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Last months recreations, discovering the cloud of sounds, learning to play new real instruments (bass, didgeridoo, trumpet), having fun with my old clarinet and guitars,  andl happily learning how to make music   ! :)

Recent

Blanc Expression [feat. CYBA]

Just played the Bass over it... this nice composition is from DD John ;-)

Collaboration with DDJohn... playin Bass over his "Javelin Spear it" song

An exploration in reggae universe with my old clarinet  ;-)

Clari-Reggae

A few notes in mind this morning ...a big trip at the end of the WE ;-) ! Going further into mixing genres ...Hoping you like it :)) Have a very nice day :)

Clari-Fusion

Harper - Island

Riddim: Jon K.T Lindley (soundcloud.com/jon-lindley)
Lyrics, vocals : https://soundcloud.com/arnaud-tranquil
Clarinets : DDJohn (Steph) : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn

Et Après

Et Après nous, man, que restera-t-il ?
quand nous ne serons plus que des poussières inutiles
bien malgré nous, man, souvenirs futiles
d'une vie souvent rasoir et vécue sur le fil

Deviendrons nous, man, de vieux fossiles ?
quelques mots dans l'histoire oubliée d'une ville
mais ne crois pas , man, que cela est facile, 
quand la vie choisit pour nous des routes si fragiles

Et Après nous, man, que restera-t-il ?

Et Après ....(Arnaud Tranquil) - Riddim from Jon K.T Lindley

Let me present you those awesome musicians who have participated at this Reggae Jam!
Bass: Mirko Borach @soundcloud.com/stringburner
Steel drums: Jamie Rhind @soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Clarinet: DD John @soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Djembe: Apha Roots @soundcloud.com/alpha-roots
i played the melodica, the organ solo, rhythm guitar, reggae keyboard bubble and drum programming.

Back To Roots with Mirko Borach, Jamie Rhind, DD John and Alpha Roots

This is the original version of Plastic Doll. 
Written, sung and produced by me. 

xo, Julia

Plastic Doll (Original)

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Recorded and mixed at the TLSS studio, Homerton (May-Oct. 2015
Terry Reeves: Vocals
Steph Laporte: Clarinets
Nik Paravatos: Guitar / Bass / Synths /Effects and Noises
Gary Reeves: Drums

I have always enjoyed being a Dad but things do change so incredibly fast.  One moment you’re getting them ready for school and in seemingly double-quick time, they’re all grown up, with all of the problems the transition into adulthood inevitably entails.  They acquire ‘significant others’, some of whom you like and some you’re pretty sure are never going to make the cut.  From a distance, you look on with increasing interest, watching them struggle with the intricacies of romantic involvement.
This song involves the machinations of my youngest son’s relationship with one particular girlfriend, who seemed to have an issue with any form of commitment.  Sometimes she’d show up out of the blue, wanting to spend every moment with him, then disappear into the ether and not contact him for days.
He and I had quite a few Father to Son conversations about her, primarily because we were both concerned about her mental wellbeing.  He’d try to contact her to check if everything was alright, often without success.  Then, without warning, she’d be back on the scene, the whole merry-go-round starting all over again.  I did my level best to help but she truly was an enigma and I was never really sure if what I had to say was helping the situation.  As with many such tricky equations in life, no obvious solution came to light and things slowly ground to a halt.  To this day, though, he says she was one of the most confusing people he ever met.
As is my habit, I decided to write a song about her, calling it ‘Take’ because it was an anagram of her name (by all means have a guess…), hoping to delineate the complexities of the things she both said and did.  Gal really loved the song and going through a marriage break-up as he was at the time, asked if he could contribute a few lines to the lyrics as a way of describing the bewilderment he was feeling, which proved an interesting window into his thinking.
Our brilliant engineer Nick thought slowing it down would give it a kind of Massive Attack feel, an approach that suited it to a tee.  But we needed something else, something magical in the mix, so Gal suggested asking our good friend Steph Laporte (‘DDJohn’ to his SC friends) to record a lead break along with some additional, extra-slurpy licks on his clarinet.  Steph is a wonderful player and as I’m sure you’ll agree, his contribution proved exactly what was needed.  It’s a real favourite of mine - so different from anything we’ve done before.  By the way, anyone worked out that anagram yet?  (Terry Reeves)

Would like to thank Gordon (https://soundcloud.com/gordon_m) for his invaluable help.  I sent him a copy of the penultimate mix and he was good enough to return a detailed list of possible adjustments, all of which were entirely spot-on and made the job of getting the final mix completed in the allotted hour very achievable, something in some doubt but for his assistance. 
(Gary Reeves)

You can say what you like but don’t say what you want to
You can think what you like but don’t think like you need to
You want to like how you look but don’t look how you like to
You never see in the dark ‘cause the darkness is inside you

Guarded observations unexplained
Is there any need?

You like to hide from the truth but the truth always finds you
You want to stay out of sight when you’re always in full-view
How can you look to the past when there’s so much behind you?
How can you be brand new with those voices to remind you?

Redundant complications unexplained
Is there any need?

You never sing out of key when the music suits you
How can the melody change when the words serve to mute you?
You laugh so loud when your good friends entertain you
You don’t understand that the real joke is about you

Another conversation unexplained

TAKE (Cripple Club collab with DDJohn) *download

"Summertime" by George Gershwin  #HomeBrewJazz
Vocals recorded on the front porch on a beautiful afternoon... listen closely and you can hear the birds chirping 
Erin Holmes - vocals
Will Saulsky - drums

#HomeBrewJazz

AutumnTime

Rippin Rhymes - Feelin' Great ft. Precice Undefined, Gunz & Mr Rhymes.

FREE DOWNLOAD @
http://www.audiomack.com/album/rippin-rhymes/tried-2-warnem

Feelin' Great ft. Precice Undefined, Gunz & Mrs Rhymes

Life in pages

Celebrate our wondrous one and only watery paradise planet floating in deep dark space! Treasure its beauty and mystery , uphold its majesty and spirit, love those life giving positive energy's! Remember the Man from Atlantis and Aqua Marina from Stingray! Yay! lol Featuring the amazing vocals and lyrics of the very talented She's excited! in this original collaboration and chilled house reggae dub hop styled mixed genre progression and thought provoking vibe! Peace! Enjoy! 

@she-s-excited
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Waterworld Feat. Shes Excited! 🌍

Le Ciel is the latest piece composed by Christian Smith. Originally composed as a solo piano piece, this piece has been reworked to include a String Quartet. Recorded at The Suite Studios in Havant, this is the first piece of a new 4 track EP soon to be released by Christian in September!

Le Ciel

All right I did it ! 
This is my little quick tribute to our dear French Elvis, Mr Johnny Hallyday ! 
Adieu Johnny, tu vas nous manquer ...
Music  homemade with the help of Cubase for the drums
Guitars : my old Vantage for the acoustic and my old Telecaster for the elec guitar

Gabrielle (RIP Johnny)

I'm so glad Baking Jazz Power (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower) 
 made me discover Tuba Skinny and a wonderful track from this wonderful New Orleans jazz band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2auDwCIIM3s
i've had loads  of fun implementing clarinet and bass arrangements from his wonderful track (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower/shake-it-break-it-tuba-skinny-guitar-cover)

Hope you like this version !
Steph

Shake it and break it (Tuba Skinny ) with Baking Jazz Power

This is one of those classics that swings :))https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_to_Cheek_(chanson)
 I'm very glad Kat (https://soundcloud.com/canette3-frostie) proposed a gipsy jazz version of it , On my side I found an amazing version with Benny Goodman ...and here we go !! 
Hope you like our Gipsy jazz version with Benny Goodman fantastic inspiration for the clarinet part !
Have a happy swinging Christmas !

Cheek To Cheek with Kat

It's Christmas soon !  Time for a jazzy cheerful tune !
I'm absolutely thrilled to present this jam on a very dear song to me and with very dear friends from SC small planet. By order of appearance for the choruses :
- Maestro BJP at the guitar solo (https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower)
- Maestro Julien Apelian at the keys (https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1)
- Maestro Jamie Rhind also at the keys (https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind)
I had the fantastic pleasure to bring the clarinet solo part and to wrap this all up !
Happy a Merry  Cheerfully Swingy Christmas !

Blues Clair (D. Reinhardt)by the Christmas Hot Club de SC (BJP, Julien Apelian, Jamie Rhind, DDJohn)

Composed by Pierrou (song for my son)
All guitars Patenotte D256 - Pierrou
Clarinetts DDjohn https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Bass-Drum Impro-Visor ; 2nd drum DDJohn

Titi (DDJohn & Pierrou)

Just a little  track  made from the inspiration of the moment ...and playing with a multi band compressor for the first time  ...Hope you have a good time listening, have a great week , Steph :)

I 'm Coming To You Babe

It seems we need music at the moment ... This came to me this morning and is dedicated to all the musicians trying to bring  a bit of love and light in these dark times ...Hope you enjoy this homemade humble  musical trip  to a conforting blue lagoon !! All the very very best  Steph

My Blue Lagoon

This is an extended version of an old track ....sort of a "dynamic" reflection of the many uncertainties we're facing at the moment ...Be safe  Steph

All real instruments except drum parts played by myself (clarinet, guitars, trumpet, bass), home recorded and processed.
Drum loops generated with Cubase

Mais Où Va -T- On  ?

This morning's idea turned into a little  confined fun session ... Have a good week & stay safe  Steph

Beep Beep (le Grand Chambardement)

Some artists like Françis Cabrel are doing a great job playing a song"confined" every day one line... I've loved Françis Cabrel for a long time ... Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel are very present in his last covers... If only he could refer to Django Reinhardt I thought  recently ...so I guess I had to try something .. mixing styles my own way, so this is a song  kind of a Cabrel-Brassens-Reinhardt way  ;-) Hope you enjoy !

Tu sais
On n'a pas pas toujours la chance
De voir les gens qui dansent
Moi ça va tant que ça balance..
Et vive le Swing !!

Tu sais
Il n'y aura peut être pas de vacances
Il faudra, masqués, qu'on avance,
Moi entre bib et bop mon cœur balance
Et ça me rend swing

Est-ce que tu sais , tu sais tout ça ?
Tous ces doutes et ces abstinences ...
Cette sociale disturbance...
Cette inique pénitence ...
Mais quand est-ce qu'on...
Mais quand est-ce qu'on danse ?

Est - Ce Que Tu Sais

Involved in different local music associations with my clarinet  (in classic and jazzy mode) ,  I also  love to play the guitar, I love to try to create and produce music with Cubase and different other instruments at home. I love all forms of music. 
Thank you reading these lines, for your kind words , listens and all forms of appreciation and support, I'm always happy to explore,  discover new sounds  and collaborate on this unique platform with wonderful musicians  !!

2022 Collabs, Jams and Chansons :
https://on.soundcloud.com/pkz71
Proud to be inducted  in 2022 as an Official Lunatics after this:
https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz/lunatics71-skyline-cosmic-ratzzz-ddjohn?si=aa7c346eca754497a8e4168605590197&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Still so happy to listen to this one with my french SC buddies in the memory of Georges Brassens on this one :
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/les-copains-dabord-george-brassens-with-le-hot-club-de-soundcloud-quebec-usa-fra?si=ec03fb2f0b8b42b1b57522bf07221d14&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
...and loving to play with friends in the marvelous style of Django Reinhardt
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/sets/collabs-with-lami-bjp

Album/EP featurings @ the clarinet :

https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/take-cripple-club-collab-with-ddjohn-download?in=ddjohn/sets/2015-1/

https://open.spotify.com/album/2XfVKVx3ZE1qUBwoUojmfW
.... and @ the guitar :
https://chrispendergraft.bandcamp.com/track/aint-seen-the-worst-of-it-yet-tribute-to-jimmy-page