“We all have our secrets and there is always a point in time we need and want to share them.”, she says.

Taken from the “Bittersweet” album, “My Secrets” is a dub breakbeat electro track on which Marieke’s soulful vocals take the lead to set-up a tortured vulnerable mood, sort of mixed attitude somewhere between anger and pain. Her highly expressive words grab you by the throat and won’t leave you unaffected. Something that also breathes from the touching video clip shot for the occasion.

Besides the exclusive “radio edit” of the song, the EP features additional exclusive bonus remixes by Rob Dust, ENTRZELLE, JUNKSISTA, DIGITAL FACTOR and ROOL who each add diversity to this release by reinterpreting “My Secrets” through their own emotional and creative filter.

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Today, Yves Schelpe brings the surprise one step further by releasing a new video clip and extended EP for this amazing PSY’AVIAH classic song “Ok”!

Originally released back in 2011, the new 2022 version benefits from the artist’s ever evolving production skills and features new stunning vocal melodies sung by Huong Su with additional guitars and carrying violins by Irina Markevich, metamorphosing this song into a more triphop / indie pop tune.

“Ok” questions the depth of that social question we use at almost every human encounter asking mechanically “how are you?”, expecting “Ok” as automatic answer without really paying attention nor trying to find out what truth really lurks behind this or considering being empathic… “Everything is going Ok” being nothing but a window-dressing expression, some kind of emotional mask. Well, the essence of the tongue-in-cheek message of this song was beautifully translated into this must-see slow-motion video clip, result of Yves Schelpe’s fruitful collaboration talented actress Gwendolin Harissa Van Jole & Gwenny Cooman of GNY Photography. Just go and watch that alien desperately trying to connect with the strange humans that we all can be sometimes!

This new “rediscovered” version of “Ok” gets released with some 12 bonus remixes from all kinds of music genres from industrial-electro to pure club trance, to synthpop & Italo-disco inspired versions, to ambient and even old school jungle breakbeats. “It is a reflection of listening to other influences as well – so it ties nicely into the narrative of “Ok” and listening further…” explains Yves Schelpe.

As always, PSY’AVIAH proves that it’s very possible writing electro pop songs with heavy messages and extracting shimmering lights from darker tunes…

LYRICS

Ok, everything’s going ok,
Smoothly gently quietly
’cause everything’s going ok,
Everything’s, ahaa

Tada, ok
Tada, ahaa
Ok, ok
Tada

No one knows what it feels like,
No one knows how it feels,
No one knows how I feel

Being broken,
Inside ruptured, soaking,
Wet of sweat, but ok,
Never mind problems creeping
Keep me awake

Ok, ok
Tada, ahaa
Ok, ok
Tada, ahaa

No one knows what it feels like,
No one knows how it feels,
No one knows how I feel

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As always with PSY’AVIAH lyrics always carry strong messages, inviting us this time to a self-discovery trip, reconnecting with nature to recover strength, hope and energy, learning from our mistakes and bringing light into our own book of life…

This time again, PSY’AVIAH used his influential circle of connections and teamed up with an amazing list of artists coming from various music scenes and genres (from electro rock to industrial, through trance, minimal techno and trip-hop / synth pop) to gather a massive selection of remixes for both songs, adding radio and extended versions but also instrumental edits for the ultimate pleasure of electronic music scene DJ’s amongst others. The list of remixers include MISS SUICIDE, 13TH ANGEL, CYBORGDRIVE, RESTRICTION 9, CUBIC, KARL ROQUE, OUTPOST 11, STUDIO-X & BATAVIA.

And last but not least, PSY’AVIAH’s creativity obviously knows no limits, Yves Schelpe also recorded 2 exclusive ambient poetry tracks (“The Truth”; “Perspective Proportionally”) featuring Jen Draven of 13TH ANGEL on spoken/whispered vocals adding some more depth and intimacy to the whole concept and message conveyed by this release. The whole sonic experience is backed up by Tim Goossens and Gwenny Cooman’s photographs (available as bonus digital booklet on Bandcamp) adding one more dimension to it all and reinforcing the too often forgotten connection with the wild nature…

PSY’AVIAH proves that it’s very possible writing electro pop songs with heavy messages and extracting shimmering lights from darker tunes… Hear his hopeful and critical call to action and gain perspective in the vast landscape called “life”…

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Featuring Mari Kattman (HELIX) on vocals, this song has that characteristic PSY’AVIAH blend of emotional synthpop and breakbeat rhythms intensity that you’ll quickly become addicted to and fall under the spell of this brilliant combination of intimate and soulful female vocals with carrying catchy synthesizer arrangements.

As an exclusive B-side, both artists chose to cover their SOFT CELL favorite song “Monoculture” whose lyrics and less-is-more pop feel perfectly fit this EP concept and the hope it carries towards a brighter and more colorful world where people with different thoughts can find a common place to talk to each other again… An intention that also nicely reflects in the official video clip shot together with Mari Kattman in person for the title-song “Can We Make It Rhyme” where the blaze of contrasting colors and emotions play like a kaleidoscope on the various story background angles the lyrics offer to us…

This 10-track EP features wisely selected remixes guaranteeing a certain diversity of sound with two trance dance-driven anthems by Omniks and Karl Roque, whilst the “retro club” edit of “Monoculture” and the Assemblage 23 remix of “Can We Make It Rhyme” will be more for the synthpop dancefloor, while the versions of 13th Angel and Jen Draven focus more on the song’s core intimacy.

Another very fruitful and successful collaboration between Mari Kattman and Belgian multi-talented artist Yves Schelpe confirming the motto “don’t change a winning team”.

“When Yves asked me to work on this song, the emotion and meaning behind the song was palpable. Feeding off of the emotional nature of the lyrics, I was able to weave a large harmony for the chorus and even found myself lost in the process. It’s always amazing when you can feel the intention of the writer and join with them on celebrating that. I am so honored to be able to have worked with Yves, yet again on, what I consider to be, a very successful piece of music.” – Mari Kattman.

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On these 13 new songs, Yves Schelpe is taking us sonically one step further in his songwriting approach: giving more room to vocalists with harmonies and setting storytelling to high hitting notes, while also widening the place to live instruments in the production – that create a warm, lush and dynamic sound grandeur – thanks amongst others to Irina Markevich on violin and Polina Faustova on cello.

If special care was also given to searching for new vocalists to hit new ways of storytelling in this more up-tempo pop-driven album, we also have some highly praised returning collaborations. Like Addie Nicole of HALOCENE, who portrays a very punk-electro vibe with “Tired”; or yet Mari Kattman of HELIX with immense emotion and high notes on the up-tempo dub/jungle track “Can We Make It Rhyme”. PSY’AVIAH’s live vocalist Marieke Lightband continues showing of her soulful vocal skills on “My Secrets”, while Prof. Dr. Dirk De Wachter sets the mood once again with his spoken words on the poetic ambient introduction “Rainy Repertoire”.

“Bittersweet” plays with contrasts and hovers between up-tempo electric pop tunes like “The Wildness In Me”, “The Book Of Life”, “Turn Up The Stereo”, the addictive “Sunbird” or yet the poignant “Pretender”, and more laid-back melancholic pieces like “Cold Summer Nights”, “Healing” and “Can We Make It Rhyme” for instance. The band’s fans will also notice totally revamped versions of the classic PSY’AVIAH songs “Tired” and the mega hit “OK” that both relate to the trilogy’s hard topics (burnout, depression, loneliness, addiction…) and highlighting the importance of reflection and seeing things from the other side…

And that’s not all folks! To celebrate PSY’AVIAH’s 20th anniversary, the first edition of the album will be released as a limited double-CD digipak holding the exclusive 15-track CD “Rediscovered (20th Anniversary)” plus a download link to 12 extra additional songs, with as unique concept here that an eclectic selection of artists wrote their own cover version (music & voice) of one of PSY’AVIAH’s numerous hit songs, or made an all new collaboration with Yves Schelpe in a full redesign of the original track. The result is simply breathtaking, bringing us all over the place from synth pop to goth rock, from ethereal wave to EBM, for a stunning collection of songs with a heartfelt message and a sharp sense of melody. Joining that original birthday party are bands like THE BREATH OF LIFE, IMPLANT, AESTHETISCHE, 808.DOT.POP, LEAETHER STRIP, YOUR LIFE ON HOLD, DIGITAL FACTOR, IC 434, LLUMEN, MADIL HARDIS and many more! Respect!

Is everything going OK on these bittersweet days?
Just listen to the rain, it can’t always be sunshine!
But do remember that in pain there’s strength to be found…

Video’s

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For this quite autobiographical song revealing the extreme addictive side of passion and devotion, Yves Schelpe once again found in Oliviya Nicole (professional singer in the UK and finalist of “The Voice”) the best fitting fragile and naïve voice for the perfect match: her distinct voice shines through these highly emotional Moog bass & synth arrangements, and beautifully merges with the warmth of Polina Faustova’s live cello parts.

With this blissful sounding “Sunbird”, Yves Schelpe demonstrates once again how PSY’AVIAH keeps exploring different genres and incorporating them into his very own distinctive signature sound while proving that synth pop / indie pop can not only be catchy and versatile, but can also still carry meaningful messages through intelligent lyrics speaking to your heart and soul… And the video clip shot for this song perfectly depicts it through the performance of a dancer aiming at perfection and eventually burning her wings under the red sun…

Throughout this 11-track EP, “Sunbird” gets bathed in multi-coloured sonic flavours each time placing this catchy moody song in different contexts ranging from the ultimate and vulnerable “stripped edit” with cello, Wurlitzer piano and Ben Van de Cruys’ guitars to stunning dancefloor House mixes by James Beachen and 11GRAMS, through a more 80’s synthwave “retro club edit”, and other trance versions by OMNIKS and RESTRICTION 9, or breakbeat dubstep mix by DECKOS.

Learn sunbird learn!

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Confronting us with the impact of loneliness and senselessness in our postmodern society, Yves Schelpe pushes us to drop the mask and question the virtual artificial life we pretend to have on social medias… He invites us to put our smartphones at the right place, at the service of human connection, nothing more, nothing less. The video clip made for this song nicely depicts this: shot during the Corona lockdown period, PSY’AVIAH invited his fans to share “connection” moments that were integrated in the video concept…

Musically, “Pretender” is a carrying upbeat electronic pop song led by the stunning vocals of female singer Maysa who adds a little melancholic dimension to this vibrating hi-energy dance pop tune. The song also received the remix treatment by artists in the likes of DEVICE NOIZE, STUDIO-X, HUMANS CAN’T REBOOT and FUNDISC each adding various flavours to this catchy but confronting song ranging from upbeat hard dance to drum’n bass with some touches of jazz and synth pop.
Don’t be a pretender this time and share your emotions when singing and dancing along to PSY’AVIAH!

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Another stunning collaboration work between Belgian electro artist Yves Schelpe and Ellia Bisker, female singer of SWEET SOUBRETTE / CHARMING DISASTER pushed onto the dancefloors thanks to the contribution of 11GRAMS, MIND DIVIDED and BUTSENZELLER.

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Under the current Covid19 crisis that limited the number of visitors and forced the cancellation of the planned live performance of PSY’AVIAH at the closing of the exhibition, together with both artists, we decided to make this poignant soundtrack available for everyone to not only reveal another facet of PSY’AVIAH’s eclectic work and talent, but also to draw the attention of the fans to GNY’s stunning photographic work. She manages capturing moments of life and let them shine in their own evoking and emotional dimension. Her motto says it all: “If I hear something beautiful, I listen. If I see something beautiful, I click”. www.gnyphotography.com

A successful combination of art & talents. So simply click further and discover GNY’s captured moments of life while playing PSY’AVIAH’s soundtrack in the background…

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Next to more dancefloor oriented remixes of the title song thanks to a synthwave radio pop rework by SD-KRTR and hypnotizing trance versions by Mister Tom Bro, PSY’AVIAH again takes us by surprise with an original and exclusive B-side song inspired by FAITHLESS’ dance mega-hit “Insomnia” and fully transformed into a slowed down melancholic trip-pop track offering an all new sonic experience while paying homage to one of the most influential songs in electronic music history. Guest female singer Charlotte C. subtly appropriates the song and makes it her own, adding a fitting chorus to the whole while making the more rap section of the original more “parlando”…

A new PSY’AVIAH video clip was also shot for this lush “Train Of Thought” song featuring actress & dancer Zara García (instagram.com/zarafragoso_), telling the story of “struggling with our sleep” in a beautiful way…

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