Each Day Is Born And Then Dies

"Beginnings" is my own self made album comprising a selection of music tracks that I've written and produced over the years, they serve as the starting point of my interest in electronic music composition. Each track has been carefully edited and remastered before being compiled into an album format.

All music and artwork is copyright © 2021 Nigel Weeks

Beginnings

Nightfall

Guitar: The Boilerman https://soundcloud.com/boilerman-615719656
Music, Lyrics, Vocal, Electric Piano, Bass, Drum Programming: Jan Schonander

Resung, remixed and remastered from almost four years ago.

This is a clash of psychology with science, and, well, early The Cure meets Bowie's Scary Monsters. It's easy to be close to somebody and still not be seen or heard no matter how loudly you speak. Mixed all this up with some actual invisibility science, so believe it or not, in terms not being seen this song stands on solid physics, until it doesn't....

BEND THE LIGHT

You see me
You look through me
You hear me
Can you hear me?

You’re blinded by your reflection
I’m invisible in the shadow of your glow

I absorb you
I deflect you
I’m a scientific wonder
My surface is cool
My paint is dark
A massive anomaly
A singularity
A Nobel prize in disguise
I’m in disguise

You’ve got the angle
You could be near or far
On any wavelength
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light

I wait for you
You walk by me
I’m a meta material
New spectrum
No infrared
I’m headed to the Blue Hall
A Nobel prize in disguise
I’m gonna be famous
I’m gonna be famous

You’ve got the angle
You could be near or far
On any wavelength
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light

You bend the light
But I’m gonna be famous
You bend the light
And I’m famous

Bend The Light

Bend The Light | The Boilerman 🎸

This is a collaboration with Taylor Brysiewicz.  Upon discovering an adequately functioning upright piano in the basement of the conference room at the Banff Centre (where we were both visiting for a conference on Random Algebraic Geometry), we decided to play some improvisational piano duets which led to this collaborative composition.  Taylor had the foresight to take a quick audio memo on his phone where we recorded a few excerpts alongside some commentary about the chord progression.  After returning home from the conference, Taylor turned our fragments into a completed piano part.  I then added a flute part while trying to maintain the impromptu spirit of the original, namely, by locking in some of the improvised phrases from my early takes (as opposed to indulging in my normal habit of making dozens of rounds of revisions).

Composed by Taylor Brysiewicz and Skai Eriksson
Piano performed by Taylor Brysiewicz
Flute performed by Skai Eriksson

Song art created in Mathematica (it is the level set of an algebraic function with randomly sampled coefficients, hence fitting into the theme of the conference that gave occasion to the collaboration).

Random Jam in Banff (flute and piano)

Mad Fanfare

Wer kann sich denn schon 
noble Werte leisten
Wir lügen und betrügen 
so, wie die meisten

Man selbst ist sich am nächsten
Und das ist uns nur recht
Von deiner heuelei wird mir schlecht

Nicht nur was ich brauche
will ich auch haben
Ich riskier ne dicke Lippe 
und manche Narbe.
Es liegt auf der Hand,
denn nur die richtig Reichen,
gehen auch schonmal über Leichen

Hier regiert die Gier

Hier regiert die Gier

Wir wollen alle, alle nur das eine
Wir wollen alles, nur für uns alleine
Alles was wir wollen ist größer, schöner, schneller
Nur die edelsten Tropfen 
und das Beste auf dem Teller

Ich brauche keine Freunde 
hab massig Freuden
Alle dir mir was wollen 
werden es bereuen
Ich glaube nicht an sowas wie Liebe oder Treue.
Ich vertraue nur einem, meiner Paranoia


Ihr wollt nicht teilen
Wollt so verweilen
Wollt ihr nicht geben
Könn wir nicht leben
Ihr habt doch alles
Wir haben nichts 
Wir wolln nicht sterben
Doch sehen schon das Licht


Alles was ich sehe reiß ich mir unter'm Nagel
Und allein dafür kassier ich von Pöbel  tadel
Warum kritisiert ihr mich? Lasst doch das trollen!
Nur weil ich das schaff was alle wollen?

Ich denke nur in großen Dimensionen 
Für den der alles hat, muss es sich schon lohnen.
Vielleicht packt mich irgendwann die Langeweile
Und empfinde Spaß daran mit Anderen zu teilen.

"Ha ha ha ha ha"

Hier regiert die Gier

Hier regiert die Gier


Wir wollen
 alle, alle nur das eine
Wir wollen alles, nur für uns allein 2x

Wir sind allaaaaaaein 2X

Hier regiert die Gier

H!ER REG!ERT D!E G!ER

From my youth I always wanted to compose something in this style. It's time to finally try :) Music, lyrics and performance - Nadir Shamuhamedov. Special thanks to Jane Johnson for proofreading the text.

I hope, one day, in the blooming May
I'll bring a ring and you'll say "Ok",
My heart will be filled with peace and light,
And flying bees will buzz gently "Right!"

Daisy!
My love made me almost crazy,
Don't let me think so hazy,
Now, oh my love,
Just tell me: "Yes I do…"
You and I
As tea and pie,  
I know, you love me too…

Even if it comes later
Maybe in a year or two,
Spring anyway
Will come and play,
Knowing  what tricks to do.

«Daisy» (in the style of the early Beatles)

ep 29 Suspense; Frankenstein 11-03-1952
photo of William

Self Contained

For Tez.  (Photo: of St Thomas Episcopal Church.  Mamaroneck Historical Society)

Auld Lang Syne (Trad. instrumental)

A psychedelic rock tour de force!! This is a co-write with Catherine Rose, who made excellent contributions to the lyrics.

Special thanks to my musical collaborators for using their considerable musical talents to help me bring the vision for this song to life

Rich O’Brien - Vocal, Guitars, Production, and Mix

J.J. Terrell -@j-j-terrell - Organ

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1– Bass

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken Karasek - Drums and Percussion

No Longer There-Eclectic Collective/Rich O’Brien

A Touch Of Celtic (music by philippe blanc)

AME - Art Meets Electronica is an art & electronic music project by UK based composer / producer and conceptual fine artist Nigel Weeks.

All elements of the production including graphics and cover art are the artist's own work. The tracks are written in MIDI, sequenced from scratch, note by note with the minimalist use of audio samples.

"Art is my bread and butter, but music is my jam!"