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The Stillness

from Liminality by Eric Johnsen

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    This musical project seeks to explore liminal spaces: that space at the threshold of profound change; the state of suspension between the death of what was, and the birth of what will be -- or could be.

    Combining an improvisational chamber ensemble with strings, Liminality weaves together jazz, fusion, and world beats with chamber and orchestral elements. The music ranges from strictly composed to purely improvisational. Textures range from the power of the full ensemble with chamber string orchestra to the delicacies of solo and duet performances. At times the music floats in ethereal spaces; at other times it is rhythmically driving, anchored by American, Indian, and Afro-Cuban influences.

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lyrics

Still, so still the stirring. And an unbroken moment
Exists between the seismic shifts occurring.
In the fading candlelight my love appears.
In her heart another fire casting a timid glow,
As faraway tremors grow near.

Free and yet confining, all the pre-dawn soliloquys and journals
Teasing out a silver lining.
She remembers how it was like yesterday,
With all the fears that haven’t gone away.
Trying to move beyond the realm of this liminal phase.

Smoke ascends from the burning sand.
Did the same condition never singe your stand?
So leave me if you have to.
The stillness will remain, for once, for you.

Torn between desires, with their triumphs and tragedies that,
In the end, reveal a cleansing fire.
To embrace the great unknown, to see it through –
And who can speak of deadlines overdue,
In that bold frontier, or back in the hemisphere we knew?

Looking back on the journey made, finding only refuge in the flame I swathe,
The stillness remains.

credits

from Liminality, released May 24, 2023
Voice: Michael Mayo
Guitar: Aliéksey Vianna
Piano: Noé Secula
Bass: Roberto Koch
Tabla: Ehren Hanson
Percussion: Aaron Szabo
B/g voices: Eric Johnsen

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