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Experiments with bass, drum and voice

by we be echo

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1.
Why Did You Go There? 05:08
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Everything’s wrong why did you go there Everything’s gone why did it go there The date is wrong Your face is wrong Timing’s wrong Stay strong Everything’s wrong why did you go there Everything’s gone why did it go there This space is wrong This time is wrong These words are wrong A Right is wrong Everything’s wrong why did you go there Everything’s gone why did it go there The taste is wrong The lace is wrong This face is wrong The timing's all wrong Everything’s wrong why did you go there Everything’s gone why did it go there
2.
A Vision 04:03
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A vision in black A vision You are a vision Non divisible Undescribable Unsurvivable Undeniable Unobtainable A vision in black A vision on the screen Never to be seen In the flesh
3.
That's Me 04:08
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Can you see me See right through me Look right past me Though I wasn’t there Here I am Look at me Here I am All I can be As you see Here I am There’s nothing much to see That’s me Can you be me Sit right by me Look right through me Though I wasn’t there Here I am Look at me Here I am All I can be As you see Here I am There’s nothing much to see That’s me
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Eclipse 02:58
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When things get dark Looking for a way out When there’s doubt When there’s no answers When you close your eyes You see the eclipse You open your lips and scream I can’t find the way out Opening your eyes You think you see a way out But it’s not what you wanted Was there even a doubt? Opening your eyes wide You see the eclipse You open your lips and scream I can’t find the way out I can’t find the way out I can’t find the way out I can’t find the way out
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Easy 05:30
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Don’t you want it to be Don’t you want it to be Don’t you want it to be Easy Easy is Easy does Easy piss Easy pus Easy is As easy does Don’t you want it to be Don’t you want it to be Don’t you want it to be Easy Easy ways Easy days Easy nights Easy frights Easy is As easy does Don’t you want it to be Don’t you want it to be Don’t you want it to be Easy
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Take A Piece Of Me 03:46
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Every time you leave take a piece of me With you When you get where you’re going I’ll be there IN PIECES Pack me in Your trunk I’ll fit “in easily” The world out there don’t Mean that “much to me” I’ll be there in PIECES I will never let you down I will never let you down I will never let you down except “when I do”
7.
End This Ocean 04:21
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Did you become What you wanted to be Were you there For all to see End this ocean Please End this ocean For me End this ocean Please End this ocean For me Are you who You thought you’d be Were you there For me to see I’m still here dont you see End this ocean Please End this ocean For me Did you sink Or did you swim Were you there For me for me I’m still here dont you see End this ocean Please End this ocean For me Did you see What you are to me Always the one Always the one I’m still here dont you see End this ocean Please End this ocean For me End this ocean Please End this ocean For me
8.
Hey 03:59
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Hey you What’s your name Hey you I’m glad you came Hey you Come again Hey you Let’s make a plan Hey You let’s make a plan Hey you We’ll write it down Hey you We won’t forget Hey you So no regret Hey you I see you there Hey you Do we dare Hey you I’m too scared Hey you goodbye Hey you It’s silent now Hey you Don’t think I can Hey you I’m still here Hey you Let’s make a plan
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Alibi 03:58
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Be my alibi And I’ll tell you why Be my alibi 'til I die Can you just say And they’ll go away He was with me all day He was right by my side He never left my sight Will you be my alibi Tell no lie Be my alibi ‘til I die Be my alibi partners in crime 'til the end of time He was with me all day He was right by my side He never left my sight Will you be my alibi
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She Cried 05:26
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They’re all going too soon Why she said They’re all going to the moon Why she said They’re all so afraid Why she said They’re all so. Afraid Why she said They’re all dead Why she said They’re misunderstood Why she said They’re all in the red Why she said They’re all gone too soon Why she said They’re all singing the same old tune Why she said They’re all misunderstood Why she said They’re all drowning in the flood Why she said _____________ They’re all going too soon when she cried They all tried and tried when she cried They’re all so afraid when she cried They’re all so. Afraid when she cried They’re misunderstood when she cried They’re all open wide when she cried They’re all gone too soon when she cried They’re all leaving us. Alone when she cried They’re all misunderstood Why she cried They’re all open open wide Why she cried

about

When I record vocals, I have the lyrics in front of me, and the music playing through my headphones - I start recording and sing, I don't have any preconceived ideas on how the vocals will sound or fit, they work themselves out in real time - occasionally I will sing the first verse or so again at the end of the recording if I find that how I sang the lyrics changed drastically from the beginning to the end, but usually, that's it - first take. I don't generally combine the vocal recording and the song until the next weekend. I think I've only ever re-recorded the vocals on a song maybe twice - and once I changed the lyrics completely because I loved the music, but the vocals/lyrics just didn't work at all.

It's all very organic, very fluid, and takes charge itself. Occasionally I’ll break the vocals apart and move them around, but generally it is left how it was recorded.

On this release, I've tried some things I've not done before - talking rather than singing, vocals very much to the forefront, long notes, dis-harmonies, and singing to someone else's music - “Eclipse” consists of bass and drums by Jason Davis of Code Of Conflict. I wrote and sang the lyrics - again, one take, no idea how I wanted it to sound until the record button was pressed and I started making sounds - leaving imperfections, finding the song as I went along. I feel that makes the music sound real. That's what I like most about my vocals - the perfect imperfections.

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released March 1, 2024

All tracks written and performed by Kevin Thorne except Eclipse (bass & drums by Jason Davis, lyrics & vocals by Kevin Thorne)

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we be echo Ontario

I formed Third Door From The Left with Raye Coluori in 1980. I left to form we be echo in 1981, and released Ceza Evi on cassette and contributed to several compilations. I’m still recording now, some 40 plus years later.

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