01. alike
02. eyes, mouth
03. cereals
04. when you are losing your reason
05. i saw my 2 feet on the ground
06. fold your eyes
07. hmm, my heart is in your chest in your house

:: cover art (in PDF format) ::

Written & Recorded by Wim Maesschalck 2004-2005
Except drumloops on 'cereals' by nilo
I used guitars, drums, all sorts of percussion, softsynths, my body and most importantly: my microphone.

wimmaesschalck**@gmail.com (remove the stars)
http://www.wixel.be

Explanation:

I've written a whole explication about bloedrood and why and how i made this music. You don't have to read it, as many would regard this as pretentious twaddle (and maybe it is), but if you'd like to know more about bloedrood or me you are most welcome! These are only my thoughts....

First there was 'wixel' as my main project, it's mostly instrumental electronica post-rock. I started to notice that i like vocals a lot, and that i wanted to sing & write things myself. Nothing exceptionial, just adding words i care about. So i tried to sing to wixel tracks, but that didn't work. My stuttering & shivering voice didn't fit the music at all. There were too many mistakes in my singing. I discovered something else because of that: unaware of it at the time, wixel became some sort of obsession with perfection. I wanted to have every detail exactly as it was in my head: no mistakes allowed, not a single annoying sound should be present, every unwanted glitch should be removed. a thousand things going on at the same time so the listener would be unable to be bored with it. Ofcourse this led to a complete silence: i wouldn't allow myself to record something, cause it wasn't perfect. It's impossible.

I decided i should try a different direction: no more software, no more plugins, no more multiple take recording, no more changing & changing & changing & changing again. The tenet became "just play and record and make songs". Kinda like Nike: Just Do It. So i did, and bloedrood is what happened. Actually these are only 7 songs from approximately 80 "songs", many of them still instrumental, many only a snippet of sound, but all were more or less important in the process of me becoming bloedrood. Roetbloed should represent a somewhat coherent selection of all these attempts.

I also think terms like "honesty", "personality", "open-heartedness", "integrity", etc are important. Bloedrood should be me, at least to me. I try not to pretend to be things that i'm not (unless i deliberatly want to pretend something). Most of the lyrics are quite simplistic in their meaning. I guess i don't feel much different to the rest of the world when i see a sunset, or when i feel alone, or when the typical girl breaks your heart. But, in a way they are me, and that's what matters to me for now. It also explains "Bloedrood": bloedrood (blood red) is a very pure color, bloed is something fundamental to a living (human) body. So "Bloedrood" represents nothing else than me. It is intended as being very personal, honest, open-hearted, etc..

I don't know if i should explain every song. I'll only say that "i saw my 2 feet on the ground" is a sentence lifted from a song called "the moon" by the microphones. As you can hear he is a really big influence. (Along with Wio, Hood, Thanksgiving,..) It just means that i don't have the pretention that i'm original nor that i can be seen loose from my influences and my world. Also the title "When You Are Losing Your Reason" might sound really stupid/empty. But i decided to put it that way cause you can interpret 'Reason' in 2 ways: first it could mean that it's something that causes something else. So, when you lose the thing that made you do/love/think something, it's kinda weird to have that second thing (or conclusion) without it's fundament. It's like when you do a lot of things just because of this one reason, and then that reason no longer exists. You end up with things that are no longer relevant at all. It's weird. Reason can also mean logic. Your brains! Being reasonable. So when you lose that, then everything is, in a way, strange. A doesn't lead to B anymore. A can lead to anything. The title in this second meaning could be a result of the title in the first meaning. The connection is important, and at the time i felt something similar i think. It's hard to explain. But, so, now you know why i kept the title. Also, the last word "i hate" is a bit harsh, it sounds so emo.. but anyway, sorry if it's a stupid explanation, don't shoot me! :)


:: Lyrics ::

Alike
why are you so like me
you confuse me more than you know
and i still think that we could be happy
without the rest of the world so why not?

Eyes, Mouth
i see your eyes inside your mouth
i see(k) your mouth inside your eyes

and i keep waiting in front of your body
i forget the world in this moment (of longing)
people sing to me "don't be afraid"
but i keep waiting for as long as i am

i see your eyes inside your mouth
i see(k) your mouth inside your eyes

and i keep waiting as a heart with no longing
i show you nothing as i hold your hands
i try not to hide my longing
but when i am in front of your body
i keep waiting

Cereals
hey, your hair is dripping wet
you took a shower here
but how did we end up
in bed with a stranger
is it the way you smiled
or the bad jokes i told

you're all i have - you're all i need

hey, i see your eyes are red
why are you crying dear
is it because i don't
feel the same way

i don't love
you

I Saw My 2 Feet On The Ground
(instrumental)

When You Are Losing Your Reason
my heart will burst
if i hold on
to all your smiles
to all your rain and hopeless

my heart is solid
i have four fears
i'd trade you for her
i'd trade you for anything i hate

Fold Your Eyes
fold your eyes
don't grow tears
when you hold a heart like mine

Hmm, Hmm, My Heart Is In Your Chest In Your House
hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm,
my heart is in your chest in your house