Just a little rant about the state of the railways in the UK :)

Cashability - A Train Song

Here's a working track that didn't get finished for the most recent album. 

Crying, Waiting, Hoping

Welcome to our new song “Soulmate” another experimental piece John and Oliver composed.
While John was with Oliver they experimented with their specific way of playing and creating harmonies, John showed Oliver some of his weird chords, and they both kept playing (practicing) till a new idea came out, they immediately called it “Soulmate”, and Oliver wanted to put drums in it for the rhythm, then John suggested to let cello’s create the rhythm of the song, that was exactly what Oliver wanted to learn anyway, so they kept on playing and changing till they were both satisfied, finally they ended up in the kitchen with the laptop, listening over and over again and discussing what needed to be changed, writing down all ideas what John needed to change / add for the harmonies in the studio.

They decided to make a premix, and request Colin to add drum, bass and guitars to it, and he did it splendidly.
In the end-mix (back in Holland), John tried to create 3 different moments (emotions) within this song.

The first part (0:00 -1:30) the search for your “soul mate”, the cello’s are playing the struggle we go through to find our soul mate (which is hard as everybody knows), and the strings and bass only accompanying the piano and cello’s.

The second part (1:30 – 3:00) the full orchestra, drum, bass and guitar take over (you found your soul mate) the overwhelming feeling (happiness) a person is in when that happens, we tried to let the instruments express that feeling, also John changed the cello’s slightly (higher tempo) so they fit better with the drums.

The third part (3:00 till the end) all instruments are in full harmony and played exactly in the right tempo, you’ve accomplished your goal in Life, both “soul mates” found their way of living together.
As said before this was an experiment, to see what we could accomplish with instruments and creating harmonies, to build up a song, we all hope you’ll enjoy this song, and we are looking forward to your reaction.

Composers:  John Styles & Oliver Papke
Piano & Cello:  Oliver Papke
Orchestral Movement:  John Styles
Guitars, Bass and Drums:  Colin Powell
Arrangement & Production:   John Styles

All your comments, advices and critic are always very much appreciated,  Cheers  John, Oliver and Colin

John Styles, Oliver Papke & Colin Powell - Soulmate

Welcome to our new (vocal) version of the song “Soulmate” now with the wonderful voice of Julia Crystal and lyrics from Leandro Silva da Costa, we hope you’ll enjoy this version too.

While John was with Oliver they experimented with their specific way of playing and creating harmonies, John showed Oliver some of his weird chords, and they both kept playing (practicing) till a new idea came out, they immediately called it “Soulmate”, and Oliver wanted to put drums in it for the rhythm, then John suggested to let cello’s create the rhythm of the song, that was exactly what Oliver wanted to learn anyway, so they kept on playing and changing till they were both satisfied, finally they ended up in the kitchen with the laptop, listening over and over again and discussing what needed to be changed, writing down all ideas what John needed to change / add for the harmonies in the studio.
They decided to make a premix, and request Colin to add drum, bass and guitars to it, and he did it splendidly.

While we were already working with Julia Crystal on another song, Julia heard Soulmate, and asked John if she could sing on this song too, so she asked her friend Leandro to write lyrics for it, and when they were finished, she immediately started recording the lead and all the harmonies, we were all blown away of the results. Then John and Colin started to adjust those recordings to sync them with the instruments, and unfortunately we had to cut something away, however Julia and Leandro were both very happy with the end result, then John had to send some mixes back and forth to make everybody completely satisfied with the mix you hear now.  

As said in the earlier description, this was an experiment, to see what we could accomplish with instruments and creating harmonies, to build up a song, and now we could also build in these beautiful vocals from Julia, we all hope you’ll enjoy this version of our song too, and we are looking forward to your reaction.

Composers:  John Styles & Oliver Papke     Lyrics: Leandro Silva da Costa
Vocals:  Julia Crystal
Piano & Cello:  Oliver Papke
Orchestral Movement:  John Styles
Guitars, Bass and Drums:  Colin Powell
Arrangement & Production:   John Styles

All your comments, advices and critic are always very much appreciated,  Cheers  John, Oliver, Colin and Julia

Lyrics from Leandro Stenland:

I dream again
I was down and I found no need
The loneliness weaving wonders 
No one asks how I might feel

To be a seeker
As the night fell down across the dream
Start what I've never dared to speak of
It's you - It's me - we try to hide

I fear...
As unimportant as it seemed
Still lit worlds no one could see

For thee I seek
Beloved soulmate, its you I need
I've tried to find the key
To open the door to unlock thee

I've been searching low and high
Thou were not so easy to find
I've wandering too many miles
Somebody please just tell me why

If there's a soulmate for everyone
Lets keep this life together
For now and forever
I will be here for you
Only for You
If there's a soulmate for everyone

John Styles, Oliver Papke, Colin Powel & Julia Crystal - Soulmate

Welcome to a new song from Euphoriqa featuring Colin Powell & Claes Steen called Rainbow Symphony.

When Claes send his new song to John, immediately John played with piano a melody to it, and reconstructed the song and made it longer. then send it too Colin, he added drums, bass and guitars to it, and wrote lyrics and recorded samples so for John to consider, he made a new mix, and he send it to Hemmo, so he could re-record all vocals and harmonies.
When Hemmo send his vocal tracks to John, it appeared that the song needed more lyrics, so Colin adjusted the lyrics to the way Hemmo was singing the song, so Hemmo could record it all over again, due to this process, John and Colin had to re-record their backing vocals as well.
When all vocal tracks were done, it appeared that the original drums, bass and guitars needed to be adjusted as well, so the song has now drums, bass and guitars played by Hemmo and Colin.
When everything was mixed, the orchestral instruments needed to be adjusted so it would sound in perfect harmony with all added instruments & vocals, then in the final stage John and Hemmo added some extra accent / additions to make it sound the way we all wanted it to be.

Composers:  Claes Steen & John Styles    Songwriter: Colin Powell
Lead Vocals:  Hemmo Riihelä  https://soundcloud.com/age-r
Backing vocals:  Colin Powell, Hemmo Riihelä & John Styles
Piano:  John Styles   https://soundcloud.com/onevision-crossworlds
Guitars, Bass & drums:  Hemmo Riihelä & Colin Powell  https://soundcloud.com/a-multitude-of-one
Orchestral movement:  John Styles & Claes Steen  https://soundcloud.com/cermat
All other Instruments:  John Styles, Hemmo Riihelä & Claes Steen
Producer:  John Styles

We all hope you’ll enjoy this song as much as we did making it, your comments, critics and advices are very much appreciated, as it will help us all to develop our skills even more, John, Hemmo, Colin & Claes. 


 RAINBOW SYMPHONY – Lyrics by Colin Powell ©2017 
Back in time, when you were young 
And didn’t have a care 
Look inside, I know you’ll find 
The real you is there! 
Open up your heart 
And just be who you are 
Don’t be afraid 
You can reach up to the stars! 
When the morning dawn is breaking 
It’s the start of a brand new day 
Put your troubles far behind you 
It’s a brand new start today 
It’s a brand new day! 
Glowing with glorious colors inside 
Open your eyes to it all… 
Take a look around 
And savour all you see 
Listen to the sounds 
It’s a Rainbow Symphony! 
Follow you dream and keep love in your sights 
Open you heart to it all 
Living your life as it was meant to be 
Everything will be OK 
Do you realize 
You’re greater than you know? 
Just take a breath 
And let your love light grow! 
When the world you know is crumbling 
When your life just grinds you down 
There’s another world around you 
There’s a secret deep inside 
There’s a better world 
Go deep into your mind 
There’s another place 
Where everything’s in a perfect state 
The earth’s illusions fall away 
You and I will move on 
In a world that’s full of rainbows 
Underneath the sun
Take a look around / and savour all you see / listen to the sound, it’s a Rainbow Symphony!