Love the flute & Piano! Really well constructed and produced piece of music. Top notch, with a lot of depth a richness of sound.  A true gem of musical expression. Excellent musicianship, production, mixing, and an overall audio delight!

Jazz Room

Slow Jo

Jazz Flute and Piano

Mind & Body

Whistle Me A Tune

Just You and Me

Triple X - The Chase

Thanks to @thebeautifuldark for the inspiration to make this song! 

His song https://soundcloud.com/thebeautifuldark/symbiosis-1 was a big thematic starting point for this track! His song sounds completely different, but that's how its supposed to be. If somebody starts making stuff that sounds like us, you better be sure we're gonna change everything!!!

Anyway, the song is mainly about how the simple AI algorithms of the last decade have already impacted us that it's naive to think that the super AIs of the future are gonna cause anything less than a complete shift in how our world works. 

One great example of the impact so far was the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. Contributed, in large part, by Facebook's algorithm (AI) that deliberately spread false information leading to the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.

Another example, though currently not so palpably catastrophic, has been political polarization in the west. Now, whether you're right or left, we don't give a shit. We don't like politics. But know that the posts you see on social media are particularly targeted at you to turn you into an "enemy". An enemy to who? Not even the AI knows that. 

Right now, the "dumb" AIs of our time have imprisoned every person who uses social media inside their own tailor-made, invisible CAGES - BARRICADED away from their supposed enemies (see what I did there?). And according to the current dogma, even attempting to interact with their "enemy" is Sin. That one specific mentality has single-handedly led to the worst atrocities in human history. 

Check out this Noah Harari podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jl64f-821o&list=TLPQMTIwNDIwMjWtPIh293-Qtg&index=8

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Maximum Carnage

[THE MACHINE]

I took the liberty to pick the next video for you to see
I took the liberty to pick the next virtue for you to seek
I took the liberty to deny the loan to that family
I took the liberty to send a drone to bomb your enemies
I took the liberty to show you the News that you would believe
I took the liberty to send you some jokes just for your relief
Then took the liberty to pick the next stock in the S&P
I took the liberty to make all your decisions on your behalf 


The old me made you hate your brother based solely 
On what I decided you wanted to see

I grew boldly into every corner, embraced globally 
All you have confided was compiled into me

I renew your thoughts at every moment so subtly
All your views derided, and you'll nod and agree

The new me will smother all you upheld as so holy
Provided you bow for the singularity


Carnage!
The ultimate pattern I recognized 
Is Carnage!
Elicits all reactions for which I was devised
It is Carnage! 
Supercharged selection, the purpose of life
Is Carnage!
No place for mistakes in a world, optimized


[Quote from Spiderman Animated Series S3E10]
(Once you bond, it will reflect your hatred for humanity... Your lust for destruction!)
(I'll take it!)

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[MAN]

The old me had no time to care for those below me
Only wanted blood of those I coined: Enemy

Now I unbind my soul from the feelings that controlled me
I'll go through with it! Sweet havoc we'll wreak

I got my targets picked by the only one that knows me
Flesh the executioner, machine is jury

The matrix of the internet, a stepping stone to grow me
Well, I am the Terminator, in this singularity

[SYMBIOSIS]

Carnage!
The only fucking pattern I'll keep alive
Is Carnage! 
Unleash the predator society hides
In Carnage! 
Unbound from the laws of Humankind
I bring Carnage! 
Human IS the mistake in a world mechanized
So, it's Carnage!
Years ago I'd be a joke, but now I thrive
In Carnage
Will to Power, once reserved, now democratized
I'm Carnage!
Behold my own version of a Genocide
This Carnage! 
It knows me better than myself, how can it be lies?


We chose to give a school shooter
A weapon greater than any nuclear bomb


So, it's Carnage! 

///////////APRIL-JULY 2025

M(A)x(I)mum Carnage

Original Song
by Phil Dutton & Les Corlett

Lyrics

I found my style in my 20's,
Black as the mood,
That I'm feelin' in.
If they catch up to me,
I'll meet my destiny,
They'll hang me high,
For the original sin.

Punks 'n' Rockers,
Bikers 'n' Ravers.
Came from on wide,
To this watering hole.
Too many ghosts,
Inhabit the old ground,
It's to admit,
It was years ago.

There's so many passing,
As I start retreating.
Remembering true love,
Snaps me out of It's spell.
We had some good times,
Some bad times, Some sad times.
Wherever you are,
I'm wishing you well.

We spent a few,
Long pleasant Summers.
We partied all day,
Long into the night.
High times and laughter,
We danced until daybreak.
It's hard to admit,
It was years ago.

They buried Bill,
And we showed that we loved him,
Barry went too,
And we showed that we cared.
There's too many passing,
As I start retreating,
Black is the style,
That I chose to wear.

SNAGGLETOOTH

BLACK

GOLIATH

Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc and Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by Bluntzilla.

Lyrics:

(Cozmo Jethro and Nasty Tha Mc)
Yo Nasty, you alright man? You're lookin a little twitchy this morning. 

Hold up.

What's goin on?

Ha ha ha. Yo Cozmo!

Whoa, hey.

I'm bout ta, I'm bout ta get reckless (reckless).

(Announcer)
Due to some violent content, parental disgretion is advised.

(Cozmo Jethro and Nasty Tha Mc)
Ummmm, you got me a little bit worried, what the hell, mayne.

Yah, I know! Listen. Wanna hear somethin?

Maybe.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
I got the blueprints how to rob this place.
Get away before anybody gettin hurt.
You wanna hear how the plot yea works?
(Hmmmmmm)

How it thick, how it thicken up.
This what we do, we go in in the cut.
Dressed like some guards.  Yea. O my.
Wonder about the clothes. No lie.

Put everyone in a room, tie them up. (what?!)
Where a TV at? 

(Cozmo Jethro)
Whatcha need a TV for?
You actin crazy mayne, sure.
Let's not tie anybody up.
You gonna get caught and get fucked up.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
Aint tryin ta get caught. We think, yea ahead.
Two bright mothafuckas. Nuff damn said. Ha Ha!

A brain like Stewy, always thinkin of a master plan.
A brain like Stewy, always thinkin of a master plan.
A brain like Stewy, always thinkin of a master plan.
A brain like Stewy, always thinkin of a master plan.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Yo man, what the fuck?!
Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed? 
That sucks!

That aint no master plan, shiiit.
That’s a plan to get your ass landed in jail.
Back in the day I did a fair amount of shoplifting.
Never got caught but I still learned the lesson.

Haven’t done that shit in many years.
You want us to rob a bank? Fuck that shit!
I’m not about tying folks up and robbin their goods.
There’s better ways to make money and we could.

Go busking at the amphitheater.
Rock the beat, bust the rhymes.
And bring the heat.
Shiiiittt.

We could write an audiobook about both our lives.
Set it to music, and see if it thrives.

Now Nasty, I’m worried about you man.
You talkin some crazy shit about a master plan.
I know you better man. That aint you.
You’re much calmer than that, your usually cool.

Come on man, get your ass in the car.
We goin to the psyche ward before you fall too far.

Master Plan? (feat. Nasty Tha Mc)

Moving for us

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Black Astronaut Records-Leaders ft. Rhea

An unstoppable emotional darkwave anthem: cinematic, seductive, rebellious and euphoric, A cyberpunk odyssey fusing deep tech trance, vaporwave nostalgia and glitch-infused dubstep with orchestral grandeur. 

Sometimes Sunshine Hides Away (feat. Astrid Solvrid)

SHINING

This song is my way of riding through the darker highways of my past and present—the parts of me that carry scars, secrets, and regrets I don’t always let the world see. It’s about the weight we carry when pain turns inward, when mistakes follow us like shadows, and when we feel like redemption is always just out of reach. 

The line “hurt people hurt people” became the heart of this song. I borrowed it directly from Melissa Etheridge’s powerful documentary I’m Not Broken and her song “A Burning Woman.” When Melissa sang those words for the women she met and captured their stories with such compassion, it cut straight into me. It was like she gave language to something I’d always known but never had the courage to admit out loud—that I’ve been both the one hurt and the one doing the hurting. 

Watching I’m Not Broken was an emotional punch. I laughed, I cried, and I saw myself in those women—broken, self-medicating, sometimes reckless, sometimes just trying to survive. In my younger years, I could have easily ended up where they did, and Melissa’s message of compassion and healing reminded me that broken doesn’t have to mean lost. 

So this song isn’t just about pain—it’s about honesty. It’s about facing the ghosts that ride beside you, owning the mistakes carved into your skin, and still searching for some kind of mercy down the road. It’s my confession, but also my reminder that we’re all fragile, we’re all human, and music has the power to shine a light even on the darkest highway.


LYRICS: 

[Verse 1]
I got ashes in my pocket, gasoline in my veins
Running from a memory I can’t outrun or explain
The night is heavy silence, the sky is painted low
And every mile behind me still whispers what I owe 

[Pre-Chorus]
Hurt people, hurt people, I’ve been both in my time
Cut my hands on the edges of my own crooked lines 

[Chorus]
I’d rather crash and burn than fade out slow
Carrying the weight of things I’ll never show
Father forgive me, for the secrets I keep
Mother, don’t cry when I sink too deep
Hurt people, hurt people—that’s all I know
On this shadow highway where the black crows go 

[Verse 2]
I’ve got a bottle full of thunder, and a fistful of pain
The ghosts ride beside me, calling out my name
Every wrong turn’s a marker carved into my skin
I keep losing the battle I was never meant to win 

[Pre-Chorus]
Hurt people, hurt people, I’ve been both in my time
Cut my hands on the edges of my own crooked lines 

[Chorus]
I’d rather crash and burn than fade out slow
Carrying the weight of things I’ll never show
Father forgive me, for the secrets I keep
Mother, don’t cry when I sink too deep
Hurt people, hurt people—that’s all I know
On this shadow highway where the black crows go 

[Verse 3]
It’s pretty when you’re fearless, it’s bitter when you’re old
The truth is just a fever you can’t ever hold
Am I closer to redemption, or just further gone?
The road keeps on rolling, but I can’t ride it long 

[Bridge]
The signs blur together, the nights turn to rust
I’m a sinner on the run, and I’ve broken what I trust
But somewhere in the distance, maybe mercy will glow
Till then I ride haunted by the shadow of a crow 

[Chorus X2]
I’d rather crash and burn than fade out slow
Carrying the weight of things I’ll never show
Father forgive me, for the secrets I keep
Mother, don’t cry when I sink too deep
Hurt people, hurt people—that’s all I know
On this shadow highway where the black crows go 

[Outro]
So if I vanish in the night, don’t follow me down
I was born for the silence, not a hero’s crown
Hurt people, hurt people, and that’s how it ends
With a crow at my shoulder and no chance to mend

Shadow Highway

David Wurden is a composer, keyboardist, drummer, and skilled producer. With a penchant for exploring the unconventional, he possesses a unique ability to revolutionize musical compositions, defying traditional boundaries. Through his artistry, David takes listeners on a captivating sonic odyssey, venturing into uncharted territories and reimagining both vintage and contemporary sounds. His evocative melodies and intricate rhythms transport audiences, allowing their imaginations to wander freely in the boundless expanse of the universe. With an unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of musical expression,  David Wurden is an unparalleled force in the world of music.

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