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The Mystery Of The Seven Stars

by Ola Kobak

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    *Track 11 is a bonus song called "Little Ola".
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1.
Lyrics: Cluster of mortals journey through portals To leap into the sky Fly high glide by His winged leopards as our shepherds rise He guards his flock in the night Unfold Unlock Law of this land does not understand But Thumnus he was there held my hand Nothing dies none lies here children Christos has come again Kawdesh Erets To him who overcomes He'll give the right To pacific plums Moon Guns oh sit tight Tree of Life surrounds the perfect night Sound Kings travelling at the speed of light Law of this land does not understand But Thumnus he was there held my hand Nothing dies none lies here children Christos has come again
2.
Lyrics: Misunderstood God himself could frown upon the earth Tears for granted take them hand them down count their worth Mountains, rivers and streams Birds, bees, cats in the trees call Peter and Paul Lazy days in the streets Rumbling for soft ice cream oh What a shithole. Lilla coughs up blood God himself could stop the pain But never does When we gather and pray Lay our hands on her and say stay longer Things dont happen as planned I dont understand his time without end Jacob dies his work is done on the earth then blessed his children. Soul you better hear Him now Live your days like Joshua from now See the banner in the photograph The eagle dances and the horse runs round the back Spirit come and take your stand Speak and heal, control the land Deliver me from sentiment again Another begs on the pavement I drive right by ignore him The guilt he drives uproots men born of the tree of noesis and evil
3.
Alpine 04:13
Lyrics: When the darkness Seeks the light When the kindness breaks the fight When the moment is right When the burden is light I will stand on the alpine with you When the darkness Seeks the light When the kindness breaks the fight When the moment is right When the burden is light I will stand on the alpine with you Father, take all my soul, ego, my world Destroy, take all my world Father, take all my soul, ego, my world Destroy, take all my world Take all Father, take my strongholds Make them erode Decayed and made known
4.
Lyrics: I could never love like You do You loved me at my darkest moments When I pushed you away, I tied you up, spoke badly of your friends Yet You chose to stay. You looked me in the eyes and said: I only see the best And so I cried, after I lied, I slept on the floor, Inside my mind, expected to die, you came you took Your yoke is easy and burden is light. I fell when you spoke I fell when you... I fell when you spoke I fell when you spoke and you took me a floating
5.
Lyrics: They made it law For the nobles to score On her wedding night, they take her away Return her and claim That she's a whore She poured him a bath And took off her clothes They had just met and then made warm love And then he read Hush my little darling don't you cry Coz freedom is well on the rise Clench your fists and bite your tongue The enemy will surely Fall to the ground
6.
Lyrics: Time would only tell How your grace to me Rang into wedding bells In soft harmonies You fight off a breeding spell In your company the light in you is a story to tell You were born a mystery to me I'll open the doors you closed The secrets in the key And in me I trust the lord in you I do believe May I wash your feet Time could only tell How our lives will be No matter how much we shout and yell In our home to be You are the pearl in my oyster shell Under cherry trees We sing and play monopolys You have soared excelled and will succeed I'll love you for who you are despite mistakes to be And when we mess up ill keep the secrets in my heart Until death do us part
7.
Tand Pyne 03:05
8.
Adam 04:40
Lyrics: Hey flightless dove Where'd you go All alone Is dominion over the earth not enough After the fall power froze In our souls You were tempted and the cunning snake had you sold Oh adam He made the choice to be free so the voice Of the father Said son I must drive you out I'm no different from adam I have made many mistakes Lucky me I'm forgiven Oh adam It's latent (repeat) Theres power in us but only frozen Destroy your soul its our choice to be chosen Release the spirit and set it in motion Or drink the dust that lies on the ocean Theres power in us but only frozen Destroy your soul its our choice to be chosen Release the spirit and set it in motion Or drink the dust that lies on the ocean floor
9.
Lyrics: Four pm an hour to go the day is over and Traffic ahead microwave the frozen bread I can't Wait until vacation work is over and then we Cycle on our velo's in the forests with baskets So we dance and grow on through our darkest days We dance away, (away) (repeats) We dance and grow on through our darkest days We dance away, (away) (repeats)
10.
Lyrics: Spears and eagles in the air Dear there's nothing left to spare Know that Omega is here he will stay Know that the potion is only a slave Cheers and people in despair Dear times out the Judge declares Oh the commotion we all knew this day Oh the disruption, division make way Look He's coming with the clouds and every eye will see Him Who is Who was and Whose to Write therefore what you have seen what is now and will be The mystery of the seven stars that you have seen in me ooh I'll never let you go Blessed is the breath of His mouth Sacred is the eyes of the One Trust in this His army will come Army will come Look He's coming with the clouds and every eye will see Him Who is Who was and Whose to come
11.
Little Ola 01:03

about

The Mystery of Seven Stars is Pretoria-based but Poland-inspired Fulka's first album. But there's very little of the influence of provincial Snor City that mark this existential journey, dealing with mythical themes of redemption and hope, of fragility and decay.

Fulka's drawcard lies in their clever merging of electronica and folk, making not only the often intimidating aural landscape of electronica palatable to listeners, but using it to showcase the complexity inherent to the seeming simplicity of the folk genre.

Tracks such as Misunderstood and The Bear Song are particularly good examples of this eclectic marriage, and the juxtapositions continue in the trajectory of struggle which marks most of the songs' lyrics. In fact, thematically the album seems to deal with humanity's inability to understand the paradoxes that undergird their transient stay in an often hostile world. But Fulka never lapses into nihilism or despair – instead there is a sense of light laced through the album, of different, better worlds, or simply of repair of that which is broken. This ties in with the band name, which not only reflects the music's folk strains, but which, interestingly enough, in its original Proto-Germanic context, means host of warriors, emphasizing a need to fight for that which is true. All this could sound as if Fulka take themselves way too seriously, but a sense of the playful and the fun remains, as evidenced by the last track, which consists of leadsinger Ola Kobak's childhood ramblings of Polish folk rhymes.

It's somewhat sad that these Polish influences of Kobak's background as first-generation Polish South African are not further explored in the album, but is perhaps something which will come to fruition in later work. All considered, a thoughtful and well executed debut, which should satisfy both electronica enthusiasts and folk aficionados alike, or even just those stumbling on the road less travelled.


By Anjo-marí Gouws
October 2010

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released October 11, 2010

Fulka is Ola Kobak, Jacob Israel, Corné Roodt, Christian Henn and Jean-Louise Nel.

Music, arrangements and lyrics written by Ola Kobak.
Additional arrangements: Viola by Jean-Louise Nel on 'Dancing In Our Darkest Days' and Banjo by Corné Roodt on 'Misunderstood', 'Kawdesh Erets' and 'Adam'.

Produced by Jacob Israel & Ola Kobak.
Mixed and recorded by Jacob Israel at Benjamin, Pretoria, South Africa. www.benjaminstudio.co.za
Mastered by Rogan Kelsey at Lapdust Audio Mastering in Johannesburg, South Africa. www.lapdust.com

Illustrations by Cindy Tomczyk. www.cindytomczyk.com
Design, art direction and layout by Ola Kobak.

All instruments played by Ola Kobak except the following:
Marcus Wyatt: Trumpet Solo on track 1.
Zbyszek Kobak: Trombone on track 4, 9 and 10.
Janus van der Merwe: Double Bass on track 7.
Corné Roodt: Banjo on track 1, 2 and 8.
Jean-Louise Nel: Viola on track 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9.

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