J.Balvin VS Jay-Z & Beyoncé (Dramantic Remix)

Thank You so much for 1000 plays! 

No A.I. was used to create this track!

Around January 20th my friend from work asked me to prepare for him some music for his graphics reel project. And here is result. Mostly done in one evening. Original track has 36 seconds, however, for SoundCloud purposes, I extended this "track" and added a finish. Finally this track didn't find his way to final product, but I think it's a decent project to share ;)

Main hero of this track is still awesome, 18 years old, soft synth from Native Instruments - Massive. Beside that I've used heavily filtered Heavyocity Foundation Emotive Choir and couple of percussive samples from Ableton Live libraries.

Thumbnails background: Freepik by Garry Killian
https://www.freepik.com/author/garrykillian

Gimmie Some Energy!

Gimmie Some Energy! (Graphics Reel Background Music)

at the magic pond

https://herbyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/adam-majdecki-janicki

Urmensch Zitrone (from the vinyl release "Adam Majdecki-Janicki", Herby Records, 2023).

Written by James Geer

A will and a way
A path to a song
A word to the wise
A bang on a gong

I’m just a plain
Ordinary guy
Really no druggie
Really can’t fly

Chorus:
But magic still lives
Between dusk and dawn 
Between yes and no
And off and on

I spend my time
Like anyone else
All my ambitions
Are on the shelf

The words come for free
Cause that’s all I’ll pay
Call it a hobby
I call it play

No hidden motives
No second guess
No inclinations 
To deal with a mess

Hocus and pocus
Sim Salabim 
Abracadabra 
Off on a whim

Magic

Liner Notes by the editors:

Little is known about the band that has created this song. Most of this little information can be gleaned from the website of FMT, whom a previous SHELLF LIFE release can be attributed to. We caution that we do not know if any or all of this information is outdated: https://furicomusicteam.blogspot.com/p/shellf-life-interview.html Unfortunately, the Furico Team was not available for commentary, since they are launching quite a different kind of historic project on kitchen label.  

Some questionable facts regarding STRANGELOVE’S BRAIN’s release are related in quite a verbose and unreliable way tinged with judgemental interpretation and interspersed with pseudointellectual preconceptions here:   https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/shellf-life-paraphernalia-and-parerga-2025 (German original, as far as we can discern). According to that ‚account‘, the recording of STRANGELOVE’S BRAIN was found on a self-burnt disc (ha, that ancient Nero joke!) in a forgotten chest. The poem used in this recording is the only item that can be traced to an author (jo richter) who was kind enough to allow us to reprint here. Obviously, the references to the war-inflicted tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki make it of  special importance at this moment in history, not only because of current tensions, but also because those two catastrophies happened about 80 years ago in August 1945. We therefore decided to release the two versions known thus far as a vinyl single to the general public, accompanied by an image attributed to the same author as the poem.


Strangelove's Brain

another pensive pariah
spotted on the outskirts
of Hyperbolea, Parolia
avant, avant, sempre vorwärts

keeping the obvious captive
locked in a by a reverse smirk
another dementia denier
Hiroshima, where shadows lurk

and the moon keeps rising, rising
every other day, socializing
with singed hands on bare rocks

iron out unseemly locks
to keep face, straight, straight
little boys take progress' bait

A: Strangelove's Brain  (nuclear mix)

Mark says -
In the 5 years I have been working with Rod, I have been encouraged to reach as far as my experience allows me to, with complete support at all times. So far we have completed 11 songs and have experimented with several others that made for a great learning curve for me, with several more at other stages of development... Watch this space, however as we are methodical and patient, therefore it may take some time to get them off the ground.

The subject matter of this song may be based on a different scenario but it is also a token of my gratitude to my inspirational collaborator and friend Rod, who has given me much confidence to rise to the ambition of his musical creativity and meticulous arrangements. Thank you all for giving this song your time.

Rod says -
This song was conceived a long time ago to be sung in Spanish, but Mark did a magnificent adaptation with his English lyrics, and the meaning is 100% faithful to the original spirit, even though he hadn't heard the original song in Spanish. Technically, there are three voices together, consolidating a multi-vocal performance. The synth sounds emulate my old analog and FM synths, and the guitars were routed through an old console to achieve the vintage sound I was looking for.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - @rplanes
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Image by Douglas Corrance

Thank You (Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett)

I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been here in my life.
I know I don’t need to draw you a diagram,
Thank you for being there all this time as my wife.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.

No need to show me all of your gratitude,
I already know how much you show that you care,
When you were prepared to move to my latitude,
Then I was convinced I was ready to share,
My life with you whatever it threw at the both of us.
I know that it’s true, no matter what you care to say.
I’ll always need to express all of my thanks to you
This will always be true on that I swear.

I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been in, in my life.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.
Then I was sure that I was ready to share,
My whole life with you, whatever that meant for the both of us.
I know that it’s true, whatever you say.



Thank You

FASCISM IS BACK IN FASHION
BUT DID IT EVER REALLY GO AWAY
FASCISM IS BACK IN FASHION
BUT DID IT EVER REALLY GO AWAY
>
FASCISM IS BACK IN FASHION
HITLER IS ALIVE AND HE’S LIVING IN YOUR TOWN
YOU KNOW HIM BY A DIFFERENT NAME
THE GAME, THOUGH, IS THE SAME
NO ONE WILL SURVIVE HIS REIGN
THE LAST TO WEAR HIS CROWN
WEAVER OF A WEB OF LIES
BASKING IN THE SHAME
>
FASCISM IS BACK IN FASHION
TOXIC TO THE MIND
A DEATHWISH TO THE SOUL
CREEPS UP FROM BEHIND
THE CLEVER WAY TO TAKE CONTROL
>
FASCISM IS BACK IN FASHION
HITLER IS ALIVE AND HE’S LIVING IN YOUR TOWN
FASCISM IS BACK IN FASHION
HITLER IS ALIVE AND HE’S LIVING IN YOUR TOWN
THIS IS THE DAWNING OF A NEW AGE
>
BREAK
>
BACK IN FASHION
TOXIC TO THE MIND
BACK IN FASHION
A DEATHWISH TO THE SOUL
BACK IN FASHION
CREEPS UP SLOWLY FROM BEHIND
BACK IN FASHION
THE CLEVER WAY TO TAKE CONTROL
BACK IN FASHION
CREEPS UP SLOWLY FROM BEHIND
BACK IN FASHION
THE CLEVER WAY TO TAKE CONTROL
BACK IN FASHION
TOXIC TO THE MIND
BACK IN FASHION
A DEATH WISH TO THE SOUL
BACK IN FASHION
CREEPS UP SLOWLY FROM BEHIND
BACK ON FASHION

FASCISM IS BACK IN FASHION

Image by brittywing from Pixabay
Vocals: SynthesizerV (Hayden 2, Liam, Natalie 2)
Instruments: Band in a Box

Sometimes Dreamers

Anything Anything

Jellyfish

Only very slightly evil hippy of the old tradition.
1 guy, strat, Yamaha acoustic. iPad. substances.
I’m no Conway Twitty. 😕
Listening pleasure proportionate to cannabis intake.