Sei still, mein Herz! Das himmlische Saxophon! 🙌❤️😀✨

Schöne Nummer! Es war mir eine große Freude (wie immer) 👌 Schönes Sax 🎷

Ich bin mir sicher, die Lämmer springen vor Freude, bei eurem wunderbar fröhlichen Reggae!

9 days - 9 tracks ... :-)

Road Maps is a blues-inspired song about a knight who did not go to the previous crusade and longed for the glory given to those who did and came back. The song follows his attempt to rendevous with a large military group he belongs to, but is late to the party; he meets interesting and colourful characters throughout his quest to take up arms, with each character symbolizing, codifying and exuding themes of honour, enchantment, potential, backstabbery, and cowardice. Once our character arrives at the battle scene he's been searching for, he sees his side has already lost and tries to slip away unharmed.

LYRICS:
The sky is blue
And the trees are green
Armour shining in the sun.
Headin' out east to Valence
No the battle has not begun.

Out on the road
Ran into Raymond of Tolosa,
His words are rogue
From his battles over Asia.
Who blusters by
But the defacto Margrave boy!
Only fools fly.
The same as the others employ
They are a king's toy.

Their swords are sharp,
But their minds are bare
Absolving absolution:
Been sent out here to conquer
Lord they can't save themselves.

The sky is red
And the land is rich
Signs of victory prevail.
Egressing to Durazzo 
Ohh what it might entail.

Through distant peaks
Met the Moneyman of Milan,
The Byz repeats
Underneath the consecration song.
As months go on
See the Wealthy Barvarian!
Their greed is strong.
He escaped a contrarian
But he was no barbarian.

Their swords are sharp,
But their minds are bare
Absolving absolution:
Been sent out here to conquer
Lord they can't save themselves.

The sky is grey
And the walls are high
Enemy of a lost cause.
Runnin' on past Nicea
No time to greet a pause.

The sky is black
And the trees are burnt
A force surrounds to assert.
Over the Isle of Cypress
How many more will revert.

A broken siege
Constable Conrad wants to win,
Thou doth beseech
The sounds and sights are feeling grim.
Down on the ground
Steven the Coward was redeemed!
His oath was bound.
The process fails at the seams
Must leave swiftly unseen.

No matter where you're from,
Or the suit you wear
If then presented a path:
Better not choose the wrong one
You could meet the devil's wrath!

Whatever one may want
Or the aim you take
Your target's in the distance:
Better deem your ambition
It's chosen by admission!

If you take up in arms 
And meet a dismal end
Outlived by a narrative:
Create a clear perspective
Tale tales so affected!

Their swords are sharp,
But their minds are bare
Absolving absolution:
Been sent out here to conquer
Lord they can't save themselves.

Road Maps

Greetings and good afternoon to my SC friends. This is the 10th and final song intended for my upcoming album ‘What Color Is Your Paradox’. It is also my 7th mind-blowing collaboration with our dear friend Carlos Vivanco (https://soundcloud.com/carlosvivanco-1, https://carlosvivanco1.bandcamp.com). 

This piece was highly entertaining and challenging to work on. We started with clearly defined regions (mine being the more techno sounding stuff… Carlos building the traditional instrument sections). I then mangled the whole thing, and tried to blur the lines more as the song progresses, until both worlds felt fully merged by the end. At least, that was the goal. I’ll let you decide if the structure succeeds in that regard. :)

The title is also quite significant to me at this point in my life; based on the idea of ‘masking’, and our growing inability to do so. 

If you aren’t familiar with the term ‘masking’, one Mental Health Care website I found defines it this way: “Masking often involves suppressing or hiding true emotions, which can lead to a buildup of unresolved feelings and contribute to increased stress, anxiety, and emotional turmoil in the long-term. In the context of mental health and neurodivergence, masking refers to the actions or coping strategies that individuals use to conceal their genuine thoughts, emotions, or challenges.”

It didn’t really occur to me at first that I was masking when I was younger. I guess that idea doesn’t resonate when you’re deeply lost in the illusion; at least, until something makes it obvious. But in hindsight, I’ve worn many masks over the course of my life (Art Director, Technician, Pre-Press Specialist and Graphic Artist would be some of my professional masks. And I would even go so far as to include Husband, Father and Son, since I was on auto-pilot during the earliest stages of those as well). 

As my life progressed, I felt more and more insincere in those roles. I felt something was wrong. I just couldn’t put my finger on it. Then COVID (something that actually required us to wear real masks. What irony!) came along, and miraculously changed that for all of us. We gained the necessary space we needed, to finally see the illusion more clearly. Now, that illusion grows more fragile and transparent by the day. So while I’m still in the early stages of trying to figure out the new paradigm… I suspect the really critical takeaway at this point is just recognizing when we’re being our genuine selves, and when we’re lost in a role; especially if that role is debilitating to our personal growth and well being.

Another thing I’m thinking a lot on these days…. Society is dependent on me playing those roles. And society doesn’t really care whether I’m happy or not (as long as I keep paying my bills, and buying their products, and believing their lies). So maybe, just maybe, society doesn’t have my best interests at heart (as I had originally hoped). Maybe… just maybe… we’re going to need to redefine who we are personally, as we stop playing along with this globally unconscious and ultimately destructive agenda.

Thick and chunky topic, I know. But that’s the way the world feels to me these days… like we needed a brisk slap across the face to wake us all up. COVID was that slap (and probably just the first of many still to come). It’s time to prioritize our own self interests; because if we don’t, they certainly won’t. So rip off those masks, and let your freak flag fly. It’s our life, and we’ll be the ones sitting on our deathbed, asking ourselves if we lived life true to ourselves…. or if we just fulfilled the role demanded by this illusion.

We hope you enjoy “Cracks In The Surface”; and it inspires you to think about what aspects of your reality are cracking. Keep in mind… if you still have a pulse, there is always time to change things up. :)

Paradox?

Cracks In The Surface | Carlos Vivanco & GrevusAnjl

Original song
https://soundcloud.com/nathandawe/nathan-dawe-we-aint-here-for-long-demo

Mastered by OfficerMurphy
https://soundcloud.com/metrocityrecords

Nathan Dawe - We Ain't Here For Long (Holding On Remix)

Rising

Music:  PJ Project & Janne Hennie
Lyrics & vocals:  Janne Hennie
Instruments & Mix:  PJ Project

Lyrics:

Finally you has arrived
Its wonderful to feel your heat..
Enjoying the love you're giving me
You make it easier to breathe..

You, you are my inspiration
You, you make me smile and create..

I know you had some difficult days
You could disappear for a long time..
sometimes you were weak in so many ways
while I was waiting for you to shine..

You, you are my inspiration
You, you make me smile and create..

You, you are my inspiration
You, you make me smile and create..

Oh, sunshine I need you in my life
I depend of your glow
You make me feel so good when you decide to come
And the smile on my face will show you

That you, you are my inspiration
You, you make me smile and create..

The Sun, My Inspiration  W/PJ Project

Please do listen to the mesmerizing version by STONERJAZZ as well. You will find it near the top of his tracklist and near the end of my playlist SYMPOETIC ULTRASOUNDS.

method: basic sequence on a minilogue xd, adornments via vc 340, further adornments created by sounds in front of microphones, incl my voice, an interview sample and a field recording taken at a supermarket parking lot.
narration: there are literature tourists following the traces of the likes of Shakespeare and Kafka. some places consider those travellers in two worlds a good source of income. There is also a different kind of tourism on the magic-realistic tracks of the likes of Borges  ;-) 
image: copyright jo richter



poem / copyright jo richter:

sleeping on rocks out in the desert
imagine time and no way to clock it
events settle as smell on the tongue of a lizard
I took hidden notes inside of my pocket

doubling-up life in another attention
sit in the wind and learn not to block it
jenga sticks and the law of cohesion
I took hidden notes inside of my pocket

field notes

The Sky Above

This was a multi-track done on a Fostex X-15 back in the early '80's...Bounced down to 'I think a Teac'  2-track cassette deck and then back to the Fostex for 2 more tracks.
1 track of acoustic guitar
2 tracks of my vox
1 track of a cheesy Casio doing the blump bla bla blump blump         
1 track of a dude's vox ...wish I remembered his name...
I think I might have had a SpaceStation at that time.

Anyway, so Logic Pro now has a stem-splitting feature so I thought I'd see what it could do with this track. I split out the vocals, keys/guitar and the cheesy drums from the keyboard compressed them a tad and did a little EQ on them. 



Image done with AI

As Is Was Then

Thanks so much friends that I could be part of this summer jam !
Big thanks to Tim ( Lofi Menta) for a genius bass work @user-672449547 - and to Hendrik aka @cosmic-ratzzz the musical mastermind !!! I'm the sax man ;-)

Lunatics 142 / Lämmer Jagd / Ratzzz, Lofi Menta & joerxworx

A friend lent me a good real eucalyptus didgeridoo, here's a little exercise - I'm a complete beginner, but it's already humming :-)
sequenced beat and bass in addition, plus sequencer and jaw harp ....

Earthy jam // Didgeridoo Swing

Banger Reggae by @cosmic-ratzzz - tenorsax by me :-) enJoy !

Lunatics 148 / Monkey Island / Ratzzz & joerxworx

I grabbed a 6 year old track by Paul aka Paploviante, I loved the feeling of this (open collab) track.
So a very spontanous sax improvisation in one go here ....
Original track: https://soundcloud.com/paplo-repost/nothing-really-matters-open-collab-paploviante

Nothing Really Matters // by Paploviante // Sax Remix

@cosmic-ratzzz - back track, organ and stuff <3
Torben Schmitt - guitar, sax by me :-)

Lunatics 149 / Ride On / Torben, Ratzzz & joerxworx

Beat and all instruments were recorded and programmed by Lofi Menta https://soundcloud.com/user-672449547 . Thanks for invitation ! Hendrik on organ https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz , saxophone comes from me. Arrangement and mix are by Lofi Menta. Have fun !

Vogelstrauß / Lunatics in Dub / Lofi Menta with Cosmic Ratzzz & joerxworx

Dub Paradise

A hypnotic roots reggae journey – deep, spacious, and spiritual.
A slow-burning dub track filled with echoing textures, swirling effects, and shifting instrumentals that move freely between saxophone solos, organ bubbles, skanking guitar and deep sub-bass.

This version stretches out over time to let the dub breathe. No rush. No stress. Just flow.
Perfect as background for studying, working, reflecting – or just getting lost in the mix.

🎧 Best used for: chill sessions, focused work, late-night listening, conscious vibes, ambient reggae flow.

No Fear (Remastered Extended Dub Version)

⚡️ 565.000  ⚡️ plays since 2013*
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___ Drumax PROJECT with @docfritz
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A playlist of collabs which should be updated :-))
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx/sets/joerxworx-collabs-the-big
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My bio (to copy) written by me in the third person :-)
"Jörg S. born in Cologne, from youth on, is fascinated by all kinds of art, so he taught himself the saxophone very early. Nowadays flutes of all kind are also part of the equipment, as are jaw harps, percussion, bass, guitars and keyboards.
He was and is always involved in many band projects and session events.
In the 80s he was a saxophonist in the Adam Noidlt Intermission Orchestra with gigs in Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Basel. Very early on he also worked as a writer with live readings in the Cologne area and was a painter with large formats for many years, all in addition to his job as a graphic designer. Now, retired, he is devoted solely to music: home recording with the platform of choice, Soundcloud and global collaborations."

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