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Void Irrelevant Xenogenic Instant Vertigo

by V I X I V

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1.
Jamin Lion 04:31
I don’t wanna be a lying soul That thinks having better than the others is just another natural right Yeah I will tell the truth about my soul this time No I don’t forget your beautiful packshots cover a lie Jamin... Attack of a better way The better seems to be over the beyond of the better... Seems we’re jamin’ outside and inside Tear all ‘em up ! Tear all ‘em up ! My people... We are a lion We ain’t got no better way Mystifical dialectical cryptogamic blind speeches of Power... I’ll stand against this ! What if they take their guns Nowhere no return So don’t say you were just following ! A lion has now been created The beyond of the better Seems images and words got no more sense... Deathcode of humanity Look up to the Skyes, to the Skyes man ! But, lookin’ down to your feet, if the lion is you, fierce punk, Do not believe these words : O... A... A... Advertising... O... A... A... Ah ! We attack a so-called better way of life The better seems to be over the beyond of the better... Seems we’re jamin day-time and night Chew all ‘em up ! Chew all ‘em up ! My people’s unity is such a lion... No better way Materialistical sexy-looking consumering engines of Power... I’ll stand against this ! Yeah they’re opening fire Nowhere no return So don’t say you were just following ! A lion has now been created The beyond of the better Seems images and words got no more sense... Deathcode of humanity Look up to the Skyes, to the Skyes man ! But, lookin’ down to your feet, if the lion is you, fierce punk, Do not believe these words : O... A... A... Advertising... O... A... A... A... A... I... never believed in your gods We... will never put faith in your idols Jamin ! Freedom is my only way The better seems to be over the beyond of the better... Seems we’re jamin best times and bad times Spit all ‘em out ! Spit all ‘em out ! My people was a lion... No better way Financial egoistical greedy cryogenised cyber pigs of Power... I’ll stand against this ! They shot ya with their guns Nowhere no return So you see you were not just... Freedom is my only way The better seems to be over the beyond of the better seems to be over the beyond of the better seems... We’re jamin best times and bad times Spit all ‘em out ! Spit all ‘em out ! My people was a lion... We had no better way Materialistical sexy-looking consumering engines of Power I stood against this ! They shot us with their guns Nowhere no return So now you see you were not just following !
2.
Your endless legs are coming straight Time for me to deliberate If I shall approach you, play the clown Or get frustrated like a hound When Love comes to ya straight No matter how much it takes Make myself up today ! With no strings I sing the mellow ego sleight Setting up flattery as an art of war Try to please ya... And feel alright Immature Peter Pan-complexed boy Overspending seeming selfless attentions Not just a ploy... Cause if you would say you're not interested in me It would be a blight But if you girl could say how much you like me I'd feel alright I'm addicted to love Since some times I'm always late No more time to decorate My place stinks of tobacco and grime And now I complain all the time When Love reveals its tricks too late No matter how much it takes Show up myself today ! When jealousy becomes your cell Disappointment your empty bed You begin acting like a mom Failing to raise her only son When you really feel engaged No more passion to demonstrate Keep myself up today ! With no strings I sing the lament ego sleight Setting up bad romance as an art of war Try to keep ya... And feel alright Immature Peter Pan-complexed boy Overspending obvious selflish intentions Maybe just a ploy... Cause if you would say you wanna move in with me This would be a plight But if you girl could just say you love me I'd feel alright Cause I'm addicted to... Love... Cause when you will say you leave me It will be such a respite But if you girl could do it and say you still love me I'd feel alright Cause I'm ego-addicted to.... Love
3.
I'm not crying I'm just shedding a tear On the ashes of The world that we have killed I'm not whispering I'm not even feeling worried Cause as far as I know myself We'll always need a little more Way down inside I'll carry on Feels like I'm blind I don't belong I don't belong Here... I'm not crying I'm just shedding a tear On the burning ashes Of the world that made us kill I'm not whispering I'm not even feeling a little worried Cause the leaving of us all Is nothing but a consequence O O O O... Down inside We'll carry on But it feels like we're blind We don't belong We don't belong Here... I see Bahia... Bahia... Mensajens de amor, Chegam na beira do mar Since the beginning of summertime We've been enjoying all the fruits of life The merchant ships criss-crossing the ocean Swine Men plundering earth's ressources for a dime Since the making of summertime Back south, we've been getting rid of all our slime Bankers speculating on people's lives Popes of Progress, oil peak deniers encouraging a seven billion people lie Feels like crying When we stop believing a lie Feels like whispering To your ears: "we're gonna die" Midnight turning What a wonderful world we were in We just cannot control ourselves Always wanna have a little more Complaisant blinding Never acting, but all decrying Predator cravings Deep inside Midlife crisis Last urge before the Fall Goodbye summertime Goodbye summertime... Winter is coming
4.
Life is a waste if you don't spend your time Pride will smile to you as long as the sun shines Buying the most expensive brands will make you look divine Bunch of faked truths we should leave all behind It's so right... It's so right... Life is worth thinking about it twice Pride is no better with make up and smile... So right Buying things for their price is just buying a dream you cannot hide... Meaningful thoughts I'd like to emphasize... So right Living / your dream / unseen / will blow your mind... It's so right But giving / your life / a price / will make you live a lie... And yet it's so right When so many times sweet honesty we all have left behind... It's so right Darkened idols are falling off the skyes... It's so right Pretender or raven, all our choices going this way The king or the lion, better look at it this way... It's so right... It's so right... It's so right... Yeah it's so right... Gold-painted horizons, idolatry, attraction, fame The monkey's dominion Consented slavery will go on this way Until somebody says : It's no right... acting this way It's no right... please somebody say... It's so right to stop living this way It's so right... Stop living this way It's so right... Guess what is so right... It's so right... It's so right...
5.
Woman 05:41
Woman... I gotta try Try to explain how things got so bad I was somewhere Down on the street But when I got back to the camp I found all my homies had been killed So now... I'm walking Alone in the valley of death... I'm crossing My darkest fear... Misery... Woman... I gotta find Find a way to tell ya how things got me to change my mind Somehow I have been wrong With all the pieces of ya ya killed for me I made a gun Woman... All I could say : Want it, take it, break it... Murdering your every breath Someday I chose to fight With no father, with no beliefs, with no country I became a man So now... I'm walking Alone in the valley of death... I'm falling... Down on my knees... Misery... Please chain my hands As a prayer can chain a man Remembering back in the days is the insight Of a young man that lied and stole so many times to get high Several things I could have done to avoid that : Respect it, give it, protect it... And be all right ! If I could go back in time before that one night My two hands around your neck, so I could hear no more your prayers... My Killing hands, fighting against, smashing a beautiful woman's face again, Takin' me to the family / Takin' me to the bloody / Takin'me to the guilt And I'm feeling back... Home ! I'm drowning... In your eyes again Misery please break my hands As a prayer can break a man O... Woman... Do you think a prayer can reveal a man to himself ? Woman... Cause now I know my life's always been in your hands...
6.
Dialove 04:19
You are in the air Calling the day to rise You are the holy bless This soft embrace blooming outside Love... Your love is pure because it's not mine Love... Will stand any doubt... Do you believe in mine ? You are a blade But you could be a lie You are the evil dance The evidence rotting inside Love... Your love is filthy because it's not mine Love... Can't stand a doubt... Would you believe in mine ? Still awake till comes the morning, I could not cry I was chasing my love was a dream So why should I try ? Slept the whole day under the remains of an ancient time Hard to find your self-esteem has burnt out in the light I need to run away... Love is a patriot act, love is a felony The crystal-clearest most ambiguous kind you n' I will ever be Some of us will cheat on the other, some of us will beg for mercy Tearing us apart from the love we wanna be I love you, you don't love me, you love me but I don't care It takes us to a point where the only agreement is despair You love me, I don't love you, I love you but you don't care It takes us to a place, a common ground of hate we would not spare Cause I was... Still awake when came the morning, I had to find I was selling your love for a dream So why shall I cry ? Slept the whole time beyond the worries of a true man's life Hard to find a true love is made of all dreams stepped aside I had to run away... Love is a long gone day Drowned in the waves of time Love is the empty space The anti-face making us fall in love again... And rise...
7.
Is there some kind of redemption For a life that turned to hate ? Can we still share hope in mornings When saving grace has fade away ? I was introduced to this lady When I was young and illiterate Yeah I was still a child, I was twenty (just twenty) But her eyes were burning me O... I'm burning... O...O...O...O...O...O... I'm burning This lady had something special She could read the future in your hand Yet she was blind and misguiding Deep in the dark she grabbed my hand Spiritual sense of sorrow Yeah she led me to a secret place That night my future tasted like poison (sweet poison) My heart would never feel the same O... I'm bleeding... O...O...O...O...O...O... I'm bleeding
8.
Lady... Just another morning Breaking in, blinding light Burning... Bleeding... The scattered cool shades in my life Lady... Just another morning You failed to keep me stuck in the stars Long is the day and slow is the tide For a man dying to die ! Injecting myself with tears I've shedded Dancing with the dead, drinking the night Falling to the ground No matter what you say, society, I've never been able to play your dirty games Some dreams I just can't kill and leave behind But no spell will ever save a life that turned to hate... Set on fire by your sun My mornings have no pride, no glory, I'm lazy Recollecting my humiliations, collecting them like a maniac, I'm crazy Lady, come n'come, come and fill it Yeah I just want you to come, come and fill it No I don't wan't you to come, come and feel it My heart, I just beg you to come, come and feed it Your love is lying, I can see in your eyes, I'm too easy... I made an oath To the unknown Won't let her go Until I'm gone Short is the night And fast is the tide Just another night you drove me Crazy but... No spell will ever save a life that turned to hate... Set on fire by your sun My mornings have no pride, no glory, I'm lazy Recollecting my humiliations, collecting them like a maniac, I'm crazy Lady, come n'come, come and fill it Yeah I just want you to come, come and fill it No I don't wan't you to come, come and feel it My heart, I just beg you to come, come and feed it Your love is lying, I can see in your eyes, I'm too easy... Injecting myself with tears I've shedded Dancing with the dead, drinking the night Falling to the ground No matter what you say, society, I've never been able to play your dirty games Some dreams I just can't kill and leave behind But no spell will ever save a life that turned to hate... These words are mine, but these could be the ones Of the friends I have betrayed... Sick love is lazy I've made people fall and I've fallen myself... Addiction disease, feeling so crazy Lady, come, n' come, come and fill it Yeah I just want you to come, come and fill it O no I don't wan't you to come, come and feel it My heart, I just beg you to come ! Set on fire by your sun My mornings have no pride, no glory, I'm lazy Recollecting my humiliations, collecting them like a maniac, I'm crazy Lady, come n'come, come and fill it Yeah I just want you to come, come and fill it No I don't wan't you to come, come and feel it My heart, I just beg you to come, come and feed it Your love is lying, I can see in your eyes, I'm too easy... Set on fire by your sun my mornings have no pride, no glory, I'm lazy Recollecting my humiliations, collecting them like a maniac, I'm too crazy Lady, come, n' come, come and fill it Yeah I just want you to come, come and fill it No I don't wan't you to come, come and feel it My heart, I just beg you to come, come and feed it O lady, you will come, come, come and fill it Come n' come to feed me, nothing else needed I just want you to come, come and fill it No I don't wan't you to come, come and feel it I'm now the stupid prey I didn't wanna play Left with nothing left, I'm too easy... I'm now the dying prey I didn't wanna free Left with your hate to love... Deadly lady ! Set... Me... Free...
9.
One Blood 04:46
Live a life we cannot live, without love human being is demise Sing a song we cannot sing, cause entertaining is just a lie Walking to the West I see Lambs can become wolves again Walking to the East I hear Fierce orders of men in command Walking to the North I feel What is given is taken back Walking to the South I bleed Blood conflicts rule the world Territory Brothers will kill brothers Hierarchy Chiefs will sacrifice the others Reproduction A stake for global corporations Feeding Appetites and greed until destruction O you stranger you tell me your ones are gone And there's no way to find them Their corpses buried in the fields around But nobody blessed them It's no miracle we live and die upon this earth No prophets could show the way But by the time we'll feel it's our own blood we're spilling Will you hear me when I say: Is this love ? Is this love ? Living among Christians I see Forgiveness is never first in line Living among Hindus I hear Superstitious injustice stronger than life Living among Jews I feel A handful of dust is no sacred alibi Living among Muslims I bleed Blood purity ruins the world Territory Brothers will kill brothers Hierarchy Chiefs will sacrifice the others Reproduction A stake for global corporations Feeding Appetites and greed until destruction Territory Nature's rape by all the nations Hierarchy Weakness's self-justification Reproduction Instrumented human ressources To feed the interests of some O you stranger you tell me your ones are gone And there's no way to find them Their corpses buried in the fields around But nobody blessed them Guess it's no miracle we live and die upon this earth No god will ever show the way But by the time we'll feel it's our own blood we're spilling Will you hear me when I say: Is this love ? Is this love ? America Brothers will kill brothers Asia Chiefs will sacrifice the others Africa A stake for global corporations Europa Appetites and greed until destruction Is it love... That will be coming from inside ? Cause one is all and all is one...
10.
Shine 03:59
Sunshine... Blind beams are running wild We all glide On the great Ocean of Life It's all right if You have to leave, won't be coming back Be all right We had our fun and precious times Sunshine... May let some clouds darken your eyes We all glide Towards the Falls in the endless night Don't turn back cause Somehow we're all gonna die But be all right Rest in peace, your Sun will rise... and... Shine...

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"V I X I V's first LP is a fusion of epic and groovy art rock, somewhere between Mike Patton's Faith No More and Keziah Jones's hybridization of afro-roots music.

But many other names could ring your bell as well : the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Saul Williams, Patrice, System of A Down, Cody ChesnuTT, Incubus, Fishbone, Jamiroquai, Phoenix, N*E*R*D, Ennio Morricone, Alain Peters, even Jacques Brel... because V I X I V powerfully exceeds categorizing and remain an ever-changing stream, making demanding music whose lyrical offensive sharpens its acoustic sincerity, whose orchestral and musicianship excess exorcizes the temptations of pop complacency."

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released September 1, 2016

Recorded by Jean-Louis Bègue at La Case Studio, Reunion Island

Mixed by Henry Blanc-Francard at Tango Zoulou Studio, Paris

Mastered by Alek Tahora, Sitarane Productions, Paris

Composed and written by Vivien Racault

String, brass and keyboard arrangements by Vivien Racault and Jean-Louis Bègue

Vocals and guitars by Vivien Racault

Bass guitar, drums and percussions by Jean-Louis Bègue

Choirs on "It's so right", "Woman", "One Blood" by Annick Bègue
Visual art by Vivien Racault

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Originally an islander from Indian Ocean, French visual artist Vivien Racault (aka Zone 51) is also the mind behind V I X I V, a retro-futuristic art rock project exploring ever-changing musical territories.

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