My November Favs

AWOKEN FROM A STRANGE DREAM

Cornucopia of Thanks: Gratitude for your playlists and comments on Just Have To Wait And See Pt. 2

A Lightly Decisive Step

Really enjoying some of the music that has been invading my earbuds recently - here are some tunes 🎶 that have been on repeat for the cat over the last few weeks.....
A special mention for Charlotte Spiral - they were featured on Bandcamp the very same day as we were earlier in the year - their EP is utterly sublime and it was an instant purchase for me when I heard it.

The Cat's Recent Faves - Nov '21

The New Universe: 40 New fabulous tracks from the SoundCloud community

Related tracks: The New Direction Now Feat. IPG1

Related tracks: Don't Feel Like Working Today

A playlist of other people's tracks (most recent first) that I have contributed to.

Collaborations Elsewhere

“Just a Boy” is a haunting indie-blues track by Three Photons, crafted in response to a tragic local event. With raw vocals, analog warmth, and soulful instrumentation—including Jeff Roberts on bass and Andrew Borderick on B3 organ—the song captures the ache of senseless loss and the fragility of youth. Mixed with precision and emotional care, it stands as a sonic memorial: intimate, reflective, and deeply human.

A big thank you to Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick for playing on....."Just a Boy".

This sad and devastating local story has been on my mind for a long time.... I'm reminded about this tragedy nearly everyday as I run along the Mississippi Blvd and see the memorial. 

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Just A Boy
Written by TJG August-September, 2021


Thank you to Jeff Roberts (@jeff_roberts)for his catchy bass guitar work!
Thank you to Andrew Borderick (@andrew-borderick)for the fantastic B3! 
Thanks to Rene (@para-lia) for feedback on an early draft - always appreciate that. 

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Mix 1: September 23, 2021
Mix 2: November 9, 2021
Thanks to Eddie Cilettie for departing some of his wisdom about mixing ;-)

Verse 1
You move like a summer breeze
There's whistling in the trees
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
Don't leave me alone

Refrain 1 - instrumental and hum

Verse 2
You know I hate Christmas Eve
It brings me to my knees 
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
You were just a boy

Refrain
How they took your life
What a senseless crime

Verse 3
You said you were going for a ride
But I didn't say goodbye
You're always on my mind
Don't leave me alone!

Refrain
Well they took your life 
by surprise
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime

Verse4
And After all this time
I can't heal
and baby sometimes I can't feel....

Refrain
Yeah they took your life
Yeah they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life
How they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life

outro
You move like the summer breeze
and I hear you whistling in the trees....

Just a boy (ft. Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick)

This is a great ambient type track that my friend @nic_nic_nic nic had written and asked me to lay down some guitar on.   Here's what we came up with.

Now hear this one on Spotify if you so choose :) 

https://open.spotify.com/album/1h6xZtNUHL7AylXnxCMLKh?si=G3zz8ohbS9eGie4Hq-R8uQ&dl_branch=1

a dreamy summer serenade to the vast fields in our minds or out in the wide open

dream on

bass, rhythm guitar, rhythm section and vocals: nic
lead guitars and bell: TexMex Shaman

Vast Fields - [ nic ]

amazon

At the Edge of the Universe

When I agreed to collab with TRC and started to have ideas about his spacey proposal, I didn't expect he would send me not less than FOURTEEN STEMS ! ! !   A fabulous variety, so I had a complex and funny job mixing them with mine. We got two bass lines going on, but any bass is never too much bass ;)

LYRICS: "ROBOT BLUES"

I'm a robot.
I can sing.
Artificial intelligence
can make me feel.

Then I can understand.
Then I can be like you.
Now I'll play my
Robot Blues.

As I was saying,
be careful, as soon,
you will not be able to distinguish
a human from a lovely lovely lovely lovely machine...

Robot Blues (with Tea Are Sea)

VENUS

I feel like
the evening star
a faint light in the immense darkness
isolated desolated
in a world where more is less and
less is more
No home no comfort
unrelated and unbound
my Joy my Joy
undimmed but buried
like forgotten treasure 
of a bygone age….
I feel like
the Evening Star

VENUS

I am extremely proud to present here a collaboration with the amazing Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Guitar player 
REKHA IYERN FE @rekha-iyern-fe.
I am floored, what she has made out of the track I had sent to her.
Please judge yourself.
Please visit Rekha on her page to listen to much more great singing and guitars from her!!!

Cover Art Design - Photo & Graphics by REKHA IYERN [Fe]

Music Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed & Mastered by N.o.b.S in Mainz / GERMANY

Music/Vocals Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed by REKHA IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Lyrics:
My Boy
Baby you are my
Boy Toy
(Crazy-Crazy)
Boy-Boy, Boy-Toy
(Crazy-Crazy)
Never gonna
Never gonna give you up-up
Never gonna give you up
(You’re makin’ me)

You are my Baby
And I love you so-oh
You’re in my heart
I’m sure you know
Boy
You are my Boy Toy
Don’t you know it

Ahn-Ahn
Baby
Need you everyday
Ahn-Ahn
Baby
Did I hear you say?

You want me so-ho
You want me so-ho
I know it

Eh Yeah-Yeah
Oh Yeah-Yeah
Oh Yeah

Give it to me Baby Boy Toy
I’m crazy for your Boy Toy
Don’t you know it
I’m your good lovin’ woman
Gonna give you, give you, give you
Everything you need

(B-O-Y T-O-Y)
Everything you need
Gonna make you bleed, bleed, bleed
(Boy-Toy, Give It Up)
(B-O-Y T-O-Y)
Baby Boy Toy
(B-O-Y T-O-Y, Give It Up)
(Give It Up Now, Give It Up, Give It Up)
(Give It Up Now)
You are my precious joy
(Give It Up, Give It Up, Now, Now)
Give It Up Boy-Toy, Boy-Toy)

OW-EE
OH, WOW
Yeah, Yeah Oh-Ho
Ahn, Yeah, Ee-Yeah, Hahn

Love Drug, Love
Love Drug, Ahn

Give me your Love Drug
Give me your Boy Toy
Give me your Boy Toy now…

My Boy, My Boy,
My Boy
Wah…Eh-Eh
Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh
Oh-Hoh, Yeah-Yeah
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
YEAH

Crazy Crazy
Ah-Huh
I’m crazy for your love
(Crazy-Crazy, You’re Makin’ Me)
Baby (Crazy-Crazy)
I’m crazy for your Boy Toy
(Crazy-Crazy, You're Makin' Me)
Boy Toy, Yeah
I’m crazy for your Boy Toy…

Boy Toy

Boy Toy | with REKHA IYERN FE

Inferior Mirage

Influence Menace

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://www.facebook.com/wouwouandthewormling

This is the third song posted from the album Bitzone, Stricknice, Wou-Wou & the Wormling, and I have been working on together with a number of other friends on SoundCloud. The first song shared was the late 80s indie American underground inspired song, Ghosting Out, that include Bonetender joining with his transistor organ and guitar. The second song released was late 90s inspired Alternative Rock and Hip Hop song The Show / The Shrike Pt. 3 with Carlos Vivanco and Belial Pelegrim joining in the mix. 

All of the songs were written during the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic when the United States went into lockdown and Black Lives Matter protests where having a major impact. I think you can especially hear the influence of those times in this song. 

I am honored that My Hot Air Balloon accepted my invitation to join this track and that Eddie Shook was willing to add a radio spot into the mix. It is always a pleasure to work with the extremely talented Jonathan Beckenstein and Jamie Rhind. And huge thanks to Bitzone and Stricknice for adding so much creativity and music to this entire project! And as always, Wou-Wou rocks! I have made so much music with Wou-Wou over the years, it is incredible!

My Hot Air Balloon: Additional Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/welcometotheamericas
https://soundcloud.com/badmerlot
https://soundcloud.com/feralsleepstudy
Eddie Shook: Radio Jockey Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/eddie-shook
https://eddieshook.bandcamp.com
Jonathan Beckenstein: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Jamie Rhind: Clavinet
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Stricknice: Samples, Production, and Outro
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Additional Clavinet, Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Bass, Guitar, Keys, Drums, Samples, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics: 
I'm so tired of waiting at the edge of the world

They say the world is spinning ball
But you know
It’s always been flat to me
I still say the sun circles the globe
But uh
No one ever listens to me

When I tell ‘em 
World’s coming to an end
When I’m yellin’ 
Better make your amends 
When Gods callin’
They say the good shall ascend 
But uh
We’ll just have to wait and see

I'm so tired of waiting at the edge of the world

Gotta love God ’n liberty
But Hey
Don’t you dare tread on me
Don’t say I never warned you now
But uh
No one ever listens to me

When I tell ‘em 
World’s coming to an end
When I’m yellin’ 
Better make your amends 
When Gods callin’
They say the good shall ascend 
But uh
We’ll just have to wait and see

Just Have To Wait And See

My Hot Air Balloon, Eddie Shook, JBeckenstein, JRhind, Snice, Bzone, Wou - Just Have To Wait And See

Death

Something more traditional/folksy I've been chipping away at for a bit, struggling to flesh it out with more instrumentation. However, the more I listen to its currently bare-cupboard, acoustic vocals+piano arrangement, maybe it's simply *meant* to remain rough and rudimentary?

So please pay no attention to the little finger flubs here and there, and just let yourself get washed over by the orange waves of the Northumberland Strait, where I grew up and where my childish heart still beats.

***

Orange waves crash then go
Stealing sand with its ebb and flow
Holes dotting cliffsides' red clay
Where the swallows sleeping lay

Beyond green edge a homestead puffs away
Hurls hardwood smoke through cold blue
Rocking chairs paired, slowly rotting grey

Island smiles from across the way
Thin dark line splits Strait and sky
It flickers ghostly, hovers fey
Once Ile Saint-Jean, now PEI

Each flat stone we throw from the beach
With dreams to skip, perhaps to fly
All doomed to sink, the island never reached
Drowning jealous of the driftwood swimming by

As full moon flirts with blushing tide
Salt waters sink and sandbars swell
Before they change their minds and hide
I take their path to Mount Carmel

Beyond green edge a homestead puffs away
Hurls hardwood smoke through cold blue
Rocking chairs paired, slowly rotting grey

At Trois-Ruisseaux I wait for you
At Trois-Ruisseaux I wait for you
Trois-Ruisseaux

Orange Waves (acoustic rough)

Thank you to The Turtle Project for letting me remix his stunning song.
Check out the original track :-https://soundcloud.com/turtle-project/hold-the-line

HOLD THE LINE (The Wink Remix)

Hold The Line (The wink Mix) - The Turtle Project

Thank you Beach Boys, Pink Floyd and 10CC for being my loving childhood friends. Who else would have spent so many hours in my headphones with me? And thank you Jonathan Beckenstein for being my now friend and for joining me for this song. You understand it completely.

Guitars, organ, mellotron, mix: @Jonathan_Beckenstein
Song and vocals, "drums," synth bass: Janine Levinson 2021

Hang on to Each Other

Brian Wilson said to hang on to your ego             
But I don’t know if that’s the answer
Disintegration might be what the doctor ordered    
And anyway it doesn’t matter
We should just hang on to each other

Communication is the problem to the answer       
We do for love what’s necessary
Sometimes the white flag is the only one that matters    
When you think love is worth repairing
Then we can hang on to each other

Inside we hear a siren screaming
Inside the walls are fortifying
The words like bullets over parapets and trenches
Fire off all your cannons or surrender

The lunatic is in the hall but I am thinking      
That he could use an invitation
Words on the wing like pigs and dogs and laughing gremlins
Bounce harmless off our best intentions
And we will hang on to each other
We will hang on to each other        
We will hang on

Hang On to Each Other - with Jonathan Beckenstein

Lyrics: Shadow of The Hatman
Everything Else: DFouglas


You want to live like the big-eyed bugs, but the big-eyed bugs don't pay their rent

You want to live like the big-eyed bugs, but the big-eyed bugs don't go to church

You want to live like the big-eyed bugs, but the big-eyed bugs don't buy no gifts

You want to live like the big-eyed bugs, but the big-eyed bugs don't go to town

Big-Eyed Bugs

Ladies and gentlemen. Been a minute. 
This is a 162Bpm euphoric vibes track. 
Respect for listening and support.
Dm your music if so. Thanks. ❤️
Uploaded on 14/11/2021…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anHtKTY0k1U

Adrenaline

YOUTUBE CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/user/WrittenForGuitar
BANDCAMP: https://georgewanat.bandcamp.com/

WANATG@GMAIL.COM

Openhanded (Free Download)

Wheelwright: voice and lyrics, vocals recording and their sub-mix, song form editing. You can visit with him here: @wheelwright

Jonathan Beckenstein: initial music, all instruments, mix

Fictive Sisters is a transatlantic collaboration of Wheelwright and Beckenstein. Our album Immaculate Distraction is available at: https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

There's a message
It says come back right now
And you looked like you'd seen a ghost
People talking
Then they're moving away
And you're questioning everything

Transatlantic
And the earth was shaking
Lost in transit
Lost in mid translation

Oh and the kingdom to come
Will be a kingdom of reason

Did I tell you
All the things we could see
When they held you up to the light
Drink some vodka and then
Walk out the door
You said this is better for everyone

[Chorus]

We like the meaningful songs
They send a meaningful signal

In the Hare Krishna restaurant in Soho
No one recognised you
Coz you didn't look much like the photo

On the inside
I said everyone's lost
And you said yeah but nobody really cares
Run the numbers
And learn to be smart
Now the world is turned upside down

[Chorus]

Image by Cash Macanaya unsplash.com/@cashmacanaya

bandcamp

Lost In Transit  (with Wheelwright)(Fictive Sisters)

Check out Paolo and Nat's dialogue here on our R&B original, Cloud Club.  Nathalie's super creative vocal and synth complement so well Paolo's Italian love song vocals.  
Paolo:  https://soundcloud.com/mayadog
Nat:  https://soundcloud.com/nathalie-b20

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Cloud Club - Paolo Pieraccini / Nathalie B20 / Jamie Rhind

This is a fun song dedicated to.........Well we  all know at least one...enjoy 

Just for fun not based on anybody that I know ...if you see yourself here it is just a coincidence ...ha ha 

Johnny

Look at me ( The Narcissist's anthem )

Sometimes I do silly things, this is one of those times. Hats!

the picture is Davy Graham, from his album "Hat" probably my favourite guitarist, a true pioneer (not of hats) 
I do play this in DADGAD, which Davy was synonymous with, so the image seemed appropriate, even if the playing isn't.  I'm pretty sure he would have been suitably unimpressed with this song🧐

but I certainly enjoyed doing something a little less serious. 

Ode To Hat

New mix for 2025.  For more Suzanne Ledwith - including songs not released on Soundcloud - go to www.korima.net.

The Gift

Please don’t despair
There are darker things in this world that could take you there
When daylight breaks across the lawn
And you breathe the pristine, scented dawn
You’ll know we care
Reach out your hand and we’ll be there

Please don’t be low
There are better places in this world you know that you can go
Then the moon lights up the path ahead
And the Jasmine blossoms fill your head
You’ll feel we know
Raise your eyes to the afterglow

You hitched our ride and that’s our gift
You hitched our ride and that’s our gift

Please don’t lose hope
There are bigger fools in this world to supply sufficient rope
In the midday heat you’ll rest a while
Brush the noble chamomile and smile
Your spirits lift
You hitched our ride and that’s our gift


Guest player: Steve Pumphrey - slide guitar solo

The Gift

Pablo's open collab track Reflective Perc with remix, fuzz bass and guitars by Llanpsych
Pablo's original track
https://soundcloud.com/pablomoretti/percussion-mantra-open-collab

Reflections - Pablo Collab

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Morris Nylon String
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

Now the winter is nearly upon us, I thought it was time to do some more recording. I decided to use my nylon string guitar for this song, imagining the setting: arriving at a remote beachside bar in the sunshine, to discover the bar owner has taken the day off.............
Lyrics:
There’s a sign…… on the door
Says owner……. is away
Weather………looking fine 
Don’t feel like working ……….today

I should be back by sunset
If I’m not just close the door
Even so you’re welcome to stay
Make yourself at home
You can sleep on the floor
Don’t feel like working……….today

There’s plenty……. of ice cold beer
Help yourself ……..pull up a chair
Leave some money ……….in the till
You can sit ……anywhere. 

Put up your feet
Maybe take in the sky 
Let your worries 
Float away
Pull your hat down
Over your eyes
Don’t feel like working ………..today

Instrumental

I should be back by sunset
If I’m not just close the door
Even so you’re welcome to stay
Make yourself at home
You can sleep on the floor
Don’t feel like working……….today

There’s a sign…… on the door
Says owner……. is away
Weather………looking fine 
Don’t feel like working ……….today

Don't Feel Like Working Today

I hear a train
Over a distance
Shaking the earth 
With all its weight 
I feel a breeze
Out in the night 
Blowing the leaves
Away and around

You know I'm just thinking
And I cant believe
That with all our strength
We'd buckle
With all our might
We might 
But we wont 
Love one another

(Sun in the valley
Sun on the hill
Sun in the city
Sun on the fields
Sun in our Hair 
Sun for us all
Rain in the valley
Rain on the hill
Rain in the city
Rain on the fields
Rain in our boots
Rain for us all
Night in the valley
Night on the hill
Night in the city
Night on the fields
Night on our minds 
Night for us all
Fire in the valley
Fire on the hill
Fire in the city
Fire on the fields
Fire in our hearts 
Fire for us all
Sun in the valley
Sun on the hill
Sun in the city
Sun on the fields
Sun in our eyes 
Sun for us all)

Life and so many colors
Burning in the wind
For the damned and dancing
Above is below is above is below is above...
The rain will cool us

You know I'm just thinking
And I cant believe
That with all our strength
We'd buckle
With all our might
We might 
But we wont 
Love one another

(Sun in the valley
Sun on the hill
Sun in the city
Sun on the fields
Sun in our Hair 
Sun for us all
Rain in the valley
Rain on the hill
Rain in the city
Rain on the fields
Rain in our boots
Rain for us all
Night in the valley
Night on the hill
Night in the city
Night on the fields
Night on our minds 
Night for us all
Fire in the valley
Fire on the hill
Fire in the city
Fire on the fields
Fire in our hearts 
Fire for us all
Sun in the valley
Sun on the hill
Sun in the city
Sun on the fields
Sun in our eyes 
Sun for us all)

I hear a train
Over a distance
Shaking the earth 
With all its weight 
I feel a breeze
Out in the night 
Blowing the leaves
Away and around
I hear a train
Over a distance

Inbetween God And A Bench

Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
Russell Sinfield: Mixing, Mastering, and General Skank
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

Pt. 1
Fat Pockets: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/fatpockets
Johnny Minstrel: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/johnny-minstrel
Jamie Rhind: Organ
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jonathan Beckenstein: Lead Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Bitzone: Drums and Additional Background Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Russell Sinfield: Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Couch King: Background Vocals and Arrangement

Pt. 2
Fat Pockets: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/fatpockets
D. D. Danahy: Keyboard
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement

Pt. 3
Fat Pockets: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/fatpockets
Joerxworx: Flute, Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Chris O: Banjo
https://soundcloud.com/chris-okunbor/tracks
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement

Lyrics: 

Pt.1
It’s raining out in Portland
And down in Durban too
I play no more the frontman
I’m better off serving you
O let the water wash me clean
I’ll do anything for you my queen

Went up to Mystic Mountain
Picked berries from the bush
So many I couldn’t count them 
Each one unveiled a truth
O let the water wash me clean
You’re the face that makes good everything

What rained upon the prophets
Same rain that drench me now
The old mantle I’ve not lost it
It’s on me like a vow
O let the water wash me clean
you’re the vision of a million magic dreams

Well there’s music in the alley
And sweet smoke in the air
No need for tinpot rallies
It’s safer here than there
O let the water wash me clean
You’re the sweetest note in every song I sing

It’s raining out in Portland
And down in Durban too
If I was the doorman
You would walk straight through
O let the water wash me clean
I’ll do anything for you my queen

Pt. 2
It’s raining out
In Durban now in Portland 
Didn’t feel a drop
Now is coming down in mountains
It’s raining out
In Durban down in Portland
The devil heard 
Your praises now it’s pouring 
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

Followed in your footsteps 
On the righteous path I stay
I followed in your footsteps 
steadfast I do not stray
Followed in your footsteps 
On the righteous path I stay
Faithful are the flock
The week spirited don’t obey 
Here me now
Accused of serving for your protection
Here me now  
and then you take it all away in objection
Here me now 
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

I know my redeemer liveth 
Dem take away and then dem giveth 
Lo! how dem adversity afflicteth 
Thou art most merciful of all and forgiveth 
Naked from the mother's womb
Naked shall I return there
Naked from the mother's womb
Faithful without demand I shall return there
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

It’s raining out
In Durban now in Portland 
Didn’t feel a drop
Now is coming down in mountains
It’s raining out
In Durban down in Portland
The devil heard 
Your praises now it’s pouring 
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

Followed in your footsteps 
On the righteous path I stay
I followed in your footsteps 
Even though you took it all away
The devil covered up your tracks
Tempting to lead me astray 
Him covered up your tracks
But faith guides me back onto your way
Here me now
Dem attempting to tempt me to corruption
Here me now
Dem attempting to tempt me with deception
Here me now
Behold, the will of the Lord, that is wisdom
And to depart from evil is understanding
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

Pt. 3
Babylon done a gonna flood now
Flooding down here in Babylon
Gonna sing jah jah praises
Dem praises gonna carry us home

FPockets, JMinstrel, JRhind, JBeckenstein, BZone, DDanahy, Jworx, ChrisO, Russ, CKP - Weather Report

THE NEW DIRECTION NOW  Feat. IPG1
Vocals and Verses:  Ian Greaves (IPG1)
Open collab: Other Direction Now
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/the-new-direction-now-100-bpm
Lillithe:  Mix, Arrangement and Production
Paploviante: Mastering
Verses:
One word ————legit started off right relax while I spit  rhymes start flowing without no script  my words don’t slip tongue is hitting like a whip My haters backing off me lickety-split  they never knew what hit them eat them up like chips  I came equipped it’s about to get lit  one more tip whenever they caught on flip the script
Born guilt free breed for survival  down with me or just another rival  adapt to society the family vital protecting the dynasty totally tribal  nothings free hand to Bible A beat a verse or melody moments that inspire me  to set the tracks on fire be routine self discovery  I am the title and the key that’s the way it’s got to be  till pallbearers carry me Enlightened yeah a prodigy constantly and harmony  Words spill like prophecy chance or probability  conceive and imagined this pages full of paper clips  binders full of rap hits solid hip-hop playlist  the hottest on the hot list tricked out tracks that don’t miss  Glad you showed some interest
Recognize the voice and face in the crowd  don’t hide skyline like I’m standing on a cloud  when I say my name I say it loud and proud  hide who I am hell no I boast  face plastered on every track that I post  the host with the most the last outpost  the attitude the approach is can’t do  Doing my best with the cards that I drew to myself and the fam I’m true blue  blessed be the vibe and my a point of view
Eat it up it’s a banquet my music my focus  delicious yeah spank it my passion my purpose  keep up or get vanquished step back don’t get nervous  is turnt up so crank it just scratching the surface  cash money so bank it a product a service
inspiring greatness go ahead embrace this keep it 100 nothing here has been wasted  slam dunking Haters Victories have been tasted  don’t get it twisted techniques unlisted  armed to the teeth my flow double fisted Who would have thought another level existed  still underground but spiritually lifted  not conflicted keep up don’t miss this versus been scripted  revised and transmitted staying unrestricted  although I’m addicted to the sound —sounds so wicked
Everyone knows the name people don’t act the same  guessing that’s the cost of fame simply surviving the game  but my aim is still the same now you can feel the flames  light it up heat it up that’s the reason that I came  drop a little off the top fresh like a barbershop Every day nonstop reclassified hip-hop —— now it’s gone mainstream the American dream  different flows different techniques different rhyme schemes  you either got it or you don’t —you got it on your dome  streaming through your headphones from your iPhone It’s so well-known I’m always in the zone  Just leave me alone audiophile syndrome  listening to my music it’s so therapeutic  I played in public tight beats on the streets —ill sounds in the jeep  at night when I go to bed I dream it while I sleep  don’t ask me to stop it—-dammit I admit it  it’s more than a habit —-I’m addicted to music  guess that’s why I love it
Lillithe:  Mix, Arrangement and Production

The New Direction Now Feat. IPG1

Music & mix Guiville @guiville
Vocals, lyrics, and additional string arrangements by Michael Wheelwright @wheelwright
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https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/truth-guiville-wheelwright

VHS 22 (Feat. Wheelwright)

Wheelwright: voice https://soundcloud.com/wheelwright
Beckenstein: music, lyrics, vocal melody, instruments

Fictive Sisters is a Trans-Atlantic online collaboration between Wheelwright and Jonathan Beckenstein.
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hibernating
the days grow dark
suffocating
so pull your boots on
walk out the door

frozen ridge line
and silver moon
distant tree line
the sleeping forest
is under snow

crystal flakes will crunch underfoot
icicles agleam
father winter will tread by your side
to the frosted stream

calculating
the solstice tide
enervating
procrastinating
walk out the door

frigid meadow
in moonlight glaze
dormant willow
is waiting naked
for your embrace

crystal flakes will crunch underfoot
icicles agleam
father winter will tread by your side
to the frosted stream
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Michael and I will be introducing two new songs in roughly a month, and at that time the Fictive Sisters album "Immaculate Distraction" will be available on Bandcamp. We will let you know when and provide a link. Thanks always for your listening!

image from Wikipedia

Father Winter (with Wheelwright)(Fictive Sisters)

Wheelwright: voice, vocal melody, lyrics @wheelwright
Beckenstein: initial music, instruments, mix

Fictive Sisters is a transatlantic collaboration between Wheelewright and Beckenstein. Our album Immaculate Distraction is available at Bandcamp: https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

lyrics below
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Born in Belarus in 86 yeah
Worked in construction back on the farm then
Dressed as a bishop she did deals in St Peters now she
Drives a Bugatti through the streets of Lausanne

It's not the money that's what she said
Don't want to end up with a hole in the head
We'll rule the world with the power of love
Oh do you think so coz
I don’t think so

We took an Uber to the conference centre she said
They’ll act like animals to get what they want
Blood on the dance floor but you get what you pay for when you
Hang with the cool kids at the policy disco

It's not the money that's what they said
No one looks good with a hole in the head
We'll rule the world with the power of love
Oh do you think so

I can't stay in bed for ever
My real life will never start
Complications don't want to know
Happy ending I don't think so

Hybrid warfare
Grand synthesis
Do the practice
Get dog biscuits
Keep it simple
Keep it stupid
Makes us feel good
We’re gonna use it
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Image credit (detail, processed): Girl with red hat unsplash.com/@girlwithredhat

It's Not The Money (Wheelwright)(Fictive Sisters)

Wheelwright: voice, lyrics, vocal melody, synthesizer, theremin sample @wheelwright

Beckenstein: initial music, guitars, bass, drum programming, mix

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We stayed up very late then took the flight from Kyoto 
The blossom on the wind the artificial sky reminded us of something

Oh did you hear that a storm is coming 
Oh did you hear that we were making plans

That girl said she was you when you were in that noise art band
 But it was hard to tell if she was really real or just another ghost

The shadows on the wall 
The clinical blue light 
The trouble's hidden in my heart

I'm watching from above it's like we're in a TV show
 We're standing on a bridge the mountain in the distance like a Hokusai

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image: Marlon Josué https://unsplash.com/@paladin_04 further processed by Wheelwright

Thanks to Fady for inspiration various.

We Were Making Plans (with Wheelwright) (Fictive Sisters)

Prod. by Monotronaut
Vocals & Lyrics by Wheelwright
https://soundcloud.com/wheelwright
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion.

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Oh do you harbour some great sorrow or regret
Do the sins of the fathers pray on your mind
Oh if I lost my fear, my righteous anger, would I no longer be a danger to myself
Then we could walk like spirits through this complicated world
Forgetting all we know

Here comes the blue wave here comes the new wave
The frozen moment
Here comes the blue day here comes the new day
The frozen moment
Here comes the blue wave

I dreamed the moon was burning a cold white fire in the night
Like a scythe across the sky
It cut the stars free from their moorings and they became a second sun
And then we walked like sprits through this complicated world
Forgetting all we know

Forgetting All We Know (With Wheelwright)

I had a dream, and I wrote this song not to forget it. 

Technical highlights: hand played bass, slightly odd riff on chorus (15/2) & some extra psychedelia.

Pic & sounds taken with my phone during a recent experience which could help me understand the dream, maybe…

Letra  /  Lyrics:

NÍMOR (No sé dónde estoy)  /  NÍMOR (I don’t know where I am)

Entré en la sala sin hacer ruido,  /  I entered the room making no noise,
los pocos que vi eran desconocidos,  /  the few ones I saw were strangers,
busqué una cama que estuviera libre y dormí.  /  I looked for a spare bed and slept.

Al día siguiente no encontré mi sitio,   /  The following day I didn’t find my place,
todo estaba lleno de desconocidos,  /  the whole room was full of strangers,
me di la vuelta para salir y te vi.  /  I turned around to leave and I saw you.

Nímor, no sé dónde estoy...  /  Nímor, I don’t know where I am...
Nímor, no sé quién eres…  /  Nímor, I don’t know who you are …

La cama de al lado estaba vacía,  /  The bed at your side was empty,
y me preguntaste si la quería,  /  and you asked if I wanted it,
la quise y pronto nos hicimos amigos,  /  I did and soon we became friends,
desconocidos.  /  strangers.

Nímor, no sé dónde estoy...  /  Nímor, I don’t know where I am...
Nímor, no sé quién eres…  /  Nímor, I don’t know who you are …
Nímor, no sé qué pasa…  /  Nímor, I don’t know what’s going on...
Nímor, no sé dónde estoy...  /  Nímor, I don’t know where I am...

Te pregunté “¿cómo se llama este sitio?”  /  I asked you "what’s the name of this place?"
y me contestaste que estaba contigo,  /  and you answered that I was with you,
y sin darme cuenta te quise mucho y dormí.  /  and unconsciously I loved you so and slept.

Ahora del sueño ya me he despertado,  /  Now from the dream I’ve already woken,
tu nombre lamento no haber preguntado,  /  your name I regret not having asked,
te llamaré como el sitio en que te conocí.  /  I’ll call you like the place where I met you.

Nímor (…)  /  Nímor (…)

ER27HC06 ©1995 ®2015

Honorable broadcast (34:47 - 40.00): http://jeffhickmott.podomatic.com/entry/2015-09-18T05_02_20-07_00

Nota para el oyente español: ninguna influencia de Chiquito de la Calzada en el título; lo pongo tal como lo soñé y punto.

NÍMOR (No sé dónde estoy)

Little dittie to the universe

Hamburg, Herbst

Trauerarsch

A certain place I walk regularly gives me vibes,night or day. I'm never freaked out,just aware that I sense I have company,yet I'm alone.

Every time I walk here
'Tween the sea and the stone
I always get the feeling
I'm never quite alone

No one is with me
But someone,something
Feels like it's here

Footsteps behind me
'Tween the sea and the stone
After a while I turn around
But I'm still alone

No one is with me
But someone,something
Feels like it's here

'Tween the Sea and the Stone

'Tween the sea and the Stone (Paranoid)

A brand new old one.
Mixed and mastered by Frank Hipchen.

Eddie Shook - Lead Me On

Sphärische Sounds in Verbindung mit Melancholie, Energie und Befremdlichkeit.
Musik zum Abtauchen - nicht zum Verstehen.

I Fell In Love Without You

Lyrics :

Sometimes I sleep so I don’t have to be awake  
Sometimes I look in way too deep
Some days I wake up sad for no apparent reason 
But here you are, still beside me 

Somedays I dream of us, running off to somewhere
Any place we can find peace 
Somewhere warm, a spot that we can share 
Where it’s simple and so sweet 

But until then 
I will walk beside you through this shit 
The chaos we didn’t ask for 
Till then,
I’ll kiss your forehead softly before you sleep 
And then I’ll dream in slow motion 

All that I ask is you make sure that you’re happy 
All that I want is for you to feel love
I fall in deeper every time you touch me 
One day I’ll give you the world 

But until then 
I will walk beside you through this shit 
The chaos we didn’t ask for 
Till then, I’ll kiss your forehead softly before you sleep 
And then I’ll dream 
In slow motion

Slow Motion (Prod. WetGropes)

Slow Motion (Prod.WetGropes)

Album 1981 - in the right order:
https://soundcloud.com/steve-fullyard/sets/1981a


This is the story of a man, which is probably in his prime, or on his way there, being totally drawn towards electronic music and synthesizers. 

In a state where he is highly working on his physical and mental skills and trying to pretty much live at fullest in the present day, there is still this longing back for and into the 80s, influencing his actions ...

One fateful day, there is this one paper ad, this one thing, which changes ... everything!

Enjoy this audio-visual journey into another world, and time.
HQ Version can be bought directly on Bandcamp.

1981

Bandcamp

Arcade (05)

This song is kind of a sequel to https://soundcloud.com/adam-woodard/rock-n-roll-band-shelby-bryantshel-silverstein by Shel Silverstein by way of @shelbybryant

Yes, we love your band 
Our band
We catch every show
That we can 
To see your band 

We love the old stuff 
And the new stuff and
Everything in between 
I can’t tell you what you mean to us
Yes, we
Love your band

I met the drummer in Milwaukee
He held a broken walkie-talkie
I was surprised ‘cause I always thought he
Was a bit taller than me
But now I see

Yes, we love your band
Our band
We got some pawn shop amps
And late night plans
For our band

We don’t wanna be too famous
We just wanna be just like you
We’ll cut an album in the south of France in a castle
Pastel lovers on the cover
We’ll only need each other
And our love for you

But our singer is afraid of flying
I’m not the only one that thinks he’s lying
Don’t you think he’s just afraid of trying 
I am hoping you might help us
Help us feel less hopeless
P.S. we’re your biggest fans

Love, our band 
(Milwaukee walkie-talkie squawky walkie talkie)
Love, our band
(Milwaukee walkie-talkie squawky walkie talkie)
Love, our band
(Milwaukee walkie-talkie squawky walkie talkie)

Love, Our Band

If you dance with the devil then you need to consider that the hell is loose. If a church organ can keep him calm is not guaranteed neither that you can calm him down with a smooth ending ... so up to you to decide, if you dare that dance or not ...
For those who want to assess the risk better, please get more insight in the nature of the devil here: 
https://soundcloud.com/kcm069/long-time-gone?in=kcm069/sets/the-reservoir-dogs

A Shark Never Comes Alone

Dance With The Devil

A laboratory with an open bar and floating altar. Come on in! 

Here are various solo and collaborative projects - songs, soundscapes, live looped solo guitar improvisations. 

This project used to be called "imaginary friends", but it became too real for that name, as did many of you.

I hope you enjoy something you find here. Do feel free to be in touch, you never know what might happen.  

I also invite you to attend @hypnopompetus, a duo project with the illustrious Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley https://soundcloud.com/sel-sync, and Fictive Sisters, a transatlantic band with  the incomparable Wheelwright https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction.