A delightful jumble of sounds rolling around, over and under the vocal, a very mobile soundscape/painting for the melody and lyric, enjoyed the experience

rediculously perfect. what a vocal too!  quiet and commanding attention at the saME TIME

What a great atmosphere, wonderful guitarwork again and the vocal too, sometimes a little low (vocal) in volume vs the music.

A playlist of other people's tracks (most recent first) that I have contributed to.

Collaborations Elsewhere

Music & mix Guiville @guiville
Vocals, lyrics, and additional string arrangements by Michael Wheelwright @wheelwright
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https://soundcloud.com/guiville/sets/truth-guiville-wheelwright

VHS 22 (Feat. Wheelwright)

Wheelwright: voice https://soundcloud.com/wheelwright
Beckenstein: music, lyrics, vocal melody, instruments

Fictive Sisters is a Trans-Atlantic online collaboration between Wheelwright and Jonathan Beckenstein.
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hibernating
the days grow dark
suffocating
so pull your boots on
walk out the door

frozen ridge line
and silver moon
distant tree line
the sleeping forest
is under snow

crystal flakes will crunch underfoot
icicles agleam
father winter will tread by your side
to the frosted stream

calculating
the solstice tide
enervating
procrastinating
walk out the door

frigid meadow
in moonlight glaze
dormant willow
is waiting naked
for your embrace

crystal flakes will crunch underfoot
icicles agleam
father winter will tread by your side
to the frosted stream
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Michael and I will be introducing two new songs in roughly a month, and at that time the Fictive Sisters album "Immaculate Distraction" will be available on Bandcamp. We will let you know when and provide a link. Thanks always for your listening!

image from Wikipedia

Father Winter (with Wheelwright)(Fictive Sisters)

Wheelwright: voice, vocal melody, lyrics @wheelwright
Beckenstein: initial music, instruments, mix

Fictive Sisters is a transatlantic collaboration between Wheelewright and Beckenstein. Our album Immaculate Distraction is available at Bandcamp: https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

lyrics below
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Born in Belarus in 86 yeah
Worked in construction back on the farm then
Dressed as a bishop she did deals in St Peters now she
Drives a Bugatti through the streets of Lausanne

It's not the money that's what she said
Don't want to end up with a hole in the head
We'll rule the world with the power of love
Oh do you think so coz
I don’t think so

We took an Uber to the conference centre she said
They’ll act like animals to get what they want
Blood on the dance floor but you get what you pay for when you
Hang with the cool kids at the policy disco

It's not the money that's what they said
No one looks good with a hole in the head
We'll rule the world with the power of love
Oh do you think so

I can't stay in bed for ever
My real life will never start
Complications don't want to know
Happy ending I don't think so

Hybrid warfare
Grand synthesis
Do the practice
Get dog biscuits
Keep it simple
Keep it stupid
Makes us feel good
We’re gonna use it
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Image credit (detail, processed): Girl with red hat unsplash.com/@girlwithredhat

bandcamp

It's Not The Money (Wheelwright)(Fictive Sisters)

Wheelwright: voice, lyrics, vocal melody, synthesizer, theremin sample @wheelwright

Beckenstein: initial music, guitars, bass, drum programming, mix

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We stayed up very late then took the flight from Kyoto 
The blossom on the wind the artificial sky reminded us of something

Oh did you hear that a storm is coming 
Oh did you hear that we were making plans

That girl said she was you when you were in that noise art band
 But it was hard to tell if she was really real or just another ghost

The shadows on the wall 
The clinical blue light 
The trouble's hidden in my heart

I'm watching from above it's like we're in a TV show
 We're standing on a bridge the mountain in the distance like a Hokusai

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image: Marlon Josué https://unsplash.com/@paladin_04 further processed by Wheelwright

Thanks to Fady for inspiration various.

We Were Making Plans (with Wheelwright) (Fictive Sisters)

Prod. by Monotronaut
Vocals & Lyrics by Wheelwright
https://soundcloud.com/wheelwright
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion.

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Oh do you harbour some great sorrow or regret
Do the sins of the fathers pray on your mind
Oh if I lost my fear, my righteous anger, would I no longer be a danger to myself
Then we could walk like spirits through this complicated world
Forgetting all we know

Here comes the blue wave here comes the new wave
The frozen moment
Here comes the blue day here comes the new day
The frozen moment
Here comes the blue wave

I dreamed the moon was burning a cold white fire in the night
Like a scythe across the sky
It cut the stars free from their moorings and they became a second sun
And then we walked like sprits through this complicated world
Forgetting all we know

Forgetting All We Know (With Wheelwright)

When you feel it
Waves of light in motion
Gently glowing

I dreamt of stars last night
In a neon sky
The sound echoes
Through the cosmos, drifting on a breeze
Weightless whispers of a time unreal
In the silence, galaxies will tease
Guiding light, my heart will always feel

Touch the universe, it's calling
With emotions skyward falling

Among the constellations, a journey's begun
Through astral currents, to where we are one
Past the comet's trail, and the lunar seas
In the expanse, I find my cosmic peace

Feel the harmony, in the starlit glow
Infinite dreams, in the night we'll flow

In this endless night, we'll ride the stars
Through time and space, no end, no bars
Our souls intertwined, forever free
In this cosmic dance, just you and me
Feel the rhythm of the universe align
In the warmth of starlight, our destinies combine
I dreamt of stars last night

Heart Of The Universe

Here another piece with little crackles from my DAW, but the sound quality is quite acceptable, i'm sorry for that !

79 - Foggy Morning

2-23-2025 (fracture)

lost transmission

You have drunk a few beers in Space California, you're under water, and there is an angel fish playing some alien synth-guitar hybrid. You think the fish is drunk. 
>get up

It's sunny and the water is clear. There is sand and there are colourful parasols on the beach.  The world spins and you find yourself back under water. Somehow, you are still managing to drink a cocktail... it has an umbrella in it. Ford is turning into a Penguin.
>_

Virtual instruments are Pigments and Juno-6. The bass is a Moog Subsequent 37 in real space.

Pond life 1985

Like the hush before morning, or the weight of a dream you can’t quite hold.
“Barely Awake” drifts slowly through stillness — a soft breath of memory, wrapped in quiet light.
Let it carry you where words no longer reach.

Barely Awake

And the Rain Will Fall

Magic Square

Up the mountain

Today may not be a day of excellence but thank you for sharing in my charade
And I can almost hear the patriotic songs of the mood brigades inside your head

And rendered careless by design I confide in my black mirror it says
More matter please and less art we want back story and motivation

And she said you're a good person but you have bad ideas

And you may not understand but of course you'll never know
How I pictured us embracing in the sunset or something like a movie or maybe a song
And it's so tastefully done as we say goodbye and walk away and I'm
Momentarily distracted by the ocean or a sunset denoting impermanence or something

We take these pieces of a life never meant to fit together all these
Actions that a man might play to tell his story to try to find his way

And he said my kids help keep me relevant but I don't know who I am

Words/Vocal/Arrangement @wheelwright
Electric Guitars/Arrangement @jonathan_beckenstein
Music/Arrangement/Mixing/Production by Monotronaut

Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion Mastering

I've long been a fan of Jonathan And Wheelwright,
but as much as I wanted to collaborate with them over the years,
I didn't have the right track that I felt was in their style.
Instead of forcing a collaboration to happen,
randomly I was listening to this unfinished track
that I couldn't stop imagining Wheelwright singing on.
So I approached him with the idea of collaborating.
It may have been somewhat unexpected, given that the original track I sent him
was a stripped down synth pop song.
I assured him that it was just a simple guide for his vocal,
the chord progression would essentially be the same,
but the final track would sound nothing like what he was hearing.
I didn't know myself what it would sound like, I just knew it wasn't that.
On that note, when I hear Wheelwright I also think of his work with Jonathan Beckenstein.
I have talked with Jonathan in the past about collaborating,
but nothing I was working on then was a good fit at the time.
Since I had this track that I felt was complimentary to Wheelwright's voice,
I thought about Jonathan who has a sound that is quite complimentary to his voice as well.
Perfect I thought, I've been wanting to work with both of these guys I greatly admired,
why not all of us together on the same track?

Thank you both for your efforts to help me bring this 'vision' together.
It really wouldn't work without you guys...

Make Sense Sunsets (With Wheelwright & Jonathan Beckenstein)

"In Darkness, We Travel Light EP" released 05/01/23 @ https://monotronaut.bandcamp.com/album/in-darkness-we-travel-light
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7kV9hzBjXnJuqSCsDQ7bUV?si=rwCwNnd1Roiaahao-AeDfw
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/in-darkness-we-travel-light-ep/1685472549

I'm in the process of renovating/updating various aspects of my studio, adding new hardware/software. New music on the way.

I'm a believer in true social interaction on SC, having intelligent dialogue with artists, and giving personal feedback that is (hopefully) more inspired than "Nice."  There are a lot of decent artists here not attempting to "go viral", sharing great music that deserves to be heard and not drowned out by bots.  Encouragement/criticism promotes growth, so say something worth something.

Music's got a hold of me.
I am also half of Fictive Sisters https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com

I have a soundcloud manifesto too (I know almost no one cares):
(1) I do not want to win at soundcloud
(2) I respect people who listen by trying to do work that is as good as I can make it but I may attempt (and possibly fail badly at) different kinds of music so you will probably find some of my tracks suck quite badly even if you like others
(3) If I follow you please feel no obligation to follow me back or to listen to my tracks because I know different people like different things
(4) If you follow me please don’t expect me automatically to follow you back because as I said different people like different things. I try to listen to most new uploads of the people I do follow, so there are only so many people I can meaningfully follow (and only so many reposts I can cope with) at any one time before it all gets a bit overwhelming
(5) If I add a track of yours to my likes that means I particularly like it and if I comment on a track that means I really did want to communicate something. I do not do these things expecting or wanting anything in return or fishing for listeners/followers etc.
(6) Soundcloud (still) can be wonderful and has wonderful people in its universe but some aspects of it do my head in and so I am putting this out here so everyone knows where I am coming from. This is not intended as criticism of anyone else, it is just what works for me

Make Sense Sunsets (With Wheelwright & Jonathan Beckenstein)

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