Ricochet 128 BPM

Drunk On Ice

A small tribute to Wolfgang Palm! I didn't really put much effort into the composition and to be honest I composed it in a hurry! I didn't touch the oscillators at all and there was no change in frequency. The sound was made with the random function of this excellent virtual synth! Next time I'm going to try harder with my limited musical knowledge!

Sesion 1 - PPG Wave Mapper 2

sequel to the claustrophobic epic, "Blitz". Part 2 explores the period of calm after the bad trip has passed. Multiple key and tempo changes. Madness. Enlightenment. Peace.

Blitz Part 2

Have Much

I always think of Saint Patrick’s Day here in the US as a celebration of the social graces as they involve drinking. We drink together, we laugh and cry together, and friendships typically grow like flowers from those barroom and “parlor” floors. With the big day just a couple weeks away now I wanted to contribute something that expresses my attachment to the many fast friends I hold dear. I dedicate this one to my closest friend who is departed too soon, Rich. Cheers.

Music written by Craig Durgy ©2025
Guitar & vocals by Craig Durgy
Production by Nat Daniels of Gentle Rain Records (including bass, tin whistle & percussion)

Lyrics:

Let’s drink to the morning, 
That peeks through the windows 
And drink as the night melts away
Let’s drink to the memories 
That yesterday knows
And cheers to the friends that remain

I raise my glass cause it’s 
Lighter than toiling
And is drawn to be tested to yours
I drink to the moment 
That we’ll be recalling
And the path to the day it recurs

And if it seems to me, 
It matters not
The hopes and dreams of two old sots
The lesson of time is 
The beverage that binds us
I drink to your smile and our lot

I can see through the weary
As the sun warms your face
And the suds settle down in your glass
Your eyes are not teary
As we take this last taste
And swallow the tears of the past

I raise my glass cause it’s 
Lighter than toiling
And is drawn to be tested to yours
I drink to the moment 
That we’ll be recalling
And the path to the day it recurs

And if it seems to me, 
It matters not
The hopes and dreams of two old sots
The lesson of time is 
The beverage that binds us
I drink to your smile and our lot
I drink to your smile and our lot

The Beverage That Binds Us

The Chase (2004)

method: vst, mainly, and balabolka TTS - until Jeff plucked his guitar into that magic pedal .... I had to dumb the upload down from wav to mp3 to make soundcloud accept it.

narration: you might be familiar with the lyrics - yes, this is the very poem you have heard on Hakan's Shuffle in a different setting ;-)

image: copyright jo richter (using elements photographed on a theatre in Budapest in 2009)

Poem / copyright Jeff Gardiner and jo richter:

in the nick of time
he gave in to dissent
for the mute perceptive mime
manically made him raise his head and unmaimed hand in mine

praise the unerring rebellion
in subconsentious unison
the empty shells of every single silly little thing
ahh, the knell, the bells, fashioned from our fathers’ coral vaults

selling out, shelling round, all around in disarray
vainly making everybody wane and wade into the fray
with withered, bamboo-watered canes - - - fracking shist
where our homes are still purported to exist

while scattered scraps of all things past, scantily, scantily clad,
protrude and flutter in the wind, strained and restrained by the net
of pleasant pleas - and subltleties are colors bright and crude -
watch the Mad Hatter's stint unwind in minor keys -
i thought that that - that hat that sat so squat- was you

at the academy of sovereignty
where massive piles of bones and crows
dominate the dark demeanor of the distant
tears of laughter, tears of loudly lovin’ laughter, that's exactly what we're after

in the purple land of diffidence
buying purple brands of pale deliverance
in the hidden forgotten region, religion
where forgetting – like neglecting - is an optional behavior
and of course, everybody's carcass, corpse keeps looking for a savior

down by the trodden, the unsavoury sovereign shouted
raw with the rotten game of galactic gallows and thrones
ah the one and only poet of starvation
standing in the market of used emotion

endless aisles, end base piles of sadness
masters mean and dirty and their slaves
bargain bins of binary longing, belonging, unrequited love
there’s a sale on betrayal - two for a dollar and three for none

thought i saw a broken bit of joy that once belonged to me
Though when i had it, it was absolutely free
Now they're askin’ fifty, literally frivolous dollars--

mother of deception of the self
see me on my knees, subordinate
to her immaculate calamity
that has transactional realities cooperate
under towers dark with blinded blinds
of my infantile infinity--

i asked my shadow: would she follow me
like a puppy with a crush, herself a pet invertebrate,
to inclinations more persian, more parisian than her will or mine
where i might find a package deal on Love -

on the moon, it read in slowly moving neon letters -
shadows neither show nor speak concerning primal matters!
no, said I, shadows squall and squeal and squeak

drinking gin on the rocks is not that bad at all
since it became impossible to find an Avacado
or my favorite alcohol
just don't answer when she fails to call-

kung tze in the subway car

Kung Tze in the Subway Car - with stonerjazz

** Famous Tolstoy quotes:)
*"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it."

*"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly."

*"Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know."

**"Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same."

**"Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts."

**"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking."

**"Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins."

**"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction."

**"Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills."

**"Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change."

**"The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive."

**"Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man."
-- Leo Tolstoy

🦁🤍🤲🏻🕯⁂©All Rights Reserved 04-2025
©Lyricist, Mixer, Mastering, Pro License & Creator: Lady ElectroTrek
***

TITLE TOLSTOY'S WHISPER
______________________________________________________________________
LYRICS:

(Verse 1)
He spoke of love that knows no chains
A truth that cuts through life's remains
A simple life where hearts are free
Tolstoy's whisper
A melody

(Verse 2)
He saw the rich
Their hollow throne
A world of greed
Where seeds are sown
He preached of peace
Of humble ways
Through fields of gold
His spirit sways

(Chorus)
Break the walls
Tear the veil
Live for love
Let kindness sail
In every soul
A spark to see
The light he dreamed for you and me

(Verse 3)
He walked with peasants
Felt their strife
Found the divine in daily life
No palace grand
No crown of gold
Just hearts that beat
Just hands to hold

(Bridge)
A man of earth
A voice of sky
He asked us all the question: Why?
Why chase the wind
Why fight the tide?
When love's the truth we can't divide

(Verse 4)
His books
They linger
Hearts ignite
A prophet’s voice
A guiding light
Through letters inked
His soul unfolds
A story told
Forever bold

Humble Is Enough

Tolstoy's Whisper

Full release on Album: "Simfoniyasi" on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uKirufrC1fbyQMrvKqAre?si=-9yZyyavTxCKRteMTlIuug
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/simfoniyasi/1821658241?ls

Kit: volca modular, uKORG, Roland E-4 Voice Tweaker, Logic Pro.
Acknowledgements:
Audio: Modulated sounds from the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku:
a) Waveform modulated snippets from “Dastgar Bayati-Shiraz” sung by Alim Qasimov and Fargana Gasimova
b) Traditional instrument sound samples (TBC)

Do the Caspian Bulvar (excerpt)

Lyrics: 
Johanna Fegan - https://soundcloud.com/johanna-fegan

Music and Arrangement: 
Alex Dub & Alex Rosa (A.F.C.) + Johanna Fegan

Final art:
Daniela Cotia

They are breaking
Almost faking
We are breaking the rules almost faking like fools
I'm shaking to the core
Knock me out of yourself
The rules
We are breaking the rules
Almost faking like fools
When justice is too far to see
Knocks you out of yourself
Sometimes we bleed...
We are breaking
Almost faking
We are breaking the rules
Almost faking like fools
I'm shaking to the core
Knck me out of yourself 
The Rules
Oh this system polluted and cruel
These elietests keep breaking the rules
Of humanity
We are goverened by fools
Loose control of yourself breaking the rules
Now we're angry
And that's what they want
To control us with fear lies and doubt
But the people we realise our strength
Composed now as one
We take down the fake

Lyrics @Johanna-Fegan / @A.F.C AWESOME COLLAB

Breaking the Rules

Breaking The Rules - Johanna Fegan + A.F.C.

1984 Reloaded ...
It Opens the new AFC album ... 
Dark Times!
We are in a strange and in a somber period of world history.
Trump spreading racism and intolerance in the United States, loss of rights and freedom of expression in Brazil and around the world, bomb attacks killing civilians ...
The denunciations of wikileaks showing us the dirty play of the world status quo.
Snowden in exile for speaking truths ... 
Assange "arrested" ...
Wars being fought under different arguments ... 
However, the real reason is about the oil.
No human being can live without being watched and monitored.
Resist is necessary!


VOX is the name of the work that is being composed by A.F.C. (Addictive Fuzz Conspiration).
The concept is to give voice to great personalities of history transforming in music your speechs.
In today's world, where everyone is self-reporters, there was no need to say anything more. So we decided to give the microphone to the people who really have important things to say.
On our first track (Bestialidad) we use the speech of Ernesto CHE Guevara in homage to PATRICE LUMUMBA, realized in the auditorium of the UN in 1965.
Our second track in honor of poet and activist MUTABARUKA.

VOX é o nome do trabalho que está sendo composto pelo A.F.C. (Addictive Fuzz Conspiration).


O conceito é dar voz a grandes personagens da história e musicar seus discursos.
No mundo atual, em que todos são repórteres de si mesmo e entopem as redes sociais com suas ideias e informações do tipo: onde estão, o que estão fazendo, pra onde vão, de onde vieram, quem sou eu? ... 
Não era necessário dizer mais nada e sim dar a palavra a seres que deveriam ser ouvidos!
Em nossa primeira track (Bestialidad), demos voz a Ernesto Che Guevara, sampleando um discurso feito por ele, no auditório central da ONU em 1965, em homengem a PATRICE LUMUMBA, a segunda track é DIS POEM 4 MUTABARUKA, em homenagem ao poeta e ativista jamaicano. 
O último single é uma homenagem a Pixies, Fight Club & Chuck Palahniuk, dando voz ao revolucionário Tyler Durden...