Smoke&Chill

Attica

A collection of high production value alternative pop tracks from various Soundcloud artists for your enjoyment.

This playlist will naturally be populated further.

Mood Cake (high grade)

simply beautiful

Feb Friends

How Life

Favourites

I really hope you like my music! I would love to hear what you have to say about every song ♥

Thank you, to whoever listens to my music, I love you and appreciate you so much.♥

Mera

My Music

a celebration of being a woman.... a sister.... a friend....


"Sister" is the 5th of 13 or so songs from my debut solo album, Year Zero.

"Sister" will also be available on all other digital platforms to download and/or stream... iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Deezer, GooglePlay, AppleMusic, TikTok, YouTube etc etc etc...

AVAILABLE TO BUY here:  https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/track/sister


(c)(p) written & performed by Miaow McDonald


Miaow McDonald only plays Fender Guitars.


lyrics:

hey... my sister
won't you come to me
we can walk on the wet sand
and cry in the sea
hey... my sister
won't you come to me
i'll brush your hair
until you fall asleep.......

hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
we can sing in the kitchen
and howl at the moon
hey... my sister
i'll be home soon
and we'll dance in the forest
and sleep until noon...

and sleep until noon...


released March 12, 2021

credits:

Engineered/co-produced by Robert Davidson, the 'Aged Choir Boy'.

Miaow McDonald: Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Synths, Tambourine Tickles & Scratches

Additional Musicians:

Robert Davidson: Drums, Additional Bass

all rights reserved

Sister

The 7th EP of "past is the verse"

-Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/61WDY5gOzzhD7VRlNXKy4u

-Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/album/calm-calm/1560415883

-Amazon Music
https://music.amazon.co.jp/albums/B09173RCC7

-bandcamp
https://pastverse.bandcamp.com/track/calm-calm

Calm Calm

Download

Once again a somewhat experimental song with a touch of the Orient. A mix of digital and analog sounds, matching the beautiful lyric and vocals of Cecilia. Let's dive into hypnotic oriental sounds.

Open collab by @specialececilia 
Open collab site: https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/

Original Version: https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/aca-could-be-so-wonderfull

Lyrics & Vocals: Special Cecilia  
Music & Arrangement: OMCB

Cover Picture: Image by pixabay.com/users/johnhain-352999/


Lyrics
        
How Wonderful is the Nature & all the living creatures
such Beautiful landscapes, arts & architectures
There is Treasures all over the Earth
and
Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful
But so many act as a fool

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why

Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful
But so many act as a fool

Heart they don't Love, Soul they don't Feel

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why

Some people seems so heartless
they think they are the best
just look their own interest
don't care about the rest

Oh Why oh Why I don't know why.....

Life could be so Beautiful
Life could be so Wonderful

Could Be So Wonderful - Special Cecilia & OMCB

In Passing

PROD. MILA MOON♥

Lyric Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDJOMCEBLC0

Mera Khai - Moroccan Goddess

https://open.spotify.com/track/7sA9Yr7Idm86MYIn5ygaVJ?si=df77fd1007ac4907
Сквозь леса сквозь поля
Мы идем в сокола
Где же ты где же я?
А в ответ тишина   

Где же ты где же я?
А в ответ тишина    

Сквозь леса сквозь поля
Мы идем в сокола
Где же ты где же я?
А в ответ тишина    

Где же ты где же я?
А в ответ тишина

Dolbania - Тишина

I cant last another minute
or do another day
but its already been so many years

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First track with the DX7, used sampled drums for a change too.
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Collapse tapes arrived yesterday I have hand stamped them all  + began creating the booklets  - Each tape + booklet is unique + numbered.

Ruin

Brood

I wrote this song after an in-depth conversation with my mother who spent years searching for her mother.  It's in 7/8; perhaps reflecting the irregularity of relationships.

Bouzouki, harp, bass and drum programming, mixed and premastered by Dónal Lunny
Mastered by Ivan O'Shea
Editing/Vocals/BV/guitar/photo of my mum by SuZanne

(Because you asked Jeff.  When my Ma met her mother she commented on the colour of her eyes and said, "They're brilliant blue..." and it's the way she said it and looked that stuck in my mind)

Brilliant Blue
Her eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
I take after my father, they say he was a farmer
My mother's at the window as I say goodbye
I've only just met her, she is 84 0r 85

Refrain: Brilliant blue eyes, greet my brown
I've waited all my life, for this

2lb 4oz wrapped in cotton wool, placed in a cardboard shoebox
given to nuns in Bloom Street
Manchester in 1940, I was one of many a child and mother
sent from Catholic Ireland

Refrain      Lahlahlahs

Sixty-two years since we met, mother
I just wanted to see you one time, if you want me too
Your eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
as I leave the white-haired woman
It was dead of winter I was found

Lahlahlahs   Refrain

Brillinat Blue Master         

Brilliant Blue feat: Dónal Lunny

Back Thigh Cut

(Written by Terry Reeves, 2018)
Terry Reeves:  Lead Vocal
Gary Reeves:  Occasional Chorus Vocals
Hans Albers:  All instruments, Arrangement & Production

Cover art picture is of Mum & Brian, taken in 1949.

My Mum requested that, at her funeral(today, 16 January 2022, being the third anniversary), our sisterJayne and her children made arrangements to cover her coffin in pink roses as a sign to everybody that we should celebrate her life and not mourn her death.  They found a casket with a pink rose design too, which would have pleased her even more.  She wanted to be remembered for the good times she had with her family and many close friends.  Mum enjoyed parties and celebrations a great deal.

In writing the song, I wanted to represent all the important parts of Mum's life to help us to remember what an incredibly generous person she was,  always there to help those who needed some extra love and attention.  We grew up in a house that was somewhere our friends and neighbours could always turn to if they needed help. Throughout our lives it wasn't at all unusual to wake up in the morning to find someone who needed refuge asleep on the sofa.  Neighbours' children would join us for meals on a regular basis and Mum made sure there was always plenty to go round..

At the funeral itself, as the chorus explains, I felt so uncomfortably exposed, standing at the front with all eyes seemingly looking at me, gauging every reaction. I think Jayne and Gal felt much the same if truth be told.  Even with my wife and children there to support me, it was one of those moments in life I don't think any of us ever really wants to face. 

We will certainly never forget our wonderful Mum and all the things she did for us.  She always made special times just a bit more special, going that extra mile so that the memories would last a lifetime.

I felt it was particularly important to write this song for my sister, who was the main carer for my Mum in the latter years of her life and dealt with all the difficulties with so much love, care and strength.  This song is for you Jayne, with all our love. 

As always, we give our heartfelt thanks to Hans for producing an arrangement so in keeping with the spirit of the song and the occasion it marks.
Thank you everyone for all your support.  (Terry Reeves)

One thousand pink Roses to light the flame
One thousand reasons making you live again
One thousand regrets as we all stand still 
One thought of sadness makes this moment so real.

I don’t wanna be here for all to see   X2

Five hundred stories to make you live again
Five hundred dresses in a beautiful frame
Five hundred presents for your many friends
One single moment, our love will never end

I don’t wanna be here for all to see. X2

One hundred whispers hiding words of truth
One hundred wishes turning magic loose 
One hundred kisses for children who sing
Only one person could make hearts ring

I don't wanna be here for all to see.     X4

Only one mother helps grow with a laugh
Only one mother puts smiles in every photograph
Only one mother gives when others take
Our family love you never stopped trying to make 

I will always be here for you and me
I will always be here for you and me...
I will always be
Here for you

ONE THOUSAND PINK ROSES (FOR MUM) - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

“It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
― Aisha Mirza (Author)

“When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.”
― Rev. Donna Mulvey

A sister song to "I had a fight", told from the point of view of the partner of the alcoholic in that song.
Many thanks to Patricia Fortuny for that idea - I love you! I hope I've done justice to the subject matter and to all women who have found themselves in an abusive relationship.

lyrics
He hasn’t hit me yet
But I’m ready for the blow
Though if he does, I’ve nowhere to run, nowhere to go
He hasn’t hit me yet

I knew he was a wild one
Right from the very start
A boozer and a ladies' man
Yet, somehow I lost my heart
I thought he’d settle down
And learn to drink a little less
But I was just trying to fool myself
I see that now, I must confess

At least he hasn’t hit me yet …

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

The owner’s outside, he’s waiting for the rent
How can I tell him it’s already been spent?
And when himself comes home, staggering from the booze
I complain about the money; he tells me it’s his to lose
Oh oh oh oh
But he hasn’t hit me yet

He hasn’t hit me yet
And perhaps he never will
But in his drunken rage he seeks to blame
It’s the fear that haunts me still
So much unexpressed!
I’m sick from all the lying and the hiding
People wond’ring if I have been crying
And at night I … cannot rest

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
No, no, no, no! No hidden bruises on my skin
It’s true some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

… my bruises lie within
… the bruises lie within
… they lie within

Gotta get away, gotta get away x3
Gotta get away … there must be a way

credits
from Stranger in your own land, released December 30, 2020
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers
Guitars, piano, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Cover designs: Loretta Sellers Fortuny
Track cover photo: Image by Layers from Pixabay

Stranger in your own land

Bruises Lie Within

Buy on Bandcamp

Bruises Lie Within 5 Stars/Commended rating in the UK Songwriting Contest, 2021

Many people have a battle with mental health. This song is about that struggle. To keep ourselves together.

Lyrics:

For miles and miles and miles
We saw our lives in piles
History as our mirror
Face ourselves in fear

The sand for miles and miles
Surrounds our cries 
Ohhh!
Fallen ones
They tried hard
Now they lie down
Hardened souls
Who fought hard
Didn’t turn them against the cause

Waves of thoughts come
Into our head
Attacking our resolve
This fight to dissolve apathy
All our willpower
Needed for the march ahead 
To face the enemy within

One and two and three and four
March across the broken glass
Five and six and seven, eight
Heading for the lemming fate
(There’s got to be another voice, 
a voice that brings another choice. 
Hold on, watch your step, 
Marching to a different world of hope. Hope. Hope. Hope.)

Ohhhh!

Imagine we had all won,
Imagine we were all one.
One.

The Enemy Within

Text and Cover Art by Anam Hermit
https://soundcloud.com/anamhermit

Krampus - The Italian Job

Music by robin 
vocals are a poem by Kyli Santiago

before

Let Love Rule

Matt James - Everytime U Come Around (Prod By The Italian Job )

Introduction in English:

Last summer I went wandering in the Black Forest with my oldest friend. After a long day of walking, we stopped at a rather musty inn.   
We were chewing on the overcooked pasta casserole when suddenly the door opened and a young lady entered the inn. With her noble and elegant-delicate appearance she did not fit at all to the stuffy environment.
She sat down together with her family, who hermetically sealed her off, at the next table.
My friend and I immediately had the same association of a "sad beauty". On the outside, she seemed to hold herself together like an extremely well-formed porcelain figure. In her being, however, she seemed deeply lonely, isolated, and almost broken to us.  
For a very brief moment, our eyes met. And in this millisecond-eye gaze into her soul, this chanson was born.  
Since this young woman would have fit more into the Versailles chateau culture of the late 18th century, I sing this chanson in a frail French.

Lyrics in English (for those who don't speak French)

Sad Beauty

You sit there, upright, as if oiled
The hair tamed, strictly gelled

Behind the glazed look,
A shadow falls back
On misfortune

Your face marbled,
Brightly made up, highly decorated
like a disused fairy tale lake
like a nestless animal

You fall - unnoticed
A broken porcelain work of art
An art vase with a deep crack in the bottom

Sad Beauty, Sad Beauty, so sad

Your little daughter sits to your left
Wants your answer, but you are silenced

Your mother feeling is completely drained

Your parents look at you
They can't reach you anymore
Your sister is shaking at your garden gate
Even from your beloved ones you are cut off

You fall - unnoticed
A broken porcelain work of art
An art vase with a deep crack in the bottom
Sad beauty, sad beauty, so sad

Sad Beauty

You can stream this song on the platform you choose here: https://smarturl.it/naomms

Mera Khai - not afraid of my mental state (chapter 4: breaking free)

VIDEO: youtu.be/JyBV8GWyKkQ

THE CASE BLEEDS

MY STYLE IS ROUGH PUT MY FEET ON THE TABLE
WRITING HURTS LIKE CIRCUMCISING THE SOUL
I FALL DOWN THE STAIRS YES I KNOW I CAN'T SING
YES, BUT I DO IT JUST THE SAME 
EVEN IF I'M NOT "FRAGOLA"

I GAVE THE EYE ITS SHARE BUT I KEPT THE REST
I WANTED TO BE A SINGER-SONGWRITER BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

AND WE ARE ALL "MINA"
PERFECT FOR THIS SHOWCASE 
WITH THE WHITE SMILE ON THE COVER
I AM A DEAD MAN WALKING
THE APOCALYPSE RHYMED
I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW COMPROMISE

I'M SORRY MAMA I KNOW
I HURT YOU SO BAD
I'M SORRY MAMA I KNOW
JUST DON'T YELL AT ME,
I'M VULGAR, I CAN'T SEE MYSELF WORKING.
I'M TOO PARANOID.
BUT DON'T PROVOKE ME...
I'M SORRY. YES, I KNOW.
I MADE YOU DESPERATE
I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT.
IT'S NOT FOR ME TO STUDY.
YOU'VE BEEN SICK. I NEVER COME TO SEE YOU. 
WITH THE EXCUSE THAT I'M BUSY.
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING MAD ABOUT?
 STRONZA
I'LL VISIT YOU ON THE GRAVE
OVER MY DAVIDSON THAT ROARS 
SIX PACK UNDER MY LONDON GREY SUIT
ABOVE YOUR TOMBSTONE I'LL FUCK SOME BLONDES

I GAVE THE EYE ITS PART BUT I KEPT THE REST
I WANTED TO BE A SINGER-SONGWRITER BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

AND THEY ARE ALL "MINA"
PERFECT FOR THIS SHOWCASE 
WITH THE WHITE SMILE ON THE COVER
I AM A DEAD MAN WALKING
THE APOCALYPSE PUT IN RHYME


TO THE EYE I GAVE ITS PART BUT I KEPT THE REST
I WANTED TO BE A SINGER-SONGWRITER BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

AND THEY'RE NOT ALL "MINA"
PERFECT FOR THIS SHOWCASE 
WITH THE WHITE SMILE ON THE COVER
I AM A DEAD MAN WALKING
THE APOCALYPSE RHYMED
I BEG YOUR PARDON BUT I DON'T GIVE IN TO COMPROMISE

Anam Hermit

Anam Hermit - La Cassa Sanguina (Prod. The Italian Job)

I would never consider myself to be worthy of these Legends . 
I like to dream. R.I.P to them all I mentioned in my writing . And to the so many more I didn’t mention and the nobody’s like me but habe passed that we will never know their names . 
Thank you - 
Matt James

Matt James - Chester’s Chest (Prod The Italian Job)

ELOP - Let Death Show Its Face (Prod.by The Italian Job)

"Du weißt nicht was Du hast, bevor Du es verloren hast."
Thank you "CallmeDezz" for your fantastic vocal - interpretation on this!

A 20230711 Tom Laukemper Music Release

"Waiting For Forever"

Future Scourge! & CallmeDezz - "Waiting For Forever"

Warm Nights

7 songs in 7 days, one EP total creativity.
Songs from 2010, remastered never earlier released.

Here Comes The Beast

Toast To Our Learnings

16-bit remixes.

seventh in an eight-part series of remixes of tracks from björk’s biophilia album.

buy links : 
http://bit.ly/bjorkstore 
http://bit.ly/oli_shop

björk : hollow (16-bit remix)

björk : mutual core (16-bit remix)

Another glimpse at this self titled concept..

We Are Constellations

Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/NuBq6CThgAk 

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAoMCsMxfqU&list=PL3o0rP6r6MT2xzCemMl60Ngv7c6tH0VJ3&index=6

To stream Broken Love: https://smarturl.it/BrokenLoveSingle

Mera Khai - Broken Love

♥ hope you love it, and share it♥ thank you ^^♥

Mera Khai - Messy Soul (Demo) (Prod. By Cons)

Instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4np0cRm9gpU

To stream She Fights: https://smarturl.it/SheFights

The Lyric Video is out! Go watch it and tell me if you liked it in the comments ^^ www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpokW8BJzXc

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjF1OOOHbak&list=PL3o0rP6r6MT2xzCemMl60Ngv7c6tH0VJ3&index=2&t=0s

Mera Khai - She Fights

Remind and Show your special someone how much you love and care for them. 

Please Don't Forget

[C H I L L - F I - M U S I C]   My One - Moss

Sweet Medicine - Sunday Breezin' - Track 02 - Feelin'
w/ mell-ø

Sweet Medicine w/ mell-ø - Feelin'

The creature was dropped into what can only be described as an oversized glass jar. As it awoke, it dragged itself to the sides, feeling the cold glass against its unconventional skin. Images mixed with yellow light from the laboratory were blurred and distorted through the curved edges. The creature raised a shaking claw and gently tapped it against the glass...

Looking Through A Glass Jar

Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPHXKCt8ikM&ab_channel=AileenMeraki 💜✨

Music Video: https://youtu.be/0nFEYEHiQ6k 💜✨

Mera Khai - Toxic Man

RY X (AUS) released his Berlin EP on Dumont Dumont August 28 2013 as 12" vinyl and full digital release.

Berlin EP on 
iTunes http://www.smarturl.it/rbilib
Spotify http://open.spotify.com/album/2d90pcby1VFHjXUGYJNBJc

Tickets: http://www.songkick.com/artists/6888059-ry-x

RY X: http://ry-x.com

TRACKLIST
1. Berlin
2. Shortline
3. Vampires
4. Wanderlust

"an absolute masterpiece of a track from start to finish. It’s honestly one of the most cleanly gorgeous songs I’ve heard in a very long time"
- I Guess I'm Floating (US)

"intelligent and intuitive beyond anything we’ve heard done in acoustic circles for a long while" 
- The Line of Best Fit (UK)

"his upcoming release is stunning"
- Pigeons and Planes (US)

"We at Rough Trade shops predict a big future for this special talent" 
- Rough Trade (UK)

“Want to listen to something quite beautiful?  Well you should get a load of RY X and the track
‘Berlin’ which will ripple across you like a hybrid Bon Iver & Matt Corby track.  It’s not just good.
It’s exquisite audio silk. Get it into your ears now.”
-Your Music Radar (Australia)

“Velvety smooth, velvet arpeggio, RY X reinvents itself in intimate folk pop harmonies.”
-Pause Musicale (France)

“something really special.”
-Not Many Experts (UK)

Official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFXN20bpWtY

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/ryxmusic
https://www.facebook.com/RYXmusic
https://twitter.com/RYX_RYX
http://www.facebook.com/dumontdumontmusic

The Berlin EP on 12" vinyl is sold out

https://linktr.ee/DumontDumont

This release is now fully licensed to Loma Vista Recordings for North America and Infectious/BMG for the rest of the world.

Thank you for all the love and support!

RY X - Berlin

SKIP&DIE - "Anti-Capitalista (Bomba Estéreo turbinaremix by Símon Mejía)"

If you feel like you go slower in life then try this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkWBDAvL_3o&ab_channel=MeraKhai