The Waiting
by Asi
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Digital Album
Asi's debut album, The Waiting, is a diverse embrace of styles and atmospheres.
On "Burn Them All", acoustic folk grows into a beat box romp. "The Waiting Turned" is 22-beat indie rock, followed by classic singer/songwriter folk with the carnatic-infused "Kurinji".
The down-tempo, lush sounds and harmonies of "Older" and "Worlds Were Here" lead into the epic, final track of the album: "The Crooked Path". "The Crooked Path" takes you on a 13 minute ride, moseying through found-sounds, ambient, trance and rock'n'roll before building into a thundering wall of trans-global percussion.
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Burn Them All
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The Waiting Turned
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Kurinji
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Sold (to the lucky ones)
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Older
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Worlds Were Here
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The Crooked Path
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credits
released 22 November 2009
Shakthidharan - Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Harmonica, Beats, Samples
Robin Dixon - ‘Cello (One Foot in the Ocean, Kurinji, Older, Worlds Were Here), Double Bass (Older, The Crooked Path)
Marc Chee - Bass (Burn Them All, The Waiting Turned, Sold, Older, Worlds Were Here, The Crooked Path)
Christina Kenny - Vocal Harmonies (Burn Them All, Older, Worlds Were Here), Violin (Older)
Mahesh Radhakrishnan - Carnatic Vocals (Kurinji), Vocal Harmonies (Burn Them All)
Stephan Kantharajah - Tabla (The Waiting Turned, Sold, Older, The Crooked Path)
Aimée Falzon - Vocal Harmonies (Kurinji, Sold), Piano (The Waiting Turned)
Alon Ilsar - Drums (Sold, Older, Worlds Were Here, The Crooked Path)
Pallavarajan Nagendran - Konakol (The Crooked Path)
Jeremy Cassar - Vocal Harmonies (Worlds Were Here)
The Crooked Path contains several found sounds asi recorded on his travels, used under a creative commons license
All Songs Written by Shakthidharan Sivanathan
Recorded & Produced by Shakthidharan Sivanathan
Mastered by William Bowden at King Willy Sound
Album Illustrations Aimée Falzon
Album Design Shakthidharan Sivanathan
Thanks to:
Thathamma, Amma, Appa, Krishna Mama, Anne, Alix, Aimée, Bren, Brett, Chris & Tim, Christina B., The Dixons, DJ, Elias, Guan, Nat, Hugo, Paul, Jessica & Ian,
The Carletons, The Oakleys, Mark, Laurie, Ray & Katherine, Stuart & Peter, and all of the players on the waiting.
Shakthidharan - Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Harmonica, Beats, Samples
Robin Dixon - ‘Cello (One Foot in the Ocean, Kurinji, Older, Worlds Were Here), Double Bass (Older, The Crooked Path)
Marc Chee - Bass (Burn Them All, The Waiting Turned, Sold, Older, Worlds Were Here, The Crooked Path)
Christina Kenny - Vocal Harmonies (Burn Them All, Older, Worlds Were Here), Violin (Older)
Mahesh Radhakrishnan - Carnatic Vocals (Kurinji), Vocal Harmonies (Burn Them All)
Stephan Kantharajah - Tabla (The Waiting Turned, Sold, Older, The Crooked Path)
Aimée Falzon - Vocal Harmonies (Kurinji, Sold), Piano (The Waiting Turned)
Alon Ilsar - Drums (Sold, Older, Worlds Were Here, The Crooked Path)
Pallavarajan Nagendran - Konakol (The Crooked Path)
Jeremy Cassar - Vocal Harmonies (Worlds Were Here)
The Crooked Path contains several found sounds asi recorded on his travels, used under a creative commons license
All Songs Written by Shakthidharan Sivanathan
Recorded & Produced by Shakthidharan Sivanathan
Mastered by William Bowden at King Willy Sound
Album Illustrations Aimée Falzon
Album Design Shakthidharan Sivanathan
Thanks to:
Thathamma, Amma, Appa, Krishna Mama, Anne, Alix, Aimée, Bren, Brett, Chris & Tim, Christina B., The Dixons, DJ, Elias, Guan, Nat, Hugo, Paul, Jessica & Ian,
The Carletons, The Oakleys, Mark, Laurie, Ray & Katherine, Stuart & Peter, and all of the players on the waiting.
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- Track Name: Burn Them All
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today, the city's clustered lights
are lined up in my mind
brighter than the night's
if you look closely you will see
the way the whole world
sits inside of me
our cemeteries of ever changing tastes
grow ever higher in waste
consume the whole fucking human race
and i do miss
all the little things
that would not leave a trace
but would make my day
like
if you saw the way he put on his smile
when he thinks
that nobody's around
you can tell we all spend our lives looking for someone
with whom we can be alone
in my guts
my skin
my soul
i know
i'm still hungry for
when i am whole
i want you to
burn all my desires
i wanna run
i wanna fly
i wanna be
out of this bloody rush
i want nothing to be
stuck in the middle of
but i'm still hungry - Track Name: The Waiting Turned
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waiting turned
to drifting
she only heard
his call at the edge of her
voice slipped in
to her skin as a shiver
a ripple in the wind
from the inside moving outwards
the way young lovers think they do
he's felt her blood warming and drowning
extinguish the storm she's carrying them through
waiting turned
to action
she pulled her gaze
away from the walls
senses slimmed
upon that knocking at that door
she rose to let him in
from the inside moving outwards
the way young lovers think they do
he's felt her blood warming and drowning
extinguish the storm she's carrying them through
maybe they met in the inner city
they spend more than they can afford
on wine and small gifts for each other
even though it's not christmas
even though it's no one's birthday
maybe they're scattered around
a backyard in sydney's west
and they're only son is eating cereal
and he's got a big ring of milk around his mouth
and they laugh at him
and his son doesn't know why
but he looks at the only two people he knows
and laughs right back at them
he knows
he knows
she's coming to the door
she knows
she knows
she's coming to the door
he knows
he knows
suddenly there's
wind in her fingers
sun in his belly
and him rising through her feet
suddenly there's
clouds in her hair
and rain on her lips and
their first and last kiss
we are here now - Track Name: Kurinji
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have you heard the news today
they say we are no longer safe
so who's to take the blame
when an act of hate today
creates many more tomorrow
well where do we go from there?
and it's not too late to say
maybe it's time we put aside our swords for play
you can only win to lose
another day
kurinji
under
your barren tree
we are what we always were
sinners and misused
when will we learn
to cover our proud face
and humbly embrace
that they are just as much
the same as us
as we would like to think
they're not
so we are no longer safe
even words will lose their fame
the more we turn them inside out
and though we search we still remain
out of sync with this place
but have you ever heard
of an alignment set in hate?
so maybe it's time we put aside our swords for play
you can only win to lose
another day
kurinji
under
your barren tree
we are what we always were
sinners and misused
when will we learn
to cover our proud face
and humbly embrace
that they are just as much
the same as us
so what have we to lose
if we are brave enough
and calm enough
to just cover our proud face?
kurinji we wait for thee
under your barren tree
we will grow - Track Name: Sold (to the lucky ones)
- We all need to be safe somewhere.
- Track Name: Older
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when he was young he'd spend the day on the grass
sprawled out like a lark with the hose on if it was hot
he'd just sit and laugh
and now he's older it's not that it's worse
it's just well, he's been hurt
and things have dispersed
there's other ways to quench his thirst
when he boards the train all he see is our quiet pain
our heads are upside down no smiles just miles
of silent ranks we are the guilty waiting for the axe
until smack
our heads are reeling back and that's that
silence breeds a new creation from him
a new understanding
and now that he can no longer hold her
he grows that little bit older
and all they need now is a little bit of sweet relief
when she was young
she used to think that every star in that dark sky
was a tear in a canvas lit from behind
by a blinding sheet of light
just covered by the night
not that she knows where it's at now
now that she knows they're all just
burning balls of gas now
in a sea of nothing
she still feels
something
she misses him she realises
and god he misses her
but how was she to know that her backdrop
was going to melt away
that her time to play was running out
running south
running way down below
and falling so damn slowly and surely
into something she just have never known
she grabs her sheets and pulls them
close to her body now
'cause there's no need to worry now love
and as we find sleep
as we find peace in slumber
we grow that little bit older
and all we need now is a little bit of sweet relief
all we need is a little bit of sunlight
all we need is to breathe - Track Name: Worlds Were Here
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illuminant
sunlight of her touch
stubbornly alone in the dark
say my name
it burns my blood into flames
for all those who claim this is love
well it's too much
and too soon not enough
and baby i know
that our worlds are here to stay
taking all the lives they've conjured up
and throwing them around
as if it ain't enough
and you know
i turn and think of you
and every time i walk or hide away
the only thing i want
is to stay with you
and colder than our wordless fights
more infectious than your smile's delights
more weary than our open hearts
caught between our plugs and sparks
is this fear
my dear
this fear
and baby i know
that our worlds are here to stay
taking all the lives they've conjured up
and throwing them around
as if it ain't enough
and you know
i turn and think of you
and every time i walk or hide away
the only thing i want
is to stay with you
but i don't know what to do - Track Name: The Crooked Path
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we walked with wings unfurled
tied to red balloons
for homeless worlds
pulled down
by earth and dirt and stone
to be told
that there's this place
which you come from
and you should stick with what you know
'cause you're breaking rules
and letting go
and we blaze away sometimes
and remain impudent
and we walk away sometimes and
learn how to...
i just wanted to find a better way home
