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SUMMER SNOWFLAKES: variations on a theme. Intended to be released at the first snow fall, but it never came... So I kept recording.

INSTRUMENTS used: Electric Guitar, two steel 6-stringed guitars, 12s guitar, classical guitar, two hardware keyboards (rendering the pianos, organs, bass guitar, chimes, bells, flutes, strings), pedal effects.

The music grew like a fractal in all directions and became quite vast in scope: should I have split it into shorter tracks? Many would say yes, but I didn't fancy that and instead went for the ”LP option"; an instrumental, meditative journey, inspired by the genre invented by Mike Oldfield in the 70s.

When I first heard his work, many years ago, I didn't first get it, but I was intrigued. "What is the purpose?" was my early reaction. But I couldn't shake it off and became hooked to the complexity of his instrumental music, and how it seemed to constantly mutate into new sections. I kept listening, and gradually discovered the many hidden secrets. And it led me to become very interested in classical music.

SUMMER SNOWFLAKES is made in this tradition. Not explicitly trying to mimic Mr. Oldfield, but admittedly clearly influenced by his method. And why not? Was it wrong that Brahms wrote symphonies just because Beethoven already had done nine legendary ones? Would the world have been a better place if Shostakovich had stayed away from writing Preludes and Fugues for the piano? Should no pop songs have been allowed after Beatles? I say, let us be shamelessly inspired by the gigants and make some efforts to create something! Throw an egg if you must, but I think any sincere attempt to compose is welcome.

When I decided to go for a full length track, my vision was (somewhat childishly) the thought of the younger myself; the days when I was a die-hard Oldfield fan and had stumbled upon a new release: always a rare event, an instant buy, running home, headphones on, expectations high, launching it: the first sacred discoveries ... My track may not live up to this, but is a tribute to those days and that feel.

The recording was quite an undertaking and I didn't want to let myself down. I worked on it since December 2018, and was occasionally quite frustrated about it. I avoided midi, and tried to hand-play it all (for the fun of it) - often leaving me in big trouble. I admit there are some sun spots due to this, but I consider them as my finger prints and evidence that a human did this, not a machine. .

Art cover: by DS 2021, reflecting the heavy reliance and overlaying of pianos and organs, and the combinational nature of the music.

Special Thanks to Mark Hermse, Mike Hilton and Wojciech Langner for support and inspiring discussions!

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(Let's Dance With) THE TRUTH

Let's dance, let's dance

When they come around they look at you, just like they know you
You’ve seen them on TV, heard them on the radio, they’re almost like people
Get them on the dance floor of logic, learn from their strange moves
Out of time, out of tune, knocking people over and always first back at the bar 
(If you’re buying)

Don’t tell me the truth
I dont need the truth
Do You?
Don’t tell me the truth
I don’t need the truth

The hands tell the stories, the eyes show the horrors, the robots dance away
Stay by the Fire Exit they can’t do it for long, they’ve got to get back amongst their own kind

Let's dance, let's dance

Don’t tell me the truth
I dont need the truth
Do You?
Don’t tell me the truth
I don’t need the proof

Let's dance like the politicians, let's talk like the politicians
Let's act like the politicians, let's, let's lie like the politicians
What sort of sh*t would we be in?

Let's dance, let's dance
Let's dance, let's dance

Don’t tell me the truth
I dont need the truth
Don’t tell me the truth
I don’t need the proof

Let's dance, let's dance
Let's dance, let's dance

t, t, t, truth...

(Let's Dance With) The Truth

THE TRUTH (Retold)

Chill Factory w/ Heni Lasut - Miracle (Smooth Edition)

All by myself
To see, where I can get
With different approches
(Real Drums, Organs, Guitars, Synthetic sounds, Voices, Languages, Mixes)


Also check my band MUJAY
http://soundcloud.com/mujay

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