Artist #1: Nighti… Read Full Bio ↴There are three artists with the name Nightingale.
Artist #1: Nightingale began in 1995 as a solo goth rock project of Dan Swanö, designed to explore his brief fascination with the genre, also evident on Edge of Sanity tracks such as "Sacrificed". The first album The Breathing Shadow was recorded and mastered by Swanö alone in the space of a week at his home Unisound studio.
The second album The Closing Chronicles was recorded in April 1996 with his brother Tom Nouga (real name Dag Swanö) acting as producer and contributing some guitar parts. It continues the conceptual storyline that began in The Breathing Shadow to the logical conclusion of the central characters death, as it was intended to be the last Nightingale album.
After this the band went on semi-hiatus, playing a couple of live concerts in small venues around Orebro with future permanent band member Erik Oskarsson on bass and Ari Halinoja playing the drums. The second concert, in October 1998 is remarkable because it marks one of the few times Edge of Sanity songs were performed live by Swanö, the band adding two lighter tracks to bulk out their set (Swanö scarcely performed live with Edge of Sanity, citing his inability to sustain death metal vocals for long enough).
The band returned to Unisound in April 1999 to expand upon a lost demo of the track 'I Return' recorded by Swanö and Nouga in September 1998. 2000's I is a prequel to the first two albums, half composed by Dan Swano and half by Tom Nouga, several of the tracks, such as Alonely and Dead or Alive being recycled by Nouga from previously abandoned projects and given new lyrics (the originals being both written in Swedish and outside the conceptual storyline).
For the recording of Alive Again in may 2002 (a sequel to the original "Breathing Shadow Trilogy" of I, The Breathing Shadow and The Closing Chronicles) the band was filled out with Tom Björn on drums and Erik Oskarsson returning as a permanent member. This record received the most critical acclaim yet upon its release in February 2003, partly owing to the increased exposure caused by their signing of a distribution deal with American label The End Records, and saw them play a string of live shows before travelling to Västerås in June 2004 to record Invisible, which is the band's first departure from their conceptual storyline approach, dealing with a wide array of topics from love to history. The band are currently preparing for their first major tour, after re-recording a set of tracks for a best-of album, Nightfall Overture, containing songs from their first four conceptual albums as well as an Edge of Sanity track and one new Nightingale song.
In 2006 the band had the honour to conclude the second and last day of the international progressive rock festival, InProg 2006. Later that year Dag stated on his website that he will no longer be using his alias Tom Nouga;
"In Sep-06 I decided to stop using the name Tom Nouga and play under my real name"
The band's latest album is White Darkness and it was released 4th of June, 2007.
Source: Wikipedia
Artist #2:Nightingale was formed in 1993 by Jeremiah McLane (accordion, piano), Keith Murphy (voice, guitar, mandolin, piano, foot percussion), and Becky Tracy (fiddle). The nightingale bird is a poetic figure that appears in traditional songs from many places including parts of Northern Europe, Canada and the United States. So the nightingale was an appropriate emblem for a band commited to drawing inspiration from a wide musical territory that includes Ireland, France, Scandinavia, Newfoundland and Quebec.
The band's first recording, The Coming Dawn was made in 1994, barely a year after the band's formation. It was produced by Pete Sutherland and it captured the fresh, raw energy of the band as well as establishing Nightingale's sophistication as players and arrangers of an eclectic mix of traditional music.
Less than two years later, the band took on a more ambitious recording project - Sometimes When the Moon is High, produced by Grey Larsen. The album was recorded in Joliette Quebec at the (just newly finished) studio of La Bottine Souriante pianist, Denis Frechette. More musically complex and more tightly arranged, this album won the band attention and praise from a wider audience.
Throughout this period, Nightingale travelled extensively playing concerts and dance events around the U.S. and also in Canada, the U.K., France and Denmark.
Nightingale's most recent recording - Three , released in June 2004. The CD was produced by Denis Frechette and recorded in Brattleboro, VT. It reflects Nightingale's past while also breaking new ground.
Source: http://www.nightingalevt.org
Artist #3: Nightingale, formed in 2003, is a project of Gaspard de la Nuit (Caspar Wijnberg, who stands for the 'night' in the band), singer Abigael Klumperbeek (that would be the "gale") and Eelco van Zanten. Their debutalbum "For A Change" is recorded in Wijnberg and Bas Bron (Bastian) their studio in Amsterdam. The music consists of melodic funkpop, comparable to Bastian.
Source: http://www.popinstituut.nl
Intermezzo
Nightingale Lyrics
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Suddenly felt so lonely like a part of me had died, oh.
I could sacrifice the knowledge and the powers I possess,
To relive the moment when my hand caressed your frozen soul.
Nevermore, never ever, here beside me.
You and I alone when daylight is falling. I'll never see you again.
Deafened by the silence, present in this room.
Waiting for my maker to save me from this gloom, oh.
And suddenly the one I missed, came in through my door.
Finally, you're here beside me, in the darkness.
Something about you has changed, I don't seem to know you.
I see in your eyes you're not here. It's not you.
Stricken by illusion, vision in my mind,
a victim of confusion, all sense is left behind, oh.
I felt that deep inside him was still a part of you.
So I seduced a shadow and what might be you came through
Into my womb.
Oh I feel, you're here inside me, and I will give you shelter now.
I will always be here. I know that I've found you again.
The lyrics of Nightingale's song Intermezzo are about a person who wakes up feeling empty and lonely. This person has lost someone they love so much, and they are willing to give up everything they have to relive the moment when they were together. The chorus talks about how the person can never see the one they love again and they're left deafened by the silence. They are waiting for something or someone to save them from this gloom. Later on, they have a vision of the person they were missing, and they feel as if that person has come back to them, but something is different, and they cannot recognize them. They feel that they have found a part of the lost person inside someone else's shadow, and they have taken it in as their own.
The song talks about the grief that comes with losing someone you deeply love. It shows how the person is struggling to come to terms with the loss and how they are willing to do anything to have the person back. The lyrics also depict the confusion that comes with grief and how it can sometimes make you see things that aren't real. The singer's use of metaphors like "seduced a shadow" and "into my womb" creates a vivid image of how the person is trying to find a part of the lost person in someone else. The song's melody is calm, and it complements the lyrics perfectly, making it a heart-wrenching yet aesthetically pleasing piece of music.
Line by Line Meaning
I woke up with a feeling of emptiness inside.
Starting the day with an indescribable sense of inner void and loneliness.
Suddenly felt so lonely like a part of me had died, oh.
A sudden realization of being alone as if there's a missing part within.
I could sacrifice the knowledge and the powers I possess,
Willingness to give up anything to relive a certain cherished moment.
To relive the moment when my hand caressed your frozen soul.
The desire to go back to a past moment when their touch brought life to someone who's emotionally grieving.
Nevermore, never ever, here beside me.
The bitter fact that a loved one is no longer present anymore.
You and I alone when daylight is falling. I'll never see you again.
Recalling the memory of being with someone dear during sunset, but knowing that it will never happen again.
Deafened by the silence, present in this room.
Feeling overwhelmed by the silence of an empty room.
Waiting for my maker to save me from this gloom, oh.
Longing for a divine intervention to rescue oneself from sadness and despair.
And then I had this sight inside me I had never seen before,
Having a new and unexpected vision from within.
And suddenly the one I missed, came in through my door.
The person longing for appears in an unexpected way.
Finally, you're here beside me, in the darkness.
The missed person finally comes back, but in a situation of obscurity.
Something about you has changed, I don't seem to know you.
The person who came back is different from before, and the one who misses them feels unfamiliar about them.
I see in your eyes you're not here. It's not you.
Feeling that the person who came back is not who they thought they were.
Stricken by illusion, vision in my mind,
Being confused by a hallucination and a mental image.
a victim of confusion, all sense is left behind, oh.
Feeling helpless in a confusing moment where one cannot make sense of what's happening.
I felt that deep inside him was still a part of you.
Having a hunch that the person who came back has some characteristics of the missed person deep within them.
So I seduced a shadow and what might be you came through
Trying to lure an image of what could be the missed person, and succeeding.
Into my womb.
Metaphorically receiving the image of the missed person within oneself.
Oh I feel, you're here inside me, and I will give you shelter now.
Sensing the representation of the missed person within oneself, and promising to keep it safe.
I will always be here. I know that I've found you again.
Determined to stay with the representation of the missed person, which could be a memory or an idea, and feeling like they've found them again.
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MONSTER9451
Hollow -hearted,heart departed...That feeling of not-belonging.You're here,but....
Isabella Makosch
Haha I must be a total band geek cuz this is not the intermezzo I thot it was 😂