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NADA  / NOTHING

He pensado en la muerte  /  I've thought about death
y en lo que habrá detrás.  /  and what will be behind.
Puede que no haya nada,  /  It may be nothing,
¿te has parado a pensar?  /  have you stopped to think?

Nada, nada... nada.  /  Nothing, nothing... nothing.

Nada, nada, nada ni siquiera aire,  /  Nothing, nothing, nothing not even air,
nada, nada, nada que pueda tocarse,  /  nothing, nothing, nothing you can touch.
Nada, nada, nada que tocar ni respirar.  /  Nothing, nothing, nothing to touch nor breathe.

Nada, nada, ni una idea ni un deseo,  /  Nothing, nothing, neither an idea nor a desire,
nada, nada, ningún miedo ni silencio,  /  nothing, nothing, no fear or silence,
nada, nada, nada nada se puede escuchar.  /  nothing, nothing, nothing nothing can be heard.
...
Nada, nada, no esperes encontrarte  /  Nothing, nothing, don't expect finding
nada, nada, no puedes imaginarte  /  nothing, nothing, you cannot imagine
nada, nada, nada, no te entra en la razón.  /  nothing, nothing, it doesn't fit your mind.

ER18PB06 - ©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2014 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)

Nada (He pensado en la muerte)

Lyrics and music: Michele Ansani (1998).
Inspired by a Robert Musil's short story ("The Perfecting of a Love", 1911).
Cover photo is from Pietro Corrao.

Like some others I have already posted, this is a song from the late 1990s, recorded then with a Korg D8. I remixed the surviving file, working on volume and equalisation after separating the tracks, and adding some stuff. 

LYRICS (ENG / ITA)

nervously looked at the stranger
at that moment his beard lit up for a moment
she guessed there solidity, naturalness
and everything reconnected, she was there...

It flashed in her mind that already other times
The thing had begun in the same way, it was so...
And at the thought for an instant a voluptuous horror touched her
A voluptuous abulic horror
as before a sin yet unnamed

she wondered if he could have noticed
that she was looking at him
and her body filled with a slight sensuality
she seemed to be swimming in darkness before him
dissolved and impalpable like pale foam

so they travelled close
and little by little crept back into her thoughts
that restlessness
she tried to tell herself
that it was only the disturbance
of that sudden solitary journey
among strangers
soon afterwards instead she believed
that it was the wind that enveloped her
in a rigid frost

there was suddenly
a light high and clear on her past
as on an indescribable landscape of mysterious order
was a strange sense of the future
as if everything
that seemed long past
still lived on

furtively she sought the stranger
at that moment his hand for a moment
caressed her
she sensed in it a natural solidity
and everything reconnected
they were there ...

and thought of days
strangely distinct
from all the others
open before them
like a fugue of remote rooms
and joined with a hasty laugh
to the conversation

----

nervosamente guardò lo sconosciuto
in quel momento la sua barba per un attimo s’illuminò
v’indovinò solidità naturalezza
ed ogni cosa si ricollegò, lei era lì…

le balenò in mente che già altre volte
la cosa nello stesso modo incominciò, era così...
ed al pensiero per un istante la sfiorò
un orrore voluttuoso abulico
come davanti a un peccato ancora senza nome

si chiese se potesse essersi accorto
che lei lo guardava
e il suo corpo si colmò di una leggera sensualità
le sembrava di nuotare nelle tenebre davanti a lui
dissolta e impalpabile come pallida schiuma

così viaggiarono vicini
e poco a poco ritornò ad insinuarsi nei suoi pensieri
quell’inquietudine
cercò di dirsi
che era solo il turbamento
di quell'improvviso viaggio solitario
fra gente estranea
subito dopo invece poi credeva
che fosse il vento che l’avvolgeva
in un gelo rigido

vi fu improvvisamente
una luce alta e chiara sul suo passato
come su un paesaggio indescrivibile dall’ordine misterioso
era uno strano senso di futuro
come se tutto ciò
che pareva da lungo tempo passato
vivesse ancora

furtivamente cercò lo sconosciuto
in quel momento la sua mano per un attimo
l’accarezzò
v’indovinò solidità naturalezza
ed ogni cosa si ricollegò
erano lì ...

e pensavano a giorni
stranamente distinti
da tutti gli altri
aperti davanti a loro
come una fuga di stanze remote
e si unirono con un riso precipitoso
alla conversazione

La Conversazione *

We hope that you like this new version of "I Have Changed" with synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo), vocals by Masha, and production and drums by Tot.  (@tot-beat / @user-288513022)

You can find the instrumental here:
https://soundcloud.com/archmageband3/i-have-changed-w-tot-on-drums-instrumental

Description from the instrumental version:

Our friend Tot. from Japan suggested we do an emotional ballad song next time we collaborated - so we decided to finish a song of ours from 2018 that had no drums and invited him to drum over it. 

He added some amazing funk energy in the beat to our unconventional chiptunesque pop ballad. Thanks so much for joining us Tot.!!

Art by Masha. 
Lyrics by Rob and Masha.

Thank you for listening!

Lyrics:

Everything goes through changes
Differences and alterations
Things are different, life moves on
Truth is former times are gone
x4

I am grateful that you still believe in me
But there's something that we really should confer
Every time we talk it's tumultuous as can be
Every time we talk it's tumultuous as can be

Every time I think of you
I know inside
That between us now
There is a great divide

If you knew me even better then you'd say
That I've changed too much and I've been led astray
I have changed, I'm not the same
You'd only say that it's a shame
Things are different, life moves on
Truth is my old self is gone
I tried but I couldn't do
Everything you wanted me to
Can't go back to who I used to be

You want the idealised version of the past self me
That person isn't here, that person isn't me
If you knew me even better then you'd say
That I've changed too much and I've been led astray
x4

(I am grateful that you still believe in me)
(But there's something that we really should confer)
(Every time we talk it's tumultuous as can be)

I hope that you don't mind that
The Real Me
Is exactly what you see 
Before you today

Realm III

I Have Changed - w/ Tot. on drums

not competitive

Made for the Jamuary challenge (jamming lots in January).

We finished a song from 2018 for this entry. It will be up Bandcamp at the end of the month, when we have enough to make it into a proper compilation and when it has more polish done to mixing/mastering.

Synth work by Masha (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) using a combination of the Roland Gaia SH-01, the app called Figure, and Garageband for iOS.
Art by Masha using royalty free resources from Canva.

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, 2025 that's creative/productive (when you want it to be) otherwise I hope your time is fun & relaxing! Much love from Archmage Band.

Jamuary2025

Wonder - Instrumental (For Jamuary 2025)

A live recording of 15.12.24
from live stream of channels:

Baroque
Radio Aporee
Para-X Radio Network

no post editing were made
only a little loudness correction

Revolution Ten *Failed

Africana Brass

Hello again Listeners,

Here's our re-post of another of my chilled living-room improv sessions with fellow Saturna Islander illio as we sought to 'catch the flow'.
(And even if you think you've heard it before, this is a New version, friends. Please have another Listen.

Several moods and feels opened up as we 'winged it'!

I'm so happy to have him come Jam n Flow with me here (as we capture it all on our one H2n ZOOM microphone).

We hope it'll help you to relax in the midst of all the craziness n tension in this 'ol world these days.

May you enJoy! We certainly did, and it's a pleasure to share it. :))


Gary Courtland-Miles- Electric Piano & illio bertolami on acoustic Classical Guitar

Just Jammin' with illio' *

R&B x Neo Soul Vibe

Text:
Verse 1
I’ll dance with your sons in moments bright,
Tell them tales, bring hope with light.
One day I’ll fade, one day I’ll sleep,
And your heart’s echo is all I’ll keep.

Pre-Chorus
Time drifts on, memories fray,
But some words live and stay.

Chorus
I’ll never not have loved you,
In every verse, in every view.
Even if I fade from mind,
My light is yours, forever kind.

Verse 2
You’ll carry stories, songs I gave,
In their laughter, in each wave.
When you forget, and time moves on,
You’ll hum a tune, and I’ll be gone.

Pre-Chorus
I’m the ghost in your melody,
Soft in the wind, clear in your memory.

Chorus
I’ll never not have loved you,
In every verse, in every view.
Even if I fade from mind,
My light is yours, forever kind.

Bridge
Forgive me if I vanish slow,
Time is a thief no one can know.
But if one day you call my name,
I’ll whisper back in flame.

Final Chorus (layered, emotional)
I’ll never not have loved you,
In every verse, in every view.
Even if I fade from mind,
My light is yours — eternal, kind.

Outro (spoken)
Don’t mourn what you can’t remember.
Love is the flame — it stays embers.

Memory in Time

A Small Nothing Across The Horizon ( Brass-Lines/No Mates )

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

Our Albums:
Realm I [Instrumental Prologue]: https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/realm-i-instrumental-prologue 
Realm II [Instrumental Prologue]: https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/realm-ii-instrumental-prologue-2

Gear:
We use a synthesizer (Roland Gaia SH-01), a midi controller (the Korg microKEY), Reason Compact, Figure, the LMMS DAW, and Garageband for iOS to make all our sounds.

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)
@archmageband2 (2022-2023 Music)

Solo Accounts:
@masha-solo
@rob-ulysses

Thank you all for listening to our music, we hope that you have a great day.

I Have Changed - w/ Tot. on drums

Archmage Band III