pretty cool! Came from reddit psot. I'm beginning to wonder if some more apathy might not be good, here we got a lot of people with very strong, very dumb opinions. which is the lesser of two evils? 🤷‍♂️

P E R I C O P E S
The Double Side
Vol. I LIGHTS

Alessandro Sgobbio, piano
Emiliano Vernizzi, sax

2012 © RAM Records
www.pericopes.it

La Rentrée

Simple Minds is a hard-hitting alt-rock protest song calling out complacent apathy in a society flooded with fake news, as the planet slips into chaos. 
The track opens with a collage of newspeak that fades into basso ostinato, percussion, poignant synth guitars and intimate vocals. Long reverbs, heavy guitars, industrial drums and unsettling discordancy mirror the shift in tone, before an instrumental interlude with wide panning and melodic keys moves the song into a funky slap bass jam finale.

LYRICS:
Simple Minds
have simple desires.
Simple Minds 
are easily washed and dried.
Simple Minds
don’t question their guidelines.
Simple minds 
have a chance
but change nothing.

What is the way?
Who knows it?
Who dares?
Who cares?

Great cities are breathing smog
and drinking poisonous water.
They eat money
and have bad dreams.
Little villages
have nothing
and dream about a pair
of travelling shoes.
To move away 
from where they stand
closer to the highway,
to sell pies and hooks 
for the simple fish. 

Fish-eyes are surprised.
They stare at the moon.
From an icy bath of glass –
their last hotel
before the hell
of the frying pan.

Simple Minds
sip mugs of cheap tea
with a sweetener
of absentmindedness.
They gaze into lightboxes
full of mesmerising movement
and listen to
the vibrations of deceit.
They listen to
the vibrations of deceit.
Oh yeah!
They listen to
the vibrations of deceit.

CREDITS:
Dmitry Ermakov: composition, lyrics, recording, keyboards, vocals, synth bass & synth guitars, drum programming, anthropophony, producing, mixing, cover art.
Koos van der Velde: recording, drums, percussion.
Recorded in North Pennines, UK & Friesland, Netherlands.
Mixed in UK.
Mastered by Chris Longwood @ SugarHill Recording Studios, Houston, TX, USA. 
Cover art by Dmitry Ermakov.
© Dmitry Ermakov, 2022.
℗ Dmitry Ermakov, 2022.
UPC: 5057998095391
ISRC: UK-682-22-13254
CAT N.: MQN014

Simple Minds

DILEMMA, a new Single by MetaQuorum from the Mini Album SKETCHBOOK (forthcoming in March 2024) is a short track in MetaQuorum’s hallmark Meld style. Composed and arranged by Dmitry Ermakov in the band’s signature structural fusion technique, it starts with a taut Neo-baroque/Prog interlude which unexpectedly yet seamlessly flows into a chill Funk cadence thus harmoniously resolving the dilemma of a seemingly unsolvable musical equation.
Genres (iTunes): Main Genre: Instrumental, Main SubGenre: Neo-baroque Funk Rock Fusion; Alternate Genre: Rock, Main SubGenre: Progressive

TIME: 3:34
Written & arranged by Dmitry Ermakov.
Keyboards & synths by Dmitry Ermakov.
Drums by Koos van der Velde.
Recorded by Dmitry Ermakov & Koos van der Velde in UK and Friesland.
Produced, mixed & mastered by Dmitry Ermakov.
Cover art by Dmitry Ermakov.
© & ℗ Dmitry Ermakov, 2024.
UPC: 5056052738502
ISRC: UK6822401801
CAT N.: MQN015
Release date: 05/02/2024

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Cover played by Kynot Rock, original by Pink Floyd.

KYNOT ROCK BAND from Braga - Portugal

Kynot Rock plays the great classics of Rock. Take a trip back in time leading the audience To relive the successes of his generation with Scrambled Rocks and eternal ballads. Our interaction with the audience, leads people to sing and participate during the concert. Our repertoire is consisting of custom covers and some original songs. We bet on the musical quality with professional musicians. Bet on this band and your event will have a great concert.

Kynot Rock toca os grandes clássicos do Rock. Faz uma viagem no tempo levando o público a reviver os êxitos da sua geração com Rocks mexidos e baladas eternas. A sua interacção com o público, leva as pessoas a cantar e participar durante o concerto.O seu repertório é constituido por covers personalizados e alguns originais. Apostamos na qualidade musical com músicos profissionais. Aposte nesta banda e o seu evento terá um concerto memorável.

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The search for sound, the Absolute Sound, the sound that is connected with the outside world and the Beginningless is an idea that excited both the European musical alchemists, and the wise men and philosophers of the East. It is a quest, which in itself is the answer, and in the title of the album “The Unfound Sound” suggests no frustration or sadness. Together with the wonderful composers who have turned to the marimba palette, we are looking for this sound in different styles: popular music, instrumental theater alongside with a salutation and a low bow to the traditional Indian ragas, romantic minimalism, and imaginary folklore. I hope that our musical adventures are just beginning. 

Piotr Glavatskikh
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Edited by: Alexander Mikhlin 
Mixed, mastered by: Alexander Mikhlin 
Special thanks to: Andrian Melnikov, Eugeny Manzyrev and “Artcentre.Moscow”

The Unfound Sound

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Established in 2014, MetaQuorum is a ground-breaking international music project of composer/keyboardist Dmitry Ermakov playing Meld, a fusion of Funk, Prog, Rock, Jazz, Electronica and more.
Core:
Dmitry Ermakov – score & arrangement, keyboards, key-bass, synth-brass, synth & percussion programming, vocals, sound-effects, lyrics, recording, producing, mixing, video editing, cover art.
Koos van der Velde – composition, drums, jembe, recording, producing, mixing.
Victor Mikheyev – composition, arrangement, bass, rhythm-guitar, percussion & synth programming, soundscape, recording, producing.

Featured Musicians:
Carol Ermakova – vocals.
Markus ‘Bluesharp’ Bossert Born – harmonica. 
Andrew Guerin – trumpet.
George Mikheyev – cello.
Christopher Longwood – mastering.

For full bio, including discography please visit: http://metaquorum.uk

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