While we wait for BARDS: Of The Shimmering Seraphs to finish physical production, in the meantime we are forging ahead with a new crop of songs for the next album. The next album will serve as a continuation of the oracle deck concept, featuring songs about "objects" - the first of which be this little song about the magical horn of the elusive and beautiful Aardvark Girl. It is also about a recently discovered strange dwarf planet at the farthest reaches of our solar system.

Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà  was discovered on 19 Oct 2007 at the Palomar observatory in California, at 9:09 UT. Gkunhomdima is a member of the extended scattered disc and is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). Its orbit is inclined 23° off the ecliptic and is quite elliptical. It was knocked out of a normal orbit early in the history of the solar system, probably as Neptune migrated outward to its current position, which gives the high  inclination of Gkunhomdima’s orbit. However, there is no known orbital resonance with any other planetary body, except for its binary companion. Its ‘moon’, or secondary is called G!o’e !Hu (pronounced GOH ay KOO). Goeku means ‘horn’, or Oryx horn. And that takes us to a bit of mythology.

Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is also the Beautiful Aardvark Girl of Juǀʼhoan mythology, who sometimes appears in the stories of other San peoples as a python girl or elephant girl; she defends her people and punishes wrongdoers using gǁámígǁàmì spines [devil’s thorn plant], a rain-cloud full of hail, and her magical oryx horn.

Drums and percussion, keyboards, backup vocals: R Thomas
Guitars, Mandolin, Melodica, Bass, Lead vocals, backup vocals: PS Perkins

LYRICS:
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Aardvark girl, come trumpet your horn
Bellow your clarion call
Summon your dark and impenetrable cloud
And let your hailstones fall

Are we just ants crawling around on the ground
Are we just termites in a crumbling mound

Scatter the poisoned thorns in their lane
May they tread upon those in their path
The stinging in their feet shall remind them
They’ll be dead before their next bath

Aardvark girl burrow down in your den
The night will be ending soon
The Oryx are gathered at the watering hole
And your face is in the moon

Are we just ants crawling around on the ground
Are we just termites in a crumbling mound
We are just ants crawling around on the ground
We are just termites in a crumbling mound

The Oryx of the Aardvark Girl

out to ear

On spotify     https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/6Fr1n1gvCtzNEtWBuqd5RD
Music video  https://youtu.be/LGViW3Ozu2g


In a monochrome

「A despair from which we can never escape.」

youtube   https://youtu.be/10RNsVuqROE
Spotify     https://open.spotify.com/album/7tvJaXvpFYGYCz0hgGNM9t
Deezer     https://www.deezer.com/ja/offers/hifi
Apple Music   https://music.apple.com/jp/album/bloodline-single/1797835032
etc...

https://www.deezer.com

Bloodline

The Crystal Caves is a symbol of submission, revelation, and the enigmatic boundary between knowledge and madness. It depicts vast, gleaming caverns deep beneath the earth’s crust, where immense quartz crystals grow like frozen lightning. These radiant formations are not merely geological wonders — they are conduits of consciousness, forming the neural lattice of an ancient, mythological intelligence.

In the lore of this card, humanity’s collective fears and desires are imprinted upon the crystals, forming an unfathomable archive of thoughts and memories. Faced with an existential crisis — be it environmental collapse, war, or spiritual disillusionment — a select few are chosen to hear the ringing. This sound, like a chorus of distant bells reverberating inside their minds, is a calling from the depths. Those who submit to the summons venture into the Crystal Caves, seeking understanding. Others resist, unwilling to face the knowledge that awaits — and in doing so, are consumed by the madness of dissonance.

This card challenges us to confront our inner callings. It asks whether we are willing to descend into the recesses of our own minds, face the uncomfortable truths that lie within, and emerge transformed. Alternatively, it warns of the destructive consequences of rejecting growth when the time has come to evolve.

Drums, piano, vibes: R Thomas
Guitars, Bass, Vocals, PS Perkins
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Mystic Tape Deck
Tascam DP24SD + StudioOne 7 + a bunch of cheap mics

LYRICS
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In the ways of the world from the crib to the grave
Everybody’s a slave
Ain't nobody gonna save us

Save your bellyachin for another day
Baby they got ways
Of making you behave

When you hear those bells ringing in your brain
Before they drive ya insane
Get on a boat or a plane

Take the golden taxi to the crystal caves
It’s a little like doomsday
You’re gonna have to be brave

Come join your friends in the crystal caves
Meet the underground conclave
At the standing wave

Gonna put the computer right into your vein
Connect the aqueous membrane
To the mineral mainframe

Gonna jump and jive when they play that jazz
Sprinkle on the pizazz
And just a little bit of zip zap biddly bap foo bar baz

Come and disappear in the crystal cave
Everybody’s a slave
Ain't nobody gonna save us

Now that you’ve arrived, won't you come on in?
We’re all about to begin
To start shedding our skin

Make like a snake, and gobble up that tail
It’s a hwale of a fairy tale
On the shell of a snail

In the mystery maze deep under the ground
A little magic we found
A way a watch can be unwound

To begin again inside the cave alone
A place we’re gonna call home
Amidst the shimmering stone

In the ways of the world from the crib to the grave
Everybody’s a slave
Ain't nobody gonna save us

The Crystal Caves

Whatchu Up To?

So Much Time Alone

Helpless

War Overdose

Wide Awake

Rage,Raccoons,Rabbit

Interlude 4

Interlude 5

Haga187= (Hagakure/ One Eight Seven*)  
One man band created by Peter Dos Santos. 
Bass Guitarist, Guitarist, Pianist and Improvised Songwriter
Compositions,Samples and Bass lines.
Open to collaboration. I can’t follow back anymore, maximum suscription on SoundCloud. 

Haga187Peter Dos Santos: Synth Drums, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Keyboards, Synths, Singing, Lyrics. 
All credits on the songs. 
All the tracks are made with Universal Audio Volt 276, Fender Jazz Bass Mexico, Squier Telecaster Butterscotch, Sherwood SH930CEQ Electro Acoustic Guitar, Korg D1BK, GarageBand except for Fantastic Mr Fish and Breakfast in Kreuzberg ( No soundcard at the recording.)
A few songs are supposed to become animated clips soon. (2024/2025)
All rights reserved (Imbd-Haga Records)
Influences (Bass): Jean Jacques Burnel-The Stranglers,Simon Gallup: The Cure (especially Three Imaginery Boys), Larry Graham ( Graham Central Station/Sly and The Family Stone,Betty Davis)Bobby Vega ( Sly Stone- Sly and The Family Stone,Tower of Power), Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix), James Jamerson (Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops,The Temptations), Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report, himself),Glenn Cornick (Jehtro Tull),Les Claypool ( Primus), John Cale ( Solo, Velvet Underground)

Interlude 5

Ηaga187

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