Love the guitar parts here, the synths too

Written, Performed, and Produced by Justin Wiles | 
Mastered by Joe Lambert

I am occasionally compelled to check out mainstream music media, in a similar manner that a grocery shopper standing in line peruses the tabloids. I am always struck by how infrequently the headlines actually have to do with music. Instead I typically find myself reading about the love lives, professional feuds, and fleeting tweets of pop artists, whom--I have to imagine--would much prefer that the general public care more about the fruits of their efforts as musicians than about who they're currently dating or which previous collaborator is currently pissed at them. "Circus" is my attempt to articulate the mainstream music industry's tendency to value on- and off-stage showmanship over music itself.

The song was written in my car over several commutes to and from work in my 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier. It was the winter of 2018, and the CD player in my car had abruptly decided to cease both playing and relinquishing the discs that had been crammed into its orifice over 18 years of servitude. In lieu of spending my commutes listening to one of the thousands of mixes I'd burned for myself, I turned to two alternatives: listening to the radio (an activity I tend to avoid, as a general rule--perhaps to a fault) and writing songs in my head. The former exposed me to the music of popular artists I'd previously never given the time of day, and while I may not be entirely converted from an Indie/Psych/Art Rock guy to a Mainstream Pop Music lover, I did discover something of a newfound appreciation for the content I'd overlooked due to my overall distain for the manner of presentation and promotion. The latter inevitably became informed by the subtle stylistic influence of and my inconsequential ruminations on the former, and thus was the song "Circus" born.

Circus

This is a debut single from Rotary Encoder TM C (R).

It's a cover from Psychic Twin and if you don't like it, blame them.

Strangers (Psychic Twin cover)

English Wonky Pop to lift the spirits in these dark days

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Clerk Of The Office

F#m7,                              B9
We climbed Olympus, no gods were on site 
F#m7,                              B9
And so our mission became this satellite 
F#m7,                              B9
A climate cruel here, but we’re well fitted
G#m7,                             G,                                  E,       D
We’ve got the science, and we’re committed 

Gm,                                             Dm     
Here’s the way we move the moon
A#,                                                   Dm
Here’s the way it’s coming soon 
G#,                                                                             D#,      C#
All the obstacles crushed. A city built from the dust!


F#m7,                              B9
We felt the touchdown, then felt our gooseflesh
F#m7,                              B9
This is our world now. This is our reset 
F#m7,                              B9
And though the bumps stayed, we found our sea legs
G#m7,                             G,                                  E,       D
Time sometimes whispers, but it'll never beg 

Gm,                                             Dm     
Here’s the way we move the moon
A#,                                             Dm     
Here’s the way it’s coming soon 
G#,                                                                            D#     
All the obstacles crushed. A city built from the dust


Am7,                                 D9
The worms and willows, the endless oceans
Am7,                                  D9
The seas of strangers, the warmth and motion 
Am7,                                  D9
So much to miss there, but we are alright 
Bm7,                                Bb,                            G, G, Gm,  F, Eb
The days are diamonds, and we subdue each night


G#m,                                             D#m     
Here’s the way we move the moon
B,                                                   D#m
Here’s the way it’s coming soon 
A,                                                                           E
All the obstacles crushed. A city built from the dust!

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Music and lyrics by Radio Moonglow
℗© 2022 Thyatira Music BMI
All performances by Radio Moonglow except piano & keyboards by Loosey Leaf, and spoken word by Segolene Scheuer
Mixing by Radio Moonglow and Sun Eleven

The Way We Move the Moon

Now it’s vertigo, then moonglow
And everything feels so new
All that’s left to say is float on
and now we’re into the blue      
              
We’re already homesick but we’re not looking back
We’re equal parts elated and just numb to the facts
And we’re making time on this celestial track                       
Nothing but sky    

See the light now gently bending
and see the color decay
And the force that always bound us
its pull is slipping away     

Yes, it’s terrifying but it’s here and it’s ours
It’s electric lovers drinking heat from the stars
It’s a billion lightyears, but it isn’t that far 
A violent joy 

The moon is laughing 
The cosmos is asking

See the light now gently bending
and see the color decay
And the force that always bound us
its grip is slipping away

We’re a little stricken but we’re not looking back
We’re equal parts elated and just numb to the facts
And we’ve made good time on this celestial track
And now we’re home

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Music and lyrics by Radio Moonglow
℗© 2023 Thyatira Music BMI
All performances by Radio Moonglow except spoken word by Segolene Scheuer
Mixed by Radio Moonglow

Vertigo Then Moonglow

Oh the lungs full of shadows!
Oh the hearts full of arrows
Oh and the organs of peace 
Oh and the children who just know
Mmm Mmm Mmm   
Oh and the mines in the shallows 
See that our eyes are all closed?


Oh I look through my eye
Oh the vitreous drifts by 
Oh what if I looked through yours? 
Oh who would I then spy?
Mmm Mmmm Mmmmm  
Oh who would I then spy 
seeing the world through your eye?

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Music and lyrics by Radio Moonglow
℗© 2023 Thyatira Music BMI
All performances by Radio Moonglow except spoken word by Segolene Scheuer
Mixed by Radio Moonglow

See That Our Eyes Are All Closed?

From the forthcoming LP "Deacon Bruise" by Slomo Drags

Guns! (Baby)

Mountains formed then fell into the sea 
I held my gaze
I saw a nation chosen from the earth
I craned to see  
And under orders uttered by his very lips
I watched them loose the blood of babes

But hey did that save? Did that work to save them?
The book of the names, are theirs now engraved in?
Did that clear the way to ordain them? 
Or was it just in vain?

And kingdoms rose then crumbled into dust
I held my gaze
I saw a man selected from the hordes 
The rivers flowed
He was given wisdom unattainable
He received a measure full   
  
But hey did that save? Did that work to save him?
The book of the names, is his now engraved in?
Did that clear the way to ordain him?  
Or was it just in vain?           

We saw many things, the cherubs and we seraphs, too
But great hosts from our ranks felt it saved too few

Great cities pulsed then vanished into mist
I held my gaze 
A people then were chosen one by one
I watched with reverence 
They received the spirit unassailable 
To them the mysteries were all made known

But hey did that save? Did that work to save them?
The book of the names, are theirs now engraved in?
Did that clear the way to ordain them? 
Or was it just in vain?
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℗© 2018 Thyatira Music BMI
Music, lyrics & production by Kahlil's Razor.

Some Questions Asked by a Certain Seraph

Performed and recorded live by the musicmaker at Therapy Cat Studios.

Bach - Prelude & Fugue in B Minor

Bach - Prelude & Fugue In B Minor

Untold

Wax Lyrical

This is a guitar lovers' acoustic ballad that was born off the coast of Victoria, BC, Canada.  This piece was conceived from a simple guitar riff and an unforgettable sunset accompanied by a bottle of wine.  Featuring a soundscape of accordion, many guitars, and dual male vocals inspired by familiar voices from the 70s/80s, I hope this piece takes the listener on a journey back to a fond memory of a special place of their own.

That Place

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We now have a new band: Radio Moonglow. And we have an otherworldly new project in the works! Follow our progress and keep up with updates on instagram. 

Under our former name "Kahlil's Razor," our album "Parables and Patience" was released July 2020 and the vinyl copies quickly sold out. We'll be making a larger pressing for the new "Radio Moonglow" album, and can't wait to share it.

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