Name: Settling the Mind by Smooth Waters Sonic Journeys
Duration: 7 min 26 s
Description: Sounds generated entirely by a Yamaha CK88, recorded onto six different tracks.

Captivating exploration of sounds and textures, Mr. Nelson!

Beautiful piano improv. Very satisfying tones.

熱海で撮影しました。
この鳥はカモメなのかウミネコなのかどっちだったかな。
I took this photo in Atami.
I wonder if this bird is a seagull or a black-tailed gull.

Migratory bird(渡り鳥)

A twist on the 'Appearance Medicine' phrase.

APPEARANCE MEDICINE

Tripping round some corridors
Nothing but neon lights
Floor polish and hidden voices
There you are before my eyes
It’s appearance medicine
Like a hormone injects in a vein
It’s appearance medicine
A face that lights a flame
S O B and tachy heart when lightning seeds a body start
That jumps a gate to permeate my actual need 
For you with me - today

This hospital’s a restaurant
Medicine is the menu
God’s own surgeon shaped the face
That walks me to the moon
It’s appearance medicine . . .

Ah-huh Ah Huh da da da da da da da da
It’s appearance medicine
It’s appearance medicine

Everyday it’s much the same
Going on that ward round
Floor polish and hidden voices
Soon my heart it’s on the pound





Appearance Medicine

Sounds generated entirely by a Yamaha CK88, recorded onto six different tracks.

Settling the Mind

There is a another, more accessible version of this poem waiting for you because Dan Lockhart has composed a version of the poem that fits his accomplished and well-acclaimed style, called WHO FED THEM. 

LISTEN AND WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/1TnalFltP_Q?si=YAXnJKZZIV14KoXz

method: birdsong went into this, guitar and bass. lots of morphing and fitting that cannot be heard any more (the best kind)
image: uncommonly  low water at Lake Constance; in March 2025  copyright jo richter


THE WORD FOR HUMAN IS HUMAN / copyright jo richter:

tiny soldiers fight battles in sandcastle boxes
adorned with merchandise stickers and stuff
while the snakes all rythmically rattle their rattles
as each drop in the lead pipes sizzles with toxins
and prosperity preachers sleep and dream rough

red-shifted galaxies slip by within bubbles ablaze
as the sun spot jacuzzi breeds tadpoles of light
watch planets breathe plasma in a self-centering sigh
unfastening fixings and fillings in mental space
there is no-one seeing but personified sight

there's a physics-sized gap in time's memory
opened by tricks played on Schroedinger's mind
provoked by some impulse to doze off and nap
and to sleepily call off the rabied hounds of rigidity
and just be gracious and gentle and kind

the word for human is human

Lyrics by Tony Harris - Vocals, Music and Mix by Mike Fox

(CHORUS)
HE SENT HIS ONLY SON
TO WALK AMONG US
ON PLANET EARTH 
HIS NAME IS JESUS

HIS LOVE IS UNENDING
AND UNCHANGING
HIS LOVE IS UNLIMITED
AND UNCOMPLICATED

HE NEVER STOPS LOVING US
IS ALWAYS WITH US
OUR EVERLASTING FATHER
THAT HOLDS THE WORLD TOGETHER

HE IS THE GREAT HEALER
THE GREAT REDEEMER
WANTS US TO BE HOLY
AND PART OF HIS FAMILY

EVEN WHEN TEMPTED
HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE
COULD NOT BE CORRUPTED
WHILE HERE ON EARTH

EVEN WHEN TEMPTED
HE LIVED A PERFECT LIFE
COULD NOT BE CORRUPTED
WHILE HERE ON EARTH

(CHORUS) Repeat 2 times
HE SENT HIS ONLY SON
TO WALK AMONG US
ON PLANET EARTH 
HIS NAME IS JESUS

2025 © Lyrics by Tony Harris BMI

His Only Son

Full extent of EQUATORIOUS recording on Zoom R24 prior to DAW processes.
(Version on the Windscale Blues Experiment page: https://soundcloud.com/windscaleblues/equatorious?si=f6d8b199abbc430899b9ed80466c3730&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing )
Recording notes:
[As an experiment saxes were recorded with just left hand - right hand attempting to match on synth....not immediately discernible but it was fun to try....] [Flutes and other synth track played normally!]
Photo by NM.

MOO155M3 Equatorius pre-DAW

noxpox - trallalla

A Storm In The Desert

Mister Stichs
Release Date: August 24, 2016
© 2016 Keith Richie

An Original 'N'otion Picture Soundtrack by Keith Richie

When a family moves from the quiet suburbs of Downey, California to a remote farmhouse in Texas, they hope for peace and renewal. What they find instead is something far older and more sinister—an unseen force tethered to the land, festering in the silence, unraveling their sanity one thread at a time.

As unease gives way to full-blown horror, they are pulled into a waking nightmare where perception fractures, trust dissolves, and reality becomes twisted beyond recognition. At the center of it all is a malevolent entity—Mister Stichs—a presence that doesn’t merely haunt but hunts.

This cinematic concept album is a dark ambient descent into psychological terror, merging vintage synth horror with modern sound design. Drawing influence from John Carpenter, Tangerine Dream, and the haunting landscapes of classic suspense scores, Mister Stichs delivers an unsettling, immersive experience built on analog textures, spectral atmospheres, and emotionally resonant melodies.

With chilling ambience, bursts of dread, and fleeting glimpses of fragile beauty, Mister Stichs is not just a soundtrack—it’s a sonic horror story.

Critical Praise:

“A sophisticated and unrelenting journey into darkness.”
— Ben Dugas, ZoneMusicReporter.com

“Mister Stichs is impressively reminiscent of a John Carpenter film score, and it evokes the spirit of Tangerine Dream. With masterful use of vintage and modern synths, and suspenseful, surround-like effects, Keith Richie proves once again that he ranks among today’s finest electronic composers.”
— Candice Michelle, Journeyscapes Radio

Fields of Sorrow

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I'm here to share and appreciate all genres of music.  Most of what I am currently recording is electronic, and largely ambient, in nature; however, I have recently started recording cover songs of various tunes.  So, since I'm no longer strictly ambient (only mostly), I've changed my SoundCloud name to Smooth Waters Sonic Journeys.  Headphones greatly enhance the listening experience.  Thank you for listening.

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