Name: Quiet Puzzle by Joseph Gurner
Duration: 4 min 32 s
Description: A six-song, 80s-inspired synth pop EP created for the February 2024 RPM Challenge.

A six-song, 80s-inspired synth pop EP created for the February 2024 RPM Challenge.

Quiet Puzzle RPM 2024

Quiet Puzzle

Chelsea

I met a man at a bar in Chelsea, and we talked about life as a whole;
about girls, and jobs, and life and death, about Thomas Wolfe and his soul
We walked the streets of Chelsea, down to the river up by the Lincoln Tunnel
We sat down on a the ground and smoked ourselves: silly-crazy-happy!
The night was still young…

Chelsea, oh, Chelsea, the night belongs to us
Helsinki, Rawhide, we view the city from up top
Chelsea, oh Chelsea, you are such a babe
All I can think about now, is how I can get back to you again...

I met a few friends at bar in the Village, and I mostly sat there and listened,
because the stories being told where so sweet to my ears,
it was a true pleasure being there
And I met this other friend from Brooklyn, and he was as nice as I always knew,
he gave me a tape, from the years in hell, and I watched it, and I instantly knew:

Chelsea, oh, Chelsea, the night belongs to us
Helsinki, Rawhide, we view the city from up top
Chelsea, oh Chelsea, you are such a babe
All I can think about now, is how I can get back to you again…

Chelsea

working on mixing down, balancing vocals with bass, enjoy the listen :)

give a little love
share a little smile
say a little prayer
while going out in style
instigating love takes it to the edge 
with out any hope 
this is what you get
so give a little love 
make a new friend
have a nice talk make sure it never ends
with a little time the music
fills the heart
the stars they can shine
a new day has a start
so give a little love make a friend smile
put up a good fight
and hope it never ends

Out In Style

I found a little treasure trove of alternative, unheard for years mixes of various songs I have worked on in the past.

This one, with michael 2 just jumped out at me

I cannot conceive even thinking a musical idea like this at the moment, let alone figuring how to achieve the sound we got here- but once upon a time, me and michael somehow managed to make this track....

Acting So Strangely

Another from the archives

A beach boys like experiment with roxy lee - this is an alternative mix to the one that was released and is no longer available

Man oh man i loved making this

summer for two

From the vaults

TRAPPED IN WASH MACHINE....

Featuring the voices of Robert Shaw (mighty math) and WG Sarah (not to mention particledots at the end)

Alternative version to the one that was previously released and is no longer available

Water Speaks To Me

Mikki Nylund's Album

You are all Beautiful!

Not a new song, but a new mix. Always fits well, like an old shoe made of shiny leather; clowns of peace. Go green! Lyrics:

Say, do you want to come out and play? 
See, I have this old game in the back of my mind.
You dress up like a Saint, and dance around like insane. 
Hey, put on that smile honey, lets move before it's too late. 
Let's move out. Far out. 

We're the clowns of peace, me and you.
We dance in the streets, and juggle our hearts,
for the truth. We love you all. 

Say, do you want to meet me in the Park, 
by that old molded statue of war?
Let's put some stickers of our bleeding hearts, 
all over its dirty, false face.
Hey, put on that smile honey, lets move before it's too late. 
Let's move out. Far out. 

We're the clowns of peace, me and you.
We dance in the streets, and juggle our hearts,
for the truth. We love you all.

We Juggle our Hearts for the Truth

Analogue demos 2020 - swollen appendix

glass interlude

milk hotel for flies

Not jumping on the coronavirus bandwagon in any way, shape or form

Just continuing to experiment with synths

Reference point is TG's 'Hamburger Lady' - maybe I should add some genesis-like voice over for additional effect?

Featuring behringer neutron + K-2, Arturia minibrute 2S

recorded 3.5.2020

Quiet Puzzle

Joseph Gurner

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