maybe it's just me, but the end of summer has always felt like someone suddenly flipped a switch and changed everything overnight. the light, the air, the mood, everything. of course, there's this spectacularly beautiful transition called indian summer in canada and north america, and simply "herbst" here. but the beginning of this magnificent end always feels abrupt to me. recently, it happened again. just like when I was a child, I felt a sense of melancholy, as if it were a permanent farewell. maybe for it will actually be that way. someday.

anyway, in 1981, I had the bizarre idea of writing a musical. I was attracted by the complex challenge. but, above all, it was because I had always been immensely impressed by the musicals of the 60s and 70s: just freaking divine melodies, usually too dramatic, playful and operetta-like for radio.

I got started and wrote a musical about mice (while in london someone way more talented was creating one about cats;-) of course, autumn had to play a role, with all the feelings I associate with it, which I also attribute to mice. scene: two mice sitting together, watching a beautiful sunset, one of them starts singing and dancing.

over the past 40 years, I have reinterpreted the theme of this special part countless times (just example in the case of massive curiosity: ( https://youtu.be/az0T2Uzkgk0?si=QLOK4hJ5i5GcsDbr ), but it has only now become a song with the vocals written once.

I’d also like to share the very first sketch on the subject, once recorded in my band's rehearsal room with a working text. we shared the room with a keyboardist with an unimaginable amount of money. this allowed him to afford things I secretly used for this recording: a brand-new wonder machine called the teac tascam portastudio 244 80s 4 track multitrack cassette tape recorder!!! a yamaha cp 70 grand piano!!! a korg cx-3 organ!!! and a roland tr-808 rhythm composer!!! absolutely insane!!! the rest is my “voice” and, of course, the strat.

And since I’m already at it, I created a template-free hip hop interpretation of the lyrics that more closely reflects my current mood, which is certainly age-related;-)

©music and lyrics written by Hans-Michael Albers, instrumental cover and vocal performance by suno 4.5+

One last warm ray of sunlight.
reflected in the leaves' dance.
A flock of birds flies away.
A sky full of differences.

Nothing blooms or sparkles in the air anymore.
Only the weary scent of farewell.
Of all the strength that once was.
Now, only memories remain.

A quiet dying, piece by piece.
Looking forward, we look back.
To everything light and carefree,
that returned every morning.

as if nothing was ever too late.
Because time turns in circles.
in a boundless world,
where nothing lasts forever.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?

Colourful and enchantingly beautiful to this day.
A play of colours, no farewell.
One last warm ray of sunshine.
There won't be another one.

There won't be another one.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?


Spürst du das auch? (Musical Version)

in the Tropic of Cancer

with this piece I've reached my upload limit on sc. time to take a break for now and to focus on my page with english lyrics.

it's something quite experimental for the time being. background: I've never been a fan of dark wave. after anne clarke's 1st album, which I listened to over and over again at its time, I was done with fast bass arpeggios and apocalyptic monotony. but nevertheless, we all see what’s going on all over the place. this resulted some weeks ago in the following lyrics without music in my head. 

when I looked for a melody with my guitar, all I came up with was ...uhm. coincidentally, I had borrowed an old juno 60 the other day to accompany a brilliant new work by terry that gary and I were working on. it didn't help to get a melody but the basis for an interesting playback with edited beats and stuff, that I uploaded to suno 4.5+.  

the machine spat out a first performance plus a prompt, which I then worked on again and again. machine language:

„the piece is a dark ambient track with a slow tempo and a minor key, the instrumentation features a sustained, low-pitched synth pad creating a drone-like atmosphere, accompanied by a high-pitched, ethereal synth melody that occasionally introduces dissonant intervals, a prominent, sustained vocalization, resembling a wail or lament, is present throughout the piece, adding to the melancholic mood, the vocalization is heavily processed with reverb and delay, creating a sense of vastness and echo, there are no percussive elements, the overall production is sparse, emphasizing the sustained sounds and the emotional impact of the vocal, the piece has a free-form structure, without clear verse-chorus divisions, relying on the continuous evolution of the sonic textures”

the resulting outcomes were in line with my template, but something consistently went wrong at some point: a completely mispronounced word, an unfortunate harmony, or something else that was extremely annoying. thus, the machine consumed the rest of my monthly credit, until the very last version with a credit balance of 0. end of the game. but that last version was the one!

©music and lyrics by Hans-Michael Albers, instrumental cover & vocal performance by suno 4.5+

If I could see
The way you see
If I could hear
The way you hear
If I could think
The way you think
If I could feel
The way you feel

Would I love
Like you love
Would I hate
Like you hate
Would I laugh
Like you laugh
Would I cry
Like you cry

Would I sleep
Like you sleep
Would I dream
Like you dream
Would I hope
Like you hope 
Would I believe
Like you believe

I am, you are
He, she, it is
We, you, they are
Blind for life
Mine or yours
Everything split in two
Lonely and small
All alone
Are what we are
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they, all, all, all, all
Blind

If I had come
Like you came
I would go
Like you go
I would live
Like you live
I would die
Like you die
I would fade away
Like you fade away
Gone, gone

(Chorus)

shame

Wenn

Klangwelt 4

Lady of the Clifftop

Goblin Dance

eng. [Verse]
In the silence where the shadows move,
I remain here, you’re the one I love.
Your smile shines, it lights the night,
No pain, no doubt, when you’re by my side.

[Chorus]
You give me strength when the world fades away,
I see only you, you’re my light each day.

Too late to tell you
That I would be everything for you,
I would endure any road, any way.

Too late to tell you I want children with you,
For in just half a year, my voice will fall silent too.

But I have lived for two, and loved every day,
We found each other — how beautiful to say.

But I have lived for two, and loved every day,
We found each other — how beautiful to say.

[Chorus]
Your smile shines, it lights the night,
No pain, no doubt, when you’re by my side.
You give me strength when the world fades away,
I see only you, you’re my light each day.

I see only you, you’re my light each day.

[Verse]
There is still so much to say — that I love you endlessly,
I have fear and many questions, if another side there’ll be.

[Chorus]
I just want to hold you, to feel you near,
Stay with me, so long as you are here.

You must go on and live for us both, even if it breaks your heart,
Throw a rose into the grave, and then for me into the morning’s start.
Kiss me like the very first time, and hold me tight,
So the moment stays forever, till the warmth leaves with the night.


deutsch [Verse] In der Stille, wo die Schatten zieh'n, Bleib ich hier, du bist ein Teil von mir, Dein Lächeln strahlt, die Nacht erhellt, Kein Schmerz und kein Zweifel, wenn du bei mir bist. [Chorus] Du gibst mir Halt, wenn die Welt erlischt, Seh' nur dich, denn du bist mein Licht. Zu spät, um dir zu sagen Dass ich für dich alles wär’ Ich würd’ jeden Weg ertragen zu spät dir zusagen das ich Kinder mit dir will denn in einem ganzen halben Jahr wird es um mich still doch ich hab für zwei gelebt und jeden Tag geliebt wir haben uns gefunden ,so schön das es dich gibt doch ich hab für zwei gelebt und jeden Tag geliebt wir haben uns gefunden ,so schön das es dich gibt [Chorus] Dein Lächeln strahlt, die Nacht erhellt, Kein Schmerz und kein Zweifel, wenn du bei mir bist. Du gibst mir Halt, wenn die Welt erlischt, Seh' nur dich, denn du bist mein Licht. Seh' nur dich, denn du bist mein Licht. [ Strophe ] es gibt noch so viel zu sagen ,das ich dich unendlich lieb ich hab Angst und viele Fragen , ob es die andre Seite gibt ( Chorus ) will dich nur halten damit du bei mir bist Du1 must für uns beide weiter leben, auch wenn es dir das Herz zerbricht wirf eine Rose in die Grube, und für mich dann ins Morgenlicht

Me Before You (ein ganzes halbes Jahr deutsch )

Samhuinn (schottisch-gälisch), Samhain (irisch), später christlich: All Hallows’ Eve → Halloween.

Samhain ( Feuertanz )

At that time

Rain on your lips

Orbit

”Music is a direct interface from and to the unconscious“

Most of these pieces are written and performed at night. Truely nocturnal, they are children of the twilight, situated in the undefined zone between sleep and awakening, at the edge of the unconscious, at “the gates of dawn”.
The name “Morgengrauen” in German refers to the hour before dawn, when the early grey and sunless light tries to swallow the demons of the night.

Best listened to at night, with headphones on.

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“Musik hat eine direkte Verbindung zum Unterbewussten”

Die meisten Tracks entstehen nachts. Nächtliche Kinder des Zwielichts, in der undefinierten Grauzone zwischen schlafen und wachen, an der Grenze des Unterbewusstseins, vor den Toren zum Morgen. Das “Grauen” in dem Wort Morgengrauen referiert an die frühe Stunde vor Anbruch des Tages, wenn das frühe Licht, grau und noch sonnenlos, versucht, das Grauen der nächtlichen Demonen zu verschlucken. 

Am besten nachts mit Kopfhörer lauschen.

Orbit

Morgengrauen

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