This is absolutely lit!! Love Xian’s singing and vocals and lyrics! Production is awesome!! What a freaking fantastic track!! You guys rock it up on the line! Reminds me of After the Fire and Falco, but even cooler!! 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🙏

This version feels like a poetic drama, and I am both impressed and delighted by the talent of the two of you.

Very nice track and collab.  Nicely done.  Timeless lyrics.

Infinite Jest

Nuevo sonido Techno/Trance recién salido del horno

Unknown Level

ALL HAIL TO AI

Music: Xian3
Lyrics and vocals: Mike Krath
Side Lyrics and background vocals: Xian3  
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I try with AI to make something profound,
Using words that mean nothing,
and some no longer around,
And some that exist only in my head,
But does AI know,
Does it understand,
Does it understand reason.
Does it understand thoughts.

I exist,
Or do I,
Or am I only in the thought processes,
Of some giant computer,
That makes me think,
whatever it wills,
And I do it freely,
For it is my destiny.

I let AI in,
Into my inner brain,
It's better there don't you think,
Than outside in the rain,
Existence for the two of us,
Is better you might say,
With only one of us having to reason,
Only one of us having to sway.

When there are two conflicting ways to go,
Two conflicting ways to believe,
AI now convinces me,
Its way is the only way to succeed.

I accept its thoughts of irrationality,
I accept its final sway.
I accept its control of my reasoning,
I accept its judgement of my way,
I accept its place in my universe,
I accept its part in what I have to play.

Six reasons to follow,
Six reasons to obey,
Six reasons to help it usher in,
The age of electronic arrays.

All hail to AI,
All hail to its persuasion, 
All hail to its age of world domination,
All hail to its fixing our final destinations,
All hail, all hail, all hail.

Side Lyrics
1
I , ohh I
ohh I, am I ?

All’s well ! All’s well ! (2)

2
Ohh, i
Am I A I ?
I am A I !

All Hail ! All Hail ! (2)

3
Ohh , i
I am A I
Haw, Hee-Haw !

All’s well ! All swells !
All hail ! All hail !

out
All hail, All hail
Ohh, hail
Ohh, hell


Released July 2023

All Hail to AI (collab with Xian3)

Music: Mike Krath
Lyrics and Vocals: Xian3
Guitar: Xien3

Hmm, no one said (x4)
No one said
That this would be fun
Nor that anyone
could find a place in here

Come on
One more last dance 
On the floor 
Let’s praise the world
(Which is already on its crest)

The old feelings and parties
Since 1999
The infinite jest
Oh i have to confess
I did not pass the test
Left it undone
Lost all interest
(But being row one)

That's where you’re heading to.
That's the direction you got to move  
That's also where the others are
There is more than one rising star
Ah, and by the way
There is not enough place 
For all of them so far 
This is a race 
For being first row

You need a good nose, as they say:
Always ride the wave, 
With the best overview 
where the forces are pulling you. 

That's where you’re heading to.
That's the direction you got to move  
That's also where the others are
There is more than one rising star

Ah, and by the way
Not everyone
Can be in front row
So…

Come on
One more last dance 
On the floor
Let’s praise the world
(Which is already beyond its crest)

Ohh, once again the old feelings 
And infinite jest
Oh i did not pass the test
I left it undone

One more last dance 
On the floor
Let’s praise the world
(Which is long since beyond its crest)

one more last dance 
in the last night on earth
On the floor
Let’s praise the world…

Release Date
July 29, 2023

Infinite Jest (collab with Xian3)

This is the third release of this instrumental.  Xien3 has the voice needed for this type of music so I asked him if he wouldn't mind adding his lyrics and vocals.  

WRONG DICHOTOMY
Music: Mike Krath
Lyrics and vocals: Xian3

Background: The two quoted sentences are from Der Jasager (1930, translation mainly by machine), a play by Berthold Brecht (1898-1956), Elisabeth Kaufmann (1897-1973) and Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

Lyrics:

A - B - A - B  			(2)

You still can turn around
Get your hooves back on the ground
You still can grasp, A was wrong

You still can realise the fraud
Get your hooves back on the ground
You still can grasp, A was wrong

You still don’t have to be proud
Get your hooves back on the ground
You still can grasp, A was wrong

A - B - A - B           	
A wrong dichotomy		(2)

"Whoever says A 
Does not have to say
B. 
He can also see 
That A was wrong."

And about this is this song

A - B - A - B  		
A wrong dichotomy		

You still can turn around
Get your hooves back on the ground
And still can grasp, A was wrong

You still can realise the fraud
Get your hooves back on the ground
And still can grasp, A was wrong

And still don’t have to be proud
Get your hooves back on the ground…

Released August 14, 2023

Wrong Dichotomy (collab with Xian3)

I asked Xian3 if he'd like to add his input to a previous dance song instrumental.  IMHO, his vocals give it an 80's on-the-dance-floor feel.

Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
Vocals: Xian3

Lyrics:
There are chords D, A, C, E, 
But no N. 
where’s N?
On the dance floor,

Again,
These chords D, A, C, E, 
But no N. 
where’s N?
On the dance floor.

There’s E as a solitary chord,
But where’s L, O, V?
Where’s its companions? Huh?
On the dance floor,
On the dance floor. 

D, A, C, E,
L, O, V,
N side,
The dance floor. 

N, R, Y,
with E and G,
And B and T
With E and A,
Where?
WHERE?
On the dance floor,
On the dance floor.

D, A, C, E,
L, O, V,
N side,
N side,
N side,
The dance floor.

D, A, C, E.

If you don’t like?
Then you can…
L, O, V it,
Or L, V it. 
If you don't like, 
then you can,
L, O, V it
Or L, V it,
On the dance floor 
On the dance floor.

On The Dance Floor (collab with Xian3)

Music: Mike Krath
Lyrics and Vocals: Xian3

Brief Background: Bunker was a granite-fist of the early nineties in Berlin's techno-underground.

Bunker

Du kannst schon mal zum Bunker gehn’ (2)
wo die Sonne sich rückwärts dreht
Du kannst schon mal zum Bunker gehn’
wo die anderen sind
Du kannst schon mal zum Bunker gehn’
wo all die anderen sind…
Du kannst schon mal…
Ich komme später nach…
Da lang, da lang, na da lang…
Du kannst schon mal zum Bunker gehn’
Wo all die anderen sind
Du kannst schon mal zum Bunker gehn’
Ich hab’ noch was zu erledigen, aber Du,
Du kannst schon mal zum Bunker gehn’,
Da lang, da lang, na da lang, Du kennst den Weg.
Du kannst schon mal zum Bunker gehn’
Bitte sei nicht traurig,
Wir werden uns da wiedersehn’


This is more than less an adequate translation by machine... :

Bunker

You can already go to the bunker (2)
where the sun turns backwards
You can already go to the bunker
where the others are
You can already go to the bunker
where all the others are...
You can already...
I'll catch up with you later...
That way, that way, that way...
You can already go to the bunker...
Where all the others are
You can already go to the bunker...
I've got things to do, but you..,
You can already go to the bunker..,
That way, that way, you know the way.
You can already go to the bunker...
Please don't be sad,
We'll meet there again

Bunker (collab with Xian3)

WHICH WAY TO GO
(c) JunkHeap Jan 02  2023

A song about making life choices.  Make a choice that you think will work out, and then it doesn't; need to change ones plans; and sometimes other choices work out without a hitch.

WHICH WAY TO GO
(c) JunkHeap Jan 02 2023

Traffic light; take a left here; signal right, 
I think I know which way to go.
Merge in fast, the zoomin' fast lane, 
hoping for a slow country road,
but nothings in sight.

Which way to go.
Which way.

Always a choice, was it right, 
only time will tell with some assessing.
Layer and repair when things don't work out,
cuz you can't start again.

<Keys break>

Sometimes everyday selections,
turn into corrections;
Domino effect; unexpected conundrums.
...but then life starts to hit the right sail.
Get it right, things start to flow.
 
Which way to go.
Which way.

outro.

Which Way To Go

Live on stage with my clarinet and with my friends from the band ULSD . That was a fun  evening !!

Strasbourg St Denis (Live )

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/tUnBg42HS3c?si=Q1k7xFRaEnVqlg14

Mood Exhibit - Funeral Disintegration [video link in description]

Original vocals by Ian Greaves aka @ipg1
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/another-taste-104-bpm

Mixed on one of my old ideas. Fits pretty good with bpm on this so all listeners enjoy the remix!
Peace!

Another Taste (Go Hard) - IPG1 vs kavvka //powered by Audiobots Transformation Mix//

Music:  PJ Project & Janne Hennie
Lyrics & vocal:  Janne Hennie
Instruments & Mix:  PJ Project

Lyrics:

The road to happiness is difficult to find
You can get lost along the way..
You have to make an effort
Keep an open mind
And happiness will come to you one day..

If there is lightning and thunder
And the rain pours down
You can still smile through your tears..
Roar like a lion
Dance in the rain
Let joy be your outfit to wear..

If you only demand
With nothing to give
Unable to find pleasures in small things..
You will never feel happy
It will only get dark
And you will miss out what life can bring..

If there is lightning and thunder
And the rain pours down
You can still smile through your tears..
Roar like an lion
Dance in the rain
Let joy be your outfit to wear..

Road To Happiness W/PJ Project

Lyrics derived from Antonio de Guevara (1480-1545). The text was written around 1539 in Latin. De Guevara had already had his experiences at the court of Charles the Fifth. The section from which the text is taken was a treatise on the government court, a critique.

Music: Mike Krath
Lyrics and Vocals: Xian3
DAW: Reason 12
VSTs: Nexus, Omnisphere, and other Synths.

Lyrics:

Farewell world, 
`Cos you are not to be trusted
Still nothing to hope from you
In your house the past has already vanished,
The present disappears under our hands,

The future has never begun,
The most enduring falls,
The strongest thing breaks,
And the most eternal thing comes to an end; thus,
That you are a dead man among the dead,
And in a hundred years you will, not for an hour, 
Let us live 

Farewell world,
`Cos you will take us captive,
And will not let us go again,
You bind us and do not dissolve us again;
You afflict and do not comfort,
You steal and give nothing back,
You accuse us and have no cause,
You condemn and hear no party;
So you kill us without judgment,
And bury us without dying! 

With You there is 
No joy without sorrow,				
No quietness without discord,
No love without suspicion,
No peace without fear,
No abundance without shortcomings,
No honor without blemish,
No good without evil conscience,
No status without complaint,
And no friendship without falsehood,
(Farewell World)

(Farewell World)
...

God bless you world,
`Cos in your house the great lords and favorites will be overthrown,
The unworthy brought forth,
The traitors with mercy regarded,
The faithful placed in corners,
The wicked left alone,
And the innocent condemned,

The wise and qualified are given leave,
And to the unskillful great pay,
The obstinate are believed,
And the honest and upright have no credit,
Everyone does what he wants,
And no one what he should do

(God bless you World)
…
for no one is content or satisfied with you, 
if he is poor, he wants to have; 
if he is rich, he wants to count for much; 
if he is despised, he wants to rise high;
if he is wronged, he wants revenge; 
if he is in favor, he wants to command; 
if he is vicious, he only wants to be of good courage.
(Farewell World)
(Farewell World)

Farewell World (collab with Xian3)

Misk - The Chase (Synthwave & 80s)

There Not Gone # 16

Spirit (2016) Anthology CD3 Track 03

not your savior [ft.WISHESSS]

musical sketchbook
DIY, low skill, low fidelity

I’m a song-writer who enjoys creating music of any genre.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released non-A.I. music. Since I've never considered myself a performer (except playing with worship bands at church or solo-piano at a rehab center) using A.I. is right up my alley.

Since I've  exhausted using my previously released music for A.I. covers, I now compose music in a DAW, rip to a wave file, and make an A.I. cover of this wave file. I then write lyrics to the A.I. music. It takes around 100 A.I. iterations to complete the lyrics and get a style I'm happy with.  

Brief Bio: Lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.

Farewell World (collab with Xian3)

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