Excellent track -- lots of ambient hooks!

TIMES OF MYSTERY AND HOPE

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves:  Lead Vocal
Hans Albers:  All Instruments, Arrangement & Production
Gary Reeves, Terry Reeves, Jo Reeves, Jason Reeves, Dan Reeves, & Charlotte Reeves sang the chorus backing vocals.
The four month old Richard Terence Reeves provided the laughter for the intro.  

As far back as I can remember the Reeves family were always big on Christmas. We were not a particularly well-off family (we lived in publicly-owned housing) but my Mum, Dad and Nan always made it the most special of times. Dad would make sure that we had both a barrel of beer and comprehensive choice of beverage to welcome any visitors who might call round to celebrate the holiday season. Friends and family we may not have seen in many a long year would be sure to visit and all were welcomed.

The house itself was always bedecked with paper-chains and Christmas lights (a tradition I have continued at my family home to this day), the crowning glory being the tree, at the base of which were a cornucopia of presents, the opening of which began every Christmas Day.  After that it was a continuous celebration of food, drink, music and games.  By the time the evening rolled around, we’d switch on the telly to enjoy all of the Christmas Specials, after which the board game marathons would usually start.

As we all grew older, Bri & Gal started to play instruments, giving rise to the annual family sing-song. In 1969, we recorded one of these on our old Grundig reel-to-reel, a small selection of which have been included on the above track (see: https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/xmas-at-home-with-the-von?si=2317d359e0f6482ebeb6662a88d5148b). 

During the later Norman Chop years, when the band became a duo, Brian & Katy opened their own folk club (the Palais de Folk) at the now defunct Derby Arms pub, Shene and built up a very decent following, enabling them to book some of the finest acts on the then thriving folk club circuit.  In 1975, they decided to recall erstwhile members of the band (Gal & Steve Jinks)for their Christmas Party.  It turned out to be one of the best nights the club ever experienced and the place was filled by an enthusiastic, overflowing crowd. I was there that night and will never forget how brilliant it was, wishing I could be up on stage as the fifth member of the band - hence the chorus of the song. 

As always, we owe Hans so much for pulling together all of the strands involved and for making them gel with such a bittersweet resonance.  We do hope you enjoy our Christmas song. (Terry Reeves)

A barrel of beer a pint for every visitor                                                                                  
All food cooking  annual Christmas meal
Flashing lights decorate every corner
The live music from the band always a thrill

CHORUS:
I want to be in the Norman Chop Trio
I want to be the fifth member of the band
I want to sing happy Christmas in the background 
I want to play guitar with melodic hands

Hear songs from daylight to darkness
Family sing together finding harmony 
Two brothers pitch a musical sharpness
Giving feel of sweet sounding certainty

CHORUS

Dad with a pipe helped every low note
Mum and Nan danced and sang every tune
A sister joining fun in beautiful petticoats 
Family singing music melody filling room

CHORUS

Babycham, Sobranie cocktail cigarettes 
Dates in Brazil helped the family go nuts 
Presents under tree one thousand more or less
Another log on the fire keeps temperature up

CHORUS...With melodic hands (x2)

Morecambe and Wise laughter to millions 
Bruce …nice to see you… to see you nice
The board games turning ten hour missions 
Winners still playing not stopping the dice

CHORUS...With melodic hands (x2)

A Bishops Wife noticed a choir of future 
Guitarist and Drummer with flowery shirts
Queen in Black screeching favourite lick slider
Palais de Folk Derby Arms welcome verse

CHORUS...With melodic hands (x4)
CHORUS...With melodic hands (x2)
Happy Christmas!

NORMAN CHOP CHRISTMAS - Cripple Club, Hans Albers & The Reeves Family

This is a remix of the song 'So Much Mysteries', which I released 3 years ago in cooperation with Cecilia. The version at that time was way too long with almost 9 minutes. I've also reduced the instrumentation a bit and expanded the sound.

Open collab by @specialececilia 
Open collab site: @specialceciliacappellas
  Original Version: 
https://soundcloud.com/specialceciliacappellas/accapellas-so-much-mysteries-mp3

Lyrics & Vocals: Special Cecilia  
Music & Arrangement: OMCB 

Cover Picture: https://pixabay.com

Lyrics

It Recently has been discovered in Morocco 5 skulls dating of 300.000 years  just looking like actual human, 
So That famous Neanderthael Theory was a Big Mistake...& I knew it:)
 So there might have been advanced civilization unknowed & that dissepear, 
 such as that Mystic Atlantis ... Mystic... Mystic... Mystic ...

So Much Mysteries still unfold
 Half of the Story never been told
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 from the Ancient times till Age of Gold
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 From Microcosm to Macrocosm

 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all

Don't know all about History
 Don't know all about Biology
 Don't know all the species of plants & their vertues,
 all the insects, the birds and the living creatures 
 & the life in the deep oceanic waters...
Don't know all about Ecology
 Destroying, Polluting our Wonderfull earth & nature

 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 Half of the Story never been told
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 from the Ancient times till Age of Gold
So Much Mysteries still unfold
 From Microcosm to Macrocosm

 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all

It has been recently discovered that there is a Multi Galactic System 
 with 2 Suns & 3 planets where life can be 
 We are not alone in the Univers ... (as SiFi feel it)
 We are not alone in the Univers ... 

 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
From Microcosm to Macrocosm

 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all

So Much Mysteries [Remix] - Special Cecilia & OMCB

Let Them Go (Chapter 1)

Poem: by Emily Dickinson (Hope. from 1862)
Hope is so beautifully described in Emily Dickinson's poem. Hope, like a fragile bird, or like a storm. The hope we carry within us.
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal, vocal composition and photo: Oddrun Eikli
Thank you so much for this JOY Yann. Thank you from my heart.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (10. desember 1830- 15. mai 1886)

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

'"Hope" is the thing with feathers is one of the best known of Emily Dickinson's poems. An extended metaphor, it likens the concept of hope to a feathered bird that is permanently perched in the soul of every human. There it sings, never stopping in its quest to inspire.

Emily Dickinson wrote this poem in 1862, a prolific year for her poetry, one of nearly 1,800 poems she penned during her lifetime. Only seven of these were published while she was still alive. Her sister, Lavinia, collected and helped publish all of her poems after Emily's death in 1886.

Her poetry was highly original but was dismissed or simply misunderstood when she sent her work out for appraisal or publication. It was only after she had passed away and her poems circulated more widely that critics began to appreciate her genius.

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers. Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.

The extraordinarily talented Belial Pelegrim and I have spent the past year working on a very special project.  The end result is an EP based on nature and the changing seasons.  Here is the first single - a lille taste of what is on our "Movements of a Cloud" EP which will be released on February 25th via Bricolage.  Working with BP * https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/VZKQ3MBxyX1E2VVE6  * is always an exciting and fulfilling experience.  :) 

Check the EP out here:
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/movements-of-a-cloud-bc068


We hope you enjoy!  Thanks for listening and for your support!  :)

The Myth of Wondrous Things {Minimal_Drone*GRL & Belial Pelegrim} from the "MoaC" EP

Started as a video and field recordings, strung together, and with sounds reworked. It's in that form on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@rollocarpenter/video/7120240854308113670

Became also a collab with 4mat, @mt-msc, here and on insta https://www.instagram.com/p/CgCOxn_gBKu/

Music of the bonfire - muterial | 4mat

EP A10
https://akitomisaki.bandcamp.com/album/a10

ead #5

In collaboration with Laar @https://soundcloud.com/user-325797522
and Muterial @https://soundcloud.com/muterial and his open collab: https://soundcloud.com/muterial/off-the-rails

Music: Laar (Recorded with Squire Jaguar, Squire CV 70s Jazz Bass and Fruity Loops. Drum patterns are taken from FL FPC plugin

other collabs here -> https://soundcloud.com/muterial/sets/off-the-rails-collaborations

Off the rails
get off the rails
you'll find much different beauty, you'll see
don't be afraid to be alone
don't be afraid to go on your own
believe me you don't need your phone
no, you need to get lost
and to get out of the frost
can you imagine a second
the world differently
can you take a decision
without someone to agree
look differently
try sometimes differently
can you be brave enough
to stand up by yourself
can you be courageous enough
to choose for yourself
despite what may happen
follow the flowers
follow the smell
that attracts you
whatever happen
remember
you are the one
you are alone

Collabs 2023

Off the rails

Off the Rails (Kaerian and Laar / Muterial Open Collab)

Thanks to Voice Of Logan for supplying me with the fantastic composition and inspiration.

Music by Voice of Logan. https://on.soundcloud.com/APs1U
Lyrics and Vocals MrMules.
Thanks Hilary for singing backing vocals.

I lie beneath the trees
I see them breath  
How they wave
Wave with me

We are one
Yeah we are one 
  
Lying with the trees
I feel them breath 
How they wave
Wave with me. 

Facinated with the palm of hand
Visionary from another mother fucking land 

Hear the stream
Feel the breeze 
A whole new world opens up to me.
I get to know my host
A heroic dose 
Takes me to you
Takes me to you
  
It's nice to meet you
Nice to meet you
Really  see you 
Really be you

A heroic dose 
Takes me to you.

Hear the stream
Feel the breeze 
A whole new world opens up to me.

We are one 
We are one.

Heroic Dose... Collab with Voice of Logan

Video available on YouTube https://youtu.be/_Tm7ceEgr9A 

A collaboration with our amazing SoundCloud friend holy shitshow @user-649412648 the theme is based on the Island of the Lotus Eaters mythology where Odysseus's unwary crew are lured ashore to lose themselves in a dreamlike narcosis of blissful forgetfulness.

Vocals Helen
Lyrics holy shitshow @user-649412648
Reworked ambient soundscape and production Andy

The new sun moves up
It's rays heat on my skin
The shining river
Leave it calls and dive within
The solvent river
Flows down where I can't go
The shining faces
Of everyone I love
The clock is ticking
It's breath right on my brain
The heat is stifling
Makes me long for summer rain
I'll wake up new born
And raise my head to the morning sun
The cold night thickens
When Winter’s touch is on your mind
The plethoreeere…….t
A song tucks in to wave me awake
And when I'm on the ……. bank
I stand and look ……. down

Solvent River

The Sorcerer

Short song on thuesday night

Unlikely

Unlikely Story

Homage to Relativity Theory's Centenary & Mr. Albert Einstein.
Based on a delightful 6/4 main theme by https://soundcloud.com/exploderamera, we offer to the listener some variations on 5/4, 4/4 & 2/4 signatures, relatively round composition, lotta love, and two questions...
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Music: ExploderaMera and E-Ruizzo
Lyrics: Albert Einstein
Vocals & Artwork: ExploderaMera
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There are five houses.
The Englishman lives in the red house.
The Spaniard owns the dog.
Coffee is drunk in the green house.
The Ukrainian drinks tea.
The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
Milk is drunk in the middle house.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept.
The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
The Japanese smokes Parliaments.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house"

Now, who drinks water?
Who owns the zebra?

ER00EC12

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