SONGS, THUGS OF SECRET SILENCE TIMES

One Trick Pony

Rodolfo https://soundcloud.com/rplanes first shared this beautiful piece with me 2 years ago, which has had a gradual development since I first wrote the lyrics back then. More recently Ce Mastro https://soundcloud.com/cemastro added some exciting backing vocals which transformed the chorus and then even more recently we invited Dave McKeown https://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown to contribute some lovely sax that we believed was just what the song needed. Rodolfo's song has such a feeling of romantic innocence yet with a wonderful rhythmic flow, that I hoped the words might feel from a simpler time. We hope you all enjoy our song of innocence (and inexperience) which thankfully is a work of fiction. Thanks again to Rodolfo for sharing this magical piece and his great skills as well as Ce and Dave's unique gifts to make this one happen. 
We thank you all for taking the time to listen.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix.
Ce Mastro - Backing vocals
Me - Lead vocals and lyrics
Dave McKeown - Sax solo and fills

https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/almost-lovers

Almost Lovers (by Rodolfo Planes / Mark Bennett)

Once we were almost lovers, without a care.
We weren’t like all the others, somehow we just didn’t dare.
We never faced the fact,
What we had wasn’t real,
Didn’t have to deal,
With the truth while we were putting on an act
We’d have to pay,
And quite how that would feel.

The moment when I discovered, not wanting to share,
You with any of the others, that I just couldn’t bear.
But when my back was turned,
You made out with a guy,
I thought was my friend.
Then I knew that my world had been overturned,
Put out to dry,
And what a way to end.

It’s not the way that I’d hoped this scene would play out,
Leaving the stage in the first act. 
It was cruel but at least I was left in no doubt.
C’est la vie, as a matter of fact.

Were never really lovers, just make believe.
Like sister and brother, with only ourselves to deceive.
I should have known right then,
I’d be out on my ear 
Instead of in love.
Waiting for the finale, not knowing when,
I’d disappear,
When the push comes to shove.

It’s not the way that I’d hoped this scene would play out,
Leaving the stage in the first act. 
It was cruel but at least I was left in no doubt.
C’est la vie, as a matter of fact.

Almost Lovers - Continental Collision (featuring Ce Mastro & Dave McKeown) Now Available on Bandcamp

I'm Tired Of Saying / Paploviante
Paploviante: Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix and Mastering

Inspired by the TV series Cold Case:
German title of the episode "Die Sugar Boys
Original title of the episode "The Red and the Blue

Vocals and Lyrics from Ghosthack Alley & Demitri:
https://www.ghosthack.de
Lyrics:
Too many times
Did i sit here and cry
After  the lies
Can we say our goodbyes
Why are you playin
I'm tired of saying
You took it all
When you walked out on me
You're from the city
I'm from the sticks
You were so pretty
But you made love a bitch
Just go 
Take it all with you
Moonlight 
On the morning dew
I'm so sick and tired 
Of messin around
Of mucking it up
Every time that i'm down
I’m so sick and tired 
Of running away
I must be in love
Won’t you just stay

I'm Tired Of Saying - Paploviante

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

Or just buy Wou-Wou & the Wormling a cup of coffee here:
https://ko-fi.com/wouwouandthewormling

This is the 7th song posted from the album I have been working on using demo tracks given to me by Wou-Wou & the Wormling during the start of the pandemic! I can't believe how fast time has passed and how long we have been working on this project. 4 songs from the album are based on a graphic novel that Wou-Wou had started before the pandemic began. The rest of the songs are reflections of the weird times we were living in.

Big thanks to Wou Wou, Bit-zone, and Stricknice for still being here after all these years. I have known and worked with people on SoundCloud probably longer than I have known high school friends, college friends, and friends from various jobs. Huge thanks to Guitar Wizards of the Future. I remember when I first began participating in the SoundCloud community, I would always eagerly anticipate a new GWOTF track, especially because I grew up in Oakland California. I look forward to hearing a new one someday! In the meantime, go check out the classics on their page!

Track Credits:
guitarwizardsofthefuture: Organs
https://soundcloud.com/guitarwizardsofthefuture
https://guitarwizardsofthefuture.bandcamp.com
Stricknice: Guitar additions, Samples and Sample Work, Keys
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Bass, Mix, and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
http://www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Drums, Guitars, Synth, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0rEOgxbaIcWbZZuxAKVmA
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

Would 
You like to 
Skip work and go to the seaside
Would 
You like to
Go tubing by the riverside

Please say so 
Please say so
Geeze don’t make me wait 
Another day though 
I been x-ing out the dates
Each and every day though 
Cause I just can’t seem 
To let me let you go 

What 
About going 
For a naked bike ride
What 
About going 
To a dispensary and getting high

Please say so 
Please say so
Geeze don’t make me hate 
Another day though 
I been poking at my plate
Each and every day though 
Just staring in the mirror
Watching as my hair grows 

Would
You like to 
Visit a park 2 feet wide
Would 
You like to
Be my voodoo donut bride 

Please say so 
Please say so
Geeze don’t make me wait 
Another day though 
I been x-ing out the dates
Each and every day though 
Cause I just can’t seem 
To let me let you go

Weird Things People Do In Portland

Guitar Wizards of the Future, Wou-Wou, Stricknice, Bitzone & CK - Weird Things People Do In Portland

i aint trippin

i aint trippin /  ipg1 & jigs

We should all be able to say our last goodbye's .. some don't get the chance.
For the fallen of Ukraine  ...

Music, Arrangement, composition, mix and Production .. Pablo
© Retro-Tone

The Final Goodbye

As the solstice sun rises on its day of greatest power, it draws up with it the power of herbs, standing stones, and crystals. In the shimmering heat-haze on the horizon, its magical energies are almost visible. And as the mist gate forms in the warm air rising beneath the dolmen arch, the entrance to the Otherworld opens – Avalon, Tir nan Og, the Land of Youth, where it is always summer, and death and old age are unknown.

-Anna Franklin
https://www.amazon.com/Midsummer-Magical-Celebrations-Solstice-Holiday/dp/0738700525

All tracks purchased from www.beatport.com, www.bandcamp.com, or provided directly by the artist or label.

Mixing decks used to perform this set: Pioneer XDJ-XZ.
https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/product/all-in-one-system/xdj-xz/black/overview/

Cover art wooden sculpture entitled Direct Contact by: Dan Schaub Designs
www.etsy.com/listing/502626162/…d-geometry-mandala

A big shout-out to all of the immensely talented artists showcased here in my DJ mix. Your unbridled creativity & innovation keeps bending the rules, changing the game, and raising the bar.

Setlist:
1. Burn In Noise, Ajja - Image of Yourself (NoFace Remix)
2. Reborn, X-side - Digital Drops (Original Mix)
3. Hujaboy, Sandman - Mean Green Machine (Original Mix)
4. Menog, Mad Maxx - Power Source (Original Mix)
5. Nukleall - Synesthesia (Original Mix)
6. Eskimo - Party Pooper (Outsiders Remix)
7. Spirit Architect, Cambium - Mental Picture (Original Mix)
8. Tristan, Volcano On Mars - Real World (Original Mix)
9. Spatial Plants - Freedom (Original Mix)
10. Morganic - 300 Micrograms (Live Edit)
11. Mekkanikka - 100 Million Doses (Original Mix)
12. Stryker & Sonic Species - Now Is The Time (Original Mix)
13. James West - Think Nothing (Jumpstreet Remix)
14. Spatial Plants - Jazzman in the Shroomy Forest (Original Mix)
15. Imaginarium - The Creator (Original Mix)
16. NoFace, Solitary Shell - Time God (Original Mix)
17. Relativ, MoRsei - Waves of Emotion (Original Mix)
18. Avalon, Mad Maxx - Are You Alive (Original Mix)
19. Delirium Tremens - I Do Voices (Original Mix)
20. Zeridium - Acid Rumble (Original Mix)
21. Volcano - Beyond The Atmosphere (Original Mix)
22. Burn In Noise, Ajja, Undefined Behavior - Howling at the Moon (Original Mix)
23. GMS, Faders - Nomads (Original Mix)
24. Mystery Sense - Human Brain (Original Mix)

Summer Solstice 2023 | Psychedelic Celebration Set | 144-146 BPM

Song Of The Wind

This is a song that began with Steve (Steve's Planet)writing, playing it on acoustic guitar, and singing it on a stem he shared with Ken (K2 and the Three [and Four]), who added some perfect drums, as always. Ken then shared it with me, who added bass, and Tez (Llanpsych), who added some brilliant, tasteful guitar fills. We then got JJ involved, and he added the great, undulating organ. Finally, we got the master chef involved, Chris (cgmaness), who came up with some killer guitar riffs and mixed the whole thing very expertly. It must've been quite a chore, too, because there are a lot of magicians in this show. We all really feel lucky that Steve shared this song with us, and admire his singing and songwriting. We hope you enjoy our creation!

Romance by Steve's Planet (Eclectic Collective)

Gallop

Guitar: The Boilerman https://soundcloud.com/boilerman-615719656
Music, Lyrics, Vocal, Electric Piano, Bass, Drum Programming: Jan Schonander

Resung, remixed and remastered from almost four years ago.

This is a clash of psychology with science, and, well, early The Cure meets Bowie's Scary Monsters. It's easy to be close to somebody and still not be seen or heard no matter how loudly you speak. Mixed all this up with some actual invisibility science, so believe it or not, in terms not being seen this song stands on solid physics, until it doesn't....

BEND THE LIGHT

You see me
You look through me
You hear me
Can you hear me?

You’re blinded by your reflection
I’m invisible in the shadow of your glow

I absorb you
I deflect you
I’m a scientific wonder
My surface is cool
My paint is dark
A massive anomaly
A singularity
A Nobel prize in disguise
I’m in disguise

You’ve got the angle
You could be near or far
On any wavelength
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light

I wait for you
You walk by me
I’m a meta material
New spectrum
No infrared
I’m headed to the Blue Hall
A Nobel prize in disguise
I’m gonna be famous
I’m gonna be famous

You’ve got the angle
You could be near or far
On any wavelength
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light

You bend the light
But I’m gonna be famous
You bend the light
And I’m famous

Bend The Light

Bend The Light | The Boilerman 🎸

Big thanks to Paul (https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle) for this awesome open collab 🙏 
Couldn't help but get my sticky little fingers on this one! 😁
It's a little faster than the original track....

Original Track: https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/let-me-know-offer-open-collaboration-80-bpm

Free download if you like it.

Thank you for listening ♥

Unstoppable

Unstoppable (Paploviante Open Collab)

TESTING 1  2  3  / feat. IPG1
Vocals and Verses:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/snippets-vox-140-bpm

Lillithe : Music, Arrangement and Production

Testing 1 2 3 / feat. IPG1

Fill me up

I'm fed up 
of those who sell morning and night
of despair 

I don't take it well
When they try to make me believe 
that red is black

it hurts me bad
to see that we forget to do what s good 
when everything goes wrong

I'm fed up 
of those who always strike
where it hurts me

and I'm enraged
when the vultures of the weakest
feast

I feel bad 
when they want to erect to the most vulgar 
a pedestal

I still want 
to believe in another life 
in other joys  
I dream that we can still build 
a new world, 
that we can finally change history

L'histoire (translated)

The 17 Brent Thugs - Anachrony 101 - 02 04 New Day.mp3

Latin Jazz R&B Northern Soul (60s style) Photo taken at Isle of Wight, mod scooter rally. (New Untouchables)

Latin Soul time (150bpm)

IL FAUT TAIRE LE TEMPS

Les vérités fragiles, celles qui indisposent
Des heures indociles qui vieillissent les roses
Sous des lueurs ingrates dans ce compte à rebours
Les années qui partent aux allers sans retour.

Les folles images sans oraisons verbeuses
Nous tournent la page des idées voyageuses
Devant ces rêves fanés de pensées furtives
Le souvenir d’un passé aux humeurs positives.

Il faut taire le temps, se faisant si rapide
A moquer le présent sans le rendre stupide
Briser le miroir des ans, s’il est tant lucide.

Sous couvert d’absolu, larguer le mauvais sang
Vers des terres inconnues au milieu d’océans
S’oublier des hier sans se moquer de tout
Il reste tant à faire pour aller jusqu'au bout.

Il faut taire le temps, se faisant si rapide
A moquer le présent sans le rendre stupide
Briser le miroir des ans, s’il est tant lucide.

Il faut taire le temps, se faisant si rapide
A moquer le présent sans le rendre stupide
Briser le miroir des ans, s’il est tant lucide.

En rêvant de son mieux, vers de jolies pensées
Un sourire dans ses yeux ne peut faire qu'avancer
La vie est ainsi faite, elle va, elle vient, elle fuit
Et même quand tout s'arrête, rien n'est jamais fini.

Mais regardons l'avenir, il reste tant de choses
Beaucoup d'éclats de rire qui font les vies en rose
Profitons du bonheur en vivant ce présent
Et sans penser à l'heure qui brisera ce temps.

Il faut taire le temps, se faisant si rapide
A moquer le présent sans le rendre stupide
En vivant les instants… en vivant simplement.

IL FAUT TAIRE LE TEMPS (Chanson Française)

"child of god.............welcome.
we have been waiting.
we are your salvation.
we will tell you, what god has hidden.
secrets from the tree of knowledge.
we are your friends.

House dark secrets 4  (the demons promise)

My old SC mate Micah played drums to test a friend’s recording set, and sent me some cuts full of improvised breaks and tempos. I love time changes, yet this was really challenging!

I finally chose two of them and jammed with bass until I learnt his story telling.
Then, I clicked on the red button, again and again.

Drums played ad libitum by Micah Gettys https://soundcloud.com/graphicsontelevisions https://soundcloud.com/letterpressmighty 
Drums engineered and mixed by Dean Johnston https://soundcloud.com/forest-of-dean
Other sounding stuff made in Ruizzoidman's bedroom.
Artwork also makeshifted by Micah Gettys, oh, what a dude !!

Floating Point (with Micah Gettys)

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