Re Envision 😍

The first guitar-driven synthesizer-flavored alt rock single of 2022 from Rare Elements is out now!

Tonight

Sudetenland

Throughout human history more than 500,000,000 military men and women, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters have died from the direct results of battle and wartime actions.  This does not include the war-induced consequences of epidemics, famines, atrocities, and genocide.
     What is it we’re waiting for?… 
       Until there are none left to fight?

Composed and Performed by Kluane Takhini and featuring:
James Hill (trumpet)
Ivanov Basso (orchestration)

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YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/_Hxew7OZx2Y

And Then There Were None

This alt rock song deals with the theme of freedom, led by strong guitar sounds. The single has been recorded, mixed and mastered in May 2022 at Rare Elements’ own studio in Tampere, Finland. The song has been composed, written and arranged by Harri Sarpavaara. He plays all instruments and sings on the single. He has also recorded, mixed and mastered this single.

About To Be Free

What the eyes perceive is not always the reality.  Most often times we have II summon that wonderful tool called ‘imagination that we have all been blessed with.  It is a gift that when used in the proper way can propel us II places that only  exist in the mind’s eye.  The  muses, yet again have been gracious in presenting this latest situation II us, II II sonically interpret the going on’s in the wonderful & magical world of ‘Sophie’.  But do not be dismayed or lose heart.  IV the pictures portrayed in her mind can be yours, a different version no doubt, you just have II summon your imagination.     - as always IV H. B

SOPHIE's MIND  Is As Light As A Feather

ALFONSO LLORENTE: ACOUSTIC GUITAR & CELLO
MRS A: VOCALS

Nada ha de decirse, solo vivir lo que tenemos....

RENACER (Alfonso Llorente)

Song Explanations at the end!:

If i could ever got the chance to met the man with the hat 
i would ask him about the meaning of the words that he said (1)
and how he knows so many things aboutthe past, the present and the future (1)

twenty years of boredom is just a blink of an eye (2)
Against the fears for freedom which is threatened to die
how many why's are justified when the answer stands written by the clouds in the sky

the holy dove moved back to it's cote to hatch the egg
with every single breath she drew full of love she awaits birth (3)
how many miracles do you waiting for?
if they've already catch the sight light of day before (4)

His songs of hope are not like songs of people in danger 
who whish that their desasters would not last any longer (5)
He does not have to drown out the sirens of warning
To amplify his feelings that want to be listened 

he looked at me and asked me why? I wanted to know this from him
especially now, on a Wednesday evening of all nights?  
I wondered and asked him what? difference does it make  
He said wendsday seems to be the symbol of randomly choosen time   
Without beginning and without any end like a clock that will never chime  
It does not matter what was before or what happen after that (6)

And his eyes told me that he had seen more than
we might imagine together at all  
But everybody knows, that it's now or never  (7)

He was lost for so long his voice has falling in silent 
From the distance of the past only his verses reminded 
but he came back to close the gashes
reappear and rise like the phoenix from the ashes (8)

With wine and cigarettes as a formula with which 
he’s searching for his golden voice like an alchemist (9)
Without any choice he reaches our hearts  (10)
so calm and gentle, so somber and 

if i ever come by, to that hotel in New York 
i devote myself to his paintings and his art works (11)
climb into one of the waiting limousines
sit next to the figures of beauty from his dreams (11)

the lock of hair, one of his sleeping enemies (12)
has falling to the ground right in front of my knees (13)
while i listen to these poems, of which he can be very proud
But he has just turned his back from the crowd (also 11)

As he looked at her, she started to cry! Impressed by his enchanting charm 
so many ladies have fallen for him 
and to be for him at his feet   (14)
it was just simply his own way   
Without any self-conceit  

He is the keeper of truth, the guardian of beauty 
his vision can’t never be wrong  (15)
A relentless seeker with deep suffering 
who became, who he really was  
filled with loneliness, success and love
he was able to pass them on to us  
And his songs are the proves how we can achieve
so much, with every single word  
But everybody knows, that it's now or never
1:"The Future". 
- Give me back the Berlin wall
- Won't be nothing, Nothing you can measure anymore
- I've seen the future, it is murder
- You never will, you never did 
2:"First we Take Manhtten"
- They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom 
3:"Hallelujah"
- the dove is now "pregnant" and must hatch the egg
4: Refers to "Waiting for the Miracle"
5: Songs singing in air raid shelter bunker during Worl War II
6: personal story
7: Means that many people are not interested in this kind of lyrics. They are only concerned with the now
8: 1996, Cohen was ordained until he returned in 2001 
9:"Tower of Song" born with a golden voice
10:"A singer must die"
11:"Chelsea Hotel #2"
Visit Chelsea Hotel wher  hung some artworkds paintings
- "While the limousines wait in the street."
- "Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,"
- "You just turned your back on the crowd" (This line appears later in my lyrics)
12:"Famous Blue Raincoat"
- Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
- Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
13:"I'm Your Man"
- "Not by begging on his knees"
14:a lady boarded the stage, fell at his feet and gave him a rose.
he took it  andSmiledCharmingly.
15:Singer mustDie

Oli Boli - Man With The Hat

Man With The Hat

Man With The Hat (Homage to Leonard Cohen)

Buy (vinyl / digital): https://nebleena.bandcamp.com/album/no-right-or-wrong-way-forward
'Memento Vivere' is the second single from my new album 'No Right or Wrong Way Forward'. You can watch a music video for this track by Eric Hogg here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leBTJY-a8pk

Sweguno presents his debut album ‘No Right Or Wrong Way Forward‘. 8 tracks of genre-blurring electronic music with a distinct vocal presence permeating the whole. Both oppressively dense and achingly delicate, NROWWF is a sonic treatise on our contemporary world, its agonies and ecstasies.

Available physically as a vinyl record, & to stream/digitally purchase. Mastered by Sean Price, and released with Nebleena.

No Right Or Wrong Way Forward

Affect All

This story took place in a medieval Time Bubble, somewhere on another dimension, and is also related to the Chao's Chronicles. Archaed is the name of this world.

01 - Once Upon a time

Story
Putri Laut and the Threshold Gem
En las profundidades del Mar de Brunei, donde los corales cantan y las corrientes susurran secretos antiguos, vivía Putri Laut, hija del Guardián de las Mareas. Su cabello era como algas de luna, y sus ojos reflejaban constelaciones sumergidas. Cada noche, ascendía a la superficie para escuchar las canciones de los humanos, hasta que un día, vio al príncipe Darul recitar versos a la orilla del acantilado.
El amor nació entre olas y palabras. Putri Laut, desafiando las leyes del océano, emergió en forma humana. Para permanecer en tierra, entregó la Permata Tersembunyi, una gema ancestral que equilibraba los latidos del mar y la respiración de la tierra. La gema fue sellada en el templo de los vientos, custodiada por monjes que desconocían su poder.
Durante años, la armonía reinó. Los peces danzaban cerca de las costas, las lluvias eran suaves, y los volcanes dormían. Pero la codicia de un noble rompió el sello. La gema desapareció, y con ella, el equilibrio. El mar se alzó con furia, tragando aldeas. La tierra se agrietó, liberando fuego y sombra.
Putri Laut, desgarrada entre el amor y su deber, regresó al océano. Convocó a las criaturas abisales, a los espíritus del agua, y juntos buscaron la gema perdida. Darul, guiado por el remordimiento, descendió al templo sumergido, enfrentando pruebas de aire, fuego y silencio.
Finalmente, en el corazón de una medusa de cristal, halló la gema. Pero al tocarla, comprendió: solo un sacrificio puro podía restaurar el equilibrio. Putri Laut ofreció su esencia marina, convirtiéndose en espuma eterna. La gema brilló, y los mundos se reconciliaron.

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Sonic Universe 

Putri Laut and the Threshold Gem II

I have played and recorded in international settings, a multitude of percussion instruments, guitar, bass, harmonica, some flutes, keyboard, and if you push me - a very fine jaw harp.

In fact, if I break it down.... I just love to offer-up music, in a living room, a bar, a concert hall or an intercontinental, interactive satellite coordinated concert. 
  
I became fascinated with percussive sounds from around the world… especially African and Latin American rhythms. I fanatically traveled the world collecting anything that you could bang, scrape or hit.
What I learned? Border customs people really don’t appreciate the true value of handmade African caxixi shakers or a Brazilian berimbau. They just want the serial number.
More importantly, a single clicking or ringing sound in a song can make or break that song.
  
I toured Canada, USA and Europe and recorded many “world music” albums (before it was called that), with my late, musical soul mate, Dario Domingues. We played in grand churches, the water reservoirs under Munich, on an island where 100,000 doves were released at the climax of our performance, the first-ever “simulcast”, live satellite, intercontinental concert and then, the humbling experience of being involved in Berlin, in front of 500,000 people, for a series of anti-apartheid concerts featuring ‘Sting’.  For our 'world music' efforts, we were awarded the Deutscher Schallplattenpreisan (1983) accolade by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie, an association of recording companies of Germany that recognizes outstanding achievement in the music industry.  
What I learned? Music is truly a universal language. Around the world people are drawn to music. Of course, different strokes for different folks! 
Whether you play in front of a half-million people in a field, or 10 people in a bar, your role as a musician never changes.  
 
“Dream of the Drum” – I was commissioned to compose and conduct a score for 40+ percussionists from all corners of the world... Jamaican fire dancers, Trinidadian steel drummers, Japanese kodo drummers, African djembe players, military drummers,... the list goes on.
What I learned? The language of music respects no geographic borders. 
Also, never start your outdoor concert, with a lone Native Elder's rain drum song. The drum's magic works!
 
I helped build three innovative recording studios plus, my current production studio. I academically taught musical acoustics and production for several years.
What I learned? All the mathematics and physics in the world can’t replace a good ear.
 
As a producer, I've had the wonderful opportunity to work in great studios in NYC and Nashville with amazing session musicians such as: Eric "Roscoe" Ambel - best known as lead guitarist of Steve Earle’s band the Dukes; Dan Baird of the chart-topping 'Georgia Satellites'; guitarist extraordinaire, Warner E. Hodges, founding member of 'Jason and the Scorchers'.
What I learned? Great musicians tend to be humble but they sure have opinions! In Nashville, I was bluntly told -"No, I won't raise the tom level - in country music, we use toms for holding our bourbon glass." I never did get the toms louder.
 
I spent many years as President of the Ottawa International Jazz Festival and met some of the greatest musical geniuses in the world.
What I learned? "Man, if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know."
 
Music for jingles on radio and TV. Documentaries.
My personal favourite was coming up with suitable music for the mating rituals of pigs or, how to create 60 minutes of Arctic wind sounds for the movie 'Never Cry Wolf'.  
What I learned?  You can tell an entire story in a 29.5 second radio jingle and music is the glue that holds a great video together.