Bass: Marc https://soundcloud.com/baloubass
Keys, drum programming: Julien Apelian
Recorded at Audio Colors Studio

Scoop  -  instrumental cover of Marcus Miller

Bass: Marc https://soundcloud.com/baloubass
Keys, guitar, drum programming: Julien Apelian


Pink Elephant

Composition: Julien Apelian
recorded at Audio Colors studio
The video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0nFouMgCg

Urban Jungle

At the beginning, Jamie and I wanted to create a jam session with 3 keyboardists. We started the track with Calaminus at the organ solo, Jamie at the trombone patch and me at the electric piano. Later, Mirko "StringBurner" joined us on the bass, bring us beautiful bass arrangements and an outstanding solo. Thanks to Mirko and thanks to Jamie Rhind & Calaminus  for their amazing keyboards solos.
Check out those great musicians at:
@stringburner, @calaminus, @jamie-rhind

Sharing The Way - feat. Jamie Rhind - Calaminus & StringBurner

Let me present you those awesome musicians who have participated at this Reggae Jam!
Bass: Mirko Borach @soundcloud.com/stringburner
Steel drums: Jamie Rhind @soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Clarinet: DD John @soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Djembe: Apha Roots @soundcloud.com/alpha-roots
i played the melodica, the organ solo, rhythm guitar, reggae keyboard bubble and drum programming.

Back To Roots with Mirko Borach, Jamie Rhind, DD John and Alpha Roots

On this summer track we can hear some awesome musicians:
Acoustic Guitar: Dan Van Den Berg @https://soundcloud.com/danarchx 
Synth Solo: Jamie Rhind @https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Fretless Bass: Mirko Borach @https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Keyboards and drum programming: Julien Apelian
I hope you will enjoy!
The picture was taken by Dan in Portugal, Algarve.

Summer Rising with Dan Van Den Berg, Jamie Rhind, Mirko Borach & Julien Apelian

Composition: Julien Apelian
Recorded at Audio Colors Studio
Thanks for listening, comments and sharing!

Free Minds

Redemption is an original track set up by Mirko Borach soundcloud.com/stringburner. In Mirko's words: "The title Redemption aims to signify the balance between the human soul and nature in a spiritual way of life far away from the hustle and bustle and the drab monotony of everyday life.".

This track brings to mind the glorious days of seventies fusion with bands like Return to Forever, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Weather Report. Mirko, aka Stringburner, sent us the outline of this track with some splendid bass work and percussion. 

Dan van den Berg soundcloud.com/danarchx on acoustic guitar, Jamie Rhind soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind on synthesizer & Julien Apelian soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1 on piano and keyboards joined in on Mirko's request to really make this a virtual band effort where each player is featured. We are very proud of the result.

We had a great time pulling this together and hope you now will too. The photo of the beautiful waterfall was taken in Costa Rica by Jamie. As always we really appreciate your comments, likes and shares!

Bass guitar, bass arrangements and tabla percussion programming by Mirko Borach
Acoustic guitar and guitar arrangements by Dan van den Berg
Synthesizer and co-production by Jamie Rhind
Synthesizers and piano, drum programming, arrangements, mixing and production by Julien Apelian
October 2015

Redemption - Mirko Borach, Dan Van Den Berg, Jamie Rhind & Julien Apelian

Here's a soul funk composition with the very great singer: NayJ. @nayj-2 
I'm so glad that Nay added her wonderful vocals on this track!
It's also a big honor and pleasure to have Marc on bass @baloubass and Bader on guitar!!
We hope you enjoy! As always, thank you for your time listening and your shares.
Vocals & lyrics: Nay J. @nayj-2
Bass: Marc Saint Hilaire @baloubass
Guitars: Bader 
Keyboards, drum programming & production: Julien Apelian

Mr. Big Stuff

Wait a minute Mr. Big Stuff don’t you know I’ve had enough yeah, yeah
Of all the promises you spoke, because now I know you were just a big joke.
Of all the promises you spoke, because now I know you were just a big joke.

Chorus:
Mr. Big Stuff, you ain’t got my heart no more
Mr. Big Stuff, I ain’t crying over you know more
Mr. Big Stuff, don’t you know that I’m finally free yea

You think that you got me all tied up in your hand yeah, yeah
Well you better check it out
Baby you better look again
I ain’t got time to be tripping with you no, no 
Lord knows, I’ve got better things to do

Chorus:
Mr. Big Stuff, I ain’t crying over you no more
Mr. Big Stuff, don’t you know that I’m finally free

Oh Mr. Big Stuff
You ain’t got my heart no more
Mr. Big Stuff
I ain’t crying over you no more
I ain’t shedding not one more tear
Don’t you know that I’m finally free
Mr. Big stuff yeah
Hey Mr. Big Stuff

Adlib:
Mr. Big Stuff
You ain’t got my heart no more
Mr. Big Stuff
I ain’t crying over you no more
Mr. Big Stuff
I ain’t shedding not one more tear
Don’t you know that I’m finally free
Mr. Big stuff yeah
Don’t you know that I’m finally free

Mr. Big Stuff
I ain’t crying over you no more
Mr. Big Stuff
Don’t you know that I’m finally free yea
Mr. Big stuff 
I ain’t crying over you no more
Mr. Big Stuff
Don’t you know that I’m finally free yea
Mr. Big Stuff

Mr. Big Stuff
Oh Mr. Big Stuff yeah
Mr. Big Stuff
Hey Mr. Big Stuff yeah
Mr. Big Stuff
Mr. Big Stuff

Wait a minute Mr. Big Stuff don’t you know I’ve had enough yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mr. Big Stuff, you ain’t got my heart no more
Mr. Big Stuff, I ain’t crying over you know more
Mr. Big Stuff, I ain’t shedding not one more tear
Mr. Big Stuff, don’t you know that I’m finally free yea
Mr. Big Stuff yea
Hey Mr. Big Stuff,

Mr. Big Stuff, you ain’t got my heart no more
Mr. Big Stuff, I ain’t crying over you know more
Mr. Big Stuff, I ain’t shedding not one more tear
Mr. Big Stuff, don’t you know that I’m finally free yea
Hey Mr. Big Stuff,

Mr Big Stuff - feat. NayJ.

Bass, fretless bass, music and composition: Mirko Borach @stringburner 
Rhythm and lead guitars, co-production: Daniel van den Berg @DanArchX 
Synthesizer, co-production: Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind  
Drums: A man called Martin @amancalledmartin  
Electric piano, synthesizer, mixing and production: Julien Apelian @jules-keys-1

A message from Mirko:

"The journey continues!

After releasing "Redemption" on SoundCloud which was a full success, we were thinking of a part II to continue the journey into great spheres of fusion and progressive rock. 
This time it should be more intense, more heavy and more mind-blowing than the first part. 
Like a spaceship flight through other dimensions.

With the same line-up as on “Redemption” but now supported by Martin of the British metal band Winterfire on drums we want to enter some parallel worlds of sound.

The title Parallel Worlds should explain our hopes and feelings when we fall asleep.
Falling into a dream our mind is drifting into a parallel universe of different moods and atmospheres.

This track takes us back to instrumental prog rock bands like Planet X with such great musicians like Derek Sherinian, Tony MacAlpine, Virgil Donati and Tom Kennedy.

Again Julien Apelian gives us outstanding key and piano lines and a magic synth solo from outer space.
Dan van den Berg’s splendid rhythm and lead guitar work took us beyond the bounds of universe. 
Jamie Rhind discovers new space at the speed of light with an awesome synth solo.
A man called Martin’s great drums are pure gravity holding it all perfectly together and finally Mirko Borach’s deep bass grooves took us to undiscovered planets and back.

As always we really appreciate your comments, likes and shares!"

December 2015

Parallel Worlds - Mirko Borach, Dan van den Berg, Jamie Rhind, A man called Martin & Julien Apelian

Bass and bass solo: Mirko Borach @stringburner
First guitar solo: Dan van den Berg @danarchx
First synth solo: Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind
Second guitar solo, brass and brass arrangements: Calaminus @calaminus
Second synth solo and clavinet: Simon Reich @simon-reich
Composition, third synth solo, electric piano, drum programming, additional trombone and trumpet: Julien Apelian @jules-keys-1

Following the recent track "Mr Big Stuff" that includes the awesome vocals of NayJ, here's a follow up funky jam on the same track with more fine musicians and friends.

We wish you a lot of happiness for this New Year!
Thanks for your listening!

Your Happiness with Mirko, Dan, Jamie, Calaminus, Simon & Julien

I'm very glad to hear on this jazz standard the great vocals of Martin https://soundcloud.com/ver2xif and the awesome clarinet playing of Michel https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau.
It looks we were very laid back to play this moderate swing with a lot of fun. We hope you enjoy.
Thank you for your time listening, your shares and your comments.

Vocals: Martin Jones https://soundcloud.com/ver2xif
Clarinet: Michel Martineau https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau
Piano, drum programming and upright bass (on keys): Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1 

Fly Me To The Moon - Martin Jones (Ver2Xif), Michel Martineau and Julien Apelian

Initial music and fretless bass arrangements by Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Drums and drum arrangements, co-production by A Man called Martin https://soundcloud.com/amancalledmartin
Guitars, guitar arrangements, theme melodies, co-production by Dan van den Berg https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
Keyboards, harmonic arranging, production, mixing and mastering by Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1

Mirko's message:
After the success of our track "Parallel Worlds" i was thinking of another piece that would contain some different styles of music. 
The title “Distant Mirrors” should explain the different parts and musical styles in this track. 
There are a few parts and changes in there and it’s not coming back to an earlier played theme. 
After laying down my bassparts I was seaching for musicians who would be able to put that plan into action. 
So what’s better to ask A man called Martin, Julien Apelian and Dan van den Berg again? 
Think they all exceeded my expectations again with some wonderful ideas and arrangements.
Thanks again for this beautiful piece of music!

We had great fun on this spectacular piece by Mirko. As always we thank you for your generous time listening, giving comments, likes and sharing!
February 2016


Distant Mirrors - Mirko Borach, a man called Martin, Dan van den Berg & Julien Apelian

It's a great pleasure to hear NayJ. https://soundcloud.com/nayj-2 and Michel Martineau https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau on this little ballad with a ternary feeling, i'm very glad they accepted my invitation, it's an honor to hear the awesome vocals of NayJ and the outstanding clarinet playing of Michel Martineau on this tune.
As always we thank you for your generous time listening, your shares and your comments!

Vocals, backing vocals and lyrics: NayJ. https://soundcloud.com/nayj-2
Clarinet: Michel Martineau https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau
Keyboards, bass, guitar and drum programming: Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1 

Lady - NayJ, Michel Martineau & Julien Apelian

Here's a funny funky blues track, certainly inspired by the 70s TV series :)
I'm very glad to hear on this track Mirko on bass and bass solo https://soundcloud.com/stringburner, Santi on soprano sax solo https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero and Gavin at the guitar solo https://soundcloud.com/gavin-mcgough.
Composition, wha wha clavinet, wha wha guitar, organ solo, drum programming, keyboards: https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1
Bongos: Apple Loops
I hope you enjoy :) Thank you for your time listening!


Vintage Investigation - Mirko Borach, Santi Caballero, Gavin McGough & Julien Apelian

Saxophone: Joerxworx https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Djembe: Alpha Roots https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots
Melodica & music: Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1
Here's the "Reggae Vibes" with the awesome saxophone playing of Joerxworx and the amazing djembe playing of Alpha Roots!!
I hope you enjoy our track, congrats to Jörg and Alpha, they are really fine musicians!!
Thank you for your time listening :))

Reggae Vibes - with Joerxworx, Alpha Roots & Julien Apelian

"All of Me" is a popular song and jazz standard written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931.
First performed by Belle Baker over the radio and recorded in December 1931 by Ruth Etting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:All_of_Me_performed_by_Ruth_Etting.ogg
 It has become one of the most recorded songs of its era, with notable versions by Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson in 1941, the Count Basie Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan (for the 1957 album, Swingin' Easy), Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine in 1947, Dinah Washington at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Shirley Bassey in 1962, The Blue Diamonds, Della Reese, Johnnie Ray,[2] Django Reinhardt, Erroll Garner, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Dove, Jean Frye Sidwell, João Gilberto (Disse Alguém), Michael Bublé, Miss Montreal in 2012 and The Rockin' Berries. Ani DiFranco covered the song in 2012 for the Documentary, Love, Marilyn. It is also covered by Eric Clapton on his 2013 album Old Sock with Paul McCartney.

I'm very glad to share with you this awesome composition with the talented clarinet player DD John (Steph) who recorded also the rhythm guitars and the upright bass!!!
I just added some piano, i hope you'll enjoy our jam!
Clarinet, rhythm guitar & upright bass: https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Piano: https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1
A message from Steph:
"The jam is open for Djangophiles , Steph will mix be more than happy to mix the contributions from Django lovers in an "all together " jam ) 
Base track can be found at : 
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/all-of-me-complete-base-track-with-second-clarinets
Photo by DD John at the Django's memorial.

All of me - Steph & Jul

A south American track with pan flute, guitalele and peruvian percussions.
I hope you like it, thank you for listening :))

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Peru

A groovy funk track for 70's investigation:)
I hope you like it, thank you for listening!

Vintage Investigation - part 2

A Gypsy Swing with acoustic guitar, piano, upright bass & drums.
Thank you for your generous time listening :)

Cinematic

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Gypsy Swing

Here's a smooth swing track for summer...
It contains upright piano, acoustic guitar, B3 organ, drums and double bass.
I hope you like it, thank you for listening:)

Summer Swing

Urban Funk is a funky track with some awesome musicians on Soundcloud:
Bass: Mirko Borach @stringburner
Guitar solo: Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski @pinner
Synth solo: Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind
Rhodes solo, rhythm guitar, organ: Julien Apelian @jules-keys-1
Horns and drums: samples from a software called "City Funk"
We hope you like it, thank you for listening !

Urban Funk - Mirko Borach, Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski, Jamie Rhind and Julien Apelian

Warning, this message will self-destruct in few minutes, stop. Mirko is on bass @stringburner, Daniele is on guitar @danieleturani and Julien is on keyboards @jules-keys-1, we hope you like it, stop :)

Spy Groove - Mirko Borach, Daniele Turani and Julien Apelian

When Russian folklore meets Latin style...
I hope you like it and thank you for listening.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzzs0RzPmgc
Photo: Masaru Emoto, crystal water.

Les Yeux Noirs (with video)

A little piano piece, i hope you like it and thank you for listening!

Listen to the Rain

Everyone knows this myth, here's my version.
I hope you like it and thank you very much for your listening!

Atlantis

Vintage ragtime piano with honky tonk, upright bass, brushes drums and acoustic rhythm guitar. I hope you like it, thank you for listening:))

Ragtime Swing

A few days spent in the northern Cévennes allowed me to make this music. 
This track contains piano, guitar, melodica, Jew's harp, synth, organ, drum & bass. I hope you'll like it and thank you for listening :)

Natural Vibes

Wonderful island with awesome people!
Here's the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2swSZe886U
I hope you like it and thank you for listening :))

Crete Island (with drone video - 432Hz)

Thank you for listening, have a nice trip !

Journey to India

Here's a 7/8 track with one of my favorite bass player, Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner.
We are glad to present you this progressive rock track and we thank you for listening:)
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TsVc1xxtgs

Infinity - Mirko Borach & Julien Apelian (with video)

I'm very glad to share with you this collaboration with those fine musicians: Baking Jazz Power on guitar https://soundcloud.com/bakingjazzpower and DD John on clarinet https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn.
We thank you for listening and we hope you'll like it :)

Guitar solo and rhythm guitar: Baking Jazz Power
Clarinet solo and backing clarinets: DD John
Piano, upright bass and drums programming: Julien Apelian

Swing Time - Baking Jazz Power, DD John & Julien Apelian

Here's our cover of Lullaby of Birdland with the marvelous vocals of NayJ. @nayj-2
A beautiful song composed by George Shearing in 1952.
Thank you so much Nay for creating this very light atmosphere in this version!
I recorded this track with a trio composed by piano, bass & drums.
We hope you like it, thank you for listening :)
February 2019

Lullaby of Birdland - NayJ. & Julien Apelian

Thank you for stopping by, feel free to check out my new SoundCloud profile: 
https://soundcloud.com/audio-colors
Music is a passion, i'm keyboardist and love to play some guitar, bass and drums as well.
Compositions, recording, mixing and mastering at Audio Colors Studio.

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