It’s the story of an escape. A journey over continents and a journey though oneself. During the first months of separation with his native Australia, Dave Olliffe filled his suitcase with little music boxes recounting the story of his exile. In 2009, settling down in Paris, Dave began to map out the first details of his road and heart trip. 'Ghosts and Silver Lakes' emerged as an archipelago of 9 songs of an insular and panoramic folk music. From The New Frontier to River Downs, Dave Olliffe explores with great serenity the resonance of his inner voice, relating with delicate reserve the trials and tribulations encountered since his departure from Australia.
With arrangements assisted by Frédéric D. Oberland, these first five tracks are like the skins of former selves gracefully sloughed off, his introspection having the grandeur of an epic journey.
Elie Brunel March 2009
There is a voice just got back from the past
that used to sing it was paradise
today hope could be at home
a lonely breath kicking down the earth
a place between ghosts and silver lakes
Here you could hear the guitars play
here you could cry a tear to the old house
lost love and found riding through the city lights
then silence along the road to the rivers down
This is a world of goodbye that night lasts a long time
a heartbeat under glass, a trip to the golden rush late at night.
A passenger.
Jerome Olivier (Fugues) March 2009
Recording at Verlaines Place, Paris - July 2008 -
photo by Sebastien Lecordier
'Jacob's Well'
Live Acoustic Session for 'Le Cargo', Paris - July 2008
'Tin Man'
Live Acoustic Session for 'Le Cargo', Paris - July 2008
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