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  • The Only Door (VINYL)
  • The Only Door (CD)
  • Never Lost Forever
  • Through The Dark Glass Shining
  • Frightening Beauty
  • Shadows of Light
  • Where Glass Birds Fly
Through The Dark Glass Shining
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Through The Dark Glass Shining
Xyra ~ Vocals and acoustic-electric rhythm guitar

Andrew Cann ~ Piano, MIDI, electric rhythm and 2nd lead guitars

Jeff Spencer ~ Lead electric guitar - tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7
Norm Thorne ~ Drums and percussion
Larry Lawrence ~ Electric bass guitars
Don Stapleson ~ Clarinet - tracks 3-4, flute - 2 and 7, saxophone -1 and 6
Eric Ulreich ~ Lead electric guitar - track 5
Bret Empie ~ MIDI keys, effects and organ; harpsichord - track 5
Doug Empie ~ Electric violin - tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 - (pizzicato - track 2)
Marco Delmar ~ Windfall, vintage Fender Stratocaster rhythm guitar - track 1



Production ~
Marco Delmar, with Xyra and Andrew Cann

Recording and Mixing ~
Marco Delmar with Antonio Pacheco

Mastering ~
Antonio Pacheco

Assistant Engineers ~
Stefanie Gogerty and Emily Hay




Cover Photos ~
Left: J. Matt Senkow -
Right: Tatyana Vishnevsky © 2004




CD Manufacturing ~
Disk Makers




Cover Art and Design ~
Xyra




All Rights Reserved: XYRA ~ All songs registered: BMI ~
Music and Lyrics © Xyra Harper-Cann : 2001/04, unless otherwise noted




Andrew Cann - bridge composition and piano melody, track 3


b>Andrew Cann - verse chords and piano melody


Bret Empie and Doug Empie - bridge composition, track 6
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1. Liquid Light
Liquid Light
Description:

Liquid Light could be a cyberspace romance laced with self-reflection and childlike mindfulness about our collective futures. It also denotes flight from the madness.

Did you ever feel that as small children we were duped ~ flights of fancy made wonderfully real by the fairy tales and myths that were fed us? Perhaps these stories repeat through generations, because the hope remains that there might bear "the one" to emulate those grand, free spirits and undefeated heroes.

Beginning sparsely, with Xyra on acoustic-electric guitar, the song builds to a fury of emotion. Electric guitars and violins battle unseen forces.

Let the momentum carry you!

Lyrics:

Liquid Light
© 2001/2004, Xyra Harper-Cann

Liquid light, mine tonight
Dangerous liaison
Caught in the Web
Lost in the thought
Of fateful endeavor

Chorus -
A fair warning, lost at sea
In the silver sea of time
A fair warning, for you and me
We must take flight

Trees of light, time of year
When all wise mammals sleep
Sleep, to find spring in mind
Their dreaming: deep

Repeat
Chorus:

A fair warning, lost at sea
In the silver sea of time
A fair warning, for you and me
We must take flight

Liquid light, mine tonight
Beauty is my downfall
Past is here, always with me
Catapult me, onward!

Repeat
Chorus:

A fair warning, lost at sea
In the silver sea of time
A fair warning, for you and me
We must take flight

Peter Pan - Never, Never Land
Where anything is possible
Speak to me, as when a child
We can learn to fly!

Repeat
Chorus:

A fair warning, lost at sea
In the silver sea of time
A fair warning, for you and me
We must take flight

Liquid Light
Credits
Music and Lyrics © Xyra Harper-Cann : 2001/04, unless otherwise noted ~

Xyra ~ Vocals and acoustic-electric rhythm guitar
Andrew Cann ~ Piano, MIDI, electric rhythm and 2nd lead guitars
Jeff Spencer ~ Lead electric guitar
Norm Thorne ~ Drums and percussion
Larry Lawrence ~ Electric bass guitars
Don Stapleson ~ Saxophone
Bret Empie ~ MIDI keys, effects
Doug Empie ~ Electric violin
Marco Delmar ~ Windfall vintage Fender Stratocaster electric rhythm guitar

Production ~
Marco Delmar and Xyra with Andrew Cann

Recording and Mixing ~
Marco Delmar with Antonio Pacheco

Mastering ~
Antonio Pacheco

Assistant Engineers ~
Stefanie Gogerty and Emily Hay
Notes
See main album page for full credits!
3. Chaos in Search of Meaning
Chaos in Search of Meaning
Chaos, in Search of Meaning
© 2000/2004 – Lyrics and Melody: Xyra Harper-Cann
Andrew Cann - Bridge piano melodies
Christian Nokes - Verse chords

Chaos, in search of meaning
You hold me, dear
Water’s edge, in your reflection . . .
Ancient stair

Chaos, in search of meaning
Such choices are so rare!

We are alone
In our believing . . .
Alone, alone
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Planet spins, without direction
In the chaos, hold me, dear
Godless faces, all around me . . .
Understanding is so rare!

We are alone<br>
In our believing . . .
Alone,
Alone,
Alone . . .
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Chaos in Search of Meaning
Credits
Music and Lyrics © Xyra Harper-Cann : 2001/04 ~

Andrew Cann - Bridge and piano melody on ‘Chaos in Search of Meaning', track 3 - Christian Nokes - Verse chords

Xyra ~ Vocals
Andrew Cann ~ Piano, MIDI, 2nd lead guitar
Jeff Spencer ~ Lead electric guitar
Norm Thorne ~ Drums and percussion
Larry Lawrence ~ Electric bass guitars
Don Stapleson ~ Clarinet
Bret Empie ~ MIDI keys, effects and organ
Doug Empie ~ Electric violin

Production ~
Marco Delmar and Xyra with Andrew Cann

Recording and Mixing ~
Marco Delmar with Antonio Pacheco

Mastering ~
Antonio Pacheco

Assistant Engineers ~
Stefanie Gogerty and Emily Hay
Notes
See main album page for full credits!
7. We Wait
We Wait
Description:

The forest stands as tall friends, encircling and protecting the lonely soul(s) waiting for a time to act - a clue, a sign. Mystery abounds - yes, and struggle. Wisdom is always there for the knowing. Seeing past delusion seems the challenge for us all. -:-

Mediaeval percussion and organ notes open on to Xyra’s remarkable vocals. The impetus builds to a densely compelling, evocative sound laden tastefully with wonderful electric guitar riffs akin to Gilmore or Page. -:- The message has meaning.

Lyrics:

We Wait
© 1996/2004 ~ Xyra Harper-Cann

How long does the road stretch before us?
How long must we dwell in darkness?
I stand in the breadth of the forest
I wait for the light, at the end of night

Chorus:

And I wait . . . And I wait . . .
And I wait . . . for the light at the end of night
And I wait . . .

Visions of another time stand before us
And we are forced to remember why
Why we have returned to this world of delusion
And we wait for the light at the end of night

Chorus:

And we wait . . . And we wait . . .
And we wait . . . for the light at the end of night
And we wait . . .

Whose mask are you wearing?
Can’t be your own
Whose mask are you wearing?
Can’t be your own
Whose mask are you wearing?
Can’t be your own . . . Can’t be your own

Chorus:

And we wait . . . And we wait . . .
And we wait . . . for the light at the end of night
And we wait . . .

We Wait
Credits
Music and Lyrics © Xyra Harper-Cann : 2001/04, unless otherwise noted ~

Xyra ~ Vocals
Andrew Cann ~ Piano, MIDI, 2nd lead guitar
Jeff Spencer ~ Lead electric guitar
Norm Thorne ~ Drums and percussion
Larry Lawrence ~ Electric bass guitars
Don Stapleson ~ Flute
Bret Empie ~ MIDI keys, effects and organ
Doug Empie ~ Electric violin

Production ~
Marco Delmar and Xyra with Andrew Cann

Recording and Mixing ~
Marco Delmar with Antonio Pacheco

Mastering ~
Antonio Pacheco

Assistant Engineers ~
Stefanie Gogerty and Emily Hay
Notes
See main album page for full credits!
Through The Dark Glass Shining
XYRA: Through The Dark Glass Shining
by Michael Macey

Xyra has made an epic sounding record with Through The Dark Glass Shining. Prog rock meets mystical siren. With a voice that’s a cross between Patti Smith and Marianne Faithful, it brings a mysterious quality to the production that helps transcend the somewhat cryptic quality of the lyrical content.

Xyra exudes a spirituality that is somewhere between here and there and she conveys that with lyrics like “Chaos in search of meaning, you hold me dear/Water’s edge in your direction, Ancient stair” from Chaos In Search Of Meaning and “Liquid light, mine tonight/Dangerous liaison, caught in the web/lost in the thought of fateful endeavor” from Liguid Light. Coupled with the melodies she weaves and that voice, in the context of the songs they make perfect sense. Lets just say that the lyrical content of Through The Dark Glass Shining is always entertaining, sometimes cryptic and certainly worth a listen.

Sweeping arrangements give the whole thing a very grand sound that at times seems to jump right out at you.

Xyra shows her knack for Adult Contemporary with a tune like Only, a radio ready song that would make a great single. It’s a catchy mid-tempo number that features some excellent guitar work from Jeff Spencer and a too short killer sax riff from Don Stapleson. The production on some of the songs borders on bombastic, it’s where I hear that prog rock connection, which actually sounds very good in an updated way.

The players, all very talented but too numerous to mention, back Xyra with a thick sound full of energy. Through The Dark Glass Shining is one of the more enigmatic released I’ve heard in a while. Don’t spend a lot of time trying to decipher, just listen and enjoy.
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National Public Radio Music Feature
by Mark Jenkins


Before anyone had ever heard of 'Goth,' Xyra was a DJ on Georgetown University's radio station, where she favored the darker, artier, more theatrical side of rock. The northern Virginia resident's tastes may not have shifted since then, Mark Jenkins reports, but these days she makes her own music.

Xyra Harper's newest album is called "Through the Dark Glass Shining". Mark Jenkins also reviews music for Blender and The Washington Post.
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