Twist in the Shadow (2014)
En 2014, Johannes Hopfner rejoint Sophiane Productions et enregistre Twist in the Shadow, produit par Denis Clavaizolle (Alain Bashung, Daniel Darc, Jean‑Louis Murat, Cocoon…) et distribué par InOuïe Distribution. Cet album marque une étape importante dans son parcours, ouvrant son répertoire à des arrangements plus riches et une production plus ample, sans rompre avec la spontanéité et l’énergie qui traversent l’ensemble de son travail. Entre ombres électriques, fables contemporaines et éclats de vulnérabilité, Twist in the Shadow explore les zones troubles de l’âme humaine, ses vertiges, ses fractures et ses élans de lumière. Un disque charnière, dense et habité, où l’écriture de Johannes gagne en ampleur et en intensité.
In 2014, Johannes Hopfner joined Sophiane Productions and recorded Twist in the Shadow, produced by Denis Clavaizolle (Alain Bashung, Daniel Darc, Jean‑Louis Murat, Cocoon…) and distributed by InOuïe Distribution. This album marks a significant milestone in his artistic journey, opening his repertoire to richer arrangements and a broader production while preserving the spontaneity and energy that run through his work. Blending electric shadows, contemporary fables and flashes of vulnerability, Twist in the Shadow explores the troubled zones of the human soul — its vertigo, its fractures and its bursts of light. A pivotal, dense and deeply inhabited record, where Johannes’s songwriting gains in scope and intensity.
5 titres • 14 min
1. Twist in the Shadow (2:46) + PAROLES
I’ve never had a name, no name, chosen by fate
Now every time I’m walking, nasty thing happens
Twist in, twist in the shadow
Breaking, do you know I’m broken?
I’ve been hurt since I was born,
Long time ago, the killer, gave me a kick
Now every time I’m walking, got a nasty blow
Twist in, twist in the shadow
Breaking, do you know I’m broken?
2. Frustration Man (2:56) + PAROLES
He would love to be your friend,
Thinking that he is so smart
Got a brand new Cadillac
Nice looking
He likes to get a laugh from you
But never
Shows what he thinks of you
Frustration man…
But the girls are no fools
They don’t understand
Why he cannot find love…
Frustration man…
He’s a lonely man.
This prince of the night
He likes to burn his cash
He dances like no one else
Consuming more than he needs
He’s got jewels,
He will be the best night and day
He’s got style
He will be the best night and day
Frustration man…
3. Dead Man in the Sea (2:30) + PAROLES
You’ve got to hear your mind blow
It’s too late, too late…
Before your time disappears
You’ve got to feel your own fears
It’s too late, too late…
Take a deep breath
Mysterious crime under the sun
Did you return there?
Where even strangers vanish
Dead man in the sea
Who shot you in the head?
Why did you die there?
Who has blown out your brain?
Red man in the sea
Why did you die there?
4. Driver (2:41) + PAROLES
Drive in the sunlight day before you can get it
Give your friends a little chance to catch it under the silver tree
I see them all painting the rabbit and forget,
I see them all having fun and regret,
Sail across the Antarctic to find the big blue whale
Talk with Moby dick who’s got all the good planes
Sail clear but not high says the strange policeman
I see them all eating the whale and forget,
I see them all having fun and regret,
Walk across the jungle to find the last tiger
“Can we take his soft skin to make a nice jacket?”
“Crazy man” says the girl “we should protect animals”
I see them all killing the tiger and forget,
I see them all having fun and regret,
5. Hunter in the Night (4:03) + PAROLES
Blood, whispers, screams in the night
People dying for no reason
Soldiers lost in the heat of wars
Never looking back wherever you go
“Never saying much whatever they do”
Pain, sorrow, guns everywhere
Hunters killing their minds with evil drugs
Burning folks in graves, out of your mind
Mankind lost in its own madness
Never looking back wherever you go
“Never saying much whatever they do”
Clip – “Driver”
From the album Twist in the Shadow
Directed by Vincent Violon & the DMA 1 class of Lycée René Descartes (Cournon d’Auvergne)
Produced by Lycée René Descartes / Sophiane Productions