Nick, I really like your voice! very intense collab. especially the contrast between guitar power and the dreamy lyrical synths is so thrilling. Beautiful, when the quiet part comes again at the end...i love that outro! Bravo guys!

Your voice reminds me of Rodger Waters... very passionate!

Great vocal entry! Fabulous collab guys, shades of Jon Anderson in a new way in that soaring vocal, all so atmospheric but with real guts and passion, very powerful track. Thank you!

A couple of the guitar solo notes are a little experimental to my ears but out of so many it's not a bad hit ratio ;-)) and the overall effect of the different harmonies is enthralling and fully played out

An epic and monumental beauty of a song. I feel privileged to have heard this. Passionate and powerful, really moved me. Great work Nick and David. Thank you so much for sharing all the hard work

Great to hear a piece that goes beyond the song boundary. The transition from the ominous electronic throb to the drums then the voice are fine moments

This is a work in progress, as I work towards my 250,000 plays milestone. The 3 main categories I mainly play in are rock/metal (cheating: one category), ambient/soundtrack and synth/electronic. I think I'll do PB playlists with 60 tracks each.

I include some of my favourite collaborations.

Personal Best - Rock and Metal

Global Hysteria

Loosely based on the 'Duelling Banjos' scene from the film Deliverance. I thought it would be fun to make a track where a banjo has to duel a rock guitar.

In my track the banjo starts out dominated by the electric guitar. After some frantic banjo playing in the first half I felt that the banjo just took over and...for me at least....it's the banjo that tells the story and the rock guitar that ends up as the backing track.

Of course, there's always another day...

Donate

The Duel (Banjo Vs Electric Guitar)

I was imagining human nomads who travel constantly amongst the stars, never settling.
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A Christmas 2015 follow-up track:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/christmas-in-the-void

Nomads Of The Void

it's been an absolute age since I last did a full vocal. Recent events inspired me, as I couldn't put aside my anger with those who would maim or kill for a book.

Believe what you like about your sacred text, but it doesn't justify injuring or killing anyone.
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“I have been astonished that men could die martyrs
for their religion--
I have shuddered at it,
I shudder no more.
I could be martyred for my religion.
Love is my religion
and I could die for that.
I could die for you.
My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet.” 
― John Keats (English Romantic Poet...and...spot on)
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Keats lived 1795-1821. Not much has changed, I see.

Put Down Your Weapons (Pick Up Your Guitar)

Imagine celebrating Christmas in the void of space, far from Earth.

A follow up track to my https://soundcloud.com/dacca/nomads-of-the-void track. Spare a thought for those Star Nomads at this time of year...

A cheery lot...

Christmas In The Void

Me and my buddy Per from Son Of Axe https://soundcloud.com/persito-1!

Too much fun!

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We hope you admire the no-expense-spared graphics. Literally. no expense spared...
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I Wanna Be A Rock Star (But I'm Never Gonna Be) - with Persito

I created the rock backing track using Apple loops...quite a complicated one but very satisfying to a rocker like me. Then I added the vocals (with a touch of reverb and echo) and dacca rock guitar (double tracked, and slightly staggered in places for delay effect). And a touch of manual drum kit drumming to supplement the 4 Apple loop drum tracks already used.

I love rock.

Why Are We Here? (we're here to rock)

I was delighted to have my friend Nick R Davies aka  Spade https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies add a vocal, drums and guitars to my electronic original:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/how-long-do-we-have

How Long Do We Have?  - dacca and Spade

All Instruments By Martin Reed,
Produced By Martin Reed.

it'S a bURNT sAUsAGE Sandwhich

Around 2000 I came up with this idea that I should start a project called Bleak Guitar - a mostly instrumental "band" that would bring together all my preferences for shimmering guitars, dream pop, goth, darkwave, postrock, folk etc. It never happened - until now. 
This track, Nightlight, is an exception: It was recorded in 2002 -  having in mind it should fit the Bleak Guitar project

Bleak Guitar - Nightlight (feat. Liz)

Links to artists, label and stores can be found at the bottom of the description!

The album: [title]
After History of the Universe and History of the Earth, we can enjoy witnessing the development of life on Earth from the tiniest microbes to complex, living organisms. Welcome to the History of Life...life on Earth...

Release date: 29-05-2020 on Legacy of Thought label:

The tracks:
Time Away - Life On Earth
Progeny - 1 - Anoxygenic Photosynthesis
Bronux - First Land Bacteria
Enorasis Project - Eukaryotes
Big Beech - Bangiomorpha Pubescens
Ivan Black - Avalon Explosion
Andawan - Trilobites
Nocturnal Rose - Plants And Arthropods
Tuuligan - Dinosaurs
Colin Stevens - First Birds
K37 - The First Stegosaurs
Ambient Indigo - The First Flowering Plants
Myth - The First Bees
Eagle Rays - Whales
Wundervolt - Divergence Of The Apes

The artwork:
Roberto Sass

Mastering:
Chris Held

The links:
#Facebook: www.facebook.com/legacyofthought
#Twitter: twitter.com/legacyofthought
#Spotify: bit.ly/2jsThR5
#Qobuz: bit.ly/2Ub3iRS
#Youtube: bit.ly/2VTUvFK
#Beatport: bit.ly/2e8VkYG
#Juno: bit.ly/2A0pbvk
#Deezer: bit.ly/2DHMbQu
Also on #itunes and #amazon

Time Away: @timeaway
Nocturnal Rose: @kiabeniki
Colin Stevens: @colin-stevens
Andawan: @andawan
Ivan Black: @ivan-black
K37: @k37productions
Progeny-1: @progeny-1-617773258
Tuuligan: @tuuligan
Myth: @mythprojects
Eagle Rays: @mr-bjorn-1
Ambient Indigo: @ambientindigo
Bronux: @bronux
Big Beech: @big-beech
Wundervolt: Wundervolt: www.wundervolt.com
Enorasis Project: sites.google.com/view/enorasisproject/

Whales  🐳 (History of Life album)

Sweet Dome of Carbon

Silver Souls And Hearts Of Gold-------Grooveclowd with Venus Abalero

Nebula :a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
my thanks to Xitb for his amazing work and sound creativity for some Amazing music see his page @0pentrax

Nebula (encapsulated )  Gina & Xitb

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 10/2020.

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

The winter snow arrived early and this very beautiful photo inspired me this song.
This beautiful white snow hides all the sufferings of a completely disoriented nature.

ICE RIVER

frozen river,
your wicks of silver,
dig in the snow,
looking now,
the last heat,
the last beats,
of a fiery summer,
devouring the earth ...

this beautiful white coat,
gives us false illusions,
this truth that we loathe,
which brings us back to reason
which brings us back to reason 
to reason
to reason......

Ice River

I've been creating music since March 2014.  Check out my https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/milestones playlist for key moments for me along the way since then.

Thank you for visiting my page - I hope you find a track or two that you like. Check out my playlists for different genres. 

I do enjoy musical collaborations, and here are my collaborations playlists:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2015
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2016
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2017
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/open-all-hours-open playlist 
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If you'd like to listen to my early "hits" try listening to my One Year On playlist from March 2015:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/hits

Or you can try my 50,000 plays Playlist from early Sept 2015:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/50-000-plays-this-week

80,000 plays as I approach two years creating music and sharing on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/soundcloud-toddler

Or try this "one stop shop" for a dacca marathon 124 track playlist of the most popular tracks on my stream in 2016 (shuffle play recommended) to celebrate my 100,000 plays:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/best-of-dacca-100-000-plays

And when I reached 200,000 plays I celebrated with this playlist which focusses on my collaborations over the years:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/dacca-and-friends-200-000
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When I got to 250k plays I created a 4 "Personal Best" albums for different genres (Rock/metal, space ambient/dark ambient, electronica). You can find them if search for them.

I'm a rocker, always will be. 

I'm also one half of Poleaxed:

https://soundcloud.com/poleaxed-1

My younger brother Pete was in a few punk-goth bands in the 90s, check out them on Strange Tall Songs on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/strangetallsongs

My older brother Gordon's son is also on SoundCloud under the name Idle John, and even has an album out on iTunes.

https://soundcloud.com/idle_john

How Long Do We Have? - dacca and Spade

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