NGM ver and this...Both Wonderful! Awept away..All of them are already MASTERPIECES!

Very catchy theme. Surrounded by fine instrumentations

We aimed to make some happy/sad dream-pop with a melodic reverie soundscape, bittersweet, about realising July is here again. (Where has the time gone?)

Masha Solo is the vocalist and lyricist. She also drew the song art.

Lyrics:

Anyone seen
Where the time’s gone by?
Living memories 
Drifting through my mind

The time is flying by
It's already July
How did all these 
Months slip by me?

With every passing day
Though it all feels the same
It's a constant 
That we're changing

Killing
Seconds
Minutes
Hours
Days fly
Weeks fly
Months fly
Years die

Before you even 
Know it,
Moments
Turn to memories

Try to achieve 
All my goals
And dreams
Time can't freeze

It's time we realise
That we don't have the time
Time to waste on being angry

With only some much time
We should prioritise
Do the things 
That make us happy

If I am luckier than most
And live to eighty, then
18 thousand more days
Would be all I have

All I can do is try my best
To notice I'm alive
In this moment
Breathe in, make the most of it

Because in spite of how time flies
I'll still spend every year
Right by your side
Always
Till we disappear

Mulu Lagoon

July

Lost Vibrations of Forgotten Dreams

Piano Impro #3 - Par Les Soirs Bleus D'Eté

In the manner of moonlight

Feels Like Home

P-Iris Germanica

Another track inspired by "The Wake", a post apocalyptic novel by Paul Kingsnorth.

Buccmaster and his friends visit a village untouched by the Norman invasion. They participate in a village celebration, which Buccmaster looks back on as the very last joyful day. Even so, everyone there fears for the future.

I used my Flamenco guitar again... but economically, my early versions were too Iberian!

the last daeg we was yonge

Dark Alleys

This is actually the first track I recorded by myself since early 4-track recordings decades ago. Recorded at the start of lockdown on an iPad before I discovered Ableton; cleaned up in 2023 for a new airing. Always saw it as a sonic future-scape that is a little rough around the edges but worth sharing again.
Image: AI via Lexica.

El Futuro Es...

Now Available on Bandcamp as a Single! (With another version of the instrumental, a longer one, exclusive to Bandcamp)
https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/swept-away-by-stunning-inspiration-single

Featuring Masha Solo's vocals and spoken word poetry. 

Synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo)

Also check out The Neons Gone Mad remix 'I Was Astounded'. 
Here's the video by Neons Gone Mad:
https://youtu.be/dYi6yldLWeA?si=MGd6OjWD2dMNgR_O

https://soundcloud.com/archmageband2/i-was-astounded-clockwork-remix-by-neons-gone-mad
https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/track/i-was-astounded-remix-by-neons-gone-mad

First composed March 2016, and had an odd code name for a while that was randomly generated text: 'manysipivu' and later it went by the code name 'Phoenix' for a long time. However after other instruments were added, we felt the mood was more of being caught in a daydream in which you have a ton of ideas, and how that feels. In 2022 Masha mixed and mastered the song and named it 'Swept Away By Stunning Inspiration', with the song art by Masha alluding to the fact that it's a companion song to both of our tracks 'Autumn Breeze' with a similar theme to 'When Passion Conquers Fear'.

Synth work by Rob and Masha.
Art by Masha using free Canva resources.
Featuring village bell chimes by Neons Gone Mad.

Lyrics:

It is almost 17 o’clock, work is done, I need a walk
On a chilly eve of a beautiful autumn day
Trying to breathe deeply negativity away

Into the woods I went to try and clear my head,
(Exhale the memories…)
Want to erase the worry, and put joy into its stead,
(Exhale the memories…)
As I was strolling towards the bay,
(Exhale the memories…)
I took a seat on a bench along the way

Setting my thoughts back to the present time
Hearing the distant village clock’s timely chime
Made me do a double-take,

I take in the view of the nature that surrounded,
I found myself astounded!

At the rays that shone brightly through the multicoloured trees
(I found myself astounded!)

Orange, amber, yellow, and copper, bright red, and green,
Orange, amber, yellow, and copper, bright red, and green,

As the wind blew rustling countless leaves,
They made the finest natural choir,
Some drift down, with feather light graceful ease,
I figured out that nothing in my life is truly very dire

Since I have caught a glimpse at this spectacular scene
If I were not here, it would have gone completely unseen
Like a vision but so clear and so very pristine

I take in the view of the nature that surrounded,
I found myself astounded!

At the rays that shone brightly through the multicoloured trees
Orange, amber, yellow, and copper, bright red, and green,
Orange, amber, yellow, and copper, bright red, and green,

I take in the view of the nature that surrounded,
I found myself astounded!

At the rays that shone brightly through the multicoloured trees
Orange, amber, yellow, and copper, bright red, and green,
Orange, amber, yellow, and copper, bright red, and green

(Exhale the memories…)

Swept Away By Stunning Inspiration Single

Swept Away By Stunning Inspiration

Do That THING!

Challenge was to make one of my shorter songs with one of my longer lyrics, so I 'had' to craft it into an amalgam of 9/4 and 4/4 signatures. Thus, it may feel crazy on verses but I hope also catchy on refrains.

Letra / Translated lyrics:

Sólo pido no tener deseos (Ya no quiero imaginar)  /  I ask only not to have desires (I don’t want to imagine anymore)

¿Puedes explicarme qué es lo que me pasa?  /  Can you tell me what happens to me?
Señor, llévate de mí esta confusión.  /  Lord, take away this confusion.
Quítame el don de la inteligencia,  /  Take the gift of intelligence from me,
pues si no pensara tanto, sería feliz.  /  because if I didn’t think so much, I would be happy.

Siento que este mundo me es extraño,  /  I feel this world is strange,
estoy a disgusto con mis sentidos.  /  I get displeasure from my senses.
No puedo comprender su funcionamiento,  /  I cannot understand their functioning,
ni siquiera amoldarme a él.  /  nor even get used to it.

Sólo pido no tener deseos,  /  I ask only not to have desires,
ya no quiero imaginarme nada.  /  I don’t want to imagine anything anymore.

Esta situación siempre es pasajera,  /  This situation is always temporary,
pero se repite una y otra vez.  /  but repeats itself again and again.
Este malestar de cuerpo y alma  /  This discomfort of soul and body
me hace desear dejar de ser.  /  makes me wish to stop being.  

Pienso entonces en todos los que me quieren,  /  Then I think of all those who love me,
o al menos en los que a veces lo parecen…  /  or at least about those who sometimes seem to…
¿Por qué es tan difícil la coexistencia  /  Why is coexistence so difficult
en medio de una sociedad inteligente?  /  in an intelligent society?

Sólo pido…  /  I ask only…

No deberías dejar pensar a algo imperfecto,  /  You should not allow something imperfect to think,
sino limitarlo a cumplir su función social.  /  but limit it to fulfilling its social role.
Sólo quiero ser un engranaje más, señor,  /  I only want to be one more cog, Lord,
en tu rebaño de almas, sin preguntas.  /  in your flock of souls, without questions.

Esta vida que me has dado, señor,  /  This life you have given me, Lord,
me tortura, de modos insospechados,  /  tortures me, in unsuspected manners,
a buscarle un sentido a mis dudas,  /  to look for a sense to my doubts,
lo cual, tal vez, sea precisamente su fin!  /  which, maybe, is precisely its purpose!

Sólo pido…  /  I ask only…

ER43FI10 97-18

Sólo pido no tener deseos (Ya no quiero imaginar)

Archmage Band was founded in 2013 by Rob and Masha, who are a musician couple and synth pop duo from Australia.

Big News: We're planning out the follow up to our previous album, 'Realm II [Instrumental Prologue]' and it has a release date of May 15th, 2024 (15/05/2024) but it is all almost done! It is a 20-track album exploring an experimental blend of synth-pop, phonk, gothic synth pop, chiptunes, fantasy and sci fi themes, and is also the soundtrack to our story/game in progress 'Parallel Tales' (as is the previous album).

More about Realm I:
In late 2023 we released a debut 12-track album, as part of the 'Realms' series, 'Realm I [Instrumental Prologue]' on December 12th, 2023 (12/12/2023) We're ecstatic that it's finally finished and we hope you enjoy it. It will be streamable both on Soundcloud and Bandcamp without limits.

Here's our website: http://archmagemusic.com/

Gear:
We use just one synthesizer, the Roland Gaia SH-01, for most of our work, combining it with sounds from Reason Compact and Figure on occasion also using a midi controller.

All art by Masha unless stated otherwise on the release.

For enquires, collaboration or remix ideas, or just to get in touch with either Rob or Masha, contact Archmage Band at mail@archmagemusic.com

Additional Accounts:
@archmageband (2020-2022 Music)

Solo Accounts:
@masha-solo
@rob-ulysses

Thank you all for listening to our music, have a lovely day.

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