CONVOITISE

All Guitars, Bass, Saxophones, Vocals, Drum programming by Carlo Neve
Written, Recorded and mixed by Carlo Neve
Recorded in Ableton Live 12

Artwork: Picture taken by Carlo Neve in Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, The video installation by Refik Anadol is titled 'in situ'. 


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Hugging Trance Abstraction (More more)

I have been thinking, 
thinking too long
about effects, consequences, 
decisions that I take or won’t                 

It is time to loosen 
the grip of limitations 
Break free from boundaries 
and let possibility lead the way
 
no maps, no clocks, no alarms, no job, no alibis or excuses
no targets, no goal, direction unknown, just go let the muses seduce you

more fun, more jazz, more friends, more art, more guitars, more satisfaction.
more beach, more sun, more wine, some rain, more more, more more attraction
more sax, more beats, more bass, more love, more leads to more dance action
more colour, more beauty,  less duty, more magic, more hugging trance abstraction

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Hugging trance abstraction (More more)

I was somewhere in Virginia
With the Catskills on my mind
All the mountains are connected
Like the days we left behind

I was walking in Savannah
Where the river meets the pines
You were painting by the window
Sketching out the crossing lines

I’ll be with you in the morning sometime
When the birds all wake too soon
But tonight I asked the stars to draw a line
And let the night lean into you

I was drifting down to Asheville
With the blue hills bending low
You were dancing through my memory
Like a firefly in early snow

Now I'm waking up in Berkley
With the jasmine in the air
Every coast just keeps on curving
But I still find you everywhere

I’ll be with you in the morning sometime
When the birds all wake too soon
But tonight I asked the stars to draw a line
And let the night lean into you

I’ll be with you in the morning sometime
When the birds all wake too soon
But tonight I asked the stars to draw a line
And let the night lean into you

Night Lines (with Joliz)

She’s got a soft heart
But is Berlin tough
She was 7 years old
When the wall opened up

Her mother lit candles
For the ones who fled
Her brother played Bowie
On an old cassette

Oh, the city remembers
The last border patrols
Checkpoints and seasons
The last days of the wall

She turned 21
In the east side bars
With the ghosts of poets
And their old guitars

These days she’s a writer
And she carries the sound
Of that early November
When the wall came down

Oh, the city remembers
The last border patrols
Checkpoints and seasons
The last days of the wall

Oh, the city remembers
The last border patrols
Checkpoints and seasons
The last days of the wall

Last Days Of The Wall (with Joliz)

A version in which the great human being and extraordinary musician Mike Fox participates as a collaborating artist giving new life to this simple and humble song 


D'mendo Boteli 

Como dos niños - D'mendo Boteli Feat. Mike Fox.wav

Un texte que j'ai écrit, mis en musique par une amie que j'embrasse tendrement

Rythme désir

I was down like a pilot in a war 
Wreckage, wreckage 
Then she broke my freefall 

I fell fast no warning around me
Wreckage, wreckage
Then she walked me away

I woke in a city without a name
Sirens shot the darkness with sound

She said her name was Mercy so I knew
Wreckage, wreckage
Then she flickered and swayed

I was down like a pilot in a war
Wreckage, wreckage
Then she broke my freefall
Then she broke my freefall

Wreckage (with Joliz)

A best friend, a co-composer, an excellent guitarist BobH has passed and now is playing in God's heaven. I tried to emulate the sorrow and at times frustration this sad event has caused for friends and family. 

Ode to Bob

Lead Vocal: SynthesizerV (Solaria II)
Backing Vocal: SynthesizerV (Quing Su 2, Felicia 2)
Backing tracks: Band in a Box
Photo: Tyler Quiring on Unsplash

Down That Long Road

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Music: Me
Graphic: Freepik.com

Wreck the Walls

This is a slow Surf Rock ballad reminiscent of the early 1960s. The lead guitar is minimal but (in my opinion) effective for the genre.

Broken Wave

Alan & Di