the bottomline – HADES (live @ FORGOTTEN STARS Album Release Concert | Oct. 27, 2022 | Cologne)

This is a live version of HADES, we performed at our album release party on Oct. 27, 2022 at Kulturbunker Köln Mülheim. It was a spontaneous decision by some of our friends to film this concert. Although not all areas of the stage were illuminated well enough, as it would have been ideal for a video recording, we still thought it would be very reasonable to use the video footage. So we can show you, how we currently sound and act live together. We hope you like and you can enjoy the video despite a not perfect picture quality 🙂

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Thank You so much! Franzis ♥ & Elia ★

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HADES is taken from our studio album FORGOTTEN STARS, which is available since October 28, 2022, released on Neuklang ( @Neuklangrecords ) / Bauer Studios (LC 13834, Cat.Nr.: NCD4267).

You can buy the CD or Digital Version of FORGOTTEN STARS here:
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Bauer Studios Shop: https://shop.bauerstudios.de/de/the-bottomline-forgotten-stars
Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/Forgotten-Stars-Bottomline/dp/B0BFTWJBL5

#triphop #jazz #cologne

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About this song:

We avoid to talk about the unpleasant things of being a human. We dispose them into Tartarus – the personified part of the underworld, located in the deepest region of Hades. We rather hide our flaws and mistakes, reject the unlovable in us and we tend to think: “It is their fault, never ours.”
We shirk the responsibility for what we do not want to do, think or feel and pass the buck to these figures that we create just for this purpose. These figures must hold all knowledge and wisdom about the human being. Thus, let’s better ask Hades.

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HADES (lyrics)

All the way down,
where you can’t hear your voice,
…no, there’s a single sound.

Oh, where we dump our sins,
is where he’s cursed to be.
We need our whipping boy
solely in order to avoid….

Oh once upon a time we were afraid
to call his name.
But nowadays it’s overdue
to name the facts even they are cruel.
Although he’s stern,
but he’s still just.

No, he’s not outside of you,
Hades is much more a truth of you.

Hades.

Hades is a genius like metaphor of mankind.
Our aim is to be pure.
But purity’s still a fairytale…
The suppressed contains interesting tools.
We need solutions for the mess we’ve done.
Opportunities are mostly where
we buried all the old undone.

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HADES is written, arranged and performed by the bottomline
Composition: Franzis Lating & Johannes Elia Nuß
Vocals, Rhodes, Synthesizer and Lyrics: Franzis Lating
Drums and additional Synthesizer: Johannes Elia Nuß

Live Recording: Artur Schulz
Mix & Mastering: Moritz Gröger at Hertzkammer Studio, Cologne
Camera: Anna Mahendra, Timo Menrath
Editor: Timo Menrath
Visual Artist: Joana Diez / J Projekt ( https://www.youtube.com/@joanadiez10 )
Special Thanks to: Kulturbunker Köln Mülheim
© & ℗ 2022/2023 the bottomline

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Our next shows:

Apr. 22, 2023: Cologne | Modularkiez 01 ( @Modularfield )
Jun. 03, 2023: Dusseldorf | Kunstraum KÖ 106 | feat. Amour Vache ( @amourvache3084 )
Sep. 16, 2023. Essen | Der schöne Hermann | feat. Amour Vache ( @amourvache3084 )
…more shows to be announced soon 😉

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