The original intention was to post this track on or around the 21st September, as some small acknowledgement of the U.N. International Day of Peace (http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/).
 
However, of course, the 11th day of September also marked the sad anniversary of another, perhaps even more tangible, reminder of our singular failure to achieve anything approaching peace in so many countries around the globe. 
 
The spoken words reproduced below are taken from a speech made fifty years ago by John F. Kennedy, and in appropriating them for my own use, I would not wish to suggest that any one man had all the answers, only that the sentiments expressed therein are as meaningful today as they were when first uttered in 1963.  


The track is eight minutes in length, but I’d like to hope that you’ll take the time to absorb the atmosphere, however dark, and allow the music to say more than I ever could. 
An easy listen? Not this time.  

Governments don’t change things; individuals do.   

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“World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbour.

It requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes

to a just and peaceful settlement.

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet.

We all breath the same air. 

We all cherish our children’s futures.

And we are all mortal.” 

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And still...(we await peace)

GALINA


And still...(we await peace)

Don't look for a message in this track – there isn't one. 

But I do think this is a first for me: 120bpm, that ubiquitous default tempo which I usually go out of my way to avoid.
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So this one's all about the groove, and for those unfamiliar with the concept (and who would like to find out why trying to turn music into language is often a fruitless undertaking)...

UK musicologist Richard Middleton (1999) notes that while "the concept of groove" has "long [been] familiar in musicians' own usage", musicologists and theorists have only more recently begun to analyze this concept. Middleton states that a groove "... marks an understanding of rhythmic patterning that underlies its role in producing the characteristic rhythmic 'feel' of a piece." He notes that the "feel created by a repeating framework" is also modified with variations. 

Turry and Aigen cite Feld's definition of groove as "an intuitive sense of style as process, a perception of a cycle in motion, a form or organizing pattern being revealed, a recurrent clustering of elements through time." Aigen states that "when [a] groove is established among players, the musical whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts, enabling a person […] to experience something beyond himself which he[/she] cannot create alone (Aigen 2002, p.34)." 

Jeff Pressing's 2002 article claimed that a "groove or feel" is "a cognitive temporal phenomenon emerging from one or more carefully aligned concurrent rhythmic patterns, characterized by...perception of recurring pulses, and subdivision of structure in such pulses,...perception of a cycle of time, of length 2 or more pulses, enabling identification of cycle locations, and...effectiveness of engaging synchronizing body responses (e.g. dance, foot-tapping)". 

Neuroscientific perspectives:

The "groove" has been cited as an example of sensory-motor coupling between neural systems. Sensory-motor coupling is the coupling or integration of the sensory system and motor system. Sensorimotor integration is not a static process. For a given stimulus, there is no one single motor command. "Neural responses at almost every stage of a sensorimotor pathway are modified at short and long timescales by biophysical and synaptic processes, recurrent and feedback connections, and learning, as well as many other internal and external variables".

Courtesy of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groove_(music)

Going Deeper

With thanks for lyrics by Hektor Thillet, narrated by Tania.

I was going to offer a translation for the lyric – the title is fairly straightforward (Bird of paradise) – but what remains just loses so much in any attempt at literal translation. Best simply to enjoy the original Spanish and let the music take you wherever your imagination allows. 
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Libre como el ave,
Allí vive nuestro amor.

En un verde tropical y florido, todo es belleza.
Todo es cálido y fértil, como vientre fresco.
Allí revolotea la vida, ave de paraíso que arrulla una melodía pura y fresca.
Fresca como fluyen sus lucientes manantiales de esmeralda.
Fresca como corre la brisa enamorada por su cielo de lapislázuli.
Preciada es la naturaleza, que embellece con sus flores de tantos colores,
Que seduce con sus aromas afrodisiacos, deslumbra con su cuerpo exótico.

Allí vive nuestro amor,
Libre como el ave...

GALINA

Ave del paraíso

I AM FRAGILE - 

TOUCH. DON'T BREAK.
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I noticed this week that I'd hit 50,000 plays. 
In the grand scheme of things, it's a tiny number (and the way SC is going, I can't imagine ever reaching 100,000), but this little milestone did make me smile, and I really appreciate everyone who has turned up at one time or another to listen - thanks. A lot!    :)
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If you have been listening for a while, you may think that the vocal in this sounds familiar – you’re right, it is.

Around a year ago, I suffered a catastrophic and terminal hard drive failure, resulting in the loss of a whole bunch of material, which of course seemed suddenly terribly precious to me. Anyway, for some reason, the vocal for the original “Fragile” survived (how ironic), and I’d always had the idea of trying to reassemble the original track. Of course, trying to redo the original parts proved virtually impossible, but I’d always quite liked the vocal, so I just decided to write a whole new track to fit - "Fragile (2)", you might say - and this is it. 

So, if there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s back up, and back up again. Then back up some more. 

You have been warned!   ;)

GALINA


Fragile

For the women who have escaped, and for those still to do so. 

Super remix at: https://soundcloud.com/fredsteres/im-not-yours-any-more-galina

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Don’t tell me what to do.

Don’t tell me what to wear.

You’ve got no power over me.

I’m strong and I’m free,

‘Cause I’m not yours any more...

I'm Not Yours Any More

Thank you to https://soundcloud.com/kerijohnson for her wonderful voice/vocal melody. 
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Been Thinking About You (Featuring: Keri Johnson - vocals)

I’ve been very fortunate recently to work with such inspiring vocalists, and here’s another great talent, Minette Fourie (https://soundcloud.com/minettefourie). 

Her beautiful, unique and soaring voice just took me on a journey...
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I will wait for you

In between all that we are.

As time slows down,

You will find the truth

In between all that we are.

All That We Are (Featuring: Minette Fourie - vocals)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rNO4agmrio&feature=youtu.be



GALINA  


Time (video below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehYmLUfx4g
This is a new track, based on the introduction to 'Jumping Through Clouds (Wow!)', and featuring the video work of Simon Plat.

Check out amazing (AMAZING!) remixe here: https://soundcloud.com/maxllove/cappadocia-galina-max-sarah-beat-cover

A huge thank you as well to Brent Berry for the artwork accompanying the track here on Soundcloud.  

First track of 2016, and a Happy New Year to all.

GALINA

Cappadocia (video & remixes below)

Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uus3YqMAk

A huge thank you to my good friend, and extraordinary talent, Alexia Fredsteres.  She is the genius behind this piece, who took a track of mine and made new life, new art. 

Thank you also to Christi Foss for the delicious vocal track (https://soundcloud.com/christi-foss1).

Fruit of Love (with Alexia) (video below)

Dedicated to the memory of Michael Martineau, and with best thoughts to flutemaker.  

Of you

Super alternative mix here!  https://soundcloud.com/fredsteres/july-16-galina-alexia-martin-reed

Enjoy your summer (and if you pay for your account, here is the email address to complain to Soundcloud about the lack of notifications and any other issues: prosupport@soundcloud.com).
GALINA 

Verano

With gratitude to Ashley for her inspiring vocal track which set the wheels in motion. 
Please join me on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011189821920
And as Soundcloud appears to crumble at the edges, who knows if this track will even reach anyone? If it does, I hope you enjoy it, and thanks as always for listening.
GALINA  27/12/16

The Key (Featuring: Ashley Apollodor - vocals)

Videos:

Fruit of Love: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uus3YqMAk

Cappadocia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehYmLUfx4g

Time: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rNO4agmrio
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https://galina1.bandcamp.com/

Thank you for visiting my page.

I just make music I like, and if you like any of it too, cool.

I'm afraid I don't do Follow-for-Follow, because it's stupid, and doing so simply betrays a complete lack of integrity.  Also, I have never paid for plays/favourites/followers and so on, and I never will, so please don't waste your time trying to offer me such services; I will simply block you and report you for spam. 

I hope you enjoy my music.

GALINA
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Collaborations also featuring GALINA:

https://soundcloud.com/maxllove/cappadocia-galina-max-sarah-beat-cover

https://soundcloud.com/mskjohnson/seeing-stars-original-by-keri

https://soundcloud.com/dreamsynth/all-i-see-is-blue-ii/s-C6rs6

http://soundcloud.com/rob-duff-electronic/breathe-with-galina by Rob Duff - Electronic

http://soundcloud.com/rob-duff-electronic/ocean-of-emotion-1 by Rob Duff - Electronic

http://soundcloud.com/soundpainter/cellular-wave-galina by soundpainter
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Mixes/remixes also featuring GALINA:

https://soundcloud.com/fredsteres/july-16-galina-alexia-martin-reed

https://soundcloud.com/randall-white/10-28-15-dh

http://www.kutmusic.com/galina-ibiza-2014-deep-house-sessions-compilation.html

http://www.kutmusic.com/galina-200-chillout-songs-compilation.html

https://soundcloud.com/erica-dupre/echoes-of-a-life-galina-erica

https://soundcloud.com/mangalyan-records/voices-in-my-head

https://soundcloud.com/atonal-machine/voices-in-my-head-galina-sarah

http://promodj.com/paulthetortoise/radioshows/4916305/RadioSihanoukville_com_Paul_The_Tortoise_Show_Episode_13#

https://soundcloud.com/erica-dupre/voices-in-my-head-galina-erica 

https://soundcloud.com/dreamsynth/all-i-see-is-blue-ii/s-C6rs6

http://soundcloud.com/fatstone/noices-in-our-head

http://www.mixcloud.com/eyeam4real/ocean-radio-midnight-silhouettes-1-12-14/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSwws2REoMI

http://www.mixcloud.com/chamo/chamo-presents-dunia-17/ 

http://soundcloud.com/wacamolo/beyond-the-c-hill

http://soundcloud.com/wacamolo/blackmoon-groovswitch

http://soundcloud.com/juncherre-beatz/levels-collaboration-galinas

http://soundcloud.com/darkvirus/i-hate-the-new-soundcloud

GALEENA

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