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The Secret Ingredient EP

by Fractal Caravan

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The Secret Ingredient by Edwin Quirk You always make the best of what you've got You don't like nobody else stirring your pot You find a way to come & somehow fill my cup While you're adding just a pinch to wake me up --- I know what it is that you've got What make yours such a tasty dish Yeah I know what it is that you've been cooking with You keep a secret ingredient You keep a secret --- You never mind when I tell you we've got company You say you know a way to turn two meals into three My mouth keeps watering while you let things simmer down So I reached into your drawers & you know what I found --- Now I know what it is that you've got What makes your soul food heaven-sent Yeah, I know what it is that you've been cooking with You keep a secret ingredient You keep a secret...
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Demand the Impossible by Edwin Quirk Charming ruins advertise "Life Is Elsewhere" while apathy breeds inside the concrete Which of us will get to end up dying of comfort? & who's gonna find the beach beneath the streets? - Be realistic, demand the impossible Beauty is in the streets, boredom kills - Can we abolish our own alienation? & forget everything we've ever been taught If you wanna live without dead time, start by dreaming, & open up the windows to your heart - Be realistic, demand the impossible, Beauty is in the streets, boredom kills - Everybody wants to breathe How can we break free of our own inner chains? They bought our happiness from us, it's time to steal it back, & learn to unbutton our own brains - Be realistic, demand the impossible, Beauty is in the streets, boredom kills
3.
One Way 04:44
One Way by Edwin Quirk You won't see it on your tv No you can't order it online You might search high & low for it Still it somehow sneaks up behind ya I couldn't tell you on your cellphone And who reads the writing on the wall? No, your favorite band, they don't promote it And it ain't on sale on the mall --- One way, one way One way to find out One way, there's only one way to find out & that's to... --- Religions, they all promise it But whoever's got, they don't advertise You might glimpse it in a dream one night, Just to watch it disappear before your waking eyes We could argue until I'm blue, still it may never enter your mind In one ear & out the other But it just might come to you in time --- One way... & that's to... -
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Yin and Yang 04:10
Yin and Yang by Edwin Quirk Must the poet always follow the soldier? Just like they keep questioning our every exclamation The best way to get into it, is to to get out- Make the open road your only destination You behave just like a wave & then I react like a particle Are you gonna scratch my itch tonight? Or just give my ribs a little tickle? --- Yes I am the yang to your yin & I just wanna end up where you begin Then I'm gonna stop- Long enough to get you started Treat me gentle, I'll try my hardest --- Yeah, it's easy to see the humor when it's happening to somebody else But when it's you, it's so tragic Should we really put all our faith in science? Does it all add up to calculated magic? --- Yes, you are the yang to my yin... --- Does the dragon even notice that's he's devouring his own tail? Do you see two people talking face to face? or maybe that's the Holy Grail --- Yes, we are the yin to their yang... -

about

The Secret Ingredient EP is a mini concept album about learning
to embrace the mystery of the unknown.

Completed right before our bassist Fabio moved back to Colombia
in late 2015,
& recorded live together in one day,
(with only the vocals overdubbed later),
it stands in stark contrast to the kitchen sink approach
we used for our debut album, Paradox Lust.

it is also the story of 3 musicians,
mindful that money was tight & time was tighter,
just enjoying playing their asses off together,
to create songs that are minimal, funky, & good.

It is a snapshot in time,
of a unique rock & roll band
finding it's roots while reaching for the cosmos.

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www.fractalcaravan.com

credits

released December 22, 2015

Guitars, Vocals- Edwin Quirk
Bass, Backround Vox- Fabio Montenegro
Drums- David Cornejo

All songs written by Edwin Quirk
Produced by Fino El Barbaro & Edwin Quirk

Recorded live at The Cutting Room Studio, NYC
Vocal Overdubs recorded at 2 Fine Studio, Brooklyn

Mixed by Daniel Boyle at Rolling Lion Studios
(Lee Scratch Perry)
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
(Ramones, Talking Heads, Bowie)

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