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2021

Braveheart

The Eagle (Instrumental)

The Eagle - Instrumental

Video: https://youtu.be/C8dKAI7O6X8 
Finally I have released my first record. After weeks and weeks of preparation I had a very nice concert in a small hall near Bonn in Germany. Even a small Bonsai-tree joined me on stage. It would have been impossible not to have a little bit of nature with me on stage when all the songs are so inspired by landscapes and plants.

Matthias am Klavier

Gewalten der Natur

Gewalten der Natur (piano, lyrics and instrumentation) with VIDEO

Luca M & JUST2 - Sweet Love (Original Mix)

I am happy to announce my first collaboration with the amazing Andy Nagle https://soundcloud.com/user-495333206-856466515
Check his amazing work on his profile...
Vocals and lyrics by Andy Nagle
Music, mix and mastering by me with Logic Pro, use of guitars, electric bass synth and sampled drums.
Enjoy!:):)

Broken Frames

I’m sitting here, on my own in this hollow space,
It seems like years since i froze in this empty place,
My soul is vacant like a motel hidden way off track,
I’m like a traveller lost on the road, who can’t find his way back,
 
I just wanna let go of the memories,
I’m just trying to control all thats left in me,
I’ve been feeling so low since you left me with broken frames
 
There was a time when I knew who I was, I recognized my face,
Now when I open my eyes I realize I’m all over the place,
No longer think I know my direction, I’m taking each step with hesitation,
I’m like a sail without the wind to blow, where I need to go,

I just wanna let go of the memories,
I’m just trying to control all thats left in me,
I’ve been feeling so low since you left me with broken frames

Broken Frames

Broken Frames (feat. Andy Nagle)

Produced by Govinda Doyle
Sally Williams Schloegl -  vocals and acoustic guitar
Govinda Doyle - guitar, bass guitar, drums

When I Fall

Original Score for "Memories of Overdevelopment" by Miguel Coyula , Sundance New Frontier Selection 2010
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457591/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Awards for Best Original Score Havana New Filmmakers Festival.

Cosmic Interruptions

Buy the original: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-doors/639380930

**FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY**

The Doors - Soul Kitchen (A Luv Shack Rework)

"Variables" short film, directed by Sabina Varjaca, composed by Dika Chartoff

Sniper Cue

Links to Apple Music and Spotify here: gate.fm/6idVr6dQu

music to video montage from the documentary  "Oceans" 
https://vimeo.com/361866432

Composer/Producer - Dika Chartoff
Guitar - Chris Westfall

La Mer

My musical rendition of the poem by Emily Dickinson is licensed by and credited to Harvard University Press as follows:  

THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1951, 1955 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © renewed 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © 1914, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1942, by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. Copyright © 1952, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1965, by Mary L. Hampson.

470

I am alive — I guess —
The Branches on my Hand
Are full of Morning Glory —
And at my finger's end —

The Carmine — tingles warm —
And if I hold a Glass
Across my Mouth — it blurs it —
Physician's — proof of Breath —

I am alive — because
I am not in a Room —
The Parlor — Commonly — it is —
So Visitors may come —

And lean — and view it sidewise —
And add "How cold — it grew" —
And "Was it conscious — when it stepped
In Immortality?"

I am alive — because
I do not own a House —
Entitled to myself — precise —
And fitting no one else —

And marked my Girlhood's name —
So Visitors may know
Which Door is mine — and not mistake —
And try another Key —

How good — to be alive!
How infinite — to be
Alive — two-fold — The Birth I had —
And this — besides, in — Thee!

I am alive - I guess

I am alive I guess

I Am Alive I Guess

@thevelvetstripes
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SPAFREE

Free Download

(SPAFREE) Shake It [Shake it Up] - THE VELVET STRIPES - **Bandcamp Download**

It´s MY original mix using (Music Maker Jam) various - soundpools.

This edit version using Edjing - software.

Link to "pre-master" track:

https://soundcloud.com/user-180206201/tvp36-instrumental-special-pre-set

Once RELEASED it will be available to anyone for any purpose on linked basis!

Vrso - Just Chillin´ - STREAM VERSION (Electro House N Jazz MMJ 2020 Original Mix)

Beginnings

Scarborough Fair is a traditional English folk song. The author is unknown. Probably the best-known version today is the adaptation by Simon & Garfunkel, which first appeared in 1966 on the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
I wrote this German text in 1994.

English translation of my text:

Look at the fields in autumn.
The grain turns yellow, ready to mow.
Reminds me of days gone by.
It was beautiful, I think about it a lot.

And the vines with grapes so heavy.
Makes the wine that we loves so much
Come winemaker, because the work is done.
Raise your glass, because the festival begins.

Forests colorful, a colorful splendor.
Red, green, yellow, autumn made it.
Winter is coming soon and covering everything.
White the landscape, the trees heavy!

Together with Karin-Maria Brunner

Herbstzeit

Short Stories:  1. For what we can and can't explain

Links to Spotify and Apple Music here: gate.fm/pdcBhwcrl

Composed and vocals by Dika
Produced by Dika in LA and Nayfo in London 
Lyrics by Emily DIckinson

"My Life had stood - a loaded Gun" (764) is a poem by Emily Dickinson, licensed by and credited to Harvard University Press as follows:

THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1951, 1955 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © renewed 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © 1914, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1942, by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. Copyright © 1952, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1965, by Mary L. Hampson.

My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -
In Corners - till a Day
The Owner passed - identified -
And carried Me away -

And now We roam in Sovreign Woods -
And now We hunt the Doe -
And every time I speak for Him
The Mountains straight reply -

And do I smile, such cordial light
Opon the Valley glow -
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let it’s pleasure through -

And when at Night - Our good Day done -
I guard My Master’s Head -
’Tis better than the Eider Duck’s
Deep Pillow - to have shared -

To foe of His - I’m deadly foe -
None stir the second time -
On whom I lay a Yellow Eye -
Or an emphatic Thumb -

Though I than He - may longer live
He longer must - than I -
For I have but the power to kill,
Without - the power to die -

My Life had stood a Loaded Gun

"My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun"

The Middle

“I don't remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams. But I love daydreaming and dream logic and the way dreams go” - David Lynch
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I love to express stories through music and explore the visceral space that surrounds them. Sometimes I’m interested in creating sound collages, or tapestries of sound that are varied in their nature but unified in their aesthetic aim. Other times I surrender to something lyrical. Most of the time, I feel compelled to make sense of the world, which is impossible. But, after some work, which includes frustration, and occasional eureka moments, I find deep meaning and satisfaction in my music, especially as I near the finish line and embark on a collaborative journey with fellow creatives. 

www.dikachartoff.com