Epic Church - Highborn Spirit (2015) - Track by Track

CYBER10 presents the new album of Epic Church, which had the first release in 2010 named "Epic Church", the second in 2013 named "The Genevan Psalter" and now the project comes with "Highborn Spirit", an album that shows again the synthpop/electro-rock face of Epic Church, at the same time keeping its medieval-electro typical style. Emerson Olaf gives more details of this release in our "Track By Track" session, enjoy!

Epic Church - Highborn Spirit (2015)

9 tracks in playlist, average track length: 3:46

Playlist length: 34 minutes 2 seconds 

Playlist files:

1. Epic Church - Benedicamus Domino (3:00)

2. Epic Church - Memories And Dreams (5:16)

3. Epic Church - Counter-Revolutionary (3:24)

4. Epic Church - Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie (Thoinot Arbeau) (4:41)

5. Epic Church - Endlessly (4:07)

6. Epic Church - Strike The Viol (Henry Purcell) (2:35)

7. Epic Church - Conquest (4:40)

8. Epic Church - Your Heart (Inverno) (3:04)

9. Epic Church - Voyage Through Space And Time (3:15)

Artist: Epic Church

Links: Bandcamp

Album Name: Highborn Spirit

Date of Release: March 29, 2015

Genre: Electronic

Label: CYBER10

Language: English, French, Portuguese

Influences: Depeche Mode, Medieval Music, Apoptygma Berzerk, Eurotrance

Cover Art: Taken by the Romantic artist Anton Melbye, the art is named "Ships at the Sea" (1867)

Other details: The album was produced with very simple equipments and no pitch software were used for voices or back vocals, which were all recorded by Emerson Olaf. Voices or choir samples neither were used.

Artist Comments: "I consider this a simple album technically saying, but an album full of ideas replete with applied philosophy coming from a view of the world which take its roots on traditionalist conservatism. Regarding genre and style, the general result of Epic Church if one mix up all its songs would be a kind of medieval Depeche Mode in an Euro-Mix. The project might be placed on Synthpop or even Electro-Rock, maybe the so called Futurepop and there is still a less used tag named Medieval-Electro in which we would fit. Highborn Spirit is clearly an escape from the liberal modern world, a return to old values, at the same time not denying technology, because if we did so, we wouldn't be here on internet publishing electronic music."


Track 01: Benedicamus Domino
Composer: Anonymous (medieval)
Style: Medieval-Electro

Lyrics: Instrumental

Track 02: Memories and Dreams
Composer: Emerson Olaf
Style: Electro Rock

Lyrics: 

Would the dreamer in you 

Be proud of what you've done, 

Be proud of what you are today? 

Treasures of yesterday buried too deep

The real essence is now lost

-Chorus-

Memories, a reviving of the past, getting back to golden times

Remembrances of dreams to save us from despair

Memories and dreams

Welcome to a rotten world

Where vanity is the key

Where selfishness is the main rule

Empty minds, liberals

Heading to destruction

An inevitable collapse

Take us back to a world

Where values build a noble man

A light for tomorrow

Track 03: Counter-Revolutionary
Composer: Emerson Olaf
Style: Electro Rock

Lyrics: 

All we say

All we do

Makes us what we are

A better choice

The hardest move

You have to sacrifice

The modern beast

Of selfishness

Lies and says you're free

But deep inside

You really know

The way you have to be

-Chorus-

All feelings in your heart

All memories that you've got

The gift you must hold dear

The existence 

Of your soul

Trials to

Be alive

To fly against the wind

It is hard

To keep the fight

Opposite the world

Material thoughts

To break the faith

You ought to resist

The Truth is there for you

You know it

Track 04: Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie
Composer: Thoinot Arbeau
Style: Medieval-Electro

Lyrics: (only the first verse of the original)

Belle qui tiens ma vie

Captive dans tes yeusse,

Qui m'as l’âme ravie

D'un sourire gracieusse,

Viens tôt me secourir

Ou me faudra mourir.(bis)

Track 05: Endlessly
Composer: Emerson Olaf
Style: Gothic Synthpop

Lyrics: 

The World,

You feel

That you are set apart

nothing can heal

nothing satisfies

Your hopes

Your thoughts

Are always far away 

Misplaced

Mistakes

All I see

-Chorus-

Endlessly

I will be

So distant in a dream

I might see

I might find

The destiny of my life

Then I'll raise

Then I'll feel

The joy of something new

It always

Will be with me

The fear

Has come

When solitude comes takes its place

The time you wish

You were taken away

There is no way

to adapt yourself to this world

believe, preserve your soul

Track 06: Strike The Viol
Composer: Henry Purcell
Style: Medieval-Electro

Lyrics: Instrumental

Track 07: Conquest
Composer: Emerson Olaf
Style: Electro Rock

Lyrics: 

And then comes the invitation 

Which would change his life forever

Invited to a journey to a new world

An enormous pain he felt while looking to his daughter's eyes

And he kissed his wife goodbye

-Chorus-

Brave men across the sea

For the glory of the nation

By the grace of God

We shall conquer the world

Countless days at the sea

Days of chants and fellowship

Days of fights and praying on his knees

From afar is seen a piece of land in green

Is this paradise or just a dream?

Track 08: Your Heart (Inverno)
Composer: Emerson Olaf
Style: Gothic Synthpop
Listen/Download: 

Lyrics: 

O anoitecer

O céu azul

A escurecer

E vem o frio

Acolher

A alma a

Perecer

Na solidão

Sem afeição

Do teu olhar

Sem atenção

O existir,

Sentir, sonhar

Já não é mais

Satisfação

Restando assim

Nada em mim

Que faça arder

O coração.

O inverno,

O anoitecer

E com o frio

Escurecer

Track 09: Voyage Through Space and Time
Composer: Emerson Olaf
Style: Electro Rock

Lyrics: Instrumental

Epic Church Highborn Spirit at Bandcamp

Pindamonhangaba Project

[ENGLISH] The idea of this project is to register the music scene of Pindamonhangaba, which is a town in São Paulo. Obviously I knew I couldn't cover the entire music scene neither all its history, therefore I made a cut, I worked with 21 bands and projects of the last 10 years in the following genres: Indie/Pop/Alternative Rock, Metal and Electronic, divided in three albums:

- Pindamonhangaba Indie Pop

- Pindamonhangaba Metal

- Pindamonhangaba Electro

They are all free-download, just click on the links provided and at the bottom of the page you find a link which includes the 3 albums altogether.

Emerson Olaf

[PORTUGUÊS] A idéia deste projeto é registrar a cena musical de Pindamonhangaba, que é uma cidade de São Paulo. Obviamente, eu sabia que eu não poderia cobrir a cena musical por inteiro e nem todo seu histórico, então fiz um recorte, trabalhei com 21 bandas existentes nos últimos 10 anos e nos seguintes gêneros musicais: Indie/Pop/Rock Alternativo, Metal e Eletrônico, divididos em três CDs: 

- Pindamonhangaba Indie Pop

- Pindamonhangaba Metal

- Pindamonhangaba Electro

Todos são de download grátis, é só clicar nos links relacionados e ao final da página é possível baixar os 3 CDs em um link único.

Emerson Olaf

CYBER10

[ENGLISH] CYBER10 is a net-label which publish bands and compilations always free-download and never for selling, so no money is involved in any way. The good side of no money involvement is that we can work with the bands we believe and therefore we proudly walk the contrary way of the mainstream.

[PORTUGUÊS] CYBER10 é um selo virtual que publica bandas e coletâneas sempre com download grátis e nunca à venda, então não há dinheiro envolvido de forma nenhuma. O lado bom de não envolvimento financeiro é que podemos trabalhar com as bandas que acreditamos e assim, orgulhosamente, caminhamos em sentido contrário ao mainstream.

CYBER10 at a local media named Vale News (Portuguese)

CYBER10 at a local media named Tribuna do Norte

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Pindamonhangaba

[ENGLISH] Pindamonhangaba is a town in São Paulo but let's cut out the formality of other data and let's check some good and curious information about it, being the last one based in popular statements:

- Pindamonhangaba means "the place where hooks are made" or "where the river bends" in native indian language.

- Euterpe Music Corporation is the oldest marching band in continuous activity in the country.

- Pindamonhangaba must be highlighted in three important moments of History: In the Imperial times when the town served the empire with many guards, at the Paulista Revolution in 1932 when São Paulo bravely fought against all the country to defeat a dictator and during WWII when the town sent soldiers to fight the Nazis in Italy. 

- Bertha Celeste Homem de Melo was a woman from Pindamomhangaba who wrote the official lyrics in Portuguese for the American song "Happy Birthday To You".

- During the WWII Pindamonhangaba ended up with a concentration camp for Germans of the ship Windhuk that was captured in Santos.

- The first meeting of the UN was held by Pedro Leão Veloso, from Pindamonhangaba, ambassador in Washington. 

- Tribuna do Norte of Pindamonhangaba is the second oldest newspaper in São Paulo founded in 1882 by João Romeiro.

- Pindamonhangaba is the national capital city of aluminium recycling.

- Emilio Ribas, one of greatest professionals of the country in public health, was from Pindamonhangaba.

- Pindamonhangaba is better than Taubaté. ;)

CYBER10 Pindamonhangaba Metal 

Pindamonhangaba have always been trying to keep a strong metal scene. Although it was already stronger in the past with Power/Heavy Metal bands and also Black Metal culture, it was possible to gather here seven songs that represent a little of the town. I must mention the curious fact that only the band Lumens is singing in Portuguese, all the others sing in English. This sequence goes to the Symphonic/Power Metal side also with Alternative/Gothic Metal and Hard Rock.

7 tracks in playlist, average track length: 5:08

Playlist length: 35 minutes 57 seconds 

Playlist files:

1. Alefla - End Of The World (5:27)

2. Helyton Camargo - The Ghosts of The Past (4:51)

3. Fabbio Prolungatti - Bridge To Light (4:03)

4. N.I.V - Was Not In Vain (5:35)

5. Fraktals - Dead Memories Play (5:43)

6. Soul Fire - Eternal Flame (5:59)

7. Lumens - Escravos do Tempo (4:19)

Video

Alefla

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This Symphonic/Power Metal band was formed in 2005 by Alexandre Nascimento (guitar/vocals), Leandro Pimenta (bass) and Flávia Moreira (vocals). The first intention was only to gather some friends and play metal but it started to get more serious when the public reacted very positively to the project. Meyson Ramos (drums) and Julio Andrade (guitars) join the band and the self identity of Alefla is being formed. In 2012 the first full length album started to be produced with Tito Falaschi (Illustria, Symbols) at Do It! Studios, São Paulo.

Fabbio Prolungatti
Facebook

Fabbio Prolungatti is a Paulista guitar player born in Pindamonhangaba. He had a main role in important local bands as dElohim (Taubaté), Soul Fire (Pindamonhangaba), Auryah (Guaratinguetá) among others. Currently he gives guitar lessons, produces bands in his home studio and works as well as a graphic artist. Apart of his free-lance works, he keeps his solo music work, which is an instrumental guitar album, planning its release for the second semester of 2015.

Helyton Camargo

Facebook
Helyton Camargo is a hard rock/heavy metal vocalist and guitar player. Helyton has his solo project and as well is part of N.I.V and Shadow of Mercy.

Soul Fire

Myspace

Soul Fire started in 2009 with Bi Honorato (vocals), Fabbio Prolungatti (guitars) and Meyson Ramos (drums). This great power trio released a demo EP named "Eternal Flame". With a positive message on its lyrics, covering topics as life problems, God, harmony, the band had the support of Bruno Aranha (Radio Clube) and Giovanni Machado (StudioUm) to record its first EP.

Fraktals
Facebook

In the end of 2010, Emile Mourão (Escola Satori), Diego Santiago, Gilberto Faria and Deived Roger had ideas to start a band with a different sound, which translates the different influences of each one of them. With that vision they started doing some covers and later Gutto Guarnieri joined to play the bass. The band is influenced by various segments of the metal and rock as Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Melodic Heavy Metal, Symphonic Metal, as well as Hard Rock and Gothic Rock. The focus is on the band's own compositions and versions of popular tunes of bands as Death, Lacuna Coil, Evanescence, Dream Theater, Bullet for my Valentine, Mudvayne, and many others.

Lumens

Facebook

The band was founded in 2012 by Leonardo Knupp, Marcos Vinicios and William Castilho with the aim to rescue the national rock scene with a political and social attitude. Lumens is working on its first album, with influences of Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, Rock and Roll...

N.I.V
Facebook
"Not In Vain" is a Hard Rock band from Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo. The members are Helyton Camargo at vocals, Husa Toledo at the guitars, William Vankar at the keyboards, Felipe Silva at the bass and Mateus Castro at the drums.

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CYBER10 Pindamonhangaba Indie Pop

As the name suggests, this is a Pop album with open space for Indie bands. It's clear the creativity power and the quality the projects in the town can present. Two curious facts are that Ana Luísa is the only female vocalist and Ensaios Destrutivos is the only project to sing in Portuguese.

7 tracks in playlist, average track length: 3:56

Playlist length: 27 minutes 37 seconds 

Playlist files:

1. December Days - The Escape (4:09)

2. Eglison Peres - Break Me Down (4:21)

3. Bristol - Black Suits (3:41)

4. Youth Cahoot - Noir [demo] (4:07)

5. Ana Luísa Moreira - Just By My Reason I Do It (3:02)

6. Gustavo Teixeira - I'll Be Your Song (4:12)

7. Ensaios Destrutivos - Alegre Em Te Ver Passar (4:05)

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December Days

FacebookDecember Days is the alternative/indie influenced project of Diogo Peres, from São Paulo, according to the artist: Life sometimes can be heavy, dark and twisty. That was me in 2007, when a thunderstorm passed through my life, hopes and dreams, making me feel completely hopeless. Music has always been my shield from storms, that's how December Days was born. It was just an escape from everything, and now it has become everything. Enjoy as you walk through the pages of my life.

Bristol
Youtube

This Brit-Pop/Rock influenced band started in 2009 in Pindamonhangaba and its members are Rubens Filho, Fagner Fröes, Marcelo Moss and the french Renata Dommange, the drummer who made possible for Bristol to play in a festival in France, being among the 24 finalists out of other more than 600 bands. 

Eglison Peres
Facebook

Eglison Peres loves singing since his childhood, although he didn't use to sing in public. His first presentation was in a Roman Catholic Church and from this day on he started as a singer, winning a singing prize on the vocal school he studied (Music Hall). Diogo Peres (December Days), his vocal teacher and friend at that time, became his producer, even composing songs for him to record, which resulted in a full length album with 12 tracks.

Ensaios Destrutivos
Last FM

An Alternative Rock band, was formed in Pindamonhangaba in 2008, influenced by philosophy, The Beatles, Queen, Ramones and beer!

Ana Luísa Moreira
Soundcloud
Ana Luísa, a 16-year-old Brazilian girl, was in love with music at a very early stage, she plays and sings since she was 8 years old. Although influenced by American Country Music, she as well has an unique style in her compositions, which she does both in Portuguese and English language.

Gustavo Teixeira

Facebook

Gustavo Teixeira is a dynamic and complete artist for he studied classical singing and sung in the Roman Catholic during his childhood. Even with this classical origin, Gustavo prefers Pop and Electronic Music. With his sister he runs a music company for 11 years now named ENLACE, in which he sings with a group for weddings.

Youth Cahoot
Last FM
Youth Cahoot is an indie project made by two high school friends promising never to get in music boreness but always bring a message in their lyrics. The band releases its first demo named Noir, influenced by movies of this very genre. The production of songs is totally independent, a fact that might catch the attention of indie fans.

Download CYBER10 Pindamonhangaba Indie Pop

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CYBER10 Pindamonhangaba Electro

This ended up as a very diverse compilation considering the genres inside the electronic music that are included here. It starts with electro-rock and ends with a eurodance influenced song, but you also listen to dubstep, gothic synthpop, techno...

7 tracks in playlist, average track length: 4:06

Playlist length: 28 minutes 42 seconds 

Playlist files:

1. Morning Revolution - Destruction (4:03)

2. 501st - I Will Always Love You (2:50)

3. Epic Church - Ceinwyn (5:08)

4. Head Bone Hair - Neverfind (4:33)

5. Wonderloud - Get It (Original Mix ft. Warren Clarke) (5:09)

6. DJSS90 - Freedom (3:36)

7. Gunstar Music - New Dawn (3:23)

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Epic Church
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Epic Church is a project created by Emerson Olaf, meant to blend faith and reason, tradition and technology, reality and fiction, resulting in songs full of gothic, medieval and electronic influences.

Gunstar Music
Bandcamp

The project was created in 2006 and since that it's been 5 releases. Gunstar Music has its name coming out of a Sega Genesis game named Gunstar Heroes. One track of that game was remixed in the first EP (Ancient Ruins). On the songs it is possible to find elements of eurodance, electrorock, electro and trance.

Head Bone Hair
Facebook

Gabriel Rocha, the man behind the project, produce his songs influenced by science fiction and geek culture, mixing it with electronic music and elements of rock music featuring so far 6 releases.

The Morning Revolution

Spotify

The Morning Revolution was created by Emerson Olaf (Epic Church, Holy Cross) and Diogo Peres (December Days), two musicians with different influences and musical directions but together for producing a song. "Destruction" is the result of this work, an electro rock song, with catchy melody with vocals of both musicians involved.

501st

Soundcloud

The man behind 501st is Junior Vieira, from Pindamonhangaba. He produces his own songs as well remixes of other songs in Trap and Dubstep.

DJSS90

Soundcloud

Saulo Silva (SS) produces his songs influenced by Psy and Trance music in general, using different kinds of continuous beats so he can make his tunes more original.

Wonderloud
Facebook

"No so fast, not so slow, not so heavy, not so soft. We search for the perfect beat". This description was given by the two DJs Clayton and Denis who form Wonderloud. The duo was initiated in 2014 and aims to take the electronic music scene to the country-side of São Paulo.

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