One Song One Take (2009)
Enregistré au Penny Lane Studio et capté intégralement en une seule prise, One Song, One Take (2009) révèle Johannes Hopfner dans sa forme la plus brute. Produit par Jacques Le Honsec et masterisé par Laurent Gatignol (Studio Potard), l’album mêle intensité folk, souffle spirituel et ancrage tellurique. La guitare de Patrick Manougian, présente sur trois titres, apporte une couleur supplémentaire à cette traversée instinctive. Entre fragilité, incantation et énergie viscérale, l’album pose les fondations d’un univers profondément connecté à la nature et aux forces intérieures. Porté par la force de cet enregistrement, Johannes remporte en 2009 le très convoité concours MMFF FNAC Indétendances, qui lui offre une distribution nationale de l’album. Le titre Shaman Dance, présent sur la compilation Le Bus Palladium (Universal), ainsi que Ashes Turn to Gold, sélectionné pour FNAC Indétendances #38, consacrent ce moment clé de son parcours.
Recorded at Penny Lane Studio and captured entirely in a single take, One Song, One Take (2009) reveals Johannes Hopfner at his most raw and unfiltered. Produced by Jacques Le Honsec and mastered by Laurent Gatignol (Studio Potard), the album blends folk intensity, spiritual breath and a deep, earthy grounding. Patrick Manougian’s guitar on three tracks adds an additional shade to this instinctive journey. Between fragility, incantation and visceral energy, the album lays the foundations of a musical world deeply connected to nature and inner forces. Driven by the strength of this recording, Johannes won the highly coveted MMFF FNAC Indétendances award in 2009, which granted the album nationwide distribution. Shaman Dance, featured on the Universal compilation Le Bus Palladium by Cyril Bodin, along with Ashes Turn to Gold, selected for FNAC Indétendances #38, further cemented this pivotal moment in his artistic path.
10 titres • 43 min
1. Blackout (3:31) + PAROLES
Drill a hole in my brain,
Empty feelings, black out,
Peel my heart, smashing time
Glum silence in a cube
Chicken face radiate
Idleness conceited
Spray your mind onto the wound
Don’t you want to move your ass-want you, bad boy
Don’t you want to wake your ass-want you bad girl
Standing at the dark room
Everything remains the same
Blue, Timeless, black out
Waking up in wildfire
Glum silence in a cube
Chicken face radiate
Idleness conceited
Spray your mind onto the wound
Don’t you want to move your ass-want you, bad boy
Don’t you want to wake your ass-want you bad girl
2. Over (3:26) + PAROLES
It’s the voice of God coloring your soul
Some days strange, some days cool
Living up the mountain blues
Desperate girl in mysterious night
Where do you go in hopeless dreams?
Some days strange, some days cool
Living up the mountain blues
You know it’s all over baby, can I meet you today?
Over, over the clouds, yeah…
You know it’s all over baby, can we dance together?
Over, over the clouds
3. Ashes Turn to Gold (4:27) + PAROLES
Waiting for your love, Alone in the sun
Broken heart in heaven, Burst into tears
Night kiss evening hope, Burst into tears
Looking at the rain, My body feels high
You appear to me, Like an angel in the sun
First flash of Eden, Life with you is gold
Night kiss, soft romance, You give me a reason to live
Ashes turn to gold in the night, gold in the sun
Gold in the night, Gold in the sun
Roses flow down, down
Ashes turn to gold in the night, gold in the sun
Gold in the night, Gold in the sun
Roses flow down, down
Looking at the rain, My body feels high
You appear to me, Like an angel in the sun
4. Crossfingers (3:55) + PAROLES
I was walking across,
walking across my mind
Walking down my mind
Walking down my mind
Oh lord I cross my fingers
Can I see you again?
Hey man I see the devil
Can I see you again?
5. 1, 2, 3 (3:50) + PAROLES
The pain will leave in a year or two
In the sorrow, we remain the same
In the darkness, we kiss forever
It wasn’t me, it wasn’t you
The day I fell in love with you
On Sunday, I made you laugh
On Monday, I made you dance
It’s been a long time, still cry for you
1, 2, 3,4,5,6 the bell is ringing, is it you?
Magical girl
I see your face, behind the window
1, 2, 3,4,5,6 the bell is ringing, is it you?
Magical girl
Bang, bang, bang, bang
It’s been a long time, still cry for you
1, 2, 3,4,5,6 the bell is ringing, is it you?
Magical girl
I see your face, behind the window
1, 2, 3,4,5,6 the bell is ringing, is it you?
Magical girl
Bang, bang, bang, bang
6. Never Forever (3:05) + PAROLES
Where are you hiding girl? In this crystal ship?
I’d die for you baby, I would kill for you
I stand at the doorstep, forevermore
Under the sunlight, basking in the glow
I’d die for you baby, I would kill for you
You and me it’s forever!
Time to leave oh oh never!
Picture of you, in my mind
You make me crazy, thinking of you
Time has come, to fall in love
In this river, of no despair
I se your face under the moon
Where are you hiding girl in this mad town
I see your face, under the moon
Where should we go now? In this crystal ship?
I’d die for you baby, I would kill for you
I stand at the doorstep, forevermore
Under the sunlight, basking in the glow
I’d die for you baby, I would kill for you
You and me it’s forever!
Time to leave oh oh never!
Picture of you, in my mind
You make me crazy, thinking of you
Time has come, to fall in love
In this river, of no despair
I se your face under the moon
Where are you hiding girl in this mad town
7. Walk Away, Leave Away (3:27) + PAROLES
Crystal stranger, won’t you be my friend?
Play with me, no fear of passing time
Be with me come enter my room
Walk away, leave away…
Feel Vibrations in your soul
It’s pure energy
In the darkness, won’t you be my friend?
Taking my hand, won’t you be my friend?
Play with me, no fear of passing time
Be with me come enter my room
Walk away, leave away…
Feel Vibrations in your soul
It’s pure energy
8. Waterfall (4:05) + PAROLES
I shiver in the night, where can I go now?
Where can I find love, in the mirror of dawn?
Where can I find peace in the misery of my path?
I ask the man in the blue station if I can sleep for free
He told me he don’t have space for a man looking like me
I walk and fall in the night sleeping on the ground
I open; open my eyes can God rescue me?
Waterfall …
Back in town for a new session people throw me food
I know found my place in this jungle shit
I walk and fall in the night sleeping on the ground
I open; open my eyes can God rescue me?
Waterfall …
9. Shaman Dance (4:08) + PAROLES
Inviting Gods to join us in the circle
Shaman dance mystic thoughts
We all see clear in our dreams
Blow a shellfish open doors
Fire heats our bodies
Feather, smoke clear our mind
Feather, smoke purify me
I want to look back come on in
Looking thru the mirror, Shaman secrets rites
Magic dreams, magic trance
No border up in space
Timeless dance in the heat
No border up in space
I’m a warrior a warrior has no fear
Now warm too heavy, heavy
Keys of mystic treasures… I found you
Invocation, move fire in a circle
Clear image, confusion
10. Burn + Forever Young (9:08) + PAROLES
Beneath heaven, woman in clouds
Stranger inside my house I feel like a little child
Where did you go last night? As I take my last white line
Deliver me my friend from inside
Blues shootin’ my brain… It’s all over
Why is it so confusing as I walk down the street
Blues shootin’ my brain… It’s all over
I sit down in the bar having a shot
Dancer in the dark behind my glass
Should I crawl to you baby all night long
As my desire for you never stops
Burn, burn, burn…
Everyday I burn, wild dogs in cars
Street never ends in this mad town
Wandering in the night with cats and rats
Where are you hiding girl? As I take my last white line
She’s got something unique so full of love
Got to move her body until the end
She looks so sweet and hot “On her 31”
Never looking back on what she’s done
Forever young
When you live young and fast like a hurricane
The bullet hits your soul
When you trust your own destiny
You feel no fear at all
Forever young says the old man to his son
Ride the gold snake to the end, life is short
When you walk alone ‘cause your friend all gone
The bullet hits your soul
When you feel the love she’s giving to you man
You feel no fear at all