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The Awakening

by Helefonix

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Soul's Cry 02:01
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So Lost 02:45
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Sanctuary 03:14
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Communion 02:50
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Firedance 02:16
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about

"Oh wow. Really beautiful. Feels like a ski trip from the mind to the heart and back, with lots of wondrous forests and dreamscapes along the way.... Thank you. Gorgeous!" Nitin Sawhney.

"really ethereal and quite moving" Neil March

My second album is called The Awakening, full of vocal harmonies and sweet classical swells, themes around belonging and personal identity and how it evolves. I guess you could call it a concept album, rather like Nature's Grace.

It's about a journey of self discovery and learning to listen to yourself, to see what and who you really are and what you really need in your life rather than what society tells you about yourself. It takes the listener through the turmoil and eventual joy when acceptance (by self and others) and a sense of belonging are reached. You are not alone is something people need to know! People need to be encouraged to find their tribe.

This is an old fashioned concept album, with tracks designed to be listened to in the order they are presented. As a journey. If you are able to approach it in this way, I thank you and hope you find it an enriching experience in some way.

I have put my heart and soul into this album, which is my second. Building upon the popularity of the style of one of the tracks on my debut album, Maids of the Mer, this album uses vocal samples and almost classical influences with minimal percussion and lots of harmonies. Sometimes they developed as a capella tracks, sometimes with more accompaniment. It is not a pop record. Or a rock record. I suppose it is more spiritual than anything else.

So what’s ‘the story’?
Journeys of self discovery often happen without warning. We might suddenly feel like square pegs in round holes or gradually lose sight of who we are. Sometimes a crisis in another aspect of our life can force us to take a long hard look within.
Our reactions might change, or we might notice changes regarding our beliefs, our roles, our work or our sense of self at a deep level. There might be a sense of disquiet. Or sadness. Or feeling low with no real reason that we can put our finger on.
You may have experienced it yourself, or know someone who has. Watched a film or read a book which touches on it.
A process of awakening or self discovery can happen more than once in a lifetime. A time where we question our self identity and seek greater alignment with our true selves.
We cannot remain static. Inevitably our roles change, as people, whether as children or adults, parents, lovers or friends, what’s expected of us changes throughout our lives. Change can be frightening and it’s possible that others in our life may not support or may even actively discourage the changes we feel are necessary to live more contentedly. In the end we may feel we wear masks all the time and can lose sense of what is actually important to us and indeed, WHO we are, our sense of self.
We may feel deep dislocation with our gender or the stereotypes that are foisted upon us. We may be bewildered with adulting and coping on our own. We may feel torn between what we want to do day to day versus what we need to do, to pay the bills. We may feel that the career we picked twenty years earlier no longer serves us. Our values might have changed and our needs might be almost unrecognisable from our teenage self.

Overwhelm and anxiety can surface out of the blue and eradicate feelings of joy. Jabs of low self worth and waves of despair can arise when we are not feeling that we are living authentically.

A feeling of disquiet and disorientation can be the first sign. A dis-ease when contemplating the day to day aspects of our life. This album takes us through the various stages as I see them. There is no right and wrong.

This is my personal interpretation. We are all on a journey and I hope that, if you need it, that this album offers some peace and escape from ‘the real world’. A retreat if you will?

I have attempted to represent the feelings of being lost and uncertain, needing some people to support you while also rejecting others, the question of who you want to be, now, and how you want to present yourself in the world. The album then takes us through contemplation and reflection. Being honest with ourselves is often a tricky stage.
When we reappear from our ‘retreat’ inwards, it is not plain sailing that’s for sure but there may be glimpses of ‘finding your tribe’ and communing with others. Feelings of liberation and joy can appear unexpectedly and as you learn to trust these new sensations, they will hopefully, more frequently, replace the feelings that were not welcome at the beginning of your journey.

If any of this resonates with your experiences I send you heart felt compassion and support through my music. You are not alone. Feel free to get in touch at helefonix@gmail.com

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released February 28, 2022

Helen Meissner

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Helefonix England, UK

'Oh wow. Really beautiful. Feels like a ski trip from the mind to the heart & back, with lots of wondrous forests & dreamscapes along the way" Nitin Sawhney.

The Awakening & Nature's Grace seem more relevant than ever, tolerance, compassion, kindness, belonging & identity

AfterLife (album 3) coming soon.

'Weaving electronic tapestries and natural sounds'
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