A tribute with a Fender Rhodes inspired by a poem from FAR ARDEN written by Jim Morrison
Music composed, performed and recorded by Damien Riba (14.07.2022)
Studios Village, courtesy of Mangalyan Records.
FAR ARDEN IV - "Women are life" :
A vast radian beach in a cool jeweled moon...

Le fondateur des Doors, rebelle et angélique, scandaleux et inspiré portait sa nudité aussi élégamment que le blue jean ou le blouson de cuir. Il avançait sur les routes de son destin entre la Floride, Los Angeles, New York City et Paris sans question ni réponse, mendiant céleste avec toujours le blues au coeur, celui que ni les mots, ni les notes ne guérissent, mais seulement l'amour. Il sut dire la détresse de notre civilisation consumériste et la puissance de la jeunesse lorsqu'elle s'émerveille et agit...
https://youtu.be/iv8GW1GaoIc
https://youtu.be/EQfr-BtcDII

Far Arden IV - To Jim Morrison (D. Riba)

A tribute with a Fender Rhodes  inspired by a poem from FAR ARDEN written by Jim Morrison
Music composed, performed and recorded by Damien Riba (14.07.2022)
Studios Village, courtesy of Mangalyan Records.
FAR ARDEN III : "For young people"
Now listen to this...
Le fondateur des Doors, rebelle et angélique, scandaleux et inspiré portait sa nudité aussi élégamment que le blue jean ou le blouson de cuir. Il avançait sur les routes de son destin entre la Floride, Los Angeles, New York City et Paris sans question ni réponse, mendiant céleste avec toujours le blues au coeur, celui que ni les mots, ni les notes ne guérissent, mais seulement l'amour. Il sut dire la détresse de notre civilisation consumériste et la puissance de la jeunesse lorsqu'elle s'émerveille et agit...
https://youtu.be/iv8GW1GaoIc
https://youtu.be/EQfr-BtcDII

Far Arden III - To Jim Morrison (D. Riba)

A tribute with a Fender Rhodes inspired by a poem from FAR ARDEN written by Jim Morrison
Music composed, performed and recorded by Damien Riba (14.07.2022)
Studios Village, courtesy of Mangalyan Records.
FAR ARDEN II : "A deep sleep" 
And that year...
Le fondateur des Doors, rebelle et angélique, scandaleux et inspiré portait sa nudité aussi élégamment que le blue jean ou le blouson de cuir. Il avançait sur les routes de son destin entre la Floride, Los Angeles, New York City et Paris sans question ni réponse, mendiant céleste avec toujours le blues au coeur, celui que ni les mots, ni les notes ne guérissent, mais seulement l'amour. Il sut dire la détresse de notre civilisation consumériste et la puissance de la jeunesse lorsqu'elle s'émerveille et agit...
https://youtu.be/iv8GW1GaoIc
https://youtu.be/EQfr-BtcDII

Far Arden II - To Jim Morrison (D. Riba)

A tribute with a Fender Rhodes inspired by a poem from FAR ARDEN written by Jim Morrison
Music composed, performed and recorded by Damien Riba (14.07.2022)
Studios Village, courtesy of Mangalyan Records.
FAR ARDEN I : "A deep sleep" 
Thank you, O Lord...
Le fondateur des Doors, rebelle et angélique, scandaleux et inspiré portait sa nudité aussi élégamment que le blue jean ou le blouson de cuir. Il avançait sur les routes de son destin entre la Floride, Los Angeles, New York City et Paris sans question ni réponse, mendiant céleste avec toujours le blues au coeur, celui que ni les mots, ni les notes ne guérissent, mais seulement l'amour. Il sut dire la détresse de notre civilisation consumériste et la puissance de la jeunesse lorsqu'elle s'émerveille et agit...
https://youtu.be/iv8GW1GaoIc
https://youtu.be/EQfr-BtcDII

Far Arden I - To Jim Morrison (D. Riba)

San Francisco - "C'est une maison bleue" (1971)
Original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP70mgXK7xc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61cFrsB9Gw
Music & lyrics by Maxime Le Forestier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Le_Forestier
One of his best known songs starts with the line: "C'est une maison bleue adossée à la colline" (meaning "It's a blue house backed to the hill"). In 1971, the young singer was living in a hippie community, in a blue house on 3841, 18th Street, San Francisco. Since the summer 2011, the new owners of the famous house agreed to repaint it blue, after years of being painted in light green.

(c) this version arranged by Damien Riba (23.09.2015)
-> Fender Rhodes, Synthesizers
Courtesy of Mangalyan Records
Artcover: photography by Peter Potrowl 

San Francisco - Maxime Le Forestier (by D. Riba)

Fever (1956) by Eddie Cooley & John Davenport
This version performed by  Flora Sukhwinder (c)
https://www.facebook.com/sukhwinder.flora?pnref=story
vocal, bass & drums https://soundcloud.com/floras-1
Original track: https://soundcloud.com/floras-1/fever-cover
-> this additional version - with Hammond C3 Organ - arranged & performed by Damien Riba
(c) Courtesy of Mangalyan Records, Sunset Agence Internationale
& Coloma Pictures Company Entertainments (11.10.2015) 
Artcover: Miss Flora Sukhwinder (c) All rights reserved

Lyrics:
"Never know how much I love you
 Never know how much I care
 When you put your arms around me
 I get a fever that's so hard to bear
 You give me fever when you kiss me
 Fever when you hold me tight
 Fever in the mornin'
 A fever all through the night

Sun lights up the day time
 Moon lights up the night
 I light up when you call my name
 And you know I'm gonna treat you right
 You give me fever when you kiss me
 Fever when you hold me tight
 Fever in the mornin'
 A fever all through the night

Everybody's got the fever
 That is somethin' you all know
 Fever isn't such a new thing
 Fever started long time ago

Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou giveth fever, when we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever I'm on fire
Fever yea I burn forsooth

Captain Smith and Pocahontas
 Had a very mad affair
 When her daddy tried to kill him
 She said "daddy oh don't you dare"
 "He givess me fever with his kisses"
 "Fever when he holds me tight"
 "Fever, I'm his misses"
 "Daddy won't you treat him right?"

Now you've listened to my story
 Here's the point that I have made
 Chicks were born to give you fever
 Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade
 They give you fever when you kiss them
 Fever if you live and learn
 Fever till you sizzle
 What a lovely way to burn
 What a lovely way to burn
 What a lovely way to burn
 What a lovely way to burn"

Songwriters
 JOHN DAVENPORT, EDDIE COOLEY
Published by
 Lyrics © CARLIN AMERICA INC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC

Flora to Damian (11.10.2015):
"MP3 is fine :)honoured to have your work with my singing too, love that about Soundcloud, connecting with people I would not meet normally!!


Fever (Cooley, Davenport) S. Flora, D. Riba - Yabanci Müzik

Vocal: Sukhwinder Flora @floras-1
www.facebook.com/sukhwinder.flora?pnref=story
Original track: https://soundcloud.com/floras-1/summertime-cover-acapella
Piano & Vibraphone: Damien Riba https://soundcloud.com/damien-riba
"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP. The song soon became a popular and much recorded jazz standard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote ... Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of jazz and the song styles of blacks in the southeast United States from the early twentieth century". Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has characterized Heyward's lyrics for "Summertime" and "My Man's Gone Now" as "the best lyrics in the musical theater". The song is recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music, with more than 33,000 covers by groups and solo performers. (Wikipedia)

Flora to Damian (25.10.2015): I love what youve done with it. thanks for sending me the tracks so i can share to. Amazing collaboration!!!! x
Damian to Flora: Your works are perfect & your voice is ma-gni-fi-cent!! You're a dazzling artist. I'm proud to work with you. Thank you, Flora.

Summertime (Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) S. Flora, D. Riba

Music composed & performed by Sarah Shamash (15.12.2015)
Original track: https://soundcloud.com/sarahshamash/things
All rights reserved (c) https://soundcloud.com/sarahshamash
This version with additional piano & drums, arranged by Damien Riba (22.12.2015)
Artcover: Sarah Shamash, Damien Riba

Lyrics by Sarah Shamash:

My memories have said,
We never said we failed ,
I cannot lose you babe,
I can't refuse you babe,
And though you let me go,
Without a place to go,
I cannot lose you babe,
I can't refuse you babe,
No, no.

Though we imagined the things that we would like to say,
And things beside you that turn out ok,
Turn out ok,

My memories have said,
We never said we failed ,
I cannot lose you babe,
I can't refuse you babe,
And though you let me go,
Without a place to go,
I cannot lose you babe,
I can't refuse you babe,
No, no.

Sarah to Damien (Dec. 2015):

 -> Heya! Nice to hear from you Damien,
Ahh you found this old one ...very funky additions!!
I hope you have a wonderful New Year!!
Sarah

-> Heya Damien :)
Happy you are enjoying experimenting with my tracks :-P
All the best
Sarah

Roaring Memories - Sarah Shamash feat. D. Riba

NO TIME FOR THE WICKED by https://soundcloud.com/sarahshamash
"Ain't no time for the wicked" - Experimental electronic jazz
Music & lyrics by Sarah Shamash (c) All rights reserved
Original track here:
https://soundcloud.com/sarahshamash/sarah6

-> this version featuring Damien Riba: guitars & mix (27.12.2015)

Artcover: https://fr.pinterest.com/pin/438538082439237453/
another picture here https://fr.pinterest.com/pin/306104105894472324/

No time for the wicked - Sarah Shamash feat. D. Riba

Music & lyrics by Lana Del Rey / Del Rey, Haynie, and Dan Heath
https://youtu.be/JRWox-i6aAk
"Blue Jeans" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey for her second studio album Born to Die (2012)

-> This version by Flora Sukhwinder  https://soundcloud.com/floras-1
& Damien Riba https://soundcloud.com/damien-riba
Artcover: River Soul, Flora Sukhwinder

Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey / Cover

"Carmen" music by Sebastián Yradier (1809-1865)
and some times after by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
This version arranged by Damien Riba (21.01.2014)
Music played, recorded & produced by Damien Riba
featuring Thierry Morales on guitar (11.02.2016)
All rights reserved (c) The Coloma Pictures Company Entertainments & Sunset Agence Internationale.

Art Cover : Mariano Fortuny y Marsal. A Gypsy Girl. 1870

The first composer of this music is Sebastián Yradier with his tune "El Arreglito" (1863) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l0e3M3Ek4c

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875, and at first was not particularly successful. Its initial run extended to 36 performances, before the conclusion of which Bizet died suddenly, and thus knew nothing of the opera's later celebrity. On 9 January 1884 Carmen was given its first New York Metropolitan Opera performance, to a mixed critical reception. The New York Times welcomed Bizet's "pretty and effective work", but compared Zelia Trebelli's interpretation of the title role unfavourably with that of Minnie Hauk. Thereafter Carmen was quickly incorporated into the Met's regular repertory. In February 1906 Enrico Caruso sang José at the Met for the first time; he continued to perform in this role until 1919, two years before his death. On 17 April 1906, on tour with the Met, he sang the role at the Grand Opera House in San Francisco. Afterwards he sat up until 3 am reading the reviews in the early editions of the following day's papers. Two hours later he was awakened by the first violent shocks of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, after which he and his fellow performers made a hurried escape from the Palace Hotel.The popularity of Carmen continued through succeeding generations of American opera-goers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen

D'après le thème principal extrait de l'opéra "Carmen", musique de Georges Bizet (1838-1875), créé à l'Opéra Comique de Paris en 1875.

Gypsy Carmen (1863) Yabancı Müzik - S. Yradier, G. Bizet, T. Morales, D. Riba

"Dream a little dream of me" (1931)
Music by Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt - Lyrics by Gus Kahn
This version (c) arranged, performed & recorded by :
Sukhwinder Flora (Vocals) https://soundcloud.com/floras-1
River Soul https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=655276514
Damien Riba (Piano, add-synths, drums) https://soundcloud.com/damien-riba
-> Master (19.04.2016)& Instrumental version (27.03.2016) at Studio Villages, Mougins, France
Courtesy of Mangalyan Records & Sunset Agence Internationale
Artcover: fr.pinterest.com/pin/10485011604989419/

"Dream a little dream..." Flora & Riba - Yabanci Müzik

Lyrics & vocal by Jacqueline Telford https://soundcloud.com/jacqueline-telford
Music by Damien Riba (c) All rights reserved
This recording 28.04.2016
Artcover: Photography (c) Jacqueline Telford

Lyrics:

yeah joe went down to the station a quarter to four
> > gotta check to be sure, he got both of his shoes on
> > gotta picture in his pocket of his dear old ma
> > never quite sure who was his pa
> > mm they all tellin a lie
> > they all dressed up in disquise
> > they all live to try
> > never quite satisfied
> > 
> > well, you can't buy love they say
> > and then they put a price tag on everything
> > yes the little children playin in the mud
> > there's some nasty people in your neighbourhood
> > if they get you afraid, they take your soul
> > keep you locked up with a tv in your home
> > mm they all tellin a lie
> > they all dressed up in disquise
> > they all live to try
> > never quite satisfied
> > 
> > skyscrapers and buildings, all is just plastic flowers.
> > plastic faces, plastic lover
> > don't know where to turn, don't know what is up
> > gotta smack your head over, just to get up
> > mm they all tellin a lie
> > they all dressed up in disquise
> > they all live to try
> > never quite satisfied

Price Tag Love - J. Telford, D. Riba - Yabanci Müzik

Original music composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (03.12.2016)
Tribute to Anna Quindlen autor of "A Short Guide to a Happy Life" © 2000
Random House; 1 edition (October 31, 2000)                                                                                                                                         

Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist. Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times. Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing (1994) was made into a film in 1998, starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger.

From the author of Blessings and Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life is the perfect gift for graduation, or any occasion.

“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live . . . to love the journey, not the destination.”

In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to “get a life”—to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days. “Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us,” Quindlen writes, “because unless you know the clock is ticking, it is so easy to waste our days, our lives.” Her mother died when Quindlen was nineteen: “It was the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white, and in Technicolor. The lights came on for the darkest possible reason. . . . I learned something enduring, in a very short period of time, about life. And that was that it was glorious, and that you had no business taking it for granted.” But how to live from that perspective, to fully engage in our days? In A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen guides us with an understanding that comes from knowing how to see the view, the richness in living.

A Short Guide to a Happy Life - D. Riba

Music composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (16.07.2017)
All rights reserved © Mangalyan Records

D. Riba : piano, upright bass
P. Mikaelsson : drums

Artcover : https://fr.pinterest.com/pin/735916395331238835/
http://marieandree.centerblog.net/491-sensuel-couple-amoureux-belle-photo-noir-blanc?ii=1

Sonido Sensual - D. Riba

Bass line composed & performed by Pierre Michelot with Miles Davis in "Ascenceur pour l'échafaud" de Louis Malle : "Evasion de Julien", Paris 1958.
Additional piano composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (16.09.2017).
https://youtu.be/SjfQWZ84_bw
Pierre Michelot est un contrebassiste et compositeur français, né le 3 mars 1928 à Saint-Denis (Seine) et décédé à Paris le 3 juillet 2005. Pierre Michelot commence par étudier le piano entre 1936 et 1938, pour ensuite se consacrer à la contrebasse dès seize ans. Plusieurs formations marquent la carrière de Pierre Michelot, commencée dans la seconde moitié des années 1940, HUM avec Daniel Humair et René Urtreger, le trio « The Three Bosses » composé de Bud Powell épaulé par Kenny Clarke, ou en accompagnement de Claude Nougaro avec Maurice Vander, mais aussi le quintet européen de Miles Davis. À ces formations on peut ajouter un grand nombre de jazzmen comme Django Reinhardt, Sidney Bechet, Chet Baker, Miles Davis (avec qui il crée la bande originale du film de Louis Malle Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) ou les bebopers Dizzy Gillespie et Thelonious Monk. En 1959, sous l'impulsion de Jacques Loussier, il intègre le Trio Play Bach avec Christian Garros. Cette formation, qui fait swinguer Jean-Sébastien Bach, connaît un succès retentissant. Pendant plusieurs années, il est un des musiciens accompagnant Claude Nougaro. Il fait une brève apparition au cinéma, dans le film Autour de minuit, où il interprète son propre rôle. En 2000, au cours de la cérémonie des victoires du jazz et de la musique classique, il reçoit une victoire de la musique collégiale pour HUM. Claude Nougaro lui rend alors un vibrant hommage. Les premiers signes de la maladie d'Alzheimer le contraint de quitter la scène. Il « lâche sa basse » le 3 juillet 2005.

Black Street - P. Michelot, D. Riba

Music composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (16.09.2017)
All rights reserved (c) Mangalyan Records
Artcover : Soirée entre amis, Mougins Village, 07 Août 2019

A walk with you - D. Riba

Music composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (16.09.2017)
All rights reserved (c) Mangalyan Records
Artcover : Louise Brooks

Merry Christmas Miss Brooks - D. Riba

Louise Brooks during Beauty Parade.
Music composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (16.09.2017)
All rights reserved (c) Mangalyan Records
Artcover : Louise Brooks (1927) All rights reserved

Coney Island sees beauty parade. Coney Island... Residents of Coney Island were treated to a beauty parade all their own during the making of a production soon to be seen on the silversheet. This photo shows Miss Louise Brooks of the Ziegfield Follies as Miss Baypoit passing in review in response of the Plaudits of the gathering throng.

Brooks Parade - D. Riba

Soul Fruits - D. Riba

My Vintage Love - D. Riba

Music composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (22.10.2017)
All rights reserved (c) Mangalyan Records
Artcover : Second Louise Brooks home in Cherryvale
All rights reserved by https://stevielounicks.wordpress.com/category/louise-brooks/

Louise at home (Part II) - D. Riba

Music composed, performed & recorded by Damien Riba (22.10.2017)
All rights reserved (c) Mangalyan Records
Artcover : First Louise Brooks house in Cherryvale
All rights reserved by https://stevielounicks.wordpress.com/category/louise-brooks/

Louise at home (Part I)- D. Riba

Music & lyrics by Sukhwinder Flora https://soundcloud.com/floras-1
All rights reserved (c) River
Original version : https://soundcloud.com/floras-1/im-the-dreamer-in-his-song
Additional synthesizer & mix by Damien Riba (22.10.2017)
Courtesy of Mangalyan Records https://soundcloud.com/damien-riba
Artcover : Miss Sukhwinder Flora

10.04.2012 : Sukhwinder Flora writes : " Hi all! Ive already up loaded this song but left the first one on as its got a comment. In this one which has only a slight difference in the volume level of the backing vocals, the main melody and words should be clearer. Enjoy! made this on my iphone on the weekend. This song is written by Sukhwinder Flora. Sukhwinder Flora : Vocals & Composition. "
- Keywords : female, original, harmonies, acoustic, iphone, recording.

26.10.2017 : "Hi dear Sukhwinder, Here, the new mix of your fresh & catchy "I'm the dreamer in his song" !! Currently in private, please tell me if I can post it on this SoundCloud page. Thank you for your immense skill !!! Damien"

31.10.2017 : "Hi Damien, I’ve just had time to listen to this. Yea this definitely  works 😌 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼"

I'm the dreamer in his song - S. Flora (feat. D. Riba)

Music composed, performed & recorded by Sarah Shamash
https://soundcloud.com/sarahshamash
Add piano & remix by Damien Riba (20.11.2017)
https://soundcloud.com/damien-riba
Artcover by Pinterest

Fool for you - Sarah Shamash (D. Riba Edit)

Music, as life, is a collective experience!
Welcome to our Love Suites, courtesy of Mangalyan Records & The Coloma Pictures Company. Damien Riba from Cannes, France

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