(2) German Trance project of Ralph Fritsch & Detlef Hastik, active throughout the 90s which ended with the double A-side release: "You're My Angel / The Moon Is Shining" in 2003. "You're My Angel" was later covered by the UK duo Styles & Breeze.
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The Canadian musician decided to stop using this moniker in December 18th, 2009 and start using his own name, Owen Pallett, as he planned to release his third album in the Japanese market, where the name 'Final Fantasy' may have conflicted with the famous video game franchise. He also announced that previous albums will be re-released under his name
Owen Pallett is a violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the principal member of the band Final Fantasy, which is essentially a solo group, although Leon Taheny is also credited as drummer and engineer. (This band should not be mistaken with Square Enix's famous game series "Final Fantasy" - its music is mostly composed by 植松伸夫. The name "Final Fantasy" is in fact a tribute to the well-known video game series.) On September 18th 2006, Final Fantasy won the inaugural Polaris Music Prize for the best Canadian album (based solely on artistic merit).
Pallett has been noted for his live performances, wherein he plays the violin into a sampler controlled by foot pedals, which then loops back one or more of the previously played musical phrases as he plays additional parts simultaneously. He has also performed with more traditional string quartets as backing musicians.
He believes his work is somewhat influenced by his sexuality, saying "As far as whether the music I make is gay or queer, yeah, it comes from the fact that I'm gay, but that doesn't mean I'm making music about it." in a recent interview.
"I'm taking a cue from Joel Gibb," he begins. "He and I are very different people, and we're very different in terms of the way we've assessed our sexual identities, but one thing I really respect about him is that his music has less to do with his identity and more to do with the more interesting aspects of himself." He states in an earlier interview in Toronto's NOW Magazine concerning his sexual identity and its use in his music.
On 12 February 2005, his debut album, Final Fantasy Has A Good Home, was released by the recording club Blocks (sometimes referred to as 'BlocksBlocksBlocks'), a cooperative, Toronto-based record label of which he is a member. A second album is entitled "He Poos Clouds", and inspiration for the songs are based on the eight schools of magic used for Dungeons & Dragons and how they relate to modern times. It is released under Tomlab.
His previous projects included a 3-piece Toronto-based band, Les Mouches, now defunct. He is still a member of another Toronto band called Picastro. Owen has also recorded and toured with The Hidden Cameras and The Arcade Fire. One of his songs, "This Is the Dream of Win & Regine", was inspired by the principal members of the latter group, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, and a Dntel song of a similar name (This is the Dream of Evan & Chan). Owen also co-wrote the orchestral arrangements for both of The Arcade Fire's albums, along with Régine Chassagne.
If I Were A Carp
Final Fantasy Lyrics
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The horizon is our proscenium! Our dead will come to know the sea
Our cook is a wanted man, 1000 thalers for each hand
Our captain lost his good sense, driven by a Lazarus' words
Have you not been told of Lazarus? He felt the icy grip
Brought back by a morphine drip, he told the captain this:
No throne of bone, no terranean pool!
No scythe, no cowl, no skeleton
His greatest trophy is this myth
Every sailor, salmon, every carp will follow rivers to the source
Only the dead will know the course, and furthermore
Do you really want to know of the afterworld?
The lyrics to Final Fantasy's song "If I Were A Carp" appear to be from the perspective of sailors bidding farewell to their homeland and facing the uncertainty of the open sea. The initial lines express a celebratory mood among the crew, with "Merry sailors, sailors we!" and a reference to the horizon as their "proscenium" or stage.
However, the song takes a darker turn with the mention of the crew's cook being a "wanted man" and the captain losing "his good sense" due to someone named Lazarus. The character of Lazarus is then introduced as having been brought back from death through a "morphine drip." He warns the captain that death is not what it seems, with "no throne of bone, no terranean pool" or traditional symbols of death, as these are merely myths. According to Lazarus, death's greatest trophy is that it remains an enigma, with all living creatures ultimately following rivers back to their source, but only the dead truly knowing where they lead.
The lyrics suggest a contemplation of mortality and the afterlife, questioning whether humans truly want to know what lies beyond death. The use of nautical imagery and language, along with the character of Lazarus, gives the song a mystical and slightly surreal quality.
Line by Line Meaning
Heave ho, farewell to the quay! Merry sailors, sailors we!
Let's set sail and say goodbye to land! We're happy and adventurous!
The horizon is our proscenium! Our dead will come to know the sea
The ocean is like a stage, and even our deceased comrades will have a deep connection to it.
Our cook is a wanted man, 1000 thalers for each hand
Our cook is so skilled that there are people out there who want to pay a lot for his hands.
Our captain lost his good sense, driven by a Lazarus' words
Our captain has gone mad because of something that Lazarus said to him.
Tragedy, tragedy! Death has you fooled!
People don't really understand death, and it's a sad situation.
No throne of bone, no terranean pool!
Death doesn't involve any physical throne or underground pool, despite what people might believe.
No scythe, no cowl, no skeleton
Death isn't represented by a scythe, cowl, or skeleton, despite these common symbols.
His greatest trophy is this myth
Death is at its most powerful when people believe in its mythical history and its misleading symbols.
Every sailor, salmon, every carp will follow rivers to the source
Everyone has a natural tendency to follow their path and make their own way in life.
Only the dead will know the course, and furthermore
Only those who have passed on will really understand where life is heading.
Do you really want to know of the afterworld?
It's a rhetorical question, questioning if people really want to understand the afterlife.
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Aaron James
love this song!