Hora is a Japanese musician and comp… Read Full Bio ↴Genre: Industrial/Darkwave/EBM.
Hora is a Japanese musician and composer who began his musical career in 2000 as keyboardist for Velvet Eden. He left the band a year later to form Rudolf Steiner with ex-ISOLA member Kaya. After releasing two demos and signing under Mana's record label Midi:Nette, the band changed their name to Schwarz Stein, meaning "black stone". During both groups, Kaya sung the vocals and wrote the lyrics while Hora did keyboards and programming. After releasing two singles, "Perfect Garden" and "Current", and two albums, "New vogue children" and "Artificial Hallucination", the group broke up over creative differences. Later, in April of 2006, Kaya and Hora collaborated to form the group Another Cell and release an album featuring a re-recorded Rudolf Steiner song, and remixes of several songs off of Hora's album "Inner Universe".
Despite the disbandment of Schwarz Stein, Hora is still working with Kaya, doing arragements for some of his songs (f.e. b-side from Kaya's last single Chocolat "Pourriture noble" and few tracks on his first major album "Glitter")
Discography:
[2005.03.29] Inner Universe (guest female vocalist from Experiment Number 0513; limited to 1000 copies)
[2005.12.21] The World (limited to 500 copies)
[2006.09.28] PROMINENCE (limited to 500 copies)
[2007.03.16] VENOM (limited to 500 copies)
[2007.11.15] ICEBOUND (limited to 500 copies)
[2008.11.26] REIGN (limited to 500 copies)
[2009.10.15] domiNATE (limited to 500 copies)
[2010.06.30] WISDOM (limited to 500 copies)
[2012.11.16] TYRANT (limited to 500 copies)
Due to high demand, November 19, 2007 Hora informed to do a re-print of his four first albums (INNER UNIVERSE to VENOM) of 100 copies each. On 20th of May, 2010, Hora informed that he will release his last album on 30th of June, 2010 due to his bad health and said he wants to pursue his musical career further but his current situation prevents it and he wants to concentrate on getting better.
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Hora is also the name of a Swiss post-hardcore rock band. The year 2005 saw their debut, self-produced album, "Answers without Questions". Because of the artist name-collision, you can find more information at www.horaphon.ch .
Ray
Hora Lyrics
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von allen Seiten ins erwachende Hirn! Ich leugne nicht: es begluckte
mich. Ich gestehe aber auch ein: ich uberschatzte es nicht, schon
damals nicht, wieviel weniger heute...
[F.Kafka]
Rays of knowledge
from everywhere inside my brain
in the end it's only pain
A pure white sheet of knowledge
so much to see and to know
the strong will for the progress
the will to see the will to go
the light of knowledge seemed so brightly
hoped that it woul never blind me
Rays...
Oh my sweet delight of knowledge
Please enlighten me
So please enlighten me
Rays...
Used to love the new sentence
became addicted to the science
oh sweet delight of cognition
turned to a longing for hell
love is not the reason anymore
it's just the thrill of possibility
The lyrics of Hora's song "RAY" depict the singer's relationship with knowledge and the effects it has had on him. The song starts with a quote from Franz Kafka, which talks about the wonder of knowledge and how it can penetrate the mind. However, the singer admits that he did not overestimate the power of knowledge as much as he does now. The chorus of the song uses the metaphor of "rays of knowledge" penetrating the brain, which used to make the singer happy. However, at the end of it all, this knowledge has caused him pain.
The verses of the song reveal the conflict that the singer faces with the pursuit of knowledge. He is inspired by the pure white sheet of knowledge and the numerous possibilities that it offers. However, this inspiration quickly turns into an addiction and a thirst for cognitive fulfillment, leading him to journey into a metaphorical hell. In the end, the thrill of possibility overshadows the love that was once the driving force behind his pursuit of knowledge.
Overall, the song displays an insightful commentary on the duality of knowledge, how it can be both a source of great happiness and a cause of pain.
Line by Line Meaning
Diese Fortschritte! Dieses Eindringen von Wissensstrahlen
Rays of knowledge
von allen Seiten ins erwachende Hirn!
from everywhere inside my brain
Ich leugne nicht:
used to make me happy
es begluckte mich.
in the end it's only pain
Ich gestehe aber auch ein:
A pure white sheet of knowledge
ich uberschatzte es nicht, schon damals nicht, wieviel weniger heute...
so much to see and to know
the strong will for the progress
the will to see the will to go
the light of knowledge seemed so brightly
hoped that it would never blind me
Rays...
Oh my sweet delight of knowledge
Oh my sweet delight of knowledge
Please enlighten me
Please enlighten me
So please enlighten me
Rays...
Used to love the new sentence
Used to love the new sentence
became addicted to the science
became addicted to the science
oh sweet delight of cognition
oh sweet delight of cognition
turned to a longing for hell
turned to a longing for hell
love is not the reason anymore
love is not the reason anymore
it's just the thrill of possibility
it's just the thrill of possibility
Contributed by Levi O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.