Cast of Characters:
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– acoustic and electric guitar, production, mix, mastering, seed idea
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – verse vocals and lyrics, backing chorus vocals
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, piano, and synth
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, percussion, and backing vocals 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass and chorus vocals, lyrics, arrangement, and harmonies
Composition – The Eclectic Collective
This song began its life as a beautiful guitar chord progression from Stephen. He wrote it with the idea the The Eclectic Collective would bring it to life, which we were all excited to do. First up was Tez, who added the distorted guitar you hear adding the edge to the entire thing. Ken added his lively foundational drums next. Josh, of course seized on that, and followed shortly after with his four-string fretless bass. JJ came along next and added the expressive organ and dancing piano, along with the big choral vocals at the end, which he did with his new synthesizer. 
  Now that we had the music done, it was time for Mark to add his distinct, signature singing to the mix of his original lyrics. Josh decided to come up with some very simple lyrics for the choruses and arranged some harmony parts for them, too, which he also sang. Mark also threw in his voice to the choruses. Ken, too, contributed his voice to the choruses, as well as harmonies and vocalizations throughout the verse. 
  Once the song was in the can, Stephen edited, mixed and mastered it for us, very ably, as always.
  This was a seemingly large project, which took us almost two months from introduction to finished product. It's another good example of the songwriting capabilities of the EC. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Original lyrics by Mistermark:
 Watching the city lights getting smaller while I’m looking through my rear view
Leaving it all behind hit me harder than I  thought that it could ever do
Sometimes a man gets lost on the road like a wheel spinning round in his brain
It’s not what you said but it’s in the way you said it
Now it’s stuck in my head and I’m never gon’ forget it

I’m moving on
Away from home
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Well home is where the heart is as the saying goes, but my heart ain’t in it no more
But I remember all the times smelling grits in the hall as the morning sun hit the floor 
Old picture frames, and every toy’s got a name, now they’re packed up and stored away
Turning that key for one last time keeps turning around & around in my mind

I’m on the road
Away from home
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Now I’m pointing these wheels toward the setting sun
we’re flying straight up ahead like a bullet from a gun
Just you & me kid and this old guitar
we got dreams to dream and we’re gunna go far
Like stars in the sky there’s city lights up ahead
and I’ll keep driving toward ‘em till the day I’m dead
Closing one door just opens up another
there’s plenty of world just waiting to discover

I’m moving on
Another home…
(Away from home, that’s where I roam)

Away From Home (Eclectic Collective)

Inspired by the view across the sea. I intended to make this on the beach, but wind, sand and laptops are not compatible species. So made in the hotel and poolside mobile studio :)

Synths are Arturia Analog Labs, except the drums, recorded and produced in Ableton.

Storms Rising Over North Africa

https://www.beatport.com/artist/xfa/589219

MMXXIIIIIXXVIIILLW

Written by James Geer

Something is ascendant 
Details I don’t know 
Like a low vibration 
With the earth in tow
As I head home through the snow

In the Silence of November 
In the Stillness of the night
Music of the heavens
Animates the light

Celestial wheels are turning
I feel it in the air
Dreams and premonitions 
Allude to something there
Like the snow it’s everywhere 

In the Silence of November 
In the Stillness of the night
I’m walking in the darkness
Through Moonlit snow so bright

Fredo’s Boat Ride

Silence of November

5th piece in a series of experiments to try other approaches:
'Occasionally Inapplicable' (piano, fingers, synthesizer, art painting: Ax.W.)
You're welcome to listen if you like, if you can.

“You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.” (S. Beckett)

https://soundcloud.com/axelweis/sets/future-collection

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Future V: Occasionally Inapplicable

Jabuticaba - Dirty Black

OFFGRID

Recent events in the wider world and to a lesser extent in my personal life leave me somewhat apprehensive and this,intentionally, is reflected in this composition. In particular the intermittent plucked  bass mimics a heart beat,with some ectopics and tachycardia reflecting the physical effects of anxiety on the body.

Augury - Music for Strings and percussion

𓇼𓏲*ੈ✩‧₊˚

High tide waves push me out
Towards the sun
Tangled hair, holding hands
We are as one
Stormy nights and color blue
I'm reminded of you
Every place echoes the sound
of our voices harmonized

And each time I go
You become closer than before

I'm your heaven
Until I'm not
I'm your poison
Your chosen drug
I'm a kitten
That sleeps in your lap
I'm what's left
When the leaves fall off

Painting a picture of honeydew landscapes
Love letters and roses to vague answers
Tired of running, tired of chasing
When is it my turn for a happy ending?
Tired of running, tired of chasing
When is it my turn for a happy ending?

And each time I leave
You find a way back to me

I'm your heaven
Until I'm not
I'm your poison
Your chosen drug
I'm a kitten
That sleeps in your lap
I'm what's left
When the leaves fall off

Heaven

L A T E N C E . B

Prevelen / Muttering

Making music, mainly with guitar. In the past (70s/80s) a lot, now from time to time. My paintings correspond to the music. You are welcome to listen and to enjoy if you like, if you can. Peace, Axel

Future V: Occasionally Inapplicable

Axel Weiß