Musical note threatening to move on but stuck at some point on the spectrum. This musical clock evolving steadily instead of rotating. Extra bits to make it fly. And now the trumpets blare, hazard coming up. And the clock resumes. And the building work continues. And as the end draws nigh, extra touches in the background, a very light touch to mark the end of a five minute track. The siren sounds once more, but quietly.

"Don't Know Who You Are" is featuring the great Ken Stringfellow (Posies, R.E.M., Big Star) on backing vocals and piano.

Don't Know Who You Are

Life comes like a wrecking ball
First you rise then you fall 

I know where I’m going wrong 

Punches will catch you cold 
Unless you learn to duck  and roll 

I know where I’m going wrong
I know where I’m going wrong

At night 
Hold tight 
Leave in the dead of night 

On first sight 
You just might 
Leave in the dead of night 

Closed eyes
Save lives 
Leave in the dead of night 

On first sight 
You just might 
Leave in the dead of night 

Find the light and flick the switch 
Your in charge be more positive 

Now You know where your going wrong

At night 
Hold tight 
Leave in the dead of night 

On first sight 
You just might 
Leave in the dead of night 

Closed eyes
Save lives 
Leave in the dead of night 

On first sight 
You just might 
Leave in the dead of night

Solo till fade

Dead of Night

Iron Sun

Cast of Characters:
xian3-- @xian3 – Christian -- vocals and lyrics
Holger Engel—bass, seed idea
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark-- electric piano
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)-- @josh-clary-1 – guitar and four-string fretless bass
 
This song began with Christian's friend Holger Engel coming up with a melodic bass line and sharing it with him to use as a seed stem for a project. Having collaborated successfully with him before, Christian thought of Josh and decided to pass it along to him to see what he could build with it. Josh was excited to work on another of Holger's creations. His bass line was in a high octave on the instrument, so Josh added a similar, complimentary bass line on the low octave to give it some heft. He invited Ken onto the project, and after doing their little rhythm section give and take, Ken laid down some powerful, yet tasteful drums. Mark was brought in next, and added some very fitting, wonderfully melodic electric piano, which he added in the choruses. Josh also asked JJ to add some electric piano to the verses and synth to the whole thing, which he did in a very mind-bending syncopated way. Josh then added some guitar to the high end to thicken things up a bit.
  We then sent the finished product back to Christian to add his thoughtful, inspired lyrics and signature vocals to his song. This is what Christian had to say about how the lyrics came about. 
  "[Being an avid reader], I came along the sentence, 'We write and make art to show our wounds to the world,' reading an interview with Paul Auster (1947-2024). He died earlier this year, yet his novels are legendary. There was talk about creativity, manifoldness and what the personality consists of. 
  "I can’t remember where that interview was and basically I wrote the lyrics around this sentence attributed to him. 
  "I quote another writer, Goethe (1749-1832), with a famous quotation from "Faust,“ 'Two souls, Alas, housed in my breast...' That points in the right thematic direction in my opinion.
For sure the lyrics also contain other layers of meanings, much more personal…
I am also happy about the title of the song 'We Are Many'. I think Tez came up with it. I was unsure for very long, what’s the name of that song… :)"
  After we had it in the bag, we asked mix-master Tez to produce and mix it, so what you hear is also his creative vision for the project. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
 
Original "We Are Many" lyrics by Xian:

1
To me it seems very obviously
That my I is not a unity
Rather a bunch of personalities
I got a problem with multiplicities

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“ …

2
I am no self-contained identity
Cut off by other possibilities
No border guards set up at the boundary
Enforce the claim to exclusivity

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“…
„I“ writes and makes „art“
To heal the wounds of the heart

3
„Two souls, alas, housed in my breast…“
We hope, that if we do confess
To get rid of this fallacy
And collect the splits of personality

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
I write and make „art“
To heal the wounds of my heart

out
There is
A consolation in round things
There is
A consolation in round things 
A consolation in round things
Oh, ohh,
„I“, „I“,
Oh…

We Are Many (Eclectic Collective with Xian3 and Holger Engel)

ANARS ! Le sentier obscur

A collaboration I did with Boris Luxx from 2009.  Mixed by me.

Mysterious Subject - 2009

It's A One Way Street

an amazing Tubo Dj production
an sk lyrical drama   


Unrequited- (return to sender)  - SK

i know you see inside of me
unrequited 
i won't deny it
you're haunting me in my dreams
in silent suffering. one-sided
loving you is costing me
and i have to hide it

return to sender
give my love back to me
return to sender
give my love back to me

return to sender
i don't' give up 
i don't surrender

return back to sender
bring my love back to me


it's up to you
this craving, this waiting
i don't know what to do
i don't know what to do
i have to hide
i know it's just a dream
but if you could send my love back to me
return to sender
bring my love back to me

oooooooooohhhh oooooooooohhhh
oooooooooohhhh oooooooooohhhh

don't you need me?!

return to sender, give back my love
give my love back to me!

return to sender
give back your love!!!


oooooo
i get no sleep in the lonely nights.
i toss and turn, keep on the lights.
everyone says i should takes those meds.
but i know what keeps me up instead.
your love....

it's up to you
i don't know what to do

it's up to you
i don't know what to do
it's up to you

this waiting  is killing me!
have to hide it. always wondering. 
how it could it be, how could it be? 
if my love was returned
to me?


to me! oh to me!  oooohhh to me, oooohhhhhhh


return to sender  (to me) 
i don't give up 
i don't surrender  (ohh to me) 
return to sender, give my love back to me
return  (to me)
return 
return

return to sender  
i don't give up 
i don't surrender !

Unrequited  - Tubo Dj Production ft SK.

Get Mugged - Instrumental

Soft Rainfall

Sun-City

Kingstead Studios L.L.C
Today is a very exciting day. I uploaded my first song on DistroKid. It is called ‘GIMME THAT LOVE’. The artist name who is singing the song name is  ‘Varda it’s under kELLEYJ label, and ‘KINGSTEADSTUDIOS’.. 

That song will be sent to all the streaming services and it will be live on June 5, 2024. I will upload a new song every Wednesday of every week, and every month of the year continuously. I will start making the release date  for every song at least 21 days out. Eventually, the timing will catch up with itself, and every Wednesday a new song will come out. 

I have over 4000 songs and it’s time to do something with them. I do this because I enjoy it. Under the kELLEYJ label, and ‘KINGSTEADSTUDIOS’..

It's A One Way Street

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