HOBOCOP

I normally go for "light and melodic" in my music but here i've gone for "dark and percussive" for a change!! 

Music,composition,arrangment,mix and production ... Pablo
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The Dream Chaser

The Dream Chaser ................ Scary Mix ...............

An experiment in using a kick track with rhythmic percussion, Helen provided vocals  in a single take, after adding some vst based guitar, orchestral decoration and reverb this is what we finished up with.

Tripping The Light (holding on)

Janine: voice, words, vocal melody https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Jonathan: initial music, instruments, mix

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on a frozen berm
in a carriage house
with a veil of gauze
on a frosted hearth
 
on a ledge of iron
in a blinding storm
on the peat and earth
of the winded moor
   
in the ink and lead
in the skin of men
in the final beats
of a trembling heart
 
it is quiet, shhh
oh but it is quiet 
 
it is quiet
oh it is quiet
 
on the rolling sea
in the folds of sails
in between the planks
on the salty rail
 
in the thorny vines
in the rumpled flowers
in a nest of crows
on a crumbling tower
 
in the swirl of smoke
from a dying fire
it is grey and green
and it is quiet
shhh

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image: Boudewijn Huysmans via Unslpash

It Is Quiet (with Janine Levinson)

TheReign (Instrumental)

See The Sun Arise

Adelma

Another track that floated unfinished in the digital recorder (and my) memory for a few years, changed several times (only the piano and bass parts remained the same). At first I wanted to do something similar to the opening themes of 1960s TV football programmes; then, by adding and subtracting parts and instruments, it reminded me of Viennese Kaffeehäuser from the early 1900s. Perhaps because of the many overlapping strings: here seem to be many people talking, some even alone. Since this impression does not displease me, I decided to end the long agony of the piece.

Cover image: Moriz Jung, Gespräch zwischen Stummen (1907), Met Museum (NY).

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2015-2024)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, July 18.

Kaffeehaus (a dialogue of the deaf) *

I started writing this in the seventies and first recorded it in the eighties. Finally decided to give it a new try. Just piano and vocals, with a touch of acoustic guitar, accordeon, and a few more details to bring joy and variety to the face of the land.

Assenta os dois pés na beira do abismo.
Enfrenta o mar. Resiste ao vento.
Não caias. Não temas.
Para quê nervosismo?
Despreza a vertigem. Respira o momento.
Não olhes para terra.
Verás a origem de tanta aventura,
de tanto lamento,
do patriotismo.
Verás desse monte os mastros desertos
que crescem e murcham no longe horizonte
com os braços abertos.
Cada barco carrega uma cruz
constrói um caminho no mar-labirinto de ventos incertos
e estradas de luz.

Os mastros por vezes dão frutos
e trazem notícias, saudades,
carícias de vagas fatais
que inventaram delícias
para os cascos cansados que dormem no cais.

E quando uma voz chamar na distância
verás a sereia, o ouro, a ganância.
Cairás com um grito.
Verás nessa altura que a pátria é um mito.
Só existe a vontade, a aventura, a ilusão.
Só existe a saudade que levas contigo
como um porto de abrigo no teu coração.

A saudade vai
no teu coração
como um porto de abrigo.

The Google translator produced a nice English translation:

Place both feet on the edge of the abyss.
Face the sea. Resist the wind.
Don't fall. Don't be afraid.
Why be nervous?
Ignore vertigo. Breathe in the moment.
Don't look at land.
You will see the origin of so much adventure,
of so much lamentation,
of patriotism.

From that mountain you will see the deserted masts
that grow and wither on the distant horizon
with open arms.
Each boat carries a cross
and builds a path in the labyrinthine sea of ​​uncertain winds
and roads of light.

The masts sometimes bear fruit
and bring news, memories,
caresses of fatal waves
that invented delights
for the tired hulls that sleep on the dock.

And when a voice calls in the distance
you will see the mermaid, the gold, the greed.
You will fall with a scream.
At that moment you will see that the homeland is a myth.
There is only the desire, the adventure, the illusion.
There is only the longing that you carry with you
like a safe haven in your heart.

Longing goes
in your heart
like a safe haven.

Porto De Abrigo

I love an infectious beat and that is what was driving this track to me from the start. I also wanted to get more creative and scrapped a few samples I used initially, and instead made the sounds myself, for example the kick and bass and keys. I went a bit experimental with the vocal effects as I loved playing with them and using my vocals like another instrument.  

Many thanks to @mortenjeamland for mixing and mastering the track to a professional level.

Hooked On You

'Electromonk Walks A  Long Road' Is a Fusion track and which I am very happy to say is my 500th upload to Soundcloud. Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this 'Long Road' and to all the players who have shared their immense talents with me on this journey. A journey which I am also very happy to say that is far from incomplete.
This version is now a remix and features Georg Boehme on Winds. Georg contacted me and asked if I would like him to add some wind parts to the track. Of course I was instantly in agreement and here now is the amazing outcome of Georg's addional work on the piece. You can find Georg's incredible catalogue here:https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

Georg - All winds.  https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
Alan - Composition and arrangement.All Keys and Synths, Drum and Percussion Programming, Bass, Brass and Strings

The Three Ps

Electromonk Walks A  Long Road

Electromonk Walks A  Long Road (Feat. Georg Boehme)

Kozmički Prolaz Verzija 1

Worst Case Scenario

4. Paddy Brings Peace To My World  - my other grandfather was a Wellington pilot in the RAF during World War Two. He sadly died in 1943 so I never met him. His death left a huge impact on my grandmother (who never married again) and my dad. She said he was very loving and thoughtful and felt he would have been thinking about them right to the end. That’s the approach in this song. His nickname for her was Paddy. No idea why!  Mastered by RCD Audio. 
Paddy brings peace to my world 

Crete below us, and in this night sky
Angry fires around us as we fly
They want to stop us but they can’t win
Got to see the ones we love again  

Duralumin beams form a latticed frame
Carry and protect us from flack and shells and flame 
We’re just so frightened, five anxious scared young men
Just want to see our homes again 

And I pray that they’re safe
I did what I could 
Took leave and followed Anderson’s plans
and dug 3 metres into the Surrey soil 
14 pieces of aluminium, a small sump in the floor 
All I could do to protect them from this damn war 

Because 
This crazy world has lost its mind
Angry, cruel, insane!
Paddy brings peace to my world
She soothes and she calms and she’s kind
I keep her here, in my heart and my mind
Paddy brings peace to my world 

A publishers accountant , a chippie and two clerks
and a teacher all together, up here in the dark
We’re doing our duty, the best we can
But we’ve taken too much damage and I doubt we’ll land 

Radio messages, saying we’re on fire and losing height 
We’re trying to put them out, we’re all paralysed with fright
Just trying to make it back

And I’m imagining what’s next for her
She’ll be told at first that we’re missing
Maybe dead, or prisoners of war
But she’ll never give up on me 
That’s why I’m trying to make it back 
to Paddy 

Because 
This crazy world has lost its mind
Angry, cruel, insane!
Paddy brings peace to my world
She soothes and she calms and she’s kind
I keep her here, in my heart and my mind
Paddy brings peace to my world

James whiteman copyright 9 April 2024

Paddy brings peace to my world

Made in #Ableton (December 2024)

Video; https://youtu.be/joBcb5kbjxo

Alienated Planet

You are the tree, the tree of life.
You are the crown, the crown of your roots.
You are the leaf, the leaf of growth.
You are the branch, the branch of wisdom.
You are the tree trunk, the trunk shaped by your ancestors…

At first there was the Nothing, within the Nothing is the Everything.
The power of the Everything within the nothing startet to vibrate.
These vibrations startet to glow, became the first light.
The first light is filled with infinite divine power.
The light started to spread itself.
The compact vibrations within the first light, created frequencies.
This movement of the light is the first breath.
A powerful breath within an infinite lightfilled universe.
So powerful that we can hear the sound of the first breath.
The sound is a combination of 2 details of divinity: The first light and the first breath❣️
This is the first birth within the infinite divine universe….

And ALL THIS is what YOU ARE and
what WE ARE❤️

And there is even more to talk about 🙏

I channeled and received some years ago all these divine informations AND MORE✨
It’s the whole building up and divine Understanding of the infinite universe with all details that we need, to FEEL OUR TRUE SELFS and to grow into a higher consciousness of BEING and LIVING🙏✨🙏

Do you want to learn more about it?
Check this page
https://www.souls-life.com/reactivate-your-primal-power
and contact me ❣️🦌❣️

The first light
The first breath
The first birth
The first love
The first stone
The first fire

Listen and be deaf.
See and be blind.

The Call

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

We're late starters, hence the name.  Andy started playing and learning how to use a DAW to keep distracted during the covid lockdown, while Helen finally realised a long held ambition to have a go at singing, and is now both writing and performing.
We love the community on Soundcloud, where we can share our music with like minded souls.

Andy & Helen

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