We had met for a jam session without plan and purpose during the last sunny Saturday afternoon last year. By the time of this recording, we hadn't known that soon we would want to go for pee break, that the studio door is self closing, that the key was left in the studio, and that we would end up with nothing but the clothes on ourselves, one face mask and a bit of cash, and that we would spend the rest of the day waiting in front of some pub until it would open because there were rumors that some Tim working there has another key.

Andrè Gärtner, bass
Martin Söhnlein, drums https://soundcloud.com/martin-s-1
FL, piano

Cover art by Katarzyna Von Kopytko (obviously she made jokes of my scribbling inabilities).

Fun fact 18 days after publishing: Martin just showed up at our place this morning, he had lost his keys, wallet, phone etc. again. I served him a glass of water.

The Band Without Keys

A few small changes to the words...
This was tough, I have such a rough time with vocals, i rerecorded some of them and remixed the track..

Getting up at 4a m before the birds are singing
Rise and shine to the smell of coffee percolating
Load up the truck put the gear in the boat we’ll spend the day out fishing 
What a way to spend a saturday, out on the river 
And the coffeeville road is dark and long but we know which way to go
we’ve been this way a million times to our favorite fishing hole…
The old lock and dam on the Tombigbee river..

Take me down to the river one more time
Let me put my feet in the water to ease my mind 
Let’s go while there’s still time, while the light still shines
And we can feel the breeze, and watch the wind blow through the trees 
The way it used to be  
 
The river is life, the river is love, but the river is tough sometimes
And the river is hope, the river  is dreams , as  it runs through our lives
it’s full of the memories of the times we had together
And it feels like it goes on and on, but nothing lasts forever

 And the Coffeeville road don’t seem as long as it did those years ago
And were going one more time to our favorite fishing hole..

Take me down to the river one more time
You can put your feet in the water to ease your troubled mind
Let’s go while there’s still time, while the light still shines
And we can feel the breeze, and watch the shadows through the trees
My Dad and me…

Father's Day {Complete}

Cage City

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Bath Salts (ft. Cxlxstical)

(Composed June 4, 2024)

Painting (detail) by Isabella Wiegele, "Voodoo" (November 1993)

Figuration

From the new album :Obscure Silhouettes and Random Reflections
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/obscure-silhouettes-and-random-reflections

Mood Exhibit - Further From Dismal

You Can Call Me Crazy,But It's Now Or Never..

In the haze of the morning
The crow dances to the breeze
In the maze of this life
Shattered pieces of a dream 
From the playground downtown 
The lights flashing aloud 
Far beneath the ground
The echos Vibrating sound 
Clarity I see looking into your eyes
Drifting away, to the seas, to the skies 
A land filled with peace, there in your arms 
A glimmering sky…far from harm
A rainbow sky..passing inside 
Butterfly dreams..dragonfly sky

Concrete walls, years down these halls 
Silent nights, seven flights
Riverbend, far from the eye
River send, peace to the right
On this perch I sit and wait
For the bleeding sunset cast over the lake
The ancient place where the grackles sing 
The ancient place where the last breathe brings
Love yourself, tend the needs, destiny, find the seed
Let it grow, overfill, let it be, time will tell 

The WU it sleeps, it breathes, it eats
From the valley, the screams, they show, money
Rooftops, light rocks, meth melt to the ground
Willow tree, people see, what can’t be dealt
1203, explosive company, down to the ground 
Straight to the sea
Rise above what’s in front of me
Reflections of pieces of a dream

Řeflections øf å ðream

Video; youtu.be/PVhjgUD6qsY

Made in #Ableton (June 2024)

Genres;
#Ambient
#Ethno
#Experimental
#Electronic

https://hega.bandcamp.com/album/dark-memories

Dark Memories

Schumann - Traumerei

I invite you to listen to my piano improvisation " On the Verge of Dream and Reality".
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” -  Edgar Allan Poe
The sheet music of my compositions can be downloaded from here:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/victor-birkan-sheet-music/3028943?isPLP=1

Find all my music here: https://linktr.ee/victorbirkan
Watch the videoversion on my YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/63LAb7EmW34

On the Verge of Dream and Reality - Improvised Piano Piece

Thanks for listening: I am always very grateful for your open ears and minds.

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Figuration

Allen Wright