Kit: CS2x, iVCS3, uKORG, AudioKit Synth One, volca fm, Sonar X1...
Sound source/acknowledgement: "Good Boy, Bad Boy" by Bruce Nauman
Cover Art: "Torre De Babele" by Corrado de Mochis / Giuseppe Archimboldi

Tower Of Babel

Acaju - 21-8-2025

Royal Ghetto

By the light of your flame By Zitou Itou & Albert Paule

Still think positive

 Lyrics= scroll down
wonderful instrumental composed and executed by Paploviante-to hear his work and for details please visit his impressive soundcloud page

https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/still-think-positive-open-collab-offer?si=46a9dfbeb7d94d0fa430992804e3ed47&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Lyrics, vocals, remix,  art cover Saskia Goethals
Still think positive
When nothing seems to work out fine 
And nothing happens at the right time
Your visions blurred, and what you see 
Is only pain and misery 
Your words don’t come out easely
Your thoughts are toxic, don’t you see
You need to change this right away
Even when you have no strenght
The wind comes from the wrong direction 
take a deep breath, smile and fight
try to rewire and inspire,
Believe, have faith,
Have confidence 
Turn frustration into action 
See it as an opportunity
Change how you think reshape what you see

still think positive (collab paploviante)

SOON to move to Bandcamp as an album - in the meantime, you can also listen in sequence here: soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/sets/scalar-fields
instruments: Jeff Gardiner and jo richter
voice: Jeff Gardiner
modulation, arrangement and all that: jo richter
lyrics: Jeff Gardiner in collaboration with jo richter
image: Jeff Gardiner in collaboration with jo richter



when the waves of silence break
on the dharma nomad's sitting mind
the daylight sleeper's naugual wakes
for a body of the idle kind

that speaks in riddles muted rhymes
and labrythene paths of jesting Joyce
where assonance stands guard and chimes
on onomatopoeic trysts.

For rivers run and waters foam
and dogs are dogs of many heads
no dwellings last where prospect roam
and liquid hope permits no rest

and the knowledge of the miserly
cannot withstand the yearly flooding force
and can and will and is not allowed for atrophy
as long as eight blurred legs still makes a horse

ah burning barnacles to make light
of tonal drylands and bold vertebrates
bridges? Yes, bridges burn for ashes flight
and sparks and bio luminosity and micotonal clefs

for those who walk the open scalar fields
have guns that glow and minds to blow
for those who raft down rapid vector creeks
have dreams to grow and seeds to sow---

the scalar fields part 10: Vector creek with Jo Richter

A Huge Thank You to my dear collaborator Frans Beelaard. I had send him this song in my version and it came back like this… :)
He played a bass line, 2 guitars, one lead and one rhythm. Also included is an acoustic drum track with 22" Zildjian ride & crash cymbals & tambourine and an acoustic piano track.
On top of that he also mixed and mastered the whole thing.
A great honor and pleasure for me.

The lines (edited, translated, modified, revised, retranslated, reedited…) originally derived from verse shards by two German poets: 
Stefan George (1868-1933), „Albagal“, 1892 and 
Durs Grünbein (born 1962), “Porzellan: Poem vom Untergang meiner Stadt“, 2006 and „Bericht von der Ermordung des Heliogabal durch seine Leibgarde“, 1999
I glued these verse shards together with a refrain.

During my research on porcelain I came along Kin Tsugi, a Japanese form of art, putting broken porcelain back together again. The picture shows such a piece.

Smashed Porcelain

1
Descend once more into the air-raid shelter. 
Observe:
Your ancestors, crowded together, in their final attire,

Comrades, hostages to mass hysteria,
How they curse, sob, 
Just moments ago uninhibited,
When the Führer arrived in the Mercedes of the Messiah.

How long ago was that, you ask ?
Man…
How long ago was that, you ask ?

2
Oh, I’m descending a marble staircase.
A headless body lies in the middle. Once again.
There, the blood of my dear brother seeps out.
I gently gather up my purple train.

How long ago was that, you ask ?
Gee…
How long ago was that, you ask ?

3
Oh, oh, ohh…
Only 
Caesar didn't care ´bout anything. 
As he watched with glee 
When Rome sank to ruins 
Like a tourist from overseas…

How long ago was that, you ask ?
Well…
How long ago was that, you ask ?


4
Why complain, latecomer ? 
The city long gone before you were there 
Ahh, those teary eyes - 
They’re different from grey hair-air-air…

How long ago was that, you ask ? 
Gee…
How long ago was that, you ask ?
Oh folks, I can't say.						

The only Word
For „Gone Forever“
Is „Today“.

Smashed Porcelain (wt Frans Beelaard)

Here is the continuation of the first piece "Resonances." The inspiration for "Resonances II" lies in an expressive search where contrasts of tempo, harmonies, and intensity of play dominate. This series pays tribute to the expressiveness of masters such as Rachmaninoff, as was the case for the first "Resonances," but also to film music. I hope you enjoy listening, and have a good Sunday everyone!

Voici la suite du premier morceau « Résonances ». L’inspiration de « Résonances II » réside dans une recherche expressive où dominent les contrastes de tempo, d’harmonies, et d’intensité de jeu. Cette série rend hommage à l’expressivité des maîtres tels que Rachmaninov, comme pour le premier « Résonances », mais aussi à la musique de film. En espérant que vous apprécierez votre écoute et bon dimanche à tous !

Résonances II

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  (3) Ding Dong , vintage electronica

- xmachines: Logic Korg Yamaha Orchid Moog Teenage Engineering iApps ccMixter freemusicarchive field recordings radio
- Header Image Acknowledgement: (my silhouette in front of) an excerpt from the video, 'Plato's Alley' by Charles Atlas (2008)
- Profile Image Acknowledgement: 'Switching Marys' by Mike Kelley (2004-2005)

- History: 
1980s - Casio VL-tone, Wasp synth, Moog Concertmate MG-1, 2 track compact cassette recordings: tape to tape mixing ... emergence of Ding Dong. Revelled in the limitations in lo-fi sonic pallette and student budget...
1990s - Upgraded to 4-track compact cassette recordings... Casio CZ1000.
2000s - finally onto DAWs & xmachines & budget soft/hard synthesis & quirkiness in the Hikari Monos......Cakewalk>Sonar>Logic