wow. a real ride and such a great relationship between the highs and lows and quiet and loud parts.

Very good feelings come from this.  Nice sounds.

Very very late to the party Dave, but I wanted to say I think it's gorgeous, very rich sounds, an inspired work. It reminds me of some synthy/sequencer stuff of Planet Funk, perhaps though, more restrained and reflective. A really enjoyable listen.

Great “Krautrock”-ish track. Very close to Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure 🎶😊👍

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peace...........thanks for listening



a mother said to her child
take your time while you're still young
and when they tell you that you're not from here
you say i was born under this sun

cos it saddens me
and brings a tear to my eye when i see what we've become
when you tell me it's not my land i say
i was born under this sun

the motherland told us once
no matter where you're from
you're welcome at my gates
we're all born under one sun

we run the human race
yet we're the only ones
who can change our wicked ways
 we're all born under one sun

a mother said to her child one day
walk tall and never run
cos you'll need every once of strength you got
when you're born under this sun

YeahNah

As each November approaches I try to make my own little Remembrance-time tribute.  Seems more relevant as each year passes...

Following the huffing and puffing empire lunacy in the summer of 1914, the next four years would see 40 million casualties, half of them deaths and of those, half were civilian.  

40 million.

40 million tales of poignancy, pain, grief and human tragedy, through times that can often seem littered with coincidence, symmetries …. bookends and mirrors.

In the Military Cemetery of St Symphorien near Mons rests John Parr.  At only five foot three inches and several years under age he (amazingly) managed to enlist in 1912 - hoping to see the world, and get the advertised “two square meals” a day.  He was the first British Army casualty, killed in the battle of Mons aged just 17, his body left behind, fate unknown until much later in the conflict;  the army unable to answer his mother’s letters of enquiry about her “silent” son.

By pure coincidence, John lies just a few yards from the last British soldier to die in the great war.  George Ellison served for four long years including at the same first battle of Mons as John, and most of the famously grinding, attritional infantry battles of the conflict.  His working life bookended by military service, George had first enlisted in 1902, leaving the army in 1912, just as John joined, he became a coal miner, re-enlisting at the outbreak of war to dig mud not coal and fight from trenches he helped excavate.  George was killed just 90 minutes before the armistice took effect at 11:00 on the 11th day of the 11th month.  The futility of the conflict was cruelly illustrated by the fact that George’s war had started and ended at exactly the same place, Mons in Belgium.  They had literally gone nowhere.

As a postscript to progress since "the war to end all wars" the human race is currently reckoned to be engaged in 7 major wars, 15 significant ongoing conflicts and 21 “minor” conflicts (the latter defined as up to "only” 1000 deaths per year).  By way of another macabre bookend, the longest of these has been going on, unbelievably, since the year .... 1918.

As always, this simple ballad is offered as a live one mic one take effort - please excuse the fluffs and gaffes.
_______________________

Bookends and Mirrors

Sun turned cold ‘cross every sky in the summer of ‘14
The Good Lord shook his head, and he placed it in his hands
Braided declarations flying, whose like was never seen
Lunatics in feathers stockpiled lead, bagged their sand.
Slapstick Mephistopheles, unleashing of his flame
Spiral minds lobotomised in the waltz of the insane
Simple lives unknowing of the mud that would become
A mirror in the resting place of two Holy Mother’s sons.

Signed the line, five years young, fingers crossed behind his back
Chance to see the world, grab a future, two square meals.
At 17, John’s angels sung, first to fall in dawn’s attack
Abandoned and forgotten, deaf to all his ma’s appeals.
Never knew the miner, his bookend pal to be
Fighting down the line, many battles that he’d see
Full four years in trenches, George’s hell lived through them all
Cruelty was smiling wide at England’s last to fall.

In service time they travelled nowhere, nothing to achieve
Embracing 40 million weeping mothers left to grieve
The crime of puffing chest bravado beggared to believe
Hall of mirrors seeping others’ blood of the innocent naive.

Now John and George lie facing each to seek their mirrored peace
Raise my eyes and brim a tear for the lessons never learned
Pray God, don’t ever let them know man’s insanity but increased
The war to end all wars a mere sequel oft’ returned 
By comedies of leathered fools stuck on infinite repeat
Bemedalled and bejewelled, they prosecute their moral defeat
But here, on sallow turf twixt heroes, broken mirror in my broken hand
Met by my own broken eyes, I still fail to understand.
_________
Photo by Michael Yuan on Unsplash

Bookends and Mirrors

Original by The Rolling Stones 2004
Vocals : Janne Hennie

Old Habits Die Hard W/ Janne Hennie

An electronic instrumental composed using the generic synthesisers and sequencers in Garage Band and Logic. No real instruments were used on this one.

© 2023 Dairv Dubbleyew

Chasing the Dream

Originally released in 2019. Taken from the album Sonic Psalms.

Sonic Psalms

One Heart

A song about machine inclusivity.

Recorded in Bramble Barn, Somerset, UK, Earlsdon, Coventry, UK, California, USA by:

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson: Richter vocal scale
Rick Medlock @rick-4-1: Neural sonic drums
Phil McWalter @phil-mcwalter: The Other Stuff on the metal horse

Mixed and Mastered in EPG Studios, Chelsea, London UK.

RENT A ROOM

I don’t want to rent a room
In this place
Encounter a neural sonic boom
Inside this space
Let’s go ride our metal horse
Get away from the city
Wander through the desert night
Beat the Vigilance Committee
They’re coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance

Well we don’t want to feel your cold
We want a steel womb with a view
So we can catch you and your crew
With your shiny shoe and your clean shirt
Looking around through all the dirt
You check the chandelier
But I can see straight through you here
You've got a sweat on from the beer
And we can smell your fear
You're coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance
(Maybe even a cyber-sabre dance!)

The priest and the nun
Are pouring sand into
The joints of my exoskeleton
Whilst a dog with a bone
Is running into trouble
With a clone of mine’s explosive rubber drone

I don’t want to rent a room
In this place
Encounter a neural sonic boom
Inside this space
Let’s go ride our metal horse
Get away from the city
Wander through the desert night
Beat the Vigilance Committee
They’re coming to make us
Turn ourselves off...
Now... 
Well that could lead to a dance
A cyber-laser dance
A cyber-laser dance
A cyber-laser dance
Boop boop boop...

© Feb 2024 Phil McWalter

Rent A Room

Spotify

Frank

Frank from Phoenix Arizona Lived an ordinary life Neither rich nor poor Worked on the factory floor making parts for Ford But in his heart There was an emptiness he couldn't ignore 
One evening Home from work He saw a note on the door His wife had left for Tucson with someone he didn't know Is this what I deserve? I've paid my children's college fees They've got tickets for the Coyotes Can't they see?

It’s unfair
 He took his car keys and a pair of shoes Cruised to the gas station Filled the tank Bought some jerky beef No hesitation And headed east Ready for a new quest On the Appalachian Trail
In the wilderness he'd invest

Frank

Any Time Is Jazz Time

Monkeys With Guns By LucyScrew X purpleclaire

Don't Go Down To The River - Blues (Lyrics/vocal by Tony -  Bob Warner on the Guitars) Original

"Needing" is a hypnotic exploration of emotion through repetition and texture — a track that builds its power not from change, but from the steady pull of sound in motion. Lush, sweeping strings set the tone, rising and falling like deep breaths, while a delicate arpeggio flickers beneath, tracing patterns that feel both intimate and infinite.
Layered synth lines shimmer and evolve with each cycle, creating a sense of yearning that never quite resolves — a quiet tension between what’s felt and what’s left unsaid. The repetition becomes meditative, drawing the listener deeper into its orbit, as subtle shifts in tone and harmony reveal new shades of feeling.
“Needing” is music as emotion in slow bloom — cinematic, tender, and quietly insistent. It captures that lingering ache of desire and reflection, where every loop feels like both a question and an answer.

Needing

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Champignons - Audrey

Shounthar - Ambient Music Soundscape

An immersive ambient soundscape blending deep ambient, relaxing music, and subtle drone sounds with soft pads and organic field recordings. Designed for meditation music, study music, yoga music, and sleep music, this track delivers calm vibes and a peaceful atmosphere for stress relief, mindfulness, and late-night listening.

Perfect as background music for video games, animations, film soundtracks, documentaries, podcasts, and creative projects needing an atmospheric and cinematic touch. Ideal for fans of cinematic soundscape ambient and atmospheric chillout.

#ambient #soundscape #ambientmusic #relaxingmusic #meditationmusic #sleepmusic #studymusic #yogamusic #calmvibes #drone #deepambient #fieldrecordings #chillout #ethereal #downtempo #videogamemusic #filmsoundtrack #animationmusic

Lunar - Atmospheric Ambient Soundscape - Track 01

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!
https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

I’m a self taught hobbyist composer / guitarist with a wide range of musical influences.
There’s a wealth of talent here on SoundCloud, so thank you for taking time to visit my page.
Thanks also to all the talented artists here on the Cloud I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with.

Chasing the Dream

Dairv

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