another great collab, guys - loving the beats & percussion! ♥

The penultimate track on the record. Maybe I'll turn it again on the A-side...Great job you two!

Une recherche minimaliste, efficace, douce , mélodieuse, flodyene, sensorielle et réfléchie du très bon travail bien agréable

Very creative sound environment. The ethereal sounds and delicate electronica mix in a perfect cocktail.

Volt5000 (@volt5000 and @mgxloop) and I are glad to present "Day by Day 1" (as track 10) in our almost completed collaborative album "Day by Day" (including compositions of ours during the 1st half of 2022, but mostly of May and June 2022). What remains is a last, 11th (and long), track, which I'll post here on SC in about a week, "Day by Day 0 (En mouvement)- Reverse Continuous-Set Mix", which will close the album, to be then posted as a whole on SC too.

The track was created in collaboration on 30 January 2022 (initial composition, mix and recording in MAGIX by Volt5000) and 20-21 June 2022 (subsequent composition, arrangement, recording and final mix in GarageBand and Logic Pro X by Alex M), and posted here on SoundCloud on 1 July 2022 (by Alex M).

The artwork cover for the track uses a conceptual idea of Volt5000 of 6 May 2022, implemented by Alex M (in PowerPoint) on 7 May 2022, then cropped and annotated with text by Alex M (in Mac OS Preview) on 26 May 2022 - in coordination and agreement with Volt5000.

Thank you immensely, Volt5000 - for our mutually inspiring and creatively enriching collaborations in the "Day by Day" album of 2022 (1st half)!

Duration: 9:02 minutes

Day by Day 1 - Volt5000 & Alex M

Heartbreaker (Rehearsal)

Eclipce

laissez vous portez, bonne route !
let go, good luck!

D'jap

UnBoxed April 2024

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

Funny Business

D-Neon Tetra

‘Will we be fools again’ 
Written in September 2023 after standing in a queue in Starbucks, looking out at a wet, dirty and declining High Street.  I had been been watching the people in town, including one particular couple locked into an intense conversation under an umbrella. They prompted the story in the song. 

I wanted the backing to be sparser and more guitar led to give it an edge. I also wanted the instrumental in the middle to have a woozy, emotional feel to it. 

It’s a song about everyday people ‘stuff’ against a backdrop of a slowly deteriorating townscape. It couldn’t be slick (and I couldn’t be no matter how hard I try!) I hope you enjoy the song. Best with headphones! 

Take care

James (lyrics below) 

Will we be fools again? 

The chewing gum looks like leopard spots on the pavements in the rain
And litter blocks the drains again

Recklessly, we agreed to meet, after these silent years
Now there’s excitement and fear!

Behind the wall, by the social club, an old sanctuary for lovers 

We’ll talk, we’ll laugh 
and then I’ll start to think 
will we be fools again?
Will we be fools again? 

Graffiti on the empty shops, can our town survive?
And meanwhile we destabilise our lives! 

What fools we’d be, to lift the lid and let those lies escape 
Just think of all the hearts we’d break 

But we’re in your car, the radio’s on, as we unwrap the past! 

That smile! Those eyes!
Make me start to think
Will we be fools again?
Will we be fools again?

I’m aware, yeah I’m aware, 
I know where my fault lines are
And you’re spread right across them!  
Right across them.. yeah!

Instrumental 

Yes, we’ll talk, we’ll laugh
You know I’ll start to think
Let us be fools again
Please let us be fools again

Yes, we’ll touch, we’ll kiss
And then the path is clear
For us fools again
Let us be fools again….please, please..

James Whiteman September 2023

Will we be fools again?

Field recording: A Sunday afternoon in Kansas City.

Riverside (Apr. 2024)

Words and Music by Edvard Grieg
Vocals and Instrumentals by Layna Claunch

Der Winter mag scheiden, der Frühling vergehn,
der Sommer mag verwelken, das Jahr verwehn,
Du kehrst mir zurück, gewiß, du wirst mein,
ich hab es versprochen, ich harre treulich dein.

Gott helfe dir, wenn du die Sonne noch siehst.
Gott segne dich, wenn du zu Füßen ihm kniest.
Ich will deiner harren, bis du mir nah,
und harrest du dort oben, so treffen wir uns da!

The winter may wane and the springtime may fly and the springtime may fly
The summer may depart and the year may die and the year may die
To me thou wilt return, thou art mine soon or late art mine soon or late
I gave thee my promise and faithfully can wait, and faithfully can wait

God watch over thee at the dawn of each day at the dawn of each day
God bless thee every time that thou kneelest to pray that thou kneelest to pray
I will tarry here for thy coming my love thy coming my love
Or if thou wait'st in heaven I'll meet thee there above
I'll meet thee there above

Solveig's Sang

https://adammajdeckijanicki.bandcamp.com/

"Celestial Cartography"

And Still We Know So Little

On A Mote Of Dust

I have always admired music, of diverse styles. Like most of us, I have tried learning to play a few instruments at a basic level in my teenage. But it is only now, in the 21st century, that modern software allows anyone to fool around being the composer, the designer of a whole composition, simpler or more complex, organising together the parts of the various instruments - and to hear the results of this experimentation or inspiration instantly! That is how I have recently begun enjoying the distraction of attempts at composing during my leisure, discovering an amazing dimension of life, and art, perhaps the most intangible, heightening and hypnotising one, and the closest to the soul... (21 August 2017) ... Forgot to mention: music is for sharing - that's why we are all here! (4 September 2017)

Day by Day 1 - Volt5000 & Alex M

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