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The ancient Silk Road was mainly used to trade silk to the west and wool, gold and silver to the east . Not only merchants, scholars and armies used its network, but also ideas, religions and entire cultural groups diffused and migrated along the routes from east to west and vice versa. Nestorianism (from the late ancient Roman Empire) and Buddhism (from India) to China, for example. However, recent scholarship warns against overestimating the volume of trade (at least overland) and the transportation infrastructure of the various trade routes.

One 6,400 kilometer route began in Xi'an and followed the course of the Great Wall of China to the northwest, passing through the Taklamakan Desert, overcoming the Pamir Mountains, and passing through Afghanistan to the Levant; from there, trade goods were then shipped across the Mediterranean. Few merchants traveled the entire route; goods tended to be transported in a staggered fashion via intermediaries.

The trade and route network reached its greatest importance between 115 B.C. and the 13th century A.D. With the gradual loss of Roman territory in Asia and the rise of Arabia in the Levant, the Silk Road became increasingly unsafe and rarely traveled. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the route was revived under the Mongols; among others, at the time the Venetian Marco Polo used it to travel to Cathay (China). According to popular belief, the route was one of the main routes through which plague bacteria reached Europe from Asia in the mid-14th century, causing the Black Death there.

Auf der antiken Seidenstraße wurde in westliche Richtung hauptsächlich Seide, gen Osten vor allem Wolle, Gold und Silber gehandelt (siehe auch Indienhandel) Nicht nur Kaufleute, Gelehrte und Armeen nutzten ihr Netz, sondern auch Ideen, Religionen und ganze Kulturkreise diffundierten und migrierten auf den Routen von Ost nach West und umgekehrt: hierüber kamen z. B. der Nestorianismus (aus dem spätantiken Römischen Reich) und der Buddhismus (von Indien) nach China.[1] Allerdings wird in der neueren Forschung davor gewarnt, das Handelsvolumen (zumindest auf dem Landweg) und die Verkehrsinfrastruktur der verschiedenen Handelsrouten zu überschätzen.

Eine 6.400 Kilometer lange Route begann in Xi’an und folgte dem Verlauf der Chinesischen Mauer in Richtung Nordwesten, passierte die Taklamakan-Wüste, überwand das Pamirgebirge und führte über Afghanistan in die Levante; von dort wurden die Handelsgüter dann über das Mittelmeer verschifft. Nur wenige Kaufleute reisten auf der gesamten Route, die Waren wurden eher gestaffelt über Zwischenhändler transportiert.

Ihre größte Bedeutung erreichte das Handels- und Wegenetz zwischen 115 v. Chr. und dem 13. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Mit dem allmählichen Verlust römischen Territoriums in Asien und dem Aufstieg Arabiens in der Levante wurde die Seidenstraße zunehmend unsicher und kaum noch bereist. Im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert wurde die Strecke unter den Mongolen wiederbelebt; unter anderen benutzte sie zu der Zeit der Venezianer Marco Polo, um nach Cathay (China) zu reisen. Nach weit verbreiteter Ansicht war die Route einer der Hauptwege, über die Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts Pestbakterien von Asien nach Europa gelangten und dort den Schwarzen Tod verursachten.

Silk Road

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Hi friends, I hope you are all well. I would like to share my latest track 'Days of Wonder' with you. I hope you will enjoy it!
Take care, Daniel.

written and produced by Daniel Podhradsky
performed by Daniel Podhradsky, Philipp Kratzer and Rasto Pengy Peniastek
recorded by Daniel Podhradsky, Philipp Kratzer and Martin Chovanec
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Days of Wonder

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The voyages of the Voyager program are contrasted with those of the Dutch in the 17th century, with their long tradition of explorers and thinkers, such as Constantijn Huygens and his son Christiaan. Their discoveries are compared with the discoveries of the Voyager probes (Jupiter and Saturn moons).

Die Reisen des Voyager-Programms werden denen der Niederländer im 17. Jahrhundert gegenübergestellt, mit deren langer Tradition der Entdecker und Denker, so zum Beispiel Constantijn Huygens und dessen Sohn Christiaan. Deren Entdeckungen werden mit den Entdeckungen der Voyager-Sonden verglichen (Jupiter und Saturn Monde).

Cosmos Part VI - Traveller's Tales

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"Love is a gift from the innermost soul to another so that both can be whole."

The keys of true love (Part I):

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The fire teaches you never to poison true love with barriers and restrictions. Rules in a relationship can be helpful as long as they do not restrict you and the love of your life. So it is important to experience the true love of your life with freedom. Freedom also means allowing the love of your life to make mistakes and not expecting him/her to do the same thing that you do. Fertilize your true love with the flame of freedom and the spark of joy.

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the five elements of love | part one - fire

Hermitage Castle At Dusk

Dark Ballet

Piano sketch 10 Desert bloom

Another track from Time Zones released exactly 2 months ago on Engram Recordings: https://engramrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/time-zones
Artwork by Malka (excerpt)

Time Zones

Sommerset

(apologies for being away from SC for a while, looking forward to catching up with all your latest creations...)

Well, I finally finished the full version cover of one of my all time fave songs, In Your Eyes, by Peter Gabriel (previously uploaded only up to the first verse). This is a straight up cover that's as faithful to the original as I could get. It's definitely the most time and meticulous effort I've spent on a song trying to do it justice. All instruments are played by me on keyboard, as well as the live talking drum and spotty singing, and then some backing synth pads and the vital backing vocals by @remnant60 (https://soundcloud.com/remnant60). Bill was also instrumental in giving feedback and offering suggestions, and providing the mastering duties. I'm very grateful for his help, and since we both agree PG's original song is a masterpiece, we have a bit of a surprise remix version coming up that highlights all the layers of sounds that go into this song. Can't wait to share it with you!

Song written by Peter Gabriel

(image is a mash-up of my face on the album cover, done in Photoshop)


Here’s the ‘cluck’ version by acarboni:

https://on.soundcloud.com/RVCa1PY1HgvriWsE7

In Your Eyes  (cover)

Nixy Tines

Galileo's telescopic observation of the moons of Jupiter orbiting the planet  was a black swan moment for the Church's earth centred view of the universe. As ever those whose long held beliefs were challenged by the facts did not react well. Plus ca change.

But Still it Moves (John Stone)

Galileo Galileii stood before the court 
Accused of breaking sacred law
In what he said and what he thought  
They told him God had made us the centre of all things
The earth stood still, The universe
revolves around in perfect spheres and rings.

But he had seen the moons of Jupiter
Sailing through the void
And knew at once religious law
Had forever been destroyed
The power of observation
Proved the earth went round the sun
And we were not the centre of all things
as we were told we had become.

The Bishops and the Cardinals
Were outraged by the thought
That places held by God and man
Were not what they had always taught,
They forced a recantation of his controversial views
But as they dragged him from the court
He cried,“But still it moves”

Still it moves, Still it moves
But still the earth goes round the sun
Whatever you can make me say
A truth once known can’t be undone
So forget your old religions
And new ideologies
Truth is truth and only truth will I let speak to me
And still it moves… 

We’d like to think we’ve come some way 
Since those unenlightened days
But look around and count the things 
you know but are afraid to say 
In pain of media pile-ons 
And News that’s always fake 
And Those who are inclined to say 
That hate is truth and truth is hate 

It may not seem important  
But it still seems plain to me 
If you’re not allowed to speak the truth 
Then you’re no longer free 
So when they try to shout you down 
With the crazy things they say 
Remember Galileo
When he once dared to say
Still it moves…

But Still It Moves

Remix by Filmy Ghost
https://soundcloud.com/filmy-ghost

I have some of these that need reuploaded, as well as a handful of tracks from other albums that need to be reuploaded. So apologies if I upload like 10 tracks in one day lol. I might make a track or two first. Well, see...

DD016 - V/A - VISIONS OF DOOM

Ancestry (Filmy Ghost Remix)

Fourth piece in a series of experiments to try other approaches:
'The Unpredictable'. You're welcome to listen if you like, if you can.

"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop." 
(L. Carrol, 'Alice in Wonder​land')

more

Future IV: The Unpredictable

Dies ist ein "sehr" roher" Track. Allerdings nicht, was die Melodik betrifft; deswegen habe ich ihn auch "Chapters: part one" benannt. Die "Overture" ist eingefügt worden von mir. Einfach reinhören ;)

This is a "very rough" track, but not in terms of melody, which is why I named it "Chapters: part one." The "Overture" has been added by me.

Chapters | Part One: The Path

42!

A manic-"ally" (who understands the joke behind this? haha)depressive robot? I saw the original series and I laughed my ass off even then...worth seeing!!! By the way: if someone is looking for similarities to the soundtrack of the movie...there is none! 🤣

Marvin The Manically Depressed Robot (arthur dent's radio edit)

Ein Tribut an Florian Schneider-Esleben und "Kraftwerk"!

A tribute to Florian Schneider-Esleben and "Kraftwerk"!

Free Your Mind (Cybernauts Mix)

Unfortunately SC once again doesn't allow regular comments. I'm trapped in a continuous loop to solve a puzzle, send the comment and it opens again this puzzle page that wants to check if SC is dealing with a robot...
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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.

Chapters | Part One: The Path

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