Divine atmosphere and production. High standard - as usual.

Amy Stevens vocals
John Russell guitars, bass, keyboards, drums/drum programming
Recorded at PORKCHOPS! III May-July 2025
Produced by John Russell and Amy Stevens
All tracks composed by Amy Stevens and John Russell c/p 2025 Solstice Music INC/The Chocolate Era LTD

Madness

beautiful deep dark haunting vocal with arpeggio guitar

painted smile

Raw to the Bone blends emotional lyricism with driving guitars to create a powerful rock track about connection, longing, and the search for something real. Echoing themes of reflection, desire, and uncertainty, the song builds through atmospheric verses and a soaring chorus that hits straight in the heart.

Raw To The Bone

Fall Forward

We may begin with an image which has always been the favorite Hua-yen method of exemplifying the manner in which things exist.   Far away in the heavenly abode of the great god Indra, there is a wonderful net which has been hung by some cunning artificer in such a manner that it stretches out infinitely in all directions.   In accordance with the extravagant tastes of deities, the artificer has hung a single glittering jewel in each "eye" of the net, and since the net itself is infinite in dimension, the jewels are infinite in number.  There hang the jewels, glittering like stars of the first magnitude, a wonderful sight to behold.   If we now arbitrarily select one of these jewels for inspection and look closely at it, we will discover that in its polished surface there are reflected all the other jewels in the net, infinite in number.   Not only that, but each of the jewels reflected in this one jewel is also reflecting all the other jewels, so that there is an infinite reflecting process occurring.  The Hua-yen school has been fond of this image, mentioned many times in its literature, because it symbolizes a cosmos in which there is an infinitely repeated interrelationship among all the members of the cosmos. This relationship is said to be one of simultaneous mutual identity and mutual inter-causality.
This review of the book "Hua-yen Buddism" by Francis H. Cook, PA State University Press, 1977 in the magazine The CoEvolution Quarterly, No. 22 Summer 1979 inspired this tune.

Net of Jewels

This tune and its lyrics are inspired by an article from: THE NEXT Whole Earth Catalog, 1980, p588:

Chuang Tzu (399-295 BC) lived 200 years after Lao Tzu. Using parables and anecdotes, allegory and paradox, he set forth the early ideas of what was to become Taoism. Central in these is the belief that only by understanding Tao (the Way of Nature) and dwelling in its unity can man achieve true happiness and be truly free, in both life and death. 
To him, nature is not only spontaneity but nature is a state of constant flux and incessant transformation. This is the universal process that binds all things into one, equalizing all things and all opinions. The pure man makes this oneness his eternal abode, in which he becomes a "companion" of Nature and does not attempt to interfere with it by imposing the way of man on it. His goal is absolute spiritual emancipation and peace, to be achieved through knowing the capacity and limitations of one's own nature, nourishing it, and adapting to the universal process of transformation. He abandons selfishness of all descriptions, be it fame, wealth, bias or subjectivity. Having attained enlightenment through the light of Nature, he moves into the realm of "great knowledge" and "profound virtue."

nature

The Forgotten

This track is open to jam with. have fun. 

Crush

Te quiero mucho

Welcome home

Not all files can be recovered. Some need to be rewritten.

'CORRUPTED SECTOR' is a 5-track sonic journey through digital failure and human restoration. Born from a forgotten 2019 backup, this EP explores the exact moment the connection drops and reality fragments.

From the industrial sarcasm of 'Send Failed' to the psychedelia of 'Synaptic Error', RQS invites you to listen to what exists between zero and one.

Warning: Contains frequencies from 'Glitch Soul' and unsent messages. Listen before the system reboots.

System Backup (Full Restore)

Being musician and artist "since ages", the last two decades and all the developments in digital music broadened my interests and activities in doing music actively and passively. Not being shy of any genre (OK, leave off some Punk and Extreme Metal derivates) I engage in composing, arranging, mixing and collaborating. 

Oh, and I do all my artwork and designs as well. And as you may notice I regard AI as a friendly helper.

Have a few looks & listens into my repertoire and eventually gain some insights. I'm always open for collabs if the the interests match ...

nature

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