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A Long Hereafter / Nothing Beyond (LP) (2015)

by Al Berkowitz

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    A signed CD of " A Long Hereafter / Nothing Beyond", by Al Berkowitz. This is a new revised version released on Tempel Arts in 2015.

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1.
You and I 04:43
YOU AND I Well, I smile for you and I would feel alone on the top of the world and anytime,anywhere would feel the same Now I wonder Am I at the beggining or the very end of anytime, anywhere I know That midnight stroke was only a joke, Just to make me laugh Yes I did laugh so much Now please smile for you know you and I would feel alone on the top of the world Your midnight breeze passed me by It was so cool… I could hit you so strongly… No I wouldn’t do you harm And I’d wake up with no stone in my heart So grab my hands Grab my hands and pray “Oh blood don’t spread, Please run through me again” You know I could breathe happily into a suitcase But you know It would be better if you turned the light on I know you were only trying to look be kind Please let my heart start beating again, and again But actually I know I should not care that much for I'm sure you could easily undo it again and again How long will you treat me this way
2.
Let them try to find it Let them realize and fail again Make them realize and say “Oh my God, what have I done this time?” But I can’t even say a word, I won’t say a word Each night I swear I won’t but finally I let it flow And seasons pass me by and wave their hands to my songs And La Seine is flowing so quickly, we can barely see two meters long What have you done this time? We stare all the way up and down and up and down just like you want us to Oh you know I’d say I’ll go your way Oh you know I’d say I’ll go But I can’t even say a word Oh I know I said I would go your way That I’d play for good a big part I’m your dearest mate But I can’t even say a word Oh tell me, Oh show me How to gracefully step And I’ll dance like a bird for all of my time For now season is cold As it will be from now on I’ll make it warm spinning ‘round For all of my time For all of my time And anytime I sit right there You make me ashamed of my pale glowing face You make me ashamed and I say “Oh my God, what have you done this time!” ‘Till we find something new to say we won’t say a word, we won’t say a word but… Please sit down, close your eyes, take a deep breath, hold each other hands Please remember that tale ‘bout that big candid lady and six angry men That your friend’s got a golden tooth And your wife’s got a golden muff And we all stare all the way up and down and up and down just like you want us to
3.
HOW COULD WE GET OURSELVES LOST? Lay back again we are on our own let's feel unworried for a while I know it's quite sad, don't get me wrong There are hundreds of tons of light queuing in front of your door Now as night goes on and stars grow blind and we grow old How could we get ourselves lost? We can find each other through silent sounds We can see each other with eyes closed We won't make a move So how could we get ourselves lost? Then in the daylight, you seem so glum When it is later you feel sound I can see far away some cascading forms Watch them drawing and jumping and towering over the floor Are we those shimmering pieces?, So, Are we just remains of some others' love? Dancing resigned until we're gone But we can find each other through silent sounds We can see each other with eyes closed And we won't make a move So tell me how could we get ourselves lost?
4.
Morning breaks in the warmest place Always luck choose the opposite lane But we are rather Ok The more that we try is the more that we find we can't get inside We don't give it up as the sun is still high You may think is silly I hope you feel fine that magical cynical way Though everything flows I swear We will prevail I've done enough, now please put your arms down Let me go home and I'll lend you my crown Till the end of time It all will be great It all will be great As I wait you smiling from a silvery old fashioned frame You may think it's silly I'm sure you still smile that magical cynical way Though everything flows yes I swear they'll fade away Oh dear, Oh dear Oh! I'll be so kind I'll show I'll be so kind I'll show
5.
FAREWELL MY LADY! Oh no! I’m dying so young I can tell from the look in your eyes But If am dying that young, before I leave you alone Let me stay We look forward to slow down May I ever desert from this plight? But stroke the crack in my pledge, softly say the right spell And I’ll run to keep you awake But if I am misspelled again I will never appear by your side No don’t tell me with pride Yes you love your new life, you thank God Almost every night, almost everyday Smiling back at them I will sing my farewell Someday when we meet again I will be quite incredibly charming And I’ll tell you with pride, yes I love my new life, I thank God, Almost every night, almost every day Smiling back again I will sing my farewell
6.
A LONG HEREAFTER I might have been haunted by the moon To get glum But nothing could make me bring down my brightest song Though I’d loved before several times Had I know I’d be awaiting so long just to wish you a long hereafter on your own I wouldn’t have been so kind On your own Feels like I’ve been always watching you Well I don’t But I caress you from time to time when you are off guard I’ve found calm before a couple of times But it’s so sad it won’t take me so long. Would you wish me a long hereafter on my own? I shouldn’t have been so kind On my own And it all feels so smooth ,once it’s far gone On my own There is no need to go nowhere On my own But nothing would keep me ‘round To unfold you out To pull that gloom out of your eyes To soothe you down We are on our own Someone watching Late at home Maybe all those sparkling sounds will sigh for good
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SENSITIVE, NOT DRAMATIC Sensitive, but not dramatic You’ re no more than a show until next Monday Sensitive, I’m entirely sure, you’ll change it for the better It´s not easy to be a gentleman Sensitive, but not dramatic You’ re no more than a show until next Monday Sensitive, but not dramatic Now the band's gonna play gently till morning It´s not easy to be a gentleman

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A Long Hereafter / Nothing Beyond draws a genuine and unclassifiable musical universe, where every little detail seems to fit in neatly. It features crushing harmonic affluence and expressionist, yet delicate, arrangements. The album's eight tracks maintain a sincere and honest essence through opposing spirits and styles.

This new album was recorded in a heavenly spot off the coast of Cádiz (Spain) and self-produced by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ignacio Simón. After the recording sessions, Aldous B. Berkowitz's disciples spent a long time chiseling and shaping their most ambitious project to date. A Long Hereafter / Nothing Beyond culminates a series of releases arising from those same sessions which have multiplied their followers lately: the singles The Frenchman and The Rabbitman and Magical Cynical and the EP A Better Way.


A Long Hereafter / Nothing Beyond is influenced by lots of artists and styles: Beach Boys' baroque visions, Robert Wyatt's melancholy, Robyn Hitchcock's psychedelic folk, Grizzly Bear's pop experiments, Charles Ives's and Takemitsu's dreamy landscapes, The Pop Group's dark intensity, Nick Drake's intimacy or the histrionics of the earliest Pink Floyd, just to name a few.

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released April 15, 2015

AL BERKOWITZ

A LONG HEREAFTER / NOTHING BEYOND
Total length: 43'


All music written by Al Berkowitz All lyrics lyrics written by Ignacio Simón, except track #8, written by Santiago Estrada.

Al Berkowitz: Illumination

Ignacio Simón: Lead and background vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, string and vocal arrangements, percussion and sound effects, fretless bass guitar on track #4.

Santiago estrada: Bass guitar, lead vocals on track #8.

Lorenzo Palomares: Drums and percussion.

Recorded at Paco Loco studio in Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz) between 28th and 31st October 2011.Additional recordings at Mare Nostrum studio (Majadahonda), between July and December 2011 and Ritmo y compás between May and June 2011.

Production, edition and mixing by Ignacio Simón


Mastered by Golden Mastering
Artwork: Lucía Clews

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Al Berkowitz London, UK

Al Berkowitz is an art-rock project commanded by composer and producer Ignacio Simón and based in London.
It was founded in 2006, when the Spanish psychedelic band The Inhabitants joined forces with American beatnick Aldous Berkowitz.

Over the last years, Al Berkowitz have combined strikingly original music with euphoric live performances.
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