Collabs with Keigo Bigpapa Sano, Audiobake and Dreaming While Awake

Dark Matters

Infinite Jest

Pre release for Bandcamp. Please comment!! and Follow me and Xian3
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The lines refer to "Philoctetes“ (409), a Greek tragedy by Sophocles (496 - 405 B.C.), they are taken (and put into modified form) from a drama of the same title  by Heiner Müller (1929-1995), published 1965. Mainly it is Ulysses speaking to Neoptolemos (The son of Achilles) in order to conspire against the bowman Philoctetes…

The picture shows a detail of „The Wounded Philoctetes“, a painting by Nicolai Abildgaard, 1775

Xian3  :Song,Vocal,Gt,Dr,etc
Keigo Bigpapa Sano :violin,noise,Sound design

Trickery

1 
This is how far we have gone 
In the matter (4)
Into the nets
Of our own and others’ steps
That there is no way out
But just the farther

REF 
What we show here has no morals
You can’t learn anything from life with us,
And, 
If you want to pass,
You can leave now
You can leave…
You can leave now…

Bridge
Oh, you have two eyes…
Please, show me my face


2
Easily with twisted tongue
You catch him
Easily we drag him
To the ship -
In this trade 
You are not the first one
Who does, 
What he does’nt want to…
We did it before you 
We did that before…

REF 
What we show here has no morals
You can’t learn anything from life with us,
And, 
If you want to pass,
You can leave now 
You can leave…
You can leave now…

TRICKERY（Collabo with Xian3,BP) Pre release for Bandcamp

The extracted and altered picture shows NATO razor wire in detail, source: Wikipedia


The Bulky Latch

in
(This is how we look like our borders)  (4)

1
Here it goes no further
Thanks to "strategic partnerships“
And with a lot of financial support
High fences
NATO barbed wire
And trenches
Detention centres
Uniforms and armament
Identification and
Exploitability checks
Exclusion, exclaves

ref
And sun and sand and waves
And sun and sand, waves

2
Onrushes
Distribution keys
Control of crowds and masses
By all means necessary
No more loopholes
Don’t talk about the rest
This is how we look like our borders (rep)
Exclusion, exclaves

ref 
And sun and sand and waves
And sun and sand, waves (2)

out
This strangeness in me
(just a part of the tragedy)
Oh there is a strangeness in me
(just a part of the tragedy)

The Bulky Latch

lyrics/vocals by Xian3








The picture shows a detail out of „Guernica“ (1937, oil on canvas) by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)


The Mare


1

Guernica, the holy city of the Basques, 

Is located east of Bilbao in northern Spain.

It became known worldwide when it was

Attacked by german and italian fighter planes 


More than 85 ys ago

During the Spanish Civil War 

Bombed the city into rubbles and ashes

And everyone else who lived there before


Guernica, one of the first airborne bombardments 

Aiming to eradicate civilians and other innocents


2

There`s no color, there’s no depth 

And for sure there’s no relief 

From your point of view


It’s monochrome and cubistic,

It makes your stomach tighten up,

When you think about everything that's happened ever since then and, 

Above all,

What is yet to come ?

What’s next upon the sleeve ?


3

There is a long and 

Pointed, deadly spear 

Piercing right through the chest

That’s like a manifest 


Just look into the frantic eyes of the dying horse

And you know and feel immediately, what’s goin’ on

It makes one wonder who the hell is comitting thus 

And for fucks sake what is basically wrong with us 


There`s no color, there’s no depth 

And for sure there’s no relief 

From your point of view

No matter what point you may choose


Will the victors again 

be writing down the history ?

It was the victors backthen,

Who wrote down history long ago.



The Mare -  Xian3 (AudioBake mix)

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)

https://open.spotify.com/track/0zEv6xMbmhpZyxKUZl3fgf?si=6c6ae2d619f04e02
Music Video: https://youtu.be/veWG2yN5uf8
Written by Xian3
Lyrics:

You just have to click the button
It will be so easily
It’s a very simple deed
It’s a free delivery
You can do it everywhere

Nothing else has to be done
There’s no doubt for anyone

He/You (?) just have to push the button
It will end up infernal
There will be just gravel left
Just a push and then it’s over
It’s a very simple deed
And then back to terminal
There will be no air for breathing
Nothing will be like before

Nothing else has to be done
There’s no doubt for anyone

🎆LIVE ON SPOTIFY "Push the Button" -collab w/ 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)

Music: Mike Krath
Lyrics and Vocals: Xian3
DAWS: Reason 12 and Cubase Pro 13
VSTs: Nexus, Omnisphere, VPS Vengeance and Dune 3

Inspired by the "Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch and "This can't happen here" by Sinclair Lewis, 1936.

Tribal Reflex

Lyrics:

17
You tried to resist ?
You’re put on a list

26
You will be dismissed
You will be pissed

43
You loose your access
Declared a noxious beast
Your life gets a mess
You will be the least

1:05
It’s a tribal reflex… (2)

1:23
You’re on this list
´cause you got off the track
One day they come and get you
Then you never come back…

1:49
You’re on this list
´cause you got off the track
One day they come and get you
Then you never come back

You’re permanently on a screen
And though will never been seen again

2:15
It’s the tribal reflex
Nothing personal…

2:32
it is only the icy coldness
in the logic of the extremists
a "gentle cruelty",
some "parts of the people"
shall become history

2:54
It’s nothing personal…
Just a tribal reflex,
Nothing personal,
Just the tribal reflex…

Tribal Reflex (collab with Xian3)

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.