Was a work in progress but had to pull plug as I missed my time line April 1st. This includes Moog M32, and the other assorted Moog units, Waldorf Kyra, bass, Elta Solar 42F, piano, Ableton LIve 12 Drums (Latin) assortment. Well, here it is as Fools Day Eve.

On The Brink

Fools Day Eve

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.  Featuring Sergio Parraga (from Spain) Featuring Alto Saxophone solo. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Vibraphone solo. Flute solo. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Horn Section Trumpet, Alto & Tenor Saxophones,  Trombone. Drums Full Acoustic kit set. Percussion Timbales, Cowbell, Bongos, Ago go Bells, Tree Chimes.

Cannery Row

Sniffling

Emergency

kleiner Pinz ( Instrumental )

Like a dagger
That’s been pulling and carving up blood
And you think you’re the only one
Where everything don’t come easy

Like a daydream
Keeps running and running too long
And you’re lost in your lonesome song
And you know it’s not coming easy, not coming easy

Everybody wants it to come easy that way
Only fools will toil at the end of the day
Everybody looking for the right words to say
But all the little answers always coming out late

That’s the book of love
And that’s what it says

Like an old knife
That's been slicing and dicing so dull
I want it to cut open my skull
When nobody here wants to please me
It’s not coming easy not coming easy

People tend to only see the parts they want changed
Tearing out the piece of you that’s hard to explain
Everybody has a scheme to try and arrange
All the little chemicals that run in your brain

That’s the book of love
that’s what it says
easy to read when you’re lost in the pages
That’s the book of love 
And that’s what it says

That’s the book of love

Book Of Love

fuck, I swear, I do everything I can to stay on track. Every day I try to stay out of trouble, but they always come looking for me. So I respond with this song, and I hope it makes you dance through the problems you face every day.

THE KEY

A new song......I guess you could say I was reminiscing a bit  back to the good old days😊  when life seemed simpler then the world we live in today. This is my story about those times long gone. 

Lyrics:
When we were young, the world felt right
Laughs resonatin’ softly in the night
Nature’s cradle, we wandered wild and free
Fishin’ by the stream, just us three

Honeybees a buzzin’, a sweet, sweet song
Lightning bugs dancin’, where they belonged
Each day a canvas for dreams to unwind
The young girls we loved were like bright shinin’ pearls
                                                                
Smiles and laughter wrapped up in rhythm and rhyme
Parties with music, lost in the time
Life was simple, an untroubled affair
Just a few channels, without a care

No remote to fumble, just tunes to share
Glow of the Harman Kardon burnin’ bright in the air
Turntable spinnin’, the heart of the sound
Marantz speakers roaring softly, melodies abound

Readin’ the album cover, searchin’ for signs
Hidden meanings hangin’ in those lines
When we were young, those innocent days
Forever engraved in a heartfelt haze

Oh, those were the days, never meant to fade
Memories linger, the music we played
In this fusion of time, you'll always find
Those pieces of youth, forever in your mind

Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk 2025
Image: Lilly, Pennsylvania (My Hometown)

When We Were Young

Cast of characters:
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — Ovation guitar, lead vocals, lyrics, and compostion
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST Chinese gong and VST cello
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – light VST Latin percussion, synth, and piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick fretless four-string bass, chant vocals at the end 
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — ebow, production, mix, and mastering

 This song is the fourth Carl has written and composed with a member of Eclectic Collective in mind. This time JJ is being honored, and we all agree that he deserves it, too. Carl is a wonderful singer, songwriter, composer, and musician, and we're all grateful that he's joined our collective. 
  Here's what Carl had to say about it. "The music for this was a personal song written to myself which I never really released as I was trying to say goodbye to my own ego in the song. From that point of view I have always seen the piece as a great bit of personal therapy for me. None of the original lyrics survived and JJ gets painted by the new words .. But I thought it would be nice to reuse the composition for this. There was no big reason for it only when I decided to start a 60bpm song for JJ on piano .. I started playing Goodbye Ego and the rest is history..."
  We tackled this song like we would any other, though. Mark was first up on this, adding his VST magic in the form of a Chinese gong, as well as the cello you hear throughout. The subject of our adulation came next, with JJ adding not only his hot, yet minimal Latin percussion and essential piano, but moody synth, as well. Ken added his spicy drums after that, and once they were down, Josh jumped in with his four string fretless bass to complete the rhythm section. Josh also added the vocal chant at the end.
  All that was left was for Stephen to mix it all down for us, which he did in his always pro manner. But before he did, he also added some subtle, yet stirring ebow on his guitar. 
  As stated above, this is a continuation of our songs about us. Hope no one thinks it's arrogant. When Carl presents us with these little treasures, it's hard not to run with them, though. Always a ton of fun to make music together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Praying hands
Whatever cause
Once our greater good not lost
Bored children create their fun
We shelve French horn for this fine one
"Nice one lads" We read it all!
Vacation taken
To JJ calls
Neighbour to good Mickey Moore
Find Michigan piano pure

JJ calls
Just for us
Love lit up
Just for us

Down the road city of cars
To Howell front deck
Dad and Guitars
We jam that love then tell the world
Love and service human highway knurled
Good bi-product of happiness sought
With Croatian fun to cloud we court

Terrell Terminator in Jungle
Predator for good
Keys like Mr Bungle
Faith in more like we could
He Thanks you
It's lifestyle
Built from a porch
Good collective friend
Keep lighting that torch

Some moments sealed, marked and moulded
Pure intention
Dark blindfolded
Howl from human to Howell good soul
Keyed keystone as collective role

JJ calls
Darkness falls
Love lit up
Just for us
Love lit up
Just for us
Love lit up
Just for us
JJ calls

JJ calls
Just for us

JJ Calls-Eclectic Collective

I'll cut through the nonsense and offer a 3-minute song, canonical pop, based on an ancient formula from the birth of the genre. I'm deluding myself that it's in the vein of, say, Nick Lowe. I hope so.
https://elasticstage.com/soundcloud/releases/juan-carlos-alquezar-in-the-subway-album

In the Subway, you, in the Highway, I

chanson qui décrit l'état de notre pays actuel avec hélas beaucoup de réalisme !
lien you tube :
https://youtu.be/ZeVb1Al18yc?si=qNDa_cFpM5avHJyO

le monde est flou, le monde est fou

Electronic Tribal Synchronicity unfolds as a living rite where circuitry, breath, and earth move in radiant alignment. Beneath its mechanical pulse, the music remembers something older than language: the shared rhythm of bodies around fire, of feet on soil, of hands raised to the moon and the turning sky. Gears become ceremonial wheels, synthesizers speak like bright ancestral instruments, and each vibration enters the great pattern of return that binds seed to harvest, dusk to dawn, tide to star. This is not a collision between machine and nature, but a celebration of their hidden kinship: an ecstatic continuity between human ritual, planetary motion, and celestial time. In that luminous synchrony, the track becomes both invocation and festival — a joyful passage where the energies of the earth, the cycles of the seasons, and the dance of the heavens are heard as one.

kleiner Pinz ( Instrumental )

Axel Kroll