Name: Lubraxx - Lux Et Veritas. by Lubraxx
Duration: 3 min 5 s
Description: ."E assim como todas as coisas vieram do Um, assim todas as coisas são únicas, por adaptação. Tudo é duplo, tudo tem dois pólos, tudo tem o seu oposto. O igual e o desigual são a mesma coisa. Os extremos se tocam. Todas as verdades são meias-verdades. Todos os paradoxos podem ser reconciliados.

Started out as a DADGAD raga but mutated and flew the nest :)

RAGAD

(SoundCloud Exclusive)

I have gotten permission from GrevusAnjl to make this version downloadable here as well, so feel free to grab the file if you like it.

When I read the beautiful description accompanying this amazing song I really wished it was part of the music itself, and eventually realised I could do it because the creators GrevusAnjl (Justin, @grevusanjl, https://grevusanjl.bandcamp.com) and Jo (@minimal_drone_grl, minimaldronegrl.bandcamp.com/) allowed remixes.

Original song link: https://soundcloud.com/grevusanjl/floras-beautiful-dream-minimal_dronegrl-grevusanjl

I read their story aloud:

The first signs of morning sunlight appear above the mountain’s rock covered peaks, as the Earth spins us around to witness the brilliance of another new day. Bright rays shine visibly through the morning mist, and dewdrops sparkle like diamonds among the tree leaves as the valley below slowly fills with warmth and light.

Flora watches from her vantage point high above; witnessing her friends in the forest come alive to greet another day; and the people in the city streets down in the valley below come alive to serve another day. She’s watched this dance for many years; the forest remaining peaceful in its ancient perfection; the people below growing ever more unsatisfied as they strive for an illusionary and strangely unattainable perfection of their own.

This idea might sound sad to you and I. But over the years she has also seen miracles occur among us. From her vantage point she sees us like fields of energy; and the majority of that energy looks rather stagnant and mucky, like cesspools of unmoving water, unaware of the renewing stream we have been cut off from. But once in a while, an explosion of light energy will burst outward from a single house or apartment building, as someone becomes disenfranchised from their false identity, and their hearts open up to new ideas for the first time.

Surprisingly, these changes often occur after great loss. And she suspects this is due to the fragility of our illusion. She sees how lost we all are in these roles and characters we have built for ourselves, and she sees how quickly that false identity can shatter when we lose the things we prioritized the most. The loss of a relationship or loved one, a terminal illness in the body, the end of a career, a complete collapse in financial stability… when we lose the things we thought mattered most to us, some of us experience a miraculous opportunity for awakening to the truth that we were never those things to begin with.

Flora lovingly watches the majority of us grow more sickly and stagnant with time. And she never loses hope… because every evening, she has the same beautiful dream.

In her mind, the first signs of morning sunlight appear above the mountain’s rock covered peaks, as the Earth spins us around to witness the brilliance of another new day. Bright rays shine visibly through the morning mist, and dewdrops sparkle like diamonds among the tree leaves as the valley slowly fills with warmth and light.

But even brighter still are the explosions of light energy bathing the valley down below. After so many truly dark nights, many of us finally wake up the next morning to discover we were never all the things we lost in the night. In fact, we are something much larger. And as our energy explodes out, and the laws of attraction take hold, these simultaneous bursts prove to be strong and frequent enough to cause a chain reaction… and the whole valley lights up brighter than the sun itself.

We have finally realized we are simply conscious life, and nothing more. And in our new found freedom from identity, we all begin again.

Flora slumbers peacefully, knowing full well… this dream will some day come true.

Flora's Beautiful Dream by GrevusAnjl & Minimal_Drone*GRL, Narrated by Masha Solo

This one started as a collaboration with Cosmic Keanu, but evolved to include my good friend Chris (cgmaness). Keanu gave me the baadass riddim, and Chris added the high vocals and the mix. I played bass, guitar, organ, and slide. I also sung the low melody. this was a true collaborative effort for one of my favorite Radiohead songs. We hope you enjoy it.

Optimistic (with cgmaness and Cosmic Keanu) Radiohead cover

About ten years ago I happened to have watched an award-winning Japanese movie titled “Nobody to Watch Over Me”.  It's a decent film but what really caught my attention was the theme song (an English song) which appeared right at the beginning.  It was performed by a British boys choir called Libera and written by a Japanese composer (T. Muramatsu).  I've been listening to both of their work ever since.  

Two years ago I said I should do a cover song each year but I had not done that last year.  So I decided to cover the aforementioned theme song but in a pop ballad approach rather than the choir/hymn setting in the original.    Just tell me what you think about it.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

[CREDITS]
Vocals / Arrangement / Programming – Michael C. Lynn
Music (composition) - Takatsugu Muramatsu
Lyrics - Robert Prizeman
Piano – Miles Black @Band_in_a_Box
Strings Quartet – Avery Bright @Band_in_a_Box
 
[LYRICS]
You were there In everything I knew
 From the moment I began
 Always there in every way I go
 Saved me falling held my hand
 You are shelter from the storm
 The shadows fade away, all cares pass away

As hour by hour and day by day
 Your love lightens up the sky as it shines across the night
 Ave, regina caelorum decora  Virgo gloriosa, ave! 
 And when the end of day has come
 Stay with me through the dark and bring me home

 You are there
 Whichever way I go
 Keep me safely night and day
 Always there
 Whenever I'm alone
 Hear me calling
 Show the way

 You are shelter from the storm
 The shadows fade away
 All cares pass away

 As hour by hour and day by day
 Your love lightens up the sky
 As it shines across the night
 Ave, regina caelorum decora
 Virgo gloriosa, ave! 
 And when the end of day is come
 Stay with me through the dark
 And bring me home

You Were There    (Cover)

Tangled Stairs

Ilari I. (I-la-rI) Rantala - Lead vocals & bass guitar
Olli Lehtonen - Guitars, keys & synths, harmony vocals, lyrics and percussion sampling.
Composed by A/D
Produced by Olli Lehtonen
Cover art by I-la-rI
© 2023 A/D. All rights reserved.

(Piece of) Paradise

Is anyone still out there?
Well hello there if you are taking some of your valuable time to read this! As the lyrics to this (probably)final song say, its been a long while……
The last time I checked into Soundcloud was maybe last December, wow…. 
I packed up for a holiday in Hawaii, ran the Honolulu Marathon, watched a volcano erupt, cast my dog’s ashes into a lava field and drank a tropical island's worth of cocktails while watching the sunset with my wife. And then returned a few weeks later decidedly unenthused about the Cat and my collaborator.
Gina had been making noises about returning to an on again / off again musical partner. That wasn’t unexpected and was actually a bit of a relief as I hadn’t been enjoying this for a while. Our last few songs had been tortuous to finish, including this one which was finally finished I think way back in October 2022.
Cat Came Back was always a lot like an arranged marriage - nothing at all in common but we kind of made it work 3 minutes at a time. But by late last year, it had become very hard work. And as you fellow Soundclouders know, outside of personal satisfaction, the rewards for all of that hard work are not very large. So, if the personal satisfaction is gone, there’s not a lot left to motivate oneself. 
In addition to that, there were a few rather large elephants in the room regarding my collaborator that I won't go into but nevertheless constantly weighed very heavily on my mind throughout our time together and I was finding these increasingly difficult to continue to ignore for the sake of making music together.
So anyway, when I returned a perhaps brief hiatus accidentally turned into this - silence for what, 7-8 months? Haven’t picked up an instrument in all that time and they currently sit in my garage gathering dust. Took up Chess, what a rabbit hole that is! Continued running. Listening as always to a lot of old jazz. Continued seemingly never ending renovations to my house. Spent a lot of time with my lifelong friend, William Styron’s Black Dog, as a matter of fact he's here sitting right by my side now. 
So what now? I sat down a few days back and listened to a few things that were unfinished as of late last year. Maybe its time to start again. Find a new collaborator or two? Anyone know anyone who might be a match?
In the meantime I’ll dip my toe in and check out what some of my favourite Soundclouders have been up to while I was away. I'm sure I've missed out on some really great stuff.

Minor Exotica (Turned To Black)

Berlin Score

."E assim como todas as coisas vieram do Um, assim todas as coisas são únicas, por adaptação. Tudo é duplo, tudo tem dois pólos, tudo tem o seu oposto. O igual e o desigual são a mesma coisa. Os extremos se tocam. Todas as verdades são meias-verdades. Todos os paradoxos podem ser reconciliados.


Lubraxx - Lux Et Veritas.

A song inspired on an article I once read about Aeham Ahmad, the piano player from Yarmouk, Syria, who's piano was burned by IS.  After this he flee from his country and ended up in Germany. He still plays the piano; you can also find him here on SoundCloud!  @aeham_ahmad




DISCONNECTED

I used to feel free
In my beloved country
There was nothing to image 
that could make me want to leave that place
I used to play piano
And sang songs of love and happiness
Now those days are  gone, those lovely days are gone

I am disconnected
disconnected

My piano is destroyed now
They burned out the devil
My piano was executed and I’m sure 
I would be next if I would stay around too long
So I started travelling
Without knowing where to go
I started travelling
I just had to go.

I am disconnected
Disconnected

I’ve travelled by car, by trains and busses
I walked for many hours
While I sat on boat on the endless sea
I thought it never ended
I’ve waited for gates, without food in the rain 
I crossed 9 borders
Now I here and 
I’m disconnected

I’m disconnected
disconnected

Disconnected

lyrics, vocals: Rekha @rekha-iyern-fe
music, mix/master: Echo Garage

lyrics

WICKED

Well who do you think you are anyway?
You’re not my Super-Star nor anyone elses
HUH! You’re just a Dead-Beat Boy-Friend Baby

How wicked, wicked you are
So low & wicked you are
Ya’ cut straight-into me
Stone cold blooded-ly

So long to re-al-ize
Just livin’ in disguise
Was hopin’ for the best
Our life was only a test

Years dragged on dark
Too painful to recall
Blin-ded by-ai
Your Pretty-Boy-Ploys

I served you well
Instead it was hell
Picked up your clothes
I scrubbed up the floors

And you never cared
Dared to see
How I was
Witherin’ slowly

Di-sin-te-grating
No longer myself
You made me feel
Less and
Less of a…

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to
Desire me, desire me

Years dragged on dark
Too painful to recall
Blin-ded by-ai
Your Pretty-Boy-Ploys

I served you well
Instead it was hell
I picked up your clothes
I scrubbed up the floor

And you never cared
Dared to see
How I was
Witherin’ slowly

Di-sin-te-grating
No longer myself
You made me feel
Less and
Less and
Less of a…

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to
Desire me, desire me

(Eh-Eh Ah-Ah
Wo-Oh Oh Oh...Oh
Yeah-Ee-Yeah-Ee
Yeah-Ee-Yeah-Eh)

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to
Desire me, desire me

Take it away my rockin’ rollers
Cuz’ this girl needs to sing her heart out

Thrash it, smash it, hit me hard
I’m contemplating leaving ya
Thrash it, smash it, hit me hard
I just wanna feel good again
Cuz’ I’m so done

Oh listen up real good
You are so wicked
You're too
Damn, damn wicked
Wicked you are

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your chosen one
You never dared to
Desire me, desire me

Why can’t you, can’t you see
I was your Baby Doll
You never really
Wanted me
Wanted me

Rekha and Echo Garage - Wicked

Virgo/Taurus/Taurus
É nóis que faz o ambiente ficar gostosinho.

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