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Khlebnikov

by Danny Michel

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1.
Inlet 01:08
2.
Khlebnikov 04:16
We roll back and forth Dodging icebergs, changing course Along the broken fjord Everything's screwed to the floor   It’s the end of the line, there's nothing left In the sled dog’s frozen breath The sun burns the moon away The constellations hide their face   Back to the Khlebnikov For hot soup and vodka shots Songs with cosmonauts  We'll dance to Rachmaninoff            Aboard Khlebnikov   The icebergs roll in the broken light  The humpback blows a kiss goodnight With harpoon scars and lonely eyes My heart breaks open wide   The faint smell of cigarettes  The sun here, it never sets A black sea and a silver sky The constellations liquify   
3.
I waited & wondered If the dream would return What I saw through that porthole Is tattooed and burnt On the shore where we landed 3 graves by the sea In the loneliest place You ever did see I sing the verses You sing the chorus With 24,000 old Russian horses We crush through the ice In the bright summer night On the Kapitan Khlebnikov This is the life Seal skins drying In the bright frozen sun There's mouths to be fed The work’s never done Through the Northwest Passage I stand at the bow And I thought I’d seen beauty Until right here right now Once we had dreams But they fell through the seams Like the ice here all melting away
4.
Homeless 02:35
I woke up sleeping in the midnight sun We were underway and overcome For 18 days and 20 tons We crushed through them one by one This ancient glacier ice These brand new shades of blue Homeless here on a frozen sea Something’s got a hold on me. The icy tombs at Qilakitsoq Mummified and overlooked A sweet young baby in a reindeer skin Tonight I feel a bit like him The narwhal sings below Songs of love and woe
5.
I thought you were in theirs They thought you were in mine In the panic & shuffle Were you left behind? When the boats hit the water We called out your name We floated in silence Helpless and shamed Reach out in the night Take hold of my hand This lifeboat is loaded There's no sign of land I heard your voice, sing "Whole Of The Moon" In the darkest of nights I still hear that tune Your jagged voice Tangled and torn Called out for help, In the eye of the storm A lighthouse for others Others battered and worn You brought us all back Home safe and warm Hold onto something
6.
Qilakitsoq 04:02
7.
Уж небо осенью дышало The sky with autumn’s breath is clouded Уж реже солнышко блистало More often now the sun is shrouded Короче становился день Shorter and shorter grow the days Лесов таинственная сень Sad rustling fills the woodland ways С печальным шумом обнажалась With all their mysteries laid bare Стоял ноябрь уж у двора November stands at the gate Ложился на поля туман Southward stretch the caravans Гусей крикливых караван Of wild geese, in noisy clans Тянулся к югу: приближалась And, mist on meadows everywhere Довольно скучная пора A tedious season is here Лесов таинственная сень Sad rustling fills the woodland ways С печальным шумом обнажалась With all their mysteries laid bare
8.
Сяду я верхом на коня I ride, here astride this steed Ты неси по полю меня You carry me across these fields По бескрайнему полю моему Across these, my endless fields По бескрайнему полю моему Across these, my endless fields A frozen scarlet sunset in the snow I ride across the fields of my home As far as I can see, starlight over me never will I ever be alone Дай-ка я разок посмотрю Let me just this once have a glimpse Где рождает поле зарю Where these fields give birth to the dawn Ай, брусничный цвет, алый да рассвет Oh, the cranberry scarlet colour of the sunrise Али есть то место, али его нет. Could this place be real, alas perhaps not Ай брусничный цвет, алый да рассвет Oh, the cranberry scarlet colour of the sunrise Али есть то место, али его нет Could this place be real, alas perhaps not In spring thaw the orchard blooms to life The winding river leads home to my wife With flowers in her hair She sleeps without a care In Mother Russia’s golden morning light But alas it’s just a dream I wake up here at sea On Khlebnikov breaking through the night Ай, брусничный цвет, алый да рассвет Oh, the cranberry scarlet colour of the sunrise Али есть то место, али его нет Could this place be real, alas perhaps not
9.
Down Down Down we go Into the belly here far below Through the kitchen & down the hatch Past the boilers & the grease traps Down Down Down we go Don’t dare call this ship a boat I dance with the crew on a steel floor I haven't a care in this world no more Down Down Down some more Out of the light & far from shore The polar bear with his yellow hide The cigarette-stained frozen skies Down Down Down That poor old world above Running so low on love Down Down Down Sailing through it’s melting tears The glacier disappears Down Down Down we go With a bread crumb trail of pistachios No one will find you or hear you shout Lose your way & you'll never get out Down Down Down we go Out of minds and in from the snow Vladimir turns 58 today We eat sardines & celebrate Down Down Down some more The anchors slice the ocean floor Don’t get caught whistling a tune Or it's up and overboard with you Down Down Down again One last time, goodbye my friends With a sailor's grip and a polar tan Vertigo dreams of the motherland
10.
Outlet 01:35

about

On August 23rd 2016, I left on a trip that would unknowingly change my life forever. I was invited to join "Generator Arctic”, a group of filmmakers, photographers, and writers from around the globe chosen by Evan and Chris Hadfield to embark on an 18 day expedition through the Northwest Passage to the furthest fjords of Ellesmere Island. Our home: the infamous Kapitan Khlebnikov, a 24,000 horsepower Soviet icebreaker (the first ship to circumnavigate both the Arctic and Antarctic). Our mission: to document this breathtaking corner of our planet through art and science, and share it with the world. There in cabin 712 I set up a make-shift studio and tried to capture the indescribable beauty and magnitude of this adventure through song. Once home, I handed off the recordings to renowned film and television composer (and childhood pal) Rob Carli who wrote brass and string arrangements to accompany them. This is the result. A collection of songs dedicated to the sailors, chefs, helmsman, engineers, dishwashers, bar staff and maids of the Khlebnikov. To our glorious, fragile planet and precious wildlife. To the communities we visited and every soul that has ever navigated these waters ~ Endless thanks to Evan & Chris Hadfield, Rob Carli, Karl Kannstadter & Quark Expeditions.

Press Release - www.killbeatmusic.com/media-releases/2016/11/28/danny-michel-announces-khlebnikov-release-date-shares-new-song-24000-horses

www.generatorevent.com/arctic/

Exclaim Magazine Interview - exclaim.ca/music/article/where...

Exclaim review - exclaim.ca/music/article/danny_michel-khlebnikov?

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credits

released January 20, 2017

Produced by Danny Michel & Rob Carli
String & brass arrangements - Rob Carli
Copyist and Music Assistant - Virginia Kilbertus

Musicians
Angelique Toews - Violin
Bridget Hunt - Violin
Chris Hadfield - Guitar & vocals on “Fall”
& Backing vocals on “The Dishwasher’s Dream”
Danny Michel - Guitar, vocals, bass, percussion & oil drum
Gabe Radford - French horn
Ivan Ivanovich - Viola
Jen Stephen - Tuba
Jenny Thompson - Violin
Leshtaev Valentine – BGs vox on “The Dishwasher’s Dream”
Neil Deland - French horn
Paul Rogers - Double bass
Rob Carli - Saxophones, flute & clarinet
Semy Kin – BGs on “The Dishwasher’s Dream”
Steve Woomert - Trumpet
Vanessa Fralick - Trombone
Winona Zelenka - Cello

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 written by Danny Michel
Tracks 1, 6, 10 written by Rob Carli
Track 7 written by Hadfield / Pushkin
“The Dishwasher’s Dream” inspired by Kohn (The Horse Song)
by Igorevich Matvienko and Alexeivich Shaganov

Guitar & vocals recorded in cabin 712 / Kapitan Khlebnikov
Orchestral overdubs recorded at Revolution Recordings, Toronto, ON
Engineer - Dennis Patterson
Mixed by Danny at Coutnac Beach, Penetanguishene, Ontario
Mastered by Joao at Joao Carvalho Studios

Photography
Cover - Ben Brown
Inside photos - Vivienne Gucwa @travellinglens
Back cover, disc, tracy & booklet - Danny Michel
Khlebnikov centerfold - Unknown

Art design - Danny Michel
Graphic roadie - Brennen Halliwell
Art layout - Andrew Korsh

Special thanks to Darrell & Sandi Halliwell, Carl & Rhonda Stuart, Randy Gillies, Johnny Mac, Kevin & Patricia Huscroft, Ellen Doty, Aaron Tango Tang, Shane Evoy, Alex Sullivan, Tyler Shaw, Jess Milton, Wayne Bond & Eric Duerrstein

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