My Favorite 3 - Vocal. Singer. Band. Rock. Metal

B Electro Rock - Related

This is a compilation of some of the best #AlternativeRock and #Grunge Tunes uploaded in the Year 2021.

Enjoy listening!

The list will be updated till 31st of December 2021.

2021   +  Alternative Rock / Punk / Post Grunge   +   2021

Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

AB Playlist 082 Part 1

The Latest songs from some fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own,

Playlist 075

50 songs from some of the best artists I've discovered on SoundCloud

50 Amazing Finds

Tomorrow On March 11th we raise a toast to Keith Emerson, sorely missed.   If you were lucky enough to see him live, like I was many times, Your Jaw dropped out of the sheer
brilliance !!  Not only just in ELP, but the Keith Emerson Band, 3, 3.2   and his solo soundtracks and orchestra pieces. The Three Fates conducted by Terje Mikkelsen with Marc Bonilla,  you have got to check that out..  He Said " I only wanted to be known as a composer"  in his later years. those who got to see his play with Brian Auger at the Sour Grapes were so lucky.  So here is my Humble Improv don't cringe too much  Peace G And I raise a toast to the Maestro!

Prog Drone

Till its all gone By Ms King & Cosmic Ratzzz
So happy about our first Collaboration, 
We hope you enjoi
https://soundcloud.com/mskingofficial

BACKS TO THE WALL

Till its all gone

Till its all gone Ms King & Cosmic Ratzzz

Well, I'm far too gone for any social please
And I crushed the odds but I'm far from free
Gotta find a way to sustain
This numb feeling cause' it's always

In my head again
when I'm feeling this adrenaline
Of the whiskey that's been kickin' in
I hope that this will never end, I said
In my head again
When the problems started from within
And the truth begins a sinkin' in
I'm beggin' please just make this end, yeah

OH! I gotta feel it, getting near it all
Opened up a void that was a hole
Pour it down until it warms the soul
Gotta feel it, getting near it all

Feeling far too gone for any 'socialing'
And I'm way too young to have this disease
So you think I'm wrong? Let me tell you right
How I've all but won this fight

In my head again
when I'm feeling this adrenaline
Of the whiskey that's been kickin' in
I hope that this will never end, I said
In my head again
When the problems started from within
And the truth begins a sinkin' in
I'm beggin' please just make this end, yeah

OH! I gotta feel it, getting near it all
Opened up a void that was a hole
Pour it down until it warms the soul
Gotta feel it, getting near it all (x2)

Far Too Gone

My newest song creation with piano, vocals, bass, drums, koto, erhu, and dreamy synths mastered by my lovely and talented Sander! @wane-of-summer ❤️😊🎵🎼🎤🎧💕😊

STARLIGHT

Mixed by adiehardy.com
Cover art by: Eetu Iljamo
www.redbubble.com/people/Tukkasotka/shop
Released by shorediverecords.bandcamp.com/album/teething-ep

Teething

Spotify

I Hate Everything?(EP version)

Sitt'in

Scar The Martyr (Deluxe)

Scar The Martyr - Cruel Ocean

American Spirit

American Spirit ( 2025 )

The second LP release on Leng Records is the fourth from German band Mountaineer. Joining Leng label mates such as Cantoma (Phil Mison), Ray Mang, Idjut Boys, Lexx and Mudd on ‘The Real McQueen’ they deliver a subtle blend of summer pop and bossa-folk which comes across like some kind of Brazillian country lounge cocktail bar. 

Mountaineer started out life as the project of German singer/songwriter and Hamburg-based Henning Wandhoff. His debut album ‘Sunny Day’ saw a limited release but the restrictions of solo recording didn’t provide the creativity he desired and he was soon looking for other musicians to collaborate with. A few years and a number of band member changes later he found his perfect writing and recording partner, Frank Mollena. They are both multi-instrumentalists with Henning playing acoustic guitar, drums, congas, percussion and providing the vocals on ‘The Real McQueen’ and Frank playing bass, keyboards, electric guitar and programming the drum machines. The bands recording line up was completed by Alexander Rischer and they set out to rejuvenate their collective love of the classic LPs from the late 60s and 70s.

Starting with the rolling, gentle breeze of ‘Always Coming Home’, Mountaineer effortlessly mix latino rhythms with subtle pop melodies as main composers Henning Wandhoff and Frank Mollena are accompanied by fellow band mates Alexander Rischer (electric guitar) and Anna Bertermann (vocals) plus Christian Ebert on omnichord.

Next we have the album’s title track with the more uptempo pop vibe of ‘The Real McQueen’ providing a very radio friendly chorus and harmony whilst ‘Come Alena’ sounds like Prefab Sprout chilling on a desert island hammock and ‘Circlemakers’ is pure sunshine filled, laidback bliss – perfect for those lazy, hot summer days. 

‘Gush it Gosie’ provides an instrumental interlude that lets the pedal steel guitar of Oliver Stangl shine through and ‘White (I’m Clouds)’ sees further collaboration, this time from Patrick Gobel on drums as the track rides off on a sea of Wurlitzer style organ.

Another instrumental interlude is provided by ‘Always Coming Home (Theme)’ before ‘Golden Chalk’ fills the premise of the three-minute pop song perfectly. ‘Limbo’ slides along on the back of some wonderful backing vocal harmonising whilst ‘Blown Away’ sees Patrick Gobel return on drums giving the track a classic bossnova backing. 

Finally ‘When We Love Life’ sees Anna and Henning’s voices sparring in beautiful, poetic motion as the pedal steel guitar adds extra intonation and feeling before ‘Always Coming Home’ makes a final reprise to close the bands second long-playing chapter.

The girl-boy vocals work like a charm over a fantastic band, with stunning lap steel work, easy drums and a whole host of other instruments making for a complex yet easy listening vibe. All twelve tracks leave their mark, yet come together beautifully as a whole. It's no surprise that Leng would choose artists that suit their sunshine roster and this album is the sound of the first morning you unzip your jacket on the walk to work.


Leng Shop

Mountaineer - The Real McQueen

The second LP release on Leng Records is the fourth from German band Mountaineer. Joining Leng label mates such as Cantoma (Phil Mison), Ray Mang, Idjut Boys, Lexx and Mudd on ‘The Real McQueen’ they deliver a subtle blend of summer pop and bossa-folk which comes across like some kind of Brazillian country lounge cocktail bar. 

Mountaineer started out life as the project of German singer/songwriter and Hamburg-based Henning Wandhoff. His debut album ‘Sunny Day’ saw a limited release but the restrictions of solo recording didn’t provide the creativity he desired and he was soon looking for other musicians to collaborate with. A few years and a number of band member changes later he found his perfect writing and recording partner, Frank Mollena. They are both multi-instrumentalists with Henning playing acoustic guitar, drums, congas, percussion and providing the vocals on ‘The Real McQueen’ and Frank playing bass, keyboards, electric guitar and programming the drum machines. The bands recording line up was completed by Alexander Rischer and they set out to rejuvenate their collective love of the classic LPs from the late 60s and 70s.

Starting with the rolling, gentle breeze of ‘Always Coming Home’, Mountaineer effortlessly mix latino rhythms with subtle pop melodies as main composers Henning Wandhoff and Frank Mollena are accompanied by fellow band mates Alexander Rischer (electric guitar) and Anna Bertermann (vocals) plus Christian Ebert on omnichord.

Next we have the album’s title track with the more uptempo pop vibe of ‘The Real McQueen’ providing a very radio friendly chorus and harmony whilst ‘Come Alena’ sounds like Prefab Sprout chilling on a desert island hammock and ‘Circlemakers’ is pure sunshine filled, laidback bliss – perfect for those lazy, hot summer days. 

‘Gush it Gosie’ provides an instrumental interlude that lets the pedal steel guitar of Oliver Stangl shine through and ‘White (I’m Clouds)’ sees further collaboration, this time from Patrick Gobel on drums as the track rides off on a sea of Wurlitzer style organ.

Another instrumental interlude is provided by ‘Always Coming Home (Theme)’ before ‘Golden Chalk’ fills the premise of the three-minute pop song perfectly. ‘Limbo’ slides along on the back of some wonderful backing vocal harmonising whilst ‘Blown Away’ sees Patrick Gobel return on drums giving the track a classic bossnova backing. 

Finally ‘When We Love Life’ sees Anna and Henning’s voices sparring in beautiful, poetic motion as the pedal steel guitar adds extra intonation and feeling before ‘Always Coming Home’ makes a final reprise to close the bands second long-playing chapter.

The girl-boy vocals work like a charm over a fantastic band, with stunning lap steel work, easy drums and a whole host of other instruments making for a complex yet easy listening vibe. All twelve tracks leave their mark, yet come together beautifully as a whole. It's no surprise that Leng would choose artists that suit their sunshine roster and this album is the sound of the first morning you unzip your jacket on the walk to work.


Mountaineer - Circlemakers

Order: https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-the-blue-compiled-by-phil-mison

Over the years, Phil Mison has become the go-to selector for those looking for Ibiza-themed compilations. None of his previous collections, though, have been quite as personal as Out Of The Blue, a compilation inspired by his first spell behind the decks at the Café Del Mar in 1993 – and the remarkable chain of events leading up to it. 

Mison made his first trip to Ibiza in the summer of 1991 and quickly fell in love with the magical music being played by Café Del Mar resident DJ, Jose Padilla. On his return to the UK, Mison began to cultivate his own take on the laidback, open-minded style, recording mix-tapes of “Ibiza style chill out” tunes to give to friends. 

In November 1992, Mison was hanging out in Tag Records, Soho, when Padilla walked in. He plucked up the courage to speak to the Spaniard because earlier that summer Mison had given one of his friends some tapes to take out to Jose in Ibiza so he wanted to see if he had got them. During the conversation Mison invited him down to his next DJ set at Nicky Holloway’s club, the Milk Bar and less than three months later, and clearly impressed by what he’d heard on the tapes, Padilla invited Mison to fill in for him at the Café Del Mar, beginning in April ’93.

It’s that first trip to DJ in Ibiza – a crazy six-weeks spent dividing his time between spinning records at Café Del Mar, hanging out in Jose Padilla’s house in the hills, and meeting some particularly eccentric White Isle residents – that proved the inspiration for Out Of The Blue.

The compilation contains a mixture of records that Mison played in his earliest Ibiza sets, those that remind him of that period, and recent discoveries that boast a similarly warm, loved-up vibe. Mison is at pains to point out that it’s not a track-for-track representation of his first sets, but rather a collection inspired by this most momentous of experiences.

As you’d expect from a selector of Phil Mison’s standing, Out Of The Blue is an outstanding collection.  Some will no doubt hear the influence of his mentor – the man he credits with effectively turning his DJing career around – in the undulating rhythms and new age melodies of Kamasutra’s “Sugar Step”, the meandering synthesizer solos and Spanish language vocals of Congarilla’s sublime “Sacred Tree”, and the lilting flamenco guitars of “Gambarra”, an unreleased mix from Mison’s popular Cantoma project.

Elsewhere, listeners can marvel at the starry ambient bliss of Belgian legend Frank De Wulf’s “The End”, recline to the saucer-eyed fusion jazz of the Christoph Spendel Group, shuffle along to tactile, hard-to-find period deep house from Language, Moodswings and Don Carlos, and marvel at The Cactus Rose Project’s ridiculously rare “Jelly”, a sparkling, disco-era jazz-rock outing partly inspired by the Doobie Brothers’ “Long Train Running”. 

Out Of The Blue may well be a very personal selection of tracks celebrating a moment in time, but it’s happily one that we can all enjoy.

LENG SHOP

D4 Cantoma – Gambarra (Unreleased Mix)

Link to lyric video: https://youtu.be/GY-sa4eUfsY
Words + music + vocal by Rachel

Lyrics:

Let us hop in this boat of hopes,
where happiness and freedom roam,
I want to stay.

Let us move far away
from this burdened mind and futile games
It's time to...

Come along now - we need to be strong
Come along now - that's where we belong

Take the step, take the lead,
cos it's time that you succeed
Take the weight off your chest and look up
'cos that's where we head next!

Open out your steady wings,
onto the blazing sunrise beams,
I want to stay

Let us take down the walls
that hid the light for far too long
It's time to...

Come along now - we need to be strong
Come along now - that's where we belong

Stories end and endings change
a single word can turn a page
A loaded mind but weight can shift
a flicker sets a heart ablaze

Take a breath and close your eyes
to this world of lullabies
for no storm or ranging wind
can defy...

...this string of joy
inside my mind :)

Heart Strings

A cover version of Mighty Alien's "Heading for the Sun", this new recording and arrangements features vocals and violins by Jessie, electric guitars by Roland, hammond organ by Adrian, bass guitar by Damjan, drums by Glenn and percussion by Larry.
Presented by Clayton Music International

"The day has just begun / Won't take long until it's done"

What do you see?

Heading for the Sun

Heading For The Sun

It's grail time! Kalita are honoured to officially release for Record Store Day 2020 (29th August!) for the first time since 1983 Marcy Luarks & Classic Touch's mythical American-Nigerian Afro boogie masterpiece 'Electric Murder', accompanied by extensive liner notes based on interviews with Marcy's family and producer Daniel Irabor.

The product of the then husband and wife team of Marcy and Dan, 'Electric Murder' brought together both the former's American and the latter's Nigerian roots; recorded in London with UK-based session musicians, this mix of heritage and styles resulted in an Afro disco album unlike any other.

With original copies turning up for sale roughly once every few years, and with an eye-watering four-figure price tag to match, Kalita for this year's Record Store Day saves you the never-ending search for this true holy grail.

Released on black vinyl, with printed insert detailing Marcy's life and musical career.

Electric Murder

Funky Boogie Woogie

Buy here!

A1. Marcy Luarks & Classic Touch - Funky Boogie Woogie

Call Me On Your Telephone

Memories

Bord De L'eau

Pictures of you: those lips and those big blue eyes
Falling asleep with a smile that can't be disguised

Boxed memories that I stored away to hide, from myself
Tracing all the dots we never placed in our time and space

Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep
Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep

Back when I was young, I may have seemed one way
But I would always fumble all the words that I tried to say
Trying to play it cool in front of you
That's all I ever really seemed to do
Trying to play it cool in front of you
That's all I ever really seemed to do


Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep
Even if it's only in my dreams
You've still got me smiling in sleep

A decade and a half since we were teens
And you've still got me smiling in my sleep

Words & Music by Sean Parsons © 2020

Smiling in my Sleep

Free

Jay Daniels - "Free"

"Good To Be Back Again"       

You gave up what you wanted 
You act like you don't see          
You're standing on the edge               
And looking where you'd be               
Somedays you can't make it          
Still you hold the key              
I know we'll find our way back home   
Cos you make me believe                 

And you know
It's good to be back again             
It's good to be back again             
And I hope you know                    
We'll make it right again

I wish that you would tell me         
What you've come to see                  
And is our situation                    
Another broken dream?                  
Sold you what you needed           
But it's no place to be                 
I know we'll find our way back home     
Cos you make me believe                  

And you know
It's good to be back again
It's good to be back again
And I hope you know 
We'll make it right again

It's good to be back again
It's good to be back again
And I hope you know we'll make it right
I hope you know we'll make it right
I hope you know
We'll make it right again

© 2020 Ryan Charles

Produced by Modern Dolls
Demo Release Date: December 7, 2020
Release Date: December 28, 2020

Good To Be Back Again

Just a bit of fun to finish, lots of effects everywhere. Just a bit of experimentation :)

Reach The Sun

RIOT STREET! (Beat by @insanebeatz )(Mixed & mastered by Kief Nebula)

Enter The Mask

Riot Street!

ENTER THE MASK (Album)

☠️RIOT STREET!☠️

I work better on writing individual songs if I'm working toward a larger specific concept. I don't think you could categorize this as a "concept album," per se, but there is a theme that connects all the pieces.

Something I've realized over time is that *the* concept - as vague as it may be - is almost always rooted in a single piece that acts like a key for the larger work. This always feels like a petite breakthrough moment, in a way - having a song that's the embodiment of a direction you want to go. 

For this album, this song is the key. I wanted to work in shifting tempos and time signatures, and to have lyrics that could almost turn back and evaluate themselves...something that balanced my normal cynicism with an openness to the world outside my own experience and understanding.

Snag, if you wish:
https://mayorofdonutville.bandcamp.com/album/perpendicularism

Perpendicularism

Statues

WICKED By Echo Garage & REKHA - IYERN [Fe], Feb 8th, 2021 
(20200216 Wicked 1 Master Cut)

Listen to the amazing music of Echo Garage here: https://soundcloud.com/echo-garage

WICKED - MUSIC BY ECHO GARAGE

WICKED - Music & Lyrics by REKHA IYERN FE, Written on Thurs Oct 1st, 2020

Intro 
WICKED

Well who do you think you are anyway? 
You’re not my Super-Star nor anyone elses
HUH! You’re just a Dead-Beat Boy-Friend Baby

How wicked, wicked you are
So low & wicked you are
Ya’ cut straight-into me
Stone cold blooded-ly

So long to re-al-ize
Just livin’ in disguise
Was hoping for the best
Our life was only a test

Years dragged on dark
Too painful to recall
Blin-ded by-ai 
Your Pretty-Boy-Ploys

I served you well
Instead it was hell
Picked up your clothes
I scrubbed up the floors

And you never cared
Dared to see
How I was 
Witherin’ slowly

Di-sin-te-grating
No longer myself
You made me feel
Less and 
Less of a…

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to 
Desire me, desire me

GUITAR SOLO

Years dragged on dark
Too painful to recall
Blin-ded by-ai 
Your Pretty-Boy-Ploys

I served you well
Instead it was hell
I picked up your clothes
I scrubbed up the floor

And you never cared
Dared to see
How I was 
Witherin’ slowly

Di-sin-te-grating
No longer myself
You made me feel
Less and 
Less and 
Less of a…

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to 
Desire me, desire me

(Eh-Eh Ah-Ah
Wo-Oh Oh Oh...Oh
Yeah-Ee-Yeah-Ee
Yeah-Ee-Yeah-Eh)

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to 
Desire me, desire me

Take it away my rockin’ rollers 
Cuz’ this girl needs to sing her heart out

Thrash it, smash it, hit me hard
I’m contemplating leavin' ya
Thrash it, smash it, hit me hard
I just wanna feel good again
Cuz’ I’m so done

Oh listen up real good
You are so wicked
You're so-oo
Damn, damn wicked
Wicked you are

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to 
Desire me, desire me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me
Wanted me

- Music Composed & Produced by ECHO GARAGE in Germany
- Vocals, Lead and Backing, Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA
- MASTERING BY ECHO GARAGE in GERMANY

Cover Art by Echo Garage

WICKED

YouTube

WICKED - Music by ECHO GARAGE | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | ROCK | YT VIDEO

From the B. R. Archives (Lo-Fi 4trk)

NOT READY FOR HOME

Hold your head up, girl, it's over.
Didn't want to have you, feel this way.
I know you're hurting, I'm leaving.
Can't you see it's wrong, for me to stay.

Just like a shooting star, it's over.
The dreams we shared, are gone today.
I know you're hurting, I'm leaving.
Can't you see it's wrong, for me to stay, to stay.

Don't expect me to play, your Mister, Daddy come home.
The world's seen enough of fostered, children alone.
I'm just a running boy, who has to, seek the unknown.
And my mind, it's still young and growing, not ready for home.

Just like a shooting star, it's over.
Didn't want to have you, feel this way.
I know you're hurting, I'm leaving.
Can't you see it's wrong, for me to stay, to stay.

I couldn't bear to see my children, start in the end.
And the only real problem showing, it's still in our heads.
So don't expect me, to play your mister ahhhhh, daddy come home.
The world's seen enough, of fostered, children alone.

I'm just a running boy, who has to, seek the unknown.
And my mind, it's still young and growing, not ready for home.

No, No
Not ready, I'm not ready, I'm not ready for home. 
No, No
Not ready, I'm not ready, I'm not ready for home. 
No, No
Not ready, I'm not ready, I'm not ready for home. 
No, No
No, No
No, No
No, No
No, No
No, No

Not Ready For Home

Not Ready For Home (Lo-Fi 4trk)

Bit of a departure from my usual style. Unfortunately we lost an old college friend to cancer late last year and I was thinking about that and those kind of friendships that endure despite time, life and geography meaning you don't see as much of each other as you used to, with of course a small goodbye to our good friend Gerry, Slán Abhaile!!

For A While

One last toke of dirty smoke for me now
For you
Ha ha
Only steam and gelatin for me now
For you
Ha ha

If you can find my sunnycide I will behave

If you can find my Sunnycide
If you can find my Sunnycide
My Sunnycide
Get onto my Sunnycide
Look out

If you find it baby
I would leave the city
For you
Ha ha
Chicken coop way far out
In the country
For you
Ha ha

If you can find my Sunnycide I will behave

If you can find my Sunnycide
If you can find my Sunnycide
My Sunnycide
Get onto my Sunnycide
Get onto my Sunnycide
Get onto my sunny…

I did not know it was
So warm and bright today
Oh yeah
Whoa yeah
I did not know it was
So warm and bright today
Oh yeah 
Whoa yeah
Cuz of you

If you can find my Sunnycide
If you can find my Sunnycide
Whoa…

If you can find my Sunnycide
Sunnycide
If you can find my Sunnycide
Sunnycide
If you can find my Sunnycide
Sunnycide
If you can find my Sunnycide

Written, arranged, recorded and produced by TYLS at His Bedroom Studios
Guitar, bass, vocals, and programming by TYLS
Mastered by Dave Blackwell at Hiltongrove Mastering

Sunnycide

Proximity

Stephanie Barbutova:  Vocals
Sean Nerney:  Piano, Synths, Strings
Ben Juul:  Drums, Mix & Master at Tone Hill Studios, NY
Dirk Taubenheim:  Guitars, Bass, Vocals

A thousand thanks to Sean Nerney for his brilliant adds! This song is based on the book The Perfume by Patrick Süskind and the film by Tom Tykwer. I worked on this song for three months and it drove both Ben and Stephanie to the edge of madness. But it was worth all the effort. Thanks for the attention!

Time And Eternity

Grenouille  ft. SEAN NERNEY

THE SONG WITH NO NAME
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Coptright AB Music 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9wTEzWb6-E

WHEN WILL THE DAYLIGHT COME
THERE'S NO MORE SKY LIVING INSIDE
WHEN WILL THE LIGHT COME ON
WHEN YOU GET HOME   A FLASH OF LIGHT

BUT LIFE WILL PASS US BYE
AND NEVER SAY GOODNIGHT
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE

WHICH WAY DOES THE RIVER FLOW
IT'S LOOKING REAL DRY EXCEPT WHEN I CRY
THE MOON AND THE SUN WILL RISE
AND EVERYDAY   THEY CALL YOUR NAME

A LIFE OF RIGHT AND WRONG
A NEVER ENDING SONG
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE
(Break)
THE TICKING OF TIME GOES BYE
THE MEMORY LANE IS FADING AWAY
THE WAVES ARE ALL CRASHING DOWN
AND EVERYDAY HAS NO NAME

SO LIFE WILL PASS YOU BYE
THE PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE

THE SONG WITH NO NAME

THE SONG WITH NO NAME (see info for video link)

All written by me and my guitar, home produced and mixed just for fun as well, with virtual instruments and a midi keyboard. Purely for the enjoyment of it.

For A While

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