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Rating: I can close my eyes and make this moment last
This is the story of a mermaid going against the tide. Of a flower that blossomed over thirty years ago in the Afro-Caribbean neighborhood of New Jersey. Of a poetic-musical creature raised among the urban grooves of hip-hop radios and new wave music videos.
Gaelle Addisson owes her stunning beauty to her Haitian roots. Another credit to her parents is having given her one of the warmest, most sensual, and compelling voices on the planet.
The credit for her widespread recognition goes to Eric Stamile, Naked Music producer as well as the man in her life, whom she met at 18 in Atlanta, with a suitcase full of songs in her hand. Because the talent, the interpretation, and the sensitivity all belong to Gaelle, to which we can add a rare but precious gift: humility.
Because with such premises, Gaelle could have easily conquered the stardom of dance music, soul, and the like. Indeed, her first attempt, in 1999, is lethal. "Must be the reason why I'm king of my Castle" is the killer refrain that will invade dance floors all over the world. Where her voice sublimates the quite banal house of the Wamdue Project.
After cashing in the 15 minutes of fame, Gaelle continues to embellish projects oriented toward dance (Ananda Project), soul (Cee-Lo), and hip-hop (Estero). But the girl has grown and the time has come to open her Castle to the transient passenger.
Through all space and time
You've been on my mind
Like a sweet red wine
Come and dance with me
Mysterious. Romantic. Refined. Gaelle's Castle becomes grand upon the first listen.
So made of sounds that seem easy, linear, pop. So suspended between indecipherable neo-soul softness, falsely dance rhythms, and quick shifts into eighties cool jazz territories.
But what hypnotizes the listener is not the music. It is not the impeccable production that sends tracks like "Rain", "Falling", "Give it Back", "Love You More" into a loop.
What makes the listening of Transient an intimate and emotional experience is the strong sensation of witnessing the expression of a genuinely naked soul.
Of a poetic vocation that combines introspective, deep, and never banal lyrics with such a sincere interpretation that it gives goosebumps.
Give it back
You hijacked my mind so
I'm falling in circles
Can't catch my fall so
I need you to be close cause
Where you go I'll follow
So give it back
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Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Falling (06:15)
Gaelle - Falling Lyrics
I can close my eyes and make this moment last
As I watch
raindrops of diamonds turn to glass
As the flowers
They
were open
Right beside the strawberry fields
Like
volcanic lava
I melt into your passionate kiss
But
what happened to us
Can’t be explained by too much
I
just can’t get quite enough
I feel I’m falling in
love
(Chorus)
Give a little take a little bit of my
love
If you’re ready I’ll show you what i’ve been thinkin
of
If you’re willing I’ll take you to the garden of
love
I just might surprise you babe
I’m swept off my
feet i’m fallin
I feel I’m faling in love
I can
close my eyes and sail around the world
And I’ll find a
million lovers boys and girls
Just like the flowers they
were open
Right beside the strawberry fields
It’s the
passionate people
We’ll keep on movin
That’s how it
is
Cause what happens to us
Can’t be explained by
too much
We just can’t get quite enough
We’ll keep on
falling in love
Chorus
03 Give It Back (04:23)
Give it back
You hijacked my mind soul
I'm falling in circles
Can't catch my fall so
I need you to be close 'cause
Where you go, I'll follow
So give it back
In my bed
Sleeping not
I cannot explain what's in my head
Longing for
An empty thought
But I seem to think of you instead
You blew my mind away
And I can't let you go
Took it and ran away
Just had to let you know
Just dropped a line to say
That I lost all control
You blew my mind away
(CHORUS)
In my head
And in my heart
I cannot complain
No one competes
Longing for this pace to stop
Never been the same
Since you loved me
You blew my mind away
Now that I'm torn apart
Took it and ran away
Is when you come for my heart
There's nothing left to say
And I don't know where to start
Give back my thoughts to me
(CHORUS)
Kiss me
10 Rain (05:30)
Gaelle - Rain Lyrics
Though all space and time
You’ve been on my mind
Like a
sweet red wine
You breathe
Like an ocean
rain
You float me away
But I don’t complain
You see
(Chorus)
Rain dancing
Underneath
the summer rain
Rain dancing
From behind the window
pane
Rain dancing
Would you please come play with
me
Come and dance with me
Through all space and
time
You’ve been on my mind
Like a sweet red wine
You flow
Like an ocean rain
You float me
away
And I’d like to let you know
(Chorus)
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