Antwerp based band Psy’Aviah brings open-minded electronic music with energ… Read Full Bio ↴Antwerp based band Psy’Aviah brings open-minded electronic music with energy, heart and soul. Their sound is best described as "eclectric" as they fuse several genres and into their own musical world.

Creative experimentation
Experimentation is one of the main philosophies of Psy’Aviah. This is portrayed by both incorporating different genres into their own sound and by the different collaborations they have done over the years: from poetry with Suzi Q. Smith and Jean-Luc De Meyer (Front 242), to EBM power-pop with Jennifer Parkin (Ayria), trip-hop & lush warm vocals by Kyoko Baertsoen (ex-Hooveprhonic & Lunasxcape), covered by Chaos all Stars ft. Mona Roukachi, and even to Enya-esque reminders with Kristell Lowagie.

Due to this varied pallet in both music and lyrics, the band fits well on different stages: from main-stream pop, rock and electronic festivals, as well as more gothic, EBM and experimental oriented shows.

Track record…
Formed in 2003, but mainly focusing on experimenting and playing live shows, the band really took form in 2007 when they released their first album “Creationism”. Shortly after that release Psy’Aviah was signed to “Alfa Matrix” records and with them they released the albums “Entertainment Industries” (2008), “Eclectric” / “Eclectricism (2CD Limited Edition)” (2010), “Into The Game DJEP” featuring Ayria (2011), “Introspection ~ Extrospection” / “Restrospection” (2CD Limited Edition)” (2011), “Contraspection” (Digital Only Release) (2011) and “OK / Virtual Gods DJEP” (2012) with remixes by Jan Vervloet, M.I.K.E., Radical G, NUDE, and more…
Renewing their contract in 2012 the band worked on releasing the concept (mini)-album "Future Past" (2013) and a single/remix EP "Our Common Future ft. Kyoko Baertsoen" (2014) to mark the new "Era" of Psy'Aviah: collaborating once again with a lot of new artists to bring variety in the vocal palette. At the moment Psy'Aviah is working on a new full length album.

Members
The band was initially founded in 2003 by producer and composer Yves Schelpe. In 2007 he was joined by vocalist Emélie Nicolaï and guitarists Kristof De Clerck (2007-2011) and Ben Van de Cruys (2011-...). From 2013 on with the album "The Xenogamous Endeavour" the project moved away from a tradition line-up, and Yves focused back on inviting guest vocalists and musicians on the songs, thus returning back to the roots.

Some facts
* Played with acts such as Subsonica, IC 434, Emilie Autumn, Implant and 32Crash.
* Played various festivals including SONFest, Delta Festival Hague, Gothic Festival and BIMFest.
* Collaborated with Jean-Luc De Meyer (Front 242), Jennifer Parkin (Ayria) and IC 434 (Geert de Wilde).
* Banned by YouTube for supposedly explicit content in their videoclip for “Moments feat. Suzi Q. Smith)”.
* Asked to participate in the Microsoft Windows 7 marketing with the song “Tired”.
* Played live inside an internet-banner for a DEXIA campaign with the song “Tired”.
* Music (“Fear”) used for footage of the “Dirty Dancing” fashion show with clothing of Nicky Vankets, Othello and hair products of Paul Mitchell.
* Scored a top 20 entry in the “BBC Next Big Thing” contest. Among the judges were Tori Amos, Nina de Man and Nitin Sawhney.
* Won the weekly Studio Brussel’s demopoll in 2003 with the unreleased song “The Future of The Sun”.

Sites: MusicBrainz, Wikipedia, Facebook, MySpace and http://PsyAviah.com

Long Way
Psy'Aviah Lyrics

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I've got a long way to travel, I've got a long way to go
And it's only beginning, can't stop this road I'm on.
I can't stop now, It's only beginning.
I can't stop now, It's only beginning.

(Ahaa) A Long Way To Travel

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Psy'Aviah's song Long Way seem to be about the journey of life and the idea that there's still so much to do and see. The first line, "I've got a long way to travel, I've got a long way to go," suggests that whatever the objective is, there is still a lot of distance to cover to reach it. The second line, "And it's only beginning, can't stop this road I'm on," reinforces the idea of an ongoing journey and an inevitability about it. The next two lines, "I can't stop now, It's only beginning," take on a note of determination, as if the singer is going to keep going and pushing forward, regardless of how hard or tiring the journey may be.

Throughout the song's chorus, there is a repeating "Ahaa" or "A long way to travel" that seems to add emphasis to the theme of the song. The lyrics seem to be urging the listener to keep going forwards, keep experiencing the different emotions and situations that come with life. And while it may be hard to keep going, the song encourages the listener to not give up and to keep traveling, since the journey is just beginning.

Overall, the lyrics to Psy'Aviah's Long Way seem to be about the journey of life and the idea that it's a never-ending process. The song encourages the listener to keep pushing forward and experiencing life's different facets, no matter how difficult the road may seem.

Line by Line Meaning

I've got a long way to travel, I've got a long way to go
I have a lot of distance to cover and a lot more to accomplish.

And it's only beginning, can't stop this road I'm on.
I just started my journey and I cannot halt the path I am on.

I can't stop now, It's only beginning.
I cannot afford to stop now as this is just the start of my journey.

(Ahaa) A Long Way To Travel
The journey ahead of me is going to be long and I am aware of this.

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