Thomas "TJ" Janak's 18th studio album is out now. 56 minutes of synthesizer-dominated pop.
For lyrics and more see posts below.
Purchase it now for only £10 including worldwide shipping (regular postal service) To pay type in the following email address on the paypal page: t.janak@gmx.de
You can listen to the entire album HERE
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Thursday 5 March 2015
Artwork revealed
Thomas "TJ" Janak's 18th album will be out by the end of the month and the artwork has now been revealed.
Working off Thomas's ideas "Quirky Melon"s Shameena McPherson took the picture and put together all the artwork for the forthcoming release.
The CD will be in a card wallet, shrink-wrapped and in a limited edition of just 100 copies.
There won't be an additional booklet for the 15-track album
Sunday 8 February 2015
Equipment used
Thomas has always been a hardware aficionado and has his own studio, called 'Sensitivity Studio', in Birmingham / United Kingdom.
The following equipment was used for his new album: "TJ - Every Life Matters":
Yamaha MX61, Novation Mininova, Access Virus T1 2Polar, Access Virus A, Emu Planet Phatt, Korg Volca Beats, Volca Synth and Volca Bass, Roland Aira TR-8, TB-3 and VT-3, Akai Rhythm Wolf, Maxon 200, Doepfer Maq 16/3, Voiceworks TC Helicon, Alesis Microverb IV
Recorded on Tascam DP 32 and mastered onto Gemini DRP-1
Tuesday 27 January 2015
01 - Is this what the world is coming to?
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
January 2015
Is this what the world is coming to? Holding
out on love for me and you?
Tragedies in motion all across the TV screen
Devoid of all emotion, scenes of hate I’ve
never seen before
All the talk of peace and love has failed to
fill our hearts
While keeping peace seems hard enough, life’s
falling apart quite quickly
All the talk of peace and love has failed to
fill our hearts
While keeping peace seems hard enough, life’s
falling apart quite quickly
Is this what the world is coming to? Holding
out on love for me and you?
Tragedies in motion all across the TV screen
Devoid of all emotion, scenes of hate I’ve
never seen before
02 - Rainbow in the sky
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
January 2015
You watch TV or read a book ‘cause you don’t
dare to look
At the wonders of the world high above us like
a bird
There’s a rainbow in the sky, all the colours
shining bright
And if you or I shall die, it will guide us
through the night
We have often been told about the love the sky
may hold
In many stories of old they talk about a path
of gold
There’s a rainbow in the sky, all the colours
shining bright
And if you or I shall die, it will guide us
through the night
There’s a rainbow, there’s a rainbow
You watch TV or read a book ‘cause you don’t
dare to look
At the wonders of the world high above us like
a bird
There’s a rainbow in the sky, all the colours
shining bright
And if you or I shall die, it will guide us
through the night
There’s a rainbow, there’s a rainbow
There’s a rainbow
03 - Fire
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
January 2015
When you’re playing with fire you can’t feel
the heat
As its burning through you from the inside
As your senses go numb and your mind goes blank
You will open new doors but they won’t always
bring you back
Fire – eternal flame of passion
Fire – it cannot be controlled (2x)
When you’re playing with fire you can’t feel
the heat
As its burning through you from the inside
When you’re playing with fire you can’t feel
the heat
As its burning through you from the inside
As your senses go numb and your mind goes blank
You will open new doors but they won’t always
bring you back
Fire – eternal flame of passion
Fire – it cannot be controlled (2x)
04 - The love in my heart
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
January 2015
I’ve had enough of everything, it’s time to
break free
I will follow my heart for it knows where I
want to be
All the books I have read have only held me
back
The deeper I go inside of me the less I feel
regret
Freedom is a tricky thing, so fleeting yet so
eternal
If live has taught me anything its to make the
best of it
I can truly feel the love in my heart
And I can do anything there’s no holding back
I can do anything, there’s no regret
I’ve had enough of everything, it’s time to
break free
I will follow my heart for it knows where I
want to be
All the books I have read have only held me
back
The deeper I go inside of me the less I feel
regret
the less I feel regret
05 - The window of your soul
Lyrics & Music: Thomas “TJ” Janak
November 2014
Have you ever noticed how bright the sun can
shine?
Have you ever wondered who lives above the sky?
How the wind brings love to sorrow, how he
brightens up the night?
How the truest emotions can cut right through
the light?
Ooh, to the window of your soul,
Ooh, the window of your soul
As light hides the darkness and makes the
shadows disappear
A glimpse of hope comes forward, shows a way
out of the fear
Sometimes we need to listen to the rhythm of
the heart
When illumination follows offering a brand-new
start
Ooh, to the window of your soul
Changes in the cycle of everlasting life
Voices of tomorrow will echo through tonight
Looking at the world seems like a never-ending
fight
Holding hands in darkness, holding hands in
light
Ooh, to the window of your soul,
Ooh, the window of your soul
Ooh, to the window of your soul,
Ooh, the window of your soul
06 - I guess I must be dreaming
Lyrics & Music: Thomas “TJ” Janak
October 2014
Walk into the light and sleep on a cloud of
love
I know we’ll be alright, be still so we won’t
wake up
I am waiting for a star to light the way for us
It’s all so perfect so I guess I must be
dreaming
It’s all so perfect so I guess I must be
dreaming
I guess I must be dreaming
Ooohhh
Walk into the light and sleep on a cloud of
love
I know we’ll be alright, be still so we won’t
wake up
I am waiting for a star to light the way for us
It’s all so perfect so I guess I must be
dreaming
I guess I must be dreaming
07 - I am falling for you
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
December 2014
I am falling for you and the sun comes out to
tell you that it’s true
Don’t know what to do but to make my feelings
known to you
No need to hide my emotions now that they’d
like to come through
If it wasn’t for you my heart would’ve never
known the truth
I am falling for you and the sun comes out to
tell you that it’s true
I am falling for you and the sun comes out to
tell you that it’s true
Don’t know what to do but to make my feelings
known to you
I am falling for you and the sun comes out to
tell you that it’s true
Don’t know what to do but to make my feelings
known to you
I am falling for you
08 - Tears of joy
Lyrics & Music: Thomas “TJ” Janak
November 2014
Love keeps shining brighter than the stars
followed by tears of joy
Shadows darken the night’s sky tears are
asking, are asking why?
Like a river flowing freely
Flowers blooming while trees are dying,
is
there still, is there still hope?
Love keeps shining brighter than the stars
followed by tears of joy
Love keeps shining brighter than the stars
followed by tears of joy
Shadows darken the night’s sky tears are
asking, are asking why?
09 - Into the light
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
January 2015
I think we should keep going all the way until
the end
Ever moving, ever growing, we keep marching
hand in hand
There is no way of knowing if the journey ever
ends
All the stones you keep on throwing will only
break your hand
Into the light where the shadows disappear
Into the light where your loved ones feel so
near
Into the light where the shadows disappear
Into the light where your loved ones feel so
near
Into the light
Many came before us and too many left too soon
Some were planting flowers on the surface of
the moon
Cosmic revelations are well hidden in the wind
Du musst immer weiter wo die
meisten Sterne sind
Into the light where the shadows disappear
Into the light where your loved ones feel so
near
Into the light where the shadows disappear
Into the light where your loved ones feel so
near
Into the light
Many came before us and too many left too soon
Some were planting flowers on the surface of
the moon
Cosmic revelations are well hidden in the wind
Du musst immer weiter wo die
meisten Sterne sind
10 - Life
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
December 2014
Every life matters, every flower, every leaf
When you scratch the surface, you’ll find life
underneath
We may not understand what life is all about
You can try to hide it but truth wants out
People speak in different tongues and may come
from different places
But when you make them smile you’ll find love
in most cases
Every life matters, every flower, every leaf
When you scratch the surface, you’ll find life
underneath
you’ll find life underneath
We may not all believe or share the same ideas
But we could all achieve some peace while we’re
here
Every life matters, every flower, every leaf
When you scratch the surface, you’ll find life
underneath
We may not all believe or share the same ideas
But we could all achieve some peace while we’re
here
Every life matters, every flower, every leaf
When you scratch the surface, you’ll find life
underneath
11 - Save it for another day
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
January 2015
Don’t tell the world you’re sorry put a smile
on your face
We all have our little stories about those who
prevail
You count the stars and wipe your tears
You dream of love to draw it near
You push the darkest clouds away and save your
worries for another day
Save it for another day
Save it for another day
Don’t tell the world you’re sorry put a smile
on your face
We all have our little stories about those who
prevail
You see the love in people’s eyes
In your heart lies paradise
You push the darkest clouds away and save your
worries for another day
Save it for another day
Save it for another day
You count the stars and wipe your tears
You dream of love to draw it near
You push the darkest clouds away and save your
worries for another day
Save it for another day
Save it for another day
12 - Dreamers
Music & lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
December 2014
Brighter
than sunlight, deeper than the sea
Do not
follow rivers, why don’t you follow me?
Dreamers
love oceans and the vastness of the deep
Full of
emotions when you’re crying in your sleep
Oooh, I
could change tomorrow
But I could
never change what’s meant to be (2x)
It’s not
for me to question what I already understand
Is love a
crime of passion I may never understand?
Oooh, I
could change tomorrow
But I could
never change what’s meant to be (2x)
Oooh, I
could change tomorrow
But I could
never change what’s meant to be (2x)
Take a walk with me until the morning light
When suddenly you will have fallen in love
Come and dance with me to the rhythm of your
heart
And share with me your deepest emotions
Fly away with me
13 - Fly away with me
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
October 2014
Take a walk with me until the morning light
When suddenly you will have fallen in love
Come and dance with me to the rhythm of your
heart
And share with me your deepest emotions
Watch the moon with me in all its might and
glory
Celebrate the tree and the leafs he loves so
much
(bridge)
Fly away with me, lets fly away forever
Fly away with me and we will never stop
(bridge)
Take a walk with me until the morning light
When suddenly you will have fallen in love
Come and dance with me to the rhythm of your
heart
And share with me your deepest emotions
Fly away with me
14 - In your arms
Lyrics and Music: Thomas “TJ” Janak
January 2015
The strangest little incidents don’t mean that
much to me
The only thing I am thinking of is to have you
here with me
Like a child that needs protection, like a new
born baby boy
I feel like I am floating by – like a leaf,
like a toy
Cause I feel safest in your arms, where else
would I rather be?
Cause I feel safest in your arms, where else
would I rather be?
Is this what heaven feels like? Am I about to
die?
I can feel two hearts beating and I am about to
cry
Like a child that needs protection, like a new
born baby boy
I feel like I am floating by – like a leaf,
like a toy
Cause I feel safest in your arms, where else
would I rather be?
Cause I feel safest in your arms, where else
would I rather be?
Is this what heaven feels like? Am I about to
die?
I can feel two hearts beating and I am about to
cry
Like a child that needs protection, like a new
born baby boy
I feel like I am floating by – like a leaf,
like a toy
Cause I feel safest in your arms, where else
would I rather be?
Cause I feel safest in your arms, where else
would I rather be?
15 - The Sound Of The Eagle
Music & Lyrics: Thomas “TJ” Janak
February 2015
The sound of the eagle is the sound of the sky
is the sound of the earth, is the sound of the world
(Chanting: He-ya-ya-ya ...)
is the sound of the earth, is the sound of the world
(Chanting: He-ya-ya-ya ...)
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