A progressive rock, guitar and keyboard instrumental that shifts between 4/4 and 5/4 time signatures.

© 2021 Dairv Dubbleyew

Spud Foltikki

Daydream journey (departure from the waterside)

The Final Track on my Rooftops album. The 1st track can be heard here:
https://soundcloud.com/orbiting-freakshow-orch/rooftops-and-chimney-pots-part-1

Rooftops and Chimney Pots

The End (1993)

I noticed some action on a rehearsal studio version of this track here on SoundCloud, so I thought to upload a tighter version of it

As the band UMF dissolved, I really wanted to carry over some of the songs to the new band (now called Laybow), in particular this one, so I recorded a half decent version of it and pitched it.

It was picked up and has been a setlist favourite for a long time now, albeit the lyrics and solo bit have slightly changed.

I put this 2013 recording through a bit modern treatment.

lyrics:

ready to take it
whatever you're saying
maybe I'll make it
maybe you'll break it

wanna play?
not today!
wanna play?
stop screwing around!

leave me hanging
broken record spinning
somehow it's fitting
I'm not used to winning

wanna play?
not today!
wanna play?
stop screwing around!

... oh make me stay
and take me out
and do me proud
and let me down
stop screwing around

let me down
let me down
do me proud
stop screwing around
let me down
let me down
do me proud
stop screwing around

❤️ @Bandcamp

Skrew (band-pitch demo version from 2013) 2021 Remix

On the theme of this song
Marcel Proust used to say that we should not explain a work of art, that it is a bit like giving the recipe for a dish that we offer to taste. I am generally more of this opinion but for this piece I will depart from the rule for several reasons: its length its theme its difficult and slow creation.
We often go through less inspired times sometimes even it's a great desert of ideas that seems to extend as far as the eye can see. That’s a bit of what I’ve been through for the past two years, and probably many of us. And then this summer with Aline during our vacation in the city of Nantes we visited an incredible exhibition on hypnosis and in particular the breathtaking installation by artist Tony Oursler (https://tonyoursler.com/state_nonstate- hypnosis) which was the trigger. For some time now, I had in mind the idea of ​​a series of songs around the theme of sleep and dreams (the diva in the Watchmaker Dream was the first of the series) hypnosis then became the central theme. of this second song which took the form of a suite in 7 moments.
Hysteria is a neurosis which is characterized by real physical distress and suffering which are symptoms of conflicts and psychological trauma. At the end of the nineteenth century many famous doctors like Charcot and Freud began to regard hysteria as a disease and try to treat it with hypnosis. (Freud will abandon this technique later, preferring analysis by speaking alone)
The song tells the story of a session like this in its fanciful way.



the music

I also tried to give the mix a very analog color. We worked as much as possible the old-fashioned way with real instruments plugged into tube amps, emulations of old analog synths, and a tube mic for vocals in a tube eq too, and especially trying to play them. taken live. Finally, I used emulations of mythical consoles from the seventies a lot.

Construction
The piece is conceived as a series of "pictures"  alternating of instrumentals and parts sung by Aline. All these parts were recorded in order one after the other in a single session.

 The illustration
Drawn by Aline the beginning of a series of drawings that we will integrate into a video that may see the light of day in some time

Al’z (https://soundcloud.com/al-z-z-z)
Thank you very much to Al who, not content to deliver us one of his magnificent solos of which he has the secret to close the song, lent me his ears to advise me on this mix.
Ghost in me part one
Something in itself that repeats endlessly
Two bass
A wooden metronome the beating of a heart the ticking of a clock
1 33 Mesmerise me

Hypnosis as a game of seduction ...
 
mesmerise me
hypnotize me
set my mind free
 from my bloody body

Were you a kind of Freud, or doctor Charcot?
In your eyes I saw, a strange dark glow ...

mesmerise me
hypnotize me
set my mind free
 from my bloody body

I was the kind of girl you wanted on the couch
you were to heal my soul, you said you….

501 now you’re sleeping
Not easy with this drummer ^^
5.47 tell me where it hurts
Symptoms, resistance  ...
7.06 Painful soul, body complaint
Body and mind, the voice is the physical expression of the soul
Only one take for Aline and it was in the box….
10 49 Open that door
Open a door to find behind the symptoms ...
11.58 Ghosts in me part 2
... the ghosts of childhood
 Small intrusion into the trip hop
Solo guitar: Al’z
With a helping hand from our old "partner in crime" Al who plays the final solo

It's written on my aching body,
like a long and meaningless story.
I search in the buried memories
The key that could set me free.

Ghosts in me, ghosts of my childhood
haunt my endless sleepless nights.
Ghosts in me, ghosts from my cloudy mood
chase the day, darken the lights.

I'm lost in the land of no reason,
I am the inmate, I am the prison.
I want your help to find my way,
lead my soul to the light day.

The Session (with Al'z )

3rd track from my new album 'End Theory'. You can find it here...

https://crestofthesyndicate.bandcamp.com/album/end-theory

And here:-https://open.spotify.com/album/4MpN87AfIi4t0ASrmoSzYd?si=nh3p_O07SL2arFMgMTPGNw plus other platforms such as apple, iTunes and so on. So give it a listen :)

End Theory

Spellspring

Morphine dulled the pain but he never recovered his true soul

Bela's Tears

Infinite Point of Light.:Collabaoration between Svayam and Steve Coombes.

"Laughing in the Wilderness” is the centrepiece of Samuel Virgo’s new artistic era — an alternative rap track laced with post-punk grit. Inspired heavily by the Skinty Fia sound of Fontaines D.C. and the melodic grit of Newdad. Jagged guitars meet stripped-back drums and emotionally raw vocals, delivering a sound that's incredibly introspective. Whether he's spitting over distorted basslines or crooning into the void, Samuel Virgo makes music for people looking for something real. He's already earned support from being played on BBC Introducing Sheffield , features on Record of the day & COLORSXSTUDIO, a set at The Alternative Escape Festival 2024 and playlisting from DMY and Ones to watch.

Laughing in the Wilderness draws inspiration from NewDad, Fontaines D.C., and the raw confessional energy of other indie icons. The song in its simplest form is a love song - about the eurphoria of losing yourself in your partners eyes and the intensity of that connection. “Laughing in the Wilderness” stands as his boldest statement yet: a sound that’s genre-defying and distinctly Samuel Virgo.

Laughing in the Wilderness

Laughing In The Wilderness

The Bill Evans Curse

An original song about, well, The Forest.  We drive by them almost every day and seldom stop to admire their beauty and think about the importance they play to the well being of our beloved planet.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

No door to enter by, no door to exit from.
Once inside you feel, tranquility taking hold.
Anointing you to the spiritual and the material.
Daring you to let go and dream in peaceful solitude.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

Perhaps a bit indifferent, when you first arrived,
Now in awe of it’s diversity, and its abundance of life.
From the outside we give it, but an indifferent glance.
On the inside we immerse in the sights, sounds and smells.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

Staring up at the sky, to see those towering pines.
Reminds us of our minute place, among living beings.
Afraid and delighted, loneliness and enlightenment
In debt to the forest, for stimulating our minds.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

Sustainer of life, comforter of souls.
In-stiller of wisdom, evoker of feelings.
A world within a world, where life seems to stand still
A sanctuary of sorts, to experience and protect.

The forest reverberates           with sights and    sounds.
Sheltered by the trees,           wildlife           abounds.
Such immense beauty,              hiding in plain    sight.
So very few,                      ever venture       inside.
Majestic, alive and thriving,     yet so easily      ravaged.

The Forest

Be another :
All voices : Alice Ciacco ( https://soundcloud.com/user-268821845)
All instruments (except when specified)  words, music and sound : François Tamby

be-another.com
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/artist/2Dr2hO4mMuknAciKExnxYn

The Session (with Al'z )

bE AnOthEr