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21​-​C

by Ofir Klemperer

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There is something here that I'm not communicating So you don't know what you're hearing and how to reply It is a mutual apathetic situation A life time spent face to face While we are staring Beyond each others' eyes Since I'm the leader I make you feel So alone Being around me is the loneliest feeling You would know I am talking about my self like am what matters As if my opinions and ideologies are what you should count And all this time I am reflecting nothing but self observance I talk your ears to death, you cannot add a word And you feel like you are not here Since I'm the leader I make you feel So alone Being around me is the loneliest feeling You would know That's why you want to go far away To a place unknown Where even strangers Feel more like home Don't you want to feel at home? Yes, strangers feel more like home Even though me and you spend together a lifetime Because I feel that I'm so right, And you are left, so that's the end Your voice is not being heard Because you know I'm not paying attention The same way I talk your ears out now and you're left alone in front of my face for far too long Since I'm the leader I make you feel So alone being around me is the loneliest feeling You would know That's why you want to go far away To a place unknown Where even strangers Feel more like home Don't you want to feel at home? And be at home? This not where we came from. There is something here that I'm not communicating So you don't know what you're hearing and how to reply It is a mutual apathetic situation A lifetime spent face to face while are staring Beyond each others' eyes Yeah we're such an international community! We're such an international community! We're such an international community! Such a funny international community! We're such an international community! Such a funny, funded, informational community!
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המשטרה אתם מעציבים אותי נורא אני יודע שאני נשמע כאילו אני דורש סטירה אבל אתם אמורים להגן עלי ולא לבדוק מה שיש לי בכיסים ולא לכופף לי את הידיים ולא למעוך אותי על הרצפה ולא לשבת עלי ארבעה או חמישה שוטרים המשטרה למי אני עוין? לאיזו קהילה? על מי אתם מגינים מפני? בשם איזה מחוקק חוקים אתם יורקים לי בפנים ומחיים אצלי בפנים ביני לביני את הפחד להגיב? המשטרה אני מבין מההתנהלות שלכם שאין לי שום ברירה אין עתיד שבשבילו כדאי לפעול בכלל כי כל צעד חפשי הוא בגין עבירה הטרור בא מבפנים מתוך לב ליבה של ממשלה אתם משרתים את המדינה המדינה היא מדינת משטרה ואתם חיים בשקט כי אתם מעל החוק החוק שמשאיר אותנו בלי אף אחד לסמוך אנחנו הילדים המוכים של המשטרה אל מי נתקשר לקבל עזרה? תפתחו את העיניים תפתחו את האזניים זה ההמון התמים שעליו אתם דורכים אתם המסוממים שלא קולטים את הבדיחה הכי לא מצחיקה אתם המשטרה תשנו כבר את קו הפעולה שתהיה לכם ולנו שוב סיבה לגאוה בחייכם בפני עצמיכם ואנחנו נעריך אתכם כשתתחילו להתנהג כמו בני אדם The police You make me very sad I know that i sound like I'm asking for a slap But you are suppose to defend me And not to check what i have in my pockets And not to bend my arms And not to crush me on the floor And not to sit on me three or four Police men The police Who am I hostile to? To what community? Who are you defending from me? In which legislator's name You spit in my face And revive within me Between me and myself The fear to respond? The police I understand from your conduct that i have no alternative There is no future that is worth any action Because any free movement is a violation of the law The terror is coming from the inside From a bottom of a heart Of a government You are serving the state The state is a police state And you live your life quietly Because you are above the law The law that leaves us With no one to trust We are the abused children of the police Who should we call To ask for help? Open your eyes Open your ears It is the innocent crowd Which you are stepping on You are the druggies Who don't understand The saddest joke You Are the police Change your line of actions already So you and us will have Again A reason to be proud Seriously Face yourselves And we will respect you Once you will start behaving as human beings
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היה לנו חתול בשם מאו צטונג שהסתכל עמוק בעיניים היה נשכב על הגב ומזמין ללטף עם מבט שלא משאיר אפשרות לסרב היה נשכב על הגב ומזמין ללטף עוקב אחרי למטבח ולמרתף מאו פרווה כתומה שעושה הזיות עם כל נשימה אתה חתול מספר אחד אני בכלל לא אוהב בעלי חיים הולך ברחוב והכלבים נובחים ואני שמח כי יודע שהכרתי חתול בשם מאו צטונג והכלבים היום נובחים לכבודו לכבודו היה לנו חתול בשם מאו צטונג והכלבים היום נובחים לכבודו לכבודו היה לנו חתול בשם מאו צטונג שהסתכל עמוק בעיניים היה לנו חתול בשם מאו צטונג והכלבים היום בוכים לכבודו לכבודו מאו פרווה כתומה שעושה הזיות אתה חתול מספר אחד We had a cat named Mao Tsetung Who used to stare deep in the eyes He used to turn on his back and invite to pet With a look that leaves no option to refuse He used to turn on his back and invite to pet Follow me to the kitchen and to the basement.. Mao Orange fur That makes hallucinations With each breath You are cat number one I don't even like animals I walk in the street And the dogs bark And I'm happy Because I know That I knew a cat named Mao Tsetung And the dogs are barking today in his honor In his honor We had a cat named Mao Tsetung And the dogs are barking today in his honor In his honor We had a cat named Mao Tsetung Who used to stare deep in the eyes We had a cat named Mao Tsetung And the dogs are crying today in his honor In his honor Mao Orange fur That makes hallucinations You are cat number one
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בּוּבּוּ אני אוהב אותך את חמודה מאד אני אוהב אותך בּוּבּוּ את חמודה מאד גורמת לי לצחוק אני אוהב אותך בּוּבּוּ גורמת לי לצחוק את קורמת לי לרצות לבכות לבכות לבכות לבכות לבכות אני אוהב אותך Booboo I love you You are very cute I love you Booboo You are very cute You make me laugh I love you Booboo You make me laugh You make me want to cry Cry Cry Cry Cry I love you
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- I Can't Believe I'm Awake In This Hour... - Early morning/ Sun is rising/ Clouds are moving/ Birds are singing/ Better wake up/ Brush your teeth and/ Drink your coffee/ Go to potty/ Eat your breakfast/ Make a to do list/ Treats for Frida/ Cigaret… - LET THIS SONG AWAKEN YOU! -I Can't Believe I'm Awake In This Hour... -People running/ Fast cars pass by/ Working standing/ Consumer service/ Bus to downtown/ Change of settings/ Private people/ Talk some nonsense/ There's a new guy/ Different story/ Recalling details/ From last night... -REMEMBER WHAT YOU NEED TO DO! -I Can't Believe I'm Awake In This Hour... -Busy highway/ What's for dinner/ Watch a movie/ Talk some details/ For tomorrow/ Refresh the gossip/ Pour the drinks/ While hearing music/ Look at MyFace/ Shake your head/ Bombarding news/ And get romantic…. -EXHAUST YOURSELF BACK INTO SLEEP! - I Can't Believe I'm Awake In This Hour... - Early morning/ Sun is rising/ Clouds are moving/ Birds are singing/ Better wake up/ Brush your teeth and/ Drink your coffee/ Go to potty/ Eat your breakfast/ Make a to do list/ Treats for Frida/ Cigaret… - LET THIS SONG AWAKEN YOU! -I Can't Believe I'm Awake In This Hour... -People running/ Fast cars pass by/ Working standing/ Consumer service/ Bus to downtown/ Change of settings/ Private people/ Talk some nonsense/ There's a new guy/ Different story/ Recalling details/ From last night... -REMEMBER WHAT YOU NEED TO DO! - I Can't...
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הדברים מתבלבלים לי בשכל לא יודע למה לא יודע לאן לא יודע מה קרה הדברים מתבלבלים לי מחשבה אחת חוברת למחשבה כל כך אחרת וזה מוציא אותי לרחוב לדבר בקול סתור ומי שעובר בדרך שומע איזה משהו בערך שמתחבר לו לאיזה משהו אצלו וזה מדבק לו בתוך השכל והוא ממשיך את אותו הגל הגל של הדברים... מתבלבלים לי בשכל לא יודע למה לא יודע לאן לא יודע מה קרה הדברים מתבלבלים בי The things Are getting mixed in my brain Don't know why Don't know where Don't know What Happen The things Are getting mixed One thought connects To such a different Thought And it takes me out to the street To talk in a contradicting voice And whoever passes my way Hears sort of a kind of thing Which connects to some sort of thing Of his own And it is contagious inside his brain And he continues the same wave The wave of The things Are getting mixed in my brain Don't know why Don't know where Don't know What Happen The things Are getting mixed in me.
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תן לי להסביר ותבין לבד עם כל הודאות דמיון נשאר בצד קול הודאות Let me explain and you'll understand by yourself With all the certainty imagination is left aside The voice of certainty.

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Sincerely:
Let me remind you who I am for a second -
I'm a composer and improviser. I gig with my ms20, and compose for the musicians around me to perform. My main interest though, is my home recordings. I record my songs on the computer, some with singing, some without, some in Hebrew, some in something like English. Some recorded in channels, some in live performances.
I have released numerous albums online in free net labels and on bandcamp.

Yesterday I finished my 21st album. It is a third part of a longer compilation which I'm still processing for the last two to three years.
The new album is called 21-C, and is picking up from where my last album, 20H, has stopped. It is 33 minutes long and consists of 8 tracks.
The first two songs are quite political - an ironic song from a leader's point of view (*you can find it online already if you search), and then a call to stop police brutality.
Then I take a more personal rout, and sing about my favorite cat, Mao TseTung, who died, I sing a love song to MyBooboo (*); A wake-up song; a song about how confusion is contagious; and finally a song about the voice of reason (which hopefully later this year will be produced in a different version by the amazing DWAZ).

Most of the album was created just with the Korg MS20 monophonic synth, layers on top of layers. But there are appearances of the clavinet-pianet-duo, drums, piano, and vocoder.

I like working at home on my so called free time… where I don't think of the money I lose while doing it. And then at some moment in time - an album is done.
Still, I would not call it a habit, since it's rather an addiction.
Or maybe somebody would finally consider this way the most professional? after all, I have spent every free moment I have, got sucked into milliseconds in the infinite pulse of the world, nights over nights, for years, with these audio tracks that are now for me complete entities who function without me... I think. I hope.

It is time for me to deliver this album to listeners.

So, yes. An album release.
With no label, no physical product, with no itunes or spotify or soundcloud or free music archive.
I am constantly looking on the internet to understand how "Music Business" really works online… Ten years in the home music making, and no clue. I recently figured that for people to have a clue that something exists, you have to actually announce that it will be available before you provide it. :)

The album will be available in my bandcamp from Monday March 23th at 4pm and will stay there until the internet or just bandcamp collapse.
I will post the link here on the day.
I hope you will enjoy streaming it, and then you will buy it.

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released March 23, 2015

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Ofir Klemperer Atlanta, Georgia

Ofir Klemperer (born in Israel 1982). is a composer, improviser, singer/song writer, and producer..
Leaning heavily on the analogue synthesizer the Korg MS-20,
his music is melodic in its core, and through orchestrating classical instruments along with punk-rock and electronics, he applies to his melodies an experimental approach and Noise.
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