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The Dance Of The Diaspora - Demo

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by PINKNOISE

 
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Temple Dancer 06:19
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Old Bad, New Good 06:49
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The Nani Season 06:50
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Dollar $cience/Signs 07:51
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PINKNOISE: The Dance Of The Diaspora (2010) - Demo Recording

Folk music has always come from the village. But now, the city has its own folk music, too.

We speak English when we’re polite. But our exclamation marks are in the mother tongue. The food on the table is continental. Before bed, it’s Sanskrit prayers at night. This can only happen in India. Where the culture is ancient. The attitude is future. And the state of peace is an unlikely mix of madness and endless calm.

These songs are stories of the Indian diaspora. They are interfaces. Between lullaby and rap. Between South Indian temple dance and electro beats. Between elephant gods and thugs. Between back-then and tomorrow.

In the now.
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released 01 January 2011
Written, performed and recorded by PINKNOISE

JAY (VOICE)
AMYT (GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER)
GYAN (BASS)
JIVER (BEAT)
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Track Name: Temple Dancer
TEMPLE DANCER / PINKNOISE
THE DANCE OF THE DIASPORA


I WATCH THE TEMPLE DANCER
THE PRETTY PRETTY DANCER
SHE REMINDS ME OF MY SISTER
WHO'S GONE SO FAR
SHE'S GONE TO AMERICA
THE LAND OF DREAMS AND BIG CARS
I HOPE SHE FINDS THE STAR SHE'S LOOKING FOR

SHE WORE WHITE BLOSSOMS IN HER HAIR
LEFT A TRAIL OF FRAGRANCE EVERYWHERE
THE SCENT STILL LINGERS IN THE AIR
I CAN ALMOST SEE HER
I CAN ALMOST HEAR HER
THE BELLS THE MUSIC AS SHE DANCED
HOW SHE DANCED

ALWAYS INVOKING HER DEITY
ALWAYS PROVOKING GRAVITY
ALWAYS CHALLENGING HER MUSE
BORN TO DANCE, SHE CANNOT LOSE

I WATCH THE TEMPLE DANCER
THE PRETTY PRETTY DANCER
SHE REMINDS ME OF MY SISTER
WHO'S GONE SO FAR
SHE'S GONE TO AMERICA
THE LAND OF DREAMS AND BIG CARS
I HOPE SHE FINDS THE STAR
SHE'S LOOKING FOR

ALWAYS INVOKING HER DEITY
ALWAYS PROVOKING GRAVITY
ALWAYS CHALLENGING HER MUSE
BORN TO DANCE, SHE CANNOT LOSE

KAI VEESHAMMA KAI VEESHI
KOVIL KU POLAN KAI VEESHI
KAI VEESHAMMA KAI VEESHI
KUMBITU VARALAM KAI VEESHI

KAI VEESHI
Track Name: Old Bad, New Good
OLD BAD, NEW GOOD / PINKNOISE
THE DANCE OF THE DIASPORA


MY BOY'S GOT A BRAND NEW HOUSE
MY BOY'S GOT A BRAND NEW SPOUSE
MY BOY'S GOT A BRAND NEW GROUSE
ALL BRAND NEW
MY BOY'S GOT A BRAND NEW CAR
MY BOY'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAR
MY BOY IS THE BRAND NEW STAR
ALL BRAND NEW

NOTHING OLD WILL DO...

MY GIRL'S GOT BRAND NEW LIPS
MY GIRL'S GOT BRAND NEW TITS
MY GIRL'S GOT BRAND NEW HIPS
ALL BRAND NEW
MY GIRL'S GOT A NEW KITCHEN FLOOR
MY GIRL'S GOT A BRAND NEW SHOW
MINE'S GOT A NEW PORTFOLIO
ALL BRAND NEW

NOTHING OLD WILL DO...

MY BOY'S GOT A BRAND NEW HORSE
MY BOY'S DOING A BRAND NEW COURSE
MY BOY'S NEWLY DIVORCED
ALL BRAND NEW
MY GIRL'S GOT A BRAND NEW RING
MY GIRL'S GOT A BRAND NEW MING
MINE'S GOT BRAND NEW EVERYTHING
ALL BRAND NEW
NOTHING OLD WILL DO
Track Name: The Nani Season
THE NANI SEASON / PINKNOISE
THE DANCE OF THE DIASPORA


SUMMER IS THE TIME THE CHILDREN COME HOME
SUMMER IS THE TIME THE CHILDREN COME HOME

SUMMER IS THE TIME THE CHILDREN COME HOME
SUMMER IS THE TIME SHE'LL WATCH THEM ROAM
ALL DAY THROUGH THE FIELDS
THE WHEAT UPTO THEIR HEADS
AND WHEN THE DAY IS DONE THEY'LL TUMBLE
INTO THEIR BEDS

HOME
THEY'RE HOME
HOME
THEY'RE HOME

SINGING AND DANCING
UNDER THE STARS
LUMINOUS VENUS
AND MARS

SUMMER IS THE TIME THE LITTLE GIRLS
FLIT LIKE BUTTERFLIES
IN LONG SKIRTS OF COBALT AND GREEN
THEIR BRAIDS FLYING INTO THEIR EYES
AND THE BOYS WILL DEMAND ENDLESS TRACTOR RIDES
WE LOVE YOU NANI THEY'LL SAY
AND SHE FEELS LIKE ASKING BUT NEVER DOES
WHY DONT YOU STAY

HOME
FOR NOW THEY'RE HOME
HOME
THEY'RE HOME

SWEET CELEBRATION
UNDER THE SKIES
BIG HARVEST MOON
STARTS TO RISE

SUMMER IS THE TIME THE CHILDREN COME HOME
Track Name: Dollar $cience/Signs
You've got a degree in dollar science
You calculate, you analyze
You've become the go-to-guy
When flow gets slow and well runs dry
Interest rates consume your mind
While you've totally lost interest in mine
You plot your graphs and chart your pies
No more shared laughs, no more shared sighs

It's all about the green
Nothing can come between
You and your precious screen
So scared of what I'm seeing

I recall the days when
You had time for your friends
Many things excited you
And you had a wide-angle view

That was another life
You cut up with the knife
The knife you sharpened on the stone
The stone that destroyed this home

You only want to spread the sheet
You don't care that life's gone counterfeit