2022 Best Playlist

Some of my Soundcloud Favourites #74

WHAT IS A FRONTIER TO YOUR BRAIN?

You Went Back Home

December Friends

Abgesang 22 // remix of "YearTwoZeroTwoTwo" by Paploviante

I composed this music with the image of dramatic dance music. This is the first time I've written a music like this.

ABSTRACT SPHERE

Ever since my personal discovery of the writings and musings of Terence McKenna in the mid 90’s I have been both fascinated & amused by a hypothesis of his that some have referred to as: The Stoned Ape Theory.

Here is a fun read on it by Kiki Dy.

The Stoned Ape Theory: Pseudoscience or Psychedelic Origin of Modern Man?

Did early humans accelerate evolution by tripping balls on psychedelic mushrooms? One psychonaut ethnobiologist says: absolutely.

Let’s set the scene: 100,000 years ago, in the age before recorded history, our early hominid ancestors started abandoning the forests and traveling across savannahs. As they foraged in new environments, they began evolving faster, cleverer brains that eventually tripled in size. How did they accomplish this? One theory suggests that they unknowingly added psilocybin to their diet and tripped their way to high-level consciousness. 

The Stoned Ape Theory is a hypothesis by one of America’s most influential psychonauts, Terence McKenna. With knowledge of ecology, conservation, and shamanism, McKenna united his interests in his study of psychedelics. McKenna earned his degrees from the University of California-Berkeley’s Tussman Experimental College, and his extensive writings served as some of the West’s first exposure to the psychedelics DMT and ayahuasca. 

Though he died in 2000, McKenna’s lifetime of advocating for the exploration of altered states of mind still influences modern psychonauts today. The Stoned Ape Theory is only one way in which he attempted to shift the world’s view of psychedelics. 

Read more - https://psychedelicspotlight.com/stoned-ape-theory-terence-mckenna-pseudoscience-or-psychedelic-origin-modern-man/

Cover art painting entitled The Stoned Ape Theory by Jim Figora
https://pixels.com/featured/the-stoned-ape-theory-jim-figora.html

Setlist: 

1. Zigoor - Magic Hour (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/magic-hour/16679964
2. Jumpstreet - Gourmet Noise (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/gourmet-noise/16641082
3. Slide, Gigi - Inside Out (Original Mix) Blacklite Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/inside-out/16530081
4. Radikal Moodz, Rugrats - Sweet Disorder (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/sweet-disorder/16549866
5. Doom's - End Game (Original Mix) Sangoma Records
https://sangomarecs.bandcamp.com/track/end-game
6. Jimi Green - Poke Smot (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/poke-smot/16671128
7. Hexagon 25 - Game of Nature (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/game-of-nature/16679968
8. Cronyx, Braingineers - Cross The Line (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/cross-the-line/16611592
9. Oksha - Bakwango (Original Mix) Hekwapi Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/bakwango/16585992
10. Eargazmik - Ephemeral Infinity (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/ephemeral-infinity/16679958
11. Corrupt Illusionist, Psykoveda - Indian Ghostbusters (Original Mix) Karmatec Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/indian-ghostbusters/16237288
12. Pantomiman - Liquidazer (Eritas & Terraπ Remix) Root Sector Records
https://rootsectorrec.bandcamp.com/track/pantomiman-liquidazer-eritas-terra-remix-147-2
13. Sense Datum, LowKo - Operation Midnight Climax (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/operation-midnight-climax/16611590
14. Loom, Kali Yuga, Tskun - Special Batch (Original Mix) Kupuri Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/special-batch/16217490
15. Dezzert, Igor LSE - Two Angry Beasts (Original Mix) SquareLab Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/two-angry-beasts/16317641
16. Act One - From Whence They Came (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/from-whence-they-came/16611591
17. Jimi Green - No Holds Barred (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/no-holds-barred/16671131

Stoned Ape Theory | 148 - 151 BPM

I’m honoured to take part in a fifth collaboration with the amazing Torbjørn and Jimmy. A development of a Torbjørn demo, this one is a straightforward, no nonsense rocker, play it loud.

Credits:-

Torbjørn:- Musical composition, Hammond Organ, Organ, String Synth, Bass, Drums, Percussion. https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv

Jimmy:- Lyrics, Vocal composition, Vocals. https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas

Dairv:- Guitars, Production, Mix, Mastering, Cover Art.

Mean Streets (Torbjørn Vagle  - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Music & Piano: Jan Schonander

Got in my head that I wanted to play something with a little staccato and this is what came out. Also thought it would be a good idea to do all four seasons and recruited three pianists to complete the cycle. Delighted that Debra Buesking agreed to take on summer and here is a link to her wonderful interpretation:
https://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking/summer-interrupted-c/s-6ix0O3wrxbm

Two additional Soundcloud artists have agreed to tackle Fall and Winter and when their inspiration results in a track the links will be here too. I have also put together a playlist where all four tracks eventually will be in a collection. 
https://soundcloud.com/thegats/sets/four-seasons-interrupted/s-A8Hi6t3VNkV?si=a7457f3de6a241c3a68fc7f30c86a64c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I spent seventeen long winters in Stockholm. Funnily enough the most challenging season to me was always spring with all the false starts and long hiatuses. By the time it’s May and you can reasonably expect some warmish weather (defined as over 50F) it inevitably snows and destroys your planned weekend bike ride, or maybe you just have to keep your down jacket in the closet a few more weeks and leave your lighter clothes at the back of the closet. Of course, spring is the beginning of a period of more fun and games. Hopefully you can hear the pull between spring trying to break through and winter lingering on in this music.

This is a performance with no post recording edits. It is entirely in Gm except for 1 note intended to denote a dissonant interruption. I wonder who can locate that B.

Spring Interrupted

Paul put this revved up open collab out there under the title "Rock a Car"...well I took it for a reckless joyride.  I was using it to get those ripping, rockin' runs under my fingers. Yes, I may have hit the guardrails a few times with Paul's badass muscle car. But it was a helluva ride! ;0

Stolen Car (Paploviante "Rock a Car" Collab)

“When looking through the spiritual eye, or the third eye encased within the human mind, one can see vividly beyond the ken of human eyesight, beyond the material atom, and into the future, thereby transcending the limitations of time and space.”

- Alice Coltrane

Higher state of consciousness: how Alice Coltrane finally got her dues
(Story Link)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/05/alice-coltrane-turiyasangitananda-higher-state-of-consciousness

All tracks purchased from www.beatport.com, www.bandcamp.com, or provided directly by the artist or label.

Cover art entitled: Silence Seekers by Cameron Gray  
 https://parablevisions.com

And as always, a deep gratitude for all of the immensely talented artists showcased here in my DJ mix.

Mixing decks used to perform this set: Pioneer XDJ-XZ.  
https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/product/all-in-one-system/xdj-xz/black/overview/

1. Psydewise, Shadow Shaman, TWiGGER - Chimp Chowmein (Original Mix) Forestdelic Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/chimp-chowmein/16441816
2. Xed - Distorted Dream (Original Mix) PsynOpticz Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/distorted-dream/16847287
3. Shred'er, Dezzert - Addicted to Bugs (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/addicted-to-bugs/16720938
4. Dribble - Golden Cobra (Original Mix) Yokshaa Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/golden-cobra/16914319
5. Jumpstreet, Mavzy - New Kall (Original Mix) Digital Shamans Records
beatport.com/track/new-kall/16487427
6. Whiteloop - Gravity Keys (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/gravity-keys/16679970
7. Swell, Ghost Noize - Cognitive Test Feat. Ghost Noize (Original Mix) Blacklite Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/cognitive-test-feat-ghost-noize/16815433
8. Dendrophile - Holocene Hallucinations (Original Mix) Transubtil Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/holocene-hallucinations/16769967
9. Zzbing - Six Trillion Things (Original Mix) Hadra Records
https://hadrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/zzbing-six-trillion-things
10. Radikal Moodz - Ground Zero (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/ground-zero/16549846
11. Psycho Noise - Forces of the Nature (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/forces-of-the-nature/16679956
12. Vibrant, Spirit Shifter - Tricky Dealer (Original Mix) PsynOpticz Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/tricky-dealer/16847291
13. Act One - Zero Day (Original Mix) Root Sector Records
https://rootsectorrec.bandcamp.com/track/act-one-zero-day-149-2
14. Synthetik Chaos - N'importe quoi (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/nimporte-quoi/16611586
15. Oksha, Mavzy - Mexcalink (Original Mix) Digital Shamans Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/mexcalink/16487431
16. ADAY, Z3nbugs - Corrupt Society (Original Mix) Digital Shamans Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/corrupt-society/16809627

Beyond the Material Atom | 148 - 150 BPM

🌈 No need for guns, no need to fight 🌈

＊This work is made by overdubbing my guitar playing (mainly chord work) to winkandwoo and The Turtle Project(TTP) 's work "Hold The Line".Thanks to Winkandwoo and TTP for accepting my proposal.

★Key＝F
Lyrics and chord progression for this song:click below ↓
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jN2Q-y5isk2e0teErReV9RT94qiYEzLH/view?usp=sharing

 The reason why I worked on this work this time is because I want to sing and play with everyone.Therefore, I prepared a simple sheet music with lyrics and chords. There is a link above.

This work is probably one of the "protest songs". If I were to compare it to John Lennon's work, I think it would be "Give Peace A Chance." Yes, there are gems that confront discrimination, oppression, and prejudice, denounce injustice, and sing against war, and this is one of them. And not just to protest, but to sing together to "express your determination, clarify your way of life, question society, and lead to reform".

When winkandwoo released this work, I thought he was a great vocalist, singing a lot of important things and weights in the lyrics of "No need for guns, no need to fight".

And now many lament: "Ukraine is my country. Russia is my country. The country is killing my country." Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes, saying most people crossing the border from Russia don't want to kill people and don't want to serve this government. There is a movement to stigmatize this movement by branding it as a "traitor" and to use public power to contain it. I think protest songs play an active role here. Their lives and livelihoods are with us.

I hope that this song will help mankind break away from the "gun society" where mass shootings occur frequently, and that it will help all those who refuse military service in Russia. And I hope that this song will help unite Russian citizens against the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops and all citizens who support the Russian Revolutionary Movement.
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【Palm Muting】Also, for those who are practicing guitar, I think that this work will be a teaching material for effectively playing scales using open strings while playing low chords. This time I'm playing Palm Muting all the way through. Below are some video examples that may help you. I searched on youtube. Use this technique to sing while playing the guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTEu0D4UtKg&t=243s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTxf3vHYEM&t=496s

1)
Dm,Dm,B♭,B♭
F,F,C,C
2)
Am,Am,Dm,Dm
B♭,B♭,F,C
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In the 16 bars starting from Am above, there are three short guitar improvisations. I recorded each one as if it was played by a different type of guitar player. I would like you to listen to that part as well :)

Lyrics and chord progression for this song:click below ↓
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jN2Q-y5isk2e0teErReV9RT94qiYEzLH/view?usp=sharing

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winkandwoo  ---- Hold The Line - The Turtle Project (wink's karaoke mix)
https://soundcloud.com/winkandwoo/hold-the-line-the-turtle-project-winks-karaoke-mix
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THE TURTLE PROJECT ... https://soundcloud.com/turtle-project/hold-the-line
Wrtten arranged and produced by The Turtle Project.
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Charts: New & hot https://soundcloud.com/discover/sets/charts-trending:rock:jp
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Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftE8vr0WNus

winkandwoo - Hold The Line - The Turtle Project ft.JUNZO on electric guitar

winkandwoo - Hold The Line - The Turtle Project ft.JUNZO on electric guitars

Featuring a Squier Telecaster cranked to 11, plus a rock organ, together with symphonic touches.

© 2022 Dairv Dubbleyew

The End of the Day

Compassionate scale.
Each impulse results in a force. The more momentum we take, the higher we jump. When there is a misfortune, an impulse of greater or lesser strength is generated. Here is a personal scale of that compassionate strength.
Cs0 Compassion predisposed asleep We are not aware of the existence of a misfortune. There is no force.
Cs1 Instant Compassion. We have seen it on a newspaper page and we have turned the page. It has caught our attention.
Cs2 Indirect compassion. Donations to charities. A person assaults you in the street and asks you, do you want to be human? And you say how much money you do it for. It is instant, but voluntary.
Cs3 Daily Compassion The news of the day. Floods, wars, social injustices. Your ideals come to light. To each one by his side and based on close experiences with said news.
Cs4 Compassion live. You are present when a misfortune occurs, but it is not with you. A violent situation that left a big impression on you.
Cs5 Compassion known. Here we begin to exceed the limits. A friend tells us about the misfortune of his mother. We offer our humanity.
Cs6 Voluntary compassion. You are a volunteer. You offer hours of your life to others many times without knowing them.
Cs7 Compassion target. The bomb explodes in your house, in your family or in your friends. You do everything you can to help.
Cs8 Self-pity. Misfortune concerns you directly. Prevent you from drowning. It can be extraordinary and lead to overcoming or useless if you no longer believe in it.
Cs9 Total compassion. It is when you give yourself to others putting your life at stake. I am not talking about a soldier, I am talking about a missionary in Haiti who does not leave, even if they tell her to leave.

COMPASSIONATE STRENGTH 3

Driving by a cupcake shop after hours, I witnessed a horde of rats devouring a stack of cupcakes left out in their trash. I said, "Cupcake Rats...that sounds like a pop punk band!" And, with an assist on lyrics from my brah Roger Vaughn...on the vocals from an incredible StudioPros vocalist...and on the mix from our buddy Peter Pope...a delightfully silly confection was born. I'm playing all instruments, and cut the drum loops.
LYRICS
Cupcake Rats, masters of the night
A sticky-sweet blight on polite society
Cupcake Rats

In the alley, they're on a mission
Sugar-starved rats near Cupcake Kitchen
In the moonlight, a shinny vision
Castaway cakes some bum has pissed in
Scurry, scurry, in a hurry
A seedy feeding frenzy, furry ball of fury
Chocolate icing, so enticing
A gutter buttercream dream in food porn lighting

When we're sleeping, rats are feasting
Cupcake Rats, masters of the night
A sticky-sweet blight on polite society
Yeah, that's right, Cupcake Rats
I know you saw that rodentia, didntcha?
Cupcake Rats!!

The air is grimy, slimy smells
Putrid sewer steam, swirled with sea salted caramel
Loaded pistols, assorted sprinkles
Slashing, gnashing teeth--all intermingled
Teaming vermin are a-squirming
Mangled angel food cake, squeaky rat sermons
Be sympathetic, it's pathetic
Most of those rats are Type II diabetic
CHORUS
GUITAR SOLO
CHORUS

Cupcake Rats (Silly Lyrics in Description)

Musicproducer Ambient Light
Mixdown & Master : Ambient Light

Another composition recorded before the war. I hope one day I will return to my home studio. Any support from you is much appreciated on these extremely hard times for our country, our family. 
I could have recorded much new music for the last 9 months... unless russians came to our yard to "save" us with their tanks, missiles, bombs and war planes at 4 a.m. on Feb 24th. And yes, they saved us from our house, from our normal life, from our dreams and plans. They saved my elderly parents from their home and peaceful life in retiring, saved my daughter from happy childhood, from school, from her friends and vacation by the sea. We'll never forget and never forgive it! I'm sure that russia will get what it deserves - each rocket they launch on Ukraine will turn to another 10 years of disaster for their cowardly people.
 Special thanks to Houman (@houmans) for mastering the track! Please check out his wonderful soundtracks.
Please sub for my Facebook artist page: https://www.facebook.com/syntaleta/

Gone

LOL it is WHAT it is

1st verse : https://www.looperman.com/acapellas?mid=Bustep
2nd verse : @Servilious
Instrumental track : Mahan²

Arranged, produced and recorded @ Pahlavi Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA 12/05/2022

LOL it is WHAT it is (feat. KIDDIE & Servilious)

Created and performed by me & bitzone
I (voice, guitar, software synths, VST instruments, original Ableton composition)
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone (samples, percussion, additional synths, final arrangement, production)
124 BPM/C# minor

30 Years Ago

Today I am as lost as 30 years ago          
Arriving for the first time in New York     
                  
And driving through the dark                
The dark and dusty city                     

Driving through the dark                    
Driving through the dark                   


What I remember most?
The dirt and Brooklyn Bridge

The woman scream
That seemed to last forever

Right on a corner of the street
Right on a corner of the street

Against all chances
Against the world
I will take you there
Where love is born

Where love is born
Where love is born
Where love is born
Where love is born

I am lost as 30 years ago
30 years ago...

Download/Stream

30 Years Ago

Hello my friends!! Hope everything is great with you all..?? Here comes a new song from me (Robert Lillemäe) and Sabrina ( Sabina Larsson) A new day, a new song and this time we decided to make a new version of the song "The Journey Continues" This will be the final version of this song, and this will be our Christmas song to all of you.. It is a Trance & Progressive Trance track in 128 Bpm but we also have some Dance & Edm sounds in it... We don't know if you gonna like it or not so please, please tell us...and we hope that you gonna recognize our rhythms and melodies. Thank you Sabrina for creating music with me and for this song, it could not be done without you... Love and Respect from Robert and Sabrina

The Journey Continues - Final Version

BREAKOUT

(cat girl)
no nobody, knows what's it's all about
no nobody, knows what's it's up and down

(cat boy)
breakout, do something new
but not without me

breakout, do something true
this time

breakout

By JUHAX 2022 december 7
_____________________________________
song is mostly based on the Video game song:
Goldrunner
Composer: Rob Hubbard
Developer: Microdeal
Publishers: Microdeal
Release date: 1987 (amiga, atari st)

Breakout

The driver 120 bpm
https://soundcloud.com/jcs-807293158/the-driver

The driver 117 bpm

Ahnk  Aten (TL)

Taken from the forth-coming album Tales of Generation X the final frontier is a science fiction inspired space rock odyssey inspired by my 
love of the cosmos and my fascination with ufos and unexplained events ,this song went though many different forms and mixes eventually i got my friend the producer Russ sinfield to mix and master the track and also add a proper percussion section ,we also rebuilt the middle 8 which i call the star section and what you here is what we decided to release
written and produced. by Jim Manser
mixed and mastered by Russ sinfield
percussion by russ sinfield
visual video by Jim Manser made using storm and node tools
watch the inte-rsteller lyric video on youtube https://youtu.be/A7PIen-5U1Q

the video link

The final frontier [watch the  video on youtube]

At nearly the end of the year, a cover of one of R.EM. most incredible songs. Tried to put on a little epicity and to amplify the inherent darkness of the song, which its musicalization, in the original version, tends to diminish. Enjoy

Losing My Religion - cover ( REM)

Brain Diver

Naturalne odgłosy zostały nagrane późnym wieczorem 30 listopada 2022 roku w Ostrołęce przy ulicy Jana Pawła II.
The sounds of the street were recorded late in the evening on November 30, 2022 in Ostrołęka(Poland) at Jana Pawła II Street.

Krople czasu / Drops of time

This sounds good and I would really appreciate some opinions

transparent

Piano and Strings musical original composition : @syntaleta
Guitars and Mix : Neno J.

No More (Collab w Syntaleta-remastered)

Garden Of Ambrosia (Guitar solo)

DARK FOCUS // A small musical journey through the mysteries of space.
@docfritz // Soundscape, Rhythm-Design, Drums, Mix & Production 
© 2022 // Composed, Arrangement and Performed by docfritz

DarkFocus

... with hugh thanks to Paploviante; open collab: https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/year-two-zero-two-two-paploviante ... all I did was adding sax and flute & minor EQ and compression settings ... with best wishes for 2023 <3 ... photo: Oleh Morhun, unsplash - Location: Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

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)

01 - Soundiron - Voices of Gaia - Francesca Phrases Bombastic 120 bpm
02 - SA - WE - A simple Start
03 - UVI - Falcon - Plurality - Clay Flute Trills Granular Split by Simon Stockhausen
04 - UVI - Falcon - Plurality - Transparent Pulsation & Glass Melancholy by Simon Stockhausen

Part 3 coming soon ... 😉

Beyond Dreams - Part 2

Awakenings

Game Developer and artist (painting and music).
Artist Names Music: JUHAX, Juha Soderqvist
Artist Names Painting: JMS, Juha M Soderqvist
Game Studio: JUHAX GAMES
All songs are 100% made with Renoise (DAW)

Breakout

juhasoderqvist