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My Escape

by KNARS

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1.
My Escape 05:12
My Escape No longer, will I be Captured behind bars of fear You will not control me It feels like the start is near No longer will I be Wearing your rules as chains Deceptions and lies will fade away Tonight the rules will change Everywhere I go it feels like I'm followed Erasing the steps that I take The moment is now, there is no tomorrow Because when you're asleep I'm awake Tonight I will make my escape
2.
No Importa 05:50
Somos los bohemios buscamos un hogar bonito Somos viudos negros, soldados Blancitos Somos los heridos los torchidos rechezados An busca del amor, bajo este mismo sol Chorus: - No importa si eres rico, no importa si eres pobre Lo importante es una cosa, queremos juntos celebrar No importa si eres rico, no importa si eres pobre Lo importante es una cosa, queremos juntos celebrar
3.
Sometimes it might feel like you're lost in all this mist As if your common senses are lost or all dismissed And although the blade might feel so cold against your wrists You don't have to make it harder than it is If you 'd rather dream in confusion Whether you see the real, or an illusion When clouds overshadow your vision it’ll be hard to see the solution Let's overcome this concrete jungle That feeds us this pollution We're all victims of the system, We need a revolution Chorus: Create the world we've been dreaming Together we’ll realise paradise Find a cause that you believe in We can realise paradise If it's the world you want to change Begin to look at the way you perceive Because I know we can, If we give what we want to receive The weight you carry often seem to be your own chains Let this be the day you’re set free Create and make this world a better place now Lets realise what it can be For we’ve all got our struggles and we’ve all got our (pain we’ve all got our troubles you don't need to explain Spit your heart out Keep your mind clear See through de dark clouds We all know it's hard to survive here Chorus If you want to defeat the dark that is in your light Making war will worsen things in the first place Love is all, we will bring it to the fight Let those positive vibes become an earthquake
4.
Well we've made a set of rules to obey, See it as a game that we are all to used to play The children in our minds were put to sleep through the days Let's wake ‘m up, just wake 'm up Start asking the questions we forgot Acting like we're happy, though in reality we're not Thinking about freedom, while captured by our thoughts Having so much trouble with accepting that we're lost Chorus When the time comes and we reminisce Which memories will remain Turn our problems into challenges Let the fire of our hearts burn, ignite them in the rain It's not easy in a world, in which you're not meant to be yourself Hard to find a way without asking for some help, We keep walking down a line we will follow, Aiming for a fruit that is hollow, We became blind and deaf for the beauty in our eyes, Got no lightning left, now we're used to all the lies Hidden prison bars, from the rulers in the skies, (disguise) Stay with what you know to be the truth, it will always rise
5.
Gypsy Parade 04:04
Wanderers from lands unknown Gather here far from home You'll never have to climb another mountain alone By daylight we travel and the nights we roam Not in search of jewels or gold But to mend our sore feet, shattered hearts and broken bones For everything of value has been sold All we need are these clothes and the road we own Chorus: Are you feeling left out or eager to fade These curtains won’t close take ease in our shade No more loneliness and no reason to wait Come join our gypsy parade! The more you change, the wilder the presumptions get We aren't guided by foolish greed The less luggage you carry, the lighter the journey gets Leave the things you don't need. We’ve come from far and have a long way to go No matter where we’ll be Travelling to places we don’t know Tracking a horizon we can’t see
6.
Too Much 06:07
Too many fallen fighters Too much greed to cause this pain Too much noise in the silence No lighters in the rain Looking for a treasure And the journey is worth the while They say you trade pain for pleasure On this deserted isle So let them judge you, let them judge you, Only the seeds of jealousy So let them judge you, let them judge you Knowing you'll reach your destiny Too much roots of violence Too much hate to kiss away Souls in need of guidance Waiting for the bliss of May Whispers of the heart That might be difficult to hear Open up and put your trust In love instead of fear So let them judge you, let them judge you, Only the seeds of jealousy So let them judge you, let them judge you Knowing you'll reach your destiny
7.
Voices in my head keep whispering Mumbling about all the things I have to do My feet are cold and I'm still shivering I don't know which parts are fake and which memories are true Ended up at a graveyard where no sun will shine Madness spreads its eyes, conscience has become blind Staring at our screen, brainwashed out of our minds The only thing we can do is enjoy the ride Chorus: The voices in my head are taking over, they won’t let go of me They want me all alone The noises in my head won’t rest; haunting the road I see And I don't know where to go Plastic eating zombie herds, spreading through our towns Plastic watching, plastic talking, plastic is our crown Poisoned by the system's ways, forgetting up is down Hiding behind plastic masks, laughing like a clown Who's checking who in the control room of our pleasure Vanity is condemned to see beauty in it’s treasure Empty seeds, heads asleep, voices kept inside Just yell and scream to set them free, enjoy the ride Chorus The voices in my head, they won’t go away Strapped into the inside of my head These ghosts don't seem to cooperate These plastic zombies keep on dancing till they're dead Walking in a line, heads still pointed low Wandering through the night, they don't know where to go Ignoring is no use, resist and they'll start a fight So I yell and scream to set them free, enjoy the ride! Yell and scream to set them free Enjoy the ride!
8.
Insomnia 06:08
I'm gonna give you the energy Trouble still is your enemy The roughest are still in ecstasy Losing grip on reality Many different identities Got a split personality Pain is just temporarily Chorus I'd rather live in peaks Then see what highs tomorrow brings Are you gonna be with me Or live a life of suffering No more grey mists, no more fake lists We'll be painters of life, we're gonna take it I'm gonna give you the energy Trouble still is your enemy The roughest are still in ecstasy Losing grip on reality Never again Will I turn back to sleep, see this world through the same eyes, Writings fade in the sand Never again Tonight we take control, every heart every soul will quit playing these games of pretend We’re not gonna sleep tonight Got this anxiety inside Lost in opportunities, bleeding dry And we want to know the reason why Chorus As sensitive as repetitive Testing devils as exorcists Damages are imperative Get me a pack of sedatives Kill the pain, a prison of written shame If I look at it any longer I think that I'll go insane Light the flame, the sedatives in my veins Bewildering that brain from the system that we became
9.
Flying Away 04:01
Chase the sun and spread your wings Make some fun, forget those things See the colours of the sun change the sky Chase the sun and spread your wings Make some fun, forget those things The sun drowns in the sea, wave the waves goodbye The sunrays glowing on your skin so softly tickling pleasing your vision and your sight while the sun goes down we wait to see the fireflies Showing a real ignition tonight Chorus: Flying away Spread your wings and gaze the stars out of the sky tonight And dusk will shine its rays Flying away Swim the oceans drink your dreams and chase a firefly Until the nights are days And as the day escapes through a late horizon, a sunset warm Campfires wait until a stranger lights ‘m, burning calm So let the moon reveal some secrets from the corner of our souls Forget the things you know, leave all control See the shining stars Merge with flying sparks In this sky so dark Don’t think, find some heart

about

Knarsetand (a name that rings a bell to Teeth Grinder with a scent of the fairytale’s bad guy) is a 10-piece band that boosts an energetic mix of drum'n’ bass, gipsy, balkan, reggae, dubstep, ska and pop. This group of young musicians from the East of the Netherlands will leaves no other choice than to join in with their musical roller-coaster. Sometimes dark, sometimes mesmerising, colourful, often danceable and always contagious.

The mastermind behind Knarsetand is Martijn Holtslag (1992, Markvelde): self-taught producer, poet, rapper and world-improver. From his bedroom in an old farm out in the Eastern farmfields of the Netherlands, he combined his opinionated lyrics with his home-grown impatient beats. His wish became a shared dream when he, together with productiehuis ON and 9 other musicians, forged the band Knarsetand. In addition to electronics, the live formation exists of drums, keys, electronic guitar, contrabass, air raid alarm, vocals and a complete brass section.

My Escape is a story about escaping perceived reality. About breaking away from the chains of the system, running away from daily life and the confrontation with the labyrintic walls we created ourselves. It leads the way to the daydreaming of a more exciting, more pleasant and musical world juxtaposed with a sharp look at the incentives of the escape. Fasten your seatbelts, ready steady on the break, and then breaking all limits with Knarsetand’s pumping beats, catching lyrics, steady breaks, rolling subs, reggaelicks and female vocals.

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released May 30, 2014

Knarsetand
Martijn Holtslag - producer/percussion/dubstep wobbles/synths/vocals
Miou Amadée - vocals
Tom van Sadelhoff - drums
Pim Kokkeler - guitar
Anne-Maarten van Heuvelen - upright bass, electric bass and synth/sub bass
Arjan Houwers - keys/dubstep wobbels/synths
Tom van Sadelhoff - drums
Daniel van Loenen - 1st trombone & horn arrangements
Lorenzo Lorenzoni - 2nd trombone
Erik van der Heijden - trumpet
Pieter van Houte – bariton, alt saxophone, clarinet

Lyrics by Martijn Holtslag and Miou Kaper
Additional lyrics on No Importa by Claudio Encina
Music by Knarsetand
Additional melodies on Voices in my Head by Renata Johnston and on Ignite them in the Rain
by Renske de Boer.
Recorded @ Deltabeats studio
Mixed by Martijn Holtslag @Deltabeats studio
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp

Management & marketing & production: productiehuis Oost-Nederland (ON)
Artwork: Studio Wonder
Cover photo: Hanneke Wetzer
Live photo: Hans Jellema
Booking by Alles Los Agency
Distributed by CRS

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KNARS Deventer, Netherlands

Knarsetand smashes the reset button and is back with a new raw sound, a new band, an energy like never before and one message: Welcome to the Mad House. The band's seven musicians deliver a thunderous sound full of breakbeat, electronica and garagepunk, infused with balkan, and cumbia. The Knarsetand-machine transforms every place they go into a pit of fuming energy. ... more

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