This is my 1st album in collaboration, with my talented SoundCloud friend Andreus, that we decided to keep exclusively and freely available here on SoundCloud under the title of "Amor para vivir". This title is the same as that of our 1st composition created together, by correspondence and exchange of WAV files (as all other preceding or subsequent remixes, collabs, or collab remixes). The album contains 10 tracks, ordered chronologically, and also fitting conceptually. Its duration is 1 hour and 42 minutes. The album was composed, recorded and mixed in either MAGIX 2020 (by Andreus) or GarageBand iOS and Logic Pro X (by Alex M) between 4 April 2020 (the 1st-ordered track) and 29 June 2020 (the last-ordered track). It was released on SoundCloud on 21 October 2020.

The album cover, also used as the cover of each constituent track, is based on a photo by Andreus cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 21 October 2020.

I hope you'll enjoy the blend of our efforts and styles!

Merci infiniment, Andreus !

Amor para vivir - Alex M & Andreus

I am particularly glad, and honoured, to present here the first part of this very special mix of the best few of my compositions, carefully selected and expertly produced by Andreus, a SoundCloud colleague/friend/fan, who had recently requested me to do that. His SoundCloud page, https://soundcloud.com/user-121558723, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on a photo by Andreus cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 23 April 2020.

Mix completed on 4 April 2020 by Andreus and posted on SoundCloud on 23 April 2020 by Alex M.

Merci infiniment, Andreus ! 

Duration: 18:35 minutes

In the mix:

(1) What Remains Beyond the Void of Destruction? (track 4 in Ground Zero, 2019) 0:00/0:05-7:04
(2) Waxing Gibbous (track 4 in Phases of the Moon, 2019) 7:04-10:51
(3) Those Days of Grace from God (track in Tender Snow, 2020, in progress) 10:51-15:49
(4) Third Quarter (track 7 in Phases of the Moon, 2019) 15:49-18:35

Le best of Alex M: Partie 1 - Andreus Mix (le 4 avril 2020)

I am particularly glad, and honoured, to present now the second part of this very special mix of the best few of my compositions, carefully selected and expertly produced by Andreus, a SoundCloud colleague/friend/fan, who had recently requested me to do that. His SoundCloud page, https://soundcloud.com/user-121558723, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on a photo by Andreus cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 23 April 2020.

Mix completed on 24 April 2020 by Andreus and posted on SoundCloud on 24 April 2020 by Alex M.

Merci infiniment, Andreus !

Duration: 17:26 minutes

In the mix:

(1) Beyond Victory and Defeat (track 3 in Beyond, 2020) 0:00/0:06-7:55
(2) Ephémérie 4 (Extended Orchestral) (track in Ephéméries, 2020, in progress) 7:55-11:08
(3) Floating through the Emptiness (track 8, last, in Don't Stop the Rain!, 2018) 11:08-17:21/26

Le best of Alex M: Partie 2 - Andreus Mix (le 24 avril 2020)

After the two parts of my "best of" (7 tracks in total, 4 in part 1, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/le-best-of-alex-m-partie-1-andreus-mix-le-4-avril-2020, and 3 in part 2, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/le-best-of-alex-m-partie-2-andreus-mix-le-24-avril-2020) selected and mixed by Andreus, and posted on my SoundCloud page here over the past 4 days (writing on 26 April 2020), he proposed a new collab/remix 2020 version of my Planet Communication, on SoundCloud since 22 December 2017, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/planet-communication (track 3 in Don't Stop the Rain!, album released on 31 March 2018, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/sets/dont-stop-the-rain). So I am now glad to present this new/collab version of the track. The SoundCloud page of Andreus, https://soundcloud.com/user-121558723, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on a photo by Andreus cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 26 April 2020.

Collab Remix 2020 completed on 26 April 2020 by Andreus, in coordination with Alex M, and posted on SoundCloud on 26 April 2020 by Alex M.

Merci infiniment, Andreus !

Duration: 8:54 minutes

Planet Communication - Alex M & Andreus 2020 Collab Remix

Our collaborative musical journey continues, and after our 1st 2020 collab remix of Planet Communication, Andreus got me into our 2nd 2020 collab remix, now of Enigma, on SoundCloud since 26 January 2018, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/enigma (track 5 in Don't Stop the Rain!, album released on 31 March 2018, soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/sets/dont-stop-the-rain). I am so glad to present this new/collab version of the track here. The SoundCloud page of Andreus, https://soundcloud.com/user-121558723, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on a photo by Andreus cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 1 May 2020.

Collab Remix 2020 completed on 1 May 2020 by Andreus, in coordination with Alex M, and posted on SoundCloud on 1 May 2020 by Alex M.

Merci infiniment, Andreus !

Duration: 9:20 minutes

Enigma - Alex M & Andreus 2020 Collab Remix

After mixing 2 parts of my "best of" and remixing in 2020 collab 2 tracks from my 2018 album Don't Stop the Rain! (soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/sets/dont-stop-the-rain), Andreus and I attempted our 1st music-creating collaboration on a brand new track! I am so glad to present it here. The SoundCloud page of Andreus, https://soundcloud.com/user-121558723, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on a photo by Andreus cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 3 May 2020.

Completed in collaboration on 2-3 May 2020 (with final mix and recording by Andreus in MAGIX) and posted on SoundCloud on 3 May 2020 (by Alex M). Andreus has subsequently included this composition in his medley mix with 4 other of our tracks (in fact, our first 5 music-creating collaborations) "Best of Andreus - Alex M" (posted on SoundCloud on 17 June 2020 and with artwork cover by Andreus) - you may give it a listen: https://soundcloud.com/user-121558723/best-of-andreus-alex-m.

Merci infiniment, Andreus !

Duration: 5:51 minutes

Andreus and I are glad to present our next track, an extended collaborative version of my earlier composition Elegia, on SoundCloud since 17 June 2020, https://soundcloud.com/alexander-mihailov-96713983/elegia (from my work-in-progress album The Curse of Hope, 2020). We gratefully acknowledge the use of samples from MAGIX VOCALS (2020) from Andreus's archive. The SoundCloud page of Andreus, @user-121558723, provides access to his own fascinating tracks. Do visit his page and enjoy his music!

Artwork cover based on a photo by Andreus cropped and annotated by Alex M (in Preview) and saved in its final version on 28 June 2020.

Created between 15 and 28 June 2020 (with final mix and recording by Andreus in MAGIX) and posted on SoundCloud on 29 June 2020, at 00:03 GMT (by Alex M).

Merci infiniment, Andreus !

Duration: 9:09 minutes

Elegia (Extended Collaborative Version) - Alex M & Andreus

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)