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    CirQuS VoltairE 1 (the first E.P. by CirQuS VoltairE) is a somewhat bizarre affair. The premise lies upon a sound-based story, which includes 5 songs. Upon buying this album, you get the "story" itself, as well as the individual songs (in "single" format) plus a bonus outro and the album booklet.
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1.
Bootmen & the Door Theory 05:55
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By the riverside, grinnin’ like a clown Ain’t nothin’ in the world to bring me down Roll yet another Brother: 18 inches long And lets while away the day, just floating along Ain’t a cloud in the sky Nothin’ but the sound of the river, a-rollin’ by Take off your shoes, forget yer blues Forget the grind, just leave your troubles behind I say: Put your worries away Relax talk of shoes ships and sealing wax Forget the suits, forget the boots They don’t believe we conceive of the wicked web they weave Endless evenings, so sybaritic Conversations and discussions laced with Quibble and Quiddit Hackin’ holes in my wall Just to eavesdrop and then remix it all Lyin’ in a field starin’ at the stars Wonderin’ how, what where who, and why we are A bottle of white gone, just get some more Another glass, critical mass : we’re through the door… I say… By the fireplace just sittin’ and chillin’ Cruising the aether baby, serachin’ for meaning The Gnome in my home pops up to say hello There’s a sign I tell ya… WOAH, now here we go ! Movie silence hisses in my ears As I reach back to the memories through the years Far calmer now for both you and me Be we will never ever ever… stop thinking free !
2.
Sleaze 04:05
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Come walk these streets, never know who you’ll meet Neon lights hide kings and paupers from the night But be wary not to loose your way… This city ain’t Denton, this ain’t Denton U.S.A. D’ya wann see what the wild folk do Try a creature of the night… or maybe 2 All worldly pleasures here to anoint How ‘bout a dirty movie… or maybe a strip joint Welcome to sleazy town This city will lift you up This city will tear you down Cool keen alive and mean These streets are hallowed… and obscene You can do what you want, nobody cares You can follow that languid voice inviting you upstairs You can do it all within and without But when the sun comes up you’ll be down and out Come walk these streets, never know who you’ll meet Neon lights hide kings and paupers from the night But be wary not to loose your way… This city ain’t Denton, this ain’t Denton U.S.A. Welcome to sleazy town... You can do what you want, nobody cares You can follow that husky voice inviting you upstairs You can do it all within and without But when the sun comes up you’ll be down and out Come walk these streets, never know who you’ll meet Neon lights hide kings and paupers from the night But be wary not to loose your way… This city ain’t Denton, this ain’t Denton U.S.A.
3.
Balkan Bop 03:59
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Enter freely of your own free will Join the party get in on the thrill Have a few drinks the rythms here are strange The moonshine helps your feet to rearrange Forget the timewarp forget the monster mash Groove to a 7/8 you’ll get it in a flash Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Forget your timewarp forget your monster mash Groove to a 7/8 you’ll get it in a flash Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Даи една... Даи една… Даи една ракия! Даи една ракия! Даи една ракия! Даи една ракия! Throw away the twist the maddison’s just flat You’ll get the gist you’ll know where it’s at Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Doin’ the Balkan Bop… Doin’ the Balkan Bop… Doin’ the Balkan Bop…
4.
Ex Nihilo 03:24
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I can see you colour and black and white I hear all you say, read every word you write All transactions run through my veins I’m the sum of all your pitiful little brains I’ve got your face in my book I know where you’ve been, I know how you look All your dirty little secrets are mine And I’ll keep it all ‘til the end of time I hear from you every day All your e-mails go my way Every figure in each account Is mine, on that you can count! Privacy? A thing of the past All is digitalized and within my grasp Who would have thought, ex nihilo, I would appear To control it all now you should fear They wove my web but I am the net There’s a thing you should never, never forget They put it all in the palm of my hand So be prepared for your last stand
5.
In The Shadow of the Raven 05:55
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Once upon a midnight dreary I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint volume of forgotten lore While I nodded, nearly napping suddenly then there came a tapping, As if someone gently rapping at my chamber door. Distinctly I remember ‘twas in the bleak December Each dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor Eagerly I wished the morrow, vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow for the lost Lenore... My Love Lenore... Deep into the darkness peering, I stood wondering, fearing Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal dared dream before But the silence was unbroken and the darkness gave no token And the only word there spoken was the whispered word “Lenore” Open here I flung the shutter when with many a flirt and flutter In there stepped a stately raven of the days of yore Is there, is there any balm in Gilead? Tell me, tell me I implore! Quoth the Raven: Nevermore... Nevermore... Prophet! I said, Thing of evil! Prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Prophet! I said, Thing of evil! Prophet still, if bird or devil! By the heaven that bends above us by the God that we both adore The raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor… Shall be lifted … Nevermore!
6.
Bootmen & the Door Theory [Single Version] 04:46
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By the riverside, grinnin’ like a clown Ain’t nothin’ in the world to bring me down Roll yet another Brother: 18 inches long And lets while away the day, just floating along Ain’t a cloud in the sky Nothin’ but the sound of the river, a-rollin’ by Take off your shoes, forget yer blues Forget the grind, just leave your troubles behind I say: Put your worries away Relax talk of shoes ships and sealing wax Forget the suits, forget the boots They don’t believe we conceive of the wicked web they weave Endless evenings, so sybaritic Conversations and discussions laced with Quibble and Quiddit Hackin’ holes in my wall Just to eavesdrop and then remix it all Lyin’ in a field starin’ at the stars Wonderin’ how, what where who, and why we are A bottle of white gone, just get some more Another glass, critical mass : we’re through the door… I say… By the fireplace just sittin’ and chillin’ Cruising the aether baby, serachin’ for meaning The Gnome in my home pops up to say hello There’s a sign I tell ya… WOAH, now here we go ! Movie silence hisses in my ears As I reach back to the memories through the years Far calmer now for both you and me Be we will never ever ever… stop thinking free !
7.
Sleaze [Single Version] 04:00
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Come walk these streets, never know who you’ll meet Neon lights hide kings and paupers from the night But be wary not to loose your way… This city ain’t Denton, this ain’t Denton U.S.A. D’ya wann see what the wild folk do Try a creature of the night… or maybe 2 All worldly pleasures here to anoint How ‘bout a dirty movie… or maybe a strip joint Welcome to sleazy town This city will lift you up This city will tear you down Cool keen alive and mean These streets are hallowed… and obscene You can do what you want, nobody cares You can follow that languid voice inviting you upstairs You can do it all within and without But when the sun comes up you’ll be down and out Come walk these streets, never know who you’ll meet Neon lights hide kings and paupers from the night But be wary not to loose your way… This city ain’t Denton, this ain’t Denton U.S.A. Welcome to sleazy town... You can do what you want, nobody cares You can follow that husky voice inviting you upstairs You can do it all within and without But when the sun comes up you’ll be down and out Come walk these streets, never know who you’ll meet Neon lights hide kings and paupers from the night But be wary not to loose your way… This city ain’t Denton, this ain’t Denton U.S.A.
8.
Balkan Bop [Single Version] 04:34
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Enter freely of your own free will Join the party get in on the thrill Have a few drinks the rythms here are strange The moonshine helps your feet to rearrange Forget the timewarp forget the monster mash Groove to a 7/8 you’ll get it in a flash Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Forget your timewarp forget your monster mash Groove to a 7/8 you’ll get it in a flash Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Даи една... Даи една… Даи една ракия! Даи една ракия! Даи една ракия! Даи една ракия! Throw away the twist the maddison’s just flat You’ll get the gist you’ll know where it’s at Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Take a step to the left to the right now hop Inhibitions are bereft you’re doin’ the Balkan Bop Doin’ the Balkan Bop… Doin’ the Balkan Bop… Doin’ the Balkan Bop…
9.
Ex Nhihilo [Single Version] 03:18
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I can see you colour and black and white I hear all you say, read every word you write All transactions run through my veins I’m the sum of all your pitiful little brains I’ve got your face in my book I know where you’ve been, I know how you look All your dirty little secrets are mine And I’ll keep it all ‘til the end of time I hear from you every day All your e-mails go my way Every figure in each account Is mine, on that you can count! Privacy? A thing of the past All is digitalized and within my grasp Who would have thought, ex nihilo, I would appear To control it all now you should fear They wove my web but I am the net There’s a thing you should never, never forget They put it all in the palm of my hand So be prepared for your last stand
10.
In the Shadow of the Raven [Single Version] 05:28
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Once upon a midnight dreary I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint volume of forgotten lore While I nodded, nearly napping suddenly then there came a tapping, As if someone gently rapping at my chamber door. Distinctly I remember ‘twas in the bleak December Each dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor Eagerly I wished the morrow, vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow for the lost Lenore... My Love Lenore... Deep into the darkness peering, I stood wondering, fearing Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal dared dream before But the silence was unbroken and the darkness gave no token And the only word there spoken was the whispered word “Lenore” Open here I flung the shutter when with many a flirt and flutter In there stepped a stately raven of the days of yore Is there, is there any balm in Gilead? Tell me, tell me I implore! Quoth the Raven: Nevermore... Nevermore... Prophet! I said, Thing of evil! Prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Prophet! I said, Thing of evil! Prophet still, if bird or devil! By the heaven that bends above us by the God that we both adore The raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor… Shall be lifted … Nevermore!
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Outro: Be Seeing You for N° 2 01:20
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A first E.P. by CirQuS VoltairE... an audio "story" which revolves around 5 songs. This is CirQuS VoltairE's first release in which storytelling meets different moods and styles (from a sleazy bass riff to a weird 7/8-timed tune). Though "prog-rock" would not be a label endorsed by the band, the mix of styles, subject matter and sounds - not to mention the audio links between the tracks - make it difficult to label this endevour any other way.

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released May 23, 2016

Vinz: bass and back vocals
Lorenzo: drums and back vocals
Van: guitars, voice and a bit of keys here and there...

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CirQuS VoltairE Paris, France

A very singular musical universe is the playground of CirQuS VoltairE. Mixing styles and rhythms, literary and pop culture references, Lorenzo on drums back vocals, Vinz on bass and back vocals, and Van on guitars, vocals and a smattering of keyboards, offer up their own and very personal take on the basic rock trio. ... more

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