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The Illusion's Reckoning

by Mantra Vega

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    'The Illusion’s Reckoning' - Mantra Vega (2016)

    2016 debut album from transatlantic Prog Rock crossover band Mantra Vega featuring Heather Findlay, Dave Kerzner (Sound Of Contact), Dave Kilminster (Roger Waters, Steven Wilson), Chris Johnson (Mostly Autumn, Halo Blind), Arjen Lucassen, (Ayreon, Star One), Troy Donockley (Nightwish), Angela Gordon (Mostly Autumn, Laether'o) Irene Jansen, Remko de Landmeter, Stuart Fletcher & Alex Cromarty.

    Tracklisting:

    1.Every Corner 
    (Findlay/Kerzner)

    2. Island 
    (Findlay/Kerzner)

    3. Veil of Ghosts 
    (Findlay/Kerzner)

    4. Lake Sunday
    (Findlay) 

    5. Mountain Spring 
    (Findlay/Kerzner)

    6. In A Dream 
    (Findlay/Dorsey/Kerzner)

    7. Learning To Be Light
    (Findlay/Kerzner)

    8. I’ve Seen Your Star
    (Findlay)

    9. Island (Reprise)
    (Kerzner)

    10. The Illusion’s Reckoning
    (Findlay/kerzner)

    11. Mountain Spring (Acoustic)
    (Findlay/Kerzner)

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1.
Every Corner 02:25
Every Corner (Findlay/Kerzner) The silence reverberates with your essence Like a storm in an echo chamber It's gentle ever increasing ripples wash over me Like sunlight Like summer Like gold, you glimmer through the blackness And like a diamond you cut Through the dark There is no end Like there was no beginning Just An always A liquidity A light that finds every corner A moment that just Is And is And Is Affinity Infinity Divinity Divine You came And I began © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved
2.
Island 05:53
Island (Findlay/Kerzner) Somewhere just behind the darkness Veils a shimmering of light And I find where the shadows fall Shifts the labyrinth of time I will be an Island All will quiet down There is wonder, there is sadness There is certainty and doubt But really love is all around us And we've never been without All the weight of the past Disintegrates into the moment All sounds resonate so clearly now All we see without our eyes I will be an Island All will quiet down All hail to the silence Take off your paper crown There is wonder, there is sadness There is certainty and doubt But really love is all around us And we've never been without All we need is here and now All the synergy that we allow All your worries Let them go Just become the wind that blows There is wonder, there is sadness There is certainty and doubt But really love is all around us And we've never been without Never been without © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved
3.
Veil of Ghosts (Findlay/Kerzner) Grounded by the force Of a terrorising curse Dogs at my heels Lashing waves drawing nearer Skies ever blacker And the air is growing thin I cannot swallow As shadows move in Rolling thunder clouds across my heart With every breath I am falling apart! Why are sleeping? You are not the dream All illusion, your reality Be the shifting paradigm Shrouded by a mask Slowly suffocating Darkening thoughts Paralyse and bewilder Spiralling deeper in this chasm of despair Falling into my own shadow's snare Burning, coming ferally undone In my undoing From only mirrors I run Mistaken identity You are the maker of your own peace Ride out the storm Into the lightless light Raise me up Tear this veil of ghosts Holding me a prisoner Bring me back Let this passion rage Let me know this heart Ignorance shattered Every spell of apathy Broken in unshakeable vigour Gifts of ruin throw the doors wide open All fear dissolves like fog in the sun! You are the keeper Of the key The fire you breathe Will be the dawn of your longest night Die to the temporal And you will be timeless Raise me up Tear this veil of ghosts Holding me a prisoner Bring me back Let this passion rage Let me know this heart Raise me up Tear this veil of ghosts Keeping me a prisoner Bring me back Let this fire blaze Let me show this heart © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved
4.
Lake Sunday 06:10
Lake Sunday (Findlay) Shifting out of the rain that holds you Been coming down, soaked the both of us through Staying out not coming in, give me a reason to be here Though the fire’s burning, there’s a storm a coming Drifting out of a love that was true Been weighing down all the dreams I had too Giving out and giving in once were my reason to breathe in Though the fire’s burning, it burns right through you and... I’ve left the motor running, take back your keys I’m going Won’t know the place until it is in view Just tell the sun I’m coming, some place near water running Meditate on what I’m gonna do I’ve left the motor running, take back your keys I’m going Won’t know the place until it is in view Just tell the sun I’m coming, some place near water running Meditate on what I’m gonna do Na na na na... Just tell the sun I’m coming, some place near water running Meditate on what I’m gonna do © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | All rights reserved
5.
Mountain Spring (Findlay/Kerzner) Long gone, the innocence of forgotten avenues Time leapt through the looking glass Airing different points of view I danced with a broken past And jumped through every hoop Thought I could run away from the turning of the screw Dark streets in another town No father to be found But I see a lonely boy with a longing in his blood And I know that love was never quite enough Hell bent on being free thought I'd buried it for good I'm done with anger Your one and only And I'm done with agony this time I'll find an island Lay it down to die From now I see you as a loveless child I'm letting go now, I'm letting go We're free as the mountain spring that flows I'm letting go now, I'm letting go... Your one and only This time Is a loveless child Is a loveless child I'm done Is a loveless child Is a loveless child © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved
6.
In A Dream 05:20
In a Dream (Dorsey/FindlayKerzner) Light fell in rainbows while angels looked on Time lifted you upon wings of a swan Barefoot we danced through the stars Running through fields with the sun in your palms Planting new seeds that will grow in your heart Crescent moon smiling down While your sleep La la la la... We are made of starlight Lulled into sleep By the bhajans Chanting by the fire Weaving you a mystical dream That feels like summer A home across the ocean Oh, calling you endlessly © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved
7.
Learning To Be Light (Findlay/Kerzner) Has there been a better hour Than we're passing now? There's a fire we'll never know Until we find the spark Our time is running out Better make it count It's one thing to be living the dream But when you wake up Hold it in your heart Know that it's alright Only drinking the sun Learning to be light Leave another lamp on On your way out Don't leave your love in the rain Never be without You're free to love and be light No need to ever look back Never lonely when alone Paint a golden smile Hold it in your heart Know that it's alright Only drinking the sun Learning to be light I will breathe the darkness out As the morning sun beams down Down Down Hold it in your heart Know that it's alright Only waking the Sun It's time to be light Hold it in your heart Know everything's alright Only waking the Sun And it's time to be light Yes, it's time to be light Learning, learning, learning to be light If you wanna be light Learn how to be light If you wanna be light Learn how to be light If you wanna feel alright Lean how to be light Learning to be alive © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved
8.
I've Seen Your Star (Findlay) [Dedicated to Yogiraj SatGuruNath Siddhanath] I've seen your star The light you bring from afar And you know that you've come so far In remembering who you are SatGurunath devo SatGurunath devo I felt your heart The light within from the start And you know that you've come too far To remain alone in the dark SatGurunath devo SatGurunath devo © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | All rights reserved
9.
(Instrumental)
10.
The Illusion's Reckoning (Findlay/Kerzner) The surrendering of time To the constancy of flow Hearts are on the line In a house of flesh and bone Exchanging deadly fire For a monumental freeze Shattering mortal binds With a King for every Queen Wasting your time in the contraflow Paddling upstream Well it's time to let it go Breaking down the walls That preceded the silence Secrets of the soul In a body dreaming Breaking the fall With an armour of light Illuminating science In the art of being For all human beings In the gathering of darkness Unshaken revery Dissolves a crowd of sorrows The illusion's reckoning Arresting of all thought In stillness momentary Tame the wildest flower Bring the birds among the beasts May you not fall Like dominos Celebrate your tears In the crying of your soul Breaking down the walls And revealing the silence Secrets of the soul Leave a body dreaming Breaking the fall With an armour of light Take a breath of science In the art of being For all human beings All who swim the rivers of silence Never will be without A song that exists of time Immemorial Like the stars that call Call you home For the abandoned of all love And deserted of all peace A universal tribe Assembled in the east The sages of the fire mist And the archers of belief Are headed for the heart Of all humanity May you not walk In the vale of ghosts Become the star That'll guide you home Breaking down the walls And revealing the silence Secrets of the soul In a body dreaming Breaking the fall With an armour of light Illuminating science In the art of being For all human beings Breaking down the walls That receded the science Secrets of the soul In a body dreaming Breaking our fall With an army of light Take a breath of silence In the art of being For all human beings All who swim the rivers of silence Never will be without A song that exists of time immemorial like the stars That call Call you home Call.... © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved
11.
Mountain Spring (Findlay/Kerzner) Long gone, the innocence of forgotten avenues Time leapt through the looking glass Airing different points of view I danced with a broken past And jumped through every hoop Thought I could run away from the turning of the screw Dark streets in another town No father to be found But I see a lonely boy with a longing in his blood And I know that love was never quite enough Hell bent on being free thought I'd buried it for good I'm done with anger Your one and only And I'm done with agony this time I'll find an island Lay it down to die From now I see you as a loveless child I'm letting go now, I'm letting go We're free as the mountain spring that flows I'm letting go now, I'm letting go... Your one and only This time Is a loveless child Is a loveless child I'm done Is a loveless child Is a loveless child © & ℗ 2015 Black Sand Records / Heather Findlay | Dave Kerzner | All rights reserved

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'The Illusion’s Reckoning' - Mantra Vega (2016)

2016 debut album from transatlantic Prog Rock crossover band Mantra Vega featuring Heather Findlay, Dave Kerzner (Sound Of Contact), Dave Kilminster (Roger Waters, Steven Wilson), Chris Johnson (Mostly Autumn, Halo Blind), Arjen Lucassen, (Ayreon, Star One), Troy Donockley (Nightwish), Angela Gordon (Mostly Autumn, Laether'o) Irene Jansen, Remko de Landmeter, Stuart Fletcher & Alex Cromarty.

Tracklisting:

1.Every Corner 
(Findlay/Kerzner)

2. Island 
(Findlay/Kerzner)

3. Veil of Ghosts 
(Findlay/Kerzner)

4. Lake Sunday
(Findlay) 

5. Mountain Spring 
(Findlay/Kerzner)

6. In A Dream 
(Findlay/Dorsey/Kerzner)

7. Learning To Be Light
(Findlay/Kerzner)

8. I’ve Seen Your Star
(Findlay)

9. Island (Reprise)
(Kerzner)

10. The Illusion’s Reckoning
(Findlay/kerzner)

11. Mountain Spring (Acoustic)
(Findlay/Kerzner)

credits

released January 29, 2016

Musicians:

Heather Findlay: lead & harmony vocals, lo whistle, percussion

Dave Kerzner: lead & harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keys

Dave Kilminster: lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars

Chris Johnson: rhythm, lead & acoustic guitars

Stu Fletcher: bass

Alex Cromarty: drums


Special Guests:

Angela Gordon: recorders (track 5), harmony vocals (track 3)

Irene Jansen: harmony vocals (tracks 3)

Troy Donockley: featured vocals & lead guitar (track 3)

Arjen Lucassen: guitar solo (track 10)


All songs written by Heather Findlay & Dave Kerzner

Except tracks: 4 & 8 written by Heather Findlay

Track 6 written by Findlay/Kerzner with Matt Dorsey

Track 9 written by Dave Kerzner

Recorded by Heather Findlay & Dave Kerzner

Additional recording by Floor Jansen, Arjen Lucassen & Troy Donockley

Mixed & Mastered by Brett Caldas-Lima at Tower Studio, France

Produced by Heather Findlay & Dave Kerzner

Executive Producer Howard Rankin

Cover artwork painted by Heather Findlay | Retouched by Leebs

Photographed by Roger Newport

Booklet design & layout by Roger Newport

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