PTICE - BIRDS have finally spread their wings.
The story of a boy who tells the story of birds that disappeared. Watch the new music video and find out why.
Shooting this video was a particularly interesting experience. None of us expected an idyllic winter day. Almost 6 hours of outdoor shooting — although I’m used to barefoot adventures even in the snow, this shoot was on the edge of comfortable. Somehow, I imagined that my sneakers and double socks could withstand the pressure of winter, snow, and the almost swampy, wet ground beneath the snow where I sat the longest.
After the shoot, when we went for pizza, I imagined immediately soaking my toes in my margherita pizza to warm them up properly.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in this project! These 6 minutes and 45 seconds represent a year of developing this song. Now they are here, for all of you.
LYRICS (English below)
Hej ptice kam letite,
v soju sonca skrite,
zdaj, ko v mojem srcu je tema?
Kdo mi bo zdaj prepeval
in z zoro mi odmeval,
če še luna z vami je odšla?
Tu v samoti pišem,
s toni barve rišem,
rad pobarval sivi bi planet.
Slišim burjo za goro,
ptice naj se vrnejo,
melodijo to zapojejo
Uuuuuuu, oooooo
Slišiš pesem srce moje,
bi jo rad prepeval,
a na krilih glas je odletel.
Vstanem sam zapojem,
to pesem teh gora,
ki jo ptice s sabo nosijo.
Uuuuuuu, oooooo
In sprašujem sonce,
kje so zdaj te ptice,
da lahko bom z njimi spet zapel.
So se izgubile,
v drug dom naselile,
veter prosim nesi jim moj šepet.
V sanjah vidim sonce, ko mi odgovarja:
Tu kjer si zdaj ničesar ni,
tu kjer si zdaj še noč boli,
šle so ptice, zdaj pa pojdi ti.
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English translation:
Hey birds, where are you flying?
Hidden in the brigthness of the sun,
now, when there’s darkness in my heart.
Who will sing for me now
and echo with the dawn,
if even the moon has gone with you?
Here in solitude I write,
with tones and colours I paint,
I would like to colour the grey planet.
I hear the wind over the mountain,
birds, please return,
sing this melody for me.
Uuuuuuu, oooooo
Do you hear the song my heart?
I’d like to sing it,
but on the wings,
my voice has flown away.
I stand up and sing alone,
this song of these mountains,
which the birds carry with them.
Uuuuuuu, oooooo
And I ask the Sun:
Where are the birds now,
so I can sing with them again?
Have they gotten lost,
settled in another home?
Wind, please carry them my whisper.
In my dreams I see the Sun answering me:
Here, where you are now, there is nothing,
here, where you are now, the night still hurts.
The birds have gone,
now it’s your turn to go.
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Composition, lyrics and arrangement, vocal, guitars, bass, audio editing - Mihael Hrustelj
Female vocals - Zvezdana Novaković
Kaval flute - Oscar Antoli
Percussion - Jakob Hofmann
Drums - Lan Vračun
Violin 1 - Aleksander Rogina
Violin 2 - Vivijana Rogina
Viola - Petar Njegovan
Cello - Valentin Rogina
Audio mix and master - Simon Penšek
Audio recorded at Skegn, Vas, Radlje ob Dravi by Mihael Hrustelj
Video:
Directed by - Gaja Möderndorfer
Director of Photography - Dejan Ulaga
Editor - Žan Žvižej
2nd camera, drone - Gregor Kitek
Color grade - Dejan Ulaga
Location - Andrej Plos
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Projekt Novi ljudski zvoki je sofinanciralo Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije. Založništvo in izdajo fonograma Ptice je sofinancirala Mestna občina Velenje.
