Name: Stronghold Storm Theme by Max Pekarsky
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Description: Demo track put together in Logic, with lots of Hans Zimmer inspiration. Used mainly instruments from EWQL Gold.

Demo track put together in Logic, with lots of Hans Zimmer inspiration. Used mainly instruments from EWQL Gold.

Stronghold Storm Theme

We Still Smile

Mixed at Green Room Studios, Ontario, NY

We still smile
When I see you once in a while
But it’s so hard to shake
All these failed first dates
But I hold on

I’ve strutted and walked
Over meaningless thoughts
But I think of before
When it all seemed so sure
And I hold on

There’s a soft, soft, spot
Where your dart pierced my heart
And I feel so confused
Tired, worn out and used
But I hold on

I’ll feel down
From the world that drowns
See I’ve been left to fate
And the greatest escape
Is to hold on

I waste my time
Every moment I try
But not even the stars
Have your heavenly charms
And I hold on

Despite my heart
I should break apart
But I felt so awake
With your breath on my face
So I hold on


We Still Smile (Radio Edit)

[intro]

Across the wilderness
beyond the sea
we seek adventure,
and opportunity
The stars will guide us
wherever we may roam
So pack your courage,
let it take you far from home

[chorus]
And lose yourself in wanderlust
and cast your compass North
there's danger out beyond the dust
where we are setting forth
We ride for lands uncharted,
to where no one else has gone
If home is where your heart is,
home is out there - the expedition's on

[brass duet]

Through rain and thunder,
against the wind,
I'll have your back whenever
peril has you pinned
The wild's waiting
for us to chart a course
And we will take the world
by fearlessness and force

[chorus]
So lose yourself in wanderlust
and cast your compass North
there's danger out beyond the dust
where we are setting forth
We ride for lands uncharted,
to where no one else has gone
If home is where your heart is,
home is out there - the expedition's on

[bridge]
The world is ours for the taking
The world is ours for the taking

[chorus]
So lose yourself in wanderlust
and cast your compass North
there's danger out beyond the dust
where we are setting forth
We ride for lands uncharted,
to where no one else has gone
If home is where your heart is,
home is out there - the expedition's on

[brass duet]
[outro]

Expedition

[intro]

take the late train far away from home
filled with people feeling all alone
he pays the fare, he's going nowhere
and he'll get there on his own

he leans his head against the dirty glass
sees the trees and streets and people pass
leave the station, in resignation
no destination, but he'll get there fast

[bridge]

she packs her baggage, leaves it all behind
finds a train departing overtime
and soon the city's gone, she's got her headphones on
projects a calm, pretending that she's fine

out the window, she can see the tracks
parallel forever, front and back
they're cutting through, the perfect view
of green and blue, until it fades to black

[bridge]

across the platform, there's a passing train
paused a moment in the pouring rain
and for a time, their eyes align
and in the shining light, it's all okay

he sees perfection in her pretty face
she looks at him, her heart begins to race
they share a smile, but in a while
they're making miles to another place

[outro]

Train

Our remix of The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble's "Pretend" feat. Emika. We like to think of it as a foray into techno :)

The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble - Pretend (Soul Clap Remix)

"Normally I know that high expectations kill the vibe, so I always try to walk my way open minded and don’t expect anything special from the future, but this time I couldn’t help it. When the Robot told me that she wanted me to play the sunrise set and that we will be connected with the Mayan Warrior soundsystem, I could feel it already in Berlin a full three weeks before… Then when I finally took the bus over to Robot Heart it was even better than in my craziest expectations. This gig was by far the most emotional gig I have ever played. All I can say is thank you, I am even more happy now to be born on this weird planet which can be really beautiful sometimes, when you give it  chance to be free. Thank you you for dancing with me and giving me so much Love. So here is my try to give something back.

(This set includes only sounds, samples, synths, basses, pianos, vocals and lyrics which are created, recorded and arranged by Jan Blomqvist, Felix Lehman & Ryan Mathiesen. Except the vocals at Dancing People are never wrong and one tiny vocal sample in the last track, you'll recognize it)"

- Jan

Track list:

Drift | Empty Floor | Black Hole Nights | Something Says I Don’t Think About You | Dark Noise |Back In The Taxi | Dancing People Are Never Wrong | More | Unreleased Last Track

www.facebook.com/blomqvist.music
www.soundcloud.com/janblomqvist

Photo: Seth Bunting

Art piece: Awakening

www.facebook.com/AwakeningBurningMan2016

The human body is the most highly engineered object in existence, a machine of uncountable parts and unfathomable function. Its workings have served as inspiration for all of humanity's greatest inventions. This work is an homage to the two most amazing mechanisms in that machine: the human eye and hand. The head is a 16 foot camera obscura demonstrating the ray optics principals underlying the spherical lensed eye humans posses and the hands are actuated mimicking the tendons and bones of the body. Together they represent what separates life from the rest of the universe, the ability to observe the world around us and manifest change in that world. 

Jan Blomqvist (Live) - Robot Heart x Mayan Warrior - Burning Man 2016

Stream/buy: https://emmajensen.lnk.to/Closer


❤ on Hypem: http://smarturl.it/closerhypem

Closer - Emma Jensen

a song I've made for the last Orikami compilation " Orikami & Friends "

digital / vinyl here

departure

David Foster Wallace's iconic 2005 Kenyon College graduation address. Context and transcript here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/12/this-is-water-david-foster-wallace/

Part 1 here: http://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water-1

David Foster Wallace: "This Is Water" (part 2)

Max Pekarskiy is the composer behind MPStudios Media Scoring and the co-founder of Explorchestra: The Composers' Orchestra. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Max writes in diverse styles to support media and film projects across genres.

Stronghold Storm Theme

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