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1.
Film Noir 05:04
Monkey shines Snow capped strangers Blind folded we hold hands Going nowhere and far A signpost empty I forget who I am No road is forever dear friend So dangerous This place inside you Lantana honey on my tongue Tastes like winter but warm inside Ah - I will dress red for you I forget who I am No road is forever dear friend So dangerous This place inside you Now I forget who I am The red sun Glacier melts Inside my mouth Heart and lung I belong to you now So dangerous This place inside you I forget who I am No road is forever dear friend Like cars and foreign places We lose ouselves here So dangerous This place we've found
2.
Phoenix 04:13
Loss of your heart You fall into danger A hawksept boy Two moons around him I watch him break the dawn this morning He's all I needed He's all I've wanted For a new day will rise We meet the dawn with sleepless eyes Don't we love I trace the lines around your eyes Try to recognize the signs North wind is cold today Ain't it love This place I waited all day for you Rainjacket pulled over your head Your face is all agrin My lovers like the sun He's come to warm me Thaw this ice It goes right through To the core in me For a new day will rise We meet the dawn with sleepless eyes Don't we love I trace the places you have been in me Come my love only you can Thaw this ice to me now And a new day has come You lose your heart And forget about danger And you, my wildest love You fly the phoenix way, don't you You're too high for me now Heaven's above We can't go wrong Angels watching us I'm sure of it Angels are watching us Just crash your body with mine love It won't be long now
3.
Lira 05:07
Distant mountains Cause his heart to race Race Your wings in flight Dark and sharp Asphalt road Headed for a head on Collision with love I could sense it I could taste it a mile off Hold me, hold me with your eyes Hold me, hold me with your eyes We drive on in the dark Gas station You smoke a cigarette And she's dancing like diamonds The wind is wild But you are wilder love Dangerous place in me you've found Dangerous place Headed for a head on Collision with love I could sense it I could taste it a mile off The lights of your eyes The wind is wild Headed for a head on Collision with love I dress lightly So you see the curves in me We drive on in the dark We drive on in the dark Dangerous place you've found in me
4.
Knotted 05:12
Dirt road Row edges of you Last sun has cought you And framed you love Like waking up I imagine my escape with you A mountain peak cracked open I don't know how to move My hands still knotted And my belly It burns with desire Harsh the wind And harsh your mouth love Stormy seas I live for it now A restless head a restless heart A silver thread To catch my love upon My hands still knotted And my belly It burns with desire What's this fire In your eyes, love I want my lover pure still Want him come take his fill
5.
All Of This 03:31
All of this Is yours You can lose yourself here Your name bursts inside my mouth I will never be the same I will never be the same For your love it leaves a stain in me I am stunned By your beauty I am quivering Now my life's begun Speak to me With tongues of angels Return to me At night I will never be the same For your love it leaves a stain in me I know you've been wild before now Won't try to tame you The tangled hair of you Just lay me down now Lay me down now Lay me down All of this Is yours You can lose yourself here I'm an elk and you're a deer we have our differences I am all yours love I am all yours love Lay me down Lay me down here Let me hear The lose change in your pocket Lay me down Lay me down Lay me down here
6.
Glow 04:46
Unfold myself Eyes wide and liquid Awaken by falling While you sleep I pour myself into you Speak with angels They know you Can hardly speak Can hardly make sense of All that has happened lately As I fall in the dark Things so beautiful Only seen at night For only you I will fall Things so beautiful Only seen at night This landscape of you The glow in you See at night All I am is in your hands now Take whatever you may find here Find me out here I'm wide awake Fear of falling too hard Can hardly speak Can hardly make sense of All that has happened lately As I fall in the dark Things so beautiful Only seen at night For only you I will fall Things so beautiful Only seen at night As I fall in the dark Things so beautiful Only glow at night For only you I will fall Things so beautiful Only glow at night I fall into him I fall into him I fall into him
7.
You shine with coals inside Like diamond horseshoe Dying for you now Dying for you now And when you move You remind me of all things Chaos and anarchy Come warm me now With your hot hands I'll break like China cups Falling to the sound of autumn leaves Spread by your wings And when the bullets lie And when the daggers fly I'll be there to watch A panther to her prey To deepen the wound in you To find your heart again To find your heart again Keep you breathing I'll break like China cups Falling to the sound of autumn leaves I'll break like China cups Falling to the sound of autumn leaves Spread by your wings Your shining things Spread by your wings Your shining things
8.
29 Poisons 05:42
If you don't come Rescue me soon If you don't come Take me away soon Twenty-nine poisons Try to keep my mind from you But only your sweet love Finds in me the cure You light a spark Where others saw danger Forever more I belong to this stranger A shot in the dark You cure me You still my trembling heart You cure me A shot in the dark You still me You cure my trembling heart You still me So wake up I'm wanting to go Far far away with you And maybe there We can lose our shadows Twenty-nine poisons Try to keep my mind from you But only your sweet love Finds in me the cure You light a spark Where others saw danger Forever more I belong to this stranger A shot in the dark You cure me You still my trembling heart You cure me A shot in the dark You cure me You still my trembling heart You cure me
9.
Deer 04:45
Hunters seeking clues Tracks are fresh Swift to the kill Deep into it You'll lose all sense He goes by touch Deciphering Broken codes in me I don't know how to move This state I'm in Hold fast my beating heart Here's a deer amongst the hunted A gentle anarchist who knows no fear See, I'm an elk and you're a deer Hunter you've found the clue Silver lines around his eyes The sprawling fawn Try not to speak Caught by his eyes It was blood on ice I don't know how to move This state I'm in Hold fast my beating heart Here's a deer amongst the hunted A gentle anarchist who knows no fear See, I'm an elk and you're a deer Hold fast my beating heart Here's a deer amongst the hunted A gentle anarchist who knows no fear See, I'm an elk and you're a deer Warm is the mouth That feeds You love And his heart Beat so loud It's all I'm wanting now
10.
Stardust 05:40
I'm the girl with sad eyes You're the boy with warm hands It all makes sense doesn't it I hear a ricochet did Almost touch the radar Underneath you dress me Undress me tonight Stardust Falls on us Stardust Falls on us Destiny unfolds in me Stretching out her arms You can fold me in the middle obscene Sex a dress I try on Loves and kitten and God You're a bomb About to go off in me Stardust Falls on us Stardust Falls on us Stardust Falls on us Stardust Falls on us Stardust Falls on us Stardust Falls on us Dust becomes of us We become dust Just becomes of us I become like dust Just becomes of us I'm like that Dust becomes of us We become dust Just becomes of us I am one of us I'm like that Can come between us Dust becomes of us We become like dust
11.
Bullet 04:59
Your love A foreign Landscape Your mouth The colour Of Rubies Your words They cut Right through me I wouldn't have it Any other way Just stay Sometimes You feel so far away My love I beg you To stay with me Your love's like a bullet Your love Your love's like a bullet Your love Like a bullet Your love Your love An arid landscape The wells dry The water is dirty Filthy like the grin You wear at night I wouldn't have it Any other way Just stay Sometimes You feel so far away My love I beg you To stay with me Your love's like a bullet Your love's like a bullet Your love Your love's like a bullet Your love Your love's like a bullet Your love Your love's like a bullet Your love It goes right through me Oh your love it goes right through
12.
Tundra, fjords and ice A small silent man The lines on his hands change I'll unravel him You're stolen me with love I'd have given it anyway A mountain top No need for air Keep me breathing So high here You're stolen me with love I'd have given it anyway You're stolen me with love I'd have given it anyway I cried into his beard A wolfman into beard Melt into your hands Suck into your mouth GHOSTLIKE (hidden track) Small people Ways of escape Lost highway Telegraph wires To the sky I woke up Closed my eyes Watched you Walk away Can hardly Remember Falling You're sending me Feeling like you do I walked all night A long tangled road Led back to you Sun comes Illuminate Tie her to the bedpost Leave her most of the day Write your name here I lose you Just the same Can hardly remember Falling I can't start again I can't start again I stand and say it Under a bullet sky tonight Under a bullet sky tonight

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ELK CD NOW SOLD OUT. DIGITAL DOWNLOADS ONLY.

Inga's breakthrough album, garnering support from Australian national radio network Tripe J, radio National, and album of the week in many magazines. The album spent a phenomenal 11 months in the Australian Independent Top 10.

"...dripping in emotion it is nothing short of magic...imagine being tossed around by a storm of strings, bass and drums, all held together by a voice that expresses so much with so little effort. Inga’s voice is a fresh sound that is crying to be heard; this album will not disappoint.”(Album of the Week, Benjamin Chinnock, The Brag Magazine, Australia)

“Brilliant composing, unbelievable string arrangements…Inga’s emotional voice shines on the new movie-like album Elk…”(Trip 404, Finland)

4 Stars- “Inga Liljestrom’s voice tickles angels’ ears…her sultry voice of yesteryear is the mesmerising centerpiece...this jazz-trained Sydney singer raises gooseflesh.” (Chloe Sasson, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)

"What a triumph! …This… is just something else… A long player of timeless beauty..." (DJ Huwston, 3D World Magazine, Australia)

"Drenched in a narcotic otherworldliness, it’s as much an interior journey to the deepest extremes of Inga’s musical well – a sort of seductive one-on-one with an inspired mind. Taken as a whole, the 12 songs are like weather stations in a sea of emotion, to chart a course thru shifting moods and dreamscapes. Elk is many-layered and simple at the same time, impressionistic resonances and overtones as important as the detail. That unique voice of Liljestrom is what brings it all together. Blessed with a fragile/strong feel that can whisper intimacies even when filling the soundscape with primal cries, it’s a voice that focuses listeners and draws them in." (Perry Kilmer, Drum Media Magazine, Australia)

"Swooping orchestral fragments are spliced to jagged beats, and soundtracky atmospherics are wedded to a witchy aesthetic...one of the most arresting voices I’ve heard in a long time. one of the most exciting releases of the year.” (Dave Curry, The Canberra Times, Australia)

“From the first sigh of the violins that open this mesmerizing album, you will be trapped and enchanted by Elk...Her talent is immense. From the delicate, fragile and otherworldly poetry of her lyrics, to her ghostly, sensual voice. Phoenix is dazzling: cello and violins arcing over industrial sighs and breathy silences, all held together by Inga’s astounding voice, gracefully reaching clear highs and husky lows. Your skin will quiver and your heart will rise with the soaring chorus: it is an incredibly beautiful song." (Shannon, 3D World Magazine, Australia)

"At core, this is swathes of moonlit texture sometimes propelled by machine pulse drums and acoustic bass, rippled with thematic strings and chimed by slide guitar, over which Inga whispers, croons and intones lyrics that are a collision of ethereal and existential. Crushed roses and drawn velvet curtains melancholia, but in the worthy cause of risque passion. ‘Bullet’, an exquisite portrayal of unrequited yearn; and the closing track, ‘Stolen’, an eerie eclipse of sun-warmed strings over frozen emotions." (Leslie Sly, Sound & Image Magazine, Australia)

"In a league of her own…” 5/5 (Hamish Ta-Me, Crema Magazine, Australia)

credits

released April 21, 2005

All tracks written by Inga liljestrom except track 2 by Inga and Haydn Walker; track 4 and 10 by Inga and Michael Lira.
String arrangements on tracks 1, 2, and 4 by Haydn Walker; on 6, 8 and 12 by Inga and Haydn; 10 by Haydn, Inga and Michael Lira.
Beats- Jacob Cook.
Additional beats track 2- Bob Scott.
Guitars- 4, 7, 10 Michael Lira.
4, 11 and hidden track- Liberty Kerr.
4, 9, 11- Tim Rollinson; 10 by Haydn Walker.
Harp on 1 , 8 by Clare Cooper.
Veronique Serret- violin.
Natasha Rumiz- viola.
Anthea Scott- Mitchell- cello.
Whistle on 7- Peter Miller.
Soundscapes- Inga Liljestrom.
2,7, 12 Paul Searles; 6, 11 Will Frasier.
Trumpet- 3 Sloth.
Double bass- 2 Michael Lira; 3, 4 Cameron Undy; 4, 7, 8, 10 Lloyd Swanton.

Post production by Bob Scott.
Recorded by Liberty Kerr.
Vocals recorded by Tim Whitten.
Mixed by Liberty Kerr.
Produced by Liberty Kerr and Inga Liljestrom.
Mastered by William Bowden.
This project was assisted by the Commonwealth Government, through the Australia Council, its funding and advisory body.

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Inga Liljeström Melbourne, Australia

I am an Australian/Finnish composer, vocalist and performer. I've also begun to experiment with film, collage, music for installations and an iPhone app, and have recently collaborated with universities in Australia and Finland in music and performance art.

Currently based in the UK.

Banner photography by Sarah Delaney. Profile image painted by Esmeralda Raven Aponte
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