before and after - UmphreysMcGee - CrucialTaunt

The Echoes That Remain

I see, feel, hear the rain and thunder, over our world, and it makes me wonder about a few things......

Where did... common sense go?
Where did... the knowledge and realization that we have nowhere to go go? 

Where did... the courage and will to stop the gates of hell from constantly standing ajar go?
Where did... your own will go?

Some of these natural lessons extend into the moral structure of humanity as it must evaluate from time to time if novel ideas work or if the ancient wisdom is better...and so it rains.

Video is available on youtube here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYb_6nZuXOQ

Lyric/poem, singing and narration - Peter The Poet: @ https://soundcloud.com/user-264930040/tracks
Beautiful guitars left/right - Master David D: https://soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203
Music, e-guitar, mix, production - Seagull: https://soundcloud.com/farout-music-studio
The gorgeous female voice: Clara Sorace.

Rain
And so it rains
Will it wash away tomorrow’s hopes, 
Leave us stranded in our yesterdays
Clinging to the fraying ropes
Swinging helplessly in vain

And yet it rains
Both the means to life or drowning death
Spilling ‘cross the flooding plains
Sucking out the terminal breath
Forever and again

I stand here naked, cold and blue
Stripped of pride and freedom too
Aspirations drained, subdued
As heaven’s cloudbursts purge me through

And still it rains
Will it cleanse, refresh, renew the truth
Sanitise and ease the pain
Or launder filthy failure’s proof
To try and hide the liar’s stain

And it will rain
While lunatics still yield the whip
Indoctrination’s game remains
The crass politico’s iron grip
Will euthanise our children’s brains

……and so it rains

Rain - Peter, David & Seagull - Video on youtube

'Realms' is one of the first tracks we envisioned would be on an album by the same name back when we started composition of the track in 2015. In 2022 Masha mixed and mastered the instrumental version.

In 2024 we released "Realm I [Instrumental Prologue]" where you can find the instrumental version. https://soundcloud.com/archmageband/realms-instrumental

This song will be on our upcoming album "Realm I" (when all the songs have vocals). 

Vocalist: Masha Solo (@masha-solo)
Synths by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo
Art by Masha using free Canva resources. 
Lyrics by Masha.
Produced by the lovely Tot. from Japan: (@tot-beat, @user-288513022)
We love what you've done with it, Tot.!~

Thanks so much for listening!

Lyrics:

(Hey)

All of these realms 
That we haven't yet seen for ourselves
They could be somewhere right next to me, 
I can tell

And my smallest decisions
Could mean quite a lot, possibly
There could be 
Countless versions of me

Hey! Don't stand in your own way,
Of achieving greatness and success
If it's from dreams that
Make your heart soar so high

There is always something more,
About this very moment,
In your present time
In your future,
You will look back upon these
As the best times

And my smallest decisions
Could mean quite a lot, possibly
There could be
Countless versions of you and me

I feel grateful that we're in the same place
Of all the chances that it wasn't the case
We're together in this realm,
We're together in this realm,

All of these realms 
That we haven't yet seen for ourselves
They could be somewhere right next to me, 
I can tell

And my smallest decisions
Could mean quite a lot, possibly
There could be
Countless versions of me

Hey! Don't stand in your own way,
Of achieving greatness and success
If it's from dreams that make your heart soar so high

There is always something more,
About this very moment,
In your present time
In your future,
You will look back upon these
As the best times

Realms Single

Realms - Produced by Tot.

The Life

Desperate Measures

Sorry if the Moog hurts your brains ;) 
Started with a simple repeating bass line on the Moog Subsequent 37, duplicated on Arturia's Juno 6 VST, then a pad from their CMI and rhythm the Arturia Vocoder VST. Over the top of this there is a screaming lead on the Moog, compressed, and with an occasional bit of stereo widening and then reverb at the end.
The timing is slightly off the 120 BPM base, and there is an extra E note interrupting the flow - initially a copy-paste mistake, but then I decided it gave it an interesting tension so kept it. 
Dytiscus latissimus is a large water beetle found in northern Europe. About 45 mm long. Cute things. The image is modified from the one at https://laji.fi/en/taxon/MX.188452, Attribution: Vainio, Heli, Luomus, Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0

Dytiscus latissimus

The devils tale

Produced, Rearranged, Mixed and Mastered by Kawa9

Created with Riffusion

the "CODE" of your "LOVE"

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.

Send Failed (Please Hold)

Out Of The Confusion

Hi, Welcome to Archmage Band's 3rd SoundCloud page! This contains our music that we released from 2023-2025. Next page is here: @archmageband4

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)
@archmageband2 (2022-2023)
@archmageband4 (2025-)

Solo Accounts:
@masha-solo
@rob-ulysses

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

Realms - Produced by Tot.

Archmage Band III