This cover art reminds me of the new Tears for Fears album and video style. I wonder if it's drawn forward from the past. Great music and style

On first listen, just wowzers! Will need repeat listens for sure. Epic stuff...

Stacks of sound undulate with vibrational magick.

Great work! Playful, straight, groovey and non-conformistic. Like!

Bubba Loaf-guitar, vocals, theremin, found samples

Brad McCarthy-bass, noise, faucet drips, engineering

Al Hendry-drums

Zapped!@1kw

This is the second in the Departure series of experimental soundscapes that are inspired by a set of 13 poems (or 'cantos') written by Jo Richter a.k.a. Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches @sonic-structures. I was honored thatJo invited me to collaborate with him on this project, it has really helped to push me in some new creative directions.

This second track in the series, features field recordings from Zuunzug. He offers them up for download on this page: @zuunzug-field-recording under the Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) ... The ones I used are Save Beograd, Novi Sad, and Waves Over Seashells.  I think they add a lot of great atmospheric texture!

The poetry is copyright Jo Richter. I have only extracted a small sample of the original poem, so please read the full text below if you are interested in the original context for the spoken word, also read by Jo Richter.

And you can follow along with this project here. This playlist so far includes one other song (2 different versions) from me and Stonerjazz, based on Canto VI, but we intend to add more in the coming months:
https://soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/sets/departure-a-long-poem-in?si=670a7a3afd304067a20ddf0801653bd7&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Here is the full text of Departure - Canto II, the inspiration for this track:
(Copyright Jo Richter)

To allow for rest, you need to make sure
that you do not fall asleep right in
harm‘s way. You need to put your trust
in crude projections of the path and thrust
of entities and processes that do not cease
activity when your awareness takes its leave.
There are no guardian spirits to protect
you when consciousness bows out.

When – as a growing child who learns to use
his wits to regulate the forces that en-
compass him – he had to learn to abdicate
his mental skills, his reason and his
social prowess, just to give in to sleep,
he felt the force of dread that did
not hesitate to bring forth monsters from
the cracks that rooms and psyches offer.

Out foraging for all the goods that people,
parks and pastures proffer, he‘d often felt
assailed by sudden drowsiness that swept him
from the inside out into the open street
and very nearly drowned him in the gutter.
The force that urged him cannily to sidestep
reason, did not protect him from approaching cars,
as though it were an arbitrary arbiter of life.

It had been then, in dire need of shelter,
that he had stepped into the cool, comforting
splendour of the spire that reached into
what lays beyond. To master words, he
had been warned, will never do,
if you aspire to tame the threat of
letting go. I‘m here, he‘d said, to enter
a frame of mind, a larger self, a sphere of

actuality that never passes out, even in the
deepest state of slumber, trance or trauma,
even when the archetypes invade
my daily reasoning with brutal presence, as
they do. To master words, his muse replied
with her bemused DaVinci-grin, is quite
amusing, once you find the time to ponder
and to muse about the situation you are in.

Splendor Of The Spire (Departure Mix 2): inspired by Jo Richter's Canto II poem - full text in desc.

Nuntius 2

Short song on thuesday night

Music by Paploviante
Weightless / Paploviante / Open Collaboration Offer
Paploviante: Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix, Picture and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/weightless-offer-open-collab

Vocals, Lyrics & Art by Cosmic Keanu

EVER MORE WEIGHTLESS

I find myself
far from home
nowhere to go
all I knew 
Has gone away

And I’m weary
from wandering
heavy heart
storm’s
On the horizon

Times like these
Shaky ground
See through seams
Light breaks through
The storm clouds

Steps grow lighter
As the rain falls
Remember now
This world
is not our home

Eyes lift up
Mind grows clear
I find myself here
ever more
Weightless

As we rise with each step
Find higher ground
Let go of
what held us down

As I walk
I see your hand
In everything
My thoughts
Become free

What was hidden
And obscured
becoming clear
good and bad
apparent

I let go of all fear
It can’t
Reside with faith
Clouds fade
The Way clears

When we walk with faith
We find ourselves here
Becoming ever more
Weightless

And I’ll never 
Return
To my old ways
I’ve seen your hand
In everything

Time is coming fast
the wait 
Is nearly past
We must 
Keep our heads clear

Eyes lift up
Mind grows clear
I find myself here
ever more
Weightless

As we rise with each step
Find higher ground
Let go of 
what held us down

I let go of all fear
It can’t
Reside with faith
Clouds fade
The Way clears

When we walk with faith
We find ourselves here
Becoming ever more
Weightless

Ever More Weightless (Music by Paploviante)

Kit: uKORG, Moog D, Volca FM and nubass, TerverseLogic Pro X
Acknowledgements:
Cover Art: Detail from "The Deluge" (1920) by Winifred Knights
Samples: 
a) London Underground, train announcements included the "See it, Say it, Sorted" slogan..."We are now approaching London Liverpool Street where this train terminates.... please mind the gap when leaving the train...please take care when leaving the train..."
b) Channel hopping using Skywave app focused on North American Short Wave radio broadcasts (9-10 MHz range) from "Brother Stair"
"The cost of following the truth, no matter what the cost, is everything... Go to hell, Satan... This is eternal life... Praise the Lord, this is a glorious thing...the world is hovering on the brink of disaster... the world's food supply will be decimated...the demons will impersonate extraterrestrials... many lives will be lost during these series of events...there will be martyrs....Empty the Earth.... you have to get yourself ready...the truth is, you can't...   ...no one can"

The Third Coming (XL3)

AUGUST23 - ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ23

Featuring Spirits of Chill from Jeryia J.  Please enjoy

Spirits Of Chill

Vanishing

Cast of characters:

Surfers Like Us–@user-411502040–Artur–songwriting, foundational rhythm guitar
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman–Stephen–sitar, mix, and production
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell–electric piano, vocals
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara–Ken–drums and percussion, vocals
Llanpsych–@llanpsych–Tez–lead guitar
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1–four string fretless bass guitar, vocals

  This song started with Artur composing a brilliant, open piece on his guitar, in his distinct surf rock style, and sending it to Josh. Josh put the bass down on top of Ken's banging drums, but it took Josh, a while to be able to get this one for some reason. Once he and Ken were locked in, though, they knew they had it. JJ then sprinkled his electric keyboard magic, followed by Tez, who lights up the whole thing with his electric guitar wizardry. 
  At Artur's request, Ken, JJ, and Josh added the big harmony vocals, "See you soon, in a better world." Artur wanted this song to be about the need for peace in the world. Last, but certainly not least, Stephen added the sitar intro. He also accomplished the herculean task of mixing and producing the whole thing for us.
  This is another true team effort by the Eclectic Collective, and the fourth in our series of surf rock songs. This also happens to coincide with Artur's birthday, so please go to his page and wish him a happy birthday. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.

See You Soon  (in a Better World) - Eclectic Collective

funky r&b house country lofi welcome to join 

KING KnemicC - so fast.m4a

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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

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