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There's No Meaning To Any Of This (Until We Find Out What It Is)

by Kanoi

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Fireflies 10:16
one year alive all fears left behind I'm there just make up your mind I'm there walking by your side summer fades away a new road, another way I'm here just take your time I'm here when you're scared at night starlight in the sky fireflies in the night starlight autumn skies all I see is her smile
3.
Paul & Linda 01:02
I could be Paul and you could be Linda I love you work on a farm from summer to winter I love you walking through the fields of green I love you and you love me I love you and you love me I love you and you love me that's all we need
4.
sunday morning she is leaving I'm fine empty spaces have to fill them with time starlight scattered on the waves sometimes I don't know what to say sunday morning day is dawning she is free walking on a road to nowhere it's all she needs and I'm thinking of the sea and I find it hard to breathe starlight scattered on the waves sometimes we don't know what to say sunday morning she is leaving I'm left behind sunday morning she is leaving but it's alright
5.
stars are gleaming as the city sleeps and I want something I don't need and I can't remember your face and I can't remember your name when you're sleeping in my bed I often wonder what dreams you have I hope they don't make you sad I hope they don't turn bad Six months go by and you'll come back
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446 04:36
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there's a girl who wants to show the world so she walks out the door to find some peace of mind here's a boy who tries to write a song but it all sounds so wrong so he plays on maybe this will be the way sounds like Mac DeMarco on a bad day and maybe this is working out but I don't think so the dirty windows shut out the sun
8.
The Light 04:44
hey I miss you when you're gone I want to be with you hey I miss you whe you're not here I want to be with you in the sunshine everything is fine springtime's here and she's the light hey I miss you tea's gone cold but that's nothing new hey come back here we're gonna wait out the rain until the sky turns clear in the sunshine everything is fine springtime's here and she's the light in the sunshine everything is alright springtime's here and you're the light you're the light
9.
you can say what you want but I won't believe a word turn around, walk away close the door on your old world round the hills, by the sea a tiny house stands in the breeze seagulls up in the sky turn the lights off when you leave if you leave you take a breath the light is changing the moment passed the sun is rising in the east you can say what you want but I won't believe a thing
10.
the spider is dead there's no thought in my head and I don't know where to go there's no thought in my head and you said 'it is real' but that's not how that feels it's more like stop and go I don't know how I feel the spider is dead there's no thought in my head and I don't know where to go
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another day is dawning the birds sing in the trees so grab your coat and get up cause there's so much to see in the sunlight and when your feet grow weary just sit down on the grass listen to the birds up in the trees and watch the sky grow dark in the sunlight
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the wedding took place in february three months later a man dies under a tree a lonely widow needs a helping hand another wedding another man dead at the funeral she sheds no tear people whisper stories filled with fear some time passes she finds love again kills her husband but keeps his land off with her head justice for the dead
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Konbini 04:18
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Sea Spray 05:20
wake to a new day I'm okay for now out in the moonlight another cold night alone and I know it's true that I fell in love with you but I am here and you are gone and when the sky turns red I wake up from the dream I had but right away that dream is gone wait there's a new way the smell of sea spray
16.
tell me where you're going and I will find you a way don't mind the wind that's blowing I will make it fill your sails when the bad dreams find you I will chase them away and when the darkness finds me a smile of yours will light the way tell me where you're going and I'll follow along show me the river flowing and I'll sing you a song
17.
Gaslight 10:28
she throws away six years like it's nothing much she says she needs her distance until her mind's made up she leaves me in this old life and she won't come back to me she tells me that she loves me but I'm not enough she tells me that she wants me but not enough I'm waiting in the distance but she won't come back to me and I don't love her and now I don't care my mind is made up and I'm no part of her world and I don't love her and though she won't care my mind is made up and she's no part of my world
18.
Half A Year 05:48
listen don't you worry today there's not a cloud in the sky and I'm not going away listen to the wind in the trees now's not the time for goodbyes just close your eyes and breathe do you know the way to keep those fears at bay the morning light sends you on I'll wait for half a year then she'll be back with me the morning light sends me warmth
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about

This album has been in the making for a very long time. I actually started writing it soon after releasing "Mountains Of The Sun" at the end of 2016 but the recording process was slow and grueling due to old and increasingly unreliable equipment.
As a result I wasn't very satisfied with the material that came out of those recording sessions (the best of which I released as the "Home By The Sea" EP in 2017) and felt very frustrated and uninspired which led to me not really recording any new material for nearly a year.

I was still writing though and at the end of 2018 I had amassed over 30 demos of songs in various states of completion. Around that time I also finally bit the bullet and switched to a whole new recording setup which actually made producing and recording music fun again and for the next 6 months I sifted through all my demos and recorded song after song.

By June 2019 I had completed most of the work on 80 minutes of music, spread over 18 tracks (not counting the 30 seconds of silence I included as track 11 on the digital version to provide a break between the two parts of the album).

The songs on this record, stylewise, are all over the place, more "Giant Sand", "Wilco" and "Eels" than "Pink Floyd" or "Jimi Hendrix" (you'll still find a few guitar work-outs on there though) - I just wanted to make a very diverse recording encompassing ALL of my musical tastes and not just "Mountains Of The Sun 2".

I think I managed to do that with this record!

credits

released September 20, 2019

Benjamin Kantschieder: all instruments, vocals, lyrics, artwork, production

Lyrics for "A Wedding Song" are based on a poem by Simon Martinschitz

Special Thanks to Stephan Pranter & Andreas Krueger

Dedicated to A. T.

Clostridium Records:
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Daniel Johnston RIP

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Kanoi Wien, Austria

named after a character from an obscure german pulp fiction magazine, Kanoi is Benjamin Kantschieder's take on music influenced by the mindset of 70s space rock, his record collection and love for sonic experimentation.

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