Moonfinga

I've always quite liked the short version (https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/coffee-break), using it several times especially on FB to accompany a series of good-luck pictures when the new year arrived, and I was sorry that it only lasted 45 seconds. So I worked a bit on this update in these last weeks; to get the same sounds as the short track I also took out of the coffin the old Yamaha PSR 630 (born in 1997 but still in fair health), being especially interested in playing and hearing that awful piano sound again - but strings and woodwinds are no joke either!
With that set of chords it only took a few variations to have significant atmo changes that would justify a new piece; now that it is long enough, I commit it to the ether and oblivion.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2015-2024).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2023, July 30.

Coffee Break (extended version) *

“A love song about human connection. This version leans into the 90’s pop sound of Savage Garden.” 

I want more please don’t take too long

It’s a never ending feeling
It’s a seeing not believing 
It’s you and me we are meant to be
Stop time tonight and tune in to our frequency 
It’s so clear to me 

Is it ever enough? 
Can I ever breathe enough? 
I feel it tripping through my heart
 
I want more
More time 
More love and your smile it’s killing me, killing me 
On the outside I’m looking like I could fight
Appear strong
I want more please don’t take too long

Reflect yourself in me
Inspire my every thought and move 
I want more of you 
It’s not an illusion
Your passion is fusing with all of who I am too

© heart house and the new kindness. 2024

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by heart house and the new kindness. 
Mastered by DOLBY

I WANT MORE (1990's Pop Version)

After You

a collab with a good friend .. 
The Sound Pharmacy .
Rhythm guitar Walker
Bass Powlo 
Keys Powlo 
Lead guitar Powlo 
all good fun .. :-)

Too MushRoom (collab with Powlo.. The sound pharmacy)

Bring It To Me

Cold Comfort

Montage et photographies :
© 2025, Chartrand Saint-Louis
Lien vers la vidéo : https://youtu.be/CifO9a47woM

Musique :
© 2025, musique d'ambiance, titre : "La pluie et le beau temps", par Chartrand Saint-Louis; Arrangement (orchestration) par Albert, 2:20 min.

Mixage, révision et sonorisation par Albert

La pluie et le beau temps

"La pluie et le beau temps", par Chartrand Saint-Louis; Arrangement par Albert [lien vidéo]

a blues track with a dark story line...

#blues #texasblues #southern #serialkiller #regret #garymoore

****LYRICS****

Wake up broken again,
Stumble round for my keys,
Get in the car,  crawl for couple miles,
The Heavens heavy with ill ease... 

Ohhh oohhhh what kind of life is this.....
...
'Penny for your thoughts' I hear a voice say,
As I knock back another round,
Beer with whisky side, 
Pretty soon I'm going go be gone!!!!! 

Ohhh oohhhh what kind of life is this, 

Lights fade and the room spins,
The booze doing its thing,
Come around in a dark room...
Feeling kind of sick ...
My hands and feet are tied,
Oh Lord, I think im in real deep shit 
Yeaaaaaah yeaaaah 

All my misgivings right before my eyes,
In the hands of the unknown,
'Don't you worry you won't hurt no more'..
A voice says to me,
Forgive me Father for i have sinned...
And then he plunges the knife into my skin...




Hurt  No More

Study for Piano Concerto No.1 (3rd movement) Op.22

'Broken Down Radio'

I reached out for a timeless branch of hope
A call out from the rooftops
A story from a broken down radio
Pack your bags and shelve your fears

Now you’ve gone and missed your ‘blue sky boat’
For a generation…
Dangled by the rise of tomorrows sun
Smell your blood and chase your fears

I won’t march alone
I’ll sing until my throat runs dry
Building bridges over forgotten tales
On a broken down radio 

Standing there with your eluded smile
Are you ready to jump?
Turn the volume up and change your gear
Are you ready to run?

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run…

Caught inside a storm of bedtime stories
Luckily kings will crumble
Tired of all the mid ships gathered round
Spread your seeds and take your clear

I won’t march alone
I’ll sing until my throat runs dry
Building bridges over forgotten tales
On a broken down radio

The opening track on our debut EP 'extended play one'. 
A call out for simpler times. 

Recorded in the Gorstey Shack and moulded into shape by Gavin Monaghan at his Magic Garden Studios in Wolverhampton in the winter of 2020. 
Russ and Michael played and sang most of the stuff.
Gavin added bass and 'monotronics'
Craig Glover provided drums.
Mark Gardener mastered the track at his Ox4 Sound in Oxford...

And here it is for you here in it's full glory. Enjoy.

Stay safe, be well
Over and out… for now…

The Flat White Kid.
‘The Sunlit Sound of Staffordshire’

extended play one

Broken Down Radio

'A tonic for the times' Chris Hawkins BBC 6 Music 

So here's a story that you may need to grab a cup of tea and the biscuit barrel for, are you sitting comfortably? Then, let us begin...

Gorstey Lea AKA 'The Gorstey Lea Street Choir' formed one cold winters night in 2016. Two friends on a life long journey. 

Michael first met Russ in 1985, Michael was 15, Russ was 19. Russ played in 'the' up and coming local band ‘Soul Exit’. Michael admired his musical craft and ended up following the band around the country. A gig in Manchester was planned. Michael needed to go and went to Russ’s house (on Gorstey Lea) with a gift, a tape in hand. On one side The Pale Fountains ‘… From Across the Kitchen Table’ on the other Dexys Midnight Runners ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’. Russ welcomed Michael in and he attended the gig travelling in the bands van. 

The future was cast... the following year Michael formed his first band ‘The Great Divide’ inspired by what he had seen and the world of endless possibilities and free expression.

Fast forward some 31 years to August 2016 and a big birthday bash for Russ. Michael attends Russ's party. Talk turns to days gone by and Russ pops the question... “It’s about time we got together and did some music Michael, what do you reckon? No pressure. I have converted my garage into a recording studio, you should come round and we’ll have a play”. 

Michael was not sure, for 15 plus years he has not played an instrument, not sung a song, not written down his thoughts. The conversation was left. A mutual friend then messages Michael 4 months later to tell him that Russ is doing a gig and he thinks it would be good if they did a couple of their favourite cover versions together. 

Messages are exchanged and the meeting is arranged at Russ's new house in Gorstey Lea, 4 houses up the road and 31 years since that first knock on the door. Without any rehearsal the two friends agree to play together for the first time on that Friday evening… 

The reaction from the crowd and the landlord is overwhelming 2 songs turn to 2 hours and at the end of the evening the landlord books the duo to play the following month. ‘What’s your band name boys? ‘The Gorstey Lea Street Choir’ is quickly retorted an amalgam of that first meeting point and Van Morrison’s LP ‘His Band And The Street Choir’ … a door is unlocked, a journey is born.

So, to the ‘here and now’. The duo release their first track in October 2019 'The British Isles' which picks up national radio play from 6 Music, BBC Introducing and great digital stations such as Brum Radio, with the wind in their sails a double A side limited vinyl 'Lions' and 'Somedays' follows in January 2020 and in December 2020 their debut EP snazzily titled 'extended play one' hits the digital shops... 

Summer 2021 - the boys release an 8 track mini LP ''...from Prince's Park to Farsley (Volume I)' a tale of new found collaborations and two towns... aided and abetted by Gavin Monaghan, George Shilling, Choque (Black Star Liner) and Mark Gardener... Volume II will be a long before you know it!!!!

Well it should have been... Covid came and went, then Russ and Michael regrouped and decided to put the 5 piece 'live version' together. 
Joining Russ and Michael are:

Martin Betts on Bass
Sean Bradnick on Drums
Swiss Harris on all manner of musical gadgets

New songs are been written and recorded sporadically. Live dates are just  been announced (see Bands In Town Link) 

The first fruits of this new harvest are now available in their latest release '(My Heart Belongs To...) The Beaches'... just like buses there will be more along very soon

Stay safe, be well

The Flat White Kid