2020 Anthology CD1

This is the second collaboration I’ve worked on with the very talented Mark Spruce (Original Spruce).  

This is a folk song exploring the boundaries between this world and the spiritual world and tells the tale of an encounter with a Robin in a churchyard. 

Lyrics by Mark Spruce
Music & performance by James Whiteman. 

Best with headphones. Hope you enjoy it. 

Take care

James 

Lyrics:

Sky light Grey 

I stood in the church yard
Cold winters day
My back to the beach tree
Sky light grey

On the branch above me
Cock robin perched 
He sang then stared intently 
I returned his gaze

He repeated his song
And looked again
I smiled and nodded
Like we were friends 

I turned so slowly
As he moved to another branch
Eyeball to eyeball 
Repeat performance 

We both stood still
Locked in our game
He moved on once more
To repeat his refrain

I turned one eighty
When he landed behind me
My smile got wider
My heart got lighter
Watching each other
I'm absorbing this experience 

Then he came closer
We had circled the tree
A mystical moment 
This bird and me

You said your father
Would return
In the spirit of a robin
Watching over us one day

As I stood in that churchyard
Lost in that moment
I felt your father 
Came back to say

I'm here, I'm still here
I will always be here


Mark Spruce copyright Feb 2024

Further info:
The first collaboration is on the Original Spruce site called ‘Old Brock’ (music and performance Mark Spruce: lyrics James Whiteman).

Sky Light Grey (Collaboration James Whiteman & Original Spruce)

Floating in the starry night, admiring the endless galaxy - oh, starry night!

Released 12 April 2024

Starry Night, Oh Starry Night

I originally recorded this track in 2001 when my friend Molly and I formed the "Moving Air" project.. @moving-air
This is the 2024 remastered version.
Composition, arrangement, instruments & vocals: c r u m i u s
Lyrics: Sascha B.
Backing vocals: Molly M.

Fantasiewelt

Ich sitze hier und grinse
zusammen mit John Lennon auf einer Insel
wunderbar, auch noch da ist Kurt Cobain
und vor ein paar Tagen erst, habe ich auch Elvis gesehen

Was, das wollt ihr mir nicht glauben?
Doch, meine Fantasiewelt, die könnt ihr mir nicht rauben
Alles so schön rund, kunterbunt und gesund

Jeder weiß alles, brauchen tun wir nichts
Geliebt wird das was gut ist, kein Gezeter, keine Tricks

Wir können vor dem schlafen gehen Schafe zählen
Müssen uns nicht durch die Tage quälen,
Wenn du Lust hast, dann mach was,
wenn nicht, dann lass das

Ich grinse als bestände die Luft nur aus Lachgas
Ich grinse als bestände die Luft nur aus Lachgas

Keine Armut, kein Streit, keine Kriege
Keine Armut, kein Streit, keine Kriege
Keine Armut, kein Streit, keine Kriege

Ich schließe meine Augen und Fliege
Ich schließe meine Augen und Fliege
Ich schließe meine Augen und Fliege
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Fantasy World

I sit here and grin
on an island with John Lennon
wonderful, Kurt Cobain is also there
and just a few days ago, I also saw Elvis

What, you don't want to believe me?
But you can't take my fantasy world away from me
Everything is so beautifully round, colorful and healthy

Everyone knows everything, we don't need to do anything
What is loved is what is good, no complaining, no tricks

We can count sheep before going to sleep
We don't have to torture ourselves through the days,
If you feel like it, do something,
if not, then leave it

I grin as if the air was made of nitrous oxide
I grin as if the air was made of nitrous oxide

No poverty, no strife, no wars
No poverty, no strife, no wars
No poverty, no strife, no wars

I close my eyes and fly
I close my eyes and fly
I close my eyes and fly

Fantasiewelt

🖤

Fantasiewelt ☮

This Place in my Thoughts

"2016.
Meldonium,
Never heard of it.
2020.
Melbourne,
First round defeat,
Love-two.
32,
Maria is done."

Melbourne 16/20 - From "MARIA"
Music composed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Poster photo retrieved from AP
Edited for a movie that most definitely exists.

Full EP available on bandcamp:
https://thomasohigginshorna.bandcamp.com/album/maria

This track is not to be used to train AI.

Melbourne 16/20

Full EP on bandcamp

Artist Picture. Shyntwirl
Art Cover Editor. Shyntwirl
Colorist. Shyntwirl

Produccer. Shyntwirl
Programmer. Shyntwirl
Synthesizers. Shyntwirl
Beats. Shyntwirl
Distortion. Shyntwirl
Super Beats. Shyntwirl
Kicks. Shyntwirl
Fx. Shyntwirl
Mix. Shyntwirl
DJ. Shyntwirl
Improvisation. Shyntwirl
Remixed. Shyntwirl
Equalizers. Shyntwirl
Reverb & Echo. Shyntwirl
Keyboard. Shyntwirl
Background Expansion. Shyntwirl

Experimental / Techno / Descontruction / Underground / Hardhouse / R&B / Alternative / Synth / DJ / Mix / Kicks & Beats / Reverb & Echo / Improvisation

PROD. Shyntwirl

Shyntwirl - ¡SUPER CRAZY! (PROD. Shyntwirl)

Made in #Ableton (August 2024)

This track is dedicated to my grandfather.
He also made music, like organ, accordion, harmonica etc.

https://hega.bandcamp.com/album/grandfather-ii

Grandfather (II)

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Chase the Silence

Why stick with just one,
Or even two, perspectives?
Why not try on three?

::

Original music & haiku poetry by Bob Weathers

Try Three

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