At the risk of sounding like a broken record, what a blast it always is to dip into your archive.  This is yet another example of what a superlative back catalogue you have.  A classic back in '95 and still very much so...

Your music is a real pleasure to listen to...awesome production!❤️❤️❤️

Love the energy and voices/guitars in this part

What a lo-fi slow-fi gem! Great songstructure and dynamics!

sound really good guys, classic lo-fi, love the dark sound of that fretless bass, track is rocking!

When I close my eyes
I dream of blue skies
Of green leaves and grass
Of pleasure and us

If you clear your mind
I know you will find
That moments don't last
You better think fast

Hold me 
I'm cold now
My lips are
Turning blue

Tell me
You love me
I want this
To be true

© Odd Petals 2021

The Answer

When I Close My Eyes

This song is dedicated to Alejandro Quiceno, waiting for a new collab with him, and to thank him for his continued support ! I used a drum track I made for a try with him.
Don't forget to check his page https://soundcloud.com/alex-q-2

For Alejo

Bass guitar(s) Trevor Thompson
Drums by Eric Wiegmann https://www.bandlab.com/ericwiegmanndrums/her-storm-d3d879c5?revId=1766b78a-67fe-ea11-96f5-501ac5b31de6

Her Storm

Just a track about being playful with your mind.

Meditating in a dream

We Gave it Away

We did as we were told 
now we're left out in the cold. 
Things are not as they appear.

Repeated enough 
 I know it's tough 
not to give in to
 the fear.

Dividing lines  
make it a crime 
just to be 
yourself.

In less than an hour 
 they'll take your power
and give it to  themselves.

In the light of day 
maybe we gave it away. 
Freedom is a lot 
to  take.
Gave it away, we gave it away.

There's nothing I can 
do  to make it not true
 I guess we didn't care.

If you don't like what I say 
you can just walk away, 
pretend I was never  there.

Pay me a quarter
 I'll take ya cross the boarder. 
We could have a real  
good time.

A lot you can learn 
watching it burn 
from the other  side.

In the light of day 
maybe we gave it away. 
Freedom is a lot 
to  take.
Gave it away. we gave it away.

Pay me a quarter
 I'll take ya cross the boarder 
we could have a real 
good time.

We Gave it Away

(SoundCloud Exclusive)

I have gotten permission from GrevusAnjl to make this version downloadable here as well, so feel free to grab the file if you like it.

When I read the beautiful description accompanying this amazing song I really wished it was part of the music itself, and eventually realised I could do it because the creators GrevusAnjl (Justin, @grevusanjl, https://grevusanjl.bandcamp.com) and Jo (@minimal_drone_grl, minimaldronegrl.bandcamp.com/) allowed remixes.

Original song link: https://soundcloud.com/grevusanjl/floras-beautiful-dream-minimal_dronegrl-grevusanjl

I read their story aloud:

The first signs of morning sunlight appear above the mountain’s rock covered peaks, as the Earth spins us around to witness the brilliance of another new day. Bright rays shine visibly through the morning mist, and dewdrops sparkle like diamonds among the tree leaves as the valley below slowly fills with warmth and light.

Flora watches from her vantage point high above; witnessing her friends in the forest come alive to greet another day; and the people in the city streets down in the valley below come alive to serve another day. She’s watched this dance for many years; the forest remaining peaceful in its ancient perfection; the people below growing ever more unsatisfied as they strive for an illusionary and strangely unattainable perfection of their own.

This idea might sound sad to you and I. But over the years she has also seen miracles occur among us. From her vantage point she sees us like fields of energy; and the majority of that energy looks rather stagnant and mucky, like cesspools of unmoving water, unaware of the renewing stream we have been cut off from. But once in a while, an explosion of light energy will burst outward from a single house or apartment building, as someone becomes disenfranchised from their false identity, and their hearts open up to new ideas for the first time.

Surprisingly, these changes often occur after great loss. And she suspects this is due to the fragility of our illusion. She sees how lost we all are in these roles and characters we have built for ourselves, and she sees how quickly that false identity can shatter when we lose the things we prioritized the most. The loss of a relationship or loved one, a terminal illness in the body, the end of a career, a complete collapse in financial stability… when we lose the things we thought mattered most to us, some of us experience a miraculous opportunity for awakening to the truth that we were never those things to begin with.

Flora lovingly watches the majority of us grow more sickly and stagnant with time. And she never loses hope… because every evening, she has the same beautiful dream.

In her mind, the first signs of morning sunlight appear above the mountain’s rock covered peaks, as the Earth spins us around to witness the brilliance of another new day. Bright rays shine visibly through the morning mist, and dewdrops sparkle like diamonds among the tree leaves as the valley slowly fills with warmth and light.

But even brighter still are the explosions of light energy bathing the valley down below. After so many truly dark nights, many of us finally wake up the next morning to discover we were never all the things we lost in the night. In fact, we are something much larger. And as our energy explodes out, and the laws of attraction take hold, these simultaneous bursts prove to be strong and frequent enough to cause a chain reaction… and the whole valley lights up brighter than the sun itself.

We have finally realized we are simply conscious life, and nothing more. And in our new found freedom from identity, we all begin again.

Flora slumbers peacefully, knowing full well… this dream will some day come true.

Flora's Beautiful Dream by GrevusAnjl & Minimal_Drone*GRL, Narrated by Masha Solo

Lotus ((vv))

Can survive in a hostile environment.
Rarely opens itself to others.

"Lotus" was our main release from last year. This is a concept album about disease as a transformation agent. Musically, this is a psychedelic journey that covers Stoner, Far East, Cante Jondo, Freak Folk, European psychedelia and Krautrock.

You can get this EP on Bandcamp for less than the price of a coffee. All proceedings go to support other underground acts. 

https://sugaarpan.bandcamp.com/album/lotus-ep

Love.

Lotus EP

Wake of the Lotus

A Holds Worth of Elements

The Knife (Acoustic Bootleg Demo)

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

Buy on Bandcamp

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

A song inspired on an article I once read about Aeham Ahmad, the piano player from Yarmouk, Syria, who's piano was burned by IS.  After this he flee from his country and ended up in Germany. He still plays the piano; you can also find him here on SoundCloud!  @aeham_ahmad




DISCONNECTED

I used to feel free
In my beloved country
There was nothing to image 
that could make me want to leave that place
I used to play piano
And sang songs of love and happiness
Now those days are  gone, those lovely days are gone

I am disconnected
disconnected

My piano is destroyed now
They burned out the devil
My piano was executed and I’m sure 
I would be next if I would stay around too long
So I started travelling
Without knowing where to go
I started travelling
I just had to go.

I am disconnected
Disconnected

I’ve travelled by car, by trains and busses
I walked for many hours
While I sat on boat on the endless sea
I thought it never ended
I’ve waited for gates, without food in the rain 
I crossed 9 borders
Now I here and 
I’m disconnected

I’m disconnected
disconnected

Disconnected

/ ...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

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

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