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1.
Fantasma 05:20
Been deleted No credit card No existence Free of charge No days anymore No more nights Been just fading for too long I'm gonna leave you I'm gonna let you Leave me to the worms Been depleted No use denying Check this offer Seize the time
2.
Tamed 03:36
My fiend voice is hoarse A social media addict I follow my own rules But bend over to sleep Turn off this small flat globe We'll manage reality I wanna float forever In a fetal position swing You sold your enemies I bought them packed to go We shouldn't trust a freak That runs its own freak show Tamed body Turning blood to blue
3.
Off Track 03:53
Tell everybody you know what to do Tell everybody it ain't nothing new Tell everybody all is under control Tell everybody that the problem is solved Tell everybody to go your way Tell everybody they will be safe Tell everybody always be ahead Never tell them they will soon be dead Never tell them there is nothing left There's nothing left, there's nothing left Let us waste our time Another pack of lies Everybody is better off your track All you want is a piece of ass All you want is to haunt your past All you want is one more cigarette All you want is to have no rest All you want is all you have? All you want is all you see? All you wanted was to be called king? Oh, you wanna ruin everything? Let us waste our time Another pack of lies Everybody is better off your track Fake your scars and then stab their backs
4.
I see you Selling you I like you Sell me No excuse No expense Forever Sucking thumbs Eternal children See-saw you Deceitful Like you Tell me Hopscotch ruse Raise your fence I see you Deceitful No excuse No defense Forever Sucking thumbs Forever Digging tombs Eternal children
5.
Grey Times 04:54
Staring at traffic lights, seeing nothing The city hum is far but too near The sirens come and go nowhere Counting your own steps in fear There’s something coming, I know, I hear it "Behind the curtains no one can see us" This city is burning the fire of boredom Countdown for nothing above us, besides us Grey times for mourning Grey times till morning Grey times are coming Grey times welcoming
6.
Neblina Rosa 04:12
A sua cara deixa duvidar A sua cara te deixa dúvida Capuz te cobre do céu escuro Capuz que cobre o céu escuro Não tem memória na neblina rosa O ar é frio, mas enche o peito Um ar vazio, que enche o peito Ruído branco de folhas secas Ruído branco no céu escuro Mais um bueiro que se sopra Nenhuma sombra Olhos opacos Um tiro corta algum caminho Quem vem de longe Ninguém importa
7.
Banalized 03:39
I wanna law your bows I wanna buy your lies I wanna burn your laws I wanna learn your bias Banalized I'm gonna learn your laws I'm gonna law your bias I'm gonna buy your bows I'm gonna burn your lies
8.
Filho 04:44
Vídeos velhos de uma casa guardam o que passou na cabeça O céu verde-e-amarelo ainda ontem, mas é longe à beça Filho de um futuro do pretérito numa névoa espessa Saberia reconhecer a realidade assim que ela apareça? Filho, a essa hora você já aprendeu que há coisas sem volta Me diz que não há vitória todo dia e que se foda a derrota Não preciso saber se você entendeu o que eu digo O amor está aí, eu já sei, também está aqui comigo Pra viver além Você também

about

In 2012 Davi Rodriguez de Lima left Brazil to live in Germany. Former drummer from relatively well known brazilian indie band Ecos Falsos and from experimental punk band Orange Disaster has left behind friends, family and a name in the independent brazilian scene to join his then girlfriend – now wife and mother of his two kids.

The time adapting to a new country, studying in a foreign language and isolation brought not only into two kids into the world, but also his solo debut „Fantasma“, released digitally and on vinyl in March 2020 by german label Sulatron Records (Sun Dial, Electric Moon, Zone Six) and by brazilian label Aurora Discos (Pin Ups, Combover, Orange Disaster).
Going solo could not be more literal: Davi wrote, composed, played, recorded, mixed and mastered the album by himself. „Working alone has its ups and downs. Self criticism, loneliness and pressure together with freedom, independence and self-awareness. Time becomes a mix between neurosis and patience.“

Those sensations translate to the album concept. Ghosts (fantasmas) are normally lonely beings, lost between worlds and bubbles, expatriated from life, family and friends. „This is exactly what I have been through in the last years – a brazilian immigrant building a new life in Germany – though with strong ties to Brazil“. In a weird prediction of our current times, he only managed to stay in touch with his brazilian world through social media. „It actually only strengthens this impression of being between worlds. My presence is intangible, I am not really there. Such a condition ends up reinforcing this feeling of being dead and alive at the same time, these fantasmas we have become.“

„Fantasma“ has eight songs about this egotrip and all the trips between those sensations. It is also trippy in a more psychedelic sense: lots of delays, weird industrial noises, soundscapes and blues-punk.

The album was born as part of Davi’s Master thesis in Sound Design, and is therefore very experimental in its production concept. The drums, for instance, are not really drums: they are actually a self produced sample-based drumkit that uses foley techniques noises and recordings. „I recorded a wide range of sounds, from construction sites to milk cans; when nothing worked, punching a window did the trick“, he tells.

Instead of a bass, he used a Moog synthesizer and even built a tube guitar amp himself, in order to achieve different timbres. „All part of taking risks. A matter of trial and error, of experimenting, failing, trying again and failing better“, concludes.

credits

released March 27, 2020

All songs played, composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Davi Rodriguez de Lima
All lyrics written by Davi Rodriguez de Lima, except "Off Track" (written by Davi Rodriguez de Lima and JC Magalhães)
Trumpets played by Pedro Henrique Souza Rosa
Backings by Camila Bruder, Caetano Bruder de Lima and Nelson Batista de Lima

2017 - 2019

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