Inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro's novel "Klara and the Sun". Chamber strings, piano, guitar, harp.

And the Sun

“This is a love song about finding your soul mate and starting a beautiful family together; the light of your lives. It is about reflecting on how grateful you are for being so fortunate in life and thanking the universe for guiding you to where you have always wanted to be. I hope you enjoy this one!”

A love song - “I THANK THE UNIVERSE FOR YOU”

I thank the universe for you, for you

I have my mornings with you
Thankful you’re here
Waking each day with you is what matters the most 
With you always, talk, up all night 
Counting the stars and my blessings too 

I thank the universe for you, for you 
I thank the universe for you, for you 
We made 3 out of 2
Now we have our future too
I thank the universe for you, thank the universe for you 

I settle your cries in the night time
Are moved by you in the daylight 
You are the brightest star in the twilight 
Keep us next to you
You light up both our lives
You are all that matters the most 
You are all our blessings too
I thank the universe for you

© Heart House Records 2024

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Heart House Records
Mastered by DOLBY

I THANK THE UNIVERSE FOR YOU

...for all the dead and dying.
Libretto/Lyrics (LAT/EN):

***** 00:00 Requiem æternam *****
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
[Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord,
and let eternal light shine upon them.]

***** 07:57 Kyrie eleison *****
Kyrie, eleison.
[Lord, have mercy.]

***** 10:29 Domine Jesu Criste *****
Domine Jesu Christe,
rex gloriae,
libera animas omnium defunctorum
ne cadant in obscurum,
sed duc eas in lucem sanctam.
[Lord Jesus Christ,
King of glory,
deliver the souls of all the departed,
that they fall not into darkness,
rather, lead them into the holy light.]

***** 13:31 Lux aeternam *****
Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine,
et Requiem perpetua dona eis
[May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord,
and the eternal rest give unto them.]

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Contemporary classical music for synphony orchestra, organ, choir and solo voices.

Instruments
Strings: 1. Violins, 2. Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses
Brass: Trumpets, Horns, Trombones, Tubas
Woodwinds: Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contra Bassoon
Percussion, Harp, Organ & Choir (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass)

Solo voices with electronic effects:
in II/IV by Stefanie Holtz
in I/III by Jürgen Krause

All lyrics taken from the christian liturgy

Created and conducted 2021-23 by Kapellmeister Krause

Requiem

Requiem - Part I-IV

I Can't Feel the Moon

heck yeah

Play me some shirtless Iggy Pop
A little bit angry and over the top
Give me some distance to get away from here

When I get to running
I always run into you
When I get to running
I always run into you

My friend told me that I’m a goner
A love lost loser in the corner
Give you up and get far away from here

Now, when I get to running
I always run into you
Yeah, when I get to running
I always run into you

We ran our game all over this town
Sometimes up and sometimes down
I’m still moving trying to get there from here

Now, when I get to running
I always run into you
Yeah, when I get to running
I always run into you

When I get to running
I always run into you
When I get to running
I always run into you
When I get to running
I always run into you

RUNNING

This song is for all the people who don't love themselves

She Breaks

When she woke up, on a better day
She tried to lose it all, but she just can't shake; the weather upset her 
More than she’d like to fake

I tried and tried, more than complain
She’s says fine, at least that’s what she paints in her mind all of the time
She breaks

She breaks whenever she can't escape
The thoughts of every part she hates
Of herself is what she once explained 

I know she loves, the rabbits that eat our greens
‘Cause she's got plants in the hundred teens
If I'm right, don't ask if she agrees

She’s lost much more, more than she’s ever gained
She cries much more, more than she’d ever say
But it’s lies- that was the way she’s raised

She breaks whenever she can't escape
The thoughts of every part she hates
Of herself is what she once explained

I know it's not the truth I see
At all but I can't make her see
Herself like she means to me

So I'll stay right here with her
Until there's nothing left to burn
But ourselves to keep this fire warm

She breaks but now and then she escapes
To thoughts of everything we have made
For ourselves to keep this fire warm


She Breaks

CAST OF CHARACTERS:
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth, seed idea
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –  vocals, lyrics, mix, and production
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–banjo, guitar, sitar, and final mastering
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums, seed idea
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – four-string fretless bass

Composition – The Eclectic Collective
This song started in probably the most effective way our group writes them. Ken had a spectacular drum beat that was unused in a previous project, so JJ composed and recorded  a chord arrangement with his magical keys. Once we had a beat and a chord structure, Josh came along and added his foundational bass. 
     Now that the rhythm section was complete and the chord structure was in place, Stephen added his unique melody line that you hear at the beginning and every other verse on his magic banjo. He also plays all the initial guitar until around 1:40, where Tez takes over. Stephen also added some really trippy sitar in the vocal section. Then it was time for Tez to add some spice to the mix with his fiery guitar solos from about 1:40 on, eventually building up to a crescendo towards the end. 
     Once we had all the music down, we realized that we had a big gap in the bridge without much going on in it. So, Mark came through with an old poem he had written on his fridge with word magnets for his daughter more than a decade ago, and expanded on it for this song. (the poem is loosely based on the idea that our dreams exist in a digital environment/universe) The young girl's voice you hear echoing Mark's filtered voice is his daughter, in her first appearance with the EC. 
     The song was now finished, except for Mark using his production skills to trim and move a few things, then mix it. While we usually defer to Tez or Stephen for the mix, Mark did such a great job, we decided to keep his mix. Stephen did, however master and EQ it to make it a finished product. 
     This song was truly put together as a whole band effort, showcasing what the Eclectic Collective can do. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it.  

Original lyrics by Mistermark:  

The moon flickers on
and rises and dances
across a celestial stage
as dreamers paint the pixels of their mind 
like an infinite canvas 

Sleep away tiny egg
and leave a delicate thread 
of memory behind 
but never log out 
you are in the elaborate web
always

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here's a photo of the original fridge magnet poem from years ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/2257994722/in/album-1495769/

and here's some collections of photos I took over the years:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/albums/

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12/6/25: New track is out out! Hope you all like it, hopefully more content to come soon!

Moe Kim is middle-aged man who doesn't usually refer to himself in the third person. In another life he was a surgeon but left the field because he got really tired and needed some rest. Now he has more time to record music, which is way more fun than living at the hospital.