Oct 2020 part1

Jeremy J. Saks 5

Beginning of the Festival: 100 Tracks from the SoundCloud community

Jurassic Park Your Ass Here & Enjoy This Playlist

Packing the Playlist: Big thanks for all your playlists and comments on Malice In The Palace Pt.1

The best tracks of the friends and residents of Meticulous Midgets anti-label (http://stopcran.ru)
☀ In rotation on the radio http://mitota.club ☀ About:  http://stopcran.ru/blog/2020-10-27-203

Thanks for sharing!

Art: Joan of Arc - Albert Lynch, 1903

HIT-PARADE: all №1 (october 2020)

jeremy j. saks 7

Movements of ApproachToSilence & Friends 20.8

Hi! Really like the way this very playlist managed to glue itself altogether. Quite a venture. Quite a discovery. So many tunes to be amazed by! I expect you to give it a go! You better!

Periodical Repost-Favs Playlist #47

Thanks to you all who took the time to comment on Solar Kama Sutra tracks!

Now That's What I Call A Panic Attack!  - Soundcloud Hits For Your 2 A.M. Meltdowns!  YO!

High recommendation of headphones, to fully enjoy sound adds and effects.

Letra / translated lyrics:

África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
la vieja madre...   /   the old mother...
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
la tierra extraña...   /   the strange land...
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...


Son tus raíces   /   Your roots are
más profundas que el tiempo.   /   deeper than time.
Olvida tu vida   /   Forget your life
que ahora es desierto.   /   which is now a desert.

Tus raíces de sangre se han perdido,   /   Your blood roots are lost
y tu exótico mundo ha envejecido.   /   and your exotic world has got old.
La llamada de la selva ha convertido:   /   The call of the jungle has turned:

tus batallas en guerras,   /   your battles to wars,
y tus bosques en hambre,   /   and your forests to hunger,
y tus hombres en tierra.   /   and your men to soil.

África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
tus cantos lejanos...   /   your distant singings...
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...
ahora están muertos...   /   are dead now...
ahora están muertos.   /   are dead now.
África... África...   /   Africa... Africa...


... 1995 E-RUIZZO - 2014 FRANCÉS RECORDS

Google Play

África (Hombres de tierra)

60billiondollarman sly return

Batteries Not Included

Jeremy J. Saks - Batteries Not Included

Pijamas

This must be from the 70s. Copy of a song written by Shane Love Appling.

Album

LaterTonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ZhwYgG6M8&list=PLBYucxNfbDL8tBKFU0k6-0TkhfCPzDGGw
Debut solo album released 20 May 2020 n Candy Bomber Music / Seja Records, Netherlands. Get it here: sejarecords.bandcamp.com/album/gig-economy
TIJ (THE INCONSISTENT JUKEBOX) is Barry Snaith, also one half of International Electronic soundscape duo m1nk.

Gig Economy

09. A Puppet Pulling Strings

Secondary Guidance

Jeremy J. Saks - Secondary Guidance

Headphones highly recommended for this track........

Beyond The Bloom

Jeremy J. Saks - Beyond The Bloom

Photo art by: Belial Pelegrim 

Always honored to collaborate on a track with my friend Belial Pelegrim  & this time was no different!!!! Its always an adventure working with him & I always end up picking up new tricks & ideas & find myself more open to pushing boundaries & learning from his inspiring work!!!!
We really hope you enjoy the new piece!!!!!!!

No Cure For Regret

Belial Pelegrim & Jeremy J. Saks - No Cure For Regret

SIRENS

Have you ever felt so tired but unable to sleep, so it feels as if you are in a trance seeing things around you in slow motion, or rather you might feel awake in your dream……
I was watching a movie the other night….well let’s call it early morning, since I suffer from insomnia. Anyway couldn’t sleep, so decided to watch a movie, and came across this movie called ‘Angel Heart’ set in the south, New Orleans. Such a magical, mystical, thrilling, captivating and shall I say erotic movie. Loved it. 
This really inspired me and went straight to produce this track. 
As I mentioned so many times before, I work best on impulse. 
So here’s a bit of magic and temptation. Enjoy. Love to all. Copyright protected ©

Magic Of The South ©

This is a track about nothing, but sound, Lol

Ten Thousand Light Years To Nowhere

Sign Of The Times is a passionate motivational inspirational song about how each and every one of us can contribute to solving the problems of the world. Pick your cause and be the change you wish to be/see. By taking those tiny micro/macro steps, it will surely lead to a better, new and improved sun shiney-world. We can absolutely play our individual/unified part to the best of our ability while here on earth. Let's take action now and stand together to change the things we can...and yes believe me, we can!

Thank you Dear Jörg for being my best friend, for always believing in me...On the very first listen, your magnificent energizing Feeling track sparked the big excited-bliss-joy in me...I fell immediately in love and Sign Of The Times came out of my mouth right then and there...just like that it simply flowed out into the universe with melody and lyrics...I'm so truly blessed to have you as my friend first and foremost and even more so to have the greatest opportunity to shine together with you on the sonic dream song Sign Of The Times...With Love and Gratitude, Always, REKHA - XO

Sign Of The Times | Music by Joerxworx | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | NEW Electronic, August 9th, 2020

Listen to the amazing music of Joerxworx here: https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

Sign Of The Times - Music by Joerxworx

Sign Of The Times - Music & Lyrics by REKHA a.k.a REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

Intro Vocal Improv

Oh...Oh-Oh-Oh
Ah-Oh
Oh-No

Come on let's have the talk
The talk about what's good for, for this world
To address how our planet is in a mess
Come on people let's stay united, together
No matter what the weather

Sign of the times go with it
It's the sign of the times got to move with it
Sign of the times be with it
The sign of the times got to flow with it
Flow with it, flow-flow
Go with it
It's the sign of the time got to move with it
The sign of the times go with it
The sign of the time got to flow with it
Groove with it, come on

People. let's hold hands together
It's time to talk, do the talk
Address all the mess we have caused

Oh Yeah-Ee-Yeah
The sign of the times got to go with it
It's the sign of the times move with it
Sign of the times got to groove with it, flow with it

Feel the troubles they're only escalating for the worst
We gotta do something before we burst, combust all around
All around is combustion, pollution, frustration...
Gotta take some action for the good

Oh groove with it
The sign of the times got to move, move with it
It's the sign of the time go with it
The sign of the time come on flow with it, flow with it
Sign of the time, sign of the times
Sign of the time got to move with it
It's the sign of the times got to groove with it
Come on sign of the time got to flow with it, flow with it

We gotta be strong, strong, strong
We gotta hold on, hold on
To hope, to faith, to all what's good
Good for each and everyone of us
Sign, Sign, Sign, Sign
Sign of the times

Original B & W Self Portrait by REKHA - IYERN [Fe]
Cover Art & Graphics by Joerxworx

Music Mixed & Mastered by Joerxworx in Germany
Vocals Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Sign Of The Times

Sign Of The Times | Music/Joerxworx | Music & Lyrics/ REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Electro-Rock Aug/2020

Special thank you to Textured Grooves for the slick drum work
Photo/Artwork by Pat W. R. Smith

The Theory Of Sound

Jeremy J. Saks  - The Theory Of Sound (Ft Textured Grooves)

Lead and Backing Vocals, Acoustic Rythm Guitar, Electric Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Bass Synth, Lyrics - Nic
Drums- Monkey Blood Lowdown
Lead Guitar- Vice Commandant Dubois
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar- Admiral Krank

Andalucia

Zombie Hunter's Grief
https://soundcloud.com/jcs-807293158/zombie-hunters-grief

Zombie Hunter's Grief IMAGE ALBUM
www.amazon.com/Zombie-Hunters-Gr…UM/dp/B0912B56C5/

amazon

Flock Of Zombies! - The Beginning Of The Festival

Music video at https://youtu.be/Wi1L68Be-JY

Very easy listening, soft and atmospheric fumbling on my piano. 

This is simply improvisation and experimentation on chord progressions I am working on for one of my most recent (and on going) compositions. 

The piece the theme is derived from is still under construction but I hope to share it soon.

P.S. For the wonderers, photo of the moon taken through a telescope in a beautiful garden in East Malling. 

The Dream Theme (Improvisation on a theme)

Lonely

Lonely (Original Mix)

"The Beautiful Mind" appears in a "bandlike" environment with acoustic guitars, acoustic drum sets combined with some melodic electronics. Maybe there is some space for vocal installations too? Thanks for listening to this tune.
Cheers,
-Tom

20200929 Tom Laukemper Music Productions Rheine Germany
Coverart by Dani Wilson
All Rights Reserved

Future Scourge! - "The Beautiful Mind"

For my dear little friend. Such a powerful little character, jolly and loving.

This is rather rough round the edges and I'm sure it's not the final draft. I had more trouble than usual for some reason, so headphones or speakers highly recommend. 

I will record everything again once I'm properly set up. For now, I'm just putting feelers out. 



Evie's Neon Imagination

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-eEcY0Q4I
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What encounters you're going to have when you pronounce "Abracadabra!" and find yourself in the magical land "behind the mirror"? This must be the most jazzy track of the upcoming album - Hang-driven, arranged with piano, cello and vocal. This is also one of three tracks where the vocals are mine (on all other tracks the vocals are by the award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Alexa Ray).

I hope you will enjoy the music along with this timelapse of the artwork being drawn by the talented Anastasia Frenkel. She drew artworks for every single track of the album - we will release it on CD with the booklet of all her drawings.

I must also thank all the participating musicians: 
- Phil DiMercurio (aka PdubJamz) for his drums and percussion truly transformed the album.
- Yamaha Artist Yoed Nir for the wondrous cello.
- Producer of several Grammy-nominated artists, Matthew Shell, who supervised mixing & mastering of "Abracadabra!", Erik Fredriksen for mixing and Steven Vagovics for mastering.

And, of course, I'd like to thank my husband who was behind the whole production of the album and the upcoming music video.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3UMHnrPUuxETP2g7nbnu4E
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/abracadabra/1530195886
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.ca/albums/B08H1WBVQS
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bv6b7lpcod25rlxrzhmnj5ieg2m

"Encounters" (from "Abracadabra") by Milana Zilnik

Walk Alone

Firstly on easy listening 6/4 bars, I cut some notes out of the main theme so as to give it dynamism, and finally obtained a prime amalgam of 17 quarter notes. I hid any recognizable thing in the accompaniment, and for the organic lines (voice and guitars) I tried the strong rhythm would not fix too much the melodies, first paying a lot of attention, and finally ... just letting me go.

Translated lyrics:

Oídos sordos (17 negras)  /  Deaf ears (17 quarter notes)

Quiero gritar todo lo que siento, estando solo;  /   I want to shout out everything I feel, being alone;
pero gritándolo al viento y si no contesta,  /  but shouting it at the wind and if it doesn’t answer,
dime, ¿de qué me sirve? (bis)  /  tell me, how does that help me? (bis)

Todos los vientos conocen mi historia  /  All the winds know my story
pero no hacen nada.  /  but they don’t do anything.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

He estado aquí y allí gritando como un loco,  /  I’ve been here and there screaming like a madman,
pero todo sigue igual.  /  but it’s all the same.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

Ahora sé que no sirve de nada;  /  Now I know it’s no use;
el viento sois todos que callais al verme,  /  all of you are the wind, silent when you see me,
y dejáis que hable y hable,  /  and letting me speak and speak,
y dejáis que hable y hable y hable.  /  and letting me speak and speak and speak.

No creo que vuelva mañana  /  I don’t think I’ll be back tomorrow
a escuchar vuestro silencio.  /  to listen to your silence.
Quiero encontrar a alguien. (bis)  /  I want to find someone. (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)
Image: "Red eared cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman

Oídos sordos (17 negras)

Was originally a demo for Sound Source Fundamentals but loved the vibe so extended it and & reworked it.........
Art by Tabella

Echo

Jeremy J. Saks - Echos In The Architecture

It sure seems there's always malice in the palace. Either you’re in the palace causing malice or you’re trying to stop the malice. In both cases there's still malice in the palace. As subjects, we have to live with that malice, so get out and vote. And if voting doesn’t make a difference, get out there and storm the palace, but only for a cause I believe in, lol. 

I love roots reggae and am stuck in the period between '68 and '82. Don’t get me wrong, ska is great, and I lump rocksteady into my preferred period of reggae. And I am not saying I don’t appreciate later periods of reggae and dancehall. I did enjoy the 90s dancehall that often went along with golden era hip hop. But I will always like 70s roots reggae best. I must be old. 

Thanks SoundCloud friends for making roots reggae with me and helping me LARP my musical fantasies. You're all the best! May everyone live out their rock star dreams.

Joerxworx: Horns
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
D. D. Danahy: Keyboards 
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Heartscore: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore
Jon Lock: Bass and Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Bitzone: Drums and Percussion
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Wou-Wou & Wormling: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

Trodding in this world of inequity 
People dying in the city
Kings in palaces show no pity
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you can tell us 
And don’t you try to quell us
Or we’ll be storming up the citadel, yes! 
You’ve got to be pure of heart and pure mind
Cause blessed are the pure in heart
So you’ve got to live clean
If you know what I mean
There’s malice in the palace
We’re storming the citadel, yes!
And in the end, the last shall be first, and the first last 
For many shall be called, but few shall be chosen
Trodding in this world of inequity 
People are dying in the city
And kings in palaces dem show no pity
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you can tell us 
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it
For him it is sin
And that is the way of the righteous
For the path may be rocky
But the conscious can remain clean
If you know what I mean
There’s malice in the palace 
And we’re storming the citadel, yes!
For many are called, but few are chosen
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace, 
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you have to say
And don’t you lie to us
Or we’ll be climbing the citadel, yes!
Or we’ll be climbing the citadel 
There’s too much inequity 
So don’t you try quell
Do good things for in due season we will reap
So do not grow weary in doing good, y’all
And the fruit of the spirit is love, goodness, and peace 
And against such things there is no law
Living in the righteous way is no flaw
There’s Malice in da palace
And We’re storming the citadel
We’re storming the citadel, yes!
For many are called, but few are chosen
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
Trodding in this world of inequity 
people dying in the city
Kings in palaces dem show no pity
And we’re all going to be storming the citadel, yes!
So Queen Majesty
I wanna have a word with you and lick up da chalice
I wanna hear, I wanna hear, I wanna hear what you have to say
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
And don’t you try to quell us
There’s Malice in da palace
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life

Joerxworx, D.D.Danahy, Heartscore, Jon Lock, Bitzone, Russ, the Couch King -  Malice In The Palace

This is a dub remix of https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/joerxworx-dddanahy-heartscore-jon-lock-bitzone-russ-the-couch-king-malice-in-the-palace

The players

Joerxworx: Horns
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
D. D. Danahy: Keyboards
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Heartscore: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore
Jon Lock: Bass and Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Bitzone: Drums and Percussion
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/
Russell Sinfield: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com/
Wou-Wou & Wormling: Art (remixed)
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
and https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling/

Malice In Dub

In times like these, it seems as though we could all use just a little bit of spiritual healing. Take a peek inside the Shamans Medicine Bag and experience just how deep the rabbit hole goes. 

A heart felt thank you 🙏 for all of your continued support, and for listening. Together we are strong.
And as always, a deep gratitude for all of the immensely talented artists showcased here in my DJ mix.

Cover model & photo by Billy Tziatas. https://billytzphotography.com


All tracks purchased from www.beatport.com

Mixing decks used to perform this set was the Pioneer XDJ-XZ.

1. SuperModule - Homage Collage (Original Mix)
Tip Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/homage-collage-original-mix/11212859

2. Krunch - East Beast (Solitary Shell Remix) 
Dacru Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/east-beast-solitary-shell-remix/14048116

3. Lunatica - The Only Purpose (Original Mix)
Sacred Technology - https://www.beatport.com/track/the-only-purpose-original-mix/14246643

4. Volcano, Imagine Mars - Story of Ganja (Transient Disorder Remix) 
Sacred Technology - https://www.beatport.com/track/story-of-ganja-transient-disorder-remix/13974752

5. A-tech, Aktyum - Erebor (Original Mix)
Dacru Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/erebor-original-mix/14199872

6. Cambium, Zeridium - Rave Reactor (Original Mix)
Sahman Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/rave-reactor-original-mix/14174533

7. Mad Tribe - 10 Billion Doses (Original Mix)
DM7 Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/10-billion-doses-original-mix/13865324

8. 1200 Micrograms - DMT (Volcano On Mars & Spacenoize Remix)
Tip Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/dmt-volcano-on-mars-and-spacenoize-remix/14020879

9. Outsiders, Cymatic  - Other Senses (Original Mix)
DM7 Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/other-senses-original-mix/13865325

10. Electric Universe, Burn In Noise - The Future (Original Mix)
Nano Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/the-future-original-mix/13740246

11. Dickster - Misbehaviour (Original Mix)
DM7 Records - https://www.beatport.com/track/misbehaviour-original-mix/13865321

Shamans Medicine Bag | Full-On Psychedelia

Plight of the BubbleGum
________________________________
someone put LSD in my bubblegum
I wanna get it on but my head is twisted
where the world ends is when I existed
what is truth when it lies fixated 

in my bubblegum, I wanna get it on
but my mind is empty
my thoughts they fall in tandem  
I see strangers and panic at random

hey there not so fast priest
you wanna tell me what It is I’m missing?
I pray to mother mary but it’s
all illusion until I start drinking

well-water will rise in earth
the scorched land and comet hearth
and whoever put holy water next to me,
it’s no bother, it chills levity 

and if I’m a hypocrite, I’ll stick my bubblegum in it
if I stick it on your artwork well, I’ll chew it straight to hell
and when I get there lines are formed, some are sleeping queens
adorned in radiant whistles aimed at the sky,
light them up! let them fly!

light them up, let them fly!
I wanna get it on where tongues are twisted
the stuff that makes gum chewy? it is… it is…
whatever it is, I missed it

one more moment fast
where rockets fly in the night cosmic blast
where all soldiers pinned beneath the sky, 
don’t cry, I got bubblegum

it’s a mystery to me, worth lies beneath cosmic beauty
it scars me wide it’s coming straight to Ayhem (Son of a Lion) surprise
One more time I stick my bubblegum in your eyes
I’ll have you blind than lie to me one more time

Plight Of The BubbleGum

Like A Gemstone

We're not from round here
Where are we from
Beyond the fire
Beyond the Sun.

We're not from round ere'
We don't fit in
We are the missing links
in Evolution
Bald weak and thin yeah?
Needs armoured skins
Or else we'd freeze out here
Or fry under the Sun
We builded guilded picket cage
Divides it up in lines
We're crumbs of plastic buried deep into the sands of time
We mined a shiny plughole
In the butthole of this can
We spaffed up in the ozone
Shadow puppets
Bloody hands.

We're not from round here
Where are we from
Beyond the Fire
Beyond the Sun

Shitting on the doorstep
Fucking up the farm
What's it all about and what have we become?

It's fine
It's all about the fines
These glue blood lines
Tapping gold seams deep
In dark satanic mines
It's a farm and you aren't even the Cattle
You're more like the petrol for the gears that grind the offal into Fucking Falafel
Crappy Crab Apple
Krabby Patty for 
Colossi
Hungry Horror Waffle Monster Money Gobble Goblins dripping gore down  dank walls guarding dark secret corridors
We eats the poor
Feed me Seymour
More and more and more
ho ho ho  etc etc..

It's groping at your mind
You feel it deep inside
There's a mill that never ceases
Weaving wool to cover eyes
They gots all the sheeps they needs
And they defo' gots the time
You can feel the gears grinding
You can hear the Cattle cry
"It's fine"

It's all about the fines
Get in line and pay me mine
Oh, Donald..
Where are your Trousers?

Fines From Beyond The Sun

Statues

Bookending his 2020 with us, Nandu returns from an appearance on Secret Weapons Part 12 for an entire EP - "Forever In Our Favor"
out November 6th

Forever In Our Favor EP

February Silver Lining

IV96 - Nandu - February Silver Lining

The Art of Hoquet - D'Amore
November 2020
Duration: 2:45
Cover Art: John-Marc Ventimiglia

Based on the 14th century 2 part Ballade, Je ne cuit pas, by Guillaume de Machaut.  
The composition is written in a contemporary style using the technique of hoquet.

The term "hoquet" is a French word (in Old French also hocquet, hoket, or ocquet) meaning "a shock, sudden interruption, hitch, or hiccup".  Although the term is in reference to the secular music of the 13th and 14th centuries in France, the technique, under other names, could be heard in different types of music across the world as early as the 11th century.  Hoquet is the rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords.  In medieval practice of hocket, a single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices or instruments such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.  Hoquet is also used in Indonesian Gamelan music, African music, Classical music, Jazz and popular music.

For strings, woodwinds, harp, bandura, celeste, virtual instruments and percussion

The Art Of Hoquet - D'Amour

Subtext

collaboration number 16 in our lunatics vision of funk ! :-D
Veröffentlicht von: deutsche musikalische Hilfsmittel Gesellschaft ev. aka https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz
concept & music Cosmic Ratzzz  //  Tenorsaxophone by me :-)

COCOLOCO / lunatics 16 / Cosmic Ratzzz & joerxworx

@ApproachToSilence2 (8.11.20)

Out of joy and gratitude for the election outcome 
and the prospect of a positive and especially human change - 
I dedicate my new track to the beacon of hope.

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/178KlDAU1xFSwYHst0KO8u?si=AJ8ADzIKTVu5TegL0rVs8Q
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08aBWpSl4rw
Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/de/album/184959202

ApproachToSilence_2020

Katharsis

For the 31st Solar Kama Sutra song I decided to challenge myself a bit and do something in 7/4 time.  I tried remembering a band I heard do that and thought, "Isn't Pink Floyd's "Money" in 7/4 time?"  I remembered hearing it and thinking it was...

...  Turns out it is!  So for that reason I thought of Pink Floyd, and tried to do a Pink Floydish sound.    It's also a nod to Radiohead's "Pyramid Song".  I tried to capture the same feeling that song gives me, but with Solar Kama Sutra this time. 
(by the way, Solar Kama Sutra has always been just one person.  It's just the name for what I call the music)

Since Radiohead already used "Pyramid" which is well-known since ancient Egypt to be the coolest shape, I had to go with something else.  "Sphere Song" and "Cube Song" ?...  Well...  Those song titles just aren't gonna work....   Maybe "Dodecahedron Song"?....  Hmm... That actually sounds pretty catchy...  Feel free to use it!  

 My vocals are used more heavily on this track than it seems.  Throughout the track I tried to make my vocals sound like guitars and other instruments

  And definitely hats off to Pink Floyd for making a hit song in a 7/4 time signature.   How many times has that been done before?!

And of course, hats off to Stonehenge.  The ultimate inspiration for this track

lastly, much respect & love for all of you who have dropped by once again

- John

Stonehenge Song

I dedicated the song "Monique" to two women: 
First of all to my grand aunt Monique, who was murdered as a Jew by the Nazis in Auschwitz. I know her only from photos and the anecdotes of my mother. Through her tragic life story, her unique face with the big, jet-black eyes, I still feel connected to her today. 
In this song I imagined meeting her shortly before her gassing in Auschwitz. How I accompanied her to the gas chambers, how we got to know each other a little before the inevitable happened.  
      
Secondly, this song is dedicated to another Monique. Her stage name was "Barbara" and she was a charismatic French chanson singer. What would I have given to be at one of her concerts. But when she had her big time, especially in the 1960s, I was still much too young. So all I have left are their Youtube videos, of which I would like to put a link here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPPZMyMNQCM

Her face and her eyes, her charisma and expression remind me so much of my grand aunt.  Like her, she was a Jewish woman of French descent. And with songs like "Göttingen" she contributed significantly to an understanding between the Jews and the land of the perpetrators- Germany.  

Lyrics in English:

Monique

I visited you in Auschwitz, 
Cursed this freezing cold murder place

See you coming with the gas chamber train 
Only one photo at my place with your face

Your deep black eyes look at me
Already as a child they magically fascinated me

I go to you, take you in my arms 
In the coldness of killing we both get warm

We go together, you tell me about you 
Of your life, your joys, your pain

And you listen to me 
Get to know me briefly

The butchers, they wave
The shadows, they sink down

We both still have some time left 
The cruel suffering is already approaching

You show me the brooch in the photo 
You show me how you move your hands to play the piano

The time fold now pulls you away from me
There to the shameful brick building
I can only look after you
You disappear in there 

Gassed and burned
But unforgettably burned into my soul


Deutscher Originaltext:

Monique

Hab` Dich in Auschwitz besucht 
Diesen eiskalten Mord-Ort verflucht

Seh` Dich da kommen, mit dem Gaskammer-Zug 
Nur ein Foto bei mir mit Deinem Gesicht

Deine tiefschwarzen Augen schaun` mich an
Schon als Kind zogen sie mich magisch in den Bann

Ich geh` zu Dir hin, nehm` Dich in den Arm 
In der Kälte des Mordens wird uns beiden warm

Wir gehen zusammen, Du erzählst mir von Dir 
Von Deinem Leben, Deinen Freuden, Deinem Schmerz

Und Du hörst mir zu. Lernst mich kurz kennen

Die Schlächter, sie winken
Die Schatten, sie senken sich ab

Noch haben wir beide etwas Zeit 
Heran rückt schon das grausame Leid

Du zeigst mir die Brosche, die auf dem Foto trägst 
Du zeigst mir wie Du Deine Hände zum Klavierspiel bewegst

Die Zeitfalte zieht Dich nun fort von mir
Dorthin zu dem Schand-Backsteinbau
Ich kann Dir nur nachsehen
Du verschwindest dort drin 

Vergast und verbrannt
Doch unvergeßlich in meine Seele eingebrannt

Monique

Monique (Lyrics in English in the Intro to the Track....)

Lead and Rhythm Guitars - Admiral Krank
Drums - Monkey Blood Lowdown
Acoustic rhythm guitars, bass and vocals - nic

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