My March Favs

Infinite jukebox wc 15 March 2021

Movements of ApproachToSilence & Friends 21-II

Quite the stroll

C÷M (which includes me as C & https://soundcloud.com/allopenelectrics as M) performed live shows as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival in September 2021 (at the Empty Space, Salford). 

Further details and videos : https://craigwinstanley.online/from-where-to-here/

Versions of the songs included in this playlist were performed, not always exactly as they sound here...better!

For a review of the show, see https://thegmreviewer.com/2021/09/18/c-div-m-from-where-to-here/

From Where? to Here

Beautifull music, melodic music, great music from all places and all genres, all original music, new and old one. This list and No. 2 are updated constantly and both with different works that I like.

Beatiful Music 1 - All Places All Genres

Work on Myself

Till its all gone By Ms King & Cosmic Ratzzz
So happy about our first Collaboration, 
We hope you enjoi
https://soundcloud.com/mskingofficial

BACKS TO THE WALL

Till its all gone

Till its all gone Ms King & Cosmic Ratzzz

Digital Rocks

Train To Nowhere

Each Day Is Born And Then Dies

I have worked on songs in the past with this theme before but never have I made the song have so many elements. This song was quite an undertaking and I am glad at how it came out. I wanted it to have a lot of dynamics but feel unpolished in some areas because the setting is the end of life as we know it. Why should it sound beautiful and uplifting with that subject matter?

The Last Day On Earth

The music was composed to accompany a video made from collages of photographs, creating striking alien landscapes.
Download from: https://craigwinstanley.bandcamp.com/track/sunrises
Video: https://youtu.be/W5xSth6-j50
Live version: https://youtu.be/tf89UmzgRF0

Sunrises

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 03/2021.

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

I know that in these troubled times, the loss of a pet can seem a bit derisory.
But those who have already lived it will understand me, because this so difficult moment is added to the ambient state.
I dedicate this title to my cat "Seti" as well as to all our pets who have joined the paradise of cats, dogs and the whole of the animal world.

In cat paradise, Choupi, Kif-kif, Podecol, Pitta, Seti.

Je sais qu'en ces temps si tourmentés, la perte d'un animal de compagnie peut paraître un peu dérisoire.
Mais ceux qui l'ont déjà vécu me comprendront, car ce moment si difficile s'ajoute à l'état ambiant.
Je dédie ce titre à mon chat "Seti" ainsi qu'à tous nos animaux de compagnie qui ont rejoints le paradis des chats, des chiens et l'ensemble du monde animal.

I'm just telling you,
that i miss you,
without derision,
without obsession,

just i love you,
just i love you,
with fondly,

my companion every day,
my sunrise every day,
my sunset every day,

just i love you,
just i love you,
with fondly,

You don't smile
you don't speak,
in your eyes,
it's your langage,

you are secret,
you are wild,
you give so much love,
so much happiness,
so much affection,
so much affection,

just i love you,
just i love you,
with fondly,

My heart is bleeding,
when I think about you,
you left me so suddenly,
I will never forget you,
never forget you,

just i love you,
just i love you,

just i love you...

Just I Love You

As M once said From the depth of our souls" which is true …  Such a pleasure to work with my friend .  For me it is always an Honor!    I throw my crazy Ideas at him and he calmly  puts up with it LOL Thanks again M for another round 
We hope you enjoy this series and much as we like playing it 
Cheers G&M
 Part 4 Twilight Series

Dark Twilight Star G&M

I AM A FOOL LOVING YOU
Vocal : Melissa
 www.Ghosthack.de
Trumpets : Don Clark and  Al Matheson
Arrangement, Mix and Production : Lillithe
Mastering : Paploviante

I AM A FOOL LOVING YOU (Mastering Paploviante)

Birth was played as part of C÷M appearing at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival (Sept. 2021).  See live video: https://youtu.be/cSlwPqf8e1U

The track includes recycled lyrics.  I always put my recycled lyrics out on a Thursday...

(previously used in https://soundcloud.com/craig-winstanley-1/imposter)

Birth (a C÷M  track)

Sonically exploring outside the corporeal nature of existence...

At Swim Two Birds

original .. Goodbye  Heartache demo

Entre les lignes de ses romans à l’eau de rose
Barbara dissimula le corpus de cette chose
Appelée......
NECRONOMICON...

Between the lines of her rosewater literature
Barbara carefully hid the terrifying nature
...Of the Necronomicon (x3)

Within the pink hides the black of the...

Star of the living deads (x2)

Princesa Adormecida.
Sedução Diabólica.
El amor es la Clave.
Paixão de Beduíno.
Uma Orquídea para Chandra.
As complicações do amor.
A Danúbio ao Entardecer.
Amor Perfeito.

Par devers l’écriture romanesque quelque chose insiste salement.
Quelque chose sourd et suinte le néant...
De fait, j’ai toujours vu en elle une sorte de...

Star of the living deads (x2)

Below the last ray of a dying sun
Orelia drew in her breath
And she thought it was unfair on the Marquis. Credules play.
I wanna note the least of your moods
As you save mine
We hold line
It’s a nightmare, insect bites , howling nerves, Barbara...
Insane old zombie pink milady...
I imagine you on the beach...
I imagine you have tea surrounded by ecstatic zombies...
HELP ! HELP ! El Jeffe ! Ash ! Pablo ! Kelly !

Between the lines of her rosewater literature
Barbara carefully hid the terrifying nature
...Of the Necronomicon (x3)

Plus j’y pense, plus j’me dis que cette femme était la....

Star of the living deads (x4)

Les gens se débarrassent et remplissent les boites à livres échangistes
De la vieille nécromancienne, les atroces romans.
De la vieille nécromancienne rose aux dents toute pourries,
Les boites à livres échangistes des atroces romans...

Oh Barbara...
As complicações do amor.

Oh Barbara...
Quelle eau de rose !

Une eau de rose un peu croupie à vocation commerciale...

Oh Barbara...
Quelle eau de rose !

Pour 800 fois la même histoire de l’innocente pécho par un lascar...

Oh Barbara...
Quelle eau de rose !

Derrière le drame de ton maquillage se jouait le drame de la vanité...

Oh Barbara...
Tes 800 romans à la noix et ton King Charles sur les bras...
Tes boas de plumes roses.

Oh Barbara...
Mais que faisait donc Cristina Cordula ?!

Oh Barbara...
Mais que faisait donc Cristina Cordula ?!

Oh Barbara...
Mais que faisait donc Cristina Cordula ?!
Ah lala !

Oh Barbara...
Mais que faisait donc Cristina Cordula ?!


Cromlech Vortex©2021
crédits
paru le 29 juin 2021
Cromlech Vortex is r° vortex (all instruments, songwriting, lyrics, mix, visuals, etc.)

Cromlech Vortex - Star Of The Living Deads

Composition : François Gelin
Violoncelle : Guillaume Bongiraud

She Was Born At Midnight

SEEING RED

This track is from the album Illumination and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billwhitfield4

Destiny

My second collaboration with Jimena and Chris Kinsey.  The song began with a few chords played on a midi keyboard using ‘silky string selection’ in Logic to work out the structure.  I added Guitars, Bass and Drums and asked Chris to add some ‘Kinseyfication’ on Piano and Organ, then, it was over to Jimena to write the lyrics and record her amazing vocal tracks. Once I had all the constituent parts, I set about the final mix and mastering; this is the result.
A huge, huge thanks to Chris and Jimena for their outstanding contributions which have elevated the song to another level.

Credits:-
Jimena:- Lead and backing vocals, lyrics, vocal composition. https://soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo
Chris Kinsey:- Pianos, Organ, musical composition. https://soundcloud.com/chriskinsey1
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Bass, Drums, String Synth, musical composition, production.


Mind Maze

Caught in a nightmare
From which I can’t escape
I gulp in foul air
And mortal dread takes shape

No recollection
Of joyful memories
Sheer desolation
No more victories

The throes of delusion engulf me and swallow me 
It’s getting too hard to wake up from this dream
And all the confusion that toys with my sanity
Invites me to let out a blood-curdling scream

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
Mind maze

Running blind in the wilderness
Chased by unfounded fears
I’m fleeing from the emptiness
That threatens to feed on me

The throes of a nightmare engulf me and swallow me 
Although I’m awake as can possibly be
And all the despair that consumes me and blinds me
Makes me wanna cry, makes me wanna scream

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
(No way out of here)
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
No way out of here

In these blurry surroundings my mind plays tricks on me
If give in to madness, will my worries disappear?
Oh, if I succumb to the darkness, will you find me in my sleep?
Please don’t take an eternity to come and rescue me
Rescue me

I succumb to this wasteland
Can’t fight this pantomime
As I sink deep in quicksand 
I reach out to you one last time

Someone please save me
There’s no way out of this mind maze
(No way out of here, no way out of here)
My heart betrayed me
And now I’m all lost in this mind maze
(No way out of here)
No way out of here

Save me
Save me from myself

Mind Maze - (Jimena - Chris Kinsey - Dairv Dubbleyew)

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."  - Franz Kafka

windupspaceship 
Live - improvisational - electronica - for - headphones -

Tom Klosowski - Bass guitar, Warwick 5, Zoom EFX. 
Joseph F Grossman - Keys, Roland FA06, HandSonic (Electronic drum).
Charlie Bryant - Keys, Impulse 49, Various iPad Applications, Engineering.
Gary Andreozzi, Guitar, Godin LGXT, Roland Guitar Synth, Line 6 EFX, eBow (electronic bow).

~ t a b l e a u . q u a t r e ~

A diversion into acoustic folk-land, covering the entire history of human communication and reaching the inescapable conclusion that we are not very good at it.

I contributed words, guitar playing, unsatisfactory voices and keyboard bits.
Musings on the flautistic spectrum were contributed by Jonathan OGara (https://soundcloud.com/allopenelectrics).

The lyrics goeth thus:

In the beginning was a scream… it was quite obscene
And then the word was heard… it was quite absurd
Then the night and the light had to fight for the right.. to be seen and heard
And the day had to wait for the night to be done.. and the light had won

And the void was annoyed to be deployed.. before the humanoid
And the man did what he can … for the master plan
And you see only what you want to see, And you hear only what you want to hear
And you fear only what you want to fear
And you believe, what you want to believe
(me too)

(WARNING: this song contains references to an annoyed void, a thing best to avoid)

Echo Chamber

NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES AND AMAZON.

Please follow the following link to see Kites Over Malvern, the short film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXw3XPWpkmg

Hui Jin (tenor), Brno Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mikel Toms.

Music by Andrew Webb-Mitchell
Words by Joanna Boulter

“In Songs of Awe and Wonder, Andrew Webb-Mitchell has created a stunning set of symphonic songs on a grand scale. The music is full of passion and heroism, with glorious harmony and beautiful textures. The orchestration is beautifully detailed and the vocal writing creates a soaring line that carries the listener right through the vast canvas of the cycle. The work is dedicated to Mahler but, although the scale of the work is comparable to a Mahlerian song cycle, the music is in no way derivative and Andrew Webb-Mitchell has his own unique style and sound-world.”

Tasmin Little, violinist

Kites Over Malvern pays tribute to the English composer Edward Elgar, depicting him pursuing his passion for flying kites over the Malvern Hills. As he stands on the hillside, the kites are reeling in the cosmic symphony that he feels all around. He watches the kites soaring skywards and holds himself in readiness to transcribe this enigmatic artistry.

One of the pre-eminent musical figures of his time, Elgar bridged the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as the finest English composer since the days of Handel and Purcell. Elgar's most fruitful period was the first decade of the twentieth century, during which he wrote some of his noblest, most expressive music, including the Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 (1907-1908), and the Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (1909-1910). His best-known works from this period, however, are the first four of his Pomp and Circumstance Marches (1901-1907); the first of these, subtitled "Land of Hope and Glory," became an unofficial second national anthem for the British Empire.

Kites Over Malvern offers a glimpse of the man in his earlier years before public recognition, drawing inspiration from his love of the open countryside and consolation for his artistic isolation.

Buy on iTunes

Kites Over Malvern - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikel Toms

Curvaceous saxophone courtesy of Jonathan Ogara (https://soundcloud.com/allopenelectrics)
Video: https://youtu.be/vNYwDHQgydM

You wake, with senses opaque, to the fuse of your muse, confused by the shape of things that have gone, departed, confined, but with saccharine grief left behind, and the certainty that you find in the memory banks of the past, you contrast with the doubts and the fear of what horrors are yet to appear, but the now and the here is a shape that you cannot control, and it shifts and it squirms as you grasp to try and make sense of the present tense

And it takes all your nerve to flatten the area under the curve
And it takes all your nerve to flatten the area under the curve

The Curve

Shifting sax and floaty flute played by Jonathan Ogara (https://soundcloud.com/allopenelectrics)
For a solo, live, acoustic version see: https://youtu.be/IPTSFz0ap1c

It’s a time of the sighs and the lies on the radio
Dumbing down
It’s a sign of the times and the crimes of the bully boys
Lost in all that noise, with their dangerous toys
Shifting sands, shifting sands, camouflage guilty hands
Do the straw man, law man, flag man, bogey man
Fooling fools
Salesmen, pale men, stale mediocrities
Riding the wave of faith, nothing’s safe

Strive all your life, take the long road to understand
Knowledge base
You can search and research, learn the lessons from the history
They believe the mouth instead
The mouth in the empty head

Shifting Sands (a C÷M track)

Happy Winter Solstice! xx
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Zx3clsPfc

Breathe.
Don’t you know when the river’s out
It’s not a place you want to be around, oh no
Close your eyes so you cannot see
It’s not a place where you want to be right now
Things have been rough on you
Things have been rough on you
I know
Things been bad for me too
Things been bad for me too
Oh I know

Liars and thieves and treacheries
Counter-intuitive conspiracies
Oh I know
Sinking ships with this broken glass
‘Cos baby don’t you know nothing evers gonna last
Oh I know
Things have been rough on you
Things have been rough on you
Oh I know
Things been bad for me too
Things been bad for me too
Oh I know

Breathe darling
Don’t let go
Breathe darling 
Don’t let go

Breathe ©steph sweet 2020 All Rights Reserved

Breathe

Apple

Hey Everybody!
We hope you all are doing well and you enjoy our new song!
Thorsten & Lammbone https://soundcloud.com/lammbone

Lyrics:
I catch a whiff of sweet aroma from the restaurant across the street
As I tiptoe atop these cobblestones, hoping to get something to eat
Maybe I forgot to tell you I loved you? Or maybe it‘s time for a change?
I’m left with these unanswered questions that I wish would just go away.

Could this be a love song? One that you will never hear
Or am I lonely, and these thoughts are just me being insincere?
‘Cause I just smiled at the waitress, who reminded me of you
So I drop some coins on the counter, tiptoe back across these cobblestones
As far away from you as I can be. 

I don‘t really want to see you anymore
Close my eyes for a moment trying to forget
But there you are in my memories
Where you’ll always be.

Written by Thorsten Schnüttgen and Mark Lamm
All rights reserved.

Could this be a love song?

Pangäa - Could This Be A Love Song?

“If you are very lucky, you're allowed to be in certain places during just the right season of your life: by the sea for the summer when you're seven or eight and full of the absolute need to swim until dark and exhaustion close their hands together, cupping you in between.”
― Jonathan Carroll, Bones of the Moon

Sir Sunshine Brain

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3elFiLg1DY
Download available: https://craigwinstanley.bandcamp.com/track/water-tower
Water Tower is a work that combines ambient music and a collage of overlapping images.  
Further information about the water tower can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Hill_Water_Tower

Water Tower

"Secret Dream" electronic music and vocals ,
I was thinking about dreams and how they can suddenly come back to you during the day, sometimes in just a glimmer.
art work: two drawings of mine merged in photoshop

Secret Dream

Cardiacs cover. 
I just had to, warts and all. I got blisters on me fingers! 

Following around to see a life that's never in
Always calling itself on its own phone
Though its never quite at home in the world today
See it to arranging the day
Prepared in its own special way
With added loving care
Though its not been there since yesterday
Looking so hard for a cause
And it don't care what it is
And never really ever seeing eye to eye
Though it doesn't really mind
Perhaps that's why
It never really saw
Never really saw
Saw
It never really...
Following around to see a life that's never in
Always calling itself on its own phone
Though its never quite at home in the world today

Music and lyrics by Tim Smith

Is This The Life

A combination of bemused rantings into the disinterested void & ambient doodling. Visit https://craigwinstanley.online I would like to create dark impenetrable experimental music, but I'm too fond of melody...
Bandcamp: https://cdividebym1.bandcamp.com/

Also see collaboration with Jonathan Ogara (https://soundcloud.com/allopenelectrics)
https://soundcloud.com/cdividebym

Other collaborations with the wonderful Augenmerk (https://soundcloud.com/augenmerk; https://soundcloud.com/augenmerk/from-the-inside-of-being_craif-winstanley-augenmerk) and Lemonade: https://soundcloud.com/lemonadelove/red-queen-by-craig-winstanley-ft-lemonade-1

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kakGLRTbV9o

MintFam community: https://soundcloud.com/mintfam.
Exclusive track (Smoothing the Wrinkled Front): https://soundcloud.com/mintfam/craig-winstanley-craig-smoothing-the-wrinkled-front

All tracks created using guitars, keyboard (midi) and Presonus Studio One Artist software.  Oh, and sometimes a microphone.

On here since October 2015.  

I've never really understood musical "genres".

Sunrises

Craig Winstanley