2021 - January Top of the Pop’s

another killer set of tunes from some great artists I enjoy

TMS - Big Book of Incantations Volume II

February 2021

Great Conjunctions

Finally. I present here to you, my fellow sc friends, acquaintances, loved ones, listeners and explorers.... the ultimate space for your consciousness and subconsciousness...

Sit down, let me let me tighten the fixationbelt and accept wearing this mask, where no light, visual interference nor a single movement may betray yourself and your perception. Let me be your host , your friend, your foe, and advisor joining this strange lands, landscapes, sonic wonders of the universe and soul......

Rise, grow, and start believing, that we are nothing but little insects....

Incremental Experimental

21.05

My favourites from https://soundcloud.com/liu-xlab

Last updated Jan 2023

@lietunes [Playlist Guide] https://on.soundcloud.com/Hzh6p

-..- 🔥❤️🔥 Selections

< Reposted Tracks Vol. 3 (~4hrs): https://on.soundcloud.com/oUQj1
< Reposted Tracks Vol. 5 (~4hrs): https://on.soundcloud.com/Z6reY

@lietunes [Playlist Guide] https://on.soundcloud.com/Hzh6p

Reposted Tracks Vol. 4 (~4hrs)

Dissolution ritual

Kit: DubFilter, DrumComputer, GliderVerb, ODYSSEi, Synth One, Launchpad, Model D, Logic Pro X
Acknowledgement: 
1) "Ding Dong" samples (bass synth) circa. 1982
2) "No Ones Keeping Score"(c) by Thespinwires (vocal samples - whistles)
"No Ones Keeping Score" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/]
3) Samples from "Jazz Scat song with Doo, Doot Dat, Bap and Daw" by Ryoki Yamaguchi, RolandChannel (YouTube,2011)
4) Samples from "ROUTE 66 - Jazz Scat patch Roland 700SX" by 7notemode (YouTube, 2006)
5) "Air (Re-upload with Vocal + Instrumental Stems)" by Hector Thillet (coffeeeurope) (vocal samples)
"Air (Re-upload with Vocal + Instrumental Stems" is licensed under a Creative 
Commons Attribution 3.0 License
6) Sample, "F-15 Strike Eagle Best Sounding Military Jet" by Wonkabar007 (YouTube, 2013)
7) Sample, "Ain't Gonna Rain No More" by George Graham Vinton (1938) recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell

Ain't Gonna Rain No More

Full release on Album: "Travelogue" on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/73xuLKbM0EEYSIuy8pQ0k2?si=FJqkpMHrTQqR3ucZ8MDIaQ
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/travelogue/1808904936

Kit: Wooden hand-cranked music box, uKORG, Launchpad, SMK, Bloom, Audio Kit One, Logic Pro X
Samples: Skywave schedules, selected North American broadcasts from a 10Mhz scan.
** An XLab3 production **

antennas to god (excerpt)

https://open.spotify.com/album/5nLGX0T76SElkNfZi9Gmhe?si=jwhD6mMnQS6kmcRLf2FEcw
Electronic music synthesizers, guitar and vocals
art work, a pic of me, playing guitar in the band Beef.

After All This Time

In progress

Full release on Album: "Anthropomorphism" on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7aLiCDH3GGpdnz8eXXifU2?si=d0rv0KhzTrqIoyK2_BfTqQ
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/anthropomorphism-ep/1805797138

Kit: uKORG, Hammerhead, Fugue Machine, Sampletank, Yamaha Synth&DrPad, Logic Pro X.
Acknowledgments: 
Samples 1) Samuel Corbin - “tba” copyright 2016.
2) Dead Peoples Records, No. 31 Mediated Voice & Silence (2014).
Both sample sets - Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license, CC-BY (freemusicarchive.org). 
Cover Art: Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991) by Cornelia Parker - a shadowy interpretation from Tate Modern.

Anthropomorphism 3: Analogical (excerpt)

Kit: Animoog Z, uKORG, Logic Pro X
Acknowledgements: Vocal: Modulated excerpts from “Where Are You Now Acapella” by WolfFly copyright 2010. Licensed (CC BY) under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

Late Night See Long Zero (ft. WolfFly)

The Body & hate

D Traction

D Traction 3.

Singularity

Between spaces

Between Spaces

For the one & only Nat King Cole.... On Bandcamp for Purchase

Organ - Ized.

Just For A Moment

Excerpt from 22:12 length single track: "Cementerio Central Bogotá" (2019)*music by Sábila Orbe. *vocals by Mist Spectra.
 Listen/ Free download full track from 3 alternative links:
- https://archive.org/details/cementerio-bogota-single
- https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/track/cementerio-central-bogot-single-2019
- https://hearthis.at/humanfobia/01-cementerio-central-bogot/

Humanfobia - Cementerio Central Bogotá (Excerpt)

Hear the full album Catwave [Experimental Music with Cat Sounds] by Various & Cats released on Cian Orbe netlabel ..

https://cianorbe2nd.bandcamp.com/album/catwave-experimental-music-with-cat-sounds-cior-339

G'morning Kitty!

Kit: CS2x, PO-33, iMono/Poly, uKORG, iMini, Launchpad, Aparillo, Sonar X1...
Vocals: SpinningMerkaba, SackJo22
Cover Art: “Cave” by Antony Gormley

Acknowledgements: [Vocal samples]
- Hope Is (Like A River) by spinningmerkaba (copyright 2010) Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/28031

- Lamadio Tiado Vocals by SackJo22 (copyright 2011) Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/SackJo22/33441

- Indelible Choices -- Background Vocals by SackJo22 (copyright 2011) Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/SackJo22/32703

- Untethered (BG Vox) by SackJo22 (copyright 2010) Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/SackJo22/27512

Hope is like a river (ft. SpinningMerkaba and SackJo22)

Terra X - A Rainy Day is a melodic and melancholic epic soundscape produced by Peter Heckmann in early 2019. This short orchestral score excerpt features effected vocals and additional voicings by Yelica.

YouTube: 
https://youtu.be/KWgBu9fA1DQ (Underwater Ballet)
https://youtu.be/18QIP1-UQOs (Animated Dreamscape)

The complete Ethnic Soundtrack series (plus Ethnic Jazz tracks with my wife Yucca Rose) can be found on a Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp 

Original artwork by Peter Heckmann from the painting series - Romantic And Not So Romantic Dreamescapes: https://www.behance.net/gallery/78317715/Romantic-And-Not-So-Romantic-Dream-Escapes

Terra X

Terra X (Original Mix)

Bandcamp

Terra X (Original Version)

Happy Holidays you guys ! This is my track for the Darksider Winter playlist hosted by Pfaender @pfaender . I decided to do a more ambient track for the end of the year.  Thanks for all the support and the awesome music you create.  

Cover art is a painting by Zdzislaw Beksiński.

Desolation

This one comes from the EP that The OASPM and I did called Teora!  Released back in May 2020 with Phoenix records, it's a 5 song digital EP that has 4 originals and a cover of "Man of Constant Sorrow" 

Lyrix:
What
What the fuck does that mean

What

Rasputin Bones - What

say goodbye

Giallo I

Giallo II

My track for the annual Darksiders Halloween Playlist. So glad that we could put this together. Thanks to the Darksiders, guests, and all the soundcloud fam for checking it out. Have a great Halloween ya'll.

Bloodline

OtisPacific music: synth
Lady of Fire Poetry: vocals, synth

https://soundcloud.com/otispacific

Truth teller
Truth teller
what will 
you tell
will your tongue
be a sweetner
a luminescent pearl
or will it be a flame
to burn down the world.

Truth Teller

amazon

SAD EYES

Rubber Souls

Full release on Album: "Anthropomorphism" on:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7aLiCDH3GGpdnz8eXXifU2?si=d0rv0KhzTrqIoyK2_BfTqQ
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/anthropomorphism-ep/1805797138

Kit: CS2x, Audio Kit Synth One, Odyssei, Aparillo, Sector, microKORG, Logic Pro X...
Acknowledgements: 
Audio-> 1) Milk bottle spinning on neck in sink. 2) Excerpts from “New Horizons”, General Motors - 1939 World Trade Fair exhibit. (Non-PC at the time when men got the credit for technological innovations)
Cover Art-> "Rooms Designed for a Woman" (2017) by Emily Speed; a still from the video.

Anthropomorphism 2: Symbolic (excerpt)

last track for the year 2020,
#industrial, #noise, #korgvolca, #theremin

you already know-staring into the abyss-your eyes staring back

I’ve Been Waiting / Paploviante Dezember 31- 2020
Vocals: Rock Lee from www.Ghosthack.de
Paploviante Music, Bass, Mix and Mastering
Lyrics:
The field has been tilled
The crops are ready
The sky broke its seal
We are planted blue
Can you hold me tight
I've been waiting
Scared and lonely
All night I’ve been searching for thrills
Say it ain’t true
When i’m looking at you
You're here with me
And not with somebody new
I can’t stand it stuck on you
The signs I'm seeing
Won’t believe it’s true
Just know what it is
Before the sky starts to fall
Please hold my hand
And we’ll travel time
Just understand
Our love just isn’t a crime
I hope that you will meet me at the edge
I hope that you will meet me at the edge

I've Been Waiting - Paploviante

© Joe Liberty 2021. All rights reserved

Driving Me Wild

You got the kind of walk
Making all the boys talk
And the long blond hair
Makes em’ stop and stare
Yea you’re doin’ alright 
Clean out of sight

You got them big blue eyes
Got me hypnotised
Nobody’s fool, yea you play it cool
And when you move
You’re really in the groove

You got them ruby lips
That were made to kiss
And taste so fine, like cherry wine
I like your style and you’re driving me wild.

Guitar solo :)

Mercy, mercy, mercy me 
You got everything I need
And you know I ain’t lying, there’s no denying

Can’t help myself
Don’t want nobody else
Under your spell, as you know so well
It’s no fling, it’s the real thing

You got the kind of walk 
Making all the boys talk
And the long blond hair
Makes em’ stop and stare
Yea you’re doing alright
Clean out of sight
And when you move
You’re really in the groove

I like your style 
And you’re driving me wild
Yea you're driving me wild
Yea you're driving me wild

DrivingMeWild

Amulet

Composed and performed by Admiral Krank. Drums by Mo Sheen. 

Automata Hurt Too

Back on Track

First tune in 2021 !
Please leave a comment below.
Happy new year and best wishes from Germany.
Music © UNJAY RADY 2020
Voice is sampled by some of my old  tracks with Kaybee.
Mixed and Mastered by Unjay Rady in January 2021.
Thanks for listening.

All we need

Music and Production by Robin to Roxel

If you like my work, please consider supporting me by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/robintoroxel

𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚎𝚢𝚜

music . Tot. @user-288513022 & @tot-beat
instrumental is here: https://soundcloud.com/user-288513022/sweet-volt
lyrics, vocals & their mix, cover design . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

WORKIN OVERTIME
sittin’ on a barrel that was hard to find
and i’d been working overtime

sitting on a barrel - i see people holding hands…

hard to find… it was hard to find
- holding holding holding
it was hard to…

oh, hard to find - i miss you

all i want - working - i miss you so
i miss you so

sittin on a barrel that was hard to find
and i’d been working overtime
working working working

tapping tip tap your wheels and barrels
i miss you
working
i miss you
tip tapping your wheels
tip tap tip tapping on your wheels and barrels
on your wheels and barrels


tip tapping tip tapping
hey! hey!
tap in! tap in! i miss you i miss you i miss you

Workin Overtime | Tot. & Myrh

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Nobody Else

Single

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Shabboo Harper - Nobody Else (Original Mix)

A recent astronomical event was, quite obviously, at the root of this odd musical piece. I accidentally came across a few posts on the social networks conveying a certain degree of confidence in this astrological occurrence, but I honestly couldn't afford to share their flaunted optimism. I couldn't recall any idyllic connection between Jupiter and Saturn, so I thought that a recording of an acapella singing performed by my wife about 10 years ago might have best fit my initial sonic atmosphere. It was an improvised sung rendition of an Arabic poem composed by Said Bin Ahmad al-Busaidi (d. 1803, feel free to check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_bin_Ahmad for a short bio) that seems to have been used as lyrics by several modern Middle Eastern artists. I thought of it as a suitable fictional outlet for a broken hearted Saturn.
On the other hand, my everyday life subsequently offered me a chance to observe this "great" conjunction from a socio-political perspective in the country where I'm living in. I had the opportunity to take a field audio recording of a riot that took place not so far from my home in mid-January (feel free to check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dI90RFsEF4 for a short account of the current situation), and I thought that it would perfectly give expression both to the disappointment of local people against those who have been managing political power since the so-called Arab Spring in 2011 and to the sympathetic, balanced reaction shown by law enforcement and the government itself. In order to sound politically correct, I thought it was appropriate to give voice to the establishment as well, to "Jupiter" if you like, so I googled around and found an awesome video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJVq78A4Y0) starring the guy who's been behind the scenes of this brilliant democratic experience in Northern Africa during the last 10 years. I extrapolated a few audio samples from his declarations and used them in the first sequence of this piece.
I finally added a few instrumental and vocal parts, then I processed all of the audio recordings through a heavy, meticulous sound design work. Hope you'll appreciate the result.
EDIT: One year after its original release, I created a video for this track… You might like to check it out at https://youtu.be/0c9fyvCDqiU

Aroussia Riahi : vocals
Teth Sin : bağlama, bass guitar, samplers, background vocals, field recordings, sound design, vocal arrangement/mix

Original composition, arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

LYRICS (a partial rework of Said Bin Ahmad al-Busaidi's "Ya Man Hawah" ; sadly this text field doesn't seem to properly support RTL scripts, but I guess most of the listeners will only read the English translation I provided below):

JUPITER:

We try to avoid any sort of exclusion.
We opt for the dialogue... Consensus.
We faced many problems.
All our policies are based on the notion of consensus.
I don't deal with "if", I deal with reality.
We try to go to the consensus.
There isn't any paradox.
To avoid any sort of extremism, democracy is the solution.
We need international cooperation, regime cooperation, development, democracy, dialogue, consensus... Consensus.

SATURN:

يا من هواه
أعزه وأذلنـــي
كيف السبيل إلى وصالـــــك دلني
أنت الذي حلفتني
حلفتني وحلفت لي
وحلفت أنك لا تخون وخنتني
فلأدعين عليك في غسق الدجى
يـبـلـيـك ربي كـمــا أبلـيـتـنــي

Oh you who love
Oh you who passionately love
May you be cherished and may I be humbled
Show me how shall I ever find the way to get back to you
It was you who made me swear, and you swore to me
You swore you weren't going to betray me, but you cheated on me
So I'll pray against you in the dark of the night
May the Lord afflict you just like you afflicted me

The Great Conjunction

This is probably the last track from the Cage Of Souls project. Yeah, I know, it's a bit dark. Greygori is a scientist and an artist focussed on enhancing his body in the most grotesque way... and doesn't even post the results on the internet.

I took my inspiration from soundtracks for computer games and plundered some of the lo-fi cinematic stuff from Cubase.

Greygori's Transmutation

a.k.a.  -..-
Pre-releases and Experiments
- Final releases via https://linktr.ee/dashdotdotdash (Apple Music, Spotify)
Support creativity through Bandcamp.

- Artists: 
  (1) -..- , xperimental 
  (2) XLab3 , xperimental
  (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