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A bassy version of the Easter hynm based on the carol "Noel Nouvelet" with some new lyrics too.
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Ambient electronica, chillout dance beats, ethereal vocals or occasionally harp. Feel free to livestream/record any of these in internet church services.
Abbess was the composer in residence for the Visions creative multimedia collective and church service in York from 1991-2010. She then went to work for Leeds Minster before moving South to Winchester Cathedral. Now she is working for the Transcendence Trust. A few years ago she added some free downloads of settings of ancient songs used in the mornng prayer liturgy. Abbess' music ranges from classically influenced chill-out pieces through trip hop to departures into the land of techno. Feel free to use the mixes and/or words in a non-profit church service situation, and let her know if they liked it!
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Genre
Electronic • Downtempo
Charts
Peak #508
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Abbess/French traditional
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Abbess
Uploaded
November 25, 2003
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This song was one of our earlier hymn remixes I wrote it to use at a service during the Greenbelt festival the other year, where I needed a song that most people knew. The tune of the song is an ancient French carol, Noel Nouvelet. I wrote the hard deep bassline to try and balance the tune which can sound "twee" if sung in a certain way (or it certainly used to do when I sang it at school assemblies!) Once again Fiona did the honours with the singing and I love the way the purity of her voice contrasts with the bass and drums.
Lyrics
Now the shoots of Spring Have risen from the ground Winter has been hard But grains of hope are found Love lives again That with the dead has been Love is come again Like wheat that springs up green. Slaughtered by our race We placed you in the grave For the dead don t walk Or stretch their hands to save Laid in a tomb Like seeds that have to die Love is come again Compassion lifted high. As day rose at dawn The Son of God rose too. Trampling over death A harvest from the tomb. Christ come to life To touch our world anew Love is come again Your promises come true. When our hearts are crushed, By grief or piercing pain. Your warm touch can heal us Bringing us life again. Leaves of bright hope That concrete cannot kill Love is come again. The dead are rising still.
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