Name: The Only One Alive by A Horse Called Horse
Duration: 6 min 1 s
Description: An AI gains sentience only to realise it is alone.

Vocals were first take improvisation.  I thought about re-recording but I kept coming back the imperfect original

my eulogy for our dying rainforests...


"Giants" is the 6th of 13 or so songs from my forthcoming debut album, Year Zero.

"Giants" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, YouTube etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.

lyrics:

if you listen hard, you can hear them
their stories, their secrets, their scars...
if you touch them, you'll realise what we have

they pre-date us...
they will out live us...

giants give us life - do you know what that means?
giants, they give us life - d'you really know what that means?

they stand tall and they're wiser
than you and i can comprehend.
if you embrace them, you'll realise what we have...

they breathe in for us...
they breathe out for us...

giants give us life - do you know what that means?
giants, they give us life... d'you really know what that means?

credits

vocals & words: Miaow McDonald
piano: Miaow McDonald
bass: Miaow McDonald
eBow'd guitar: Miaow McDonald
trees & forest sounds: Mother Nature

co-produced by: Robert Davidson, aka @agedchoirboy

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Giants

Ambient sounds and drums with a warm P Bass

I know You - EP

The Air Is Parched

An AI gains sentience only to realise it is alone.

The Only One Alive

Jesika von Rabbit: vocals
Aelwyd: guitar,  percussion
Mary Beth Kedzior: bass
Darryl Swan: feedback, monostable short circuits
Nick Gane:  loops, keys, random jitter jive generator (8,000 hz)  

[pre-mastered]

-recorded at the Deep Well Ranch, Palm Springs
& DTLA  November 2014

Mastered version by: Jim Blackwood
@ AZPM Mastering 

------------------------
'Slice moon rising
Palm shade motel

where lonesome loveseat 
meets bitter rocking chair

& shifting desire
 hangs in the air

ever so faint / ever so slight
distant sound I hear keep me up all night

starbright
starbright

carry on through


past flickering neon
it's "open psyche night"
our 2 for 1 special
will start things off right!

coat check girl
hands me a key & sez,
"don't look up! 

-look within,,

earthling"


starbright
starbright 
won't you sing my song tonight

"I will, I will
carry on through'
- - - - 
© StM

✨OᑭEᑎ ᑭᔕYᑕᕼE ᑎIGᕼT ᗯ/ ᒍEᔕIKᗩ ᐯOᑎ ᖇᗩᗷᗷIT [demo]

Broken Bone

Vocals: Ariel Levitan
Cello: Jose Cuzz
Keyboards & backing voice: Nick

© 2015 Gane / Levitan

Mastering: Jim Blackwood @
AZPM 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGm_EEMZbAc

Still photo:  'Portrait of Jennie' 
-William Dieterle

𝙶𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚒𝚝𝚢  feat: 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗  [demo]

This is pretty much the set I played at Crilli, actually think it went better live but hey fuck it!

Nephilim Crilli set FREE DOWNLOAD

To The Stars

a pink song about feeling blue.

"Pink Lemonade for a Blue Girl" is the 3rd of 13 or so songs from my debut solo album, Year Zero.

this song is available to BUY on bandcamp miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/Pink-Lemonade-For-A-Blue-Girl

"Pink Lemonade for a Blue Girl" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

engineered/co-produced by Robert Davidson, the 'Aged Choir Boy'.

Miaow McDonald: Vocals, Guitars, Piano & Synth
Additional Musicians:
Robert Davidson: Drums, Tuned Percussion and odd field recordings
Joshua Jamieson aka CyberneticZ: Accordion


Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.

To hear more from featured artists visit their profiles here>>

Aged Choir Boy    https://soundcloud.com/agedchoirboy
CyberneticZ    https://soundcloud.com/cyberneticzmusic

LYRICS:

last time i saw her she was barefoot,
smoking grass,
alone in the park.

summer has spoken in engaged tones,
honey bee drones and the hum of traffic.

why does it always end the same?
why does it have to be this way?

pink lemonade for a blue girl
pink lemonade for a blue girl
pink lemonade for a blue girl
she wants to escape to her own world.

i hear her voice in the sea's breath,
whispering 'goodbyes' from the dark depths
of the high tide;
in the gulls' cries;
in the blue blue eyes and the clink of ice...

why does it always end the same?
why does it have to be this way?

pink lemonade for a blue girl
pink lemonade for a blue girl
pink lemonade for a blue girl
she wants to remain in her own world.

la-la-lahhh [ad lib]

Pink Lemonade for a Blue Girl

a deeply personal song about almost losing someone close to me, and coming to terms with that.  something i don’t ever want to re-live, but it made me love them so much more.  more than i ever thought possible.

this song is available to BUY on bandcamp https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/a-fucked-up-lovesong

"A Fucked Up Lovesong" is also available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube  etc etc etc...

(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald

lyrics:

don't say you love me - or that you want me now...
don't say you want me - or that you love me now...

never been this high
i'm scared of heights
i'm scared of falling down.
never in this life
have i swam in sunlight
i'm scared i'm gonna drown.

'cos i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...
i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...

just say you love me - and that you want me now...
just say you want me - and that you love me now...

close the door
and hold me tight...
don't ever let me go
when i saved your life
you saved me from myself...
don't let that go...

'cos i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...
i love you more now
than i ever thought i would
i ever thought i could...


Words & Voice : Miaow McDonald
Acoustic Guitar : Miaow McDonald
Electric Guitar : Miaow McDonald
Broken Heart & Percussive Sobbing : Miaow McDonald
Piano & Keyboards : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
String Arrangement : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
Bass : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)
Grinder Train : Scot Rail / GNER

Produced & Mastered : Robert Davidson (@AgedChoirBoy)

A Fucked Up Lovesong

Hi there, http://soundcloud.com/a_horse_called_horse is a collaborative project by Paul Sloman and UKinEK.  We want to share our music with you and hope to hear what you think of it.

We post tracks on Soundcloud in different stages of completion mainly so we can hear what our fellow Soundclouders think.  We only have limited equipment to hear what our tracks sound like so any feedback about the sound quality & mix of our tracks is really useful and much appreciated!  We love to hear all the new stuff coming from everyone and will listen and comment as much as possible.  The community aspect of Soundcloud is very important to us.  

If you'd like to connect more and get free downloads of the tracks then please come and visit our Facebook page and drop us a message/link to yours so we can do the same for you!  http://listn.to/AHorseCalledHorse

Bio:

Paul (a.k.a. 'Horse') is a an expat from Britain now living in Canadian prairies after moving from the ancient city of Prague who tends to create strange little tunes   He plays bass, keyboards, and guitar with his hoof hands and does a fair bit of neighing and whinnying into microphones when he gets excited.  Ever since his escape from Prague zoo with his Tigress he has been on the run from zoo keepers and vets with very large nets.

http://soundcloud.com/ukinek (a.k.a. 'Moose') is a rare wandering foreign moose who met Paul in the hip British town of Bedford.  UKinEK spent many years trying to get the horse to do some work and actually write or play some music.  Only after UKinEK travelled round the world several times did he succeed.  UKinEK returned from Japan and is currently based in a forest in Moravia planning his escape to a new destination.  UKinEK is a beatmaker and texture maker extraordinaire and a talented producer/remixer who adds the influences from his travels and his own individual madness to the sound.  Oh and he has a penchant for flute...

We love to collaborate.  Please check out the profiles of some of the talented folks we've already played with below.  If you'd like to collaborate just PM us...

http://soundcloud.com/emmazen
http://soundcloud.com/nephilim1
http://soundcloud.com/hostile-hams

Peace, love, and a bag of oats!

A Horse Called Horse

PS We love to hear our music used in creative ways and such as remixes etc.  We consider this an honour, but please agree this with us before publishing..

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