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What if you go outside?
Take a trip to another place that will take you...
I want a spot that will give me the time to play.
I found an organ
and I played it all...
In the woods, by the tracks
I don't know where it came from.
I went to explore and then I came upon it...
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Take a walk through the forest-
I don't want to wait here alone.
You can get away from your troubles-
So charm your stay
the woodland way.
Even when you think you hear silence, somewhere in your head there's a tone...
Find a little place in the mountains-
settle down and stay for a while.
Take a long look at the fire-
It soothes the soul,
and fills the empty hole.
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There, see the dog that is chasing its tail?
He don’t care that his mission will fail…
Sit in the sun—sunny sunny day.
Happy people, they just wanna play…
What is that thing?! (See the gecko baby run.)
Skitter on, little guy—have fun!
I took a hike somewhere in the desert mountain range
By the end of the day I felt strange…. (I felt strange.)
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There, by the bluffs on the riverside
you’re Watching the tide
come and go...
ebb and flow...
[Ice-boats sail by and the children, they fly]
Across the frozen bay.
(Happy day)
Echoplex, hello...
Hello, hello, hello.
Feel the embers glow at the bonfire show, by the railroad tracks.
Take a deep breath, and relax...
Trains echo by, feel the rail-whistle cry
of the Doppler horn. (How forlorn.)
Echoplex, Hello! Hello, hello hello. Echoplex, Hello! Hello, hello hello.
Hello, hello hello….. hello?
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The original Khmer Lyrics are not sung, but the melodies are roughly reproduced through Mart Z's lead guitar and vocals.
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The original Khmer Lyrics are not sung, but the melodies are roughly reproduced through Mart Z's lead guitar.
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The original Khmer Lyrics are not sung, but the melodies are roughly reproduced through Mart Z's vocals.
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A golden crooning hovers over all across the land
I stop to listen to the beauty I don't understand.
The sound is heard from some place near...
(Falsetto and the sunset fear)
The voices who call waiver in the night...
At a night market in Phnom Penh,
there's nostalgia in the air...
Out in the countryside,
someone's playing a riff from You Know Who...
A melody that's honest and true,
a dream that ended way too soon--
cherish the warmth of the faded day.
So I woke up into a humid, dusty hazy place.
And in the backgroud:
a noble cry that is beautifully sincere...
I said: "I don't know what I hear"
Vibrato that could shed a tear...
The voices who call waiver in the dawn...
[you gotta get in... get in with Sinn...]
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Come with me-- look what I've found...
I found a source of the underground.
Next to the river there's a neat little pool--
concrete and stone-- pretty cool!
Take me to a roadside where I can soak my bones.
Beat and wail the taiko, but speak in gentle tones.
Let's work hard, let's play the skin.
Listen closely, listen within.
ooooooooh....... 1, 2, 3, bathe!
Out of space, out of time...
In the dim, starry shine...
Places to bathe are places to stay.
Secret onsen, take me away...
ooooooooh...... (etc)
ooooooooh, Brad Brad Brad D!
(The concluding line is unique to this performance. It highlights the awesome mystic power of the Wonders bassist, Brad DeMatteo)
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The original Khmer Lyrics are not sung, but the melodies are roughly reproduced through Mart Z's hummed vocals.
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Jingle on, jingle bell
I hear your call alone in the night
Jingle-jangle on with all your might.
You don’t need to know what this is all about.
Go alone or with a friend to check it out.
See in the woods, the mansion there?
(Eyes just stare).
It rots away, and disappears into the earth--
Someday there will come a rebirth.
Clouds disperse, the moon comes out, the lighting fades.
Round and round, the cycle spins, the life parades.
Climbing up to climb away, you swing back down--
I remember what we did too far from town….
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This album is a recording of a live performance by Mart Z + the Wonders on May 21st, 2010. The show took place in the Martha Hill Dance Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts complex, Bennington College, Bennington Vermont.
The show is divided into three parts:
Part 1. "Going Places"
Old Fun
The Woodland Way
Wander On
Echoplex, Hello
Part 2. "Cambodian Dream"
Blue Basket
Chnam Tmei Mork Del Haoy
Ros Sereysothea Unknown #1
Ros Sereysothea Unknown #2
Part 3. "Climb Away"
In With Sinn
Secret Onsen
Angkor Sunset
Climb Away
Part 1 was written entirely by Mart Z. Part 2 is a series of Mart Z renditions of Cambodian pop songs of the 1960's. Part 3 is intended to by a synthesis of Mart Z stylings with Asian influences: "In With Sinn" is a Cambodian composition but outfitted with English lyrics; "Secret Onsen" is a Japanese-inspired Mart Z composition; "Angkor Sunset" is a Cambodian song adapted to guitar, voice and french horn (the title chosen by MZ); "Climb Away" is a Mart Z progression/composition, but one that (roughly) employs in it's opening guitar riff the lead melody of the Cambodian song "Birds Are Singing But My Lover Won't Return."
For further info, credits or lyrics, click on the individual tracks.
THE BAND:
Mart Z: Guitar and Vocals
Anastasia Clarke: Vocals; Percussion on #7
Tom Greenberg: Electric Percussion; Mini cymbals on #7
Roby Moulton: Drums
Brad DeMatteo: Bass
Sam Clement: Guitar
Adam Tronsen: Keyboard
John Eagle: French Horn on #10, #11 + #12
released May 21, 2010
