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Terra Firma

by Oli Rockberger

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1.
Forgiveness 04:28
V1 Rain falling No talking You damage Such damage And I letcha Cause I love ya And it should never Never ever CH1 Forgiveness Forgiveness Forgiving everybody but myself Forgiveness I don't want this burden Now V2 You precious I'm jealous Why do you Try Test us My darling So restless I want you Here... CH2 X
2.
When I Go 04:38
V1 Something in my heart Oh it stops me Before I even start Something in my life Oh it made me stop and I think twice Pre 1 I hold you now I hold you now I never wanna let you down CH1 When I When I When I One day When I Go Oh Will I be Ok When I go Away One day When I Go Oh when I go V2 Something in my past Oh it made me take A longer path But something in your eyes Oh it helped me heal The pain inside Pre1 You hold me now You hold me now I never wanna let you down CH 2 - RPT CH 3 Oh don't be Afraid That's what You said One day When I Go Singing when I when I When I One day When I go Oh when I go Outro: Will you remember Remember what I said Was it a dream? Was it a dream inside my head Will you remember what I said to you Will I remember Remember what I learned What I earned When I burned inside Oh say its worth the pain Oh can it be explained In another time and place Just say that you'll remember When I go And I'll remember too...
3.
Family Tree 05:11
V1 I Walked Down to the wood Down to a place I know From A long time ago Sun beating down On Me V2 I Got Lost in the wood Trying to find My way Out It's taking so long Feeling all wrong I Stand I see Pre 1 Oh damn This family tree Stay The hell away from me It tries To wrap the branches round So deep in the ground And I say.... CH No Not this time No Not this time around No Put your hand in mine No V3 I Can't Turn back around Frost on the ground Bright Sun Light I've been here before But there's something more I Stand I See Oh Pre CH 2 CH 2 BR No Not this time No Oh it's safe inside Next time around It goes another way Not this time Put your hand in mine
4.
Down 04:42
V1 It's so hard To let go Of something So deep inside I try to move around it Now I can't hide V2 I don't know where to start I'm slowly falling apart You say there is the path And so I go CH1 And I go Down down down Down to the depth Down to the water Stand by the edge Down by the river I let it flow down Down V2 Tell me where do I go How does somebody know? Will there be something to show And light my way You say it takes time To heal a wound That there's only way to make it through And I know what I must do And so I go CH 2 Outro: What a feeling To let it all go To let it die And something can be born And something new can rise What a feeling To breathe the air I say the lighthouse And the fishing boats there What a feeling To see the shore For the first time To let a burden go And I can shout across the water That I survived “I survived” What a feeling To breathe the air For the first time With the sun rise..
5.
Signal Fade 04:03
Signal Fade: V1 In to the darkness I Oh I must go now Walking by candle light I must have been gone for days now In to the dark desire Searching for clear blue water In to the center I Oh I must go now CH1 And the signal fades It fades away Slowly It fades to grey The signal Fades V1 Out of the forest I'm Beginning to see the road now My shadow not far behind Out of the darkness I'm Seeing a light is rising Over a dark red sky Oh and I'll keep on walking CH2 BRIDGE A What takes its place? What fills the void? What can I create? Now I have a choice... What fills this space BRIDGE B Inside? Inside? Do I really miss that pain? Inside And the signal fades away Inside I BRIDGE C Inside Beginning to see the road now Trying to not turn back round Inside And the signal fades away Inside OUTRO The signal Fades It fades away now Inside What fills this space Inside

about

London based Writer/Producer Oli Rockberger is proud to present his new self-produced EP, Terra Firma, for release on Human Static Records July 26th 2019.

10 years in NY post Berklee saw Oli build a reputation as a versatile and in-demand keys man with live/studio credits including; Carly Simon, John Mayer, Steve Gadd, Will Lee, Chris Dave and Randy Brecker. Oli went on to co-found the influential forward-thinking electronic project Mister Barrington with Zach Danziger and Owen Biddle, releasing 3 albums together. During this same period, Oli made two solo albums, Old Habits & Sovereign, which received a strong reception in the UK (including Jazz FM A-Playlisting, LJF and Love Supreme festivals) establishing him as a songwriter of substance in the border territory between jazz/pop.

In 2016, Oli returned to his London roots, in part to join the touring band of multi-award winning artist Laura Mvula. Two years of intensive international touring followed, including Afropunk, Glastonbury's main stage and the Lincoln Center. Working with Mvula and her Producer/MD Troy Miller “directly contributed to a re-shaping of my musical vision” says Oli, as did his work around that time with songstress Becca Stevens, appearing on her acclaimed release Regina. Stevens is also a co-writer on Terra Firma's “When I go”.

Another key collaboration came over 5 days in Dec '17 at the iconic Real World Studios recording acclaimed drummer/producer Richard Spaven's Real Time. Spaven assembled a stellar cast of UK talent including the gifted Jordan Rakei, leading to a co-write on Rakei's forthcoming Origin (Ninja Tune, June '19), with Oli also contributing additional production on the track. A number of other exciting collaborations followed, positioning Oli as an important emerging writer/producer on the UK's burgeoning creative music scene, including; China Moses, Shawn Escoffery, Femi Temowo, Vula Malinga, Marijus Alexa's Maps and Terrane.

Inspired by the rich collaborations since his move home, Oli's thoughts began to return to his own music; “Working closely with singular artists like Laura, Becca, Spaven and Jordan within the space of a year had a profound impact on me. I wanted to try and draw on these collaborations to unearth something new in-between my singer-songwriter & Mister Barrington albums. I thought that if I locked myself away in my home studio for long enough then I might stand a chance!” That's exactly what he did, and a year later, Terra Firma was born.

A latin phrase meaning 'solid ground', Terra Firma explores themes around creating a new life, looking at the aspects of one's past which remain, and those left behind for a brighter future. “I felt like I'd been searching a while for a feeling of geographical and creative rootedness” says Oli. In Terra Firma, the resulting exploration is a powerful blend of modern folk and soul, with an ambient & electronic sensibility, reminiscent of recent work by James Blake, Bon Iver and Bibio. Oli's layered vocals, creative use of samples & programming and distinctive piano/synth stylings combine with his personal songwriting approach to form a sound which is truly his own.

Terra Firma represents a strong writing & production statement from an artist who seems to be flourishing on a new creative path; “I feel liberated creating in this way, and at home in this musical landscape. It feels like this is just the beginning....” .

And so it is: Folk Songs is planned for Oct '19, with a Terra Firma follow up in the works for Spring 2020.

credits

released July 26, 2019

Produced/Written*/Performed & Recorded by Oli Rockberger
MIxed by Patrick Phillips
Mastered by Peter Beckmann at Technology Works
Album Artwork J.Hayes at Hayes Design Studios
Photography by Suki Cohn aka Sketchy Bird

* "When I go" written by Oli Rockberger & Becca Stevens

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Oli Rockberger London, UK

Credits include:

Laura Mvula
Jordan Rakei
Gregory Porter
Richard Spaven
Mister Barrington
Chris Dave
Brave James
China Moses
Vula Malinga
Becca Stevens
Louis Cole
Troy Miller
Shaun Escoffery
... more

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