In this song I enclose everything I think about my work as an artist. Proceeding along risky paths, responding to violence with even more sensitivity, because sensitivity can truly move the world. Embrace your sensitivity and that of others, choose who you want to be and follow your nature, whatever the cost. 

Written and Performed by Stefano Manotti

Arrangement and mixing: Giulio Carmassi (ex-Pat Metheny group)

Executive production and mastering: Paolo Schianchi and OmniaMusica Recording Studio


TESTO

Comincia da qui questo viaggio nascosto
Con le altre paure del giorno
Che ho lasciato al loro posto
Una notte qui
Vale più di un silenzio
Per sentir la chitarra suonare
Come in braccio a cento persone
Libero così dalle mie leggi
E dalla mente che dalla sua amplifica i rimpianti
Libero così dalle tue leggi
Ho passato troppo tempo per parlarti

Lo so
Quella è la via
Io sto di fianco
Con la mia fantasia
E quel che sarà
Non è roba mia
Non è roba mia

Finisce da qui
Un bel viaggio scomposto
Non si posson tirare le somme
Non si può vedere a che costo

Solo questo ti dico
Se sei nato per qualcosa
Tornerai ogni volta
Sulla strada più rischiosa

Libero così dai compromessi
Dalle parole messe lì per non esporsi
Libero così dai giochi fatti
Per sorprendermi ancora a cantare la vita

Lo so
Quella è la via
Io sto di fianco
Con la mia fantasia
E quel che sarà
Non è roba mia
Non è roba mia

Lo so
Quella è la via
Io sto di fianco
Con la mia fantasia
E quel che sarà
Non è roba mia
Non è roba mia



LYRICS

Begin from here, this hidden journey
With the other fears of the day
That I left in their place
One night from here
Is it worth more than silence
To hear the guitar play
As if embraced by a hundred people

Free like this from my laws
And from the mind that amplifies regrets
Free like this from your laws
I've spent too much time talking to you

I know it
That's the way
I stand by my fantasy
And what will be
It is not my concern
It's not my concern

It ends here
A disjointed journey
You can't add it all up
You can't see at what cost
Only this I tell you
If you were born for something
You'll return every time
To the riskiest road

Free like this from compromises
From words placed there to avoid exposure
Free like this from done deals
To surprise you again and sing life

Fantasia

Stephen (@texmex-shaman) and I have been working together on these 'Texas Tea' collabs for almost a year now, building up an eclectic and fun catalogue of tunes: https://on.soundcloud.com/LqsSP

There is something about the way our styles meld together that works so well, everything just flows! For this one I was jamming out a melodies on a blues scale, and Stephen added some killer experimental guitar weirdness that elevates it to whole other level.

Blueshift - w/ TexMex Shaman

Lyrics;
I'm in the middle of nowhere
A long long way from my team player days
Hop skip and jump from the freeway
But you're gone for miles no matter which way

Another day's blending in with the last
I'm passing the time that flies past me so fast
I rise in the morning and try to keep pace
As this kid in my mirror reflects an old face

Think of the places I'd once been
If I could would I go back again?
The air here's gone stifle and stale
And I'm in a rudderless boat at sea with slack sail

Thoughts travel back to the days of my teens
To my torn flannel shirts and bell bottom blue jeans
When I knew it all though I hadn't a clue
And someday was when I'd have something to do

Well, I'm growing old that's a stone cold fact
I try to look forward can't help looking back
Been feeling restless but don't really know
If I'm I too set in my ways to pull up stakes  and go?

I'm in the middle of nowhere
A long long way from my headier days
A hop skip and jump to go somewhere
But I've been there before and I've nowhere to stay

All of the days blending in with the past
Blurring the spaces between the first and the last
Why rise in the morning and try to keep pace
When the kid in my mirror reflects this old face

Been so long since I was wild and free
Leaving to chance the future waiting for me
The middle of nowhere is all I could find
And what might have been has left me behind

I'm in the middle of nowhere

The Middle Of Nowhere

N-I'm Growing Down

“Estrellas” original lyrics and vocal performance by the astounding @aurora-toro-baena

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

Stars (Featuring Aurora Toro Baena)

Put Your Hands UP

2:45 MIL Microtonal Indietronica Lab

Math Insomniac

Thank you for checking out this Highlight reel of Eclectic Collective's greatest moments in the year 2023. The Eclectic Collective is a very loose band of musicians (band of loose musicians?) who collaborate over the internet and communicate via email only.

CAST OF CHARACTERS (including interview start times):
Hosted by: StonerJazz on.soundcloud.com/6qwFQ
(1:32) J.J. Terrell - keys, synth, organ on.soundcloud.com/ivM1E
(4:30) Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary) - bass, lap slide guitar @josh-clary-1
(7:03) K2 and the Three - drums, percussion @k2andthe3
(9:02) Llanpsych - guitar, effects on.soundcloud.com/xehCe
(11:06) TexMex Shaman - guitar, effects @texmex-shaman
(18:20) MisterMark - piano, synth, vocals, effects on.soundcloud.com/qMWgp

Not interviewed in this piece, but a big thank you from all of us goes to:
Artur of Surfers Like Us @user-411502040
Mysterious Decibel @themysteriousDecibel
Steve of Steve’s Planet @Steve-Vervaet
Chris Maness @user-419254289-15129531

No animals were harmed in the making of this medley. ;)

(logo design my MisterMark)

Eclectic Collective 2023 - Bits of Hits

Just Smile

prod. me
w/ @ersann

(lyrics)
cant look away
my eyes r ur disciple
i wanna bleed w u
bleeding out lets see it thru
encountered souls
unlike urs i wanna kill them all
feel the pain
its the only thing thats feels real
i try eryday
so much effort no avail
i feel strapped up
my minds a jail nd ur my bail
fucked up all these drugs
i dont want to see thru
ur my poison
ion wanna be w you

i can read into every little thing you do
hard breathing, im so obsessed
heads bleeding, only time ill rest
heart beating, come out my chest
i want nothing less than you
i wish there was sum to do
i miss all your needles
that girl she was my favorite freak hoe
its okay
you dont wanna make up
need sum space but should i say something?
we could be so much more then what you see
we could be so much more then what you see
and your lipstick it looks so juicy
grab your neck and i wont hold loosely
your condition it leads you to me
i can feel the tidal waves pushing

myeyesareurdisciple ++ersan

Microtonal Indietronica Lab 🔬 from 2:45

Sonic experiments we enjoy and hope you enjoy as well...
Some are microtonal tunes, playing with alternative tunings outside the equally tempered 12-notes scale.
Some are binaural beats, guiding your mind to other states via headphones in musical trips.
And others are pieces of electronic music where genres end up mixed. 

We are Melakki, Clau Sancai and Boolapp-Goro

Enjoy your visit! 🎶