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L'Invitation au voyage

by Roxanna

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L'Invitation au voyage Mon enfant, ma sœur, Songe à la douceur D'aller là-bas vivre ensemble, Aimer à loisir, Aimer et mourir Au pays qui te ressemble. Les soleils mouillés De ces ciels brouillés Pour mon esprit ont les charmes Si mystérieux De tes traîtres yeux, Brillant à travers leurs larmes. Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté. Vois sur ces canaux Dormir ces vaisseaux Dont l'humeur est vagabonde; C'est pour assouvir Ton moindre désir Qu'ils viennent du bout du monde. Les soleils couchants Revêtent les champs, Les canaux, la ville entière, D'hyacinthe et d'or; Le monde s'endort Dans une chaude lumière! Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté. Invitation to a voyage My child, my sister, think of how sweet it will be of going there to live together! To love at leisure, to love and to die in a country that is the image of you! The misty suns of those changeable skies have for me the same mysterious charm as your fickle eyes shining through their tears. There, all is harmony and beauty, luxury, calm and delight. See how those ships, nomads by nature, are slumbering in the canals. To gratify your every desire they have come from the ends of the earth. The setting suns cover the fields, the canals, and the town with orange and gold. The world falls asleep bathed in warmth and light. There, all is harmony and beauty, luxury, calm and delight.

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“My child, my sister - think of how sweet it will be to go there to live together. To love at leisure - to love and to die - in the country that is the image of you…”

Early in 2019, I set out to travel the world with Redd Walitzki, my sibling and frequent collaborator. The intangible dream was to travel and create, drawing inspiration from diverse environments, channeling it into an ever-growing body of independent and collaborative work, while searching for a new home - perhaps permanent, perhaps temporary, where our creative work could thrive. For the past few months, this dream has been a daily reality.

The musical soundtrack while moving into this period of the unknown has been the swirling, undulating, wave-like motion of Henri Duparc’s “Invitation to a Voyage.” A dream of a place - and a life - that is so beautiful it can hardly be conceived, the song flows simultaneously with comforting hope and restless effervescent energy. My inner experience of open-ended travel has run in a close parallel: a mixture of serene elation in response to all we have uncovered, and a frenzied, almost frantic drive to experience and create without ever feeling satisfied.

From the rocky coasts of Istria, to the warm clear waters of the Canary Islands, the natural landscapes of our travels have flowed into my work, providing both the audio samples that form the textured soundscape, and the visual accompaniment for this experimental new arrangement. Each sound - from the restlessly pushing piano tones, the waves of bowed guitar, fervent vocal, to the many synths and sampled sounds - was carefully crafted while working in a series of impermanent home-studios. The resulting multilayered interpretation is as much a travelogue time-capsule, as it is timeless and placeless, existing first and foremost in the realm of imagination.

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released July 15, 2019

Arranged, produced, and performed by Roxanna Walitzki
Written for voice & piano by Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
Text by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
Album art by Redd & Roxx

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Roxanna Seattle, Washington

Roxanna integrates experimental elements from electronic and ambient music into her arrangements of classical songs, producing a delicate world of imagined-sound to match her uniquely ethereal aesthetic.

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