I am Sure I am Happy

Erik Strauss

Be.Holders

A 4-track-journey, trying to reaching the peace of mind through unknown land.

All tracks are composed by me, except for "Ascension", made in collaboration with Be.Holders (Lyrics + Vocal:Francesco Rossi, Studio Musician: Davide Santandrea)

Cover art: Arthur Lavard (British Library Public Domain)

A 4-track-journey, trying to reaching the peace of mind through unknown land.
All tracks are composed by me, except for "Ascension", made in collaboration with Be.Holders (Lyrics + Vocal:Francesco Rossi, Studio Musician: Davide Santandrea)
Cover art: Arthur Lavard (British Library Public Domain)

Behind and Over

Landing on You

Into the Greenwood

Ascension (feat. Be.Holders)

Ascension (feat. Be.Holders) by Erik Strauss, Be.Holders

White Paper EP Extended

Originally released in 2011, in the same day, the "White Paper EP" was inspired by my first trip to Berlin. 
It's a kind of instrumental continuos track that contains some repetive minimal sounds. 
Twelve years later, I've decided to publish an extend version with other 3 tracks ("0", "984" and "Puke the Excess") that wasn't in any other following releases.


Originally released in 2011, in the same day, the "White Paper EP" was inspired by my first trip to Berlin. 
It's a kind of instrumental continuos track that contains some repetive minimal sounds. 
Twelve years later, I've decided to publish an extend version with other 3 tracks ("0", "984" and "Puke the Excess") that wasn't in any other following releases.

White Paper

4 Memories 2 Forget

Annalogique

0 (zero)

Puke the Excess

All This Blue Is About Happiness

An instrumental journey through sensations and relaxed feelings, reverbs and slow guitar melted with chill lo-fi beats.

Cover artwork: personal archive of architectural photographs

An instrumental journey through sensations and relaxed feelings, reverbs and slow guitar melted with chill lo-fi beats.
Cover artwork: personal archive of architectural photographs

All This Blue Is About Happiness by Erik Strauss

Even if the sky is too smoth I would like to run on it

Even if the sky is too smoth I would like to run on it by Erik Strauss

Reach out that old little cloud and feel young again

Reach out that old little cloud and feel young again by Erik Strauss

Flying high above the city just to wallowing with the stars

Flying high above the city just to wallowing with the stars by Erik Strauss

Urbanature

A lot of concrete buildings have been abandoned and nature wants its space back by trying to wrap and break them.
This is the concept behind the album: "Urbanature".

The tracks are heavily influenced by trip-hop and alternative sounds of '90s (Massive Attack, Portishead, Garbage, etc.)

All the photos for the sleeve cover art and labels and music video for "Darkside (a Way to Come Back)" are entirely my own productions.

Thanks to RYAL (Jacqueline Ryal) for lyrics and vocal on "What it's Worth"
Thanks to Ilaria Riccio for lyrics and vocals on "Darkside (a Way to Come Back)"
Thanks to The Gardener (Thomas Hollis) for his guitar on "Devil's Garden"

A lot of concrete buildings have been abandoned and nature wants its space back by trying to wrap and break them.
This is the concept behind the album: "Urbanature".
The tracks are heavily influenced by trip-hop and alternative sounds of '90s (Massive Attack, Portishead, Garbage, etc.)
All the photos for the sleeve cover art and labels and music video for "Darkside (a Way to Come Back)" are entirely my own productions.
Thanks to RYAL (Jacqueline Ryal) for lyrics and vocal on "What it's Worth"
Thanks to Ilaria Riccio for lyrics and vocals on "Darkside (a Way to Come Back)"
Thanks to The Gardener (Thomas Hollis) for his guitar on "Devil's Garden"

Vision of Gea

What it's Worth (feat. RYAL)

What it's Worth (feat. RYAL)(feat. Ryal) by Erik Strauss

Stomps on Concrete

No Communication

Darkside (a Way to Come Back) (feat. Ilaria Riccio)

Darkside (a Way to Come Back) (feat. Ilaria Riccio)(A Way to Come Back) by Erik Strauss

Switch Yourself on

Switch Yourself on(Interlude) by Erik Strauss

Devil's Garden

Devil's Garden(feat. The Gardener) by Erik Strauss

Acid Rain

Dreams Above the Clouds

Sunset Ouverture (Outro)

Sunset Ouverture

Untitled

I've sampled old songs (free from copyright) and melted them in a electro-trip-hop sound.
credits

Sampled songs:
Clara Smith, "Deep blue sea blues"
Jimmy Rogers, "Waiting for a train"
Fishery Commissions, "Brakemans blues"
Virginia Liston, "Rolls Royce papa"

I've sampled old songs (free from copyright) and melted them in a electro-trip-hop sound.
credits
Sampled songs:
Clara Smith, "Deep blue sea blues"
Jimmy Rogers, "Waiting for a train"
Fishery Commissions, "Brakemans blues"
Virginia Liston, "Rolls Royce papa"

I am Sure I am Happy

Erik Strauss & Be.Holders