Very beautiful and poetic trip into the dreamy spaces of high above.. Many beautiful moments. Breathtaking ambient voyage of majestic discovery.

grand epic ambient work, very artfully crafted and presented, love your artistry

great blend of samples with atmospheric sounds...works a treat

AND AGAIN... WITH TIME...

For a more dense rhythm section I needed agility on bass line so this time, instead of the double bass, I chose to use my old dear electric bass, an old Cort that's been with me since high school. I haven’t played it for a long time, it’s been fun, I think I will do it again soon.
About the picture: actually the place of the photo is not a station or an airport, it is part of a photographic work I made some years ago on the concept of non-place like the big malls. But a non-place is also, some way, an all-places, every places from which to leave or arrive...
The real truth is that I've always liked this photo, for the perspective plane and because it's full of lines with variety of lights and shadows... In short, I couldn't wait to find an excuse to use it :)

Have a nice trip!

Arrivals and departures

Dedicated to some folks in my life who've picked me up along the way, especially through music...

This is one I'm pretty proud of.  Oddly, it's the first time I’ve written a full original song with me singing my own lyrics. I'm joined by the uber talented @TexMex-Shaman, who is wielding the lead electric guitar starting at the first verse through to the end. (this is the second time now where my vocal melody is partly inspired by his magical playing!) He also lends his mastering skillz to great effect here. Thanks TMS for truly bringing this to life with your playing! 
All other instruments are played by me on the keyboard - acoustic guitar, bass, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, 2nd electric guitar (the higher one in verse 2), horns, drums & percussion, words and voice. The chorus is supposed to sound like a 60's soul song, like Marvin Gaye meets Van Morrison. 
If you play this more than once I'm sorry but I'm afraid you'll be stuck with it in your head all day.  :)

This one's a personal one for me, so thanks for listening, and for picking us up with your music!

LYRICS: 

Verse 1
alone in the corner, that old six string whispers to me
ah but when daddy played, he could set your spirit free 
like the drops in the rain, or a forest tall and green
there's music alive all around
and mamma she told me, you must listen for more than the sound
and hear with your heart

Chorus     
(And then she’d) 
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up,  
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up, 
pick me up higher 

Verse 2
Now I’m writing my own song… makin’ music with old friends and new
But the joy of my days, are my beautiful daughter and you
And when you play that song, she would close her eyes and sway
all the while as she sings
And man when I hear her, whispered memories they lift me up still
like a bird on the wind

Chorus  

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Other credits: 
-second verse sample of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' (by John Denver), performed by my 9 yr old daughter
-image design by me using Chat GPT
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here's a link to just the final chorus vocals and horns isolated: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/pick_me_up_vox_isolated

and here's a link that features mainly the sax solo & horn section:
https://on.soundcloud.com/y1PR8xv69y77n5CY5w
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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

-mark

Pick Me Up (with TexMex Shaman)

inner light -

Wind & Pane

Strolling backwards

Through the glass I saw a man
with weathered hands 
can you catch the timepiece falling
can you hold it in your hand
your closing every door I have opened
closing every door except the past
somewhere across the blue
I have to turn to another life
a summer wind
will take me there
I am the river washing over the stone 
you are the mountain calling me home
looking at your weathered hands

Weathered Hands

Roofpop

You don't need a map to find paradise
I invite you to listen to my piano improvisation "Amusing Dates".

The sheet music of my compositions can be downloaded from here:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/victor-birkan-sheet-music/3028943?isPLP=1


Amusing Dates - Improvised Piano Piece

A new collaboration with another SoundCloud Artist.
It has been a pleasure to work with(Clive)Winkandwoo.
Check out the great work of Winkandwoo; https://soundcloud.com/winkandwoo
Lyrics and vocals: Winkandwoo
Lyrics:
You told me everything was yours
And so I totally ignored the fact
That you were shouting about your rights
Like it was always in your sights
And I would always be the loser
And you could always call the lawyer.
You're shady, You're shady.
My instinct told me long ago beware.
Ulterior motives and a jealous stare.
He said you're the stupidest he'd met.
He said that he bailed you out of debt.
He said he regretted getting hitched.
He said you're a spoiled little bitch.... bitch!
I saw right through your crock of shite
The crocodile tears were a sight alright
Your performance wasn't flawless
My review would say "just gormless"
You are the one who made him make a will,
I bet you didn't like that bitter pill.
My instinct told me long ago beware.
He said you're the stupidest he'd met.
He said that he bailed you out of debt.
He said he regretted getting hitched.
He Said everything when we bitched.... when we bitched.
My instinct told me long ago beware.
Ulterior motives and a jealous stare.
My instinct told me long ago beware.
Ulterior motives and a jealous stare.
My Instinct...

My Instinct (Feat. Winkandwoo)

This instrumental piece is a cyclic leitmotiv from the "Islands album" : https://soundcloud.com/rahab-music/sets/islands-2018

This is the last one that have been wrote for the album. Its pretty Orchestral, like "Coral Reef Travellers" and really epic in my opinion ! 

Hope you enjoy it !


Rahab.

The Eye Of The Cyclone

Spitfire Audio - Woodwind Evolutions - Personnal Preset

Supernova [Evo Grid Technology]

01 - NI - Reaktor - Mikro Prism
02 - SA - Woodwind Evolutions

On The Cross Roads

une nouvelle collaboration avec Dan-T et Lena, un grand merci à Dan pour ce gentil partage de cette superbe musique solaire ou j'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à écrire ce texte.
Musique : Dan-T
solo guitare : Paul
Texte et voix : Steph Ouna
coeur :Lena  https://soundcloud.com/user-262019520

été paradisiaque :

A long road, and waiting again
Happy for the day, Happy for the sun
A long road, and waiting again
Happy for the day, we don't need money

l'été fait de son mieux
pour tomber les barrières
petit air mélodieux
une coutume familière

instinct paternel et chaleureux
réverbération sur l'eau, rayon solaire
des lunettes sur les yeux
un verre pour oublier l'hiver

colorer la peaux ça rend heureux
désir primaire au bord de la mer
oublie ce qui rend nerveux
être léger c'est populaire
la chaleur rend amoureux
un peu de bonheur éphémère
énergie positive et nécessaire

un petit clin d'oeil à la vie
dans ce décor paradisiaque
les poissons clowns sont mes amis
je m'assoupi dans mon hamac

derrière les dunes, tout se dévoile
et l'odeur du sable chaud
le vent vient caresser les voiles
en courbant et balayant les roseaux

parfois la chaleur donne des frissons
avec un léger gout de miel
pensif devant un papillon
aux couleurs de l'arc en ciel

In english :
summer is doing its best
to break down the barriers
melodious air
a familiar custom

paternal and warm instinct
reverberation on the water, solar ray
glasses on the eyes
a drink to forget the winter

to color the skin makes you happy
primary desire at the seaside
forget what makes you nervous
to be light is popular
the heat makes you in love
a little ephemeral happiness
positive and necessary energy

a little nod to life
in this heavenly setting
clown fish are my friends
I fell asleep in my hammock

behind the dunes, everything is revealed
and the smell of hot sand
the wind comes to caress the sails
curving and sweeping the reeds

sometimes the heat gives chills
with a slight taste of honey
thoughtful in front of a butterfly
in the colors of the rainbow

été paradisiaque

Été Paradisiaque Dan-T & Steph Ouna & Lena

Exactly 50 years ago, humanity stepped foot on the surface of the Moon for the first time. It was a miracle, and one made so powerful because it was so very unlikely.

It was hailed as an incredible success. But the chance of failure was such that authorities had to prepare for the possibility of losing the astronauts.

Those preparations offer a humbling insight into how risky that mission was, and how high the stakes were.

Probably the most potent document from those preparations is the speech that would have been used to hail the bravery of the astronauts as they were left to their death on the Moon.

It was written to announce to the world that the astronauts had been lost, and that the Moon mission was a failure. After it was read, the two astronauts would be given a ceremony something like the burial at sea, but one entirely without precedent.

The document was hidden for many years – unused, it was "quietly tucked away into the record" after the astronauts returned home, as the National Archive that now holds it notes. But over time it became public, after being revealed by the man who wrote it, and is now available for the public to read.

It was prepared in the case that the astronauts and their moon lander failed to get back to the main craft that was floating around in the Moon's orbit ready to bring them home, and contained Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's colleague Michael Collins.

Everything you need to know about the Apollo 11 Moon landing
In that case, it was most likely that those pioneering explorers would not lose their lives in a single spectacular moment. Instead, they would most likely be stranded, stuck 250,000 miles from Earth with no way of getting back home.

"If they couldn't [get back safely], they'd have to be abandoned on the moon, left to die there," speechwriter William Safire​ said in 1999. "The men would either have to starve to death or commit suicide."

In the end, and despite some very anxious moments, the crew would explore the lunar surface and come back down safely. That meant that, instead of announcing their loss, Nixon could instead share in the astronaut's success.

In one of the most famous moments of the mission, he spoke to them in a phone call that was beamed around the world. He recognised the triumph of their achievement, and wished them safety for their return.

"Hello, Neil and Buzz," he said during that phone call. "I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House.

"And this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. I just can't tell you how proud we all are of what you've done. For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives. And for people all over the world, I am sure they too join with Americans in recognising what an immense feat this is. Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world.

"And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one: one in their pride in what you have done, and one in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth."

Apollo 50 (Moon And Sun)

Track shows a very delicate theme and a quite hard-riffed part, both alternating and finally flowing up to an endless symphonic dream (words are half a poem I wrote previously (not these, but lyrics below)).

Letra  /  Translated lyrics:

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)  /  Don’t you wake up (Only a dream)

No... despierta... no... no despiertes  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up
no, cuidado... no despiertes, na na na na na...  /  no, take care ... don’t you wake up, na na na na na…
... despierta al fin y date cuenta  /  ... wake up at last and realize
de que todo ha sido un sueño, na na na na na...  /  everything has been a dream, na na na na na...

Una vez más, nervios y resentimiento,  /  Once again, nerves and resentment,
todo en mi vida es sueño, sólo ha sido eso.  /  everything in my life is a dream, it has only been so.

Y de nuevo, con el tiempo,  /  And again, with time,
incubando un nuevo sueño,  /  incubating a new dream,
me voy hundiendo en mis propios brazos,  /  I am sinking in my own arms,
me acuno, me canto y me voy acostumbrando...  /  cradle myself, sing to myself and get used...

Otro escenario, otros personajes,  /  Another stage, other characters,
la misma historia, na na na na na...  /  the same story, na na na na na...
que durará un día, un milenio,  /  which will last one day, a millenium,
toda mi vida, na na na na na...  /  all my life, na na na na na...

Pero sin duda vendrán a despertarme  /  But undoubtedly the laughs of people
las risas de la gente, alguna tarde.  /  will come to wake me up, any evening.

Y entonces, con miedo...  /  And then, fearfully...

No... despierta… no… no despiertes (…)  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up (…)

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)

If there was only two traits that came through in my music, I would hope that it would seem to be effortless and inevitable.
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