Embalmed Hippocrene

some favorites i like to listen to around the workshop...a growing list.

Some Favorites

Wednesday Collection #57

Music For, With And By Giraffes

Forever and

The Outer Ring of Planet Groove

Yeah, the crazy funkies! We need those. They keep us sane. Makes sense? Then you are definitely listening to the right playlist here.

The place where insanity keeps you sane, where mending lies in pain. Here we go all mad and bad and crazy together. Oh , i hear the commands from the mistress with the leather. 

See ya!
Later!

The funky crazies (or the other way around..)

The true inner story of the secret lives of the percussion instruments.

The Tabla

I feel blessed to be able to keep Alpha Roots’ vibe shining bright for the SoundCloud community to continue to enjoy. 

Alpha Roots sent me these reggae bass and rhythm guitar stem a long time ago, maybe even three years ago in 2016 (bad couch, bad couch)! I originally planned on having Evelyn (of the Reiki Run Rampant tracks on my page) sing over the rhythm but then I moved from Santa Cruz to Portland and she moved from the Pacific Northwest to Santa Cruz, bummer! So the stems sat in my hard drive until new inspiration arrived in the form of Johnny Minstrel, one of favorite song writers on SoundCloud, agreeing to write lyrics and sing over the track. Once Johnny added his deep felt lyrics and magical vocal chords to the mix, the rest of the song came together pretty quickly for me, lol! I often try to put together virtual bands for my tracks and I knew I had to have Jamie Rhind on the track since he worked with Alphio on multiple songs and a reunion was due. I always wanted to work with Jonathan Beckenstein, whose sensitive and thoughtful guitar work is always sublime. Darren and Russ came naturally.  My original drum production work was based on an old Sly Dunbar sample (I like to include the essence of some of my favorite artists in the tracks I work on) but the quality of the drums just wasn’t up to Russ’ standards, hahaha, so we brought Bitzone on board to lay down some drums and voila, roots reggae magic!

Big thanks to the band for coming together on this in fine fashion! Big ups to the SoundCloud community and the spirit of collaboration. Keep on digging! 

And massive thanks to Wou-Wou to bringing his visual arts talent to the project! My goal is to eventually put together a reggae album (possibly a double album which will also include some reggae collaborations between Alpha Roots and friends including Jamie Rhind and Russ Sinfield) with all profits going to the Cancer Research Institute. Be on the look out for a possible dub version of Red Earth Clay as well!!!

Johnny Minstrel: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/johnny-minstrel
Alpha Roots: Bass and Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots
Jamie Rhind: Steel Drum
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jonathan Beckenstein: Lead Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
D. D. Danahy: Keyboard
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Bitzone: Drums and Additional Background Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Couch King: Background Vocals and Arrangement
Russell Sinfield: Mixing, Mastering, and Knobs
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

Lyrics: 
Hold you tongue don’t wag that finger
Just shine a light on me my friend
Too much fuss will only hinder
All the good things the spirit sends
We were made of dust and fire
Born beneath a brooding sky
On the stairs of Babel we climb higher 
To sights not seen by human eye

And now I dig, dig deep into the 
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way

Some have called democracy into question
Saying we like sheep have gone astray
That it’s been the rich man’s intention
To steel by night and rule by day
I washed your feet with my tears
I wiped them dry with my hair
Can a hungry mouth still offer prayers
Or are they whispers of despair 

And now I dig, dig deep into the 
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way

Alpha Roots, J. Minstrel, J.Rhind, J.Beckenstein, D.Danahy, Bitzone, CK, R.Sinfield - Red Earth Clay

video:  https://youtu.be/P89aCTqLuo4

This is a collaboration with two of my oldest friends on the planet.  Quanah adds the vocals and killer lyrics and once again The OASPM lights up the bass and mix/mastering.   This one was fun to put together and I hope  y'all enjoy it!

Lyrics:
1 2 1 2 still like to dance still like to sing deep cover elevator parking lot bring yeah THEY don't know
about IT THEY aint seen we squeakin tweakin but were bufferin th stream yeah favorite stories favorite songs  hey check th timeline might be gettin mighty long now my mind expanded my
mind IS blown my head exploded but I dont know what it shown yeah (unknowable silence) NOW
ITS some bullshit we went through who knew th CHASMS came & got you 2 still sayin fuck you still stayin high still makin me believe that Bon Scott never died rye whens the punchline when
IS IT near nobody laughin said that no one shed a tear NOW so whats th story what th eff we
gonna have to make IT with what little we got left yeah yeah


-RQ Stewart

Fever in the South

TallywhackerOMG! (feat: Quanah)

This track is a tribute to Jimi, Billy and Mitch. At the same time it represents a humble contribution from Teth Sin to Black History Month 2020.
You might like to watch a video clip for this track and listen to an alternate mix at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEu1PH7ICxQ . Making up a clip for this Jimi Hendrix cover gave me a chance to set up a Teth Sin YouTube channel.

Teth Sin : guitars, vocals, bass guitar, samplers (drums, piano)

Original composition by Jimi Hendrix
Arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

Freedom (Jimi Hendrix cover)

Freedom (Jimi Hendrix cover by Teth Sin)

What is the meaning of the phrase "fragrance of odipios"?  According to Her Majesty's Space Navy's leading sleep expert Vice Commandant Dubois (https://soundcloud.com/hebe-jebe), it describes the sensation of waking from the deep slumber of a "thousand hypersleeps." 

Vice Commandant Dubois's concoction of synth groove, beats, sound fx, and mysterious title. Admiral Krank is to blame for the guitars and mixing.

Video by Mo Sheen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhGUDBI0Zi0&ab_channel=AdmiralKrankandHisMightyBandofSpacemen

Bravo and the Cosmonauts

Fragrance Of Odipios

"A shapeless figure bent over him, he smelt the fresh leather of the revolver belt, but what insignia did the figure wear on the sleeves and shoulder-straps of its uniform—and in whose name did it raise the dark pistol barrel?  
A second, smashing blow hit him on the ear. 
Then all became quiet. 
There was the sea again with its sounds. 
A wave slowly lifted him up. 
It came from afar 
and travelled sedately on, 
a shrug of eternity."

Arthur Koestler - Darkness at Noon.

Elegy For Rubashov

Voice ,musical bow,miscellaneous percussion, poetry. An improvisation on the night of crickets to celebrate the beauty of nature.
Voix, arc musical, percussions diverses, poésie. Une improvisation dans la nuit des grillons pour célébrer la beauté de la nature.

Le Grillon Chamanique                               / The Shamanic Cricket
Qui es-tu ?                                                   /Who are you ?
Chanteur infatigable                                   /Tireless singer
Dans les plis de la Terre                             /In the folds of the Earth
Tu vibres de tes ailes fragiles                    /You vibrate with your fragile wings

Te mêlant au chant des étoiles                  /Mingling with the song of the stars
Tu rythmes les nuit chaudes                      /You beat the hot nights

Du crépuscule à l'aurore                            /From dusk to dawn
Comme des corbeilles de vagues              /Like baskets of waves
Qui ornent nos rêves                                  /Who adorn our dreams

Nos rêves d'Immensité                               /Our dreams of Immensity
Nos rêves d'Immensité                               /Our dreams of Immensity
Chanteur infatigable                                   /Tireless singer
Chant des étoiles                                        /Song of the stars
Nuits chaudes                                             /Hot nights
Corbeilles de vagues                                  /Wave baskets

Tu es le musicien                                        /You are the musician
De l'infini bleu                                             /Infinite blue

Le Grillon Chamanique / The Shamanic Cricket


With many thanks to Rian Trench for the drums! 

Lyrics:

This is not your native darkness
I invite you in 
I regret that I encroach upon
your light so long-reaching
What creature am I?
I have been asking
I am no night creature 
but the night does want me

Oooooooooooh

Will you hide from your wolves?
Will you hide, will you hide?
Will you hide from your wolves?
Will you hide, will you hide?
Your unworthinesses, your pets,
your tagalongs,
when you tell them you're done with them
they lie down for a while,
like good dogs.

You're lying down as I write this part
your face breaks my heart 
It's like that thing they say 
I feel we rise from the same clay 
How is it my sky caves in
and through cracks in my darkness
I see you still standing 
in the realm of the sun? 
A smile within your eyes,
counting true things like money;
sorcery is so simple.
I only see that now

Will you hide from your wolves?
Will you hide? Will you hide?
Will you hide from your wolves? 
Will you hide? Will you hide?
Your unworthinesses, 
your pets, your tagalongs,
When you tell them you're done with them
they lie down for a while,
like good dogs.

Allow me to take you for granted 
and I'll be a given
They have seen fit to bestow gifts,
let us not question it.
I look to you when I'm 
not feeling worthy 
and you and only you 
untie all my points of pain.
I am unlearning terror -
Empty promiser,
Inflammation of the soul -
Let's have a new fire

Will you hide from your wolves?
Will you hide? Will you hide?

No Night Creature [Your Wolves]

To My Jovian Lover, No More

The story about this track is simple -- made a drum track for a friend, but it got rejected ("too harsh"). Self confidence went to the bottom, and the voices in my head were insisting to produce something extra harsh. Music indeed is a good therapy. Anyway, this all wouldn't have happened if I just went to the zoo as originally planned for that day.

Fun fact: I have been owning a Microkorg for some 15 years, and this was literally the first time I had used its inbuilt vocoder. It even shipped with a swan neck microphone; it sounds exactly as terrible as it looks (and the more I keep staring at it, the more it resembles the weapon used for colonoscopy).

Should Have Gone To The Zoo

another old beat i made using loops in the past.

Reputation

Zig Zag Zig

Two years ago today, on Rudi's birthday, we released "Dream of Hebrides", our first collab. We decided to release another version, we had created, at a later date, but where does the time go, Rudi said this morning.... as it is 2 years later, on this anniversary, that we now give you that version.
A big happy birthday Rudi, and thankyou for letting me share your beautiful music, always magic to work with you <3 
Keep safe and well everyone!

Rudi  - Music, Lyrics, Arrangement and Mixing
Lizzie - Vocals and guitar
Cover picture - Lizzie Pentland " The Starry Selkie"
Lyrics
We are all just grains of sand
But together we form the shore
And we are all just tiny sparks
But we fill the sky with stars

And we are all just breath
But it forms the wind that cradles the grass
And we are all just tiny streams
But together we fill the Sea

An we are all just a moment in time
Just a moment in time
But together Eternity
But together Eternity
But together Eternity

Dream Of Hebrides - Anniversary    (Rudi & Lizzie)

Nightingale: songbird renowned as tuneful mimic; Covid-19 emergency hospitals in UK (after Florence).
?Track: Alto sax distortion (antigen); Clarinet frenzy (antibody); Flute (bird). 
(Other interpretations quite likely).

Nightingale vs Virus

music . Arma Ignifera
original instrumental "Broken Erhu" 
https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/broken-erhu
lyrics, vocals & their mix . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh
Photo by My Ti

I'LL FIND A WAY
live, oh live

I’ll, I’ll

I’ll find a - mamama - a way

only thing (i want)!
I’ll find a way 
(to) take care!
I’ll find a way

I’ll find a way to live with you
I’ll find a way
take care of my way
take care of my way
i’ll find a way to live with you

Love they won’t let us live!
Love they won’t let us live!
oh mama! hey!
to live in the way!
to live in the way! to live in this way
i’ll find a way to live in the way mama~
way, ill find a way, way i’ll find a way, i’ll find a way!

I'll Find a Way (Erhu) - Arma Ignifera & Myrh

Oh Janelle, thanks for your fantastic lyrics and vocals! :)

Lyrics, Vocals: @the-real-janelle from @juniperoband
Music, Mix & Mastering, Guitars (Tele & I don't know), Bass (P), Drums (AD2) and Mello Keys: @bonetender

========== Lyrics ==========

The golden curtains
Are burning down
This great palace I built
Is falling to the ground
And I pay no mind, no
While everybody’s losing theirs
And I cut the ties
No longer while I look behind

Go forward, what are the odds
Of not finding nothing
Keep forward, pushing strong
Their words mean nothing

Their words mean nothing (8x)

You would always say
That you never had enough
When you had it all

Having everything was never
Quite enough
What do you want?

A restless need won’t let you sleep my friend
What do you want?

Having everything is a bless and a course
What do you want?

Sometimes things don’t matter at all
At all times you should be who you are
Life as we are, we are, we are, we are
To live life as we are, we are, we are

©Janelle & Bonetender 2020 All Rights Reserved

You can be king

You Can Be King (ft. Janelle)

This is our late night, voice memo contribution to the global pile of indie-pop quarin-tunes.

"Marigolds" by Russ Stone and Annie Nirschel: they met at a murder mystery seahorse jamboree in 2004 and have been quarantining together ever since. They are not friends.

Marigolds (low-fi)

It's Funky Monday!

Credits did not fit to the title, so here we go:

Alto Saxophone: Micha Surber
Mega Bass Slappato: Dino Romano
Vocals: Micha Surber, Katarzyna Von Kopytko
Rest: me

Monty Python's Intermission Music, as never played by The Meters

An old Eddie Harris tune, heavily based on the big band arrangement by Erik Morales. We are playing this one with the local big band, and they didn't want me to solo on it -- this is my revenge.


---- There were multiple requests for pasting the lyrics, so here we go:

So, it's really something that's been great
But you need stamina
You need physical health
And you need mental health
Like you go:
Person, woman, man, camera, TV
Could you repeat?
So, I said yah
So it's person, woman, man camera, TV
Ok, that's very good
Get it in order, you get extra points
10 minutes, 15, 20 minutes later, they say:
Give us that again! Can you do it again?
And you go: person, woman, man, camera, TV
If you get it in order, you get extra points
They said nobody gets it in order, it's actually not that easy, but for me it was easy
And, that's not an easy question
In other words, they ask you to --- they give you five names and you have to repeat them
And that's ok. If you repeat them out of order, it's ok, but you know, it's not as good
20, 25 minutes later, and they say: go back to that point, then I tell you this: go back to that question
Person, woman, man, camera, TV
And, I got a perfect mark!
And the doctors were: they said very few people can do that
Very few people get that. You understand? It's not that easy!
There were other questions, tougher than what I just did.
But it's not that easy! But as soon as they announced my score at that test
And they said: wow!
You have to be able to show this country that the person that we're picking as leader is sharp
Give us that again! Can you do that again?
And you go: person, woman, man, camera, TV
They say: that's amazing! How did you do that?
And of course I have like, a good memory
Because I'm cognitively there
The last questions are much more difficult
Ah like a memory question
It's ah, like you go: person, woman, man, camera, TV
And they said: wow!
Go back to that question, and repeat them! Can you do that?
And you go: person, woman, man, camera, TV
Person, woman, man, camera, TV
They say that's amazing, how did you do that?

Cold Duck Time ft. Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV

Tina Turner cover! Heresy? Sure! I gave up on the voice, but still trying to achieve legs like hers. This one is a bit inspired by the version they played on the David Letterman show, with Bill Cosby on cowbell. Hope you enjoy!

The main reason I did this was because my maestro told me to practice the blues scale, so I made my first guitar noodle :-)

Undercover Agent For The Blues

It's Bebop Monday! Once more, the fabulous Micha on Alto and Soprano Saxophone. This one is also a good occasion for showcasing the "zero tolerance for space" mixing technique, invented by the good lords of questionable taste.

Footprints (or Beavis & The Buttheads Go Jazz Academy Prep Course) ft. Micha Surber

Please check out the animated music video for this song, too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMQBH5BhHHw&list=PLV_oSLRa-HaKHuG3vbexCV1TGY2S3RlLd&index=1
If you will subscribe to my YouTube channel - you are legend!

ZEME

Swelter / Tveice (Feat. Harry Vagrant, Ivars Stubis, Erna Daugaviete

Nasha, The Girl who Touched the Sky - Nasha's Dance 
December 2020
Duration: 2:35
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who with be performing Nasha, The Girl Who Touched the Sky September 2021
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet
There is an African plain the color of the sun where men dance for the rains to come.
They paint their hair and bodies red and jump toward the stars,
while the women sing the story of Nahsa, the Girl who touched the Sky.

A note from Marie-Jose Payannet, Director of Danse Etoile Ballet:
In those hard times when live performances cannot happen, Danse Etoile Ballet is producing a movie based on the original story written and illustrated by director Marie-Jose Payannet.  The story will unfold with dances mixed with narration and dialog, choreographed to diverse musics. Danse Etoile has been fortunate to work with Colorado's own composer Bruce Klepper who composed this beautiful piece for a solo danced by Nasha. 

For Bansuri, Duduk, Bass Quenacho, Marimba, Gambang Gamelan, Xylophone, Ih Khuur Bass, String Bass, virtual instrument and percussion

Nasha, The Girl who Touched the Sky - Nasha's Dance

Rising High

Sunrise

A Ditty inspired by the incredible Native Peoples that have made home in what we now call Montana  - 

Mixed & Mastered by Paul Janszen - Amsterdam 

Adam Coppock - Live Drums
Mike Walker -Guitars, Bass, Harmonica, Vocals

Recorded mostly live in the cabin at Georgetown Lake Montana October 2020 under The Big Covid Skies ...

Lame Deer

A good time song dedicated to my fellow "buzzkill's".  Hopefully, we can  all get together again soon, and buzzkill's can kill the good time mood :)

Lyrics:
I'm always thinking 2 moves ahead
But she was working the entire chessboard instead
She said, "I wouldn't know a good time if it kicked me in the head
With all my buzzkill talk, all my dread
She said
Don't bring the people down! (3X)

I always look on the dark side
A permanent black cloud
I live my life like a shroud
She says: give up on my workday blues
And put on my dancing shoes
(Stinky feet!!!)
And dance through my despair
Just like Fred Astaire
Don't bring the people down
Stop watching the news
Don't worry about those
Fires
The floods
The truths spinning in your head
Your empty bed
Don't bring the people down! (3X)

Cause the sky is always falling
And my creditors are calling
Let me tell you about:
My damnation
My gyrations 
My Soundcloud Station (uhuh!)
Yeah! I can clear a party out!
She says:
Don't bring the people down! (4X)
Yeah, this is exactly how Rome fell down...

Don't Bring The People Down

Nasha, The Girl who Touched the Sky - Nasha's and the Rain 
January 2021
Duration: 2:25
Music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) who with be performing Nasha, The Girl Who Touched the Sky September 2021
Painting by Marie-Jose Payannet

Rain drops fell on Nasha's nose.  Soon rain drummed the thirsty land.  For three days, rain soaked the plains.

A note from Marie-Jose Payannet, Director of Danse Etoile Ballet:
In those hard times when live performances cannot happen, Danse Etoile Ballet is producing a movie based on the original story written and illustrated by director Marie-Jose Payannet.  The story will unfold with dances mixed with narration and dialog, choreographed to diverse musics. Danse Etoile has been fortunate to work with Colorado's own composer Bruce Klepper who composed this beautiful piece for Nahsa and the Rain. 

For Native American Flute, Strings,  Marimba, Xylophone, String Bass, virtual instruments and percussion

Nasha, The Girl Who Touched The Sky - Nasha and the Rain

Parallel Inspirations
https://soundcloud.com/myrhyum/hummin-snowflake-myrcury
Thank you Myrh, vocals and their mix and arrangement. 
Original Inspiration
https://soundcloud.com/enigmacurry/orison
Updated Mix edit 06/05/2023

Susurro Ōrātiō (Orison)by EnigmaCurry and taRka(HumminSnowflake)

Gestuelle barriérique... ou "Les Gestes Ah Yeah !"

Original track - https://youtu.be/5474BR--ksw Ma n P arrish W ater Spo rts  
70 BPM
part of an ongoing project to provide Midnight Wax with LoFi hip-Hop tracks for their channels www.youtube.com/midnightwaxuk @midnightwax www.facebook.com/MidnightWaxUK/ twitter.com/midnightwaxuk www.instagram.com/midnightwax/?ref…iveInstagram.com
MZRPKLPS - Remixing, Drum Programming

Loop Diggers Midnight Wax Challenge 6 - Z I G G U R A T

Joerxworx&Ratzzz

Lunatics  29/ Schaumbad/Joerxworx&Ratzzz

A Captain Mirth track from 2012, with sound manipulations by Mo Sheen. Guitars by Admiral Krank. 

Marmalade (A Mirthian Fruit-Based Condiment)

Keeping on fiddling while Rome is burning. Some of my therapists say that music is sublimation which is a good thing.

Profile pic by Antonino Muscarello :-)

Should Have Gone To The Zoo

Florian Lüthi