The influence of the British acid jazz scene of the early 90’s and his deep love for the 70’s soul and jazz music are the foundations of the S-Tone Inc. project, that starts in 1992 with the track Get Freaky Now, the received great appreciation in the UK and represents one of the earliest examples of made in Italy acid jazz music. His debut album was released in 1996 on the Milano 2000/Ishtar label under the title Love Unlimited and contains the track Ainda Sonhar, a composition that as the forerunner of the nu bossa genre and that got included into tens of compilations all over the world.
In 1997 he releases under the name Cosmorama a monothematic drum and bass project entitled "Space Odyssey". Mainly through the third album under the name S-Tone Inc., released in 2002 on Schema/Ishtar and entitled Sobrenatural, he refines his style, made of Brazilian, soul and jazz influences, without forgetting the experiences that he’d made with various Italian and British DJ’s in the house music scene. He worked with Italian and British labels, such as Schema, Irma, Acid Jazz, Centrestage. In 2004, he produced Toco, a Brazilian artist, with the aim to revive the bossa nova tradition of the 60’ with an updated taste. Both Sobrenatural and Instalação Do Samba by Toco were released in France on the label Bonsaï Music. During 2004, he produced his new album Luz Y Sombra with the participation of various musicians from the Milan jazz scene and Brazil, with the intention to take a more acoustic direction than he had in the past, making a more discreet and minimal use of electronic.
Limbe
S-Tone Inc. Lyrics
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c'est immobile le soir
on entend pas le bruit
de tes pas sur le sol
Pas de destination
ni meme d'intention
total absence de joie
Tu viens vers tu n'sais quoi
unique la directions
Tu n'as pas de reponses
ni meme de demandes
Tu viens
Le but c'est inconnue
il s'agit de l'instinct
tu ne t'interroge pas
si c'est bien ou si c'est mal
comme un fantome qui glisse
qui n'a plus de sexe
entre la realitè
l'inconscience et le reve
Tu viens vers tu n'sais quoi
unique la direction
Tu n'as pas de reponses
ni meme de demandes
Tu viens
Tu viens
Comme ca tu simplement tu viens
suspendu sous un ciel indefini
pas de couleurs pas de sons pas de souvenirs
hier... demain... rien...
seulement le present
le moment qui passe, qui glisse
qui revient
exactament egale a lui meme
Tu viens
Tu viens
The French lyrics of S-Tone Inc.'s song Limbe explain a sense of detachment and lack of direction. The singer compares the sky to a veil that is still during the evening, and there is no sound of footsteps on the ground. The singer has no particular destination or intention and feels no joy or pain. They move towards something that they don't even know, with no answers or demands. The purpose of the journey is unknown, and they don't question whether it's right or wrong. It's like they're a ghost, without a gender, somewhere between reality, unconsciousness, and dreams.
Line by Line Meaning
Le ciel c'est comme un voile
The sky is like a veil
c'est immobile le soir
it's still in the evening
on entend pas le bruit
you don't hear any noise
de tes pas sur le sol
of your footsteps on the ground
Pas de destination
No destination
ni meme d'intention
Nor intention
total absence de joie
Total absence of joy
et de peine
and of pain
Tu viens vers tu n'sais quoi
You come towards you don't know what
unique la directions
only the direction
Tu n'as pas de reponses
You have no answers
ni meme de demandes
Nor even questions
Le but c'est inconnue
The goal is unknown
il s'agit de l'instinct
It's about instinct
tu ne t'interroge pas
You don't question yourself
si c'est bien ou si c'est mal
if it's good or bad
comme un fantome qui glisse
Like a ghost that glides
qui n'a plus de sexe
who has no gender
entre la realitè
between reality
l'inconscience et le reve
unconsciousness and dream
Comme ca tu simplement tu viens
That's how you just come
suspendu sous un ciel indefini
suspended under an undefined sky
pas de couleurs pas de sons pas de souvenirs
no colors, no sounds, no memories
hier... demain... rien...
yesterday... tomorrow... nothing...
seulement le present
only the present
le moment qui passe, qui glisse
the moment that passes, that glides
qui revient
that comes back
exactament egale a lui meme
exactly equal to itself
Tu viens
You come
Tu viens
You come
Contributed by Grace W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@raphael_2602
Since everyone here tells their moment when they heard the song for the first time:
I was walking into a snack bar in Heidelberg called „Hakims“ with two friends. Rumor has it that he makes the best spare ribs in the area. „Limbe“ was playing through speakers and I immediately shazamed it. Listening to this song brings back very good memories of this time. Stefano Tirone is a great musician and artist!
@frogisis
I was walking home from a cushy part-time job one summer day, on the sidewalk past the trees and brook in Tenney Park in Madison, WI, and I was listening to this song on repeat, and 12 years later it remains in my mind as one of those moments in a human life where everything felt right with the world.
@blank.9301
Beautiful 👍
@pay9011
I heard this playing in a bookstore years ago. I was hooked immediately.
It's like a down tempo Loona song, without beautiful girls and their top notch dancing. 🤣
@robertcoogan1070
I love this so much. An acoustic version would be awesome!
@findthefish14
Heard this at a farmer's market today! Was drawn in by the beats and sitar, stayed for the French ;P
@amateurwave3593
Sounds like a Spyro desert level. Love it!!
@blank.9301
I love the Sitar instrument
@nosoloindiascp4044
you don t have to understand. Just feel it.... delicatessen
@blank.9301
Exactly 👍