A selection of our favorite tracks and artists from around Ye Olde Cloude Of Sounds for the month of February 2023.

WIP until the end of the month as usual!

MTD Mixtape Fabruary 2023

An Admiral Krank and Mo Sheen musical experience.

Nun Weather (Raining Tunics and Coifs)

Inspired by the silent film "L'inhumaine" (The unhuman woman, 1924). 
Spoken words are screen text from that movie, except words by
master of ceremonies in the middle of the track.

La roue sociale

Anything is possible
I am ready
I am grounded
I feel the earth in me
Lustrous gem
Shining brighter and brighter
Like rivers flowing through me
Washing over me
Washing over me
Washing over me
Washing over me

Like Rivers Flowing Through Me

https://youtu.be/2ZoFNjhMkUQ

From the forthcoming album Homo Electricus and the Clockwork Men, a musical situation brought to by Her Majesty's Space Navy. 

Composed and performed by Admiral Krank. Drums by Mo Sheen. 

Dawn of the Age of the Clockwork Men

This is a song that started with Ian (IPG1 aka Lou) and his amazing vocal stem, of which I really identify with the lyrics. He has a plethora of vocal stems, so if you're interested in making a hip hop song, you did hit him up. He shared this psychiatrist l particular one with Tez (Llanpsych), who put a beat and guitar on it. Tez then sent it to me, and I added the bass and the synth. Then Tez put the solo part in there along with the effects. he mixed and produced it, and an excellent job he always does, too. This is my first foray into making hip hop, though I've listened to plenty. Hopefully there will be more to come.

Purple Microdot (with IPG1 aka Lou, and Llanpsych)

This song is about one of the best days of my life. It was in 2021 and I spent the day at Port Crescent State Park in Michigan. It was a perfect temperature, crystal clear blue sky day. In the image, that is a picture taken of me with my hand under the sun like I am holding it. 

If I was going to guess my influences on this I would say some of the keyboard stuff comes from listening to a little Miles Davis over the years and the little bass guitar solo spots definitely mimic the great Steve Harris of Iron Maiden whom I wanted to emulate when I taught myself how to play many moons ago. Specifically, the bass solo in Rime of the Ancient Mariner I can hear echoing out of those. Hope you enjoy!

2 Bass tracks Peavey Milestone III
1 track Yamaha Electric Acoustic 6 string 
Yamaha MOXF8 Keyboard
Rode Microphone

Thank you for listening!!!

Your friend, J.J.

Holding The Sun

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco
https://youtu.be/5mMAXMdGRqE

Surreal Awake

Rolling Hills Under The Sea

Melomania

Dimensional Mind Travel

The ancient metropolis of Istanbul probably derives its name from the Greek 'Stin Polis' ('in the city')(according to Sean Lusk's excellent book 'The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesly)having previously been Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
This incredible city spans the continents of Europe and Asia and reflects aspects of both in its culture and people. 
(Photo taken from a trip on The Bosphorus...the waterway dividing the city's continents.)

Istanbul

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)

© 2023 Pantomime Riot

Slipping through darkness with her master key
Patsy takes a book from the depository
Her fingers twitch as she turns the page
And bites right through her lip to conceal the rage

Deep State’s moving in and out
No one knows their names or their whereabouts
Flags are false as the fog surrounds 
and viewers feel and find another coup’s gone down

Hands in the cap feel the greenback grease 
And a dark gentle squeeze that will never cease
Defected elected dropping off the range 
Will slip out through the traffic on the interchange

Deep State moving in and out
No one knows their names or their whereabouts
Flags are false as the fog surrounds 
and viewers feel and find another coup’s gone down

Streets are littered and the walls all scorched
Silent figures look out from the porch
The schools are empty all the children gone
And no one can remember where it all began

Deep State moving in and out
No one knows their names or their whereabouts
Flags are false as the fog surrounds 
And viewers feel and find another coup’s gone down

DEEP STATE

Lithosphere

Off The Wagon Again

Written, performed and recorded by Neli CoKo, 2023, all rights reserved.
Thank you for listening :)

Neli CoKo - Green Comet

Chris, Ken and Josh did all the heavy lifting on this track - I just turned up and bashed the Strat for a while:))))) 
Many thanks to Chris for the collab invite - it's also his mix and production. 
(btw - no Snarks were harmed during the making of this track)

And The Slithy Toves - cgmannes, K2 and the Three, and Entheogenic Psychonaut

Here is a cover of Saint James Infirmary (on electric guitar for once!). Result of several improvisation sessions on this mythical song...
Hope you like it !

Saint James Infirmary

A musical sketch to accompany original artwork by Nedyalko Delchev.

Some Ancient Power

Support Gom

The Sketch That Spilled

I Brought You Into This World

Original abstract score inspired by various carnival and circus nightmares.

Abnurmoil

Happy USA

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