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Here is the place for collaborations I'm involved. 
Blooming luck, having the opportunity to work with all you wonderful musicians. Thank you all.

For more information see track details please.

Set 5: Collaborations

PoProPo: guitars, xylophone, sampler (unknown voices from an unknown religious radio-station)
bitzone: electronic atmospheres, samples, percussion, mix

More PoProPo music @popropo


Obscure Message #PoProPo

This little piece is the third miniature made of fieldrecordings by gluid. 
The first part: https://soundcloud.com/bitzone/gluidification
The second part: https://soundcloud.com/bitzone/gluidification-2

The idea to this was given by Marlinda (@arcellia), she asked if I could make a sequel of the first parts with samples of water, drops etc. Gluid sent me two files containing a lot of wet sounds: https://soundcloud.com/gluid-1/bathwater-field and https://soundcloud.com/gluid-1/recordings-of-a-rainy-day
Here it is ;)

Maybe nice to know - I edited the piece during my holidays in the netherlands. I spent the time living on a boat driving around the absolutely beautiful province of Fryslân. So it's a truely netherland piece with bathtub/rain-sounds from there.
Couldn't fit better, I think ;)

Thanks again Bram for sharing your recording sessions.
gluid's page @gluid-1

Gluidification 3 (water edition)

http://radiozora.fm/from-world-music-to-otherwordly-delights

#2
https://soundcloud.com/radiozora/lost-in-time-2-with-eat-static?in=radiozora/sets/chill-channel-archives

Curious what Eat Static listens to at home when he is not busy? Brand new and just in: exclusive 3 hours long chill-out mix from Merv Pepler aka Eat Static as first part of a monthly series called "Lost In Time". We are airing the first show 28th July, this Sunday, 6pm CET on the Chill channel.
Directly from the crazy laboratory at the Eat Static headquarters Merv Pepler brings you "Lost In Time", an exclusive downtempo podcast with unreleased goodies and rarities, recorded with CDs, vinyls, synths and additional FXs to spice all up.
Fresh from trawling through his endless crates of CDs and vinyl and riding high on the recent Glastonbury Chill-out Set for Mixmaster Morris, this is a unique collection of 'off the wall' goodies that will take you on a journey to places you have never been...and be lost in time... Forever.

Merv had always a passion for edgy downtempo stuff so this is a man in his element. This isn't just music purchased for DJ purposes, it is the stuff he listens to at home in the very rare moments that Eat Static are not busy. The stuff he would play while you were sharing a good English cup of tea!
But that's not all! For this podcast Merv has also armed himself with his trademark analogue synthesizers and sampler and some twisted effects to add even more color to the mix and also the feeling of a live performance. A form of remixing, on the fly.
Loaded with exclusives and rarities and tunes that were literally still being written minutes before this mix...you have been warned!

TRACKLIST
LOST IN TIME #1 by EAT STATIC (radiOzora Chill) July 2013 
July 2013
1. JEEAH - SOLAR FIELDS
2. DESERT JOURNEY - ETNICA
3. REVERSE ENGINEERING - RADIATE
4. BLUE MOVIES - RIP OFF ARTIST
5. KAVAL SVIRI - LE MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES VOL2
6. HOLDING HANDS - NONPLACE URBAN FIELD 
7. HAZY DUB - SHUSHAN
8. NARCO - SLAM
9. FLY STREET - SQUAREPUSHER
10.MR BW - WASSY
11.FOR SLAVOJ - HAWK AND A HACKSAW
12.APHONIA - SPOOKY
13.EGYPT - FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON
14.AGRAPHOBIA - APOLLO
15.DOGON TERRITORY - DOGON
16.ENDLESS SEASON - KEN ISHI
17.MESMOBEAT DEMO - ROBBERT HEIJNEN
18.ARABIC DRUM N BASS WHITE LABEL - UNKNOWN
19.GUBOO - LIGHTS IN A FAT CITY
20.LA NUIT LA PLAINE LUNE - GEORGINA BRETT
21.INSECT THOUGHTS - HI-FI COMPANIONS
22.CHAGRIN - MOUSE ON MARS
23.THERE IS NOTHING - UNKNOWN DEMO
24.INDO ARABIC VARIATIONS
25.UNKNOWN WHITE LABEL FROM THE PROPELLERHEADS
26.DREDD THE FUTURE - EAT STATIC
27.UNTITLED 4 ANALOGUE BUBBLEBATH 3 - AFX
28.UNKNOWN VINYL WHITE LABEL
29.SOUVEINER DE PARIS - DIMITRI FROM PARIS
30.VENTOLIN (ASTHMA BEATS MIX) - APHEX TWIN
31.PARP - RIP OFF ARTIST


Eat Static "Lost In Time #1" 21/07/2013

Made with Boomwhackers, Caxixi, Udu, Lid & Vocals

Boomwhackers are chromatically tuned plastic tubes. The sound depends on the surface you whack against. Normally they are used for educational purposes but to me they are a great and intense sound source. Simple but really effective.

Please enjoy and thanks for listening!

Painting Tubes

From Sonic Purse Percussion Series.
This little simple piece is made deep at night. Everyone slept and I had to be very quiet. ;)
Played with brushes on my knee, sizzle-board, tapping on a mini-cajon, udu & body percussion. Filled up with a vibra-slap next day.

Enjoy and thanks for listening.

Night Session

#1
https://soundcloud.com/radiozora/lost-in-time-chill-show-1-with

From world music to other wordly delights: Merv Pepler's exclusive radiOzora chillout show is on air again this week with a new installment for another three hours enjoyment. Tune in!
"Lost in Time" continues with the second three hours show on the Chill channel Wednesday evening 8pm CET. A special downtempo podcast with unreleased goodies and rarities, recorded with CDs, vinyls, synths and additional FXs to spice all up, this is "Lost in Time" by Merv Pepler aka Eat Static. Merv had always a passion for edgy downtempo stuff so this is a man in his element. This isn't just music purchased for DJ purposes, it is the stuff he listens to at home in the very rare moments that Eat Static are not busy. The stuff he would play while you were sharing a good English cup of tea!
The second installment took a little longer after a very busy summer season for Eat Static constantly travelling around the world with his live performance but it is finally ready and was definitely well worth the wait. Going through his vast music collection of about 40,000 albums, Merv carefully selected another bunch of gems and special rarities in this three hours long journey for the radiOzora listeners, don't miss it! The first airing time is 9th October, Wednesday evening 8pm CET and the re-runs are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Another one not to be missed: meanwhile Merv and Chris Rich have come together for a music session and came up with a brand new crazy versus track called "Voodoo Doll" - to be released at Halloween on Eat Static's own label Mesmobeat Records...
Lost in Time #2 by Merv Pepler aka Eat Static - October 2013

TRACKLIST:
1. CLANGERS
2. CRESCENT SUNS - BINAH
3. THE OLD MAGICK - UNKNOWN
4. STUDIO 01 - SMOKE
5. SECRET OF THE HEART - UNKNOWN
6. THE STONES ARE NOT TOO BUSY - SOLAR FIELDS
7. UNKNOWN WHITE LABEL - UNKNOWN
8. SPACES BETWEEN - DESERT DWELLERS
9. QAN DO DO - KHOI SAN
10.UNKNOWN WHITE LABEL - UNKNOWN
11.GENETICS - ALUCIDNATION (IRRESISTABLE FORCE REMIX)
12.BOAT WOMAN SONG - HOLGER CZUKAY
13.NEW PHILOSOPHY - ZEN MECHANICS
14.YAR SOYLEME - ZARA
15.UNKNOWN WHITE LABEL - UNKNOWN
16.SOOHE KHAT
17.APOLLON - KAYA PROJECT REMIX
18.VALLEY OF 10,000 SMOKES - DARKROOM
19.AMIADEMO - ROBBERT HEJNEIN
20.WHEN I GO UP (SOMEWHERE)- LIGHTS IN A FAT CITY
21.LOST CONTINENT - EAT STATIC
22.PHYZICISM - BIRDS OF PARADISE
23.UNTITLED - RIP OFF ARTIST
24. KEEP ON CUTTING - TELEFON
25.FOR SUCH A TIME - SYSTEM 7
26.NEGATIVE LOVE SONG - GEORGINA BRETT
27.DJATA - TOUMANI DIABETE
28.SIGNIFICANT OTHERS - SQUAREPUSHER
29.FURTHER DISCOVERIES - GREG HUNTER
30.EARTHGARDEN - NATA
31.FROZEN SAND - LIQUID Z
32.BIB - MOUSE ON MARS

Eat Static on Web: http://www.eatstatic.co.uk/
Eat Static on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eatstatic?fref=ts
Eat Static on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/eat-static

Eat Static "Lost In Time #2" 9/10/2013

How do you feel about the rights of others, or about your own?
A mood statement about otherness and uniqueness, sexuality and self-determination.

With great thanks to all involved, may the future be better!

---

Vocals
Milky Himself @milkyhimself
Malu https://www.instagram.com/lunartickband/
Marquis Zane @couch-king-presents
Peter Sparker @peter-sparker

Guitars
Fabi @theblacksuedeshoes

Keys, Bass, Drums
bitzone @bitzone

---

*Milky*
aye aye aye … listen up …

What were you conditioned to believe in?
Is a woman and a man equal are they even?
Love is unconditional then does it need a reason?
If a man loves a man is he a heathen?

If we both love girls have a threesome
bring her cousin, get our freak on
I don’t really care who I put meat on 
you can turn the lights off, baby leave the beat on

I be like …

Love who you wanna love.
fuck who you wanna fuck, suck who you wanna suck.
Love who you wanna love.
Plus you can never love too much

yeah and really though:

See I don’t fuck with the requirements
and I don’t chime in when the choir sings
Hose you down like the firemen
I think the patriarchy needs retirement, so I’m denying them.

• Are you under the rainbow looking up or on a high-horse looking down?

*Malu*
Gay pride wants you to fall, why don't you want that pot of gold. 

*Peter*
You do you I'ma do me
we don't gotta be enemies
jus because we disagree
everyone is entitled to their own opinion
not hurtin anyone continue livin how you livin
be who you are don't hide yoself
if you do then you'll always feel by yoself
I'm not gay but if I was
what other people thought I wouldn't give a fuck
so nothin against anybody that is
it's your choice to live the life you live
live it
people fear what they don't understand
it's double bad if you're a gay Black Man
some men love to see Women kiss
but not 2 men yo that don't make sense
but again people like what they like
but what what you likes not a reason to take yo life

• Are you under the rainbow looking up or on a high-horse looking down?

*Malu*
Misogyny and hate, your mother would be so ashamed. 
Within your lyrics, there beats a second pulse. 
But you don't care as long as you wear gold. 

*Couch*
Looking up not giving up
Sure footing not secure enough 
Thru signaling escape rebuff  
Still limiting by law will snuff

Ya think ya finna stand right up
Until ya bout to loose ya stuff 
Ya medals and your trophy cups
Your devils that a cause stir up

Your chance to be the best in club
Your stance that causes mass erupt
Societal division ta
Keep the power that is stuck  

This ain’t disorderly conduct   
When independence disrupts they don’t give a fuck 
When it comes down to it will I give it up 
Step down from looking down and start looking up

*Malu*
Gay pride wants you to fall, why don't you want that pot of gold. 
Within your lyrics, there beats a second pulse. 
But you don't care as long as you wear gold. 

• Are you under the rainbow looking up?

---

Mixed & Produced by bitzone 2022

Under The Rainbow

Under The Rainbow #Fabi|Milky Himself|Malu|Peter Sparker|Couch King

Crazy Shit’s magical 7th edition from Eat Static comes to take you on another eclectic journey this April Fools' Day! Tune into the first transmission 1st April Tuesday 8pm CET on the Trance channel.

The forthcoming trance podcast of Merv Pepler aka Eat Static is once again an epic two hours long mix prepared with a wide range of carefully selected crazy tunes from acid techno to psytrance... Eat Static’s recent radiOzora show was prepared during Spring Equinox and amidst of the recording works of the next brand new Eat Static studio album which is to be released this year for the 25th Anniversary of the project.
Crazy Shit #7 is another 'slice n dice' session from Merv Pepler from his LabUFO studio! A pre-festival warm up set just ahead of beaming down to play at many of the world's top psy festivals this coming year. 2014 marks Eat Static's 25th anniversary and there is much anticipation for the new material which has been classified 'Top Secret' and locked away at a secret underground base at an unknown location. No one has been seen going in or out and strange lights have been seen while odd 'Phweeeeping' sounds have also been heard…rumour has it that a journalist broke into the studio one night but was then found dead in a ditch not 5 miles down the road, with a strange mark on his neck...we will update you with any further information if and when we get it...

TRACKLISTING:

01.Synapse - Eat Static 
02.Wibbler - Dataura
03.Unknown Promo - Thomas Heckman 
04.Immunisation - ManMadeMan 
05.Let's Eat Aliens - Dharma vs Hypereggs 
06.Marnita Araucaria - Ital 
07.Vector - Logic Bomb (Eat Static Re-Edit) 
08.Factorisation - Curious Detail
09.Mindkiller - Stafford Bawler 
10.Perpetuum Mobile - LOUD
11.Track 14 - Alterform (Demo)
12.Snapdragon - Ajja
13.Incredible - Mechanimal vs Lucas
14.Message from the Pleiades - Martian Arts (Black Noise Remix)
15.Pranayama - Braincell
16.Funky Voodoo - Avalon (Captain Hook Remix)
17.Cyclic Transformation - Error Corrective

More about Eat Static

Official Eat Static page: http://www.eatstatic.co.uk/
Eat Static on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eatstatic?fref=ts
Eat Static Music Store: http://eatstatic.bandcamp.com/

Eat Static "Crazy Shit #7" Equinox Edition 01/04/2014

Shadowface is:

bitzone (drums, percussion, keys, mix, art)
Unearth Noise (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass)
Stone Catcherye (vocals, lyrics, electric guitar)

Silent Island

stranded on islands
controlled by my silence
stranded on islands alone

don't feed the hand that bites
when you try to help
cause this life is too short 
that it hurts just to think of it

brought up on violence,
poverty, whining
stranded on silence alone

don't slap the mouth that tries
slap the mouth that lies
cause this life is too short 

staple my eyelids
come here and try it
stranded with violence to cope

don't feed the hand that bites
when you try to help
cause this life is too short 
that it hurts just to think of it

glad to survive it
my ego and my id
stranded to silence, engulfed

don't feed hands, don't tell lies
don't slap mouths, don't bite
cause this life is too short

silence island is mine
there is no one in sight
only sunlight for miles
I do not have to fight
silence island is mine

Silent Island

It begins with a heartbeat and ends with it. 
Let's enjoy the life we have. 

Guitars
Fabi @theblacksuedeshoes
Big thanks!

---

*Symphony Of Silence*

In the quiet of the twilight, shadows dance with memories.
The echoes of your laughter, the whispers of your name, expanded in this silence, forever changed.

The void you left, a chasm deep, a requiem for love we used to keep.
The realm of shadows, where you reside - can't navigate the echoes, on this lonely ride.

Symphony of silence, a sound of voices.
An echo fades to grey, fades to grey, a distant waning sound.
Symphony of silence, the sound of voices, the try on minds.
The echo of emotion.

A symphony of silence, a funeral of grace,
A tapestry of longing, I etched upon my face.
The void, I'm drifting, lost at sea, an elegy for you - a requiem for me.

Symphony of silence, a sound of voices.
An echo fades to grey, fades to grey, a distant waning sound.
Symphony of silence, the sound of voices, the try on minds.
The echo of emotion.

---

In memory of my dear father †2023

Symphony of Silence

Symphony of Silence #Fabi

I always wanted to make a sonic companion to the last song Bitzone, Frawstakwa, and I made together, “What Difference Does It Make.” I finally got my chance. This one came together real fast. Bitzone sent me a raw beat, I asked Frawstakwa to kick it off, and then I made some arrangement adjustments and laid down my lyrics and vocals based on Frawstakwa’s. Bitzone then finished it up and bada-boom, gotta move, gotta shake!

Massive thanks to Frawstakwa for bringing the fresh ideas and original verse and chorus vocals. And big thanks to Bitzone for always make the tracks more vivid than I could imagine. 

May there always be at least a little time to bounce in your week! 

Track Credits:
Bitzone: Music, Production, Arrangement, Mix, and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
https://www.bitzones.net/
Frawstakwa: Verse and Chorus Lyrics and vocals
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
the Couch King: Verse Lyrics, Vocals, and Samples
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Intro: Louis Bloomfield

Lyrics: 

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce 

Here we are
Coming through
With whatever it takes
Full force
On these fools
All up in your face 
Show and prove
Break it down
To the drum 
And the bass
That good old
One two
Gotta move 
Gotta shake
Bada-boom
Something 
That you can feel
But wait
If you could feel 
Anything at all
Feeling great
Letting it flow
Mind body and soul
On my way
That’s how it goes
So the people them know
See you later

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce 

I’m just your everyday reverie of an emcee
You see
I’m but a memory of the way 
You say it be
On this beat 
You project the street 
On the hit of the kick 
The click 
Boom, respect it’s the fire of the heat 
It’s the sweat dripping from the meat 
You expect flowing from that bass 
That slow tempo that’s got you feeling 
You on the creep, you on the chase
Brace fo the bounce putting you in the some headspace 
Race everyone to hear every ounce so tie up yo shoelace 
And let’s go 
Yo, lettin’ the people know

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce

The flow is
Summoned 
On command
Dig deep
Within 
Without a plan
Improvise
And
Ka-blam 
That is called conviction
Can you understand
The definition
What is your religion?
Damn
It takes blind faith
To hope that one can trust
In what is true 
What is real
For real
So what it do?
We are here to
Be seen
Be heard
Be who
We truly are 
Hold up then
Please
Tell us
Who are you?
 
Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce 

I got the feeling the bounce is appealing
Now that the ceiling’s been breaked
We got the unwilling to denounce appearing 
How it is that they never been waked 
Allow the revealing of the fake
Watch out we congealing as we get baked 
Take out that sponge cake, make no mistake 
It got that spring, there’s no remake 
Can feel the earth quake 
The beat is shaking
The bass is rumbling
So deep you feel your belly ache 
What’s at stake 
You gotta know
It’s that flow state 
We on a roll 
So slap on the butter baby
We gravy 
Grab a plate and
Before you go

Bounce
Bounce
To the boogie
The bang
The beat
Box
About
To bring it back
The breakdown
For the block
For my people
I see you
Gimme a pound
Tell me how
Have you been
For now
The breakdown
I’m here for you
Hear me loud 
And clear
We are responsible
For where we’re 
Bound
The breakdown
Heading out
Gotta beat the crowds
To get home
Put my feet up
While I eat on the couch
The breakdown

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce

Break Down The Bounce

Bitzone, RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King - Break Down The Bounce

a song written, recorded and produced by bitStone

bitzone (electronics, bass, drums, mix)
stone catcherye (guitars, vocals, lyrics)

from their upcoming album, "Switch"

Switch

and then a switch goes off in my head
fuck seeing red, I'm talking losing losing my shit
how have you been? what a stupid question
make me some sense, I'm sure I'll lose it again

I'm a calm and zen ocean
would you care for a swim
I'm a bomb without a tick
don't hit my switch

well, I've been robbed
and stabbed and then
forgotten

and then a switch goes off, like I said
fuck seeing red, I'm talking raising the dead
where to begin? - what a fucking stupid question
switch up your stance, let's try and lose it against

Switch

From Sonic Purse Percussion Series 
All you hear is percussion. Nothing more nothing less.

A morbid tribal

From Sonic Purse Series 

Isaac Newton failed! There is no gravity. 
A supreme being is pushing all down.
That's called "Intelligent Falling".
I want to praise this supreme being with my little tune. Without it's power we would waft around the whole day long. 
My goodness!

Recorded with a Sansula (kinda Kalimba), a mini cajon and some more home percussion.

Intelligent Falling

Unearth Noise - mbira, sintir, ocarina & electric guitar
bitzone - percussion, electronics & mix

More Unearth Noise music soundcloud.com/roger-berkowitz


It bit me #Unearth Noise

Thanks for listening!
Thanks to all collaborators!

For more info please check out track descriptions.