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Spirit Forest

The Half Open Door - To Go Beyond

The door is ajar,
a simple push is all it takes,
but dare you step through ?

Heroes, poets and fools have forever wondered
if a new world awaits you ...

through the half open door

MrBouzouki - Oct 2021

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Background
This track appeared as a result of some words in October 2021 that followed on from a similar set of words from 2020. In both cases, they acted as a catalyst for a relatively short orchestral piece piece. So now I have a new series to develop over time entitled 'Metaphysical'.

Again, I feel they are suggesting reaching out to explore the space beyond everyday experience. We really do not know what is on the other side of so many things, trapped by our senses and time itself. But are we  ..... lol

Metaphysical Playlist
https://soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/metaphysical
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Instrumentation
Viola - Chris Hein Strings
Cello - Chris Hein Strings
High Strings Ens - Chris Hein Strings 
Alto Flute - Chris Hein Winds
Bassoon - Chris Hein Winds  
Concert Harp and Harp Harmonics - GPO5 (Garritan)
St Peter's Choir - Halion 6
Ymir Choir - VSL - Big Band Orchestra

The Half Open Door - To Go Beyond

Date de publication: 16/12/2021

Musique, arrangements, claviers, mixage, mastering: Cyril MENDEZ

Paroles + Voix: http://beta.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/63547 
Official site: https://www.emilyrichards.com/
https://soundcloud.com/snowflakesings

Guitare Electrique: Erik DARMOISE https://soundcloud.com/darmoise-project-sound

Musique originale composée pour Spirit XZ
Site officiel: https://spiritxperienz.fr/

Un grand merci à Damien (Visions of Dystopia)
@visions-of-dystopia

© Cyril MENDEZ & SxZ 2021, All Rights Reserved.

Transmutate (feat. Madam Snowflake)

Brian Butts - Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keyboard
Chris Dent - Guitar, Master Mix https://soundcloud.com/user-663569023?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Retrodiction

Bandcamp

Travel Journal (feat. Chris Dent)

And children grow up with deep eyes,
Who know of nothing, grow up and die,
And all men go their ways.

And sweet fruits grow from the bitter ones
And fall down at night like dead birds
And lie a few days and perish.

And ever the wind blows, and ever again
We hear and speak many words
And feel lust and weariness of limbs.

And roads run through the grass, and places
Are there and there, full of torches, trees, ponds,
And looming, and deadly withered . . .

What are these built for? and never resemble
One another never? and are innumerable many?
What alternates laughter, weeping and palliation?

What do we care about all this and these games,
We who are great and eternally lonely
And wandering never seek any goals?

What does it matter if we have seen many such things?
And yet he who says "evening" says a lot,
A word from which profundity and sorrow run

Like heavy honey from the hollow combs.

Und Kinder wachsen auf mit tiefen Augen,
Die von nichts wissen, wachsen auf und sterben,
Und alle Menschen gehen ihre Wege.

Und süße Früchte werden aus den herben
Und fallen nachts wie tote Vögel nieder
Und liegen wenig Tage und verderben.

Und immer weht der Wind, und immer wieder
Vernehmen wir und reden viele Worte
Und spüren Lust und Müdigkeit der Glieder.

Und Straßen laufen durch das Gras, und Orte
Sind da und dort, voll Fackeln, Bäumen, Teichen,
Und drohende, und totenhaft verdorrte . . .

Wozu sind diese aufgebaut? und gleichen
Einander nie? und sind unzählig viele?
Was wechselt Lachen, Weinen und Erbleichen?

Was frommt das alles uns und diese Spiele,
Die wir doch groß und ewig einsam sind
Und wandernd nimmer suchen irgend Ziele?

Was frommt's, dergleichen viel gesehen haben?
Und dennoch sagt der viel, der "Abend" sagt,
Ein Wort, daraus Tiefsinn und Trauer rinnt

Wie schwerer Honig aus den hohlen Waben.

'Hugo von Hofmannsthal'

Origin And Decay

Droids

Cyber Atack

Interstellar Wind

East And West

Title track from the album 'Le satellite perdu' by Pecora Pecora

Released 16 October 2015

www.brothersandsistersrecords.com



Le Satellite Perdu - Pecora Pecora

The second single from BAT's forthcoming debut vinyl LP, Exposure Therapy, "Session 4190" finds the producer submersing his trademark, rough-edged sound into an electroforming bath of flickering chords, distant kicks and heat-treated bass notes.

Best Available Technology’s Exposure Therapy will be available on June 2, 2017 from Styles Upon Styles.

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Best Available Technology – Session 4190 (SUS022)

"Uranus 51" is the intro track of my album "Kontrollverlust" which will be released on Einmusika Recordings on 20th Nov 2017 and here´s the story behind: 

Every beginning has something specific. When I started working on this track it was a 124 bpm Tech-House idea with this arp in the background. By creating the line I suddenly had some scenes from my childhood in my mind. The melody and the synth-sound is kind of 1980's style, maybe that's the reason (because I grew up this time). Maybe also I have heard this melody on the TV, in the radio or somewhere else before. But you probably know exactly what I mean when you see, hear or smell something familiar and you feel beamed back a decades ago.

Later I slowed down the track which is on 96 bpm now. No beats, just some off/mood stuff. Hope you enjoy it!

Marc

P.S.: Uranus(str.) 51 in Leipzig was the address of that "DDR Plattenbau" flat where I grew up.

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Kontrollverlust

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Marc DePulse - "Uranus 51"

Many transmissions end up as lost frequency waves floating through space.  The Voyager space probe famously had a piece of vinyl attached to it with sounds from the Earth. While it is unlikely this will ever get played due to the fact that Alien life forms are notorious for using lossless digital files such as FLAC or WAV files, there is something comforting about a piece of vinyl hurtling through space at hundreds of thousands of miles an hour, awaiting an extra terrestrial crate digger to whip it up on an intersteller version of discogs to play at a low key function somewhere in the star system of Alpha Centuri... 
A perfect tune to mix it with would be the Richard Bone remix of Saiyuji (Dawn) Remixed to perfection by Daniele Baldelli and Marco Dionigi.  This is textbook cosmic disco/balearic which comes straight out of the stars.
It recreates the feeling that any human would get staring at the sunrise and that is something which would be difficult to convey with words or language or diagrams. This is a universal statement on how humans feel.
This is the Dawn.

https://soundcloud.com/richard-bone-2
https://soundcloud.com/danielebaldelliofficial
https://soundcloud.com/marcodionigi
https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc

PREMIERE | Richard Bone - Saiyuji (Dawn) (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix) [Invisible, Inc]

A Girl Between Two Worlds

What's a Girl to Do

Fatima Yamaha - What's A Girl To Do

Inside

Latest Updates: 
Have been remastering some of my 'unloved' tracks from the past here on SC - music which has not received as many plays as I would have expected. Maybe 2nd time around your might like it.
The 2025 remastered tracks are being readied for my best of 2025 album in 2026, available January 2026.
I do not use AI on any of my work, just blood sweat and tears, and a lot of emotion/feelings. The reason I have so much music on SC is that I love making music and it is my life. Also I love to share my work with you all, please enjoy.
Have recently discovered some old tracks which I did back in 2009 but have never been previously released or worked on further. Decided to let them see the light of day, unedited and unpolished. Hope you enjoy them and can see where my humble beginnings started.
Also new for Autumn 2025, a collection of classical piano pieces which I composed back in 2010, in memory of my late father who inspired me to play the keyboard in the first place. Under the title of Magician In Private, hope you will allow my indulgence into a special world of just simple piano, no frills.
Please checkout my vast collection of playlists. All my best music is on there in one place. Is free to listen to or sleep with.
From 1st June 2025, celebrating 10 years of KORG KRONOS music with lots of brand new music showcasing the wonders of this iconic workstation in all it's glory. Also as a nod to the release of the KRONOS 3, which will take KORG into the next generation.
All my albums in full quality are available on Bandcamp, please check out the link below.
Have recently taken a short holiday to recharge my batteries and top up my creative juices. Thank you to all my followers for your continued support and encouragement, means the world to me.
Over 10K minutes uploaded, over 1500 tracks - am sure there is something in there for everybody to enjoy. I love making music. Hope it matters to you.
Am posting some Jarre sounding pieces as homage to my lifelong hero of electronic music, using some of the sounds and instruments he has used along the way. Jar of Jarre is my collection of memorable sounds which have changed the way we appreciate modern electro.
Keep an eye out for my new collection of 2024 Remastered best of tracks, coming soon.
New year, new start. Back on the search for good music and inspiration. Will be featuring a lot of my older work remastered this year, seems like a long time since I began my composing journey back in 2000.
Happy New Year to all my followers, May 2025 be filled with musical magic. 
Thank you for all your kind comments and support throughout 2024 I do appreciate it. Stay safe and love each other.
All my remastered best tunes from 2015 to 2023 are now available to buy on Bandcamp.
Am back to making regular music now but sorry no Christmas songs this year. This time of year is very hard for me as it is when my father became very ill and died in the new year 2010. I still miss him very much but hope he would be proud of my musical journey, he is my number one inspiration.
Just a quick personal note on AI and music. I think it is not a good thing for the creative side of music and a lot of it comes without feelings or soul. Creativity is a gift, and should be greatly valued, cherished and nurtured. Music is what makes us human and can never be replaced by a computer.
Finished remastering up to and including 2023 now. Has been a mammoth task but well worth the effort. Next year I shall be working on a remastered series of my pre KORG days 2000 to 2008, in 8 volumes, as well as celebrating in style my 10 years of KRONOS magic, can't wait for 2025.
Have now amassed over 1000 tracks on SC (that's over 8000 minutes of music) and it has been a blast sharing them with you all. Next year 2025, marks the 10th anniversary of the start of my KORG journey.
Am currently putting together a remastered Anthology collection of all my best tracks from 2015 onwards. 2015 consists of a 3 volume set (Now available on Bandcamp). 2016 consists of a 4 volume set. (Also available on Bandcamp). 2017 consists of a 4 volume set. (Available on Bandcamp) 2018 consists of a 4 volume set. (Also available on Bandcamp). 2019 consists of a 4 volume set. (Now available on Bandcamp). 2020 consists of a 3 volume set (now available on Bandcamp).
If you would like to listen to more of Magician, especially retro older tracks please checkout Bandcamp (see link below).
Have recently been rediscovering some of my older music pre KORG days and remastering for uploading to my cloud. Hope you like. Seems such a long time ago now.
I have been lucky to have music in my life, and now the time to explore how it can affect other people. I have discovered many new talented artists on SC and am happy to encourage and support their work; from small beginnings come great things. Please be inspired to be your best, inspire others too, encourage those who lack the inner courage to move forward, and together we can make music make a difference in all our lives.
Am spending a lot more time on my music now since retiring from work in July 2020. Always learning new techniques and honing my craft. Am comfortable now with all chord sequences throughout the scales and loving improvising with the help of my mighty KORG still. Am still trying to give my full support and encouragement to all SC users and some latest (you know who you are), are developing nicely. Be good to one another, be gracious to others, leave your ego out of your life and above all else remember there is always someone worse off than yourself. 
Please be kind to each other, to be happy with our lot without jealousy or greed; to give without asking the cost; to love as if there is no tomorrow; to share and inspire others who may be less fortunate than us; most of all to enjoy life for the joy of living, for we know not what the morning brings - stay safe my friends, be strong and always stay positive; remember life changes - DON'T let it change you!!  
Music is my life - has helped me through many dark places, is a big part of who I am. I put my heart and soul into every single piece of music I produce. I have found many wonderful friends on SC and many exciting talented people.  Been writing and producing music now for 40 years plus. Specialised in electronic based orchestral compositions. I have created my own genre which I call 'electrorchestration'.
Favourite artists/bands include Gary Numan, Little Boots, Jools Holland, Eno, Edgar Froese (1944-2015), Jordan Rudess, Kebu, Madis, Keith Emerson (1944-2016), Rick Wakeman, Richard Wright (1943-2008), Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, M83, Public Service Broadcasting, Dream Theater, ELP, Yes and Mystery to name but a few.
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Droids

Magi©ian™ (Making music make a difference)