Pau Vallvé (Barcelona 1981) Composer / Producer.

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Composer of the soundtrack of ZULO, "Esto no és un Cuento" and working within projects such as; "Por Nosotros" and "Suspicious Minds". Musical producer of '1st Aid Kit', 'Inspira', 'Insomni' besides producing all of his own work. He has created theme music and songs for series and TV shows such as; Porca Miseria (series in TV3), the disc "SuperXiula" from Club Super3, for MNAC (National Museum of Art from Catalunya), for "Una Ma de Contes" from TV3, publicity comercials (TMB, Lu, Mallorca, etc) and slogan and theme music for Boca Radio.

While working on all these projects, Pau Vallvé has been experimenting and exploring different musical paths. He has made a variety of different flavors including piano, post-rock, minimalistic, of loathsome and Lo-Fi. From his discography you can highlight the Postdiluvian from 2004, signed under the name of OAK, the contrasting "Un que de tan llest és tonto i un que de tan tonto és llest" (One who's so smart he's dumb and one who's so dumb he's smart) of 2006, under the name of Estanislau Verdet, the soundtrack of ZULO and his latest project: u_mä.

Before making career alone with projects such as OAK, Great Spirit Of Old Aromas or Estanislau Verdet, he played in bands such as: Egon (Emo-Post-Rock), Experiment Zero (metal), Freak Out (Rap-Metal), etc. He has been working as a teacher in drums, in musical production, in harmony and in percussion.

Pau Vallvé started playing the drums at the age of 3, started studying music at the age of 6, playing in bands at 10, released his first record at 15 and started recording his own records at the age of 18. He plays all of the instruments on his discs (piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, programmings, voices, xylophones, etc). He records and mixes everything in his studio.

While studying music(from the age of 6 till 21), first classical music then modern-jazz (classical percussion, drums, piano, singing, harmony, solfeggio, etc), he started studying Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, but left halfway through to move on to studying production and post-production of audio.

Durring his period of studying fine arts, Pau Vallvé accumulated a series of plastic art works that he has used as a presentation card to inspire the designs of the front covers of his discs, his webpages, the backcover of the magazine La Plaça del Xurro (still active, updated every 3 months) or the front cover of the disc he does for MNAC (National Museum of Art from Catalunya).

Currently Pau Vallvé is immersed in the creation and administration of webpages. He has created and maintains currently three webpages, four blogs and three myspaces.

Official website: http://www.pauvallve.com

Un Gran Riu De Fang
Pau Vallvé Lyrics

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UN GRAN RIU DE FANG

Si pogués triar un poder,
fent cas a l'inconscient,
diria que ho tinc clar:
voldria parar el temps

i que tot es quedés

per sempre en el present
no és que tot sigui clar
ni que em vagi tan be,

però malauradament
m'ensumo el que vindrà:

Potser ja no ens veurem
i alguns ja no hi seran.
Tots ens haurem fet grans
i molts hauran canviat.
I els llocs on ara anem
molts d'ells hauran tancat
o potser el món sencer
serà un gran riu de fang.

Si pogués triar un poder,
fent cas a l'inconscient,

diria que ho tinc clar:
voldria parar el temps.

Overall Meaning

The song "Un Gran Riu De Fang" by Pau Vallvé explores the concept of time and the desire to pause it in order to maintain the present moment. The lyrics suggest that if the opportunity to possess a supernatural power were presented, the singer would choose to stop time.

The songwriter acknowledges that not everything is clear or going well in their life, but unfortunately, they can anticipate what the future holds. This anticipation is described metaphorically as "m'ensumo el que vindrà" (I can smell what will come). There is a sense of uncertainty and a recognition that change is inevitable.

The lyrics then shift to the potential consequences of time moving forward. The singer reflects on the possibility that they may no longer encounter certain people or places in the future. Describing the passage of time, the lyrics state that everyone will have grown older, and many will have changed. Places that the singer currently frequents may have closed down, or worse, the entire world may become a "gran riu de fang" (a big river of mud).

In the final refrain, the songwriter reiterates the desire to possess the power to stop time. It reinforces the longing to keep everything in the present and avoid the uncertainties and potential negative outcomes that the future might hold. The lyrics capture a universal sentiment, highlighting the human inclination to cling to familiar and stable moments in the face of the inevitable passage of time.

Line by Line Meaning

Si pogués triar un poder,
If I could choose a power,

fent cas a l'inconscient,
paying attention to the unconscious,

diria que ho tinc clar:
I would say that I am clear about it:

voldria parar el temps
I would want to stop time

i que tot es quedés
and that everything remained

per sempre en el present
forever in the present

no és que tot sigui clar
it's not that everything is clear

ni que em vagi tan be,
or that everything is going so well for me,

però malauradament
but unfortunately

m'ensumo el que vindrà:
I can sense what will come:

Potser ja no ens veurem
Perhaps we won't see each other anymore