Kevin Strohmenger

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Halloween/Fall is my favorite time of year, so I always get into the spirit a little early. Here's a playlist of dark-themed works dating as far back as 2001 :O

(14 Tracks - 37:39)

1.  Arrival
2. Head Splitter
3. War
4. Godzilla
5. Omen
6. Anxiety
7. Zombies
8. Undead
9. Ill Intent
10. Angel Of Death
11.  No Escape
12. You Will Be Destroyed
13. Quasar
14. Haunted

Halloween Playlist

Twitch playlist

Another Star in the Sky by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/L. Welsman.

Performers:
George: guitars, keys, synths, percussion
Dave: Plank, drums
Lucy: cello

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings, synths and percussion recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.
Stratocaster solos recorded by Dan Davies.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* Another Star in the Sky is dedicated to George’s father, who passed away around the time of its creation.
* He never heard it.
* In the evening of the day when Mr Davies senior died, the sky was cloudy and only one star could be seen.
* Another Star in the Sky was almost named Another Scar in the Sty due to an outburst of mispronunciation.
* This would have been appropriate in some ways, because George (bass) and Dave (drums) were playing in a kick-ass folk band called Pyg at the same time.
* Pyg’s live performances could be a bit hit-or-miss, due to some of the dynamics within the band.
= Some of Pyg’s songs can be heard in the Archives section of the Wud Records website.
* Another Star in the Sky is based around the acoustic guitar part.
* It is in 6/8 time at a sedate 75 BPM.
* The key is G# minor, and it ends on a B major.
* Lucy’s cello copies the acoustic’s melody.
* George’s son Dan helped with the recording of the Stratocaster solos.
* Dan took up playing guitar that day and has now become a fabulous and accomplised player.
* No real horn players could be found at the time, so those parts were played using MIDI.
* The horn parts are actually quite amusing and rather scrappy.
* One of the guitar parts was made by setting the old Marshall to the most horrible sound possible, with maximum overdrive, presence and treble, and no mid or bass.
* The idea for this came from a track by Tindersticks, called Vertrauen II, from their second album.
* Dave was wincing as if to say “This just isn’t gonna work!”
* The part was dropped back in the mix and treated to a little reverb and it was “just right”.
* The idea for the simple yet distinct piano came from a piece George used to play on piano as a boy of about nine.
* It was from Forest Fantasies by Walter Carroll.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/another-star-in-the-sky

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/another-star-in-the-sky
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/pyg-2/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

At Least 1000 Words

Another Star in the Sky

Flicker: Another Star in the Sky

Watch the video at
  https://youtu.be/rTsye_1p3s8
This track was included in Jul's Progkast Episode 9, September 2016, 
on SoundCloud at
  https://soundcloud.com/progkast/juls-progkast-9
as well as iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Player FM
and broadcast on Undiscovered Rock Radio, October 2016
  http://undiscoveredrockradio.com/

December 2016: Jul's Progkast - 12 - Top Ten 2016
 - in at number 10 in the top ten songs played on Jul's Progkast in 2016 as voted by listeners.
  https://soundcloud.com/progkast/juls-progkast-12-top-ten-2016
and played on Undiscovered Rock Radio December 2016.

Played on Prog Rock Nation, KTAL 101.5FM, July 2018.

Played on Eclectic Storm Radio 12th December 2018
  https://youtu.be/E7m37nhrhCs

Anxiety

Head Splitter

Arrival

Omen

Hip-hop style beat with some industrial sounds. Sitar w/eastern chords and dark underlying harmonies. Enjoy!  >:D

Rival

So...This project ended up corrupting on me before I could finish(my last one did too actually); but I put a ton of work into it so I'm releasing this very short cut.

Been listening to a lot of psytrance lately and trying to work on developing those kind of sounds.

Corrupt

Inspired by the results of using vocal clips on Air, Icons continued in the same vein. A house/trance mashup with gratuitos use of sine falls and a synthesised ‘bye’, it concludes with a melancholic, repetitive synth that reminds us of Soft Cell and laments the recent [at the time] loss of two icons; Bowie and Prince.

Revelation

Icons

First track of 2017! Kicking it off with some hype >:D

Always enjoyed UMK3 with friends. Old school MK fans will probably be able to pick out all of the samples haha

Kombat

RAWR!

*pew pew pew*

>:O

Seriously though thanks for the support and kind words, I really appreciate it. Also, I have my keyboard again! :)

Godzilla

Rework of a track I made a while ago, always intended to add piano and I just recently set my equipment up again. 

Enjoy! :D

Original - https://soundcloud.com/kevin-strohmenger/universe

Universe (Piano Version)

Had a lot of fun with this one. Originally I was working on a drum & bass track that mixed into this, but it turned into it's own project.  Hope you enjoy it! :)

Anomaly

This track is inspired by 70s funk and disco, merged with modern electronica. I am not quite sure what tags would do it the most justice. Suggestions are welcome!

Dark Beach

Electronic Dance Composition

Inspired by funk bassline and House groove

City Of Empires

Song: Haunted
BPM: 100

Added to https://soundcloud.com/kevin-strohmenger/sets/pre-halloween-playlist

Can't wait for October! :D

Haunted

Part 1:
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-strohmenger/haunted

Haunted Part 2

Been making music since I was a kid (tracks towards the bottom date as far back as 2002). I like to mess around with many different styles and moods. I play the piano, trumpet, drums, and a few other instruments. Always down for collaborations & trying to improve.

4/26/2018 Update: I've had less time this year unfortunately, but I am still active and will follow back/respond to messages/check out your new releases etc.; just not as quickly as I used to.  Thanks for stopping by!

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