This is our most recent collaboration with Seventh Element to date, an arrange of his composition Better, featuring powerful drums by Vincent Ramaekers. We decided to keep this version off vocal so as not to compromise the instruments, and because, quite simply, we were not sure how to go about it… Fun fact number one: …
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Dec 21 2013
Raven’s Jig – El Niño (Chorando Se Foi, Lambada, on-vocal)
Now this is a song everyone has probably heard once, whether you knew the title or not. In this spin of Kaoma’s hit Lambada, in which Onne tested his ability to arrange the exotic once again, we decided to switch the lyrics’ language to Spanish (purely for skills reasons), and we changed the lyrics to …
Sep 21 2013
Raven’s Jig – Jib Jig (off-vocal)
Of course, we are Raven’s Jig, so it only made sense that we would do a jig at some point, right? This orchestral arrange of a soundtrack from Donkey Kong Country 2 exists in two version, an off-vocal featuring extra harp and the greenery-filled flute we appreciate so much in our more celtic song, and …
Sep 16 2013
Raven’s Jig – Leçon de Franglais
This is a spin on a song most likely best known by the French: ‘For Me, Formidable’ by Charles Aznavour. The original song features a pun-filled mix of French and English to which we decided to pay homage by writing our own lyrics… With possibly a more absurd twist, if that can every be. It …
Sep 13 2013
Raven’s Jig – Jib Jig (on-vocal)
Of course, we are Raven’s Jig, so it only made sense that we would do a jig at some point, right? This orchestral arrange of a soundtrack from Donkey Kong Country 2 exists in two version, an off-vocal featuring extra harp and the greenery-filled flute we appreciate so much in our more celtic song, and …
Aug 17 2013
Raven’s Jig – Chorando Se Foi (Lambada, off-vocal)
Now this is a song everyone has probably heard once, whether you knew the title or not. In this spin of Kaoma’s hit Lambada, in which Onne tested his ability to arrange the exotic once again, we decided to switch the lyrics’ language to Spanish (purely for skills reasons), and we changed the lyrics to …
May 09 2013
Raven’s Jig – Ravens in Paradise
Released in the peaceful days between late spring and early summer, this song was intended to sound as sunny as bright blue skies. Much like someone would rely on classical music or golden oldies to relax, we decided to bring our own, raven-marked lyrics to a classic from 50s musical Kismet, itself inspired by Borodin’s …
Apr 14 2013
Raven’s Jig – Butterflies
Basically Fireflies, but organic… And during the day. The core idea behind this arrange was to replace the spacey keyboard with lyrical strings, the dark blue atmosphere with a bright green one… And why not switch languages as well to give it a more exotic aspect? Butterflies is actually much less about butterflies than it …
Jan 19 2013
Raven’s Jig – Kraken
If this is not epic Raven’s Jig at its best I don’t know what is. One of our several homages to Hans Zimmer’s amazing soundtracks, this arrange of Kraken is one the darkest, creepiest pieces in our musical history. It would pave the way for later vocal and non-vocal arranges which heavily rely on strong …
Aug 08 2012
Raven’s Jig – Hijo de la Luna (English on-vocal)
This is a translation of a Spanish-language hit song originally performed by Mecano. Except it’s not. Or is it? This English adaptation relies on automatic writing, to provide absurd lyrics jumping from one idea to another, following the course of the lyricist’s mind. Of course, you can still take it as a translation… Only at …