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In the legend of Erosia, Prince Ruby Valentine is a seductive, elusive guitarist. He is addicted to freedom, obsessed with evading his royal duties and escaping expectation, terrified of needing anybody because he will inevitably be abandoned. Eventually he is exiled from Erosia for losing faith in Love. The Muse, Erica Xenne, an eternal child in a woman’s body, follows her beloved Ruby into exile. She is determined to find him, restore his faith in Love, and bring him back to Erosia. She is warned that outside Erosia, her magic powers will disappear; and that no one has ever returned to Erosia after leaving, because people become tainted in the outside world, known as Dystopia. But Erica is in love, so nothing can stop her.
In Dystopia, Erica’s magical singing voice disappears, and she speaks in a whisper. After a long search, she finds Ruby, distraught from alcohol and indiscriminate sex, more dirty and cynical than ever. She sings songs in her whisper, lamenting Ruby's self destruction. Her first album, Slave to Freedom, is a love note to Ruby. The guitar lines include pieces of songs they played together in Erosia. It is structured as a conversation between Erica (vocalist) and Ruby (guitarist). The backup singers are other beautiful women who also loved Prince Ruby and failed to possess him or cure his self destructive ways with their love.
Erica Xenne and Ruby Valentine are present in all of us. We all have a part of us like Ruby; that feels beaten down by defeat, and cannot see a reason to fight for what we believe because nothing will ever change; the world is too cruel. We want to take the path of least resistance, sleep late, get drunk, avoid expectations, do what we please moment to moment, and forget about the impact. But we also have Erica Xenne in us- the eternal child, clothed in white, reflecting all the colors of the world but never absorbing them, remaining pure, allowing music to write itself through us, allowing ourselves to be a vessel for all of the pain and suffering in the world, but turning it into something inspirational. We all have the side of us that wants to save everyone, never stops believing in magic, never gives up on love. These parts of us battle each other, hate each other, love each other and need each other until the end of our days.
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released 14 February 2011
Credits For Recording:
MUSICIANS:
Piano, Organ, Synth: Erica Xenne
Bass: Brian Bankoff
Drums:
Jon Brand: Born in a Box, Sleep on the Ceiling, Slave to Freedom, Ruby Roue, Lullaby for Defeat, Apostasy, Hurricane Ruby, Trysticide
Steve Goldberg: A Muse, Chasing Tigers, Rockless
Guitar: Ira Siegel, except verses on Hurricane Ruby which were Dalton Jobson
VOCALS:
Lead Vocals: Erica Xenne
Mezzo harmony: Meghan Bridges
Alto harmony: Oriana, except Slave to Freedom, Ruby Roué, and Hurricane Ruby which were Evelyn Doorley
Choir: (bottom to top) Linda Johnson, Evelyn Doorley, Jane Kelman, Lisa Spielman
RECORDING:
Mixing & Mastering: Larry Alexander
Drum, Piano & Bass Recording: Larry Alexander, except Slave to Freedom, Ruby Roué, and Hurricane Ruby which were recorded by John Naclerio at Nada Studios
Choir recording & additional recording: Philip Aitken
WRITING:
Music & lyrics: Erica Xenne.
Lead guitar melodies: Erica Xenne & Ruby Valentine
Arrangement: All
Production: Erica Xenne
Album Art: Erica Xenne & Riki Jane Wild
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