featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
Suddenly you come across an opening in the forest - a fading landscape of forgotten names...
fading green is the third tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

--------------------lyrics

No one said that
we would see
Family to no one
Sunlight through trees
No one asked for
an early grave

Stones of names a fade away…

When the clouds come down
water upside down
Order of each name
Feather on tongue

Thousand heart beats in the trees
now gone on the wings of…

day's fading green

d'ville

fading green

Buy on Bandcamp

fading green [ft. 4catsncoffee]

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
You can throw away your past, but the devil gently finds ways to bring it back...  Devil's Timepiece is a guitar-based alternative folk tune with southern gothic echoes. The fourth tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

Devil's Timepiece
:
Traces of smoke
Lingering soft hope
Words spit like flames
under the up-town train
Together alone
through the heat summer storm

Yes it is…
faded away
No it ain't…
the way it should stay

Church bells of peace
The devil's timepiece
Once in a while
love speaks, to the right one
'Til then I pray at the station
Penn the hymn to the speeding train

Yes it is…
No place to stay.

I saw the city lights
turn dusty moon 

I saw the blue gas-light
split the summer sky

(Yes it is…)
Last place I'll stay
No it ain't…
the only doorway

Oh, gentle violence
Time will rewind it

Oh, blame the summer wind
Sound the sirens

Who will write this down?

devil's timepiece [ft. 4catsncoffee]

breathe to some ambient, ethereal jazz from the jh0st archives. (originally released 1986)

more info:
https://www.jh0st.com/animus/

dispersion (1986)

the 2nd track off jh0st's 'resonance' album, the song combines tribal rhythms with horizontal piano improvisation.

more info:
http://www.jh0st.com/resonance/

rain dance (1987)

the final track off 1987's resonance. rolling piano swells, resonating oceans, a saxophone calls an open question.

more info:
http://www.jh0st.com/resonance/

resonance (1987)

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
One last wander past the mountain stream... 
only sunrise is a guitar-based folk rock tune with southern gothic echoes. the closing track of the d'ville EP >https://soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville
:
-------------lyrics

This is the only sunrise
Edge of the amber darkness (cut the)
veins of blue mountain water…

A path to the lullaby wind
We're stumbling… 
not knowing the
The child from within

[@4catsncoffee on violin]
This is the flash of madness
Traced in the scraping branches…

A path to the lullaby wind
Sung by the…
child that sees out from within
Gravity, on and on (and on…)
Spots on the sun
Sung by the…
devil behind those closed eyes

Yes, promises chase the magic
breath, skipping the one heartbeat between
Faces and thousands of lullabies end in a single word

This is the only sunrise

2021

only sunrise [ft. 4catsncoffee]

angels both menacing and auspicious float over the edge of civilization. feedback guitars tethered to a faulty ground connection call and respond. released 1989 on statik 1.

more info:
http://www.jh0st.com/statik-1/

embraid (1989)

the 3rd track off 1989's statik 1 EP. an early foray into lo-fi indie rock. 
It doesn't matter if you're sick and it's raining out, "come outside and play, fill yourself with ashes."

more info:
http://www.jh0st.com/going-dry/

statik house (1989)

the final track off 1989's statik 1 EP, the song was originally composed for piano in the vein of 'in november she said,' (also off statik 1). however without access to a set of keys, ambient guitars were substituted leading to a new bridge where a wall of feedback distortion transforms meditation into madness.

more info:
http://www.jh0st.com/tired-of-strawberry-leaves/

tired of strawberry leaves (1989)

http://www.jh0st.com/being-judged/

...and she starts to sing
and you stop her
and she wants to sing
but you stop her
the words come out and you are watching
they fall and burn as leaves
all around her...

fire comes from her mouth
'fire always comes from her mouth'
and still this sorrow...

she wants to hear the sound of fire
and she wants to watch you 
dancing all around her
fire comes from her mouth
'fire always comes from her mouth.'
and still this sorrow...

--
from the EP 1616, released in 1991
@area-c-1: guitars
jh0st: bass and vocals

fire [ area c X jh0st 1991]

http://www.jh0st.com/the-art-of-portability/

Womb-like fretless bass chords and guitar call and response escalate into a dark wave feedback groove. The 4th  track off the 1616 EP: a collaboration between @area-c-1 and @jh0st (originally released in 1991). 

guitars: Area C
bass and vocals: jh0st

mother's angel [area c x jh0st 1991]

http://www.jh0st.com/promiscuous-sax/

swing to the acid jazz grooves of fretless bass, beatbox and soprano sax. recorded in 1992 on 4-track cassette.

ashes (1991)

http://www.jh0st.com/valentine-theres-no-escape-from-the-beat/

the b-side off the statik 2 single released in 1992. a cool song for a hot summer: acid grooves, fretless bass, ambient guitar, and soprano sax leads you to the end (or beginning). 'what is mine i'll soon set free.'

valentine (1992)

12 string acoustic and slide guitar narrate a story of loss and suicide on the edges of hope.
http://www.jh0st.com/40-days-songs-and-suicide/
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the garden grows beneath her bed today
and the river flows beneath her head today
this empty dress she fills with leaves from outside
(these 40 days passed me by)
'cause the sun won't shine to keep her kindness alive

words spin 'round my head 'cause what you said, 
not what you meant to say... to see.

her sister shares the same thoughts and words as her
but the younger one feels the pain much deeper
again she fills her hands with dirt from outside
(these 40 days pass me by)
but the sun won't shine to keep her kindness alive

books and words and prayers spin round my head 
not what you meant to say... to see.

i can see a way to be with you again
fall down the stair like only you would do
my head's so cold my eyes are closed this time
and i wait to hear your voice from heaven above

40 days (1993)

12 string drones and soprano saxophone narrate a story of a friend that was once was a brother... but the bonds have come undone.
http://www.jh0st.com/stones-throw-bromance-vs-blood-brother/
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did you know? my sleep is blind 
six years have mocked my only visions. 
i will keep your wounded voices with me 
instead of keeping your beliefs like a thousand lies. 

(i can't believe that you love this blood) 

i will keep your blindness here with me 
visions come to fill the room until i sleep 
now you know: it's only a stone's throw 
for a blood brother who's gone blind... 

did you weep? when your mother kept you away, 
instead of smashing your beliefs with a single kiss 
so will you keep her always blind? 
sliver gift for you to lose. 

(carry this vessel and love this blood) 

so will you keep her always blind? 
instead of smashing your beliefs with a single word 
now you know: it's only a stone's throw 
for a blood brother who's gone blind.

stone's throw (1993)

dry irony turned into epic american anthem. lo-fi indie pych trio mixes ringing 12-string jangle with american melancholy and dilapidation. 
written by: jh0st x Stephen Bender @s0db x Andrew Nimmo
http://www.jh0st.com/b3nd3r-we-were-the-young-americans/

lyrics
--------------------------------------
our country 'tis a thee sweet land of liberty 
praise of we... 
this land is your land is my chance to 
kneel with thee, momma with thee 

land of our pilgrim's grace used to make 
all the weight of heart strings... 

so race me contain my bashful daze 
race me... contain me. 

i'm crowded drowned in tomorrow's flowers 
crowded, guilty, and free! 

land of our pilgrim's grace used to make 
all the weight of heart strings... 
can't keep nobody's faith half awake 
all the weight of heart strings.

credits 
-------------------------------
jh0st: vocals, guitar 
bender: acoustic guitar, backing vocals 
nimmo: drums

Buy on BandCamp

fresh anthem [bender x nimmo x jh0st 1995]

step into an elevator with no floor. psychedelic sans reverb tones narrate a story of distance and love. recorded in 1995.
written by:  Stephen Bender @s0db (fretless bass, lyrics, backup vocals) x Andrew Nimmo (drums) x jh0st (12-string guitar, vocals)

http://www.jh0st.com/b3nd3r-starting-over/
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2 eyes to eyes see me 
2 ears to ears to hear me 
arrive by phone, 2 children 
your hand, my hand, we're wiilling... 
what have we done? 

try and figure 
nothing could be smart 
wake up early, start a new tomorrow 

'there goes my baby' 
i can't close my eyes... 

2 eyes to eyes see me 
2 ears to ears to hear me 
to seek to hear makes us said 
your heart just in time, be careful... 
what have you done?

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stephen bender: fretless bass, backup vocals
andrew nimmo: drums
jh0st: guitar, vocals

gabriel's horns [bender x nimmo x jh0st 1995]

dig down to the afrobeat groove
nimmo: wurlitzer, loops, drums 
jh0st: voice, guitar, bass, saxophone

more info:
http://www.jh0st.com/black-and-white/

lyrics
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...dig down get down
put your hands in the...
ground where rivers flowed beneath
cold streets...
unlock the sounds of life below

rivers flowed as your
dreams did roam...
under daylight and the streams
of conscious nights
now built above the blood
upstream in sight

habits deep under the moon
in tune to the
dark and light before...
we were the first born there were waters

you've got to move you've got to:
strike the walls that surround your prohibitions.

you got to stand you got to:
dance the steps the sky and mother taught you.

you've got to fly you've got to:
strike the urgency of burning.

you've got to move you've got to:
will the branches bend the family tree?

soil [nimmo x jh0st]

Imagine yourself as a character out of a Marc Chagall painting leisurely riding your bicycle through city and country. This was the soundtrack accompanying an architecture video displayed at the Modern Atlanta museum.

Visit link for more info:
http://www.jh0st.com/images/bicycle-ride/

bicycle ride

indie bossa-nova: light on your feet, heavy on your heart

more info: http://www.jh0st.com/aerochute/
music video: https://youtu.be/xZASRIKmpNo
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AEROCHUTE 

faster than faster her, 
flyer than higher, you can shake down an airplane fly girl... 
when you move i don’t even have eyes just to know i see you. 

harder and further her, 
no parachute can prove it 
take a leap of faith love. 
all i know, it's you who's brave enough to be afraid now. 

will catch you when you fall after all 
mended wings bring your heart to mine. 
(faster, higher, further faster) 

lighter than arrows her, 
shall we keep flying over faces and places we know? 
or strip bare unclothe those words that sting even when not spoken. 

falling forever friend, 
The clouds’ll catch us 
not a broken bone will scratch us! 
cheating death for now hold hands while i take the fall when we land. 

will catch you when you fly suicide 
mended wings bring your heart to mine. 

-- 
album artwork: jin-suk.com

aerochute [video in description]

more info at: http://www.jh0st.com/see/
music video: https://youtu.be/Weq3bPc2VEk

Melancholy dream pop with bossa nova inflections... Can you see beyond the mirrors of yourself? The second tune off the n0va EP

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lyrics

SEE
how can you hold the beautiful you?
through glass so clear it could be a tear.
and could it be me...
and could it be me?

we laughed so hard could it be a tear,
then tore it down breathing till we drown.
and could it be you.
and could it be you?

step closer still through windows we build,
now see the tear reflecting the real.
you only see me...
i only see you?
i only see me
you only see you. 

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artwork by jin-suk.com

n0va

see [video in description]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM_i_HijPWQ
an innocent song about one's pet usually is about something much more... bossanova electro for your breaking heart...
read more at: http://www.jh0st.com/mussi/

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MUSSI

a stone and a stick
stone wind on a plane
i know you want to:
change your fate as black as slate to want to go

to play and to pray
and go fly away
catch a leg inside a claw a yawn to beg

what if I turn grey?
you ask of the day
sailing on a pin:
fortune and a fly distract a scratch and as for me

and when your soft palms
come down on the rain
nails pulling a:
part the bark the tree the ghost the half moon

"all too true I sleep half the day
come full moon I'll watch over your breaking heart and wait...
even as you fall into snores
chasing dreams on the edge of your haunted love contours”

...a stone and a stick
a rib and a bone
whisker whisper

“even though i sleep half the day,
come full moon I'll watch over the way to wake you soon
even as I fall into purrs,
keeping one ear in tune to the wondering of you”

a rib and a bone
like water and stone
you can't deceive:
kiss me then to calm the sad unsaid

whisker whisper
crowding the bed
kick to the head:
find me when i count to ten!

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from n0va, released February 11, 2016
artwork by Jin Suk
jin-suk.com

aerochute

11 Feb 2016

mussi [video in description]

at the intersection of melancholy and cute... a song about tentative beginnings.

music video: https://youtu.be/e0STrjdTpO8
more info at: http://www.jh0st.com/starfish-lips/
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Starfish Lips (translated from Korean) 

Looking at the sea 
to see the sky 
Our hands, like two starfish 
How cute they are, you said 
That these pink stars try so hard to live 
"Starfish Lips" 

My lips are also clumsy 
But in a different way than a child 
The same things we understand… 
The things that we teach, we also learn 
"Starfish Lips" 

The reason I'm so quiet 
Is not because I have no words 
It's like English to a fish… 
My heart is too full 

You said they looked 
Like little pink children 
and you too are a star... 
"Starfish Lips" 

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Starfish Lips (Korean lyrics) 

하늘별보고 바다 보면서 
두마리 불가사리 우리손 
열심히 살려고 하니까 
분홍색 별 귀엽다고 
"Starfish lips" 

내입술도 서툴러 
어린애완 다르지만 
이해하는 똑같은 
가르침 배운다 
"Starfish lips" 

조용한 이유 말없다아니라 
영어 붕어 가슴 가득차니까 
분홍색 아이 것 같다고 
너도 별이다 
"Starfish lips"

starfish lips

starfish lips [video in description]

music: CRPT @crptofficial × TRNAH @trnahtechnostate
vocals, lyrics, and guitar: @jh0st
http://www.jh0st.com/march-13/
______________________
March 13th

razor blades and xray fates
painting gravity
drag the weight of generations past
blackened water, madness daughter
feeding off dead leaves of autumn
 
cross the bridge wield our fists of cash
find the final fix
inhale the trail and vaporize
lords of our own demise
 
now double down for March 13!
they say the sun will swallow the moon
global quakes disaster soon
but in this town, the end is every day…
 
this is a secret message to you:
pass it on and you risk losing all
don't pass it on you surely will fall
'cause our leaders imprison your freedom's lie…
 
now double down for Marches 13!
they say the sun will swallow the moon
global quakes disaster soon
but in this town the end is every day…
 
countrysides ravaged by unknown wars
keep the coal mine burning
held her down by cowardly clowns
sandpaper young skin…
unmask the death row fools
family of the sickly ghouls
 
so you say you'll rescue me?
from famine and poverty…
i'll only say this once and for all:
it's you and your klan that's corrupt
divide and conquer, punish with power
then blame us all when it's all over
 
now double down for March 13!
they say the sun will swallow the moon
global quakes disaster soon
but in this town the end is every day…

march 13th [ CRPT × TRNAH × jh0st ]

KidOfEarth @kidofearth: music, mix, and production
jh0st: vocals, lyrics, saxophone, bass
read more> https://www.jh0st.com/kid-of-earth/

Always a privilege collaborating with soundcloud's guardian angel and sound alchemist @kidofearth! A year ago, we started a unique project that has now diverged into 2 totally different mixes, each with their own energy. The original version called 'Funky Back Street' (https://soundcloud.com/kidofearth/funkybackstreet-with-jh0st-please-read-the-description) has an avant garde funk flow that takes the genre to new heights. This new remix hearkens back to the original base track with its 70's funk flair and jazz vibrations. Please have a listen to both to appreciate @kidofearth's amazing creativity in shaping  the same song!


lyrics----------------------

Let's take the road less traveled 
Kiss the toad, leap from stone to stone
Break a bone slow down
'cos it's winding --

Leave every other stone unturned 
Burn the bridge 'cos you won't return
To the land of regrets
That's blinding…

Winding, lost then found…

Keeping your head above the moon tides
Eyes on the horizon's 3rd eye
You might suffer but life is lighter
when we travel back streets together…

I Found Music [ KidOfEarth × jh0st ]

vocals: Seungjae Kang @akab_bang, vocalist @sonar-en-vela
percussion: 2/0 @lee-nayoung-1, drums @sonar-en-vela
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_9Uy7yRQw&t=24s
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An atmospheric, baroque inspired journey into a future vision of Chambord Chateau. Composed for a video by Project : Architecture (www.projectarchitecture.com) commissioned by the Domaine de Chambord. The international exhibit was curated by Dominique Perrault and opened 19 May 2019.

5 May 2020

Chambord [ft. SJ × 2/0] {video in description}

Music video:
https://youtu.be/MVMYtWtD3Hs

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
Memories flicker between yearning, sorrow, and hope at the moment you realize your loved one has gone. Sweet blessing is an alt-folk tune with southern gothic undertones.
It is the opening track off the d'ville EP:
soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville
:
------------------------lyrics

Sweet blessing,
why are you playing dead, eyes in the back of your head?
I know even though your skin is cold
You're playing the fool in me.

Just last week? Just last week 
you wrapped your pretty head around this old tree
and tried your best to drown 
but when darkness came down
Whispered please save me…

Sweet blessing come back, come back down 
Way down with your hands on the...
'Cause lately I've been thinking of
starting over as we grow young.

On Sundays you go to church alone
Leave your sister's children
Wondering why their two moms are so distracted…

When you come back
you come back, and break all the mirrors again
and scream that dying's the only fair thing
that's left in this world.

Sweet blessing come back, come back down 
Way down with your hands on the...
'Cause lately I've been thinking of
starting over as we grow young.

/violin solo @4catsncoffee/

Close those books
Close those books, they smell like dust and ghosts
These old words can't convey the pain
'cause our time is forever near us.

I know a place...
Know a place where almighty sky in the rain
Towers above the earth where we once lay

So bring that broken...
Broken violin with just one string
And I’ll, I'll bring the drums
and we'll sing and dance a play the darkness away.

Sweet blessing come back, come back down 
Way down with your hands on the...
'cause lately I've been thinking of
Starting over as we grow young.

2020

Sweet Blessing [ft. 4catsncoffee | video in description]

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
Sometimes it takes courage to forget your past and just run... 
ely sky is a guitar-based alternative folk tune with southern gothic echoes. The second tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville
:
--------------------lyrics

Never enough to know
that fireworks don't always explode
40 days have passed us by
Left smoldering glowing skies

no one knows your early story...

Blessed be the creaking stair
warning you of all that you fear
Heavy breath and humid air  
that swallows angels' dusty prayers

No one knows your early story…
heard it through the open window
whispers in the form of curses

Floating on the Ely Sky
Beneath our backs dark water flows
Million stars and northern lights
witness your secret undertow 

No one knows your early story…
heard it through the broken window
whispers in the form of curses

…already gone 

Will you promise me just this:
steal the dollars hidden under

First you walk and then you run
turn to dust your father figure

Steal away on the midnight bus
connect the dots across the water

Save yourself and only you
One last eye to the Ely Sky…

ely sky [ft. 4catsncoffee]

/ ...music from an empty auditorium before the performance begins... /
exploring the boundary between the avant-garde and the radio-ready.

Collaborators:
Please check out these great artists!

Anu @anu
COtu @churchoftheundecided
CRPT @crptofficial × TRNAH @trnahtechnostate
deltadada @deltadada
Emilio GS @emilio-gs
Frank Baker @frankbaker
Gryflet @gryflet7
Heelees @ken-mizuhashi
KidOfEarth @kidofearth
Luscious-235 @luscious-235
Oorlab @oorlab

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