Hopes and Dreams EP

Sumi - In My Dreams

A cool track Brian Butts sent me and I added some Guitar.
Brian Butts - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards
Robert Grigg - Guitar, Final Mix

Brian Butts: @brian-butts-565934842

Perpetual Motion Machine - Brian Butts / Robert Grigg

Welcome to the fantastical world of forests! This song is instrumental. 

Actually, since recording the drums for "HANA" recently, I've been suffering from tendonitis around my left thumb, which has prevented me from playing the drums. I did my best to play and record the piano, guitar, and bass myself, but relied on MIDI for everything else. 

The first half of the song expresses the natural cuteness and warmth of the forest, while the second half expresses its overwhelming strength. 

I hope this song reaches someone's heart. Thank you so much for listening.

Symphonic Forest

Inspirational Cinematic Epic Music Sixteenth Round

Duration: 10'
Instrumentation: 3[1.2.3./pic]2.2.2.-4.3.2.1.- tmp+3perc - str
More Information and for Purchase/Rental: https://robertpaterson.com/enlightened-city

PROGRAM NOTES
The title of this work, Enlightened City, is both literal and figurative. This piece was originally written for the one-hundredth anniversary of the Ithaca High School Orchestra, and is inspired by the glowing city lights that seem to appear from nowhere when driving at night towards Ithaca on Route 13. In a broader sense, the title may refer to any American city that is lit up at night. The title also refers to Ithaca being called "the most enlightened city in America" by Utne Reader magazine. Throughout the work, there are optimistic-sounding dance-like sections, but also others that are colorful and dark, counter-balancing the lighter, brighter moments.

Enlightened City (for Orchestra)

Music and mixing: Agapite https://soundcloud.com/agapite/tracks
Lyrics, vocal, mixing and mastering: Lukowig www.facebook.com/Lukowig/ twitter.com/Lukowig
Picture: Alexey Pavlov 

Au-dessus d'un ruban de papier bleu
ton regard se noie dans une onde invisible
ton visage dénudé demeure si figé 
et je reste à tes côtés affligé

Partant à la dérive vers un autre monde
déséché et aride vers une terre inféconde 
d'étoiles filantes tes yeux sont dénués 
et je reste à tes côtés exténué

Aucune larme dans tes yeux
aucune pluie venant des cieux
tes paroles se morcellent :
même tes lèvres se craquellent
Aucune larme sommes-nous trop vieux
pour faire encore des envieux 
nos sentiments mités s'étiolent
nul elixir d'amour nulle fiole

Tes doigts glacés ont glissé de ma main possessive
appréhendant dans la brume des rives lascives
des océans chahutants où tanguer
et je reste à écouter ton cœur fatigué

Si lentement ton teint de cire 
a enseveli tes lumineux sourires
tes silences présagent sans doute le pire et
las je reste à t'écouter respirer

Aucune larme dans tes yeux
aucune pluie venant des cieux
tes paroles se morcellent :
même tes lèvres se craquellent
Qu'une larme coule de tes yeux
avant de rejoindre mes aïeux 
une seule goutte comme un présent
venant de ton cœur frémissant
 
Pour mes larmes nulle fiole...

Aucune larme dans tes yeux [Agapite and Lukowig]

Unlocking The Universe

Released 02.03.23 to all streaming platforms, to be featured on "DVĀRAM." This track depicts the epic, Mediterranean clash between the Greeks and Persians at the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C. After the sack of Athens by the conqueror Xerxes and his army, around 370 Greek triremes regrouped for one final attempt at halting the invasion force. Against the numerically superior 800 ship armada, the Greeks were triumphant at the straits of Salamis, saving Hellenic culture from the brink of potential annihilation.

Rising Tide

The title track for my upcoming album "Civilization Soundscape," which is featured in the epic teaser trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwwH8h91FUU

Artifex (noun - Latin): practitioner of an art, craftsman, creator

This track acts as a small case study, epitomizing both my sound and what I try to achieve with my music. I start with a blank canvas and employ the simplest of motifs, a pulse on a single tone. With each subsequent layer I try to add intrigue and detail, giving a direction to the piece and painting a picture for the listener. Each layer is treated analogously to how an engineer would make use of a fundamental principle in their trade, ultimately arriving at something comprised of much greater complexity.  Finally, a simple harmonic structure is introduced, rich and vibrant in tonality, which I attempt to complement through the continued use of driving percussive elements. I intended the final product to feel built from the ground up like a group of architects beginning construction on a monument, only with the brick and mortar and mathematical axioms substituted by sonic motifs.

I hope you enjoy :) please comment with your thoughts and any critiques!

Artifex

ODELA:  "United we dance"
Video in youtube: https://youtu.be/SNfaOGtqz_g

United we dance

🎥 Watch on Youtube

Are you lonely in the day ?
I'm willing to go on a ramble with you
If it's OK
We could get lost in a most beautiful way

Like leaves in the rain
Together to sway
A little less lonely
Maybe

Are you lonely in the night ?
The two of us could put a fight
Holding you tight
We'll push back the gloom with any way you'd like

I have a few things in mind
Let's start with chocolate and wine
A little less lonely
Maybe

'Cause life is in slow-mo
When you live solo
We need to speed up the pace

Girl if you know so
Let's give it a go
Put our hearts into the race

I have to say my hope runs thin
So could you please give me a sign ?
I'll take my chance 'cause you're under my skin
Make the planets align

Are you lonely, anyway ?
I wish I was like the sun in May
To brighten your day
Scatter the clouds, getting you warm with my ray

Making you smile
Even from miles
A little less lonely
Maybe

Are You Lonely ?

Artifex (noun - Latin): practitioner of an art, craftsman, creator
Inspiring greatness through cinematic music.

For me, SoundCloud was a wonderful scratchpad throughout the production of “Dvāram,” a humble reflection of wonder for the breadth of human experience. Check the album out on your favorite streaming platform!

Open to collaboration, commissions, freelance work, and chatting about music :D