Be My Fuel

llustration: Jonathan Djob Nkondo https://absenteism.tumblr.com/ 
Drums: Gonzalo Serrano https://soundcloud.com/messages/486957645:834842971
Piano, Analog Stack Synth, Granular Magnetic Guitar, 
Studio Horns, Stinger Bass: Jan Schonander @thegats

The original Pyrrhic victory came courtesy of Pyrrhus of Epirus, a Greek king who was undone by his costly battles against the Romans. Pyrrhus first invaded Italy in 280 B.C. after allying himself with Tarentum, a Greek-speaking city that resented the Roman Republic’s increased domination over their homeland. He arrived with a force of some 25,000 men and 20 war elephants—the first the Roman legionaries had ever faced—and immediately scored a famous victory in his first battle at Heraclea. The following year, he bested the Romans a second time during a heated clash at Asculum.

Pyrrhus fancied himself a latter day Alexander the Great, and he’d hoped his invasion would give his empire a foothold in Italy. But while he’d routed the Romans at both Heraclea and Asculum, he had also lost more than 7,500 of his most elite fighters, including many officers. Pyrrhus had no way of replacing his casualties, and his failure to deal the enemy a deathblow sent morale plummeting within his ranks. According to the ancient historian Plutarch, the warrior king was quoted as muttering, “If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.” Following a setback at the Battle of Beneventum in 275 B.C., he reluctantly called off his campaign and sailed back to Greece.

From the History Channel

PYRRHIC VICTORY

Caviar and cigarettes
Dances in pirouettes

Are you feeling good
It seems you should
Now the smoke has cleared
Now that you are feared

Your triumph is great
Are you ready for your fate
Cause for elation
A grand celebration

Oh, it doesn’t feel right
Oh, this dishonorable plight 

Caviar and cigarettes
Dances in pirouettes
Glitter, riches, fame and glam
Black tie Russian roulette

You lick your wounds
All your lovers are gone
Alone in your palace
Your light has shone

All your friends in flight
All your allies are foes
It’s not an end
The start of your woes

Caviar and cigarettes
Dances in pirouettes
Glitter, riches, fame and glam
Black tie Russian roulette

Pyrrhic Victory

I put out acoustic versions of of a couple of my songs last year and found they were well received - one even has more plays than the multitrack version. So that gave me the idea for this song.

Unplugged music, as nature intended,
If it sounds this good there's no need to defend it,
Unplugged music, as nature intended,
It's songs like these that can be recommended,

The song is a song and that's as good as it gets,
There's no need for any electronic effects,
When the singer sings a song in an ordinary voice,
Without auto-tune it's the obvious choice,

Unplugged music, as nature intended,
If it sounds this good there's no need to defend it,
Unplugged music, as nature intended,
It's songs like these that can be recommended,

The guitar drives the tune as the strings vibrate
Blended with the voice it sounds really great,
The amplifier's useless in the corner of the room,
The power of the music's in its simple tune,

Unplugged music, as nature intended,
If it sounds this good there's no need to defend it,
Unplugged music, as nature intended,
It's songs like these that can be recommended,

It's songs like these that can be recommended,
Unplugged music, as nature intended,

Unplugged Music

Unplugged Music (Graham Williams)

Ustera

Song composed during a Fredericton Arts Alliance Residency. Joint composition with Bryan McDaniel. Guitar Bryan McDaniel.

Let Me Into Your Game

Originaly recorded in 1998, remastered in 2022
Musik: R. Hanke/H. Krumm
Lyrics: R. Hanke
Vocals: H. Krumm aka  c r u m i u s

If you like you can buy the digital track in high quality here:
https://crumius.bandcamp.com/track/something-new

Something New

🖤Buy

Here a first collaboration with Ed Mundio :

https://soundcloud.com/edmundio1

The City That Grew Its Own Food - Ed Mundio & Wivresse

Keyboard Novembre/22

Part 2 track , Black glasses for white nights

Mimesis

„Der Atem des Nebels“ Atmender Nebel  (16.11.2022 ) 


In früher Morgendämmerung atmet die Erde auf. Die ersten Sonnenstrahlen durchdringen die Wolken. 
Nebelschwaden bedecken wie ein feines samtiges Tuch die Felder, Wälder und Täler.
Die Erde erwacht. Sie ruft den Wind auf das der Nebel langsam davon schwebt und die Landschaften freigibt.

Zart, flüsternd schwebt der letzte Hauch des Nebels dahin und ein neuer Tag entfaltet sich in ganzer Pracht.

Ein musikalisches Landschaftspoem.

Vielen Dank für Eure geschätzte Aufmerksamkeit.

Photo:			Björn Cloppenburg
Musik :		        Björn Cloppenburg
Alle Rechte vorbehalten 


Es wurden für dieses Projekt virtuelle Instrumente der Firma Spitfire Audio verwendet: 
 “Orchestral Swarm”  - https://www.spitfireaudio.com
 

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" Breathing Fog” “The Breath of the Mist"  (2022-11-16)


The earth breathes a sigh of relief in the early dawn. The first rays of sunshine penetrate the clouds.
Wafts of fog cover the fields, forests and valleys like a fine velvety cloth.
The earth awakens. She calls on the wind that the fog slowly floats away and reveals the landscapes.

Soft, whispering, the last breath of the mist floats away and a new day unfolds in all its glory 

A musical landscape poem.

Thank you for your valued attention.

Photo:   Björn Cloppenburg
Music : Bjorn Cloppenburg
All rights reserved


Spitfire Audio virtual instruments were used for this project:
“Orchestral Swarm” - https://www.spitfireaudio.com

Breathing Fog

Once I wrote a longer description here: a love song in 7/4 ¿or 14/8?

Silvia II (Lo que siento por ti) /  Silvia II (What I feel for you)

Es de difícil clasificación  /  It is difficult to be classified
dentro de las variedades del amor  /  among all varieties of love
lo que siento por ti, lo que siento…  /  what I feel for you, what I feel …

Sólo sé que no puedo vivir sin ti,  /  I only know I can’t live without you,
no puedo ver sentido a mi vida si no estás aquí.  /  I can’t find sense to my life if you are not here.
Lo que siento por ti, lo que siento…  /  What I feel for you, what I feel …

Cuando todo va bien  /  When everything goes fine
lo que me une a ti es tu forma de ser,  /  what joins me to you is your way of being,
es muy fácil ver  /  it is very easy to see
todos tus encantos de mujer.  /  all your woman's charms.

Una idea que no puedo soportar  /  An idea that I cannot bear
es verte en brazos de otro, en otro lugar.  /  is seeing you in other one’s arms, in another place.
Lo que siento por ti, lo que siento…  /  What I feel for you, what I feel …

No puedo imaginar  /  I cannot imagine
tu voz susurrando a otro compás.  /  your voice whispering to another compass.
Lo que siento por ti, lo que siento…  /  What I feel for you, what I feel …

Cuando algo va mal,  /  When something goes wrong,
puedo contemplar tus defectos con claridad.  /  I can behold  your faults with clarity.
Cuando algo va mal,  /  When something goes wrong,
sólo quiero escapar a otro lugar.  /  only I want to escape to another place.

Grab it !!

Silvia II (Lo que siento por ti)

Composed and produced by Val Akey. Used and programmed VSTIs:
Addictive Drums2/Broomstick Bass/FL Keys/RealLPC+GuitarRig5/Cytrus.
Many thanks for the photo to Victor Freitas:
https://www.pexels.com/hu-hu/foto/barlang-erdo-fak-festoi-803106/

Release date: 14 December 2019

Looking For Shelter

The attempt is to create a music which combines the modern structure of soundtrack with a rock rhythmic, an industrial approach, and a little use of synths and keyboards. Inspired by Neu!, Velvet Underground, Throbbing Gristle, Slint, Karlheinz Stockhausen and modern soundtracks.

Always interested in searching and reposting good music here on SC.

Be My Fuel

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