WATCH OUT! - https://youtu.be/JyYJ0a2MgYg

More meaningful than fighting against the enemies would be to fight against what makes the enemies suffer as much as we do.

Sinnvoller als gegen die Feinde zu kämpfen wäre, gegen das zu kämpfen, was die Feinde ebenso leiden macht wie uns.

Walter Ludin
(*1945), Schweizer Journalist, Redakteur, Aphoristiker und Buchautor, Mitglied des franziskanischen Ordens der Kapuziner

Swiss journalist, editor, aphorist and book author, member of the Franciscan Order of Capuchins.

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After The Battle (Bolero)

Video:
https://youtu.be/5UJtKPMc19w

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"Sagan talks about the future of mankind, and the question who would speak for mankind in case of contact with extraterrestrials. The various first contacts of our past are discussed, the meeting of Jean-François de La Pérouse with the Tlingit but also the destruction of the Aztecs by the Spanish conquistadors. Dangers to civilization are highlighted, from the threat of nuclear war to the dangers that led to the destruction of the Library of Alexandria or the murder of Hypatia. The episode ends with an overview of the beginning of the universe, to the evolution of life to the achievements of humanity, and at the end makes a request to humanity to appreciate life and continue the journey into the cosmos."

Please enjoy the complete 13-part journey in the album below. I would be happy to take you on the virtual, musical-interstellar space flight!

https://soundcloud.com/user-92853963/sets/cosmos-a-private-journey?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Cosmos Part XIII - Who Speaks For Earth?

La F. R. de 1789 est considérée comme l'un des tournants politico-sociaux les plus importants de l'histoire européenne. Elle a aboli le pouvoir absolutiste et les prérogatives de la noblesse et de l'Église et les a remplacés par l'état civil. Les causes de la R. F. étaient de profonds malaises sociaux et économiques (famines, insolvabilité de l'Etat). L'élément porteur de la F.R. fut l'Assemblée nationale française, qui adopta en 1789 la Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen. En 1793, les objectifs de la F.R. furent résumés en un mot-clé dans la revendication de Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (Lien interne:Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité) et devinrent un slogan qui fut porté bien au-delà de la FRA et eut des répercussions dans presque tous les États européens. L'interdiction de ce slogan dans les provinces prussiennes du Rhin se répercute encore aujourd'hui dans le carnaval bourgeois et le chiffre magique ELF (Égalité, Liberté, Fraternité), qui ne pouvait pas être interdit : Sinon, pourquoi la révolte des imbéciles (= citoyens) commencerait-elle toujours le 11.11 à 11 heures 11 ?

The F. R. of 1789 is considered one of the most important political-social turning points in European history. It abolished the absolutist rule and the prerogatives of the nobility and the church and replaced them with the bourgeoisie. The reason for the F. R. were profound social and economic grievances (famines, insolvency of the Internal Link:State es). The French National Assembly, which adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789, was the supporting element of the F. R. In 1793, the goals of the F. R. were summed up in the demand for Internal Link:Liberty , Internal Link:Equality , Fraternity (Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité) and became a slogan that was carried far beyond FRA and had an impact in almost all European states. The ban on the slogan in the Prussian Rhine provinces continues to have an effect today in the civic carnival and the magic number ELF (Égalité, Liberté, Fraternité), which could not be banned: Why else should the revolt of the fools (= citizens) always start on 11.11. at 11 o'clock 11?

RÉSISTANCE

The Most Beautiful Gift In The World (Sax & Solo Violin)

A few weeks ago, Anna B May called for a remix competition to remix her song "In Another Life".

As you can see, my entry was unfortunately not among the winners. But I had a lot of fun and the words of appreciation from Anna, Kasique and lost.empathy were reward enough.

Feel free to watch the live contest with all the participants:
https://www.youtube.com/live/zH_1_kv5suE?si=yY0GMn9ojbWQaY53

You can listen to Anna B May's wonderful track in the original here: https://youtu.be/wbczVG3_esE?si=-Zb2gRTwGp1tAlgd

Anna B May's "In Another Life" |  remix by frank mehl

Midgard is a Germanic term for the world or the earth. The word has survived in this or a similar meaning as Gothic midjungards, Old Norse miðgarðr, Old English middangeard, Old Saxon middilgard and Old High German mittil(a)gart and was used in both sacred and profane language. Midgard, literally "middle court" or "middle garden", actually means the dwelling place of humans in the middle of the world. The gods (Asen) live in Asgard.

In contrast to the vertical world view of the world tree Yggdrasil, in the Norse imagination Miðgarðr (west) and Útgarðr (east) describe a horizontal, circular world view as two interrelated poles. This corresponds to the settlement structure of the north up to the time of the industrial revolution, in which the farmstead forms the center of the world.

However, the basic word garðr, which in medieval Scandinavia mainly stood for "farmstead", originally meant an enclosure, a border wall or fence, dividing the world into two opposing areas: an inside and an outside. The enclosed inside is the living area of man, where culture is possible under the protection of the gods, while the demons and giants live on the outside.

In Eddic literature, Miðgarðr is therefore not only the world of men, but also that of the gods. Miðgarðr is created by the gods, who build their castle Ásgarðr in it. They then assign Miðgarðr to the first humans Askr and Embla as their dwelling place. However, Miðgarðr is also sometimes used to refer to the wall or fence that protects the human world from the giants.

Midgard

Experience the wonder and awe of Asgard's natural wonders, from the majestic waterfalls and lush forests to the mysterious and otherworldly creatures that call this mythical realm home. Let your imagination run wild as you envision the endless possibilities of this fantastical world.

Asgard

Enchanted Realms

Lake Of Emotions

High up in the north of Ireland once lived a giant; Fionn mac Cumhaill was his name. His castle was perched on the steepest cliff on the coast and its tower was so high that it tickled the clouds on his belly. For the giant, however, it was only three steps over the cliffs down to the water, and even when a storm raged, the foaming surf did not reach beyond his shoulders.

Fionn led a quiet life with his beloved wife Oonagh: Early in the morning he went hunting, during the day he looked after his cattle and in the evening he ate a delicious meal prepared by Oonah by the fire. Occasionally, however, when the sun tickled his beard too warmly or the rain pattered so heavily that even his giant head felt the drops, he felt like arguing. Fionn needed someone with whom he could measure his strength. But there was no one in the whole country who dared to do so, and that annoyed Fionn immensely. What good was it for a man to be the strongest guy in the country if he didn't have anyone who wanted to fight him?

One mild evening, Fionn had had enough of this misery. He stepped outside his castle, raised his voice and shouted so loudly that even the sound of the sea fell silent: "Am I surrounded by nothing but cowardly clucking chickens and worms crawling pathetically on their bellies?  Where are you, warrior, who dares to fight an honest battle with me? Dare to come out of your hole in the ground and stand up to fight Fionn McCumhaill!"

And what the giant had not expected happened: he received an answer!"You call me a pathetic crawling worm, Fionn McCumhaill? Ha! The worm is you, and if you open your mouth any wider, I'll crush you under my thumbnail and throw your guts to the whales!" It was Benandonner, Fionn's Scottish neighbor, whom he sometimes saw walking on the cliffs beyond. Benandonner's words enraged Fionn even more. Did that fellow over there really think he was stronger than Fionn? Furious, he hurled an insult back at him and in no time at all a huge argument was underway.

Giant's Causeway

Something romantic for a change? 

I sailed in a swaying barge
On the blue ocean,
That flows around the shining stars,
Have greeted the heavenly powers.
Was absorbed in their contemplation,
Drank the eternal ether,
I have completely withdrawn from the earthly,
Recognized the writings of the stars above
And in their circling and turning
Pictorially saw the sacred rhythm,
Which mightily also every sound
Tears me to the melodious, surging urge.
But alas! I am drawn down,
Fog obscures my view,
And the earth's boundaries I see again,
Clouds drive me back.
Woe! The law of gravity
It only asserts its right,
No one may escape it
From the earthly race.

Navegué en una barca oscilante
En el océano azul
Que fluye alrededor de las estrellas brillantes,
Saludé a los poderes celestiales.
Absorto en su contemplación,
Bebí el éter eterno,
Me retiré completamente de lo terrenal,
Reconocí las escrituras de las estrellas
Y en sus círculos y giros
Vi pintorescamente el ritmo sagrado
Que poderosamente también cada sonido
Me atrae hacia el impulso melódico y ondulante.
Pero, ¡ay! me siento abatido,
La niebla oscurece mi visión,
Y las fronteras de la tierra vuelvo a ver,
Las nubes me hacen retroceder.
¡Ay! La ley de la gravedad
Sólo hace valer su derecho,
Nadie puede escapar
Del curso terrestre.

No where else (I wanna be)

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The Legend Of The Ivory Tower

Thousand Senses

When opera singers meet the heart that is lonely in a person's chest - in search of its (lost) counterpart...

The opera singer was provided by: 
https://soundpaint.com/products/opera-soprano-maria

Further VSTs used:
Soundiron - Olympus Micro Choir
ProjectSAM - Orchestral Essentials 2
and more...

Cuori perduti | Lost hearts

From 1876 to 1947, a time ball tower stood in Bremerhaven to the north of the entrance to the New Harbour lock. Before the construction work was carried out, discussions were held about the right location. A location in the then still independent Geestemünde (Kingdom of Prussia) and a location in Bremerhaven (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen) were debated. Ultimately, several factors spoke in favor of the location in Bremerhaven. The time ball was put into operation on October 1, 1876.

In the 19th century, knowledge of the exact time was necessary in order to determine the longitude of a ship's position at sea. The optical signal emitted by the falling time ball enabled ship's commands and watchmakers to set ship's chronometers to an accuracy of fractions of a second.

With the advent and spread of radio telegraphic time signals from 1907 onwards, time balls gradually lost their significance. In Bremerhaven, the time ball was no longer used to transmit time signals from January 1, 1929, after the tower had been converted to light time signals. The time ball tower was probably scrapped in 1947.

In 1824, the British captain Robert Wauchope (1788-1862) submitted a proposal to the Admiralty for the installation of time balls. The first time ball was tested in Portsmouth in 1829. This was followed in 1833 by others in Greenwich and on St. Helena, and in 1836 in Cape Town (see Signal Hill).

Cuxhaven was the first German port to receive a time ball in 1874. This was followed by Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Emden, Hamburg, Kiel and Kiel-Wik, Stettin, Swinemünde and Danzig's port of Neufahrwasser.

There were around 160 time balls worldwide, of which around 60 still exist. Most of them were demolished in the 1920s after their task was taken over by time signal transmitters (Germany 1910, Great Britain 1924) from 1907.

Picture credits: From wood engraving by Robert Friedrich Stieler after a drawing by H. Marutzky, around 1876 - Photo of the wood print from a private collection, public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137139675

Timeball

Oasis Of Elves

Timeball (Extended Trance Version)

Fields Of Gold

A Night In Sanbon

The Seer's Prophecy

Museum Of Vivid Memories

"The Dark Zone"

Only VSTs used for this Track.
Font Style: "Induction"
Picture made by KI: leonardo.ai

The Dark Zone

Elysium (feat. Merethe Soltvedt)

United In Heaven

ABOUT TOMORROWLAND BELGIUM

Celebrating 20 years of Tomorrowland, Tomorrowland Belgium 2024 will take place across two weekends from July 19-21 and July 26-28. Set to open up a new world in the beautiful scenery of De Schorre in Boom in the summer of 2024, the festival’s new theme ‘LIFE’ is the prequel of the 2016 ‘Elixir of Life’ theme.

Tomorrowland is one of the largest and most iconic music festivals in the world held in recreation area De Schorre in Boom, Belgium, organized and owned by the original founders, the brothers Beers. Tomorrowland was first held in 2005 and has since become one of the world’s most notable global music festivals, where music and magic converge to create an unparalleled experience. It takes place every year in summer and stretches over 2 weekends, welcoming 400,000 People of Tomorrow from over 200 countries, and selling out in minutes year after year. Offering a unique camping experience with a wide range of accommodations, DreamVille is Tomorrowland’s official camping site located right next to the festival grounds, while people from every corner of the world can travel to Tomorrowland thanks to Global Journey, Tomorrowland's official travel program. Tomorrowland is located in a beautiful natural place: recreation area De Schorre in the town of Boom in Belgium. It is a true fairy tale world situated in beautiful natural surroundings with a strong eye for detail such as enchanting décor, magical stages, fascinating acts and peripheral animations, tasty and healthy food & drinks from around the world and spectacular fireworks – an unforgettable and incomparable show. Every year, the festival features a special theme that inspires the famed Mainstage design and stage production.

Tomorrowland caters to all genres in electronic dance music with hundreds of renowned artists performing across more than 16 different stages. More than a festival, Tomorrowland is a celebration of diversity and unity. Being a home to hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, one of the most unique things about Tomorrowland remains the whole world coming together in one magical place with everyone being equal and uniting as one – symbolizing the values of freedom, respect, diversity, and solidarity.

Tomorrowland (Life)

Just a small foretaste of the extended version. ⚔️
I hope you like it.
Best regards
Frank

Voices Of War (Forerunner)

Voices Of War | Epic Version

Stars fall

Stars fall,
float gently,
glide sparkling into time.

Lips whisper,
lisp love,
kiss gently a feeling of trust.

Hearts feel
the unsuspected,
yearn for eternity.

Stars fall,
glide softly,
float shimmering out of time.

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Sternenfall

Sterne fallen,
schweben sachte,
gleiten funkelnd 
in die Zeit.

Lippen wispern,
lispeln Liebe,
küssen sanft
Geborgenheit.

Herzen fühlen
Unerahntes,
sehnen sich
nach Ewigkeit.

Sterne fallen,
gleiten leise,
schweben flimmernd
aus der Zeit.

Reach for the stars ✨

Verdant Garden

Kennt ihr Bruder Jakobs Schwester? Nein?
Do you know Brother Jacob's sister? No?
Connaissez-vous la sœur de Frère Jacques ? Non ?
Conosci la sorella di Fratello Giacobbe? No?
Tunnetko veli Jaakobin sisaren? Etkö?
제임스 형제의 여동생을 아세요? 아뇨, 모르시나요?

Sœur Jacquesine (Do you know Brother Jacob's sister?)

When I don't have the time to actively listen to my favorite artists on soundcloud, I just leave the stream running...while washing up in the kitchen, for example 😆

By the way: this user-92853963 was my old link address and leads to the empty.... I AM NOT A ROBOT!

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A long, long time ago, there was an organ in the Christmas-decorated living room in his parents' house, where Frank grew up. Originally bought by his father for his two older siblings, they showed no interest in playing the organ. Frank, however, did. White and black keys and giving off strange sounds. 

So at the age of 9 he began to let his fingers circle on this instrument, searching for the right keys like on a typewriter. And another 9 years would pass before he could buy his first own instrument. Already at the age of 13 he made notes about the then current synthesizers, bought one magazine after the other and visited music fairs in Frankfurt, Germany.

His first keyboard was the Yamaha DSR-2000, which he bought in a music store near his hometown Biebertal. In installments! Finally he could develop himself further - away from the limited tonality of the small organ. The built-in 8-track sequencer helped him to reach unimagined heights. 
Little by little his equipment expanded and his ambition to create music like that of Jean-Michel Jarres came closer. Influenced by this and countless other musicians of the time, his interest grew, but he taught himself everything. Not even having attended a music school or being able to read music at all, he wrote one song after another and recorded them on the only medium available to him at the time: audio cassettes.
Many of these recordings are unfortunately lost forever, because cassettes are and were not the best recording medium. He has to try to play many of his songs from memory. 

In 2007, he fulfilled a long-awaited wish: to buy a KORG. He had always wanted to own one, but with the latest synthesizers at the time of their release having a purchase price of over 6000 D-marks (the currency of the time in the 1980s and 1990s), that dream of owning one was far away. So in 2007 he bought a used KORG 01W/FD at ebay. And as before with the purchase of the Yamaha keyboard, a completely new world opened up to him.

In addition, there were expanders and sound modules from Kawai, Roland and Yamaha (K1m, SC-55, QY10). Six years later his enthusiasm for making music ebbed and rediscovered his hobby (which it always was and still is). In 2018 in April he decided to present his music to a wider audience and uploaded his first song on the platform soundcloud. Since that time, thanks also to the ever-evolving software, he continues to evolve, experiment and relive his times through music.

𝐹𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝑀𝑒𝒽𝓁

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