With Martin Kirwan

Dacca & Me

Martin & Me

A Collection of Collaborations

Hamilton & Laura

Rehearsals بازآواز & Me

Marc (My Own Cubic Stone) & Hamilton Collaborations

Collaborations with Simon Reich

@simon-reich

Simon & Me

Mocshamba            available to download from: https://dhaturarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mocshamba

Gazing to Gaza

Robin:      keyboards and pecussion         @robingrowntear

HamBa:    iPad - flute, harp and sax + kitchen tap


She Was a Waste of Time Ch2 [Collab by RobinGrowntear & HamBa]

Thoribass:  Piano. @thoribass

HamBa:  iPad synths.

Clouds [Thoribass & HamBa collaboration]

Wherever We Go

This is a recording of my wife and me from around 12 years ago.  
Singing Bird is a traditional Scot/Irish folk song.

My wife Laura plays the guitar and sings harmony.

Hamilton & Laura - Singing Bird (Trad)

The voices of my wife Laura and me.

Just the word: Happy.


Phase #3 Happy

WB Yeats poem, recited magnificently by my friend Hamilton Bailie. When I first heard this recorded version, I went straight to the piano & improvised the basis of the orchestral backing in one pass. It was a truly inspirational moment as the music just fell off the ends of my fingers. I then went back & added all the strings, horns & other orchestral instruments to fill out & back up the overall feel of the poem. Really enjoyed doing this project (the first collaboration Hamilton ever did) & hope to produce a lot more using his fabulous resonant vocals.

The Song of Wandering Aengus - Ft HamBa

This is a collaboration between myself & a fantastic musician in England who calls himself "HamBa". He sent over an idea based around a percussion backed piano solo. I added a double bass, rhythmic piano chords & a few bluesy piano riffs. I pulled it back into a 12 bar blues format & then finally added some cool saxaphones to give it some melody. Lets hope you'll want to eat "Green eggs and HamBa" anywhere!!!!

Green Eggs & HamBa

Collaboration with Zoran Peternelj

https://soundcloud.com/zoranmusic

Shadows Eye - HamBa&Zoran

A collaboration with Hamilton Bailie. HamBa supplied the lovely vocal recitation of an Irish poem "The Stranger's Grave" & vocoder sections. I supplied the electronic musical backing. Something slightly different from my other work, but lots of fun nonetheless.

The Strangers Grave ft. HamBa

A collaboration between Marc Garin https://soundcloud.com/my-own-cubic-stone and Hamilton Bailie https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1/sets

This collaboration grew from Marc's wonderful soundscape: Χθόνιος - https://soundcloud.com/my-own-cubic-stone/myq70j9vsdns

I urge you to listen to Marc's work.  It is deep and powerful with mythical echoes of the ancient past and an unknown future.  I love his work.

Tears of Mercury  by Marc & Hamilton

I have mixed feelings about the title of this track but the plight of the people of Gaza and others caught up in conflict around the Middle East is on my mind at the moment.  

I wish we could be more human.

Gazing To Gaza

Spacekonsta played this actual Tenor Sax line as an alternative for my iPad one on Gazing to Gaza:    https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1/gazing-to-gaza

I then took his line and created a new background.

https://soundcloud.com/spacekonsta

Another Gaze to Gaza   By Spacekonsta & HamBa

Once again, I have completed a collaboration with Hamilton Bailie (HamBa). Hamilton’s marvellous vocal intonations on the poem “Litany in time of Plague” provided me with inspiration to add  a bed of music to heighten the experience.
The poems author, Thomas Nashe, was an important figure in Elizabethan literature, and this poem  is a philosophical, if sometimes woeful, look at death. In a time of vast inequality among society, the plague proved a real leveller of class, strength, wealth & beauty. All tiers of society were touched by the hand of death.
While I listened to the recitation, I improvised on the piano, latching onto key phrases & words. I then went back & improvised the string parts as well. Later I just polished the whole thing up & what you hear now is the result.
In all six verses of this poem, Thomas Nashe repeats the same final two lines: "I am sick, I must die. / Lord, have mercy on us!" Whereas these lines sound gloomy in the first five verses, their meaning changes because of the optimism of the sixth verse. Nashe is suggesting that people's suffering will soon be over, and that death will release them from mortal pain. 


A Litany In Time Of Plague ft HamBa

Collaboration between Marc Garin - My Own Cubic Stone - and Hamilton Bailie.

Marc's page:  https://soundcloud.com/my-own-cubic-stone

After the Rain  by  My Own Cubic Stone & Hamba

This is my wife Laura and me from a recording from 12 or so years ago.  I sing and Laura plays guitar and sings harmony

Hamilton & Laura - I Shall Be Released (Dylan Cover) 1000 post - free D/L

At the Hawk's Well is a one act play by William Butler Yeats, first performed in 1916 and published in 1917. Once again I have completed a lovely collaboration with HamBa from the UK, who is a magnificent orator & brings to life words on a page like no one else I know. After receiving the recitation, I proceeded to improvise my piano line, while listening to the words being spoken. This gives me the purest way to connect the music inside me, with the words I am hearing & the story I feel they are telling. All I'm trying to do, is support the pictures I am seeing in my mind with music. If you like this sort of project, please scroll through my page & see the other collaborations we have recorded over the years. Also visit HamBa's soundcloud page for his own solo projects as well.   https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1

Hawks Well Ft. Hamba

This is a practice recording made a few years back so the sound quality isn't great.
My wife Laura plays guitar and sings harmony.  I sing the tune.

Hamilton & Laura  - Peggy Gordon (trad)

The Esoteric Order Of Dagon have been busy, and tonight they call forth the mighty Dagon from the sea using foghorns and foul rituals.

The Deep One answers their call.

--------------------------------------------

This track started with HamBa https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1 sharing his beautiful and haunting keyboard tune which made me think of the sea, to which I've added ThumbJam electric guitar, GarageBand acoustic guitar (on high echo and reverb), and sound effects.

Innsmouth (The Esoteric Order Of Dagon) - with HamBa

By William Butler Yeats based on an old folk song.

Guitar and Sarod:  Martin Kirwan -   https://soundcloud.com/rootvegetable

Vocal: Hamilton Bailie

Image:  Weeping Willow by Claude Monet

Down By The Sally Gardens - Martin Kirwan & Hamilton Bailie

Guitar: Martin Kirwan - @martin-k-g
Improvised Vocal: Hamilton Bailie

Martin's original: Martin-k-g – Reflections-in-open-g

I Can't Hear You - Martin Kirwan & Hamilton Bailie

PP's original:  https://soundcloud.com/perpetually-pessimistic/poppas-drone

Perpetually Pessimistic's Poppa's Drone (open collaboration with PP)

https://soundcloud.com/perpetually-pessimistic/poppas-drone

Couldn't resist a second go with PP's lovely drone,



No Need to say Goodbye (vocal impro on PP's Poppa's Drone)

I enjoyed my last collab with HamBa https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1 so much I asked if he'd like to do another and luckily the answer was yes!!

The title is taken from the novel by Douglas Adams.
--------
Lead Guitar and drumkit drumming - dacca
All other instruments / voices - HamBa

The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul - with HamBa

Dream Music: Hamilton Bailie @https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1

Vocals and lyrics: Hossein Ragheb
Vocal arrangement and final mix: Hossein Ragheb

This beautiful music is one of Hamilton's recent tracks called: When She Calls My Name @https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1/when-she-calls-my-name

art from: @http://www.worldgallery.co.uk/art-print/steven-n-meyers-daffodil-56263#56263

Lyrics:

Love me like a daffodil
Love me as long as I last

Love me our time cannot wait
Love me before it's too late

Love me let me in your heart
Love me let me in your soul

Love me let me hold you tight
Love me let me give my heart

Love me let me fall in love
Love me let me rest in peace

Love me our love never dies
Love me in love we will rise

Love Me (HamBa & Rehearsals) دوستم بدار

Here is a surprise for you my friends, the song contains Arabic vocals as well as Persian, and your task is to find out which vocals are Persian and which ones are Arabic :)

Ambient music: Hamilton Bailie @soundcloud.com/hamb-1
This beautiful music is one of Hamilton's recent tracks called: Strange Blessings @https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1/strange-blessing

Persian/Arabic vocals and lyrics: Hossein Ragheb
Vocal arrangement and final mix: Hossein Ragheb

Art: http://howard0.deviantart.com/art

~~~~~~~

Persian lyrics:

چشم عالم خیره بر گیسوی او

باد مستم در پریشان موی او

~~~~~~~

Translation:

The whole universe is stunned by the glory of your long hair

And I'm the drunken wind blowing in your hair trying to discover the secret of its beauty

~~~~~~

Persian lyrics:

خدا در سینه ام جا کم نداره

نظر بر نیمه ی شرکم نداره

خدایی می کنه روحی خدایی

خدایی طاقت ترکم نداره

~~~~~~

Translation:

My lord occupies a large portion of my heart

He does not seek further room

My goddess occupies the rest

None of them can withstand to leave me

~~~~~~

Arabic lyrics:

انت فی قلبی لعلّی فی السّما

لا رقیبٌ للفؤادی فی الوفا

~~~~~~

Translation:

You are in my heart, it feels I live in the sky

No one can ever be as loyal to you as my heart



Drunken Wind (HamBa & Rehearsals) باد مستم

Collaboration between Marc Garin (My Own Cubic Stone) and Hamilton Bailie.   
https://soundcloud.com/my-own-cubic-stone


Fluid Balance by MOCS & HamBa

A practice recording from a few years ago with my wife Laura playing guitar.

http://youtu.be/WlfqfILIsUc  

Recorded 2003 uploaded August 2016

Hamilton & Laura - Innisfree (Poem Yeats. Tune Hamilton Camp.){Video link in description }

Music: Hamilton Bailie @https://soundcloud.com/hamb-1

Vocals and lyrics: Hossein Ragheb @https://soundcloud.com/hossein-tunes

Vocal arrangement and mix: Hossein Ragheb

Editing the lyrics and checking the language: Enas H. Qasem @https://soundcloud.com/enas-h-qasem

art: https://manwelairion.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/just-a-sip-of-moonlight/

Dedicated to Laura, Hamilton's beloved wife who has recently passed away.

Thank you for listening through your best headphones, commenting and sharing with your followers. 

May the music heal the pain.

Lyrics (translation):

Oh you, I'm thrilled, as I will see you, that's why I stay awake all night with the moon
Oh you, I'm thrilled, as I will hold you, that's why my tears keep running down like rain drops
Oh you, whose absence is the greatest sorrow for my heart and eyes
Oh you, whose good bye is more painful for me than any turture that can ever be in the hell

Lyrics (Arabic):

یا مَن لِشَوقِ رُؤیَتُکِ أَنَا لا أَنامُ مَعَ القَمَر

یا مَن لِشَوقِ وِصالُکِ أَنَا في بُكائي کَالمَطَر

یا مَن فِراقُکِ أَکبَرُ الحُزنِ لِلفُؤادِ و البَصَر

یا مَن وَداعُکِ أصعَبُ عَليَّ مِنَ العَذابِ في سَقَر


Moonlight - HamBa & Rehearsals (dedicated to Laura) مع القمر

This is the first of its kind, with English and Persian vocals from Hamilton and I, Enjoy.

Music: Hamilton Bailie @soundcloud.com/hamb-1

Englidh vocals: Hamilton Bailie

Persian lyrics and vocals: Hossein Ragheb @https://soundcloud.com/hossein-tunes

Vocal arrangement and mix: Hossein Ragheb

Persian lyrics:

لبان بی شکیبم از رُخت گلی نچیده چون
و جان خسته تشنه سوی چشمه ات خزیده چون

به ناز دل نوازت ای غرور عشق و زندگی
چگونه از تو بگذرم غمت به جان دویده چون

تمام سایه ها به زیر سایه ات فدا کنم
تمام نور هستی ام ز سایه ات دمیده چون

بتاز و آیم از پی ات خمار و تشنه ی مِی ات
تنم به تازیانه خوش ز شیهه ات شنیده چون

به یادگار داده ای سکوت را به هستی ام
نرنجم از تو خون شود ز دوریت دو دیده چون

در انتهای جاده خیره مانده ام به بیکران 
نگاه مهربان تو به آسمان رسیده چون

به دار کن مرا پرنده را رها کن از قفس
به خواب دیده بارها به اوج تو پریده چون

غزل تمام شد بیا مرا به خواب خود ببر
دلم در آرزوی تو دوباره آرمیده چون

Lonely Night (HamBa & Rehearsals) شب تنهایی

Music: Hamilton Bailie @soundcloud.com/hamb-1

Vocals and Lyrics: Hossein Ragheb @https://soundcloud.com/hossein-tunes

Vocal arrangement and mix: Hossein Ragheb

Lyrics (translation):

You're a good feeling
Stroking my heart
In the path of me passing from myself

You want me to be the person I am when being an enchanted lover
Not like you or him or anyone else

As I do, I want you to be just like yourself
Not like me or anyone else

And I know that you know
That we have so much in common

*****************

As I lost you
I suddenly felt lost
And far from being enchanted
If I find you, the moon of my planet
I'll be found and enchanted again
See how restless I've become
Would you reappear with your moonlight
And help me to be found and enchanted, please


Original lyrics (in Persian):

تو یک احساس خوبی
دل نوازی
در گذرگاه من از من

مرا آن گونه می خواهی که هستم وقت شیدایی
نمی خواهی شبیه تو شبیه او شبیه هیچ کس باشم

شبیه من
که می خواهم تو را تنها شبیه تو
نمی خواهم شبیه من شبیه دیگران باشی

و می دانم که می دانی
شباهت های ما کم نیست

*****************
تو را گم کردم و ناگاه
نه پیدایم نه شیدایم
بیابم گر تو را ای ماه
شوم پیدا شوم شیدا
بتاب ای مه که بی تابم
مرا پیدا کن و شیدا

Enchanted (HamBa & Rehearsals) شیدا

To Be There

Trick of the Dark

This Time Last Time and Before

Happy to Daydream

All playing, vocals, composition are my own - unless credited.  I play directly on IOS synths on my iPad.  Most of what I do is layered improvisation.

Playlists by Hamilton Bailie (HamBa)