1. HURRICANE (THE FINAL BEAT)
2. PURE OXYGEN
WATCH: Behind the Songs
STRUGGLE PHASE
BREAKING
THROUGH
STRUGGLE
What was an experience when you had to break through struggle in order to find flow?
AUDIO: Hurricane (The Final Beat)
AUDIO: Pure Oxygen
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: Hurricane (The Final Beat)
LYRICS: Hurricane (The Final Beat)
Yeah that’s right. I am still dancing on the off-beat of the world. It feels quite alright. There is no other rhythm that feels this right. So natural, so pure. It’s that beat that keeps me free and keeps me from breaking while we crumble in cold dead hands. With my heart in hands drumming the final beat. A chest full of hopeful dreams ready to take over. You know this. A beautiful rhythm of freedom and peace. A chest full of hopeful dreams ready to take over. You know this. A pretty smile is just not enough. Feel the joy pumping in your blood. Hear the groove that gives your heart the beat. I know you feel it. I know you hear it. Until the black heart breaks. Until its final drum. This heart is young and drunk. So young and drunk. My heart is still a kid. There is always longing. With my heart in hands drumming the final beat. A chest full of hopeful dreams ready to take over. You know this. A beautiful rhythm of freedom and peace. A chest full of hopeful dreams ready to take over and leave this place as a hurricane. There is always longing.
LYRICS: Pure Oxygen
Oh I lost track. Too much noise. Too much distractions. That’s ok though. I’d rather take a long way to find what’s near. I’d rather wait for the moment I feel you’re here. And I was told the future is a product of our imagination. And guess what? I imagine you. How do you want your story to go? I wanna need you more than pure oxygen but what I want is not what I get. I wished to need you more than pure oxygen but what I want is not what I get. I know it feels like fiction and there is a chance of making things up. But all I'm giving you is pure honesty and a fair shot at life. Ideas are what makes the world go around. And it’s this idea of you and me that moves my world. Let’s move this world. I wanna need you more than pure oxygen but what I want is not what I get. I wished to need you more than pure oxygen but what I want is not what I get. I have everything you want. I am everything you need. Forget everything you know and follow the beat of your heart. Please count on in this my dear. We’re more than yesterdays. And if you wanna go I want you to know it’s ok. I’m gonna be alright. All I am is nothing. And nothing will break me. All I am is you.
PICTURES: Sound City Studios
PICTURES: Omen Room Studios
INTERVIEW: West LA Children's Choir
INTERVIEW: Eric Gorfain
BEHIND THE SCENES: Drum Recordings #1
BEHIND THE SCENES: Drum Recordings #2
CREDITS:
- Music & Lyrics: Johannes Formella
- Produced: Johannes Formella
- Vocals: Johannes Formella
- Background Vocals: Brigitta Formella, Jana Formella, Mike Kobarg, Hauke Klenz, & Sebastian Formella
- Acoustic & Electric Guitars: Sebastian Formella
- Synthesizers: Michael Formella
- Claps: Christopher Hornbrook, Pelle Henricsson, Eskil Lövström, Sebastian Formella, Justin Fluck, Nicole Formella, & Johannes Formella
- Drums: Christopher Hornbrook
- Violin 1: Eric Gorfain
- Violin 2: Daphne Chen
- Viola: Leah Katz
- Cello: Richard Dodd
- Bass: Blas Perez
- Piano: Josh Giroux
- Children’s Choir: Shayanne Burnette-Mas, Gemma Ginsburg, Danny Goldenberg, Osric Holt, Theodore King, Alison Kokorowski, Scarlett Royal, Adella Travers, Jolie Tsai, Raeva Vasisht, Michael Yang, Josephine Yario – [Conductor: Barbara Klaskin Silberg]
- Trumpet: Hagai Izraeli
- Saxophone: Daniel Hofmann
- French Horn: Mary McGowan
- Trombone: Ann McClanahan
- Tubular Bells: David Andersen
- Additional Programming: Dylan Agajanian
- Additional Editing: Kyle Bailey
- Assisting Engineer Andrew Machum
- Recorded at: Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
- Engineered: Pelle Henricsson, Eskil Lövström, & David Andersen
- String Arrangements: Johannes Formella & Michael Formella
- Percussion: Christopher Hornbrook
- Recorded at: Omen Room Studios, Garden Grove, CA
- Engineered: Steve Evetts
- Mixed (Hurricane): Forrester Savell, Australia
- Mixed (Pure Oxygen): Eric Palmquist, Palmquist Studios, Los Angeles, CA
- Mastered: Forrester Savell, Australia
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