REMEMBER THE WORLD OF SILENT CUCKOOS

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves:  Lead Vocal
Hans Albers:  All instruments, Arrangement & Production

When a long-term relationship comes to an end, there is almost inevitably a lot of bitterness, anger, upset and regret.  But as time moves along, in my experience at least, these are replaced by a gratitude that you were able to share precious moments with your partner and remember the everyday things that you will always treasure.

Last year, Terry and myself fell into a conversation about my marriage break-up - some eight years ago now - and for some reason I started to share with him all of the little things that made being with my ex-partner so special.  They weren’t earth shattering, just times when we did something ordinary, like cooking a really nice meal together or watching a movie we’d seen many times before and knew we would enjoy.

Sometimes, I’d lay in her lap as we watched.  She’d gently stroke my head and very often I’d fall into the deepest, most relaxing of sleeps.  All the cares of the outside world just drifted away, until it felt as as if we were the only two people in the world.  I’ve never known a feeling like it.  It was sheer and utter heaven.

When we split, she tried to make me understand that it was the right and proper thing to do and, although I went through all of the negative emotions described above, she was absolutely right.  The good times had gone and they were never coming back. That’s just the way life is sometimes.  

So this is the song that Tel wrote about the things I told him.  A sad song yes but tinged with the warm glow of great times shared.  It really is better to have loved and lost...

As always, with Tel’s wonderfully apposite lyrics to guide him, Hans understood exactly what the song was all about and the arrangement he put together sums up my feelings so much better than the words I’ve used here to describe them.  My deepest thanks to he and Terry for telling the story with such truth, compassion and intensity.  (Gary Reeves) 

Can there be just one more moment? 
A lovers dream to touch a single breath
Giving a lifetime to love just one more second 
One thousand heartbeats to stop the thought of death

I remember curling tightly on the sofa
I remember protection from the outside world
I remember feeling arms around my shoulders
I remember it so warm and tender not growing old
Not growing old

A book of moments can’t change an indiscretion 
The best there is seems to haunt the past
Deep depression equals every slice of laughter 
As a memory tries to make the good bits last
               
        CHORUS                 Middle

Hiding from the progress but avoiding backward steps
No comprehension why standing still can’t be the best
Every calculated journey causes fractures to the health 
Looking fine and healthy but not up to living like the rest

                          CHORUS

Looking at the mirror screwed tightly on the wall
No reflection of a happy face but the screws stopping the fall
Eyes fixed on the reason that seems to change all sounds
As the wrinkles prevent the facial skin slipping to the ground 

                          CHORUS X 2
Not growing old
Not growing old
Not growing old

I REMEMBER - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

Impulse

The 10th EP of "past is the verse"

-Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/3EErteygcU7XueiZD65oAE

-Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/album/1608704345

-Amazon Music
https://music.amazon.co.jp/albums/B09S9YF7T7

-bandcamp
https://pastverse.bandcamp.com/track/coil

Coil

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Christian let me sing on his original track i always try to stay true to the feel of the moment and this had such an experimental vibe ,i stayed loose with the form we do hope you enjoy. - https://soundcloud.com/user-872366230
It has been brought to my attention that dear Christian has fallen very ill as i write this and i really hope all his friends can send healing energy and well wishes to him for a speedy recovery , I thank you all 
Kind Regards , Clive.

growing now

Growing Now - Christian Levitan Ft. winkandwoo

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://www.redbubble.com/people/thewormling/shop

This is the 4th song posted from the album I started using demo tracks given to me by Wou-Wou & the Wormling during the start of the pandemic when I had extra time due to society closing down. This song was inspired by Black Lives Matter and my own experiences with the police growing up in the California East Bay Area in the 80s. 

It has been an incredible opportunity working with Wou-Wou, Stricknice, and Bitzone on this album. I feel like we have a realized sound and vision for the overall style of the album. It is exciting to know that we have many more tracks ready to be released. 

Massive thanks to RUIZZOIDMAN (E-Ruizzo) for joining us on Cruising Through. RUIZZOIDMAN has massively contributed to the positive vibes and individual creative spirit that defines our SoundCloud community. This is the second track I have had the honor of RUIZZOIDMAN joining in on. Big ups RUIZZOIDMAN!!!   

Track Credits:

RUIZZOIDMAN (E-Ruizzo): Lead guitar, scratch guitar, additional guitar, elation choir
https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions
Stricknice: Outro Guitar, Samples, and Production
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Bass, Guitar, Synth, Drums, Percussion, Samples, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Samples, Production
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

Hey I caught you sniffing
Get off my tail 
What you think you sniffing
Get off my tail
Hey I see you sniffing
Get off my tail
What you think your sniffing

Is it the neighborhood I’m cruising through
Is it cause I’m rolling deep with my crew
Is it cause I don’t ever trust you
Is it your suspicious of me

Hey I caught you sniffing
What you think you sniffing
Hey I see you sniffing
What you think your sniffing

Is it your suspicious of me

Still feeling shamed I reclaim that part of me you took
With looks of disdain as I refrained afraid to get booked For nothing 
I shook from your tree
In fact it probably be 
My inherited fruit first 
That now you attempt to hoard in force
In tradition with your legacy of scarcity  
But my ancestral fraternity is inherently abundant 
There’s nothing to defund from it
Word

Yea, that’s what I’m talkin’ about

This is the neighborhood I’m cruising through
This is my neighborhood and I’m cruising through
This is our neighborhood and we goin’ cruise through

Cruising Through

RUIZZOIDMAN, Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & The Wormling & the Couch King - Cruising Through

Midisound https://soundcloud.com/sonido-reflexivo asked me if I'd be interested in collaborating with him. He shared the instrumental of this, saying he could hear the line, "Kiss Me Now". I found a unique Latin passion in the melody and the exotic rhythm was very inspiring to me which meant that the song felt as if it wrote itself, with the music dictating the mood. 
We are delighted to share this, hopefully the first of many collaborations with Soundcloud. Many thanks to Paco for this opportunity, for the inspiration and for his endless patience.

Image of 'The Kiss' by Auguste Rodin

I knew the game was up,
That I’d run out of luck.
No room for a make-up,
You see me as a schmuck.

I knew that this would never last,
That we were bound to crash and burn.
Our best days are in the past,
It's me you spurn.

I knew you played a killer hand,
Give me a moment to savour.
Now it’s all out of my command,
Then grant me this favour.

Kiss me now,
Before you rip the very heart out of me.
One last time,
Kiss me now.
Give me this one thing to remember you by.
Kiss me now.

Leave some positivity to make it all worthwhile,
I know only too well that we can’t reconcile.
	
Kiss me now,
Before you trample my heart into the floor.
One last time,
Kiss me now,
Then turn around and walk right out through that door.
Kiss me now. 

Dismiss me now,
I’ll wallow in self-pity and reminisce.
Miss me now?
I don’t think so, as I face the abyss.

I knew the game was up,
That I’d run out of luck.

Kiss me, then dismiss me, I don’t matter anymore.

Kiss me now,
Before you rip the very heart out of me.
One last time,
Kiss me now.
Give me this one thing to remember you by.

Kiss me now, 
Just kiss me now.

Kiss Me Now (Midisound/Mark J Bennett)

Eduanis Zerquera -Nostalgia

Dear friends, 
A lot of aid workers have now travelled to Turkey for to help the poor people there.
I admire all Aid Workers. They travel to distant areas in the world to help people in need. It can be countries affected by wars, earthquakes or epidemics. I lift my hat for them!

Aid Workers

We say wellcome home to all those folks
who travelled for to help those in need
in countries very far from the place where they live
where they feel safe
They have risked their lives among dangerous people and 
animals as well

There are doctors and nurses who want to save
the people who suffer from serious wounds
caused by bullets or bombs on the house where they live
it is so hard
They have risked their lives among dangerous people and 
animals as well

During periods of plague, they want to help
all those who are affected by deadly infections
They care for them and they give them all support that they need
for to survive
They have risked their lives among dangerous people and 
animals as well

Approximate translation to Swedish
Biståndsarbetare
Vi säger välkomna hem till alla dessa människor
som reste för att hjälpa behövande
i länder mycket långt från den plats där de bor
där de känner sig trygga
De har riskerat sina liv bland farliga människor och
djur likaså

Det finns läkare och sjuksköterskor som vill rädda
de människor som lider av allvarliga sår
orsakade av kulor eller bomber på huset där de bor
det är så svårt
De har riskerat sina liv bland farliga människor och
djur också

Under pestperioder vill de hjälpa 
alla som är drabbade av dödliga infektioner
De vårdar dem och de ger dem allt stöd de behöver
för att överleva
De har riskerat sina liv bland farliga människor och
djur också

Approximate translation to French
Travailleurs humanitaires
Nous disons bienvenue à tous ces gens
qui a voyagé pour aider les personnes dans le besoin
dans des pays très éloignés de l'endroit où ils vivent
où ils se sentent en sécurité
Ils ont risqué leur vie parmi des gens dangereux et
les animaux aussi

Il y a des médecins et des infirmières qui veulent économiser
les personnes qui souffrent de blessures graves
causés par des balles ou des bombes sur la maison où ils vivent
C'est tellement dur
Ils ont risqué leur vie parmi des gens dangereux et
les animaux aussi

Pendant les périodes de peste, ils veulent aider
tous ceux qui sont touchés par des infections mortelles
Ils prennent soin d'eux et ils leur donnent tout le soutien dont ils ont besoin
pour survivre
Ils ont risqué leur vie parmi des gens dangereux et
les animaux aussi

Aid Workers

JUNE TWELVE
A DAY TO REMEMBER 
WHATEVER THE WEATHER 
THE SUN WILL SHINE
AND SHINE ON FOREVER

JUIN 12
PERSONNE N’AURA LE BLUES TOUT L’MONDE AURA LE GROOVE 
MOI AUSSI GRACE
GRACE À LAURIE WHAT AN ACE

AND THAT’LL BE THE DAY AS BUDDY HOLLY SAYS 
AND QUITE A HOLY DAY TOO
AUJOURD’HUI C’EST LE JOUR 
DES NOCES ET DE L’AMOUR 
CHAMPAGNE ET PETITS FOURS POUR
ADAM & GRACE

EDUCATING KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 
SEEMS TO ME A GRAND THING TO DO
IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT
THE ONE WHO IS ABOUT 
TO MAKE YOU MERRY AND TO MARRY YOU

JUNE TWELVE
PAS BESOIN DE YOGA
POUR OUVRIR LES CHAKRAS LE NIRVANA SERA
AU RENDEZ-VOUS
POUR VOUS
GRACE AND ADAM 
ADAM AND GRACE 
GRACE AND ADAM 
ADAM AND GRACE

JUNE 12 (Lyrics) Song for Adam & Grace

We did it again. I'm proud to introduce a brand new release, another collaboration with a timeless, spaceless Mistress of Vocal Time and Space. Nearly needless to add I'm talking about Myrh (@myrhyum). We started this collaboration more than one year ago, but I've been having tons of issues, so... Now it's out, and we hope you all will enjoy it.
Allow me to bore you with a few words about how we did it. Myrh originally sang along a looped section of another (still incomplete) song of mine, featuring the guitar part that eventually turned out to be the initial guitar solo in this final version. I had only Myrh's vocals, a tempo and a few bars of a guitar solo. I added a track of sampled tablas: at first I thought of it as a mere tempo reference, but it sounded good, so I kept it. At this point, I had a vision of how the piece had to sound. I pictured Myrh's vocals flowing inside a starship running through darkened depths, backed by an invisible ensemble of musicians playing some kind of an alien raga.
I found the starship on my internet browser. I downloaded an audio file called 495-AAB from archive.org (https://archive.org/details/Voyager1/495-AAB_8min10sec.wav). It was recorded on the spacecraft Voyager 1 ( launch date: 09/05/1977) and it's in the Public Domain. I did some sound design on it, and it became an awesome drone for the song, perfectly fitting Myrh's vibe. Then I recorded a few parts using my children's toy-instruments: vibraphone, oud and tambourine. A few months went by before I could start working on the organ, and a few others as well before I could record another couple of tracks with bağlama and lyra. I eventually completed the guitar solo, then added bass guitar and sampled drums. Once again I had to stop, for a considerable amount of time, before I could do some editing, the final mix and the mastering.
My humblest and heartfelt thanks to Myrh for allowing me once more to collaborate with her, for her limitless patience with my inconsistent workflow, for this gem of a song that I tried to decorate with (more or less) alien sounds and noise. One last word about this somehow arrogant use of the tag SpaceRaag: I'm absolutely aware of lacking of sufficient musical knowledge in order to compose or perform an actual raag; this is merely a spontaneous creation, I only tried to mess around with these harmonies springing from Myrh's sublime vocals and my own science fictional sonic vision.

Myrh (@myrhyum) : vocals & their premix
Teth Sin : electric guitar, sampled percussions & drums, toy-oud, vibraphone, tambourine, organ, bağlama, lyra, bass guitar, sound design

Lyrics by Myrh (@myrhyum)
Original composition, arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin
Cover artwork is a rework of the following picture, in the Public Domain: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Krishna_and_Radha_dancing_the_Rasalila%2C_Jaipur%2C_19th_century.jpg

Dance For Me Now

Dance For Me Now | Feat. Myrh

In the cuckoo cell, life was all but well
I could hardly tell why I've fallen dead-alive, dead-alive
So much show and tell, hard explaining tale
Bread crumbs on the trail of my fading spotlight, it's dim tonight
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Hey, hey, hey
I'm a little strange, strange, strange
I know I'm not sane, sane, sane
Tell me it's okay
Hey, hey, hey
From this ounce of pain, pain, pain
Comes this sense of shame, shame, shame
Tell me it's okay
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In the cuckoo cell (x4)
If the truth would be told from these lies, getting old
In a world full of full of shame / Spread the lies, game you play
Ah yeah
See no gain but there's pain / Bleeding out, claim to fame
If the truth would be told from these lies, getting old
In the cuckoo cell (x4)
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Hey, hey, hey
I'm a little strange, strange, strange
I know I'm not sane, sane, sane
Tell me it's okay
Hey, hey, hey
From this ounce of pain, pain, pain
Comes this sense of shame, shame, shame
Tell me it's okay
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I know, I know, oh
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In the cuckoo cell, life was all but well
I could hardly tell why I've fallen dead-alive, dead-alive
So much show and tell, hard explaining tale
Bread crumbs on the trail of my fading spotlight, it's dim tonight

Cuckoo Cell

We hope you enjoy our latest!
Keep well out there!

Thank you for all of your kind shares and comments!!

Song- Annette
Lyrics- Gary
Main vocals -Gary
Harmonies- Annette

The Worlds On Fire  (Ft Gary Scott)

Endless Challenge

A Track I did a while back for a friends western scenery inspired video. Unfortunately I went over my usual limit on the number of little flubs...but it is what it is. Sending this one out to my old bandmate & friend Jack O (Vibratos, Jack and the Rippers, Coachmen) who went West to make a living & raise a family after band days of old...

Gone West

Here is a preview track from our brand new EP entitled Movements of a Cloud. After collaborating together on previous releases, we thought it would be interesting to try something different for our next project.  Our idea was to create a concept EP that takes the listener on a sonic journey through the changing seasons.  To achieve this, we’ve blended ambient/sound-work, chamber music, field recordings, orchestral and cinematic soundscapes.  To round the project off, we decided to include photos and artwork reflecting nature and the seasons.

It's been a great pleasure, indeed...to have worked on this project with the amazing @minimal_drone_grl

This EP is being released on the great Bricolage Records label and is available for pre-order now at:
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/movements-of-a-cloud-bc068
The release date is February 25, 2022

The Myth Of Wondrous Things [Minimal_Drone*GRL & Belial Pelegrim

Silent Phase

I was honored when https://soundcloud.com/graphicsontelevisions asked me to remake ‘Tattlesnakes’ from their fantastic album ‘Pun’. Maybe it’s the wildest one, unpredictable but coherent, it inspired me immediately !!

I've remixed to my taste their original studio stems (drums & keyboards), adding my own vocals, guitars & more... hard recommendation of headphones again !!

Lyrics are from another of my ancient poems, where I played with oxytone & eproparoxytone rhymes (translated below but with lost effect in English).

Full versions album here: https://soundcloud.com/graphicsontelevisions/sets/another-pun-a-brand-new
Downloadable: https://graphicsontelevisions.bandcamp.com/album/another-pun
I suggest checking out the original tracks too: @https://graphicsontelevisions.bandcamp.com/album/pun !!!

Letra  /  Lyrics:

Claro que ya no soy plástico,  /  Clearly I’m not plastic anymore,
ni estoy falto de razón,  /  nor lacking of reason,
puesto que, siendo simpático,  /  since, being friendly,
de sangre es mi corazón.  /  of blood is my heart.

Claro que soy esporádico  /  Clearly I am sporadic
en locos cantos espléndidos.  /  in splendid crazy singings.

Gritos de loco dolor,  /  Screams of insane pain,
llenos de mudo amargor,  /  full of mute bitterness,
claro que ya no son gélidos.  /  clearly are not icy anymore.

Claro que ya soy simpático  /  Clearly I’m yet friendly
y estoy falto de amargor,  /  and lacking of bitterness,
puesto que mi corazón,  /  since my heart,
siendo de sangre, no es plástico.  /  being of blood, is not plastic.

Y en mis cantos esporádicos,  /  And in my sporadic singings,
claro que ya no soy gélido.  /  clearly I’m not icy anymore.

Gritos de loca razón,  /  Screams of mad reason,
ya no gritos de dolor,  /  not screams of pain anymore,
claro que ya son espléndidos!  /  clearly are yet splendid!

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REMEMBER THE WORLD OF SILENT CUCKOOS

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