MONOSYLLABIC MANZITTI
Music by Overdrive

Check out the IG promo video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1bBwXxxpKd/

This is certainly my most labor-intensive composition to date and it required an insane amount of work for months on end. At the time, it wasn't uncommon for me to spend the whole night to create just 5 seconds of music. The Ableton Live screen for this song shows an equally peculiar view -- large amounts of micro-samples lined up one after the other, corresponding to individual notes that had their durations and pitches meticulously altered. 

In fact, samples of real instruments were previously chopped up almost note by note and some of these pieces were picked out and lined up on another Ableton audio track. In this way, the brass sections were created very slowly and in a totally experimental manner.

The title is a naughty joke about an unusual situation I went through. While I was working on the track, I sent a message to a musician I admire, highly praising his work and style, and also asking if he would like to take part in a collab. The answer came back with just one word: “no”. Well, I couldn't help but make fun of the whole situation and the title of the song came naturally... lol 🤣

The main influence for this experimental song is the work of Hoyt Curtin and his best-known score, the opening and closing themes of the 1960s cartoon Jonny Quest, aired by Hanna-Barbera Studios (my all-time favorite cartoon).

The promo video is an edited version of the short film "Jazz'in" (2011), an extraordinary work by Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image & Citia. Check out the original video on the Gobelins Paris YT channel:

https://youtu.be/PAzmB0C7_JA

Hope you enjoy the song.

Monosyllabic Manzitti

One Thing Demo

Elements Of Jazz, Classical and New Age, will take the listener on a journey into skies with new horizons and uncharted waters

Rainbows & Rivers Meditations

Rainbows & Rivers Meditations One

Rainbows And Rivers Meditations One - John Goldrust

This song was originally written as an acoustic track with just piano and vocals, and has been through multiple levels of feedback to reach its current stage. I have tried to approach overcoming isolation and depression in a way that is generally relatable, and to build to an optimistic conclusion. It's in Db Major, which is the musical equivalent of someone putting on a happy face.

Lyrics:

Did you ever feel that the world's not listening
Did you ever feel that the world just don't care
Did you catch a glimpse of the sky made of diamonds
Did you look again and it wasn't there

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

Did you ever think that you were a loser
Did you ever think that you didn't belong
Did you hear the song in the colors of the rainbow
Did you look again and it was gone

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

You're not the only one that's hurting
You're not alone in your pain
You can find solace in remembering 
That rainbows only follow rain


When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal your world and not fall apart

Yes, you can heal your world and not fall apart

The Illusion

So Who's Who?

After over a year away from the recording studio, new wave duo The Frestonians return with "The Long Road." In 2025, the duo embraced a new direction in their songwriting. The track uses "The Long Road" as a metaphor for life’s journey, exploring themes of uncertainty, solitude, and self-reflection. Imagery such as "driving to nowhere" and "heading into the dark" captures the challenges of navigating the unknown. The absence of people and repetitive nature of the journey mirror feelings of isolation and the search for meaning. "Taking the long way home" symbolises the detours, twists, and turns of life as one seeks belonging or understanding. The song evokes a contemplative mood, reflecting the lonely but meaningful process of self-discovery.  

The Long Road

One Step Closer Demo

"So Damn Lonely" by These Guitars Say Sorry is a stark, unvarnished piece that stretches across six minutes of near-painful intimacy. Armed with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and a raw, exposed vocal, the track leans into its own emptiness, letting the spaces between the notes speak as loudly as the words themselves. It's a slow, heavy exhale — fragile, stubborn, and unflinchingly honest.

So Damn Lonely by These Guitars Say Sorry

I'm Sorry

Grab your Labor Day cooler

Wistleman

I'm a black sheep, I make music, I suck at mixing, I can't sing, I love music, I NEED music

One Step Closer Demo

BLACK SHEEP

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