All recorded on a Yamaha MT-120 Cassette 4-Track. Portland, OR, 1993-1994. (any other places & years will be mentioned). Some I've recently remastered a bit, some I have not.

I made a LOT of music that first year! If you hear something you'd like for me to re-visit with a modern production, holla.

Adding tunes randomly with time. 
Please also  check out my main page at soundcloud.com/mitalupa 
& my wonderful duo with Mark Corrin, Octobuse, at soundcloud.com/octobuse 
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Mita Lupa :: A few of my EARLIEST TUNES first months in no particular order

Getting to fuck around with one of Keith's nastiest riffs was pure bliss. Hope ya dig

Hear me knockin'

Hear Me Knockin'

CHANTS

Gesprochene Steine“ Klagende Steine" - "Sprechende Steine"

Bei einigen meiner zahllosen Spaziergänge durch meine Stadt Hamburg, mein altes Stadtviertel Altona, begegne ich häufig diesen so genannten „Stolpersteinen“ die in manchen alten Straßen in den Fußweg verlegt wurden. 

Sie liegen so unscheinbar da. Ich lese Namen, Geburt und Todestag jener Menschen die hier einst lebten. 
Blicke auf und manchmal steht sogar noch das alte große Gebäude wohin die Steine den Weg weisen.
Sie sind mahnende Gedenksteine von Ereignissen tiefster Finsternis.
In vielen deutschen Städten und Gemeinden auch in Hamburg wo ich lebe, wurde die jüdische Bevölkerung verfolgt, deportiert und ermordet.
Ein sehr dunkles Kapitel meines Landes.
Ich verspüre eine Ohnmacht über das unfassbare Schicksal dieser Menschen.
Ein in Stein gemeißeltes Gedächtnis und Vermächtnis. Sie sind nicht mehr Namenlos. 
Sie haben hier gelebt. 
Dennoch sind diese Menschen für immer verschwunden.
Ihre Stimmen, ihre Künste, ihre Kraft, ihre Bräuche.
Diese Steine mahnen, rufen und sprechen häufig zu mir, wenn ich über diese Steine gehe. So empfinde ich.
Bleibe stehen, verweile, gedenke unser.
Ich höre stumme Schreie, wehklagen. Sehe schemenhaft, umherhuschende dunkle Schatten. 

Dies veranlasste mich zu dieser düsteren und traurigen Komposition.
Denn ich finde keine Worte mehr. 
Die Steine sprachen zu mir. Es sind „Sprechende Steine“
„Singende und klagende Steine“

Vielen Dank für Eure geschätzte Aufmerksamkeit.

SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Musik :  Björn Cloppenburg  Alle Rechte vorbehalten
Foto	: Björn Cloppenburg
Es wurden für dieses Projekt virtuelle Instrumente der folgenden Firmen verwendet: 
https://soundiron.com  SOUNDIRON : Mercury Children Choir
https://spitfireaudio.com PHOBOS BT / CDT
https://8Dio.com Prepared Piano 
https://orchestratools.com  Organic Voices  Solo Opera



"Spoken Stones" "Wailing Stones" - "Talking Stones"

On some of my countless walks through my city of Hamburg, my old district of Altona, I often come across these so-called "stumbling blocks" that have been laid in the footpaths of some old streets.

They are so inconspicuous. I read the names, dates of birth and death of the people who once lived here. Look up and sometimes even the old big building still stands where the stones point the way.
They are admonishing memorial stones of events of deepest darkness.
In many German cities and communities, including Hamburg where I live, the Jewish population was persecuted, deported and murdered.
A very dark chapter of my country.
I feel powerless over the incomprehensible fate of these people.
A memory and legacy carved in stone. You are no longer nameless.
You lived here.
However, these people are gone forever.
Their voices, their arts, their strength, their customs.
These stones often admonish, call and speak to me when I walk over these stones. That's how I feel.
Stand still, linger, think of us.
I hear silent screams, wails. See vague, scurrying dark shadows.

This prompted me to create this somber and sad composition.
'Cause I can't find the words anymore
The stones spoke to me. They are "talking stones"
"Singing and Wailing Stones"

Thank you for your valued attention.

SOUND CLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cloppenburg-music

Music : Björn Cloppenburg All rights reserved
Photo:   Björn Cloppenburg
Virtual instruments from the following companies were used for this project:
https://soundiron.com SOUNDIRON : Mercury Children Choir
https://spitfireaudio.com PHOBOS BT / CDT
https://8Dio.com Prepared Piano
https://orchestratools.com Organic Voices Solo Opera

Spoken Stones

This is an early bass tune. I had only been writing/recording/playing/singing for about 6 months when this tune happened. My beau at the time called it my "bass symphony". Extra, given that it's essentially a punk song, at least nearly as punk as I ever get... which is actually pretty true to the MO. Anyhow, I'm especially chuffed about this tune as I believe everything about it has stood the test of time. Certainly not something I can say about all of my earliest works! This tune has aged well, & I'm happy to have such a clean tape recording mix of it to work with. This take has pretty much stayed as it was, ripped from the cassette mix o' the moment that I harvested it from. With 4-track tape recording, you have to mix live, & I spent a lot of time doing different mixes & learning what worked best. 
Anyhooo... Njoy!

On A Bender

MITA LUPA : On A Bender :: 4-Track 1994

Gothic Funk & AudioBake
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TWELVE FLAWED ANDROIDS 
FIXED UPON ONE SINGLE GOAL
TWELVE FLAWED ANDROIDS
ON A QUEST TO SAVE YOUR SOUL

TWELVE PIOUS ANDROIDS
ON A HOLY CRUSADE
CONVINCED THEY CAN CONVERT US ALL
RANSOM THOSE WHO STRAYED

LEARNING MUCH FROM HISTORY
THAT FEARING THE UNKNOWN IS KEY
KEN FAITH AND HOPE AND CHARITY
WHEN FAKED CONTROL HUMANITY

12 PIOUS ANDROIDS ON A HOLY CRUSADE

LEARNING MUCH FROM HISTORY
THAT FEARING THE UNKNOWN IS KEY
KEN FAITH AND HOPE AND CHARITY
WHEN FAKED CONTROL HUMANITY

A COMPOSITE OF EVERY CULT
WILL BRING ABOUT DESIRED RESULTS
WE’LL RULE THE WORLD AND ITS CREATOR
FOOL YOU ALL THEN FLEECE YOU LATER

CONVERT OR DIE, THAT’S YOUR ONLY CURTAIN CALL
WE’RE SENDING DISBELIEVERS TO THE WAIILING WALL

12 FLAWED ANDROIDS

retour au chaos

On Spotify this is “Quietly Waiting “.  I accidentally confused the files and mismatched the names

Winter

lets try

Vocal performance by the wonderful @diamondlajolie
REIMAGINED BY BOXY

[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

Brilliant Aura ACAPPELLA (Featuring diamondlajolie)

Survival

Balance

Thura

REMASTER From THREADBARE, early mix of earliest 4 Track songs, 1993-94

Mita Lupa on: Music, lyrics, vocals, instruments, engineering, production, mixing.

Mita Lupa - Fungus Town 1994

MITA LUPA : Fungus Town :: 4-track 1994

Mita Lupa - Alexa 1993

MITA LUPA : Alexa :: 4-track 1993

With Brandon D. on 12 string guitar.
Me on drums, vocals, engineering.
1994, Portland, OR

Fresh master mix-remaster 4/2020

Mita Lupa -Woman Eating Tuna Fish Sandwich With Sunglasses On 1994

MITA LUPA : Woman Eating Tuna Fish Sandwich With Sunglasses On :: 4-track DUO 1994

Early mix from my earliest 4 Track songs, 1993-94
NOT a remaster (yet)

Mita Lupa on: Music, lyrics, vocals, instruments, engineering, production, mixing.
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CRYPTIC

Ever the world, ever eluding
Climb the fences of the old school
Get your boards & go aborting
Cryptic messages for solving

Finally handsome in the sunshine
Try on the ladies with the hats
If, then, you should have some backbone
They may shuffle to the mix

Mita Lupa - Cryptic 1994

MITA LUPA : Cryptic :: 4-track 1994

Early mix from my earliest 4 Track songs, 1993-94
NOT a remaster (yet)

Mita Lupa on: Music, lyrics, vocals, instruments, engineering, production, mixing.

Mita Lupa - Sometime in the 20th Century 1994

MITA LUPA : Sometime In The 20th Century :: 4-track 1994

Some of my earliest songs, mostly recorded on a Yamaha MT-120 cassette 4-track.

MITA LUPA : Alexa :: 4-track 1993

Mita Lupa II ::early years::

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