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1991 - 1995 Rings of earthly light and other songs

by ANCIENT VEIL

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RINGS OF EARTHLY LIGHT a) EARTHCORE Trees are drawing shades On the wall; I keep my shade Toy with my brain in this place of rest And I try to find in time my freedom light Soft flights, Flickerig waves of colour without light, Strikes of wind Divide myself from fantasy. Earthly spirits out from the mist, Wandering knights Mount white wild steeds. In this land my spirit’s searching for a link To this Earth’s core. In this land my spirit’s searching for a link To this Earth’s core. Greedy strains upon this world While I’m floating in the breeze Picking rings of memory Scattered by the wings of time to come In this land my spirit’s searching for a link To this Earth’s core. In this land my spirit’s looking for a link To this Earth’s core. b) PORTRAIT In leaves I made you, maiden I made you, maiden, mine for life From leaves you came, I made you mine I made you, maiden, mine for life c) SELL MY FEELINGS Sell my feelings to the sky to give me life, Stop for me eternal time Run with me in glittering woods, Run with me behind the colours of the sun. Come through and hear trees breathe From the leaves you made me, Now create a story for my time Sing me in verse like poetry I’ll reach the lake that’s in my dreams where you’ll find me She was flying In rings of earthly light Where the forest’s dark Waterwise My mind came dark and so my dreams She was flying In rings of earthly light Where the forest’s dark Waterwise I knew my sense of life was gone
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Can you see me in this ancient disguise Proudly winning battles I can’t really trust myself On this battleground the rising mist Is floating on the corpses and the broken spears I walk alone upon the grass Upon this nightmare toned in red It’s hard to find the way Lost in this empty scene of fight Here in the mist my heart can feel The pain in my soul Suddenly a light Shining from beyond Cleared up myself upon this world For all the fantasy that dwellson the earth Carved the stone and turned the mist Into a winter’s snow
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In the sun I miss her Pushing together But the sun is in my heart The brightness that helps me find my way While the stars begin to shine The night will fly And leave me in the hands of destiny Crashing with violence the fire within Its searing ground Lost in this long way down Of drying dreams Lost in this long way down Of drying souls, I look in this strange dried pool My life. And while I set on this trip I pass her by And in the sun My silent cry Will reach every single shine To lose this way And to die Follow the tricks Inside your mind The lady will dream your eyes And the rain Will be on your side. While the stars begin to shine The night will fly Giving me back my destiny And watching myself Alone in this land Of newborn life
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Under a sheet of dream light Your life passes by like raindrops gathering in a reel You can’t find a place for living Can’t find a way for mending wounds and fly away You’ll find another reason Another cruel dream And the rain will flow on the wind The rain will sail on the wind Sat on the edge of nowhere You try to remind the face now drowning in your dreams Lost in the haze of shadows A rainbow appears above and it’s another day And looking in the mirror You’ll become rain Flowing down in the sea Flowing down in the sea
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The way home 09:08
Cold rain and wind rise Open your mind You’ re painted now On this wall made of grey Our true images away I wish you could hear my praise; “Please, stay, my guide Be on my side I wish I could leave my time” “Tell me please why we’re here for” “ I would lie but we now have to learn How to fight”. “Tell me please what’s this knife for” “Offer me to your gods, Only so you may return Back in the place of your own” Facing the night that followed I came out in the dark Where every shadow dies Where every river flows. I left behind that place that was my glares of mind The figures on the wall enlightened by a new dawn Deep inside
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You know I loved you And you left me through the sky I know you loved me You are dancing in the light In my mind Now I know you live, and we can stay together through the light You know I love you You’re dancing in the snow of clouds You know it helps again To see you through the sky You know I love you You are dancing through the night Tomorrow will I cry? You know it helps again To think you live in a world of light What did I do until I could see you in my daughters’ eyes You know I love you You’re dancing in the snow of clouds I know it helps again To see you through the sky You know I love you I am listening you through the sky You know I love you I am dancing with you in my mind
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Watching me watching you watch me. Out through the window, in an autumn breeze And when the doors are closed And when you’re gone I still feel your perfume on me Still feel the past days of our life Having you standing near was all my life for all those years Knowing that time would come and wash this heaven clean Watching me watching you watch me. Locked in a battle with our memories And when the train has left here. I’m all alone Then is the time to say we’ve lost all we had and turn and go Having you wash me clean displayed to me my darkest dreams
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Flying 04:00
I’m flying in living spaces Flight gives shivers of pleasure and pain I’m reaping childish games by love And flight rise my whirl in dreaming joy Fleshy embracing in my body that’s taking you, is frisking Sweet embracing for your body that’s loving you and frisking me Don’t upset my lifetime for love In my freedom eyes shine free love
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Il 15 aprile 2019 esce il CD “1991/1995 Rings of earthly light and other songs" lavoro discografico che si presenta in due parti: nella prima la ristampa ufficiale di "Rings of earthly light" degli ERIS PLUVIA a distanza di 28 anni dalla sua comparsa sulla scena musicale; nella seconda brani inediti e storici degli ANCIENT VEIL dello stesso periodo. Il lavoro è stato curato personalmente, nella nuova veste grafica e nel suono, da Edmondo Romano ed Alessandro Serri degli ANCIENT VEIL.
“Rings of earthly light” è stato riconosciuto come uno dei dischi che ha dato il via alla corrente del New Progressive italiano negli anni ‘90 ed è entrato a far parte di quella schiera di dischi storicamente importanti per il genere Prog in Italia e all’estero. E’ stato prodotto e distribuito nel 1991 dalla Musea e negli anni ha visto ristampe di ogni genere in Polonia, Indonesia, Corea, Giappone, Russia…
Il disco esce con il doppio nome ERIS PLUVIA e ANCIENT VEIL, perché esiste una linea di continuità tra il primo lavoro degli ERIS PLUVIA ed il primo lavoro degli ANCIENT VEIL, questa linea è data dai fondatori e principali compositori di entrambe le formazioni, Alessandro Serri e Edmondo Romano.
Questi ultimi hanno deciso di contattare i restanti componenti del gruppo ERIS PLUVIA, il bassista Marco Forella ed il chitarrista Alessandro Cavatorti (che hanno recentemente pubblicato l'album “Tales from another time", questi musicisti hanno lavorato al CD del 1991 insieme all'ex batterista Martino Murtas ed allo scomparso tastierista Paolo Raciti), per dare nuova vita a questo lavoro, che esce poco dopo la sua riproposizione dal vivo nel CD “Rings of earthly…Live” degli ANCIENT VEIL.

Il suono è stato curato utilizzando i nastri DAT originali, più compatto e profondo del CD uscito nel 1991 e dopo una pulizia audio, si è proceduto ad un remastering, per dare maggiore presenza al suono.
Per completare il momento storico, sono stati inseriti sei brani in più composti nello stesso periodo.
"And when the train has left" è un brano inedito mai inciso sino ad oggi e per un certo periodo tra il 1988 e 1990, sempre composizione del duo, è stata la canzone di apertura dei concerti degli ERIS PLUVIA, come anche inedito è "Through the sky", ballata morbida composta sempre da Serri e Romano, subito dopo l’uscita di “Rings of earthly light”. Dopo i due inediti seguono il brano “Flying” questa volta in versione strumentale ed i successivi "You'll become rain part two" per solo quartetto d'archi, "Walking around" per coro lirico, contrabbasso e flauto dolce e “Landscape and two” per cinque flauti della tradizione boliviana dal nome mohozeno, questi ultimi tre erano stati pubblicati in "The Ancient Veil" ma non inseriti in "New - The Ancient

Veil Remastered". “Walking around” in forma differente, era presente nel primo demo tape commercializzato dagli ERIS PLUVIA, intitolato “Pushing together” e datato 1990.
La copertina è come nell’originale un quadro di Giovanni Romano dal titolo “Aurora”, mentre le grafiche del booklet sono state completamente rinnovate da Edmondo Romano che già all’epoca le aveva ideate e curate.
Un grande ringraziamento va alla determinazione di Jens Deneke, già produttore di "New - The Ancient Veil Remastered" ed al grande supporto di Loris Furlan della Lizard Records che segue gli ANCIENT VEIL in ogni loro produzione e a Beppe Greppi della Felmay Records che ne cura la distribuzione digitale e alla collaborazione di Eden Production.

On April 15, 2019, the CD "1991/1995 Rings of earthly light and other songs" will be released.
It comes in two parts: in the first, the official reprint of "Rings of earthly light" by ERIS PLUVIA after 28 years from his appearance on the music scene and in the second part, unpublished and historical tracks of the ANCIENT VEIL of the same period.The work was personally supervised, in the new graphic and sound, by Edmondo Romano and Alessandro Serri of ANCIENT VEIL.
"Rings of earthly light" was recognized as one of the records that gave way to the current of the Italian New Progressive in the 90s and became part of that array of historically important records for the Prog genre in Italy and the abroad. It was produced and distributed in 1991 by Musea and over the years has seen reprints of all kinds in Poland, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Russia ...
The CD comes with the double name ERIS PLUVIA and ANCIENT VEIL, because there is a line of continuity between the first work of ERIS PLUVIA and the first work of ANCIENT VEIL, this line is given by the founders and main composers of both formations, Alessandro Serri and Edmondo Romano.
They decided to contact the remaining members of the ERIS PLUVIA group, bassist Marco Forella and guitarist Alessandro Cavatorti (who recently released the album "Tales from another time", these musicians worked on the 1991 CD together with the former drummer Martino Murtas and the deceased keyboardist Paolo Raciti), to give new life to this work, which comes out shortly after its live replay on the CD "Rings of earthly ... Live" by ANCIENT VEIL.

The sound was edited using the original DAT tapes, more compact and deeper than the CD released in 1991 and after an audio cleaning, they proceeded to a remastering, to give more presence to the sound.
To complete the historical moment, six pieces were added, composed in the same period.
"And when the train has left" is an unreleased track never recorded until today and for a certain period between 1988 and 1990, always the composition of the duo, it was the opening song of the concerts of ERIS PLUVIA, as also unpublished is " Through the sky ", a soft ballad always composed by Serri and Romano, immediately after the release of " Rings of earthly light ". After the two unpublished works follow the song "Flying" this time in instrumental version and the following "You'll become rain part two" for string quartet only, "Walking around" for lyric choir, double bass and recorder and "Landscape and two "for five flutes of the Bolivian tradition with the name mohozeno, these last three had been published in"The Ancient Veil”

but not included in "New - The Ancient Veil Remastered". "Walking around"in different form, was present in the first demo tape marketed by ERIS PLUVIA, entitled" Pushing together "and dated 1990.
The cover is like in the origina,l a painting by Giovanni Romano entitled "Aurora", while the graphics of the booklet have been completely renewed by Edmondo Romano, who had already designed and edited them at the time.
A big thanks goes to the determination of Jens Deneke, former producer of "New - The Ancient Veil Remastered" and to the great support of Loris Furlan of Lizard Records that follows ANCIENT VEIL in all their productions and to Beppe Greppi of Felmay Records who takes care of it digital distribution and the collaboration of Eden Production.

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released April 15, 2019

Musicisti
Alessandro Serri
Edmondo Romano
Paolo Raciti
Marco Forella
Martino Murtas
Alessandro Cavatorti
Fabio Serri
Valeria Caucino
Sabrina Quarelli
Enrico Paparella
Roberto Mazzola
Sara Diano
Alessandro Sacco
Stefano Cabrera
Marco Fadda
Gianni Serino
Massimo Tarozzi
Sergio Grazia
Antonella Trovato
Tomaso Olivari
Alice Nappi
Sirio Restani ed il suo coro

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Ancient Veil Genoa, Italy

1984: Alessandro Serri e Edmondo Romano fondano gli ERIS PLUVIA.
1991: "Rings of earthly light".
1993 insieme a Fabio Serri fondano gli ANCIENT VEIL 1995: l’album omonimo.
e alcune compilation. 2017: "I am changing"- 2018: "New-The ancient veil remastered" e "Rings of earthly live", 2019: "1991/1995 Rings of earthly light and other songs” 2021: “Unplugged Live”.
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