SIMON LENSKI

OH CITY EP 2017,

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In preparation for the release of the full album, here's an EP, called OH CITY, containing five songs.

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On a rainy day in November 2012  I crossed the Groenplaats in Antwerp and had one of those regrettably seldom epiphanies: I suddenly decided which things I had to focus on in the future.  One of those things was to create a collection of songs.  

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My initial idea for these songs was to create an independent platform in which I could express and share what was haunting me at the time... and at any given time in the future.  I would write and I would sing whenever I had the chance. 

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During the following years I continued working on sketches for these songs.  I stayed In Berlin for  almost a year, recording in various places like an atelier in an industrial hal,  Boris Wilsdorf’ studio 'Andere Baustelle',  as well as in my more or less comfy apartment over there. 

Later, back in Antwerp, I continued working at a wonderful studio, made available to me by Kati Heck and Gregory Brems. They are, and I have the luck to always again stumble upon this kind, the most generous people who would offer me their support.  

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After this period of solitary work, it was a sheer joy to start sharing the music with musicians who would interpret the songs.

Of the above  generous people, these are the most extraordinary to me.

I had the luck to work with extremely talented musicians.  

Unreservedly, they gave away the most precious gift they posses.  

A subtle knowledge of communication, harmony, trust, disharmony and the unthinkable.

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It is often a windy road I  walk, a search towards personal liberation and expression.  A search that will hopefully never end, but for now, has found a momentary harbour in this first EP.

A selection of five songs from the material I have gathered so far.

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