Reposts - October 2022 edition

One evening in December...

Studio Time and this song

A song about searching for your roots and finding a place where you belong! A song about the own twenty-something angst to find out who you are and where you belong. And yes there are Dylan references :-)

Home Ground

Going back to my hometown, 
back to the banks and parks I used to know
I crossed the dirt roads down to town
and left the neon signs far behind
On my home ground, I feel fine
On my home ground, I feel fine
On my home ground, I feel fine
I’m going back again
 
Out in the city of endless streetlights,
drummed in the crowd no place left to go
It overcomes me, wishing to be back home again 
whenever I feel the stars don’t shine
On my home ground, I feel fine
On my home ground, I feel fine
On my home ground, I feel fine
I’m going back again

When the thriving heart of my soul, whenever it needs shelter from this storm

On my home ground, I feel fine
On my home ground, I feel fine
On my home ground, I feel fine
I’m going back again

Going back again,
Going back again,
Going back again

Going back again

Songwriter Kim Van Weyenbergh
Composed Kim Van Weyenbergh
Music Lucky Came to Town

December Sessions

Home Ground

Christopher Woodiwiss Original Music - Blu Beach At Night

Love You Love

Fungus

Str8  Whiskey

Buffalo Run

Days Of Wrath

Two friends, seniors in high school, made the track ‘Gotham’ amidst being separated due to the war in Ukraine. 

They lived in the city of Kyiv for most of their lives and were bandmates at their school ‘PSI.’ They left the country for February break and were never able to return: the school got shut down and the war started. 

Working from a distance and wanting to speak up about the ongoing genocide Russia was committing, Martin sent Nora a haunting piano melody that she felt drawn to. She was inspired by the concept of Gotham City from Batman and felt as though Russia had turned cities in UA into dangerous and ghostly places.. like Gotham itself.  

The song took a while to create, with recording under a blanket, long periods of indecisiveness, and different time zones. However, the creative team supporting the song pushed through and made it happen. With the continuous Russian crimes against UA and the approaching of hallows eve... Gotham is here. This song is dedicated to Ukraine and its bravery.

*** in Ukrainian

Українські школяри написали англійською пісню «Gotham», аби світ почув, на що хоче перетворити їхню країну росія…

Всі вони жили в Києві, ходили до міжнародної школи, товаришували, робили музику, репетирували та навіть встигли вперше заграти live в парку ВДНГ. 18 лютого вони побачили один одного востаннє, роз‘їхались на тиждень на канікули і більше не повернулись…  Їхня школа зачинилась, і всі викладачі покинули країну. 

Переживати те, що коїлось в місті перших закоханостей та сподівань, проживати руйнування життя у всій країні один без одного було тяжко, тож друзі почали розділяти свої страждання через музику. 

Так меланхолічна мелодія Мартіна затягла Нору у темний світ міста Готхем, де діяв Бетмен. Вона написала текст до пісні, аби передати світу месседж, який би люди на Заході легко зрозуміли: Gotham — це місто-примара, на яке росія намагається перетворити українські міста.

«GOTHAM» записувався буквально під ковдрою за відсутності професійного обладнання та збирався друзями по всьому світу в різних часових зонах. «Gotham» має стати реальним саундтреком до цього Хелоуіну. 

Для тих, хто його святкує. Світ не має забувати, що доки вони популяризують свято страху через свою фантазію, найстрашніше відбувається у справжньому житті кожного українця.

Credits: 
Music: Martin Nikov & Nora Polinnia 
Lyrics: Nora Polinnia 
Music Production: RUNSTAR, Martin Nikov
Vocal Production: Aina Vilberh 
Mixing & Mastering: Sergei Rebrik 
Creative team: Nika Nikitina, Yurii Nikitin
Executive producers: Yurii Nikitin, Nika Nikitina

Copyright: ℗2022 Nora Polinnia

Gotham (feat. Martin Nikov)

put me down like a misbehaved dog

short and sweet friendly jam session in 2022
Saigon, Vietnam

https://youtu.be/dSwzlpY6gY4

jam 01 phòng này có thêm quý danh đủ chỗ chứa hong?

graves

BaknSumBread

ARMAGEDDON

(armageddon)

i'm tired of complications
tired of wishing well
tired of border nations
tired of story to tell.

i'm tired of games to play
high on every day
i dont care fr tomorrow
tired of this show

say hello to the end of the world 
and again and again say hello to the end
say hello to the end of the world
and again and again say hello to the end

tired of this show!
(armageddon)
tired of this show!
(armageddon)

on the tele on the radio
all they tell me is a fuckin show
got no hope no masterplan
just doin the best i can

let me know if it fucks to hard
let me play my only card
nothin' here for me to stay
this song is all that i can say

say hello to the end of the world 
and again and again say hello to the end.
(armageddon)good bye, fuck it and die! 
say hello to the end of the world 
and again and again say hello to the end.
(armageddon) good bye, fuck it and die! 

tired of this show (armageddon)
tired of this show (armageddon)

i'm tired of complications
tired of wishing well
tired of border nations
tired of story to tell

i'm tired of games to play
high on every day
i dont care fr tomorrow
tired of this show

(armageddon)tired of this show! 
(armageddon)tired of this show!
tired of this show! 


All sounds / beat / words / produced by Kolkhorst 2022
℗ Schatten Der Kleinen Stadt 2022

rebranded

armageddon

ARMAGEDDON

A re-mastered and finely-tuned version of this song from our third album

LYRICS:

You moved south and you changed your life again
Your big mouth put you in a world of pain
The weight of the world upon your shoulders, strained
Your clean slate is shimmering in summer rain

You fell in with a band of miscontents
They taught you how to think in just the present tense
Life seemed pretty sweet for a time, on the sunshine coast with a bottle of wine
Until the past caught up, put you back into line again

We can do anything

If you marry me, we’ll make this all real
Our souls we’ll adorn with faith that we’ll steal
A look in the eye, a kiss on the mouth
With hearts open wide we keep moving south

Take a breath and you’re back on track again
Engine on and the fire is crackling
Take my hand and we’ll run through the sand to where the ocean spray brings an end to the land
And we can swim along to the sound of the mandolin

You moved south and you changed your life again
Your clean slate is shimmering in summer rain
The weight of the world upon your shoulders, strained
Your big mouth put you in a world of pain

Keep Moving South [2022 Rework]

I Can't Find A Place (feat. Clay Lyons)

Better days are here

Better Days Are Here

Sometimes you need some encouraging words to carry on.

Cheer Up - Lyrics

Low lights are shadowing your face
Dull thoughts are leaving a trace
In a slow pace
Losing a race

Pick up whatever you’re hiding
And take a hold of your mind
Get up at last
Leave what has passed

Cheer up, not everything’s broken
Your soul is just bent
Your thoughts are just spent
You’ve got your intent
Wake up, not everything’s gone yet
Not everything’s set
So, come out of debt
And try to reset

Speed up, your shadow’s behind you
Your friend, it’s chasing you down
While you run around
Confused by the sound

Pass on the torch of your thinking
The fire sheds light on your way
With you every day
Within what you say

Cheer up, you’re coming up short but
Don’t sew your heart shut
Let go of the doubt
And find your way out
Cheer up, some days are still dawning
You’re grinding your teeth
When there is no heat
Just cheer up and be!

Music by Ortwin Wendt
Lyrics by Laura Roklicer & Ortwin Wendt
Vocalists: Caleb Cabiness & Ortwin Wendt

Enlightening Snapshots

Cheer Up

All You've Ever Seen is the Back of Your Mind

Yes, the cover picture is pinky, because the lyrics of this song are very romantic. Well, what to say? Sometimes, it feels good to loosen up a bit! And if you pay close attention, it’s not all sooo sweet, we sometimes fight, some days are less easy than others, but, yeah, Iove is there and some may want it to stay just like this, for as long as possible. And me, I would like her to know I feel that way, most of the time at least!

On a more technical side, this song is touched by some kind of psychedelics or rock ballad, with an electric guitar base and an unexpected duet, which took me quite a long time to work, rework, rerework and rererework, probably the longest time so far and I hope you will consider those slightly more than 5 minutes of music deserved it!

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Eleanor Collides is the solo project of UK singer-songwriter Nick Ranga.  

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Named after Nick’s childhood imaginary friend, Eleanor Collides started life as a lockdown project in March of 2021 when a group of London based musicians got together to support each other in writing, recording and releasing music. Named The MusiCollective, this group has produced acts such as Pisgah, Colin Tyler, Corporate Drone and Lucoline

'People Are Taller in Real Life',  the debut album by Eleanor Collides, falls somewhere between Indie, Alternative Rock and Dream Pop. On this album Nick draws on a wide range of influences from the 90s alt-rock of Alice In Chains and Hole, British Indie bands such as Manic Street Preachers and Depeche Mode's moody synth pop