaya Hadzich, Sietze Gardenier, David Klooker and Ignaz Bruens
Mixed @ A1, Loud and E-Sound by Zlaya Hadzich, René Rutten and Michael Buyens
Mastered by Alan Ward @ Electric City, Brussels
Artwork design and dtp @ iNDEX Utrech
All photography by Esther Marbus except flowers by Niels Coppes
Endorsement by Kock and Jac Bogers

Guests:
Trickster G. - lyrics and vocals on A Life All Mine
Dorothy - backing vocals on You Learn About It
Wouter Planteijdt - electric and acoustic guitar on These Good People and You Learn About It
Mathias Eick - trumpet on We Just Stopped Breathing
Kid Sublime - beats on We Just Stopped Breathing
Michael Buyens - bass on You Learn About It and Monsters

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The Gathering Nijmegen, Netherlands

From doom and gothic metal (early years) to triprock with electronic elements and soundscapes; The Gathering's unique sound has always been hard to pigeonhole. The band has seen various line-up changes over the years and has evolved into an eclectic atmospheric rock band. ... more

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