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La Porte

by Charlène Darling

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Disparais 04:01
Tu sauras jamais ce que je pense vraiment Tu sauras jamais ce que je pense vraiment c’est mieux comme ça Quand je pourrai parler, je dirai rien Si je vois que t’es réveillé Je fais comme si je dors Je veux pas te connaître je veux pas savoir ce que ça fait Vouloir te revoir, vouloir te parler Savoir tout ce que tu aimes Savoir tout ce que tu fais Savoir tout ce que tu penses j’veux pas te connaître, j’veux pas savoir DISPARAIS ! DISPARAIS ! Me dis pas que t’en veux Mon amour est trop sérieux Moi j’crois pas que t’en aies envie ça marche si tu sais pas ce que je pense ça marche si tu sais pas qui je suis DISPARAIS ! DISPARAIS ! Avant que je t’aime vraiment Si je te regarde partir Si je te regarde je pleure Si je te regarde vraiment Je sais que c’est foutu pour moi Je sais que c’est foutu pour moi Si je te regarde vraiment ------- EN You will never know how I really feel You will never know how I really feel It’s better that way When I’ll be able to speak I won’t say a word If I see you’re awake I’ll pretend I’m asleep I don’t wanna know you I don’t wanna know how it feels Wanting to see you again, wanting to talk to you Knowing everything you love Knowing everything you do Know everything you think Je veux pas te connaître I don’t wanna know you, I don’t wanna know DISAPPEAR! DISAPPEAR! Don’t you say that you want it my love is way too serious I don’t think you really want it It’s only working if you don’t know what I think It’s only working if you don’t know who I am DISAPPEAR! DISAPPEAR! Until I’m loving you for good If I look at you leaving If I look at you I’ll cry If I look at you for real I know that it’s done for me I know that it’s done for me If I look at you for real
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Laisse-moi me cacher dans une grotte le temps qu'on en parle au passé le temps qu'on ne sache plus très bien qui a dit quoi, qui a fait quoi qui a dit, qui a fait quoi « j'ai gardé cette image dans ma boîte à fantôme tout se perd, tout se garde » tout s’efface, tout s’efface devant moi il y a plus que ça J'irai chez la psy J'irai chez l'hypnotiseur je ne penserai plus à toi oh comme ça sera bien pardon pardon pardon pardon... Oh ce n'est rien ! Grave grave du tout si tu n'es plus là Grave grave du tout si tu veux pas je fumerai des cigarettes dans ma maison (x 3) j'aimerai toujours plus dans ma maison (x 3) tout ce qui me nourrit tout ce qui m'abreuve ----- EN Let me hide in a cave Until we talk about it in past tense Until it’s not clear anymore Who did what, who said what who said, who did what « I have kept this image in my ghost box Everything is lost, everything is kept » It all fades away, It all fades away in front of me that’s all I see I’ll go to the shrink, I’ll go to the hypnotist I won’t think of you anymore How sweet it’ll be Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry Oh it’s nothing ! Bad bad at all If you’re not here anymore Bad bad at all If don’t want to I will smoke cigarettes in my house (x 3) I will always love more in my house (x 3) All that nourishes me All that waters me sunglasses, badly washed t-shirts, rollerblades, electric fences we slip through unpaired shoes, camping knives, apples, bermuda shorts It all fades away, It all fades away in front of me that’s all there is
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Au fleuve 02:47
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Abril Terra 06:02
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Out at sea 05:30
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Encore un soir où j’me suis plantée là en attendant que tu veuilles passer Repasser la bande, repasser la bande, revivre l’histoire encore Repasser la bande, repasser la bande, voilà mon pauvre sort Encore un soir où j’écouterai personne Où je marcherai seule (seule avec avec ça) L’image de toi, l’image de toi c’est bien assez pour moi L’image de toi, l’image de toi je la serre contre mon coeur (encore, encore) et la ville danse pour moi et les rues dansent pour moi et la lune danse pour moi je danse aussi, je cours parfois, toujours vers toi, qui que tu sois Repasser la bande, repasser la bande, revivre l’histoire encore Repasser la bande, repasser la bande, voilà mon pauvre sort (encore, encore) Mon coeur s’ouvre, mon coeur s’ouvre encore Mon coeur s’ouvre, mon coeur s’ouvre à nouveau et la ville danse pour moi et les rues dansent pour moi et la lune danse pour moi je danse aussi, je cours parfois, toujours vers toi, qui que tu sois ---- ENCORE UN SOIR (EN) Yet another night, where I just stood there Waiting for you to dare to pass by Playing the tape again, Playing the tape again relive the moment again Playing the tape again, Playing the tape again relive the moment again Yet another night, where I won’t listen to anyone & I’ll walk alone (alone with this) The image of you, the image of you That’s way enough for me The image of you, the image of you I press it against my heart (again & again) & the city dances for me & the streets dance for me & the moon dances for me I’m dancing too, I sometimes run always towards you, whoever you are Playing the tape again, Playing the tape again relive the moment again Playing the tape again, Playing the tape again relive the moment again (again & again) My heart opens up, my heart opens up again My heart opens up, my heart opens up once again & the city dances for me & the streets dance for me & the moon dances for me I’m dancing too, I sometimes run
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about

An exploration of misplaced desire and all-consuming romantic obsession, told through a series of beautifully constructed leftfield pop songs. La Porte, the second studio album by Charlotte Kouklia aka Charlène Darling, finds the artist and her group building a self-contained musical world via French and English language vocals, and a minimalist backing of guitar, organ, bass and drums.

At times recalling the feminist post-punk of The Raincoats, the avant songcraft of Brigitte Fontaine, or the psychedelic vignettes of Cate Le Bon, in truth Charlène Darling sounds like herself. The arrangements are playfully experimental, dubbed out percussion bubbling over the stripped back instrumentation, or rough tape edits disrupting lush harmonies, but never losing sight of the earworm hooks that make these songs so addictively listenable. Step through the door and walk right in.

Charlotte is one quarter of the band Rose Mercie. After a beguiling series of DIY tape and CD-R releases, her first widely distributed solo album, Saint-Guidon, was released in 2019.

credits

released November 3, 2023

An album recorded, arranged & mixed with Valentin Noiret
& the Charlène Darling groupe :

Charlotte Kouklia (vocals, guitar, synths)
Erika Ratti (tape loops, harmonies & synths)
Quentin Chevalier (drums, percussions & synths)
Regis Turner (bass, synths)

With very special guests :
Romain De Ferron (guitar)
Luca Retraite (synths, guitar, « male » voice)
et Gianlorenzo Nardi on "Le Fleuve"

Mastered by Mikey Young <3

Artwork by Studio Tape-Echo
Cover picture : Gaëlle Leenhardt
Vignettes : Ariane Kiks
Label images : Félix Lheureux

All songs written by Charlotte except:
- "Au fleuve" by TG Gondard
- "La chanson du regard" by Leda Valladares, translated from Spanish.

"Abril Terra" includes a reference to the irish traditional "She moved through the fair"

"Tout s’efface" holds a 3-line quote of an unreleased song of Gaston Pelouse.


(P) & © 2023 Disciples. Issued under exclusive licence from Charlotte Kouklia. This is DISC27.

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