BKGRND curated by Scooter Holiday

April 2021

Mahan Mahan's Favorite Tracks April 2021

Fantaisies series

- short tracks
- excellent collection of genres  : ) ... perfect for newbies to learn.
- family friendly songs
- anything you want

The tracks were uploaded from 12/2020 to 04/2021, mostly in the last month, except the following older ones:
. . - Andrew Lawrence Jackson "Emerging Octopus"(#20): 9 years,
. . - A Noisy Silence "Lungworm"(#7): 5 years,
. . - Gonzalo Fabre "Lullaby"(#5): 10 months,
. . - planetaldol "And now, it's gonna be exciting, to watch, ..."(#8): 9 months,
. . - Tiloh "We are Time"(#6): 6 months,

If you can hear, you may listen.
... if not, then we need to figure out why it is that you can't.

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Related tracks: The Yeti's Return - Paploviante

Collabs & Remixes I

49 Ceremony Journey

P a b l o | EnigmaCurry

@pablomoretti remixed https://soundcloud.com/enigmacurry/base-noise-open-collab also with new additions by EnigmaCurry

Inframundo [base noise collab] - P a b l o | EnigmaCurry

foundational track is by EnigmaCurry @enigmacurry
One Hundred Fives : https://soundcloud.com/enigmacurry/one-hundred-fives
additional fixings & final mix by Arma Ignifera @herronsound
lyrics & voice, their pre-mix & artwork by Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

lyrics based on the poem "My Mistake"
https://nothingispersonal.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/my-mistake/
other songs from the past that use this poem as well are here:
https://soundcloud.com/myrhyum/sets/my-mistakey

MY MISTAKE
------------------
I lacked that tenacity you forecasted for me
last week

I lost my grip

the steadfastness and patience
you prayed for
was lost on me
the way pages are lost flinging
from an open case

tattered, worn/leathered
open case
that files away
unanswered questions, as if they never         pile up

my resolute demeanour that
escapes me now
I boasted so gracefully

with rough tongue i do
lick my wounds
and tears i kept for too long
do well to subdue
the promise of your return

I lie with hope every night
leaving myself alone

that determination you thought you saw in my eyes
was certain, daunting anger
hidden rage barking in the voice of hate

so righteous I became;
the director and projector of my pain

when the truth is a story of the choiceless one must
begin again

such a clean-slate you flung at me
all it caught was this ego-stenched
pungent smell of fury

it drips over my every move
like poison to fool
those blessings you shower upon me now
those borrowed tears I’ve used
trying to wipe away my mistake –
my de-robed mind

Begin Again | A MyrmahEnigmaniferaCurry

Spring Breaker

Anyone needs industrial smooth jazz guitarist?

French Beer - Seasoned Stone Flat Pie

Scrit II -  muterial / P a b l o

Distraction

P a b l o presented me this ambient drone titled "lost souls" for me to experiment on. In Belgium we're facing our third covid lockdown in one year. Help organizations worldwide are reporting alarming numbers of domestic violence and abuse due to lockdown. Lost Souls immediately became Trapped Souls in my head. I tried to evoke such disturbing situations through sound. It was an emotional rollercoaster. Anyhow, this is the result.

Gruppo Infernal + P a b l o _ Trapped Souls

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco
Artwork: Jorge Everardo Vivanco Topete
https://youtu.be/t7luCiyZgMQ

Old Times Souls

Selene

A CONTRATIEMPO

I would like to depopulate your heart,
of useless promises that they encouraged,
life in the winter,
and force you to resign,
at a time that we dream
less fierce.

I would like to remove from your balcony,
the green clarity of hope
stuck in the cement.
And tell you that it is today
the time of a future
that it was ours.

It suddenly hurts us to bear
the daily insult of a life
still gripped by fear.
We were hoping, perhaps,
that was less harsh,
of course.

Don't ever look back again,
that there is no one left in the place
from those old days.
Don't try to escape
that here we are tied
Without remedy.

I would like to agree with you here
that the impossible may still be future
freedom that you carry inside
and show you that it is already today
the time to start
all over again.

I would like to confess that I do not know
because reason I need to suppose
that I'm not lying to you
maybe it's this song
like a cry of love
setback.

Give it and give it way
to life, you have to walk,
give it wind, clear water,
seed and you will see
that sooner or later
life starts again.

Javier Maestre

The Bullonera

Tribute Against Time

ritual and song seem to keep those pesky UFOs at bay! :)

er, yes @ollora is me too, so this is a self-remix of...

https://soundcloud.com/ollora/unresisted-open-collab

Resisted (ollora open collab 'Unresisted')

The Malfunctioning Tram To The Edge Of The Volcano

I am delighted to have a opportunity to Collaborate with Liam from Default Sensor and Finn Eces on this track. Liam as well as playing bass on the track has been a constant source of Inspiration and Friendship since last March when we all got Lockdown and began finding other ways of communicating with each other. Liam is an amazing songwriter and musician please you can listen to more of his music @Default_Sensor and Finn as well as having an great voice is also a great songwriter and musician hear more of his music @Finn_Eces i want to thank both Liam and Finn for their huge contribution to The Evolution of Men. Finn Sang all backing vocals on the song and gave great advice on Mixing. Many thanks Guys.

the song itself is about Our Evolution as Mankind we are evolving in one way but are we being blind by Financial considerations, are we forgetting about the Planet that we are borrowing from our children and future generations Evolution should be the solution to our continuing Pollution but can we see this....Hope you enjoy the song anyway ..

Evolution Of Man  (Collaboration with Default Sensor and Finn Eces )

初めて作った曲 Into Silence をリミックスして森でのレコーディング風景の動画と合わせています。

I remixed my first song "Into Silence" and matched with the video of my recording & practice scene in the Okinawa forest.

https://youtu.be/Us8wLbt_GMc

Into Silence (Okinawa forest remix)

Infundibulum

20, 100 (featuring cehelle)

From @pablomoretti's open collab :: https://soundcloud.com/pablomoretti/malambo-open-collab

Lama Mob Malambo - P a b l o | EnigmaCurry

Christian Moll - Synth / Bass / Drums https://soundcloud.com/christianmoll
Brian Butts - Guitar

Cosmopticon

Christian Moll | Brian Butts - Voltaic Horizons

My submission for this open collab from the great P a b l o.
@pablomoretti

The original percussion was so well done that I opted to leave it pretty much intact, then allow it to inform and inspire the music I wrote for it.

Original: https://soundcloud.com/pablomoretti/the-soul-of-the-ram

The Soul Of The Ram | P a b l o | Broken Chronometer Mix

Elevate

2021-04-18

like a sakura flower

The Yeti’s Return / Paploviante April 2021
Paploviante: Music (Logic Pro), Artwork and Mastering

The Yeti's Return - Paploviante

second track from the Eternal Project- Edge of a change in occurrence.
Metaphor for the pause between two circumstances-
inside of your mind........at a point in time

The Eternal Project -Precipice

from @pablomoretti's open collab https://soundcloud.com/pablomoretti/the-soul-of-the-ram

30 degrees - (Soul of the Ram) P a b l o | EnigmaCurry

https://soundcloud.com/user-364196783-552705040

Grind - Wodwo / P a b l o

Liminal - EnigmaCurry / P a b l o (Udu Mix)

After recording this sound and playing it to experts, it seems this hedgehog is suffering from either pneumonia or lungworm. If you hear a hedgehog suffering in a similar way, please call your local hedgehog rescue centre (In the UK - British Hedgehog Preservation Society: 01584 890801)

Lungworm

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0gG6Q89CtbD7e3AbEHm7eX?si=kc5gRAtpS86YfGK9Dc7JlQ

All These Colours

music, final mix & balance . Arma Ignifera @herronsound
lyrics, vocal performance & their pre-mix, cover art manipulation & design . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
instrumental is an open collaboration 'FourThreeSeven' https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/84bpmfsharpminorfourthreeseven
original Art by Kristina Mills m.facebook.com/KristinasFineArtStudio/

I WAS SURE
I put my hand in the fire
I put my hand in the fire a long time ago

All the pieces of the board
they’re lost on me
I know they were there before…

I put my hand in the fire

They’re lost on me
the pieces on the board
they’re no more….

They were there before

And I’m still burnin

where did the pieces go?
they were there before….

And I’m still burnin

Queen was looking on you….
… King likes to shiver we know, we know, we know

they were there before…sure I was sure
they were there before

sure i was sure
those pieces on the board

pawns under your toes
all the silence and hopes

and i’m still burnin
psssst…. and i’m still burnin

oh right away! its nothing I could capture!
yeah you try and then so… where did the pieces go?
they were there before
sure, i was sure….

on the board
on the board
all aboard
if you wanna disappear
if you wanna disappear
if you wanna
disappear
come on aboard!
cause i seen those pieces disappear
on the board
on the board
on the board!

sure i was sure

I Was Sure - Arma Ignifera & Myrh

No time to think, No time to love, There´s noting to share...
just KEEP GOING!

KEEP GOING

Music by Vinlandsraud (Ketil Strøm)
Lyrics by Pax Loyu (Renathe Bendiksen)

Check out our other platforms, spotify, youtube, iTunes, etc, etc... Cheers!

We are Time

music with additional fixings . Arma Ignifera @herronsound
original open collab here: https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/riverside-open-collab-offer
lyrics, vocals & their premix, cover design . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
photo by Myrh and still shot by Michael Louw

DAY DREAMING NIGHTS
________________________
carry up to town
day dreaming day/night
i hear someone
my loved one, (saying) come home

i hear knocking
home
who’s at my door?
who’s at my door?
who’s at my door?
i hear you knocking
come home
come home
come home

day dreams at night
dreaming the same dream

is the morning really going to come
times are changing
is the morning really gong to come
carry up to dawn
day dreaming night
day dreaming night
i hear someone

my loved one come home
come home

come home
come home

in our dreams


is the morning really gong to come take us away?
does the morning ever (really come)?

come home

Day Dreaming Nights | Arma Ignifera & Myrh

music with additional fixings & final mix/master . Arma Ignifera @herronsound
original instrumental here: https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/quickie-mart-slush
lyrics, vocals & their premix, artwork . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
photo by Myrh and still shots by Michael Louw

Lyrics are based on verses from various poems from my chapbook These Tales Are True https://tarka1.bandcamp.com/merch/these-tales-are-true
"REPLAY" IN A WORLD OF WALLS
 _________________________________

 In a world of walls
In a world of walls

politicization of self?
 De!politicization of self! 
 Contextualize yourself

Take Comfort!
  For without long hallways
 and tall ceilings
 there is little ledge to perch 
corridors plenty 
with windows carving etchings 
for shadow 
for light

in a world of walls
inherited a memory…
in a world of walls 
in a world 
in a world
inherited a memory
in a world of walls 
in a world
 in a world of walls 
in a world

She’d had the back turned, over the years! 
She’d had her back turned, over the years!
She’s had her back turned, Oh oh!

See the city streets are so crowded
 in a world of walls 
in a world of walls
a Replay!
 in a world of walls! 
It’s a replay, in a world of walls, its a replay!
Oh oh!

 sour crude interaction! 
replays! that’s the play!
 replays! that’s the play! 
replays!

Think Again! Think Again! 
Replays!
Thats the play! 
Replay!
Crude! 
Think Again!

Rewind and play again?
 memories, memories! 
play a game, play a game 
it’s thick and caked on in ugly display again 
on a shelf for high price again 

today, my scent is bloody 
saliva in my mouth
  weak and shivering 
each breath: beating: closer to peace : closer to calm

(beneath a brew of memories)
 today my scent is bloody
beneath the weight the art lays
today my scent is bloody

These Tales Are True

"Replay" In A World Of Walls | Arma Ignifera & Myrh

Solituden Isolation 0216

So happy to work on the track https://soundcloud.com/pablomoretti/2001-maniacs
from https://soundcloud.com/pablomoretti
Because his work inspires me very much!! Love his style, check it out!

Lyrics:

Travail, achète, répète
ne sors pas, confine-toi mais achète
(est-ce que c'est ça le nouveau monde?)
parce que si tu ne consommes pas
tout s'effondrera
(travail, achète, répète)

where are we going
the world is burning
(mais t'as l'habitude, t'es habitué à ça)
like fire
a fire of joy
or a fire of hate
a fire that burns
more than heating 
it bursts
destroying everything
and you're still feeling nursed
you don't feel the curse

tu sens pas ce qui va nous arriver?

Travail, achète, répète
ne te rebelles pas, confine-toi
et n'oublies pas
travail, achète, répète
le système compte sur toi
il n'est rien sans toi
si tu ne consommes pas
il s’effondra

Translation of french parts:
Work, buy, repeat
don't get out, confine yourself but buy
(is it the new world?)
because if you don't consume
everything will collapse
(work, buy, repeat)

(but you're used to it, you're used to that)

Don't you feel what is going to happen to us

work, buy, repeat,
do not rebel, confine yourself 
and don't forget
work, buy, repeat
the system is counting on you
it is nothing without you
if you don't consume
it will collapse

Collabs 2020

2020 Maniacs (the curse)

2020 Maniacs (the curse)Feat. Pablo

Searching for Hades

Evening Music

dragon

Felt

original composition & final mix . Arma Ignifera @herronsound
instrumental with slight adjustments is open for collaboration here: https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/truenameopencollab
lyrics & vocals & cover art . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

lyrics based on this poem: The Crow
https://nothingispersonal.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/the-crow/

included in this compilation
https://sindhurecords.bandcamp.com/track/arma-ignifera-myrh-your-true-name