Listening to this again.  Wonderful song!

a very comfortable track as well as the vox

This is a great track (didn't realise you could throw a playlist into your spotlight, first time I've noticed this - so an extra thumbs up for helping me see that!)

Great to dive deeper into your very diverse music expertise, great songs. And this one is really brilliant!

dark folk / lo-fi / gauzy 
James Bracken cut his teeth as a sideman lending his soulful vibrato and rhythm playing to Ian Hilmer’s Stagefright, an alternative string band from southern MN. The band performed extensively regionally, steadily gaining grassroots momentum circulating live bootlegs but never releasing an album, which ultimately ended the band and each of the members went on to front their own project.  

Several hundred bar gigs later a fortuitous connection with Rochester producer Fires of Denmark led to a productive series of recording sessions documenting Bracken’s expansive catalog and tracking a brand new batch of songs set to be released as Echo Messenger.

From the Mountaintop (acoustic)

Originally recorded in 2011, 3D sent the stems to me ten years later as he felt the song was never done justice - and as it turns out, this is a more appropriate time to release it for many reasons.

Around this time I was working on some music by artist/multi instrumentalist Paul Dews (How Far To Hitchin) whom offered to paint this wonderful cover art based on the lyrics. As is usual 3D has posted the track to Bandcamp and I've posted here, it would be great if you followed the link and checked out some more of his music and maybe buy some! 

“One day the ground you're standing on just feels about to fall away,
Just spread the wings we never use unless we're trying to escape.
Gliding above the houses which we cling to just to weigh us down,
the insignificance of Gaia's claims on us seems smaller still.

…And on the earth we search for ways to further disconnect ourselves,
while in the air we somehow always call the fire from the sky.
Release your mind from limitations that we place upon our will,
and free your heart from expectations gathered through our damaged lives.

Maybe one day we reach the stars and try to spread our seed around-
perhaps we have and all our memory of what we are is lost?
Can we forget the petty things that will not let our race evolve,
and save our judgements for the ones that try to tell us we're not free?

If there's an answer to these questions maybe we should look within,
since pointing fingers somehow always seem to end up pointing guns.
As this denial all the while fuels the fires we use to hurt,
could an awareness and humility make dreams reality?”

Darren Douglas Danahy: Synthesizers, vocals, guitars, acoustic and electronic percussion

Russ Sinfield: Mixing, mastering, co-production

Paul Dews: Illustration

Bandcamp Link

Second Renaissance by D. D. Danahy

A Song For You (Live Acoustic)

I'm In No Hurry

In collaboration with the poet Jo Richter @sonic-textures. This track explores the evolution of the human condition... enjoy

Humans

Music Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar7ZM9TQ-tc

Patrick Zelinski brought this one to life! Thanks @treblemaker

Wonder (Eric Heitmann and Patrick Zelinski)

HEY HEY MY MY-NEIL YOUNG

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.
Out of the blue and into the black
You pay for this, but they give you that
And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black.
The king is gone but he's not forgotten
Is this the tale of Johnny rotten?
It's better to burn out than fade away
The king is gone but he's not forgotten.
Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Jeff Blackburn / Neil Young

HEY HEY MY MY-Neil Young cover lyric here

Rubber Duck (Original Mix)

Experimental Improvised Eurorack  Modular . Pinging a filter ( Ripples ) from Maths , processed thru Quarks (Elements clone )and Clouds.PGH LFO2 into the rise and fall of maths ch 1 and 2 . Maths Ch 2 end of cycle into Intelijel uVCA ch A ,out into TipTop  Forbidden planet Filter. FP Filter out to uVCA ch B out to MI Rings ext in .

Caution

I love to create music at night.
When the silence and song come together without interruption
When I can hear my feelings without noise
And my imagination and dreams become real.

A Little Night Music

Solo piano track composed by Anibal Seminara

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Acto Natural

dark-folk/gauzy/lo-fi/singer-songwriter

James Bracken found a fortuitous connection that led to a productive series of recording sessions documenting Bracken’s expansive catalog and tracking a brand new batch of songs released as Echo Messenger.    

Instagram 
https://www.instagram.com/echo.messenger


Local rag...
https://www.postbulletin.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/tuesday-tracklist-echo-messenger?fbclid=IwAR3oL-B7JWfeihD-ANDbGLom56QGouNqRRPEsU6e_YRWnXsvasrWEwVqYps

Live performance...
https://youtu.be/NuHSe3DGuYA?si=w7JLTgwH2OJXT_wk

Self produced album...
https://youtu.be/MpFcmCt57q4?si=JJhdjLRHkgVzn66E

From the Mountaintop (acoustic)

EchoMessenger

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