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The dance of the diaspora

by PINKNOISE

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1.
_ you've got a degree in dollar science 
 you calculate and you analyse 
 you've become the go-to-guy 
when flow gets slow and wells run dry 
interest rates consume your mind 
 while you've totally lost interest in mine 
you plot your graphs and chart your pies 
 no shared laughs and no shared sighs it's all about the green 
nothing can come between 
you and your precious screen 
 so scared of what i'm seeing i recall the days when 
you had time for your friends 
 and different things excited you 
 cos you had a wide-angle view that was another life 
the one you cut out with the knife 
the knife you sharpened on the stone 
the stone that's destroying this home you only want to spread your sheet 
 you don't care life's become counterfeit (oh yes) chorus:
 onrum onrum irandu * one and one make two
 
poovil irupathu vandu * the bee that visits the flower 
irandum irandum nalu *
 two and two make four 
inipai irrukum thengai
moonrum * 
in the tree is the coconut
 moonrum aaru
velai * three and three make six sheythai shoru * 
you eat only when you work
 
nangam nangam ettu
 * four and four make eight
 nanra patuval pattu * my darling sings like silk 
einthum einthum pathu
 * 
five and five make ten anbe namathu sotthu * 
love is our treasure you only want to spread your sheet 
you don't care life's become counterfeit (oh yes) chorus _
2.
_ i watch the temple dancer that pretty, pretty dancer she reminds me of my sister who's gone so far she's gone to america the land of dreams and big cars i hope she finds the star she's looking for (kai veeshi... * wave our hands...) she wore white blossoms in her hair left a trail of fragrance everywhere her scent still lingers in the air i can almost see her i can almost hear her the bells the music as she danced how she danced always invoking her deity always provoking gravity always challenging her muse born to dance, she cannot lose i watch the temple dancer that pretty, pretty dancer she reminds me of my sister who's gone so far she's gone to america the land of dreams and big cars i hope she finds the star she's looking for always invoking her deity always provoking gravity always challenging her muse born to dance, she cannot lose bridge: kai veeshamma kai veeshi kovil ku polan kai veeshi kai veeshamma kai veeshi kumbitu varalam kai veeshi kai veeshi... * let's wave our hands, mother, wave our hands... let's go to the shop, mother, and wave our hands... let's buy some sweets, mother, and... let's eat them slowly, mother, ... let's go to the temple, mother, ... let's bow before the deity, mother, wave our hands...* _
3.
_ all the people in the family were lawyers or scientists all she wants to do is cut hair they say that there’s no way they’re gonna let her do what she wants to do she doesn’t care every day to school she'd take her scissors with her to practice on her friends she’d hum a tune while she worked sometimes her hand would slip and cut a crooked line but her friends never seemed to really mind it makes her father really mad that she wont go to university to get a prestigious degree and her mother’s very sad that she cant talk to her neighbours about her daughter’s double phd and ever since she was twelve she’s had this notion curl and clip and fringe and flip and perfumed lotion “shena scissorhands” inscribed upon the marquee of her own salon there’d be valet parking chorus: vathu vathu vathu * duck, duck, little duck enge pore vathu * where you going, little duck? meley keezhey keezhey meley * upstairs and downstairs doraisami ulle * to my lady's chamber ange oru kazhavan * there i met an old man jabam chola matan * who wouldn't say his prayers edathai kalai thuki * i kicked him with my left leg vittu erinjan keezhai * and he fell down the stairs all the people in the family were lawyers or scientists all she wants to do is cut hair a cut above the rest is what she has to offer as the undisputed mistress of the coiffeur chorus _
4.
nani season 06:43
_ summer is the time the children come home... summer is the time the children come home summer is the time she'll watch them roam all day through the fields the wheat upto their heads and when the day is done they'll tumble into their beds home… now they're home singing and dancing under the stars luminous venus and mars summer is the time the little girls flit like butterflies in long skirts of cobalt and green their braids flying into their eyes and the boys will demand endless tractor rides we love you nani they'll say and she feels like asking but never does why don't you stay home… now they're home sweet celebration under the skies big harvest moon starts to rise bridge: singing and dancing under the stars luminous venus and mars sweet celebration under the skies big harvest moon starts to rise (shainthadu... * sway and dance..) sweet celebration under the skies big harvest moon starts to rise summer is the time the children come home... shainthadamma shainthadu * my darling, sway and dance shayakiliye, shainthadu * swaying parrot, sway... kutti nilave, shainthadu * twilight hours, ... kuthu villake, shainthadu * brass lamp, ... madu purave, shainthadu * cow and pidgeon, ... mayil kuyile, shainthadu * peacock and koel, ... shainthadamma, shainthadu * my darling, sway… shainthadamma, shainthadu * my darling, sway and dance _
5.
bumblebee 06:08
_ at home all day the radio plays songs from films of years gone by some sad, some sweet but he don't dig that beat he wants a pocket deep and wide he works in daddy's corner shop but all he thinks of is hip-hop chorus: ka ka kalakala vandu nee eppidi appam shuduvai kota nellai kumuki kumma kumma kuthi * o, crow, o, sociable bumblebee, how do you make your pancakes? we harvest, winnow and pound the grain * he's not into the bhangra tunes that his neighbours play so loud it's not the groove that makes him move he's never been one of the crowd he works in daddy's corner shop but all he thinks of is hip-hop chorus: ka ka kalakala vandu nee eppidi appam shuduvai kota nellai kumuki kumma kumma kuthi cheeni shakarai pottu, adilay naiyum vittu shuttu thadi shuri na pittu pittu thingarenay * o, crow, o, sociable bumblebee, how do you make your pancakes? we harvest, winnow and pound the grain then add sugar and butter please make me one i'll break it off piece by piece and eat it * _
6.
_ chorus: orupattai irupattai orangani manjathani yerakeren keezhai poovan poovan pattanama poocharinjan pattanama kaveriamma kasturiamma kalamadakidi kamakshi * one strip of cinnamon two strips of cinnamon turmeric water i spilled on the floor the city is full of flowers my city is full of flowers come my children cross your legs and sit on the floor * my boy's got a brand new house my boy's got a brand new spouse my boy's got a brand new grouse… all brand new my boy's got a brand new car my boy's got a brand new bar my boy is the brand new star… all brand new nothing old will do... chorus my girl's got brand new lips my girl's got brand new hips my girl's got brand new tits… all brand new my girl's got a new kitchen floor my girl's got a brand new show mine's got a new portfolio… all brand new nothing old will do... chorus my boy has brand new teeth mine has a brand new jeep mine's newly top of the heap… all brand new my girl's got a brand new ring mine's having a brand new fling mine's got brand new everything… all brand new nothing old will do... chorus _
7.
snowfield 05:41
_ chorus: malay methu eriva mallipu konduva pattam poley paranduva pambaram poley shuttriva * come over the mountains bring a jasmine flower for me come flying like a kite come spinning like a top * i met a man on a train he told me his story but not his name he had a dream when he was young of a snowfield under a blinding sun and when he woke a strange certainty had gripped his heart and he could see there’d come a day when he’d have to leave and make his way to that snowfield (calling) chorus he pored over maps and read every book by travelling men who undertook journeys to cold and northern lands where snowfields gleamed like diamond sands (calling) chorus _
8.
palootam 06:46
_ she’s sliding down into the ground her world fades to black she cant hear a sound she’s slipping fast into the past how much longer will this nightmare last chorus: yaararo yaararo yaararivaro yaar adithu ni azhithai yaar adithu ni azhithai paati adithalo palootam kaiyale athai aditalo amuthootam kaiyale * who is it that hit you? who is it that hit you and made you cry? did she make you cry? did your grandmother hit you with the same hand that feeds you milk? or did your aunt hit you with the same hand that feeds you pudding? * she’s so scared as she fights for air his hand like a vice around her throat and silent screams rise within and she feels like she will soon explode chorus terror in her heart from the very start yaar adithu ni azhithai avan adithu ni azhithai terror in the home all that she has known yaar adithu ni azhithai avan adithu ni azhithai chorus _
9.
origami 05:22
_ chorus: kanrin thaye kanrin thaye en per enna * (a fly asks) mother of the calf! mother of the calf! what is my name? * who am i, never seem to fit always a bit sticking out somewhere i’m caught between a tradition so old and one that unfolds constantly ancient dreams come to me at night, by morning they disappear my eyes see images so new, nothing’s clear i try to place the pieces of the jigsaw together to make the whole picture reveal itself to me so i can see into my soul chorus where do i belong, which one’s the home i can call my own will i ever know so torn between the old and the new how do i choose which way to go ancient dreams come to me at night, by morning they disappear my eyes see images so new, nothing’s clear i look into my heart and ask the question and hope that i will find the answer to ease the confusion i live with all the time chorus bridge: thaye maikare ayan * the fly asks the man who takes the cows to graze ayan kaiyil kole * the fly asks the stick that he carries in his hand kol irikira marame * the fly asks the tree that the stick comes from marathil irrikira kokke * the fly asks the rooster that sits on the tree en per enna? * what is my name? who am i, never seem to fit always a bit sticking out somewhere i look into my heart and ask the question and hope that i will find the answer to ease the confusion i live with all the time chorus _

about

"The dance of the diaspora" is the new album from PINKNOISE
Release date: 12.09.2014

Tracklist:
* dollar $cience
* temple dancer
* mistress of the coiffeur
* nani season
* bumblebee
* old bad, new good
* snowfield
* palootam
* origami

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credits

released September 5, 2014

Credits:
Jayashree Singh * Voice, Stories
Amyt Datta * Guitar, Synth
Gyan Singh * Bass
Jivraj Singh * Drums, Design

Recorded at the Moony Boom, Calcutta
Written and Produced by PINKNOISE
Mastering * Shawn Hatfield / AudibleOddities - audibleoddities.com
Artwork * Yashasvi Mathis - cargocollective.com/yashasvimathis
Art direction * Opashona Ghosh - opashonaghosh.com
Thanks * Suguna Rangaswami, Vishal Nayak, Edson Miller

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PINKNOISE Kolkata, India

PINKNOISE, formed in 2006, is the mischievous late night alter-ego to indie pioneers Skinny Alley.

Their debut studio full length, The Dance Of The Diaspora, was released in 2014 after a tumultuous two years during which time the band lost its bassist Gyan Singh to illness.

He is survived by Jayashree Singh (voice, stories), Amyt Datta (guitar, synthesizers) and Jivraj Singh (drums, design).
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