I can't describe this feeling that found me
What once was empty, felt missing and gone
Ever lost in eternity, enduring pain for so long

Always a fantasy played in my head
A hungry soul that could never be fed
Inside my dreams while I slept in my bed
A hungry soul that could never be fed

I've met many people and been many places
All the same just different faces
All of them lying, bribing and hiding
All with the same dead sun shining

Then I found her, she caught me off guard
Never thought this feeling would hit me so hard
She completed the space like no one else could
The space now full, but wouldn't, and should

Infected with love and the wholeness it brings
Injected with feelings of joy that it sings
Now I no longer feel like I'm dead
My hungry soul has finally been fed!

The Full Space

This is an unmastered, raw track. No effects, no filters. The melodica track has some issues that I'm trying to figure out for when I finally get around to seriously recording it.

Guitar, melodica, vocals, lyrics - James Morgenstern

Villains succeed and heroes fall.
The just lose to greed and give up on it all.
Vices take the reigns and apathy rules.
Steel calls to veins, the folly of fools.

We seek solace in dream, in the blood of the vine.
Gold loses its gleam and stars cease to shine.
Hope is a spear, driven deep in our side.
Amidst failure and fear there's nowhere to hide.

The uncaring Truth and the rigours of Life
have stolen our youth and drowned us in strife.
Heartache and sorrow cut right to the bone.
We know that tomorrow we'll still be alone.

The future lies broken, scattered 'cross the floor.
Too many words left unspoken. Time wasted wanting more.
Our suffering's confusing, no life left to spend.
This world, it is losing. We've come to the Ende. 

To the Ende

Another rough track. I attempted to harmonize with myself a bit on this one.
Guitar, vocals, lyrics - James Morgenstern


I'm the god that dwells in a place that all hold sacred,
In the inner place where all men go to pray.
I rule all your Hopes and your Fears,
Reward heartache and joy with tears.
I'm the Gossamer-Mantled night, the Fire-Crowned Day

I am...   The Star of Morning.
I am...   The Midnight Sun.
I am...   A new day dawning.
I am...   My Will be done.

You seek me within the depths of silence,
When this cruel world gives you cause to weep.
You look for my face in the flame, 
And, wailing, call out my name, 
And seek refuge within my Halls of Sleep.

I am...   The Star of Morning.
I am...   The Midnight Sun.
I am...   A new day dawning.
I am...   My Will be done.

I'm the fire that burns so deep inside you.
The voice that calls you home when you're led astray.
The Hand that lifteth you up.
The Fount that filleth your Cup.
In the darkest nights, the light that shows you the way.

I am...   The Star of Morning.
I am...   The Midnight Sun.
I am...   A new day dawning.
I am...   My Will be done.

I am...   That weeping Star of Mourning.
I am...   The cold and callous Son.
I am...   A bright new day dawning.
I am...   My Will is done.

EHEIEH

The Summoning

My new album of Greek lyre music out now! https://ataraxiaalpha.bandcamp.com/releases

The Homeric Hymn to Pallas Athena accompanied on the ancient Greek chelys lyre.

1.
Pallas Athena I begin to sing,
Guardian of the city,
The formidable goddess.

With Ares she cares for the work of war,
The destruction of cities
And the shouts of battle.

It is she who watches over the people,
When they go out to war 
And when they come back.

Farewell, goddess,
Grant me good fortune
And happiness too.

2.
Pallas Athena I begin to sing,
The glorious goddess with gleaming eyes,
Brilliantly inventive, her heart relentless,
The formidable maiden, guardian of cities,
The courageous Tritogeneia.

Wise Zeus gave birth to her himself
Out of his majestic head.
Golden armour clothed her,
It was glistening, war-like.
All the gods who saw her
Were overcome with awe.

Suddenly she was there
Before Zeus who holds the Aegis.
She sprang from his immortal head
Shaking her sharp spear.
Great Olympus trembled terribly
At the power of the goddess
With the gleaming eyes.

And the earth screamed awfully
All around her and the sea
Started to move, frothing
With dark waves and suddenly
The salt sea stopped.

The brilliant son of Hyperion stilled 
His swift-footed horses
For along time until

Pallas Athena, the maiden,
Unclasped the heavenly armour
From her immortal shoulders.
Wise Zeus was delighted.

Farewell, daughter of Zeus
Who holds the aegis.
And now I shall remember you
And another song too.

Translated by Jules Cashford.
Recitation & Lyre Accompaniment by Leigh David Cobley.

Find more new lyre music at: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTus_zNy6YHwxuxY5QR2ccg

Hymn to Athena

The first flamenco chord I ever learned was the typical opening of a Tarantas. A flamenco palo, or style, that originated in the Andalusian province of Almería. Tarantas is a cante libre (or tocque libre, if played as a solo), meaning that it lacks both a regular rhythmic pattern (compás, in flamenco terminology) and a regular rhythmic unit (or beat). It can be sung or played, but not danced. Hence it can be extremely lyrical, free and great to improvise on, which large parts of this one are. 

Since I am just back from a trip where I was literally staying in the vineyards of a fine wine maker, I call this one "An Evening In The Garden Of Dionysus". The cover picture I took right there.

Also, upon sentiment, since my parents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary (Gold!) yesterday, I play this one on a different guitar: a Marín, Modelo Estudio /9 Calidad, built in 1997 from Malaga, Spain, which my parents brought me from Spain as a gift since I was just learning flamenco then.

This one is for my parents...

And I hope you'll enjoy this one too...

Recorded using an Apogee microphone
Guitar: Marín, Modelo Estudio /9 Calidad, 1997, Malaga, Spain
Mixed and mastered using Auria and Final Touch for iPad, August 8, 2015

Tarantas - An Evening In The Garden Of Dionysus

Scarborough Fair ( Simon & Garfunkel Cover )

https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/stardust

Alphaxone (Iran) & ProtoU (Ukraine) join forces on Space Ambient album Stardust 

Float weightless in the void to the sound of exploding supernovas. 

A solid thump closes the airlock behind you. Greeting your vision, a myriad of stars shining like beacons in black space. Rapid fingers across the uplink to the mothership "feed my cat while I'm gone". 

The engine roars as the plasma ions accelerates. The mothership but a pixel left behind. Your ships humming soothes your excitement as you set out for new unexplored worlds. 

Alphaxones spacey synthesizers sweep in and out of ProtoUs iconic filtered noise on this unique release. Recommended for lovers of space ambient and old school science fiction soundtracks.

Stardust

Alphaxon & ProtoU - Planemo Dreams

Larrnakh- After all this time

AHORA UN HECHO TERRIBLE HA UNIDO LOS DESTINOS 
UN MOMENTO LOS HACE A TODOS CONTEMPORÁNEOS 
PERO ESE MUNDO QUE POR UNOS MINUTOS ES DE TODOS 
INMEDIATAMENTE EMPEZARÍA A DESINTEGRASE 
A VOLVER A SUS ELEMENTOS CONSTITUTIVOS 
EL ANTIGUO DESORDEN LO RECLAMA TODO OTRA VEZ 
YA EN LOS ROSTROS ENTERADOS DE SU DERROTA 
EMPIEZA A APARECER EL AFÁN DE DESTRUCCIÓN Y DE VENGANZA 
UNA VENGANZA SIN RUMBO, TAN CIEGA COMO EL FUEGO MISMO 
ALGO QUE AVANZA DESTRUYENDO 
PORQUE NO ES UN PROPÓSITO 
SINO UNA SOLA FUERZA 
UNA EXPANSIVA LEY NATURAL

"WILLIAM OSPINA" 

Versión original en el demo de 2009 de Cenizacromada 
http://www.mediafire.com/?zczbzm6c0ki9q95
Musica por Alejandro Eliades 
Remix por Diego Centurión de Luncil  en Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Diego Centurión. Programaciones, sintes, guitarras, deconstrucción sonora 
Alejandro Eliades: Voces, guitarra


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