Thanks to all the great people that make this magic happen...you know who you are and what you do, and I for one say thank you for you gift...

FAVE'S FROM THE SUMMER OF 2013

Into The Unknown

Quirky

The world of An Di Yi is somewhat hectic and not exactly overstaffed! So a trip to the UK for Christmas and New Year, immediately followed by a job in Beijing has led to the late release of my official SoundCloud chart for 2013.

Hopefully you won’t let that spoil your enjoyment of these amazing artists! Congratulations to all, especially to Dances with Sheep, who narrowly took the No 1 spot.

I only started my SoundCloud adventure at the end of March 2013, and I am simply amazed at the quality of music I’ve discovered. All of my top 20 could have been No 1, and there are many more tracks from the thousands I’ve listened to which could easily have been included.

Thanks to all my SoundCloud friends, and I hope my chart will introduce you to one or two artists you haven’t heard yet.

Best of SoundCloud 2013

ELT with Dances With Sheep

Collaborations and Salutations

Cloud Occlusion-5

mint

Greatest Tits

I don't know what the hell this is...but I can't deny it...Co-written with EMF...

WELCOME TO MY DOMAIN

DWS(2013)

A girl sits in strawberry patches
eating wine and cheese
Under a tree
on a blanket
with her lover
watching a hair grow out of a mole 
on the inside of her thigh
He leans over and whispers into her ear
I love you very, very, very...

Welcome to my domain

welcome to my domain
wine and and cheese
he looks down at her and says
hey baby, that's some nice wine and cheese
I like the way that hair grows out of the mole
on the inside of your thigh
Cause I love ya very, very, very, very
And remember this above all else
I love you very, very, very, very...

Welcome to my domain

You see
there’s this little domain that I have
 
down here 

with a big hole in it

and

into that hole
pours all the things I never knew
and all the things I’ve ever known

pour it on in me now
pour it on out of me now

And I soaked it up

and 

changed the words
that you want to hear

until 

you don’t want to hear them 

anymore

Welcome to my domain

A boy playing out in the street
he’s kicking the ball up the street
and back down the street
and there’s his mother standing in the doorway
with a starched white dress on
and an apron
and a spoon
she leans down
and whispers into his ear
I love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, I love you so very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very...

Welcome to my domain

© copyright 2013 - All Rights Reserved

Welcome To My Domain

Laterna Magika

This is a collaboration with Chris Olive (@theresstilltime) on an old Butterfield tune called Our Love is Drifting. Chris is obviously very talented - so please go check out his cloud and follow him as well.

Vocals - Chris Olive
Guitars, Bass, and really cheesy keyboard - Justin Valente
Drum Loops - Beta Monkey Loops :)

Link to the original song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvcXyz5WDcE

edit - 8/26/13 - uploaded new file, remixed, de-noised etc

Our Love is Drifting(collaboration with Chris Olive on vocals)

This began at the Western Skies Motel as Music For 1 Musician. Some imaginary friends came along and made it Music for 2 Musicians. 
It has now become Music For 3.

Here's an invitation, The Western Skies has opened the door and 2 have entered. Are you inspired to come in?

For beautiful and unique sounds please visit

soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein    imaginary friends
and
soundcloud.com/regonsch                           Western Skies Motel

Music For 3 Musicians

***This is the second collaboration between Dances with Sheep and ELT Project.  Our last one (It's a Fine Line) was well received so we HAD to go back and mess it up!  I asked ELT if he had anything mellow, and he composed this instrumental masterpiece - originally titled "Mellowville."  Gotta love his work!  ELT wrote and played all the instruments, and inspired me to do the vocals and lyrics.  Go check out ELT's fine work on his cloud at @soundcloud.com/extremeloungeterror.  Hope you enjoy, and as always - free .wav downloads. 

IS IT ANY WONDER?

ELT/DWS (2013)

Is it any wonder that the moon lives in your eyes?
Down the spiral staircase hand in hand and mind in mind
Is it any wonder I can swim inside your charms?
Rings of Saturn call to me and pull me to your arms

Hold me underwater till my lungs fill up with pain
Then hold me under longer so I can’t get out again
Floatin’ down that river with no boat to slow our way
no boat to slow our way to the sea

Is it any wonder that the sun burns in your hair?
Every breath that you exhale is angel precious air
Is it any wonder that your whisper turns the key?
Lava flowing down on me is cooled off in your sea

Hold me underwater till my lungs fill up with pain
Then hold me under longer so I can’t get out again
Floatin’ down that river with no boat to slow our way
no boat to slow our way out to the sea

Copyright 2013 - All Rights Reserved

Is It Any Wonder (with ELT Project)

second part of "the rainy songs". another mix, other instruments, same chords, different vocals.
I try still to be avant-garde. somehow. ;)

vocals by http://soundcloud.com/zefora under CC BY NC 3.0 license

images by www.monstropolis.org under CC BY NC ND 3.0

Get it for FREE here!

after rain ft. Zefora

You and I, We Are Here - with Alicia Khoshdel

BABY DON'T YOU CRRYY

originality with a sample to get the groove on. live bass

I Wanted Dr Martens Not Monkey Boots dub FREE DOWNLOAD

Vtgnike - Hi Fashion

Here's a short mix I put together for myself for when I'm working out. it sure gets the blood flowing!! A friend of mine suggested I share it with the rest of the world, so here it is :-)

I hope you enjoy it, please feel free to leave comment or like this mix.



Clubland NRG Mix

***This is another eagerly awaited (by my mom) collaboration with ELT Project.  ELT did this as an instrumental, and I pillaged it by adding vox, lyrics and harmonica.  To check out the original and other ELT works of art, click https://soundcloud.com/extremeloungeterror.  Hope you enjoy - and as always, free quality downloads!

WORLD SLOW DOWN

ELT/DWS - 2014

World -
slow down
It’s spinning so fast
my feet won’t touch the ground
If it would stop
for just one day
I’d have the chance to figure out
just what to say

Girl -
slow down
I can’t catch you movin’ and slippin’
all over town
there’s just so much I can do
at the speed of light
but if we slow it down
we can make it all just right

World - slow down

Boy -
slow down
Don’t let that mean ol’ world
drag you down
Like the water runs
beneath the ground
We slowly drink
and the world slows down


Copyright 2014 - all rights reserved


World Slow Down (with ELT Project)

iTunes

Na Derevo

N - Trance - Set You Free (Hixxy Remix) - Clubland Xtreme Hardcore CD3

The Atwood Machine - http://soundcloud.com/paulmdye (who does all the hard work with knobs, buttons and awesomising) and http://soundcloud.com/kimguy (chief wurbler) like to do things with songs they love.  In a coversome way.

I am thrilled with this.  I'd done the vox months ago and completely forgotten about it. It bears repeating:  Paul is a Musical Magician.  I hope you like it as much as I do! :)

Stay With Me (The Atwood Machine stay up all night with Judie Tzuke)

Dj Boyesy Mc's Banks Trinity

Clubland Bounce is out now. See the Full Album here: http://bit.ly/1AGhzp8

Clubland Bounce Minimix [Free Download]

DOWNLOAD IT HERE: https://tij-official.bandcamp.com/track/bleed-through Written by Barry Snaith & Erika Bach July 2014 
Voice: Lola Demo https://soundcloud.com/lolademo
Instruments and Voice: TIJ
Blister-inducing Guitar Solo: Darren Chilton https://soundcloud.com/spectrum_one

After many a ‘heated debate’ between the fantastic Lola Demo and I, we finally got the track we both wanted without shedding  too many tears. I must have gone through a whole box of tissues.
The trials and tribulations were many - Erika’s laptop broke before we even began and I soon learned that a small Greek island isn’t the place for speedy repairs. My Mac then died on me - unsurprising after the beatings I give it. Then we had a few ‘issues’ about the subject matter and my gory artwork (which I’ve since altered in the light of current horrors). Then I wanted to enlist the astounding skills of the (surely) extra-dextered Darren Chilton, much like Eddie Van Halen on Michael Jackson’s Beat It. Turns out he also had no computer (Darren, not Jacko) so we had to liaise via internet cafés in Tokyo. Darren's only brief was to 'make it as fucked up as possible'. Eventually a truly global song was born (Tokyo, Ithaca, Wakefield). 
I’d also like to say that, once computers were revived, Erika and Darren were so quick to provide their stellar contributions, whereas I laboured faaar too long over the mix, which eventually Erika mastered superbly over at Ithaca Manor.
Anyway, here’s the result. I hope you like it. Loved working with them both. Please listen to their music, you won't be disappointed.

Produced by TIJ 
Mastered by Lola Demo

lyrics by Bach & Snaith July 2014 and we did bleed through them.
BLEED THROUGH 
Halaal! Hallal! You’re bleeding me dry… 
You cannot tell me what I need - what I should want from my life. 
There is no cure for what I feel. No medication to make it right. 
It’s not easy shaking off the damage. 

'Undead Girl Walking'. Halaal! Halaal! You’re bleeding me dry. Hanging on a hook. It's a struggle but you’re good and stuck. Guess you’d be out of luck if you weren’t up so high. 

Bleed through. I know you want to. 

Already dead. I’m already dead. Already bleeding from the back of my head. You’re so wrong. This is genocide. Doesn’t it make you want to cry. Already dead. 

Undead Girl Walking. Halaal! Halaal!  You’re bleeding me dry. I’m hanging on a hook. I struggle but I’m good and stuck. Guess I’d be out of luck if I didn’t feel so high. 

Bleed through. I know you want to. 

Halaal! Halaal! Halaal!
Goodbye.

released 22 August 2014

Bleed Through - TIJ & LOLA DEMO (feat. DARREN CHILTON) AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.

--ELT and DWS are at it again! ELT wrote and played all the instruments, and inspired me to do the melody, vocals and lyrics. Go check out ELT's fine work on his cloud at @soundcloud.com/extremeloungeterror. Hope you enjoy, and as always - free .wav downloads. Thanks for the inspiration ELT!!

VACANT PLACES

ELT/DWS (2014)

Vacant places 
I can’t remember 
burn themselves into my memory

Empty eyes
and pie-plate faces
fill me by design

Vacant places
and fun filled spaces
the emptiness inside my brain 

Empty faces
they shuffle toward me
and inject me with their pride

And I......
I just can’t fill
I just cant feel
vacant places

Help me fill
these vacant places
and sign upon the dotted line

I cannot help you
I cannot fill you
your space is too far and wide 

These untold stories
that just keep screaming
locked away without a key 

you never know 
when that moment comes
to tear a hole into the fabric of your soul

And I......
I just can’t fill
I just cant feel
vacant places

Copyright 2014 - All rights reserved



Vacant Places (With ELT Project)

Peanut Butter Chicken

****What a pleasure it was to work with two magnificent artists!   ELT Project, https://soundcloud.com/extremeloungeterror wrote this dreamy track as an instrumental and plays all the instruments.  Kellie Rowley, https://soundcloud.com/kellie-rowley sings (and I do mean SINGS!) and co-wrote the lyrics with DWS who also adds vocals.  Go visit Kellie and David’s profiles.  We hope you enjoy.

PLEASE BELIEVE ME

ELT/Kellie Rowley/DWS - 2016

Sarah
She came with a tight smile
reached around for awhile
then she brought me to my knees

Sarah
tastes like ice cream
she makes my dreams scream
and that’s all I really need

Please believe me
when I tell you
how much I care

Sarah
Cries each Friday
laughs on Monday
until Jesus asks her please

Sarah
(Do I play it alone?)
She set the dog free
(Do I play it safe?)
but she won’t listen to me
and that’s all I really need

I feel the same flame
standing close to you
and when you look at me that way
don't want to play another game
Please believe me
when I tell you 
how much I care

Copyright 2016 - ELT/Kellie Rowley/DWS - all rights reserved


Please Believe Me (with Kellie Rowley & ELT Project)

Early on it became evident this was a song for Mock Church.  He was kind enough to collaborate with me, and he really came through!  Please check out his cloud at  https://soundcloud.com/groggy-arsten  - he is a true artist!  We hope you enjoy, and as always - free downloads.

Mock Church - Vox and Lyrics
DWS - music

MED LOST
(Mock Church/DWS)

I got my feet up moving and they're tapping the beat 
it's not coming from me it's the devil Pete 
I got to get up in the morning and I got to go 
I got this lady in the back seat and she's ready to go okay 

E I O and I'm ready to go okay 

It's like when I'm waking up in the morning I feel real low 
son you gotta understand you got something up in your head 
something like a man and it's dragging its dead 
you don't understand how to get the medicine 
and put it inside of that decay 

Up in the morning try to get it out 
try to ask the father for a devil's spout 
did you see that UFO above my head 
I said did did did did did dit did did did did you see that okay 
up in the morning and I don't understand 
what happened to me cuz my memory's slow OK 

E I O and I'm ready to go ok


Copyright Mock Church/DWS 2016 - all rights reserved

Med Lost (with Mock Church)

I'm experimenting with rolling hi hat tech in Audacity .
I've got a lot to learn but its fun.
I hope you like this one. 
Have a wonderful day.

THE CLEANING CREW

REACHING UP

REACHING OUT

THE DOG THE UKE AND ME
(DWS - 2017)

My baby up and left me
when she was 73
left me all alone
just the dog and me
Aw, yeah
But I’m still young
I’m only 71 - and 1/2 if you want to get technical
(I do!)
I hear that door a-slammin’
I said alright
it’s time to do some jammin’

She forgot to take
my Martin ukulele away from me
and now I sit on the front porch swing
just the dog the uke and me
Aw, and we play
and sing sad love songs about
things that never were
‘cause we like it that way
just cause we like it that way
so come on over
if you wanna jam
just the Martin, the dog and me

Copyright 2017 DWS.  All RIghts Reserved

Sheep Sunglasses

The Uke the Dog and Me

Come a Little Bit Closer
(DWS-2017)

Come a little bit closer baby
come a little bit closer now 
come a little bit closer baby
I know I know I know 
you know how

Come and go
but stay awhile
let’s mix it up
and fly for awhile

If you gotta go
just come back when
and we’ll tear it up
for old times again  

Hang on tight
and have no fear
we’ll work it out 
before the second beer

Come and go
but stay awhile
let’s mix it up
and fly for awhile

Copyright DWS (2017) - All Rights Reserved

Come A Little Bit Closer

Me, Luke Dobbin, Beth Hughes, Jack Brooks, Josh Buckley

Avant-Garde piece

Candid (Quirky)

reminds you of back in the day !!!!


Message for your own personal sets !

old school scouse clubland and hardcore

Hello ears :)

I'd love to you meet Beth. Beth is 15 years old. I'd not met Beth until 24 hours ago.. but I'd over heard her practicing in her bedroom a couple of times when round her house teaching younger sis.. I thought I want to capture that voice!!

So Beth popped round yesterday, First I recorded her gtr, then she sang the vocal afterwards. Both captures were One take, no edits !! She just came and sang.. even full of cold.. 

Personally I think she sounds gorgeous & I wanted to share this talent with you. 
I hope you enjoy. 

Beth's fb page is here - things will be happening in the future - worth a like imho.

https://www.facebook.com/BethArmitageMusic

It's Beth's arrangement of a song named : Youth. 
Written by a group called : Daughter. 

Produced by me. 


Beth Armitage - Cover of Youth by Daughter - Gtr Vocals & Arrangement by Beth :)

 - Like orchestral, rap, country, & 70's psychadelic rock fell into a blender & had a party!

When You Get Down To It

DWS (2013)

When you get down, when you get down to it
No time to stay
no time to play
no time for tea
there’s no time for me
when you get down to it

There’s no time for me
there’s a blanket on my mind each night
There’s no time for us
we are people of important purpose
There’s no reason given
wouldn’t have it any other way

When you get down, when you get down to it 
Where is my pill?
Where is the bill?
Where is today?
Am I O.K.?
When you get down to it

When you get down,when you get down to it
Please tell me when
please tell me how
please slap my face
please hit me now.
when you get down to it

There’s no time for me
there’s a blanket on my mind each night
There’s no time for us
we are people of important purpose
There’s no reason given
wouldn’t have it any other way

When you get down,when you get down to it

© copyright 2013 - All Rights Reserved

When You Get Down To It

An old demo by my short-lived band The Hissy Fits!


Fuck You! By the "Hissy Fits"

A great track from Odd Hugo-s self-titled debute album, released on the 31th of May! 

Recorded at Türi Kultuurimaja spring 2013
Recorded by Indrek Soosaar & Jeremy Macachor
Mixed by Jeremy Macachor
Mastered by Lauri Liivak
Produced by Rein Kutsar
Performed by Odd Hugo
Rando Kruus - vocals, cornet
Oliver Vare - vocals, guitar
Kaarlo Nõmmsalu - drums
Aigor Post - trumpet
Henri Aruküla - trombone
Artwork by Getter Vahar

Odd Hugo - A Song for Ashes (from the new album "Odd Hugo")

*** ELT PROJECT wrote this as an instrumental.  He wrote the title and all the instruments.  I heard it and loved it and asked if he would mind if I put lyrics, vocals and a melody to it.  He graciously said yes.  It was a pleasure - ELT is a freaking genius...you can listen to his other fine works on his SoundCloud page - https://soundcloud.com/extremeloungeterror


IT'S A FINE LINE


ELT/DWS (2013)

Right is wrong
wrong is right
it’s black and blue throughout the night
I pull it left and you push it right
we may love or we may fight

It’s such a fine line
it’s such a very fine line
It’s such a fine, fine line
a very very very fine line

Sky turns into sea
sea turns into sand
sand turns into me
Baby, I’m in you

Grey is black
Gray is white
Red, green and black throughout the night
I bet it loose and you play it tight
Let’s spin the ball and bring the lights

It’s such a fine line
it’s such a very fine line
It’s such a fine, fine line
a very very very fine line

Sky turns into sea
sea turns into sand
sand turns into me
Baby, I’m in you

Red is blue and
green is green
I’ll figure out just what you mean
all those colors I’ve never seen
eat each other when I dream

It’s such a fine line
it’s such a very fine line
It’s such a fine, fine line
a very very very fine line

© copyright 2013 - All Rights Reserved

It's A Fine Line (with ELT Project)

Led Zeppelin meets Zack Darling

I used to be cool...

Buy tracks at Bandcamp.com - https://danceswithsheep.bandcamp.com/follow_me






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