My December Favs

December 2021 AKS

TIMES OF MYSTERY AND HOPE

Reasons 2 Whoop Whoop: 25 Magical songs from the SoundCloud community

Here's what's been travelling the most through the Cat's headphones lately!
Includes one of my favourite new discoveries - A Canadian group called QB Bills and a beautiful song by Jenni Grossman.

The Cat's December Soundcloud Earworms

Presents Full Of Thanks: Gratitude for all your playlists and comments on Weather Report Pt. 1

yeah, really exactly 50 collabs within half a year :-) seems, I was not too lazy ;-)
This list is dedicated to all my music friends, and to Soundcloud as a platform, to communicate !

joerxworx collaborations, 2nd half year 2021 // Thank you !

Jonathan Beckenstein: Recent Collaborations: Thanks for making Weather Report with us!

Music is Elation is mixing up some fresh tunes for the New Year. Enjoy some of these great tunes by some amazing artist from the Soundcloud community! Make sure to follow all these amazing artist! And most importantly sit back, relax, and enjoy! 

Curated By Couch King Presents @couch-king-presents and PACMAN

Music is Elation 2022 Mix Up Hits Vol. 1

Summer and Starlight

The Major Arcana

Scotty: rhythm, percussion, harmonica, lyrics, vocals
Tommy: lead, bass

Presently This Is An Untitled Song

Music & arrangements, vocal melody & lyrics, mix and records
by Uknown Moan
Vocal performance
by Fish
Remix, Mastering
by Detelin Yosifov

Lyrics:
I have tried so many ways
To navigate this fall
Get dragged through the open waves
Before you can stand tall

Take a breath, grab what you can
Wide eyes but still can't understand
There's gotta be another way
Out of this mess that I'm in

Getting lost down the river
Heart on my sleeve, I still shiver
Take me away from it all
Save me from this waterfall

One day maybe I can see
Through the forest trees
What might lay in the shadows
Has their eyes on me

There's gotta be another way
Out of this mess that I'm in

Getting lost down the river
Heart on my sleeve, I still shiver
Take me away from it all
Save me from this waterfall

Getting lost down the river
Hold onto me, I still shiver
Before this life takes it's toll
Save me from this waterfall

We can make, we can make, we can make it out
Navigate, navigate, 'cause we have to go
We can make, we can make, we can make it out
The ocean opens up we made it home
We make it to new horizons
Life with no more surprises

Getting lost down the river
Heart on my sleeve, I still shiver
Take me away from it all
Save me from this waterfall

Getting lost down the river
Hold onto me, I still shiver
Before this life takes it's toll
Save me from this waterfall

Waterfall

AMBROSIA COAST

Driving down the coast road
Looking for Ingrid’s hat
It doesn’t matter if we find the beach or not 
With it raining like that

Checking the important ones
Went out before midnight
I’d like to think we could be either in or out
To hit the waves like that

Oh can we do it?
Oh can we do it tonight?
Oh can we do it?
Can we do it tonight?

They came in in inflatables
But they weren’t looking for Ingrid’s hat
We spent some money dressing up the corpse
No-one had learned a move like that

Checking the important ones
Went out before midnight
I’d like to think we could be either in or out
To hit the waves like that

Oh can we do it?
Can we do it tonight?
Oh can we do it?
Can we do it tonight?

But we don’t wanna see where the birdie goes

Give me emotion (bow-wow-wow)
Lend me the potion (bow-wow-wow)
Rub me in lotion (bow-wow-wow)
Give me the motion (bow-wow-wow)
We need ambrosia
Because it’s cosier
Feed the gods with that bowl 
Feed the gods with that bowl, there...

Driving down the coast road 
Looking for Ingrid’s hat
It doesn’t matter if we find the beach or not 
With it raining like that

Checking the important ones
Went out before midnight
I’d like to think we could be either in or out
To hit the waves like that

Oh can we do it?
But can we do it tonight? (bow-wow-wow)
Oh can we do it?
Can we do it tonight? 
Bow-wow-wow

© Phil McWalter Sept 2019

The Drums @rick-4-1
The Other Stuff @phil-mcwalter

Ingrid's Hat

Ambrosia Coast

Electronic Music with E-guitar and vocals 
I was wondering to myself, why I occasionally feel down, something I could not quite put my finger on...and also how I manage or try to hide these feelings. or think that I am hiding them :) 
luckily I am optimistic and these phases pass by quickly, not always the case for everyone, just an idea for a song! 
Art work an old water colour painting of mine

It Will Be Okay

Mark Duffield: voice, lyrics, vocal melody and harmony https://soundcloud.com/markduffieldcollaboration

Jonathan Beckenstein: initial music, instruments, mix

Mark has also created an engaging video: youtu.be/85vI0Ot80Sw

He’s a sweet street sweeper
He’s got a thing for a fairground ride
On the bull or on the bumper
He’s the best there ever to ride

(x4) He’s a sweet street sweeper

Bugger you! You were not there
You didn’t see it
You were not there
Bugger you! You were not there
You didn’t see what happened
You weren’t there

Sweet street
Sweet street sweeper

(x2) Oh, no!
Pick it up
Throw it out
Pick it up again

(x2) Yes, he’s beautiful
& there’s nothing you can say that can take that away.

(x2) Ooh, I’ll take that away
Nothing can take that

Sweet Street Sweeper (with Mark Duffield)

The Tower AD

Janine Levinson: Voice, lyrics, vocal melody and harmony https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Jonathan Beckenstein: Initial music and all instruments

photo: David Levinson

I woke up kinda late
Brushed the dust off my fedora
Justice, she can never wait
Roll out of bed and shuffle through the door
Even secret agents get the blues

Another day, another dance
Another man to figure out
Coincidence or happenstance?
A criminal? A gadabout?
Even secret agents get the blues
Thinking of you

You did the crime
You do the time

Sorrow, it’s my favorite meal
Eat it up with eggs and coffee
Pictures in the big murder book
Of cold hard evidence you brought me

Even secret agents get the blues
Even secret agents get the blues

Even Secret Agents Get The Blues (with Janine Levinson)

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

Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.
Poem: by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal and vocal composition, photo: Oddrun Eikli

Thank you so much for this JOY Yann. Thank you from my heart.

He`s more myself
Than I am
Whatever our souls are made of
His and mine
Are the same

If raindrops
Were Kisses,
I'd send you showers.
If hugs were seas
I`d send you oceans.

And If love was a person
I`d send you me

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

Emily´s Love Poems. Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli

amazon

Flying Whale

Not too big on on the festive season but I know two people who get so excited their feet just leave the floor. This is track is for anyone who shares that sentiment. Happy holidays 🌲🎄🎄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haKvT8YSnqg

Ye ha, ye ho
Sleigh is loaded, time to go
I’m just hopin’
Santa put my present in
Not there? Not fair! 
That’s a joke, get outa here             
It’s there, oh yeah        
Watch me smile from ear to ear
     
Ye-ha, whoop whoop, big grin
Santa’s flying in
I love this dude, I love this day      
It rings my ding-a- ling          

Oh no, let’s go, 
I’m sure I heard a ‘yo-ho-ho’
I did, for sure
Someone’s knockin at the door
Oh yeah, whoop, whoop
Cotton beard and big black boots
Hot dam, p’zam
I love you Santa you’re my man

Ye-ha, whoop whoop, big grin
Santa’s flying in
I love this dude, I love this day
It’s rings my din-a-ling  

Oh gosh, oh gee
What’s underneath that Christmas tree
Gad zooks, wowzee
All those presents just for me
They’re not? Oh no!  
Which one’s mine, I need to know
That one, for sure
I think my feet just left the floor	 

Ye-ha, whoop whoop, big grin
Santa’s flying in
I love this dude, I love this day
It’s rings my din-a-ling

Ye-hah Whoop Whoop Big Grin

Ye - Ha Whoop Whoop Big Grin

The quickest song I've ever written - started as an instrumental while waiting for my flatmate to be done with her shower, then added some autumnal lyrics the next day and recorded it the same day, just in time for Halloween.

This is part of my second "album", https://soundcloud.com/jenni-grossmann/sets/when-the-curtain-falls

Verse 1
Autumn leaves
Are getting ready to let go of the green
The breeze is whistling its tune
Of all things gone too soon

Verse 2
Autumn leaves
Are setting fire to the trees
The flames grow high to set the scene
For Halloween

Chorus
The streets are lined with
Pumpkin heads and flickering lights
And all the trees are dressed for the night the dead are coming, coming back to life

Verse 3
Autumn leaves
Are barely clinging onto the trees
The breeze is singing in your ear
‘What are you doing here?’

Chorus
The streets are lined with
Pumpkin heads and flickering lights
And all the trees are dressed for the night the dead are coming, coming back to life

Verse 4
Autumn leaves
Withering in rotting piles under the trees
The summer breeze is now a storm
And it rages on

Chorus
The streets are lined with
Pumpkin heads and flickering lights
And all the trees are dressed for the night the dead are coming, coming back to life

When The Curtain Falls

Autumn Leaves

Here is another little R&B tune.
Vocals, piano strings -Annette
Stay well out there
Thank you for all of your plays and shares!!!

Lumiere 2AM

Lumiere 2 AM

Reasons Why
11/12/2021  All rights reserved

The reasons why we turn away
From all that’s seen…
A complication for another day
And the lies between…

The living daylights up the darkest night
And places we have been…
Raise a glass to our prosperity…my friend 

The reasons that we go out late 
And stay too long
A complication for another day
What could go wrong…

The vapid prattle and another beer
As the clock strikes half past two
Tell me everything I long to hear, would you…

In the season of obscurity
Lines will fade
A complication for another day
We’ve got it made

The living daylights up the darkest night
And places we have been…
Raise a glass to our prosperity…my friend…

The reasons why we turn away
From all that’s seen…

Reasons Why

https://open.spotify.com/track/3dPaPD819h1OuFm9C5Goga?si=YXojaSYFSQSYE7lS3uG05A&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1
http://www.continental-collision.com
https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/the-route-to-tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMiidrWf6sM&list=OLAK5uy_mC-35nmJO3s19Cjj5Aet7UP0XGkLu3ido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2moo0YwEYPM

Music, piano, bass, guitar solo and programming drums & synths: Rodolfo Planes (@rplanes)
Lead & backing vocals & lyrics: Mark J. Bennett
Backing vocals: Cecilia Mastropasqua: @cemastro
Rhythm guitar: Gonzalo J. Ares: @gonzalo-julian-ares

Featuring backing vocals by Cintia Galeano 

Image (view of Edinburgh from Gullane, Scotland): Courtesy of Douglas Corrance

This was my third collaborative song with Rodolfo, which we started in 2020. The original instrumental piece he gave me sounded like determined optimism and at that particular moment the pandemic made its way into anything I wrote although the beauty of the song is that anyone can bring their own interpretation to its meaning. Its original title was ‘Camino a Mañana’, that I translated as ‘The Route To Tomorrow’ - I guess I liked the alliteration - even though it was a bit of a tongue twister to sing.

I instantly loved the rhythmic punch of this track and recognised early on that it would require a punchy lyric and vocal. Initially I sung the harmony vocals that Rodolfo devised, but as we later developed into the band ‘Continental Collision’ it made sense to draw on all of the talent available in Ce and Gonza, and here introducing Cintia Galeano. Huge thanks to my wonderfully gifted collaborators, you helped make this song shine. I was stunned (as always) by Rodolfo’s attention to detail, his glorious guitar solos and particularly the drumming throughout. Although I might not add to the instrumentation personally, Rodolfo always encourages me to give him feedback. I am particularly fond of this collaboration and each time we work together I learn so much more. Hope you enjoy it too and many thanks for listening. 

Finding the way,
To get through night and day,
Is just too much.
Making your way
Once more through the fray,
Without losing touch,
Is too much,
For me, yeah.

Waiting in line, 
With no hint of a sign,
Is just too much.
Pretending I’m fine 
Knowing that you’re not mine,
It’s too, it’s just too much,
For me,
All of the time.

This is the route to tomorrow,
Beg, steal or borrow,
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow.
This is the route to tomorrow,
That I have to follow,
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

I’ll be OK, 
Whatever they say,
I can take it.
Know I can’t stay,
Gotta get me away
From here.
Before it gets too much for me, here.

I can survive,    
I might even just thrive.
If I make it.
I’m still alive,
Watch me as I arrive,
At the other side of all this pain and sorrow  

This is the route to tomorrow,
Beg, steal or borrow,
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow.
This is the route to tomorrow,
That I have to follow,
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

The Route To Tomorrow - Continental Collision (featuring Cintia Galeano)- Now on Spotify!

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)

Hey hey Team! Back on with this 164 Bpm track.
Hardstyle vibes and twists. Video coming also.
Stay locked. Thanks 4 listening, supporting.
Samples from Evil dead 1 and other horrors.
Much more coming... Stay UUUP!! 1Love!
Uploaded on 17/11/2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCF2R9ZEnk

Kill us

DRIFT-WOOD written and produced by Jim Manser 2021 
watch the music video for driftwood on https://youtu.be/ixKabj2_lWY

lyrics
when you were here i didnt feel no fear
just a calm before the storm and an un-relenting tear
like the sleeping dogs who lie on the farm
or the people who wear the masks to ward away the harm
so unaware of the anger thats carried from with-in
its hard to find directions when your world is in a spin
you got to follow your heart and find the magic eye
you got to keep direction look up to the skys

way back when the world was a different place
we had the time and we had space
but now the pieces are washed up on a shore
we are the drifters fighting lonely wars

moments in life can still feel unreal
when i left the uk and headed to seville
wanna feel the sunlight on my face
sick and tired of drifting in an empty place
theres people and theres actions that never make much sense
they are frightened by the media just sitting on the fence
you got to remember this life is all you get
and everything around you is hanging on an edge

driftwood though a string of days
i left my childhood in a maze 
driftwood washed up on a shore 
all the things i cant ignore
driftwood took hold of my dreams in a field of fire ...but now it seems so far away

dedicated to all the free-thinkers and the people who really want to live free

Drift-wood

music video driftwood

Drift-Wood

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves:  Lead Vocal
Hans Albers:  All Instruments, Arrangement & Production
Gary Reeves, Terry Reeves, Jo Reeves, Jason Reeves, Dan Reeves, & Charlotte Reeves sang the chorus backing vocals.
The four month old Richard Terence Reeves provided the laughter for the intro.  

As far back as I can remember the Reeves family were always big on Christmas. We were not a particularly well-off family (we lived in publicly-owned housing) but my Mum, Dad and Nan always made it the most special of times. Dad would make sure that we had both a barrel of beer and comprehensive choice of beverage to welcome any visitors who might call round to celebrate the holiday season. Friends and family we may not have seen in many a long year would be sure to visit and all were welcomed.

The house itself was always bedecked with paper-chains and Christmas lights (a tradition I have continued at my family home to this day), the crowning glory being the tree, at the base of which were a cornucopia of presents, the opening of which began every Christmas Day.  After that it was a continuous celebration of food, drink, music and games.  By the time the evening rolled around, we’d switch on the telly to enjoy all of the Christmas Specials, after which the board game marathons would usually start.

As we all grew older, Bri & Gal started to play instruments, giving rise to the annual family sing-song. In 1969, we recorded one of these on our old Grundig reel-to-reel, a small selection of which have been included on the above track (see: https://soundcloud.com/mountain-songs/xmas-at-home-with-the-von?si=2317d359e0f6482ebeb6662a88d5148b). 

During the later Norman Chop years, when the band became a duo, Brian & Katy opened their own folk club (the Palais de Folk) at the now defunct Derby Arms pub, Shene and built up a very decent following, enabling them to book some of the finest acts on the then thriving folk club circuit.  In 1975, they decided to recall erstwhile members of the band (Gal & Steve Jinks)for their Christmas Party.  It turned out to be one of the best nights the club ever experienced and the place was filled by an enthusiastic, overflowing crowd. I was there that night and will never forget how brilliant it was, wishing I could be up on stage as the fifth member of the band - hence the chorus of the song. 

As always, we owe Hans so much for pulling together all of the strands involved and for making them gel with such a bittersweet resonance.  We do hope you enjoy our Christmas song. (Terry Reeves)

A barrel of beer a pint for every visitor                                                                                  
All food cooking  annual Christmas meal
Flashing lights decorate every corner
The live music from the band always a thrill

CHORUS:
I want to be in the Norman Chop Trio
I want to be the fifth member of the band
I want to sing happy Christmas in the background 
I want to play guitar with melodic hands

Hear songs from daylight to darkness
Family sing together finding harmony 
Two brothers pitch a musical sharpness
Giving feel of sweet sounding certainty

CHORUS

Dad with a pipe helped every low note
Mum and Nan danced and sang every tune
A sister joining fun in beautiful petticoats 
Family singing music melody filling room

CHORUS

Babycham, Sobranie cocktail cigarettes 
Dates in Brazil helped the family go nuts 
Presents under tree one thousand more or less
Another log on the fire keeps temperature up

CHORUS...With melodic hands (x2)

Morecambe and Wise laughter to millions 
Bruce …nice to see you… to see you nice
The board games turning ten hour missions 
Winners still playing not stopping the dice

CHORUS...With melodic hands (x2)

A Bishops Wife noticed a choir of future 
Guitarist and Drummer with flowery shirts
Queen in Black screeching favourite lick slider
Palais de Folk Derby Arms welcome verse

CHORUS...With melodic hands (x4)
CHORUS...With melodic hands (x2)
Happy Christmas!

NORMAN CHOP CHRISTMAS - Cripple Club, Hans Albers & The Reeves Family

Remixed and shortened an old electronic song to go with an AI video.  Electronic music is a good mesh.

Link: https://youtu.be/ADmyVx9DEuo

First Thoughts

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

This is a remix of the song 'So Much Mysteries', which I released 3 years ago in cooperation with Cecilia. The version at that time was way too long with almost 9 minutes. I've also reduced the instrumentation a bit and expanded the sound.

Open collab by @specialececilia 
Open collab site: @specialceciliacappellas
  Original Version: 
https://soundcloud.com/specialceciliacappellas/accapellas-so-much-mysteries-mp3

Lyrics & Vocals: Special Cecilia  
Music & Arrangement: OMCB 

Cover Picture: https://pixabay.com

Lyrics

It Recently has been discovered in Morocco 5 skulls dating of 300.000 years  just looking like actual human, 
So That famous Neanderthael Theory was a Big Mistake...& I knew it:)
 So there might have been advanced civilization unknowed & that dissepear, 
 such as that Mystic Atlantis ... Mystic... Mystic... Mystic ...

So Much Mysteries still unfold
 Half of the Story never been told
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 from the Ancient times till Age of Gold
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 From Microcosm to Macrocosm

 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all

Don't know all about History
 Don't know all about Biology
 Don't know all the species of plants & their vertues,
 all the insects, the birds and the living creatures 
 & the life in the deep oceanic waters...
Don't know all about Ecology
 Destroying, Polluting our Wonderfull earth & nature

 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 Half of the Story never been told
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 from the Ancient times till Age of Gold
So Much Mysteries still unfold
 From Microcosm to Macrocosm

 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all

It has been recently discovered that there is a Multi Galactic System 
 with 2 Suns & 3 planets where life can be 
 We are not alone in the Univers ... (as SiFi feel it)
 We are not alone in the Univers ... 

 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
 So Much Mysteries still unfold
From Microcosm to Macrocosm

 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all
 Men don't know all at all

So Much Mysteries [Remix] - Special Cecilia & OMCB

Pick me up
I’m a bad believer
Pick me up
Underachiever
Pick me up
Teacher told me 
Bullies run this yard

Pick me from my spot
Lift me up and drop
Come on and pick me up

Pick me up
Cuz I need a home now
Pick me up
So I’m not alone
Cuz hey
I’m falling like a fool
I’m falling
Like a stone
Like Ancient Rome
Come on and pick me up

One horse down
The headlights hurt me 
Blinding lights
They’re always blurry
One horse down
Graffiti says the end is always nigh

Pick me from my spot
Lift me up and drop
Come on and pick me up

Pick me up
Cuz I need a home now
Pick me up
So I’m not alone
Cuz hey
I’m falling like a fool
I’m falling
Like a stone
Like Ancient Rome
Come on and pick me up
Come on and pick me up
Come on and pick me up
Come on and pick me up

Pickmeup written, recorded, and produced by The Young Love Scene at His Bedroom Studios, Burlington VT USA
Guitars, vocals, and orchestra bells performed by TYLS 
Mastering by Dave Blackman at Hiltongrove Mastering
All Rights Reserved

Pickmeup

original song, unoriginal title
video: https://youtu.be/KHE8Un2C1Dw
thank you all for your collective music which i love and thanks for listening:)
lyrics
we broke your tree 
i'll give you nuts
they chastised me cause people suck
dead on the road all blood and guts
we killed your mom
i'll give you nuts.

when we go and blow up the Earth
don't be sad i'm edible

feed the birds
oh yes we will
video link: https://youtu.be/KHE8Un2C1Dw

feed the birds

Snowflakes

Snowflake

The life you are stealing from us..............

La vita che ci state rubando............

Sad Christmas  🌲

Visible from miles around, an age old, lone sentinel stands atop the ridge.

© 2021 Dairv Dubbleyew

Lime Tree Ridge

... my flute remix of this track by noxpox https://soundcloud.com/noxpox7/noxpox-phantasm-polka Thanks a lot Andre for this inspirational track ! Photo by my favourite photo artist on unsplash: Jr Korpa / with a bit editing ;-)

Phantasm Polka by noxpox // flute remix

Let Them Go (Chapter 1)

https://soundcloud.com/paco-ray: chord set, guitars, drums.
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions: bass, lyrics, vocals, pocket sax, production.

Letra  /  Lyrics (Adaptation from a poem I wrote around my 15thBD)

SIEMPRE QUE TE VEO  /  WHENEVER I SEE YOU

Pasma al mirar tu serena  /  Astounds looking at your serene
faz y tu largo cabello,  /  face and your long hair,
y observar rostro tan bello,  /  and observe such a beautiful complexion,
más que asombrar, me enajena.  /  more than astonishing, it alienates me.
Cuando en mi oído resuena  /  When in my ear resonates
tu cálida voz, espero  /  your warm voice, I hope
girarme y verte, pues quiero  /  to turn around and see you, because I want
hacerte saber, mi amor  /  to let you know, my love
que te amo, y mi calor  /  that I love you, and my warmth
ofrecerte por entero.  /  offer to you completely.

Siempre que te veo, intento,  /  Whenever I see you, I try,
con mi mirada, expresarte  /  with my gaze, to express to you
que te quiero. Mi sustento  /  that I love you. My livelihood
es tu sonrisa, son tus ojos  /  is your smile, are your eyes
y tu cara de indecisa.  /  and your indecisive grin.
Si te miro, sonriendo,  /  If I look at you, smiling,
si te sigo, pues queriendo  /  if I follow you, as wanting
poseerte, tengo prisa.  /  to possess you, I’m in a hurry.

Quisiera mirarte, grácil,  /  I’d like to look at you, graceful,
bella y extraña cual hada.  /  beautiful and strange like a fairy.
Cual si no pasara nada,  /  As if nothing was happening,
mirarte, pero no es fácil.  /  to look at you, but it’s not easy.
Quisiera hacerlo con casi,  /  I’d like to do it with almost,
casi inhumano ardor,  /  almost inhuman ardour,
y contemplar con fervor  /  and watch with fervour
tus excitantes y sabios  /  your exciting and wise
pasos, y encender tus labios  /  steps, and turn on your lips
con tiernos besos de amor.  /  with tender kisses of love.

Siempre que te veo…  /  Whenever I see you...

Siempre Que Te Veo (with Paco Ray)

Poem: by Emily Dickinson (Hope. from 1862)
Hope is so beautifully described in Emily Dickinson's poem. Hope, like a fragile bird, or like a storm. The hope we carry within us.
Piano , keys, and instrumental composition: Yann Kifer @annkifer
Vocal, vocal composition and photo: Oddrun Eikli
Thank you so much for this JOY Yann. Thank you from my heart.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (10. desember 1830- 15. mai 1886)

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

'"Hope" is the thing with feathers is one of the best known of Emily Dickinson's poems. An extended metaphor, it likens the concept of hope to a feathered bird that is permanently perched in the soul of every human. There it sings, never stopping in its quest to inspire.

Emily Dickinson wrote this poem in 1862, a prolific year for her poetry, one of nearly 1,800 poems she penned during her lifetime. Only seven of these were published while she was still alive. Her sister, Lavinia, collected and helped publish all of her poems after Emily's death in 1886.

Her poetry was highly original but was dismissed or simply misunderstood when she sent her work out for appraisal or publication. It was only after she had passed away and her poems circulated more widely that critics began to appreciate her genius.

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers. Yann Kifer and Oddrun Eikli.

A most warm thank you to Jörg for his wonderful tenor sax and flute contribution to this track.

You can visit him here: https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

image by: Thorolf Jansson

My Tent Or Yours (featuring Joerxworx)

With Soundcloud, music is so often created across the oceans, with musicians from around the world who have never met or spoken directly other than through this platform joining together.  Our new jazz fusion composition Across The Oceans pays tribute to these connections across oceans which have fostered such high quality of music, the sharing of regional influences, and true friendships.   
Joining me again are players from Germany, England, Spain and the US, who contribute their individual sounds, elevate and shape the music.  Our horn section was provided by two versatile instrumentalists - Georg Boehme on Baritone saxophone and Andy McLean on Tenor and Soprano saxes and EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument).  Love the full sound they get together and also the interplay between the two musicians.  Our featured guitarist is Stephan Lipinski, who weaves his fine solo to connect the oceans between Europe and North America.  Spanish percussionist Sergio Parraga provides the underlying churning rhythm complement to further bridge our two continents.
Follow these fine musicians if you are not already doing so:  https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/mcleanaf
https://soundcloud.com/pinner
https://soundcloud.com/sergioparraga

And thanks so very much for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Across The Oceans - Georg Boehme / Andy McLean / Stephan Lipinski / Sergio Parraga / Jamie Rhind

I'm glad, that I got the permission to try a remix with flute on this wonderful track: https://soundcloud.com/fiona-greasley/outrun-latin-cover ! I hope my addition is nice enough to add some flavour :-) With big thanks to electrometis ! photo by Tabitha Turner, unsplash

Outrun / Latin Cover by electrometis - Flute Remix

another lunatic ride with my friend https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz
Ratzzz - all that jazz // Jörg - flute
.... it wasn't that easy to find out, what the guy is telling in that fine sample:  "it's like a spirited horse, you can handle it with tight reins ..." be it a galloping swing or a mutating virus, you have to keep up :-)

lunatics 63 / like a spirited horse / Cosmic Ratzzz & joerxworx

A solstice song - possibly - not exactly cheery and I'm probably unwise to post but it's the shortest day today (in the northern hemisphere) so it's now or never.

Many thanks to Jonathan Beckenstein and grumpy Ian (unknown on SC) for their extremely helpful feedback on an earlier version of this track.
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The light grows weak and the dark grows strong
But life must end for life to go on
Rich and strange
This world is rich and strange my child

When the snow comes down it's so beautiful
But the birds will starve and the cold will kill
Rich and strange...

We cherish the lamb keep him safe from harm
Then we slit his throat cut the meat from the bone
Rich and strange...

And if you don’t fight they’ll drive out our kind
But to win a war you've got to lose your mind
Rich and strange...
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Produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.
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Original image (detail, processed) by Jr Korpa https://unsplash.com/@jrkorpa
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17th November 2023: Replaced with a hopefully somewhat better mix.

Rich And Strange

Sirus - Not Long Ago,
Prod By Jordan Beats.
Artwork By Sirus.

Sirus - Not Long Ago (Prod By Jordan Beats)

here's my raw sax & flute REMIX of this wonderful track by Anomon:
https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/jazz-hop-3-electric
.... here's Gary's mix now 09.01.2022: https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/that-slow-n-easy-flow-w-joerxworx
Anomon: trio, Fender Rhodes, bass, drums, (original track)
joerxworx: sopran-, tenorsax & flute; (raw remix)

That Simple Easy Flow ... // by Anomon // REMIX preview

lunatics number 64 :-) with big thanks to https://soundcloud.com/cosmic-ratzzz
... let me quote "immer schön 7 Schläfer Anzug tragen" - always comfortable in a dormouse suit !

Lunatics 64 > Der 7 Schläfer < [the dormouse] Ratzzz & joe

Growing tired of the liars and the cheats, the deceits of the elites….
Self-unaware at the Vanity Fair -the highest possible priority to saying words
Sow what you reap, bullshit is cheap, selling out to the dragging feet, of the elite
Slipping away, save it for a rainy doomsday, making hay, on the way
Sinking deep in the shadow of the valley of time, bluff on the causes of crime

Video: https://youtu.be/185DOo7AGxE

Conscience

Neli CoKo - Emptiness

This is a very old 4 track recording.
Less & less now we remain...
Think about it.

Chris Hull - Nice creative guy, good voice. Hiya Chris!

Less And Less Now

Homage to Relativity Theory's Centenary & Mr. Albert Einstein.
Based on a delightful 6/4 main theme by https://soundcloud.com/exploderamera, we offer to the listener some variations on 5/4, 4/4 & 2/4 signatures, relatively round composition, lotta love, and two questions...
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Music: ExploderaMera and E-Ruizzo
Lyrics: Albert Einstein
Vocals & Artwork: ExploderaMera
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There are five houses.
The Englishman lives in the red house.
The Spaniard owns the dog.
Coffee is drunk in the green house.
The Ukrainian drinks tea.
The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
Milk is drunk in the middle house.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept.
The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
The Japanese smokes Parliaments.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house"

Now, who drinks water?
Who owns the zebra?

ER00EC12

Einsteins's Riddle (with ExploderaMera)

From our latest Album decipher. 

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Decipher https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07CNJ94K2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_czV3Bb9DZV3JD

InsistRiseAgain

Available on Bandcamp: https://danielsdurgy.bandcamp.com/album/the-christmas-wish
An original Christmas themed love song that expresses the beauty of a romantic Christmas in Denmark. Thanks to Dirk Taubenheim for his magical guitar work and credit to Travis Laws on drums (recorded at "The Pocket Loft, Nashville, TN)
Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2020 Gentle Rain Records

Lyrics:

Meet Me In Denmark by Daniels & Durgy

If you ever feel tired and lonely
And your soul searches for a heavenly home
Board a fast train … to one destination
And I’ll be there waiting with a flower in my hand

Chorus:
So promise you’ll meet me for Christmas in Denmark
Sit by Yule Fire and share a coffee or two
And live like the Danes do…learn the meaning of Hygge
And see the true wonders of this beautiful land

Verse 2
I know you’re hurting, your spirit is aching
Your soul is anchored, to where you are tied
Isn’t it time to .. leave the sorrows behind you         
Come share this Yuletide, with me by your side

Chorus:
So promise you’ll meet me for Christmas in Denmark
Stroll Tivoli Gardens, hear the Saint Alban’s Choir
And Kiss me my Darling, as the Northern Lights shimmer
And share in the soft glow of a warm winters fire
And share in the soft glow of a warm winters fire

Christmas In Denmark

The Eve Band - Edging

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.