N Legend

https://youtu.be/Qtau7UqJGpc

For Dan Lockhart, musical brother

Waiting for the rain,
waiting for the moist to come.
See what clouds can bring
to this dry dust in the sun.

What now
Can be
done

Watch the garden grow,
you can see it
when you take your time.
Just to ease your mind,
try to see what you can find.

Keen to see my friends
to chill & talk & think ahead.

Now what 
can be
done.

I seek a friendly voice
soothing presence
to feel at home.

Waiting for the rain
I can almost smell it
in the air.


Recorded 28-30 April 2020, during the corona-lockdown.

Waiting for the rain

A huge thank you to Tom "Aeroplane" Régnier and Boon "Golden Fingers" Suzuki for taking me aboard their fantastic musical ship.

Tom Régnier (https://soundcloud.com/tom-r-gnier): music, all instruments except one
Boon Suzuki (https://soundcloud.com/boon-suzuki): guitar solo
Alexis Roche: lyrics, vocals

Il suffit d'une seconde
Un hasard
Pour voir le monde moins noir
Sur le bateau ivre
J'ai croisé son regard
Brillant dans la nuit
Semblant me dire: oh toi...
Tu vas te noyer dans mes yeux face à face
Tu remonteras pas à la surface

Puis elle a plongé dans l'onde
En un éclair
Et j'ai avalé la mer
A tenter à la nage
De suivre ma sirène
Pour finir hors d’haleine
Echoué sur la plage
On se reverra en haut lieu face à face
Quand tu seras remontée à la surface

J’ai navigué sans relâche
Pour retrouver sa trace
J’ai perdu le nord perdu la face
Parfois j’ai cru la voir
Se prendre dans la nasse
Voir nos mondes solitaires
Se rejoindre à la surface

Les souvenirs on les place
La vie entière
Dans des bouteilles à la mer
Dont les messages disent
La liberté fugace
Bien souvent les navires
Reviennent à la même place
Je me suis noyé dans ses yeux face à face
Je voulais pas rester à la surface

Alexis Roche's Album

La surface (with Tom Régnier and Boon Suzuki)

Homage to the Manchester to Batley Ale Train

Contains snippets of Pink Floyd, Prokofiev & the 1960’s Batman theme.

Manchester to Batley Ale Train - http://www.realaletrail.net/ (basically a pub crawl by rail)

Boogie woogie is an example of 20th century music taking inspiration from industrial sounds, compare  this with Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express; same source, but different music.

Published on SC 29 October 2020.

Ale Train Boogie Woogie

This morning a rough  one take on this beautiful song from Leonard Cohen.


I hope you are all ok out there <3

Vocals, guitar - Lizzie Taypen
Cover Artwork - Lizzie Pentland

Tonight Will Be Fine (Leonard Cohen)

@janinelevinson: Inspirational additional lyrics and wonderful vocals
@rick-4-1: Real drums
@burn-it-smith: Real piano
@phil-mcwalter: Other stuff

(New Version of https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/and-so)

SOUP OF THISTLES 

Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
The falconer holds out a golden ring from the tower 
Captive and burning and full of desire 
The falcon pulls feathers from her wings to count the hours

And so
Ad infinitum 
Is the crow 
Compelled to steal
And so
Ad infinitum 
Are we drawn 
Into the wheel
Into the wheel

Turning and burning in the heat, of hearth and fire 
The feathers, the letters, the fingers form a winged spire
There’s flapping and scurrying aloft up in the rafters 
Where the bats are left to read and the finger moves on higher

And so
Ad infinitum 
We forget 
Why we were singing
And so
Ad infinitum 
The choir cannot lift the ceiling
The spinning wedding ceiling
Stealing
And so
We go

Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum
Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum

Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
Unseen by the hawk was Icarus flying higher
Why do we love when we know it’s trespassing
A puppet heart managed by the clock – foolish arms flailing

And so
Ad infinitum 
We watch for 
Six jet planes’ trails
And so
We prepare  our soup of thistles
And we settle down to feather 
And we wonder about the weather
Listen for the 
Falcons' bells together and
Cover our eyes with leather
Oh Icarus dear boy
Waxed and waned
Ah Amelia dear heart
Tarred and feathered...

Levinson & McWalter- June 2020

And So

Soup Of Thistles

Ranty sax and the odd piano tinkle courtesy of Jonathan Ogara (https://soundcloud.com/allopenelectrics).

The lyrics goeth thusly:

Dogmatist insistence, compromise persistence
Poisonous necessities, extinction resistance
Merry Gerry-pandering, oblique meandering
Moments of clarity, hipsterous dexterity
Contraphobic sanity, Ponderous calamity
Peripheral profanity, Stat-packed insanity
Throwaway connectiveness, ultra-bright defectiveness
Nominated reprobate, virtuous advocate

Deceptive conformity, emotional deformity
Factual ambiguity, intellectual nudity 
Off the shelf pomposity, counterfeited prudity
Border-line depravity, empathetic cavity
Hand-wrung gesturing, half-baked posturing
Blame game moronity, stupefied stubbornity
Blinkered conformity, dubious patternity

They’re laughing at you 

Wall to wall stupidity, stupefied community
Working, working tirelessly, optimist futility 
Easy sell simplicity, smugnorant complicity
Manipulated ignorance, proudly flaunted bigot-trance 
Cheer the nicely spoken thief, Kick the gift horse in the teeth, 

They’re laughing at you, because you want it to be true

GadDad Rant

Another mix on this song which means lot to  to me : after a hard job is done, it's time to have fun , relax and play music  :) Hope you enjoy !! All the best Steph

Getting There (Remaster)

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRiMWLvK0mc

Sueños Fenicios

Sweet Mila

Oscillation 150

Jeremiah 9:24

Passionate Musician & Sound Explorer Clarinetist (classic & jazz), guitarist, and home producer—my musical journey is all about creation, improvisation, and connecting with fellow artists. From jazz manouche to electronic experiments, I embrace all forms of music and love blending genres.
🎤 On Stage & In the Studio
•	2025: Concerts with the band Catimini (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1416649306133283&set=pcb.1416649352799945)
Concerts with the TDB of Veneux les Sablons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoF7mwm60t0)
•	2024: Featured on UK’s SoulRootsRadio ( after 1 :14 @ https://www.mixcloud.com/SoulRootsRadio/dj-murzi-the-murzi-show-64/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOqA_5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4rznifwfxQVuqJtHt1DnYnFQxAqt2b7rZ0cj3ux89HfVZkklGSzSFGaGi9s_aem_5NIKjvG7RqcEdEzvAeN9cQ) 
•	2023 : Performing as clarinetist for OPPF (Orchestre Philharmonique du Pays de Fontainebleau) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AxNVZJVqQ
•	2022: Proudly inducted as an Official Lunatic71 after collaborating on Skyline with Cosmic-Ratzzz  on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz/lunatics71-skyline-cosmic-ratzzz-ddjohn)
•	Collaborations on SoundCloud since 2013: From jams to finished tracks, like my tribute to Georges Brassens (https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Ddjohn%20%E2%80%93%20Les-copains-dabord-george-brassens-with-le-hot-club-de-soundcloud-quebec-usa-fra) or Mountain Songs (clarinet on Take Cripple Club https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/take-cripple-club-collab-with-ddjohn-download) or in reggae mode  (https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/2XfVKVx3ZE1qUBwoUojmfW?flow_ctx=a0564696-da34-4b8f-88e4-d25761e2a0f5%3A1765666094)
🎛️ Producing at Home I craft my music using Cubase, mixing acoustic instruments with electronic textures. 
🌍 A Musical Community SoundCloud is my playground for sharing, discovering, and connecting. Thank you for listening, your kind words, and your support—it means the world to me.
🔗 Influences & Projects:
•	Inspired by the Beatles, Supertramp, Django Reinhardt, Georges Brassens, 80’s music and everything in between.
•	Played guitar on Ain’t No Sunshine by Chris Pendergraft (Bandcamp)
💬 Let’s Collaborate! Hit me up for gigs, projects,or just to talk music!

Getting There (Remaster)

DDJohn