Fall 2024

Michele Ansani

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Friendships☀️🕊️

*"Best of Friends"* is a collection of songs, each chosen by our artist friends as the most representative of their music. It's not meant to be exhaustive - we've surely forgotten a long list of friends, and we apologize for that! We're still waiting for some of them to send us their picks. If you’d like to suggest your songs, send us a message, and we’ll make it right. Enjoy the music!😊

Best of Friends

Songs and instrumental tracks inspired by history, mythology and literature

Colors

Recorded for the umpteenth and last time on 12 June 2024 in Milan, with Lorenzo Di Biasi (https://www.sartoria57studio.it/).
Previous draft here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/timelines
Picture is from Pietro Corrao.

P.S. Now there is also a song, written on this music by CAB (Bruno Cadillon; here: https://soundcloud.com/bruno-cadillon-847608847/comment-fais-tu-ca-michele-ansanicab and here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/comment-fais-tu-pierre

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2022).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, June 13.

Timelines

I have been working occasionally for years (at least since 2017) on this track, looking for a sound that could be acceptably evocative and hypnotic. Needless to continue at this point. I am unable to improve it with my skills. 

Heliopolis (Ηλιούπολις) was  an Ancient Egyptian city, the capital of a district of Lower Egypt in Pharaonic times (located north-east of Cairo, nothing remains of it today). It was of great importance in the religious life, due to the deities worshipped there: especially Ra, a solar deity who was later destinated to occupy a central position in various religions, including Roman. It is to this solar cult that the city owes its Greek name. 

Cover image: marble slab in relief with dedication to Sol Invictus. The relief depicts the Sun, the Moon and perhaps the bearded Jupiter Dolichenus.
National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2017-2024).
Female voice from free samples libraries.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, July 11.

Heliopolis *

First version here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/ulysses-and-the-sirens
For the final draft I employ the same audio file, just adding a bit of guitar, percussions and vocals.
Lyrics and sirens song courtesy of Mainstream Eurodance.
Cover picture: John William Waterhouse, "Ulysses and the Sirens" (1891), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Lyrics

Baby I loved you 
more than words can say 
I need you 
like fire needs a flame 
now I'm breaking I'm waiting 
to hear you say my name

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2017-2022-2024).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, August 5.

Ulysses and the Sirens (final draft) *

In this final version (here the draft: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/sunday-derby) I have the honour of adding the contribution of Manuel Pietra (take a listen to his tracks: https://soundcloud.com/mozartwolfy81), my friend and my daughter's piano teacher, in the first and in the last part of the piece.
For those (like me) born in the late 1950s and raised in Milan in the 1960s, Sunday of derby (AC Milan vs. FC Internazionale) was the most beautiful and most feared day of the year. The three sections of the piece correspond to three easily understood moments: before the match (Saturday night and Sunday morning); during the match (Sunday afternoon); after the match (Sunday evening and Sunday night). All imperfections (as usual) are mine.
As it's clear in the end of the second part of the piece, my team won the match that time (so many years ago ...). I'm sorry to say that Manuel is a fan of the other Milan team, the one that lost the game in the circumstance mentioned ...

Michele Ansani: piano, keyboards, guitars (and arrangement).
Manuel Pietra: piano.
Stadium effects from Pixabay

Cover picture: L. S. Lowry, 'Going to the match' (1953).

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Composed by Michele Ansani (part 2) and Manuel Pietra (part 1 and 3 not depending from part 2)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, September 2.

Sunday Derby (extended version) **

||| Lost in Translation |||
From the album White Noise 
+ Releases 15 October 2025 on all major streaming platforms +
An experimental soundtrack, combining dark ambience and noise with amped up synth bass and downtempo beats...


Available for download here 💿
https://scratchkelly.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-translation

Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGOb4uzAv90

White Noise

Lost In Translation

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Reminiscence of Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé war 1877.
Some words about the historical background can be found here:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chief-Joseph

The lyrics are in part an excerpt of the original words which Chief Joseph spoke to his followers of the Nez Percé, when they finally surrendered on October 5th, 1877.


In the shadows of our fears,
We’ve shed too many tears.
Now it’s time to break free,
From the chains of enmity.

From the battles we have faced,
We’ve learned the costs of hate.
But in forgiveness we’ll find strength
To go beyond this war at end.

What he told me before
I have in my heart. 
I am tired of fighting. 
Our chiefs are dying.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.
Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired.
My heart is sad and sick 
From where the sun now stands
I will fight no more forever.

The storm raged hard and broke our souls
The years of war did take their toll  
The face of yours turned into grey
No saving shores in any way 

What he told me before
I have in my heart. 
I am tired of fighting. 
Our chiefs are dying.
Maybe I shall find them among the dead.
Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired.
My heart is sad and sick.
From where the sun now stands 
I will fight no more forever.

Fight No More Forever

The initial melody could be famous, but I don't know who (where and when) composed it. It was the melody of the carillon (in the picture) that some friends gave to my daughter, who was just born. We sung (adding words) and played it for years, even and especially after the music box broke, not to forget it. 
The piece is dedicated to her, who is now 18. The melody of the music box is followed by some (very posed) arias representing the successive stages of her life, childhood and adolescence. The carillon's melody resumes at the end: because I am sure she still hears it, deep down, and that it accompanies her as life goes on.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2006-2024).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, September 10

My daughter's carillon (song for her 18th birthday) *

A few things to say.
1. Sorry, this song is a long one: more than seven minutes, too many to expect to have listeners desirous to get to the end of a small marathon. Moreover, it is slow (the first refrain only comes after three minutes or so) and sung in Italian (the English translation is available, but it is never the same thing).
2. The photo shows two actors: Bekim Fehmiu and Irene Papas, protagonists of a wonderful TV series (‘Odissea’) aired in 1968. A show that enriched my childhood and conditioned my imagination (and my reading) forever.
3. I have long wished to be able to write a song about that story within the story of Ulysses' wanderings: his return to Ithaca and his failure to be recognised by Penelope. I succeeded in 1994, then producing a few versions of it. I recorded this one a few years ago, the sound quality was not excellent but now I have taken it up again, singing it all over again and changing the arrangement a little. I hoped at least to recreate an atmosphere musically suited to the story evoked.
Female vocals courtesy of Sound Doctrine.

LYRICS 

he speaks softly from afar
and his voice is like a stray dog
like a boat you can barely see
like a moon on a swing
suspended on the edge of a sea wave
he holds his breath to follow his song

she sings and as she sings she has dozed off
he takes her hand and
whispers ‘welcome back into my life, welcome back’

she still sleeps and dreams of making love
with this morning shadow
of these colourless eyes 
came from an icy adventure
of days that smell clean
of all nights and all days
of spells, escapes, memories 
of days lost without desires

and if she will not listen to his words,
if evil will not slip from her heart
then who knows
where the wind will settle him
where he will lose himelf
where he will rest

[Penelope]
"Are you the night that burns
are you this sky that falls on me
are you this ship that arrives
are you this fire congealed inside me
... (You're all I need) ..."

she squints her eyes and moves slowly
as if to let the world to feel
all the weight of this abandonment
of this vanished illusion 
of her infinite sadness
sadness that perfume the nights and days
spent alone with this wound

but he is not only the thought of every morning
he is in the sand in the waves
that have always bounced on the shore
he is the cement of this house
is the receding fear
is the storm ever closer
he is this morning shadow
and she will listen to his words
and the sea will deposit him on her heart
and then who knows
maybe the wind will settle 
the circle will close
and she will recognise him

[Penelope]
"... (You're all I need) ...
are you the night that burns
are you this sky that still falls on me
are you this ship that arrives
are you this fire congealed inside me
are you my eyes you are my hands
are you my lips my skin of today and tomorrow
are you this peace that rises again
are you this home to recapture
this night to rest
... (You're all I need) ..."

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Lyrics and music by Michele Ansani (1994).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, September 15

Nostos (il ritorno di Ulisse) **

une nouvelle version de ce trip hop que j'avais composé en 2022
 PAROLES
Tu restes
 Comme une parole interrompue
 
 A des années lumières
 Comme un cœur en hiver

A des années lumières
 Rien n’efface ton ombre
 Dans l’oubli rien n’est sombre
 Du joli nom d’amante
Ni le thé à la menthe
 Ni les lèvres mi-closes
 Ni le vase ni la rose
Ni la beauté du chant
 Ni le désenchantement

C’est comme si c’était hier
 Hier
 A des années-lumière

A des années-lumière
 Comme un oiseau qui chante
 Le cœur dans la tourmente
 Et moi qui m’impatiente
 Comme si c’était hier
 Hier

A des années-lumière
 D’étoiles la poussière
 Dans les grands yeux gris-verts
 Des enfants de la terre

Et nos mains sur la table
 Jouent au marchand de sable

 Tu restes
 Comme une parole interrompue
Comme les voix qui se sont tues

Dans l’oubli rien ne sombre
 Dans les années-lumière
Rien n’efface ton ombre
 Pour un cœur en hiver
 C’est comme si c’était…
 Hier
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You stay
 Like an interrupted word

 Light years away
 Like an heart in winter

Light years away
 Nothing erases your shadow
 In oblivion nothing is dark
 The pretty name of a lover
Nor mint tea
 Nor half-closed lips
 Neither the vase nor the rose
Nor the beauty of singing
 Nor disenchantment

It's like it was yesterday
 Yesterday
 Light years away

Light years away
 Like a singing bird
 The heart in turmoil
 And I who get impatient
 As if it were yesterday
 Yesterday

Light years away
 From stars to dust
 In the big gray-green eyes
 Children of the Earth

And our hands on the table
 Play Sandman

 You stay
 Like an interrupted word
Like the voices that fell silent

In oblivion nothing sinks
 In the light years
Nothing erases your shadow
 For a heart in winter
 It's like it's...
 Yesterday

À Des Années - Lumière

Ah, the people we meet, and cross paths with, in this life…. So many experiences. How do we respond, especially if life clashes with these chance meetings? And what becomes of it? Once when looking for a place to rent, (25 years ago) I stopped to talk with an old man sitting on a bench. He had so much to say. My partner slowly became furious with me for taking the time to talk with him. We don’t have to wonder how that relationship went. In other words, this song is not about her…. Hee-hee. Or the old man for that matter. However, there are moments when paths cross, sometimes coming from very different trajectories and all of a sudden something wonderful happens in that moment. Gather, you might have experienced that too. This song is about a brief encounter with a kindred spirit, where our life trajectories did not change: A moment in passing. The song also contains some socially relevant thoughts/ lyrics about the world and my experience of it. Thoughts are thoughts though, and I find the more flexibly malleable I am with them, especially when it comes to the relative truths they may, or may not contain, the freer I am. Seems the more I attach to thoughts and refuse to change, the worse off it seems to get… But that’s just me. Hope you enjoy the song, Mark

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Moment In Passing

/больно махать с пирона вслед/
drawn people wave to us
from the compartments - carriages

it's time for them

they draw promises - to come back..
and that they already miss you
that they are so sorry..

and on the glass of the heart
they write..
with paper with tears in their eyes

and then erase..

cold or sadness on their faces?

and it seems that they are yearning and suffering
but the train has started moving
and they forget..

drawn people wave to us
from the compartments - carriages

where?
where -
they will go now
so that our love does not burn out..

it doesn't matter to them -
where to draw feelings..
and then erase everything..
erase..

and forget...



нам машут нарисованные люди 
из купе - вагонов

им ехать надо

они рисуют обещания - вернуться ..
и что уже скучают
что им так жаль..

и на стекле сердцА 
выводят ..
с бумажными слезами на глазах

а потом стирают ..

на лицах их простуда или грусть

и будто бы тоскуют и страдают
но поезд тронулся
и забывают..

нам машут нарисованные люди
из купе - вагонов

куда 
куда
они теперь поедут
чтобы любовью нашей не сгореть

не важно

им - где чувства рисовать ..
и всё стирать
стирать

и забывать ...

trains.

Cast of Characters:

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass
Mysterious Decibel-- @themysteriousdecibel  --MD—effected vocals
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, trippy synth
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric guitar, production, mix, and mastering
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and seed idea 
Composition – The Eclectic Collective

This song began about half a year ago, as part of a three song set that Ken started with some really cool beats. Josh was first to the trough for here, laying in his fretless bass groove to complete the foundation and give it some tonal direction. Stephen came next and laid in the really trippy textural guitar that you hear throughout. JJ was next with his serious, no joke organ playing, which sets the mood for the whole thing. Last, but not least, Tez joined by adding some really cool accent guitar throughout.
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer, so we tapped Stephen to do the honors on this.
  We had originally made this and the other two song with the intention of having The Mysterious Decibel and his friend Modes About Me sing on them. However, life got in the way, so we sat on them. Finally, MD let us know that he wasn't able to complete the project with us, much to everyone's, including his, disappointment. However, MD did lay down a rough vocal demo for us, which Stephen very ably processed to sound almost like another instrument in there. So, we're releasing this song as a tribute to them both, with gratitude, especially to MD for all the great work he's put in with us. If you're not familiar with either of them, do yourself a favor and check them out. Modes about me is at  @modesaboutme and the link to The Mysterious Decibel can be found in the link in the cast of characters above. 
  This is an example of what it sounds like when the whole band composes a song together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Mysterious Modes (Eclectic Collective)

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/_LcoLcdFvIQ?si=1bJOUz3HCSLazNqR
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/1B9Y0HtJHQQvcvnz5HMSuG?si=6f601b4af5184ead
Amazon: https://amazon.de/music/player/albums/B0DKYNTZC4?marketplaceId=A1PA6795UKMFR9&musicTerritory=DE&ref=dm_sh_w2Uoo2hEo2JJwrbwG9Zke5ecx&trackAsin=B0DKZBZRK4
Apple: https://music.apple.com/de/album/seelenecho-single/1776364584
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Lyrik: (The English translation is below the German lyrics)
Schwarz wie Tinte fließt die Nacht
Durch die Schatten meiner Seele
(durch die Schatten, durch die Seele)
Jeder Atemzug bewacht
Von der Angst die ich verhehle

Zeit zerfließt wie Nebelmeer
(Zeit zerfließt)
Und die Last wird immer schwerer
(immer schwerer)

Doch ein Funke in der Nacht
Tanzt im Rhythmus alter Lieder
(Tanzt im Rhythmus)
Was verloren schien, erwacht
Kehrt als leise Hoffnung wieder
(Hoffnung wieder)

In der Dunkelheit gefangen
Kreisen endlos die Gedanken
(endlos kreisen sie)
Zukunftsängste, die mich bangen
Lassen alle Mauern wanken

Doch im Kern der tiefen Schwere
(tief in dieser Schwere)
Keimt eine neue Melodie
(eine neue Melodie)
Die mich trägt durch dunkle Meere
(trägt durch dunkle Meere)
Bis zum Morgenrot, ich fühl sie

Und der Funke in der Nacht
Wird zur Flamme, die mich leitet
(Flamme leitet)
Was zerbrochen war, erwacht
Wird zu Kraft, die mich begleitet
(Kraft begleitet)

In der Balance zwischen Licht und Schatten
(Zwischen Licht und Schatten)
Find ich Frieden, find ich Ruh
(Finde Frieden, finde Ruh)

English Translation:
Black as ink the night flows
Through the shadows of my soul
(through the shadows, through the soul)
Every breath guarded
By the fear I conceal

Time melts like a sea of fog
(Time melts away)
And the burden grows heavier and heavier
(heavier and heavier)

But a spark in the night
Dances to the rhythm of old songs
(Dances to the rhythm)
What seemed lost awakens
Returns as a faint hope
(Hope again)

Caught in the darkness
The thoughts circle endlessly
(endlessly they circle)
Fears of the future that make me anxious
Let all walls shake

But at the core of the deep heaviness
(deep in this heaviness)
A new melody germinates
(a new melody)
That carries me through dark seas
(carries through dark seas)
Until the dawn, I feel it

And the spark in the night
Becomes the flame that guides me
(Flame guides)
What was broken awakens
Becomes strength that accompanies me
(Power accompanies)

In the balance between light and shadow
(Between light and shadow)
I find peace, I find rest
(Find peace, find rest)

Seelenecho

An ambient piece that I created over Christopher Walken's "friendship" speech that I sampled from YouTube that he made for a bicycle ad.

Guitar used:
Gibson Les Paul Studio

Plugins used:
Tonex Mesa Boogie Reference Amp Captures 
Line 6 Helix Native
EZ Keys Upright Piano
I added some cassette tape emulation to the track to give it a lo-fi sound. 

Friendships

Mystic Unity is a musical journey that crosses borders and shows the beauty in the connection between cultures. Through the fusion of Arabic sounds and Western harmonies, I want to celebrate the diversity and depth of two musical worlds and show what can happen when we are open to each other.

Mystic Unity invites us to embrace different perspectives and discover the unknown ... melodies and rhythms merge in a unique way. I look forward to taking you on this journey and hope it inspires you.

DAW Cubase
Halion Sonic 7
Groove Agent SE
Retrologue 2
Padshop 2
Colors LoFi Tapes
Framedrum X3M
Transverse
Hybrid Hit
Verve
Kalimba
Moroccan Vocal Phrases
Olympus Choir Elements
Mimi Page
Wave Cre 8
Evo Elysium
Flux
Navi Harp
Habitat by Domink Eulberg
Halion Symphonic Orchestra
Kontakt Etheral Earth
Ocular Sounds

125 bpm

Picture by Ralf Seemann on Pixabay

mystic unity

Autumnal strumming, full (as usual) of imperfections.
I've been turning around this track for years, hope I've put a stop to it.
What is not guitar or bass, is only crowding of thoughts and voices in the head of the sitting man.

Cover picture: Jack Vettriano, 'The Weight' (2010)

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Music by Michele Ansani (2018-2024)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, November 3

Thoughtfulness (final version) *

'Cosmic Changes In the Matrix' A Jazz Fusion track and featuring Georg Boehme and Andy Grossart. Without whom this piece could never have materialised into the production that it now is. So thank you Andy and Georg for your immense contributions. It is indeed an honour to share my work with you.
Georg Boehme....All Winds - https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
Andy Grossart.....Bass
Alan Hamilton......Composition, Arrangement, Production, All Keys and Synths, Drum and Percussion programming, Brass and Strings

The Three Ps

Cosmic Changes In The Matrix

Cosmic Changes In the Matrix...Hamilton-Grossart-Boehme

U-Lose His World

The axolotl called Julio Cortazar watches the aquarium observers (including that one who resembles Julio Cortazar). The previous draft here (I tried now to improve the central part): https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/this-is-them-final-draft. 
The sister tracks: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/this-is-us and https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/is-this-you
Here the short backgroundstory: https://ambystoma.uky.edu/teachers_materials/axolitbook/AxolotlByJulioCortazar.html
Picture is from Pietro Corrao.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2022-2024)
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, November 19

This is them (final version) *

Faraway Dreams

Recording sessions from 23/10/2024 - 26/11/2024.
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.
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- Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks / Without AI
- Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
- Artwork - Pier WILL
- Acknowledgements - Ableton, AKG, Arturia, Audacity, Cantabile, Focusrite,   Korg, M-Audio, MSI, Sony, SoundCloud, Teac, Techniks, Yamaha.
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32 Strands - Digital Braids

Love isn't Easy

Time Drifter

Drums: Mateusz 'Mat' Melanowski
Lyrics & Vocals : Mauro Elias
Written by/ Guitars/ Bass/ Keys/ Production : Me!
Mastered by Marvin@Tidestudio

Lyrics:

I’m a drifter, lost in time,
Chased by echoes, a haunting cry

Falling in 
my own thoughts

The clock ticks slow, shadows cling
Moments stretch, they sting
Yesterday grips, won’t let go
A heavy weight I’ve come to know

Through dark halls, I wander blind
Ghosts of failures fill my mind
Each step drags, pulling me back
Lost in the past’s endless track

I’m a drifter, lost in time
Chased by echoes, a haunting cry
A thousand screams, I hear their call
I will break through and burn it all

Fragments scatter, torn apart
Guilt like poison fills my heart
I chase the light, but shadows stay
Time keeps laughing, I’m its prey

Every second, a heavy chain
Tied to moments filled with pain
But through the cracks, I’ll find my way
I’ll shatter time and seize the day

I’m a drifter, lost in time
Chased by echoes, a haunting cry
A thousand screams, I hear their call
I will break through and burn it all

I walk through time, no tether, no line
Moments blur, no reason, no rhyme
A fleeting glimpse, a fading spark
The future whispers, crying for the past

The clock still ticks, but I am free
No more shadows haunting me
No longer lost, I’ve claimed my way
The past is gone, I own today

Time Drifter

Should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque...

Peyote Vacation

Winter Dreams

This is a song originally written and performed by Soundcloud artist 'A Girl From Wonder' (@user-712848711), whose music I've admired for a while. I've loved this one since the first time I heard it, and aways wanted to try some sort of collaboration, but it's hard to mess with the stark simple beauty of the original. But here's my attempt to add some dashes of colour to her voice and guitar strumming, adding instruments like upright bass, organ, banjo, cello, and percussion. The banjo parts are mainly a bunch of sound samples I found and cut up and arranged to fit in with the melody I wanted to play (wish I could just play banjo instead!). I tried to keep her evocative voice the main focal point, and we're both pretty happy with how this turned out. 

Thanks again Brittany for letting me work with your song, it's pretty special. 

Here's the original, and I encourage folks to check it out as well as other great tunes on her page. Thanks for listening!

https://soundcloud.com/user-712848711/wild-walking

Wild Walking (collab with A Girl From Wonder)

Gerard / Paploviante 
Paploviante: E-Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Picture, Mix and Mastering 

Free Download

Gerard-Paploviante

Nodus Tollens

Lovely Memories

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers and piano

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13 dicembre 2024

À l'aurore, armés d'une ardente patience, nous entrerons aux splendides Villes

Higher

Update (2025, January 17). As of today, this modest musical composition accompanies a splendid poem by Peter (https://soundcloud.com/user-264930040/all-the-old-little-things-we-have-lost, in the description area, preceded by his illustration of the circumstance). I would like to thank him very much: it is an honour for me.

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Composed by Michele Ansani (2024, December).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, December 16.

All the old little things we have lost *

Piano: Debra Bueskinghttps://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking
Flugelhorn: Arne Hiorth
Voice: Oddrun Eikli

Merry Christmas to you all, and the best wishes for  the New Year.

Thank you from my heart Debbie and Arne for the JOY making music together.

Our version of the timeless "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.

Merry Little Christmas. Debra Buesking. Arne Hiorth. Oddrun Eikli.

Todd Bulik, (Valley Forge Audio) My awesome childhood friend produced this entire track for me. He did mixing, mastering, guitar solos, melodies, and backing vocals. 
I'm am SO thankful for the time and effort he put into this track. I thought my Destiny was shitty demo's only haha!

He's a killer guitarist, Singer, and songwriter. Check out his One man Band "Under the Sword" Please DM him if you're interested in Recording, mixing/mastering or need guitar session work.

Link:
https://soundcloud.com/todd-bulik

Thank you!!!

Legacy (Featuring Todd of Under The Sword)

Hello everyone,
this track is very special to me for several reasons. It's the first song I've composed and written. 

I am incredibly glad that I was able to work and collab with the great Sarah Paradise-Brown for this song. Her voice is fantastic and I'm delighted and honoured that she's singing the song with me.
 
Yes, with me. I like challenges and dare to take on the microphone. This is completely new territory for me, normally I just press the keys ;-)

Have fun with ‘What we still feel’

Watch the song on youtube:

https://youtu.be/GXyGluGof8A?si=A88s9KuPN7L_cjdo
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"What We Still Feel"

I see you standing in the rain,
Your shadow whispers through the pain.
I told myself I’d let you go,
But my heart can’t seem to make it so.

Your voice still echoes in my chest,
A quiet song that won’t find rest.
We said goodbye, but not for real,
Some wounds take longer to heal.

What we still feel, we can’t deny,
It’s in the tears we try to hide.
Even apart, the love remains,
A fragile spark through all the pain.

I built these walls to keep you out,
But all they hold is fear and doubt.
I tell myself I’ve moved ahead,
But you still linger in my head.

I tried to fill the empty space,
But nothing takes your rightful place.
I thought our story reached its end,
But now I see it starts again.

What we still feel, we can’t deny,
It’s in the tears we try to hide.
Even apart, the love remains,
A fragile spark through all the pain.

If I could take back every fight...
If I could hold you through the night...
(I’d find a way to make it right.
‘Cause love like this can’t just fade out of sight.

What we still feel, we can’t deny,
It’s in the tears we try to hide.
Even apart, the love remains,
A fragile spark through all the pain.

I still love you...
I always will...
A love like ours is standing still.
What we still feel is all that’s true,
And somehow, I still...  
 ...feel you.

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            Credits:

              Vocals: Sarah Paradise-Brown & Axel Menningen
Lyrics & Music: Axel Menningen
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Visit Sarah's profile for more fantastic music from her:
https://on.soundcloud.com/aUdCKRxsvgucVSH66

What We Still Feel

Another from the back catalog.. recently re-recorded. Around the time this was written I had just resumed playing and writing after a 22 year layoff. It was at the tail end of a whole lot of ugly and nasty moments ... but the dust was finally settling and I needed time to collect my thoughts and heal a bit.  Mid-Life thing..? Yeah...
I remember distinctly writing this in the basement..  Early on I didn't have very good guitar skills ( At least I don't think so.. )  and this song was particularly hard for me to play and sing at the same time. I spent a long time writing it.. maybe a few months. I would sit and drink Dry Red and write songs.. I recall working on this with my song writing companion " Little Penguin ".😆  ( Cheap Australian Dry Red... )...  So that didn't help matters.
I have since, played this live thousands of times and can play it with or without dry red and eyes closed..

Lyrics

Don't you know that I get
Plenty of rest
because you know I know what's best
for these old bones
and don't you know that I drink
A little too much wine
You know i've got plenty of time on my hands
I need someone who understands
I've got to get my rest
so I can look my best
for when Big things start coming my way

Don't you know that I sleep till 10:15
with a couple of snacks and a couple of naps
in between
and don't you know that I sit
and read plenty of books
I might just mosey down into the kitchen and cook
I realize how this must look
but i've got to get my rest so I can look my best
for when big things start coming my way

I am a man.. of limited means
all the fancy things in this world
they don't add up to a hill of beans
I've got to save my strength
you know i've got to lay low
I've got to get my rest so I can look my best
for when big things start coming my way
oh yeah big things..are coming.. my way.

Big Things ( with Merlot )

The lyrics translated into Italian are taken from the well-known T.S. Eliot, "The Waste Land". Part IV: "Death by Water".

To give a new and different look to this old track I asked to my (and yours) friends (you know them well: @beatingedge). They improved the mix and above all added an instrumental part, on wich I enjoyed myself with other guitar, pad and cello sounds and parts. Obviously, I thank them immensely, with a special thought for Vampira (aka Mary).

LYRICS (ENG - ITA)

Phlebas the Phoenician,
a fortnight dead,
forgot the cry of gulls,
and the deep sea swell
and the profit and loss.
A current under sea
picked his bones in whispers.
As he rose and fell
he passed the stages of his age and youth
entering the whirlpool.

Gentile or Jew
o you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
consider Phlebas,
who was once handsome and tall as you.

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Phlebas il Fenicio,
morto da quindici giorni,
dimenticò il grido dei gabbiani
e il fondo gorgo del mare,
E il profitto e la perdita.
Una corrente sottomarina
Gli spolpò l’ossa in mormorii.
Mentre affiorava e affondava
Passò attraverso gli stadi della giovinezza
della maturítà
Procedendo nel vortice.

Gentile o Giudeo
o tu che volgi la ruota e guardi sopravvento,
Considera Phlebas,
che un giorno fu bello e alto come te.

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Music by Michele Ansani & Beating Edge (1981-2025).
Picture is from James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 'The Ocean Wave' (1883-1884), National Museum of Asian Arts, Washington.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, March 6

Phlebas il Fenicio [with Beating Edge] *

In Euripides' tragedy 'The Suppliants', a group of Argive mothers travels to Eleusis to plead with Theseus, king of Athens, to help them recover the bodies of their sons, who fell during the failed assault on Thebes. The Thebans, in fact, refuse to return the corpses for burial. These mothers, immersed in profound grief, represent the universal symbol of maternal mourning in the face of the loss of their children in war.

Cover picture: Theseus and Amphitrite with Athena looking on. Interior from an Attic red-figure cup, 500–490 BC. Currently housed at the Louvre Museum of Paris (inventory G 105).

Composed by Michele Ansani (2023-2025).
Female vocals courtesy of VOX.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, April 4.

The Suppliants *

“Falling in love Forever” by Luke

It’s amazing how quickly my songs end up being 9min or longer.. I always get carried away writing more bars..
this is the short version 😂

Keys & Piano & Synthesizer & Guitar & Drums  by Luke
Created & Composed & Produced by Luke
Music & Track & Album Photos by Luke
Photography by Luke
I use Open A.i for Album art pictures 

                           Beats by Luke©️
                         S c h ü ß m a n n©️

“Falling In Love Forever” by Luke

Hello! I’m a university professor of history who enjoys playing guitar and piano/keyboard, and occasionally composing — unpretentiously, just for fun. I’ve been here for at least 10 years, but only recently have I started using the platform for something other than just external digital storage.
Most of my recordings (made with a KorgD8, Audacity, and more recently Reaper for MIDI and the Spitfire Audio libraries) are entirely homemade and decidedly imperfect. And yet, I think that lately I’ve learned to do something a bit more - and better - also thanks to greater commitment.
My music includes old songs (all written back in the last century; here I’ve only shared the ones I’ve reworked in recent years) as well as both old and new instrumentals — usually in several versions, some of which eventually disappear because they’re simply unlistenable.

Thanks for stopping by and giving something a listen; in the description you’ll often find explanatory notes or translations of the lyrics.
Here I’ve discovered a community of talented musicians and songwriters, and plenty of beautiful music to enjoy. Whenever I like, comment, or repost a track, it’s always the result of attentive listening. For the same reason, I’m not interested in trading empty “likes” without real engagement, and I won’t reply to messages from would-be promoters — follower counts don’t matter to me in the slightest.

Update (2024, September 9). Completed the "AI & (fake) songwriting project". Here: https://soundcloud.com/mick-hansan 

P.S.: A prayer, a humble request to those who publish songs: use the description area to make the lyrics available... This would make listening to them more complete and enjoyable!

I've posted some 'live' homemade performance here: https://www.instagram.com/michele_ansani/