This is for the new band project (not Blood Stained Cuffs or Akrasia(3)), it's post Di Nigunim which is almost over :{... Just a few more shows after Harrumph is finished and pressed up to vinyl.
No band name yet. Just a shitload of melodies to be worked out and played here and there :)
***Update***
Di Nigunim is dead. R.I.P. Di Nigunim.
This new project, (one of many to come) shall be known as šuniukas, which translates to puppy in Lithuanian. It is pronounced sha-noo-kiss. 

Organ And Glass Over Strings, then Acoustic Guitbox at the end and fester, fester. DEMO of course!

This is the most death metal song ever recorded.

Prayer For Rain

Old Oak Tree.MP3

rough demo, words mostly complete. 
need to arrange this.
music= slow, simple

Bari Uke, Strymon El Capistan, Vox. 

words: 
it's a hard life
but it's not meaningless
he was chained to mirrors 
he was covered in glass 
he was covered in semen 
yes, it dripped from his face 
it's a hard life 
but it's not meaningless 
it's a hard life 
but it's not meaningless 

he would walk down the avenue 
find a rent boy at night 
if only for some cocaine 
and a smile and light 
it's a hard life 
but it's not meaningless 
it's a hard life 

he stumbled through the years 
his damaged brain tripped over 
scattered notes 
seeking lost melodies 
and dreaming of old torn clothes 
he missed the sweat of it 
watching the fire ignite 
to feel them strings come together 
in unison as a truth 
then words were not needed 
and ragged souls would align 
a language of moments 
carried on through the nights 

it's a hard life 
but it's not meaningless 
it's a hard life 
but it's not meaningless 

nights and days became years 
and he came to despise 
all the smell of it 
the death of the skies 
he couldn't stand being touched 
he would tire from convincing himself 
all the voices were his 
but that dance it would ground him 
when the melodies sang 

it's a hard life 
but it's not meaningless 
it's a hard life 
but it's not meaningless
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we'll see where this one goes.

Isssa Hard Life ver. A scratch (šuniukas)

Warsaw Bunt!

We recorded this in 2007 and have recently re-incorporated it into our set minus violin and trombone and the stupid vocals at the beginning. 

Psychovsky's Last Stand old 2007 demo

My Love Original Phone Recorded Demo

This is the very first recording of Mazel Tov Cocktail, recorded at Thee Brooklyn St. Ninja Lair in '07.

Pre-Nigunim Mazel Tov Cocktail 1st Version

This page is for musical projects that I was/am involved in. Di Nigunim, Blood Stained Cuffs, Birds Ate My Face, The Thief's Lineage, Akrasia(3), 613 Floods, Potshki, and now, šuniukas. 

There are also some random recordings. 

Di Nigunim was a group that I wrote most of the music for, though none of it would be the same without all members involved.  

I wrote everything for Blood Stained Cuffs, a project that became The Thief's Lineage after I brought others in.  That band also wouldn't be the same without the other members contributions.

I sang, played Clarinets, Alto Sax and some percussion for Birds Ate My Face.

Akrasia (3) was a Fluxus project that started with me and old Di Nigunim member and tour mate Sean Francis Conway. We brought in two more members, Scott Neilsen and Jonathan Piper to complete our group. Sean conducted and played Violin, Trombone, and Alto Sax. Jonathan played Tuba. Scotty played Tenor Sax and whistles. I played Eb Clarinet and we all clapped, stomped and sang. 

Potshki is a project which I started upon moving to Arizona. I then brought the project to Portland. Again, that project wouldn't be the same without other members contributions.

šuniukas, is the current project, a concept of mine, and Sky Ladd. I took the name from Lithuanian, translating to puppy. It is an homage to the Fluxus movement, who's ministries were in Vilnius, and Sean, one of the best teachers I ever had. We call our genre "rustic crust", a term coined by O'Ryne Warner. 

For now, there will continue to be ideas here, partials, some closer to complete songs, and some demos. 

Everything I've released publicly should be available for free. 

I hope you enjoy a little of what I have posted on this page. 
tatg awl~
Ben

Ben Tz.

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