Lost Ballads Part I
Artwork by Yonil
Prelude to Diaspora is the lead single from my new project, Lost Ballads Part I.
There are many songs in the writing process that don’t make the cut. They are left in a limbo of existence, known only to the artist and a few close conspirators. Most of these fade out of existence and are lost in time... But these songs were not of that nature. They had the kind of persistent merit that runts of the litter have. They stayed, and waited, and survived patiently in that void.
“When I set out on the wild adventure of writing UNFURL, I was conscious of how far it is from my comfort zone as an artist.[...] And so, as if to give myself leeway to explore the labyrinth, I took on a second project at the same time. Lost Ballads was my ball of yarn... A visible window to familiarity.
“We recorded Lost Ballads in about three days in Miraval Studios, right after we finished recording Unfurl. In some way they are vastly different, with disparate colours and ambitions. But truly, they are all me. The seeker, the maze and the ball of yarn.”
Credits:
Written, composed, and performed by Asaf Avidan
Produced by Asaf Avidan
Arranged by Asaf Avidan & Tom Cohen
String Quartet Orchestrated by Tom Cohen
Vocals & Guitars: Asaf Avidan
Piano: Omri Behr
Violin: Sybren Holwerda
Violin: Teddy Sicking
Viola: Irene García Barrera
Cello: Elsa Le Moigne
VIDEO CREDITS
Directed by Asaf Avidan, Shir Didi, Maayan Loven
DOP & Editor: Shir Didi
Concept & Creative Direction: Maayan Loven
Producer: Anais Mann
Lights Design & On-site Technician: Charly Lhuillier
Cinematography: Shir Didi
Camera Assistant: Maayan Loven
Hair & Makeup Artist: Yolaine Cartozo
Production & Props Assistant: Raphaëlle Abramczyk
Color: Shir Didi
Location: Casino De Paris
ADDITIONAL MUSIC CREDITS
Recording Engineer: Daniel Anglister
Recorded at Miraval Studios
Edited by Asaf Avidan at Different Pulses Studios
Mixed by Daniel Anglister
Mastered By Vlado Meler at Vlado Meller Mastering
Assisted by Andy Rivas
ADDITIONAL RECORDING
Engineer - Tamir Muskat at Vibromonk East TLV
Engineer - Asaf Avidan at Different Pulses Studios
Digital Management: Maayan Loven - Yallacoola
Cover Design: Jonathan Lax - Yonil.com
Executive Producer & Management: Lior Ashkenazi
Assistant Management: Noa Leave
Prelude to Diaspora Lyrics:
Your Beauty is the olive mountain
Trampled by the Roman siege
Your beauty is the burning bodies
Stacked up on the narrow bridge
I will always carry
The weight of oceans in my eyes
Love and Death will always bind me
In tears I never cried
Your beauty is the holy chamber
Drowning in the golden flame
Your beauty is the priest that's broken
With no god left to blame
I will always carry
The weight of oceans in my eyes
Love and Death will always blind me
In tears I never cried
Your beauty is the hidden treasure
In the bellies of the lost
Your beauty is the last rebellion
Nailed onto the wooden cross
Your beauty is the Gate of Mercy
They said would never fall
Your beauty is the hungry jackals
Sweeping through the broken wall
I will always carry
The weight of oceans in my eyes
Love and Death will always find me
In tears I'll never cry