"Bard's Woman" - another new track, update 5.

Since me and Sound Animal enjoyed working together on "With the Sun in Your Belly", we have decided to join forces again for "Aurora". Sound Animal is a brilliant artist and you should definitely visit http://soundcloud.com/soundanimal or simply the website http://sound-animal.com/

So, the album will definitely contain 2 collaborations with Sound Animal - "Belly" and "Aurora" - and maybe even more - we'll see!

I have also decided to record more tracks at home - "Constellation" will definitely be on the album - I am unsure about "Shamash" and "Deep Space / I Am Atom", but for now they are on the album's work-in-progress tracklist.

There are 2 additional tracks too - "Delilah" and "Das Mädchen Ging Zum Küken", both recorded especially for the album with the help of a good German friend who prefers to be uncredited.

Here is a soundcloud playlist that contains all 8 tracks completed. I might also include "Moog Tribe" recorded with Kacper Wojaczek (keyboards) - but I'll see if the track fits the album concept as soon as I have more material recorded/ready.

The Strange World of A.J. Kaufmann · "Bard's Woman in the Cool of the Summer Breeze" Tracks completed so far.

Massive thanks go to Patryk Lichota for recording my voice and old acoustic guitar in Poznań, Poland. "King of Kreuzberg", "Aurora", and "With the Sun in Your Belly" are from this session. There are 7 other tracks remaining, and they will most certainly find their way onto the new album. If you wish to help with "Harry Haller", don't hesitate to contact me. Here is the demo:

The Strange World of A.J. Kaufmann · "Harry Haller" (DEMO 2022)

Thanks for reading and see you soon with more updates as they appear!

Finally, "Aurora" lyrics:

Aurora was the girl of ages
Reading from the golden page
Of futures bright and people laughing
In a world without no graves
Or borders, walls and misconceptions
Gods and kings and useless rules
Stepping out of crystal fountains
Savior of eternal youth
Aurora, Aurora

Aurora sprinkled deep in sunrise
Sunset waits for fertile hands
To lead our star to future mountains
Himalayan thinker's path
Where none intrudes the waiting hermit
Making love to summer skies
Orchids bend and tulips whisper
Of their flower beaded bride
Aurora, Aurora

Another time, another victim
Of this pretty game called life
Aurora lifts the fashion curtains
Sings a song of pure surprise
On darkened ears her sweetened tones fall
Like a chime of foreign bliss
Now the shadows lose their meaning
No one's dying on his knees
Aurora, Aurora
Aurora, Aurora
Aurora