Watch the music video (filmed in VR):  https://youtu.be/qI5wMf7I9VM

Are we going to fly?

Are we going to fly or not?
We're standing at the cliff wound up

What's the hurry? We are free
What's the hurry for you and me?

Are we going to own the sky?
A spectacular goodbye

What's the hurry? We are free
What's the hurry for you and me?

Honestly don't compromise
We could do more than survive
Survive

Are we going to find our way?
Thought you said we had all day

Better hurry up and be free
Better hurry up for you and me

Honestly don't compromise
We should do more than survive
Survive

ISRC:
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Are We Going to Fly?

Super Magic

Un groupe de jeunes gens se constitue dans un coin de campagne. Au même moment, une soeur et un frère se retrouvent dans une situation périlleuse... 
"Histoire d'une invention" est un récit dans lequel la musique joue la plupart des rôles principaux.

Histoire d'une invention ---- Chap. 2 (Le boulevard)

Left Gently

Method: vintage lemon drop, voice, field recordings into some of the following: roland vt4, obne dweller, warm audio foxy, zoom r 20, samplitude.
Narration: This is a poem about growing up. I will not include an interlinear translation. Both the nuclear mushroom and the moon are visible in the original text layout.

lyrics / copyright jo richter:

als ich kind
war, betrat ein
flimmernder mensch einen
flimmernden mond. das war wichtiger
als ich, diese befremdung. als ich kind
war, wucherte ein druckpilz in stille lagunen-
wasser der zeitlosen, bisher, atolle. das war mächtiger
als ich, diese tödliche teilkraft. als ich erwachsen
genannt wurde, abstrahiert und fragmentiert, entfremdet und zerblitzt
erreichte mich endlich die erkenntnis

dass

all dies

mit absicht veranlasst
wurde, nicht schicksal gewesen war, bevor
es schicksal wurde. die krähen, die
sich von schlachtfeldern nähren, werden vom
lurenklang eines gier-ich gerufen, einem gier-ich, das ich schließlich
als meines erkannte. als ich erwachsener
genannt wurde, wandte sich diese absicht, die nun meine
war, ins ästhetische und
gab sich auf

nach verworfenem im randmeer, im mare marginis zu gründeln

zufolge

Cover Art by Adrian Bluh https://soundcloud.com/adrianbluh

The spiritual leader of the Monster Robots was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes [download!]

Music&Lyrics&Vocal&Whistling&Production – Mario Lončarić

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6lT72oX8w8

IF I COULD FLY

Glider In The Sky

I-Ambient Toxicity

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing"
- Archilochus. See also  e.g. Ronald M. Dworkin, Justice for Hedgehogs (2011)


A song to the one and only who knows it. 

This is an improvised song I played and recorded the other day (my apologies for the mistakes). It is not much but I just had to play it. I am not in the advertising business and I have to mention as a private person for non-commercial purposes that this song is also a mellow celebration of the Rhodes Electric Piano which is one of the most beautiful instruments I have ever encountered in my life (after my U1 upright piano..). I first heard Rhodes electric piano when I was a little child, and for many years I wondered "What is that?". Now after all these years I got enough resources to get the official Rhodes V8 Pro virtual electric piano.

In a larger context this song is also - despite the fact that it's played in the minor key - a mellow celebration of life. It is to celebrate this particular day and everything this day brings with it.

This song was inspired especially by a particular performance of an old song loosely translated from Finnish to English as "The Vagabond's Night Star" (composed by Mr. Toivo Kärki and arranged by one of the greatest jazz pianists in this country, Mr. Olli Ahvenlahti); it was the song where I for the first time heard the amazing sound of an electric piano many years ago. This song was also inspired by the song "Eternal Child" composed by the late great musician and composer Mr. Chick Corea, and also especially by the memorable music of The Alan Parsons Project.

The song was played by me with my Korg SGProX digital stage piano, using Yamaha Montage 8 synthesizer as an audio interface and using e.g. the following instruments: 
- Rhodes V8 Pro electric piano (Mk8);
- UVI T20 Electric 2 Chorus (cf. MKS-20);
- Arturia V Collection / 1982 Acoustic Grand;
- Arturia Mellotron V (guitar, strings);
- UVI Kroma (brass);
- UVI PX Memories (brass, pad; cf. Memorymoog, LAMM);
- UVI Ultramini and Arturia Mini V (bass) and
- UVI Soul Drums. 

Once again I use this opportunity to present a wish: Please let us have the strength to take decent care of each other and ourselves and let us always try to treat each other with due concern and respect.

The Mellow One and Only

Recorded live on iPad Air 2 with various apps

Mood Exhibit - Carnival

Hei!

It's difficult to categorize my music into just one genre. It draws influence from trip hop, breakbeat, instrumental and abstract hip hop, heavy rock, techno, minimal, sound art, contemporary, glitch, and more!

I admire many artists, and you might detect their influence in my work. Among the best are Daft Punk and Massive Attack, followed by 90s Ninja Tune artists like Amon Tobin, DJ Vadim, The Herbaliser, and Kid Koala. I've had the pleasure of seeing many of them live at the legendary Ilosaari Rock festivals. I also appreciate French hip hop, particularly Le Peuple de l'herbe. Other inspirations include The Prodigy, Portishead, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Gorillaz, Moby, Mono, Thievery Corporation, Future Sound of London, and more. My taste spans from acid jazz and funk to lo-fi and even punk or hard metal, depending on my mood.

I've been making music since the early 2000s, starting with MadTracker software (I am fine with the program name). A few years ago, I transitioned to music production with Ableton Live 10, and I'm currently using version 12. Some of my tracks are experimental, stemming from explorations over the past 20 years, while others are entirely new compositions. This experimentation is perhaps influenced by my background in research—I'm eager to explore new territories, including music.

Nature is my second passion. I tend to a micro-farm in the summer, raising sheep and chickens and restoring it to its traditional biohabitat. In the winter, I evade to the city and brood there, craving for the countryside's spring, summer, and autumn... or dreaming being in hot and sunny place by a sea or river...

I'm open to collaborations, akin to scientific endeavors where novel and exciting outcomes emerge from teamwork. Feel free to reach out!

Lastly, I want to express my gratitude to my SoundCloud friends, website visitors, and music listeners. This community is truly remarkable!

Best regards,
Tarmo aka Funking Duck

P.S. If you enjoy my music and wish to support me, you can do so via PayPal at paypal.me/funkingduck. Your support will contribute to expenses such as a pro-account subscription on SoundCloud and music software. Thank you very much!

P.P.S. Go and follow my less experimental project here, please:
https://soundcloud.com/maautu/