What a calm an tender composition, Michel, a very unique, rainy atmosphere!

Yes definitely some blues in there, with a little melancholy. You have such a wonderful soft touch on the keys...

this is great I can just sit in it. I feel like I'm in good hands

... !!! ce touché magnifique et feutré est juste ... magnifique ;) et feutré...

Magnifique atmosphere, douce et grandiose a la fois. L’interaction de la basse et des accords de piano me rappelle un peu le dernier (sublime) album de Mark Hollis :)

Great introduction of the piano! I love all the background sound  like a great Choral!!

Entre quiétude et mélancolie, une très belle réalisation, bravo Michel !

Peaceful, yes, but with a touch of sadness.

Gran pieza de piano. Bonita cadencia e interpretación. Gran trabajo Michael!

Je suis en train de revisiter cette page, pleine de merveilles delicates et éthérées... j’aime tout mais pour le moment, ce passage de piano a peut etre ma préférence :)

Lettre De Loin (letter from far away)

Dick sent me this great instrumental long ago, full of details and different sections. I was too busy then, now I've enjoyed working on it at last !!

https://soundcloud.com/oorlab: composition, drums, bass, synths, guitars... all before 0:20 and most after that.
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions: lyrics, vocals, lead guitar, pocket sax, and 40 years old school flute.

Letra  / Translated Lyrics:

(Coro:  /  Choir)
De coger café yo vengo  /  From collecting coffee I come
A coger café voy  /  To collect coffee I go

(Solista:  /  Lead:)
Quisiera ver lo que no vi,  /  I’d like to see what I didn’t see,
quisiera ir donde no fui,  /  I’d like to go where I didn’t go,
quisiera hacer lo que nunca hice…  /  I’d like to do what I never did…
… pero veo lo que no se ve,  /  … but I can see what cannot be seen,
voy donde nadie nunca fue,  /  I go where no one ever went,
y hago lo que no hace usted. /  and I do what you don’t do.

Picture by Carlos Duque Rangel: "Recolectores de café"
https://www.artelista.com/obra/2345713654034411-recolectores-de-cafe.html

De Coger Café (with Oorlab)

Without patience without time
Can't sustain this can't unwind
One last time for old withdrawal 
Lash the mast it’s curtain call

How do I change?

Curse the failure curse the past
Curse the dirt that holds you back
It clings on tight the more you run
You are now your father’s son

How do I change?

Build my bridge of steal and stone
Childproof matches impulse prone
Antifreeze in something sweet
Pass the night in blissful sleep

How do I change?

How Do I Change?

I had this one in a drawer, resting for quite a long time. So from time to time I went back to this little piece, listened and made what I thought were improvements, listened again, made more non/improvements, and again and again ...
There are harmonies related to some Scandinavian Folk Music.
The rain have nothing to do with the weather conditions up there. Rain brings me peace, if I near rain in the morning then I want to stay in bed .....specially on Mondays 😎

Thanks to  JAN-WILLEM for his picture https://unsplash.com/@janfillem

Scandinavian "Monday Blues" or whatever it is supposed to be

From my first days on Soundcloud I've admired and enjoyed the music of The Turtle Project,so I'm over the moon to present this collaboration.

You can find his music here.
https://soundcloud.com/turtle-project/tracks

Words and vocals by The Turtle Project.
Music by Davy Vance.


Dry your eyes my dear
Take the stone out of my shoe
Neutralise my fear
Let me focus in on you
Take your time my dear
There ain't no sense in rushing through
This open fire my dear

Rest your head right here with me
Look up at the sky with me
You only see what you want to see
And feel what you want to feel
Open up your mind with me
Discard the realms of time with me
Learn to see the signs and we'll
Discover what is real

Mop my brow my dear
Pull the thorn out of my side
The time is now my dear
I've got nothing more to hide
Take your time my dear
There ain't no sense in rushing by
This open fire my dear

Rest your head right here with me
Look up at the sky with me
You only see what you want to see
And feel what you want to feel
Open up your mind with me
Discard the realms of time with me
Learn to see the signs and we'll
Discover what is real

The time is now my dear

Rest Your Head - The Turtle Project collab

I've always loved Leave No Man Behind by Hans Zimmer from his score for the film Black Hawk Down.  Whenever I listened to it, it was just calling out for some pipes to be added.

Its a shame that such a beautiful piece of music is associated with a war film, I'm a pacifist myself, but the idea of leaving no one behind is something that I can fully support.  

This is my little arrangement of the piece.

Written by Hans Zimmer
Performed and Arranged by Philleann

Leave No Man Behind (from "Black Hawk Down")

Leave No Man Behind (from Black Hawk Down)

Another world

Another World

Energetic – That's how I Feel
Electric Chains Drive my Spinnin' Wheels
Energetic – I'm Feelin' Just Right
Energetic – Now Turn-On your Light!

Move Yourself Against the Wind
But Don't get Blown Away
You've been Searching for so Long
But you Don't Know what to Say!

Move Yourself Into that Space
Where Generosity Never Ends
Like a Fountain Lifts your Face
Where the Sorrow starts to Bend!

Don't Ever Ask
Why am I Here
You're Vital to Us
When Our Path's Unclear                         x2
I Need Your Love, Spirit, and Fire!
Spread Astral Wings
My Pen You Inspire!

Move Yourself Against the Wind – but Don't get Blown Away
You've been Searching for so Long, but You Don't Know what to say

Energetic – That's how I Feel !
Electric Chains Drive my Spinnin' Wheels
Energetic – I'm Feelin' Just Right
Energetic – Now Turn-On your Light !!!

Energetic

“Trace” drifts like a memory that lingers just beneath the surface — delicate piano lines blending intimacy with a quiet cinematic depth. Inspired by the stillness of night and the quiet marks we leave behind, this piece is for moments of reflection and gentle focus.

Trace

I love autumn

Unsettled Minds is a sweeping collection of orchestral adaptations that transform Beethoven’s Appassionata themes and beyond into symphonic meditations for restless souls. Each movement embraces turbulence and tenderness: brooding strings hover on the edge of silence, woodwinds whisper with searching fragility, and brass resound with fateful grandeur. Expanding Beethoven’s architecture into Rachmaninoff-like romantic musings of lush textures and cinematic dramas that capture the beauty and unease of an unsettled mind — where moments of stillness are broken by storms of emotion, and melodies carry both torment and transcendence. 

Performed in the imagined voice of Europe’s greatest orchestras, this album is an invitation into a dream state where longing, unrest, and fragile nobility collide.

Scandinavian "Monday Blues" or whatever it is supposed to be

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