SHAKTI SHAKES

This is the full album before it was "mixed" for release.  It is raw. It is pure. The poetry of Chris' lyrics are more legible.  The tones are what we were listening to in the studio. The actual release mystified people. It never represented the recording.  It never represented the genius of where Chris could, and did, take the blues and rock paradigms. The album is one of rock's Greatest Misses.  

There are some alternate versions, and a different sequence.  Mostly I am posting this because of the decades of conversation with Whitley fans who don't enjoy the album.  How can you convince someone that "really, it's a milestone and a classic" when the only thing they have heard is a watered down commercial release that has little to do with the actual work that was done?  I hope this spurs conversation about this classic!

Chris Whitley-Din Of Ecstasy

Original composition featuring 12 bar Blues on electric guitar/USB/GarageBand on AppleMac.


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Lazy blues

You hold the keys to
PANDORA'S BOX
Within which I placed my soul
So long ago.....
Your courage and your compassion lead you on
Your pain and self-doubt have you hobbled
You are trapped in a centrifuge of time
I am helpless 
You are the only one who can  release that energy
The box will open
All hell will let loose
We will discover we have wings
With which to fly
Across that ocean
And meet face to face
Heart to Heart
This is Leap Year 2016 and
A good place to start 




The Proposal (29/02/16 - Leap Year)

Dear SoundClouders,

In this track you hear me playing a part of the song "Montagne St Genevieve". Not everything is played as the original. People think that the song is written by Django Reinhardt. Django Reinhardt never recorded the song. I hope you enjoy it ! R.I.P. Django

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Montagne St Genevieve

Curated by Mike Newman of Beyond Beyond Beyond, Nights with Alice Cooper and East Village Radio, this compilation features some of the great US psychedelic rock bands of the moment.  Freaky, groovy, and spaced-out, this music is cage-free, nationwide, badass rock & roll.

Brooklyn Raga Association -  Water

The Zabalas - Last Time

Listen/Download - http://smarturl.it/SB_IWasAFool

I Was A Fool

Emma Li visits artist, fashion designer, retailer, and NYU alumna Storm Ritter at her production studio where they have a discussion about the intersection of art and business, and how “merging them together really is the art in itself.”

Interview with Storm Ritter



The Reaper and The Rosicrucian

Take it easy baby - I come to ease your fear
Take it easy baby - You know your end is near
Cause I’m the Reaper Baby - 
And Your Number is Here

Yeah - I’m the Reaper Baby - So take some Time &amp; let it settle in
I’m the Reaper Baby - I come to Judge your Sin
Yeah I’m the Reaper baby
Soon you’ll meet my Twin

On the River Styx Baby - We’re gonna Float downstream
So don’t you pay no mind now baby - To the Dead as they Scream
Yeah I’m the Reaper Baby
Welcome to the Machine

Akhenaten - The Forgotten One
Tetrahedron - Saturnian Sun
Rosicrucian - Revolution Star
I’m the Reaper - Harvest Keeper
From a Binary Star

Just call me Father baby - Cause I am prone to jealousy
You better say your prayers now baby - Your Our Father’s or your Hail Mary’s
Cause I’m the Reaper baby
Jerusalem’s Black Cherry

Just call me Father baby - Cause I am prone to Jealously
Just call me Father baby - Don’ put no false Gods in front of Me
Cause I’m the Reaper baby
And now I’m gonna Part the Sea

Akhenaten - The Forgotten One
Tetrahedron - Saturnian Sun
Rosicrucian - Revolution Star
I’m the Reaper - The Gatekeeper
And I know who You Are

I’m the Reaper Baby 
Oh YEAH

The Reaper & The Rosicrucian

Strange Majik "Raised on Rock 'N' Roll" is out now! #strangemajik #h1tchr #thedeadexs

I am not a musician but music plays a very important role in my creative life! I am an artist/designer and music is my companion and my muse in the long hours I spend working in my studio! 
I am immensely impressed and grateful for all the talented and inspiring musicians whose work graces this Cloud, and I will always re-post sounds that I love (and will listen to again) - knowing that others will enjoy them!
I feel slightly embarrassed and quite humbled when I receive such graceful messages of thanks from artists whose work I have re-posted - after-all, I am the one who is so inspired by the discovery of your brilliant music!!!
So thank YOU!!!
Jools :)
P.S. If you want to see where the music takes me there is a link to my Portfolio site on Behance below!!! 
NEW!! - Thanks for all the great feed-back on my work! I shall be re-launching with a website (shop & archive) ‘KULT-JE’ in the not too distant future! Meanwhile, examples of past and current work are featured on my Instagram (@joolselphick)
Since my heart op in Jan2021, I have had to deal with taking quite a lot of meds which have interrupted my design work - that and moving to Germany in 2020 - and back in 2021 (due to Covid my business plans stalled!) - SO, slowly getting it together…. hang tight!😊

I have an archive of my work to date on Instagram - @joolselphick

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