Well, my good friend Paco dropped me a note to say he had a piece of music to which I might like to try and add something, were I so inclined.  Always a good day when that happens.

Now, I can't honestly recall the precise sequence in which the neurons fired inside my skull to yield the result we have here, but we are where we are as they say.

Don't go looking at me for rationale.

Thank you, Paco, as always my friend, for inviting me to come out to play, and for mastering the end result in the midst of untold techno-horror grief.  I hope your DAW world resolves itself very soon.
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Socrates at Sundown

I lie bewildered, here, in my sphere of cubes,
On crushed silk cushions sprawled.
I sketch the cool Palladian dudes
In charcoal, on Aleutian walls.
They think I know what thoughts are theirs,
And beg to trade their graceless airs, 
But I left them there to climb their stairs
Ever downward through Athenian halls.

They say my knowledge is remiss,
The diabolical's back in town.
Seems ignorance is bliss
For this philosophical clown.
I'm seeking emptiness of mind,
That's where I hope to find
That old, old friend of mine,
Socrates, at sundown.

My associate, Plato knows the game
Survives through pretty dialogue
He suffocates but bestows his shame
On city states whose statutes fog
The heads of people in their ranks
Attentive on the Eridanos banks
Dispensing death by way of thanks
As justice shreds its cogs.

Deep mental grasp of social structure
No need to ever write it down
Accused outcast for youth's corrupture
Where the bleeding of democracy is bound
To seek the causal end of time
Of Aristotle and Nietzsche's kind
The men of Athens rendered blind
Killed that old, old friend of mine,
Socrates, at sundown.

Socrates At Sundown (with MidiSound)

I received 5 WAV files from my dear senior, xian3.
 "I wanted a vocal track." I also wanted to know how xian3 makes music.
 Mr. xian3 gave me two phrases with vocals and electric bass, and two sound effects with a mysterious bell.
 The supplementary notes read, "Please bend your intuition as you see fit..." "After trial and error, if you feel that this fits your ears, you may be on the path of inquiry." .
 "When it finishes singing, it takes on a life of its own and leaves me..." was written.
 I obsessively bent the vocals, chopped the bass, scratched the sound of the bell, and made it all by trusting my own instincts.
 This is the birth of my first song with vocals. I can't thank xian3 enough. I had a great time creating. thank you.
  I sincerely hope that there are people who like this song

Amekaze with xian3 (Collaboration) (249)

This is an unusual one for us as we were asked by a friend to do a cover of Alan Jackson’s country song, “Small Town Southern Man” using slightly modified lyrics to personalize it for a family member. Without access to the kind of instruments we would need to replicate Jackson’s recording we opted for something we’ve never done before, a modified karaoke track! With the instrumental track easily secured Nat and I simply added our vocals using the provided modified lyrics. 
Nat added Piano on the track to personalise it.   
The photo cover here shows a glimpse of downtown Shepherd, Michigan and we hope the person for whom it is intended gets a kick out of it. We had some fun doing it. With that said, this track goes out to our friend Larry, with Super Bowl/Valentine’s week best wishes to all our friends out there in music land! 🍻🏈💝

Vocal Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2023 - Gentle Rain Records
Piano, Vocals and Production, Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

Small Town Shepherd Man

Recording sessions from 19/12 to 28/12/2022.
8 tracks MOOG Modular (vst Arturia), 
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.
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🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
🔲 - Artwork - Pier WILL
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, Focusrite, Korg, M-Audio, MSI, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
⚙️ - #Ambient #Movies #Electro #Experimental #Minimal #Space
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❤️Love, 🕊️Peace, 🙏Respect

Little Wolf in the Moonlight

Little Wolf In The Moonlight

;-Jeu de l’Invisible-;

No Other

Remembering

For those who have gone ( Druid667 collab)

First time to work with Tea R. Sea with just the two of us, and it turned out great.     He wrote this one and I added the guitar.  I'm very much looking forward to working together again!

Watered Down

Watered Down - with Tea R. Sea

Re-make of Mono-ha’s “Unbroken Sorrow”

Composition - Beta

Recording sessions from-30/04/2010, Remix-27/03/2023.
6 tracks MOOG Modular (vst Arturia),
2 tracks Beatburner (vst Beatburner),
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.
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On March 24, 1999, NATO launched an aerial bombardment campaign against Yugoslavia to put an end to the repression of the Albanian Kosovars, the first against a sovereign State in the Alliance's 50 years of existence, carried out without the authorization explicit from the UN, Russia, a historical ally of Belgrade, and China having opposed any resolution allowing military intervention.
This intervention will weigh very heavily for the rest of history because NATO's military intervention in the Kosovo crisis has been interpreted as a geopolitical coup led by a Western camp determined to marginalize Russia and its status as a member permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
NATO's approach to missile defense has been interpreted by Russia as an attempt to compromise its nuclear second-strike capability. Worse still, the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine and the "Roses Revolution" in Georgia brought to power elites who considered joining the EU and NATO.
The rest, we all know it as well as the probable decline of Europe which is very likely to be, once again, the playground for a new world war. 
What is SAD about this story IS THAT THERE IS NO ONE TO TALK ABOUT PEACE, JUST THE CONTRARY !!!
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Le 24 mars 1999, l’OTAN lançait une campagne de bombardements aériens contre la Yougoslavie pour mettre un terme à la répression des Kosovars albanais, une première contre un État souverain en 50 ans d’existence de l’Alliance, menée sans l’autorisation explicite de l’ONU, la Russie, alliée historique de Belgrade, et la Chine s’étant opposées à toute résolution permettant une intervention militaire.
Cette intervention pèsera très lourd pour la suite de l'Histoire car l'intervention militaire de l'OTAN dans la crise du Kosovo a été interprétée comme un coup de force géopolitique mené par un camp occidental déterminé à marginaliser la Russie et son statut de membre permanent du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies.
L'approche de l'OTAN en matière de défense antimissile a été interprétée par la Russie comme une tentative de compromettre sa capacité de seconde frappe nucléaire. Pire encore, la "Révolution orange" en Ukraine et la "Révolution des roses" en Géorgie ont porté au pouvoir des élites qui envisageaient d'entrer dans l'UE et l'OTAN.
La suite, nous la connaissons tous ainsi que le déclin probable de l'Europe qui risque fort d'être, encore une fois, le terrain de jeu pour une nouvelle guerre mondiale.
Ce qui est TRISTE dans cette histoire, C'EST QU'IL N'Y A PERSONNE POUR PARLER DE PAIX, BIEN AU CONTRAIRE !!!
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🛠 - Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks
🎹 - Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
🔲 - Artwork - Pier WILL
🙏 - Acknowledgements - Ableton, AKG, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, Focusrite, Korg, M-Audio, MSI, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
⚙️ - #Ambient #Movies #Experimental 
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❤️Love, 🕊️Peace, 🙏Respect

Europe Utopia - REMIX

Window to the afterlife

Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared
Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared

I see the window to the afterlife
A little glimpse of you and I
I'm in the hallway of the chosen ones
It all works out in the end

Days goes by ticking away 
in the dim moonlight
All those wasted years being shy
All in my gut, all a lie

Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared
Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared

Danger sets in on our prideful sin
We'll never be the same again
I'll set my watch an hour ahead
It all works out in the end

Help me see this to the end
I'm failing over and over again
Help me see this to the end
Better days for us ahead

Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared
Remember when it mattered
Remember when you cared

I'm in the hallway of the chosen ones
It all works out in the end

saving up the things

Remember When It Mattered

Two song writers, two kindred spirits... that found each other by pure happenstance and great fortune, to collaborate and create music together.
To see our separate artist pages, please click on the following links:
Nat Daniels   https://soundcloud.com/natdaniels
Craig Durgy  https://soundcloud.com/durge