INTRODUCTION

- Instrumental - 


Music written and performed by Arnaud Schmitz.
Released in December'2010 by Number Nine Experiment 
on the full-length "Hosanna".

NIGHTBIRDS (a.k.a. LET YOURSELF GO)

Ain't got the blues, I ain't homesick, 
I've got to move away from this bore here. 
I love these places where I am unknown, 
Here I'm in phase to really let myself go. 

Call me owl, call me vampire. 
Night is the right time for nightbirds to fly. 
I love those times when I am unknown, 
Here I'm in phase to really let myself go.

Let yourself go... 
Yeah let yourself go... Just how you know...

I never rely on anyone, 
Here amonst strangers it doesn't seem wrong. 
Surrounded by liars for much too long, 
I can not believe, I am not that strong. 

Call me owl, call me vampire. 
But I live my life that way that I like. 
And if I'm living just for tonight, 
Night is the right time for nightbirds to fly. 

Let yourself go... 
Yeah let yourself go... Just how you know...


Original version (Audran / Soulmonkey): 
music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz. 
Pentastar version: lyrics by Arnaud Schmitz, music by Julien Stark, arrangements by Pentastar. 

Originally recorded and performed with Soulmonkey 
(Number Nine Experiment side-project) and 
released on "Slave System" (December'2006). 
(All instruments performed by Arnaud Schmitz) 

Nightbirds (Soulmonkey / Number Nine Experiment) by Number Nine Experiment


In 2008, with Pentastar, we were working on a new song based on riffs brought by the guitarist Julien Stark, I decided to try these lyrics thinking it might fit... 
So then, I eventually interchanged the verses... 
After a couple of live performances, we were happy with the result. 

Here is a live version recorded in October'2008 by Pentastar with: 
Arnaud Schmitz: guitar & vocals 
Julien Stark: guitar 
Gab Helfenstein: bass 
Eddy Bellatel: drums 



Another demo of the song (Soulmonkey's version), with an alternative folk rock arrangement was released in November'2012 as bonus track on 
"Psychotic Monkeys Planet" by Audran. 
(All instruments performed by Arnaud Schmitz) 

Audran : Let Yourself Go by AliBabaBlackSheep

NOT MY KIND (a.k.a. LET HER GO)

Music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz. 

Originally recorded and performed by Number Nine Experiment. 
Released on "Full Time Jam" (December'2005). 

 

Another version of the song, the same lyrics but a different music, 
with an alternative acoustic folk rock arrangement was released in November'2012 as bonus track on "Psychotic Monkeys Planet" by Audran. 
(On both demo versions all instruments are performed by Arnaud Schmitz) 

Audran : Let Her Go by AliBabaBlackSheep

FEEL LIKE TRIPPIN'

Feel like travellin' million light years 
On a motionless journey 
Feel like I'd end up in an asylum 
Feel like I'm falling in a hole up in the sky

Feel like I'm goin' so low down 
Feel like I am insane 
Feel like I'm goin' so low down, 
low down ...

There's day outside, open the window, 
Don't get so closed at home ! 
Let the sunshine inside of your eyes, 
What's going on outside ? ...

Why are all these people running around ? 
What's the melody humming inside ? 
Why are all these people running around ? 
They're running around, and I feel like trippin' 
And I feel like trippin' 
And I feel like trippin'

I feel ... like ... trippin', I'm trippin' ... 
I feel ... like ... trippin', I'm trippin' ... 


Music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz (February'1998) 

Performed by Heaven. 
First released on the demo tape "Stilltripinblue" (August'1998), re-recorded in December'1998 for the full-lenght CD "High Over Clouds" (released in January'1999). 

Arnaud Schmitz : guitars, vocals, percussions 

Jeff Bonischo : vocals 

Steph Gryczka : bass 

Fabrice Goddi : drums 

Feel Like Trippin' by Heaven [France]

HYPOCRISY

When your smile is falling on your knees. 
When the fire is taking on your lees. 
When you run for cover all you see's...
What the people call... Hypocrisy... 


Music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz (April'1995) 

The first version of the song appeared on Heaven's first self-titled demo, recorded in October'1995 with: 
Arnaud Schmitz: guitar & vocals 
Vincent Insalaco: bass 
David Gos: keyboards 

Over the years (and with different line-ups) the song has been re-arranged. Many different versions appeared; on the live "Ways Of Chaos" (1996), on the demo tape "Stilltripinblue"(1998), and finally, on the LP "High Over Clouds" (1999) ... 
Here is the last studio version recorded by Heaven in December'1998 with: 
Arnaud Schmitz: guitar 
Jeff Bonischo: vocals 
Steph Gryczka: bass 
Fabrice Goddi: drums 

DERNIÈRE CHANCE

Longer les murs, changer les couleurs. 
Les yeux vers les cieux, attendre l'erreur. 
Oublier les scrupules jusqu'à demain. 
Émettant l'hypothèse d'une imminente fin. 

Et toi tu danses, c'est une évidence. 
Tu entres en transe et c'est ta dernière chance. 

Monter les nuages un peu plus haut. Monter les nuages un peu plus haut.
Ne pas avoir peur de l’apesanteur. Ne pas avoir peur de l’apesanteur. 

Et toi tu danses, c'est une évidence. 
Tu entres en transe et c'est ta dernière chance. 


Music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz. 
Recorded August'2002. 
Released by Number Nine Experiment on the first EP: "No Time To Waste" (2004). 

PARAMETRIC DOOMS

Nobody's really true when they are talking to you. 
No one's behaviour's correct and they all want your respect. 
And they already expect you to be like the rest. 
They want under arrest, when you're restless... 
When you're restless. 

But all has changed, you're not the same. 
And I can feel that this is real. 
And I believe it's all your fault. 


Music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz. 
Recorded November'2000. 
Released by Number Nine Experiment on the first EP: "No Time To Waste" (2004). 
(All instruments performed by Arnaud Schmitz) 

LITTLE GOLDEN POINTS

These stars I have seen in the morning, are you and me so far, 
and so near, as we watch them from here, 
Oh, give me your come-back. 

Maybe a new truth is spreading, and I want to sing, 
I want to sing to you, I want to sing, 
I want to sing ... to you ... 

Maybe a new truth is spreading, and I want to sing, 
I want to sing to you, I want to sing, 
I want to sing ... to you ...


Music written by Arnaud Schmitz / Lyrics written by Jeff Bonischo. 
Recorded July'2002. 
Released by Number Nine Experiment on the first EP: "No Time To Waste" (2004). 

BEAT PROPHETS

Quentin broke his watch, building his own time in the Sound and the Fury. 
William's talking 'bout humanity's failure, problems of time and fatality. 
Americanization of the world, positivist cult of science. 
It's the Brave New World, Aldous told us. 
And the modern world in Eyeless in Gaza. 

An ironic vision of the world, 
where humanism and culture 
are threaten by those in charge to defend it. 
You should read... 
On The Road or the Dharma Bums, 
The Rosy Crucifixion, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare. 


Music & lyrics written by Arnaud Schmitz. 
Recorded March'2000. 
Released by Number Nine Experiment on the first EP: "No Time To Waste" (2004). 
(All instruments performed by Arnaud Schmitz)