Just a quick "record and go". 

When I was just a wee li'll laddie my mother used to play this old mix tape of Irish songs when driving the car. My siblings and I all were and still are very fond of this music. For a child, there is no political conotation to music. There's only melody, words and honesty. And one can argue, but none can deny that Irish Rebele Songs are among the most honest and direct songs in the world. There is no dubiosity. There is no interpretation. There's just the songs.

In time I grew to memorise all these songs. In fact, when I was 9, I was terribly ill at the time and spend a year in a specialised facility for chronicly ill children. Every forthnight I got to spend 2 nights at home. Whenever sunday evening came and I had to return from home to the facility, we would start the car with the tape at the beginning of the A side. By the time we reached 'step it out mary' on the B-side, I knew the car had reached the facility. 

And would you believe it? Whenever I am ill a song starts running through my head "... In the village of Kildorey, there lived a maiden fair, her eyes they shone like diamonds, she had long and golden hair..."... ...

Boys of the Old Brigade

Snippet. Lollygagging around with some old skool tape delay. Sounds nice if not altogether present. Not the biggest fan of over exposed fx

That's allright my momma (outtake)

Irish D is back and this time his forcing young girls into marriage. Let's see what happens. My G should be N except when it should be a G, then it should remain a G

Step It Out Mary

"If someone isn't a rastafari, but let's say he's got a bob marley record or two at home and one of those hats with fake dreadlocks coming out, is he allowed to smoke weed at home if he says it is his religion?"

Redemption Song cover

Desert Trail - Renegade - rough mix

This song is called stick to the craythur, it's an irish drinking song about growing up with alcohol and having one hell of a time in doing so. Enjoy. 

Vox me, choir also me, microphone AT2040

Stick to the craythur

Het heeft al weken niet geregend en ik word er religieus van.
It hasn't rained for weeks and it's making me religious.

Eyckenhout - Regen

I had an orchestral melody stuck in my head since 2014 and managed to write it down in MIDI somewhere in 2020. Originally designed for a choir, I opted to use string instruments instead and create a "power" vocal line on top.

Track was private for a year because I thought I'd revised and finished it by now but life got in the way. Might finish it later, might never work on it again. Who knows.

In any event, I'm proud of the composition and story and decided to make it public in its current unfinished form rather than run the risk of never getting it out there in any form...

Enjoy

Father - Unfinished Rough Mix

Vocalist and musician. General nuisance. I'm a "One-lover-no-friends" kind of guy. Tacky government employee by day, because some one once told me I've got to play the game.
If I ever became famous the social pressure would get to me in 90 days time. Good thing i'm a shitty artist, then.
Misantheist. Misanthrope. Misery as a middle name.

dietwin elbers

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