Equilibria

by Foundling

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    Photography by Paula Wilson

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1.
Anacrusis 01:42
2.
Cruise 04:56
Cruise Oh love You make me want to laugh And cry at the same time At the same time Oh love you make it impossible to love you But I love you I do We waltz under a cold sky Blue moon rising Blue moon rise Honey You Know the weight of the world don’t you don’t you Darling you Get carried away Honey you carry the weight of the world Don’t you don’t you Darling you get carried away Oh love Under the dark palms Fingers crossed in the cold sand How we laughed at our last chances Oh love You are incredible At making me want to believe When i know not to believe you We share the same tangled dreams Where you find the thorn on the rose From your lip Crimson river Honey glow Honey You Know the weight of the world ya you do Ya you do Darling you Get carried away Honey you carry the weight of the world Ya you do ya you do Darling you Get carried away
3.
Too Far 04:16
Too Far We see silhouettes of planets Too far to know Infinite chances but we’re too far to fold Satellites at angles To light angels in the snow Opposite horizons Too far to go When all the hearts are annexed states Our history frays Our ship in lock controlled and fraught Still water to gate The blitz and blast destroy the chance In steel barrel’s gaze Setup to fail a triggers hair We’ll fracture in wait But darling you take Darling you take And so what can I do What can I do What can I do with you So what can I do What can I do What can I do with you So what can I do What can I do What can I do with you So what can I do What can I do What can I do with you When all the hearts are annexed states Our history frays Our ship in lock controlled and fraught Still water to gate The blitz and blast destroy the chance In steel barrel’s gaze Setup to fail a triggers hair We’ll fracture in wait But darling you take Darling you take
4.
Spirited 03:51
One whisper Crosses a veil.. The last blink of an eye Remembered in finest detail And from the distance From the distance Spirit visit nightly Spirited your footsteps fall lightly lightly Spirt Appear Spirited I see you clearly Clearly Clearly Clearly The stillness That conjures a wish Invoking the soul Who’s answer is yes The spore and the seed The medium’s trance The milkweeds beseech The moth’s silent dance And from the ashes From the ashes Spirit visit nightly Spirited your footsteps fall lightly lightly Spirt Appear Spirited I see you clearly Clearly Clearly Clearly
5.
Circle Back 05:02
Circle back Lips pressed tight and secrets swallowed Fires burn black Undergrowth of smoke and shadows Tail break free Of unhinged jaw and skin shed cycles Count the breaths Loose earth rot and sheets that tangle Hope is not your saviour love It’s hollow Boa draw your tail to mouth And swallow Hope is not your saviour love It’s the marrow Boa draw your tail to mouth And smile Bush fire ache Scorch and cleanse the floor from tangle Embers glow Pinch our wrists to sweat stained pillows Eyelids twitch Hints to hearts locked deep in jungle Panther pace Circle bed with moving muscle Hope is not your saviour love It’s hollow Boa draw your tail to mouth And swallow Hope is not your saviour love It’s the marrow Boa draw your tail to mouth And smile And you are the circle And you are the muscle And you the prayer and you are the puzzle You are the struggle And you are the tail You are the cycle and circle and tangle And you carry me You carry me You carry me Ashes and memories And you circle back ‘Cause hope is not your saviour love It’s hollow Boa draw your tail to mouth And swallow Hope is not your saviour love It’s the marrow Boa draw your tail to mouth And smile
6.
Call into the empty Sky I promise to hear you Hollows of your chest and eyes Carry the echo Resonance in bodies rise How long did I hold you Horizon fall into the night While gently I leave you But We’ll find a way we’ll find a way To remember remember remember remember We’ll find a way we’ll find a way To remember forever forever forever Tangled sheets and limbs unwind Our lives at all angles Rest against me one last time Spirit and angel Undertones and hearts entwined As decades and cycles Mountains fall and cities rise And shatter and echo We’ll always hear We’ll always hear Our voices together our voices together We’ll always hold We’ll always hold Our hearts close together together together We’ll always know We’ll always know Our bodies remember remember remember We’ll always find We’ll always find A way to remember forever and ever We step back Into faithful cycles Mountain rise and mountain tremble We trace back electric lines That map our minds The signs and signals Pace ourselves in harrowed dreams Where mountains rise And mountains tremble Mountain rise And mountain tremble Mountain rise And mountain tremble Mountain rise And mountain tremble We’ll always hear We’ll always hear Our voices together our voices together We’ll always hold We’ll always hold Our hearts close together together together We’ll always know We’ll always know Our bodies remember remember remember We’ll always find We’ll always find A way to remember forever and ever
7.
8.
Dig Deeper 05:23
We could dig deeper We could did deeper Keep our fingers curled tight and closed Into fists like this Into tight fists or we could let go We could move further we could move further And draw lines between our distances Or we could be braver We could be braver Or we could be brave Stand in stations hollow echoes That echo Soft and close eyes closed Eyes closed One more shared breath One last breath to follow Bedroom curtain secrets billow and shadow Stand in the hall with the voices that stop us Swallow your fear of the possible chaos Sill and watched by the spirits that haunt us Head on the door A key turns in the deadlock Take this night and make it infinite Learn the language of whispers and eyelid’s twitches Take this night and make it ours Take this hour and make it infinite There’s always two ways to cross a circle Infinite lines repeat the cycle Perfection is nothing in the face of the puzzle This fraction equates to the heart as a muscle Take this night and make it infinite Take this night and make it ours Take this hour and make it infinite
9.
Far And Away 04:12
Your eyes are the kindest We fill up the silence Step spin and finish Your body reminds us To move through the silence With passion and purpose Your strength is your weakness The feelings that move us Far and away Far and away And through the waves With a secret grace A secret grace We move away But when one heart strays it’s the hope that says We’ll find a way With a secret grace A secret grace And listen close To what the water says The water says When bravery finds us And time is our witness Freedom in motion And our move is stillness Hover the rhythm Feather step finish It’s our stolen moment Our bodies are fearless And through the waves With a secret grace A secret grace We move away But when one heart strays it’s the hope that says We’ll find a way With a secret grace A secret grace And listen close To what the water says The water says We move through the last steps Until our bodies betray us Last notes and last breaths We’ll never forget this And through the waves With a secret grace A secret grace We move away But when one heart strays it’s the hope that says We’ll find a way With a secret grace A secret grace And listen close To what the water says The water says
10.
Witness 05:22
Catch your eye And know you’re not fine Count your scars There’s one just like mine I know you’re tired But it’s alright it’s alright its alright I’ll stand here helpless sideline I’ll say be brave Say you’ll be fine I’ll lie and beg But give me more time Just more time Just more time There’s nothing I can do to make this easy on you there’s nothing I can do but witness There’s nothing I can do to make this gentle for you There’s nothing I can do but show you my weakness How much more proof could there be That you are apart from me Strangers in this But I’m right here a the end of your fingertips I’m just at the ends of your fingertips What doesn’t kill you they say The lies we love about strength The ache places the cruel chase The holes in our smiles this makes The weeping prayers that beg For more time Just more time Just more time There’s nothing I can do to make this easy on you there’s nothing I can do but witness There’s nothing I can do to make this gentle for you There’s nothing I can do but show you my weakness But come with me now Just one more day and one more An one more day and one more Come with me now To where the horizon goes on and on and on Come with me now Where I promise it will be Whatever you will need Come with me now Just one more day and one more And one more day and one more
11.
Piahi 06:09
The soft touch On a warm night Cool hands tracing secret lines Fingers on thighs Lean back into twilight colours love Pretend for a while How gently a heart can break And how long it can take I am the ember, love Not the blaze And you are not the fire But the haze Believe it’s love Just for tonight Believe its love Believe its love Ooh Piahi the (height of) crest of euphoria Ooh Praia mirage of utopia Ooh Peahi rise up to show us One captured smile In the shutters snap Our eyes tracing distant lines We looked happy like that Horizon bleeds sunset to sea Hearts bleed so freely You are the moonlight love Trace jawline to chin You told me to turn and run And then let me in While letting me in I am your anchor love And I am the wave And I am your saviour love And I am the brave Believe it love just for tonight Believe it love Believe it love Ooh Piahi the (height of) crest of euphoria Ooh Praia mirage of utopia Ooh Peahi rise up to show us Ooh Piahi the (height of) crest of euphoria Ooh Praia mirage of utopia Ooh Peahi rise up to show us Hot tears that fall with the rain Cold blood that pierces the vein A love that is worth all the pain Fan the Flames Hot tears that fall with the rain Cold blood that pierces the vein A love that is worth all the pain Fan the Flames
12.
Dark Crystal 06:05
Show me love All the things you think i’d like Show me what you thought would be Your version of paradise We’ll let the candle burn We’ll set fire to the night We’ll shed our skin again And tell ourselves this time it could be right Let’s just live here for a while Let’s just live here for a while Let’s just live here for a while Let’s just live here for a while All the voices raised In the raised ceiling’s heights Rest there to slay the brave Between these walls are no place to hide I wasn’t sleeping love I saw your eyes go wide (wild) Before you found my hand and in the red light, I hid the knife Let’s just lay here for a while Let’s just lay here for a while Let’s just lay here for a while Let’s just lay here for a while Count all the times We’ve had no other choice Then to come this close Though we don’t make it real this life But i still hold your hand And you still count the times You called a silent cry And I heard you through our distant lines I wasn’t sleeping love I saw your plains divide I heard the vultures cry As they circled where our bodies lie Let’s just pretend for a while Let’s just pretend for a while Let’s just pretend for a while Let’s just pretend for a while I wasn’t dreaming love I saw the morning light I heard your voice in my ears And I saw the sunrise on courtyard pines We’ll let your spirit go I feel the silence rise You come to be beside me As we prepared our last goodbyes Let’s just believe for a while Let’s just believe for a while Let’s just believe for a while Let’s just believe for a while

about

Equilibria’ is a beguiling tropical mirage of life and love..

Equilibria was born from mirages and the repeating cycles that bind us.
Songs and sound pieces that glide through underwater worlds almost remembered from dreams, are filled with complicated scenes that tug at the threads of the illusion of paradise.

Foundling is based in Berlin Germany. Erin Lang (CA)- voice, harp, guitar, Samuel Hall (AUS) - Percussion, Peter Hanson (USA) – Saxophone and Flute, David Georgos (DE)- - Synth and programming, and Constantine Karlis (NZ) – Drums

Made in Berlin Germany on the top floor of a tall house of recording studios in the east of the city near the Spree River, Foundling’s percussionist Samuel Hall created layers of wooden and found percussion, bells, and glasses along with Peter Hanson’s effected saxophones and flutes, while Dino Karlis’ idiosyncratic drumming and David Georgos’ and Erin Lang’s vintage synths support Lang’s ever soft and soothing vocals.

Touching the exotica of the Les Baxter era, the smooth jazz of SADE and Alice Coltrane’s spiritual psychedelia, Equilibria is a swirling wander through sticky exotic nights and hot dreams.

In this gently unravelling illusion of paradise, Equilibria guides you through losses, tragedies, and apparitions while palm trees sway and sunsets are endless beautiful changing purples - you come upon Ouroboros, the snake who has swallowed his tail. It’s rattle sounds at a deep distance hypnotically rhythmic while in a breath you find you are the snake, the cycle, the wave, the photograph, and the memory.

Welcome to Equilibria.

credits

released May 16, 2024

Foundling is:
Erin Lang - voice, bass, harp
Samuel Hall - percussion
David Georgos - synths, programming
Peter Hanson - saxophone, flute
Constantine Karlis - drums

Produced by Erin Lang
at La Savonnerie Studios, Brussels
Pear Tree Studios, Devon
Obel Studios, Berlin

Mixed by Bilgehan Ozis in Berlin, Germany
Mastered by Erdem Helvacioglu in New York, USA
Additional Mixing by Olivier Fairfield and Taylor Kirk

Additional Drum Programming on ‘Spirited’ by Todd Macdonald
Fretless bass on ‘Call Into The Empty Sky’ by Taylor Kirk
Additional flutes on Circle Back by Gabriele Miseikyte

Cover photography by Paula Wilson

With very heartfelt and special thanks to Dale & Steve Lang, Sam Hall, Amy Thomasson,
Iggi Zhou, Roger O’Donnell, Gabriele Miseikyte, Agnes Obel & Alex Flagstad,
Elayne Turgeon, Chris & David Hall, Taylor Kirk, Paula Wilson, and Robin Lang & Lilian Smith

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