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Heart Skips A Beat
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Released: Jan 1, 2010
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  • Paulo Theo Br

    Hello friend!
    Thank you!
    Kiss! 

    3 months ago
  • Karel

    Hi Lenka..  I love your music.. so cool..

    4 months ago
  • Gateway From Island

    To special , sexy , dear lady , May this New Year 2013 bring  lots of Joy , Love & passion, good health , riches with your nice friends and dear ones.      

    4 months ago
  • Ill-iteracy

    Thanks for the add! You can hear more beats @ http://iLL-it.com

    6 months ago
  • Claes Von Post

     Worldwide Artist Of The Day LENKA
    http://www.TheArtistOfTheDay.com/121120.html

    6 months ago
  • Seo Zolute

    Nice song with gorgeous lady  :) 

    6 months ago
  • Desri Endang Pramita

    Nice to meet u lenka,, I really like your song  "may be i love you,,"
    its so beautiful song,,,, ^_^ 
    Goodluck lenka 

    6 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    HAVE A GREAT DAY MY GOOD FRIEND!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP ...

    “Truly GREAT FRIENDS

    are hard to FIND,

    difficult to LEAVE,

    and IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET.”

    LIFE IS PARTLY WHAT WE MAKE IT ~

    AND PARTLY MADE BY THE FRIENDS WE CHOOSE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    6 months ago
  • John Wood

     Thank you very much for accepting, your friendship
     and for connecting ! It's my great pleasure to have
     found here on My Space so many new friends.
     I'm very eagerly to hear your fancy tunes.
     It would be a great pleasure for me if you accept
     my invitation to listen to my little Melodies.

      

     I would be very happy about your visit to my Hamepage.

     http://woodsstudios.com

     Wish you a day full of inspiration !
     Cheers
     John Wood

    6 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    HAPPY HAUNTING ~ Trick or Treat Lenka!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT HALLOWEEN ...

    "When WITCHES go riding,

    and BLACK CATS are seen,

    the moon LAUGHS and WHISPERS,

    ‘tis near HALLOWEEN."

    THERE ARE NIGHTS WHEN WOLVES ARE SILENT

    AND ONLY THE MOON HOWLS!

    HAVE A SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    7 months ago
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Lenka's New Album Two Available Now

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  • Genre: Electroacoustic / Melodramatic Popular Song

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    Last Login: 10/11/2011

    Member Since 7/5/2006

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  • Bio

    Just before Lenka steps on stage to begin recording her video for her first single “The Show,” she makes a promise: “I want to write more songs about being in love. On album two you’ll hear more of those.” It was 2008, and at the time, her self-titled debut album had yet to drop and there was a lot yet to come for the petite Australian singer, including a move to America, live appearances on Conan O’Brien and other late-night talk shows, and the celebratory moment when her album hit No. 3 on <i>Billboard</i>’s Heatseekers chart. Oh…and there was also an engagement to James Gulliver Hancock, a visual artist with whom she’s shared many creative collaborations. So, this year, she makes good on her word and returns with <i>Two</i>, an album full of love songs. But, as you’ll hear, not all of <i>Two</i>’s songs were all spun from lazy, romantic mornings. That’s because, thanks to the success of her debut, Lenka spent most of 2009 touring the world. She played intimate clubs and large festivals like Bumbershoot and Summer Sonic. And, while the stage wasn’t new territory for her—she’d previously fronted the indie band Decoder Ring and had acted professionally in her teenage years—traveling to 21 countries in ten months was eye-opening. “It was intense. Life is just so concentrated when you’re on the road. One day feels like a month.” She continues, “But, I’ve always been a little bit of a gypsy, so I do love it. I really wanted to get more out of it than just touring as a musician. I wanted to connect with people and almost pretend that I was just traveling, like backpacking or something to experience the different cultures.” She was impressed by many of the countries she was seeing for the first time on that tour, like Denmark, Japan, and Thailand, but it was her experience in Vietnam that really blew her away. “It’s rare for an artist to get the opportunity to perform in Vietnam, so I felt quite honored and lucky.” The incredible experiences just kept coming, and between them, Lenka had to find a way to process all of those new sights, sounds, and emotions. She turned to what had gotten her there in the first place. “I was writing as a way to process. That’s the wonderful thing about being a songwriter. You have some way to put out all of the emotions and reactions to what you’re seeing. I probably wrote 35 songs when working on this album.” Some of that processing included dealing with the toll of being away from almost everyone she knew and adjusting to the move from Sydney to Los Angeles and from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, and inspired tracks like the determined “Roll with the Punches” and the plucky “Sad Song.” Regarding the latter, she says, “I had been indulging in the depression, but I was just emerging out of it and I used that song to snap myself out of it. I think we just all fall and stumble constantly and usually when I write the song is when I’m getting up again.” But, not all of those growing pains were bad. “I think I grew up quite a lot last year. I learned so much about the world and myself as an artist and felt like I came into my own a little bit more as a woman as well. I’m less timid now and a bit more sassy, a bit more gutsy.” That inner strength guided her in the decision to travel to London to record a portion of <i>Two</i> with David Kosten (Bat for Lashes). She says, “I had spent so much of the year traveling, I wanted to give it a bit of an international sound and London is such a big music city.” And while she admits that the physical location doesn’t really matter once you’re inside a dark studio, recording in the The Kinks’ studio was unique. “There were all these vibes in there and tourists would come by. Some were shaking they were so excited to see it. But, for us, it was cool because all The Kinks’ original instruments were in there and I got to use their mellotron from the 1970s.” She also had the courage to take her album in a different direction than her last, one that is more distinctly electronic. That’s evident from the moment it opens with the bright, dance-friendly song “Two” that she co-wrote with British artist Eg White (he also worked on the more emotionally-intense “Here to Stay”), but even more so on songs like “Heart Skips a Beat.” For that song, which was inspired by a time she told a doctor that her heart occasionally skips a beat and he suggested maybe she was just in love, she turned to musician/producer Guy Sigsworth who had previously worked with Björk on some of her most well-known tracks. Lenka admits, “I never really liked electronic music when I was a teenager. Björk was the first artist that made me realize it wasn’t illegal to have a computer beat in a song and that it can still be beautiful and emotional.” One track quickly turned into three and she asked him to take the reins on two more love songs: “Shock Me into Love” and “You Will Be Mine.” But, no matter what the subject, the songs, be they about love or coming into her own, reveal a braver Lenka, even more ready to take on the world.

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