A selection of our favorite tracks from around the cloud for June 2019

MTD Mixtape June 2019

Daybreak over sands of the night
Moonlit valleys torn from the sun
We wake in a dream (we're in flight)
No spell can reach us on the run

Chorus:
Eye of the shadow
Looking at you
Eye of the shadow
Marking what's true

The stars over us make a map
They spell secret words I can hear
The scent of perfume in her lap
I seek wandering herds drawing near

Chorus

I slip through the rocks by the fire
My thoughts traveling far through the night
The wind will lift up and inspire
We weave through the darkness and light

Chorus

The Eye of the Shadow

Futures

"Méfions nous d'Epicure" de MOOP (compo : William Brandy)

William Brandy : sax baryton
Maxime Roger : sax baryton
Julien Coupet : guitare
Erwin Toul : batterie

enregistrement : Michael Goupilleau
mixage : Richard Comte
mastering : David Mascunan MasterMix Lab
graphisme : Octopus Lab' www.facebook.com/theoctopuslab/

Moop

Méfions nous d'Epicure

MOOP - Méfions Nous D'Epicure

but soft
see she tends now
her basket of dreams
be they dead dark in mystery
buried in shade
see how she tends now – her basket of dreams

see how she breathes now, her basket of dreams
singing softly sing sweetly - caress ever deeply
see how she breathes now
her basket of dreams

see how she calls to her basket of dreams
at first soft in awakening – barriers breakenning
layer upon layer upon mistake upon stake again
calls to her basket of dreams…

[Picture by Amanda Cass]
Video by Emma:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Rtf3mVfvA&t=14s
Drawn with charcoal and pastel, turned into song and then mixed all about. Made by Emma

basket of dreams...

蛇デンス SNAKE ＆ SPRING

A new one.  headphones recommended.

Oh bury me,
I can't hit the note,
Got clean still shot gasoline in my throat,
Bow my sanity it won't linger long,
Tight fit math wiz pop quiz but guess wrong,
Appears as though the dream is dying,
Seems so close its tantalizing,
Drag my submarine through the Serengeti march,
Crack lips mouth parched can't share a lick to start,
Cross the cemetery reaches a decrepit arm,
Match wits we spar won't pay the toll they charge,
Pounding stone its tenderizing,
Seems its close its tantalizing,
Art is written in my blood,
But rotten is the ply I fear,
Carnage littering the road,
With every loss of life they cheer,

In My Blood (lyrics)

from the SLITHER ON! 6 song EP, now available on bandcamp: https://secretcaves.bandcamp.com/album/slither-on  )

take off your hospital gown
tonight we taste
the sweet fruit of this revenge
i am your madman now
and lo! the storm is rising rising

ohhh the siren strangely cries

let’s spill your hungering heart
with carnage 
we shall cradle amidst the gore
as this world comes apart
we’ll fan the flames they’re rising rising 

ohhh the siren sadly cries

here comes the funeral train
come tell me 
is this someone that you recognize
i’ll pull upon your chain
this day has been surprising surprising

ohhh the siren faintly cries

there goes your haunted friend
you nod your head
pretend that you can handle it
he won’t return again
and lo! the storm is rising rising

ohhhhh  and the siren sadly cries

remove this hospital gown
i wanna show you
who i really am
i’ll be your madman now
let all the flames keep rising rising

ohhh
the siren strangely cries

and so
i let you push me down
into that burning street and we 
revealed our true natures at last
and i said
don’t worry darling
the hospital won’t forget who you are

the siren sadly cried

secret caves

the hospital won't forget who you are

Composed, arranged, performed and produced by :
Carlos Vivanco

Rebellion

Ripple Effect

Oneufo

Small

Fizzed

MERCH ! teespring.com/stores/electricpaul
DOWNLOAD : https://fottutobianco.bandcamp.com/track/scratch-scratch

Piero Peluche: rhythm guitar, solo guitar, sitar guitar, electric piano, electric bass, drums, music, mix & master
electricpaul: vocals, nosy guitar & lyrics


A bit of a twist in the plot here. It was the inimitable Piero Peluche who at first composed the instrumental music. Then electricpaul was challenged with coming up with lyrics and devising a vocal melody. It was Earth Day last and a friend and collaborator suggested that the song might be about Gaëa whilst the inimitable Piero Peluche was looking for a story involving imprudent high jinks of youth, which presented a dilemma. There's some nosy guitar in there as well for good measure.


SCRATCH SCRATCH

I'm gliding over the seas
Over mountain tops  
Turbulance beneath  

Well, You pick it up
And you pack it out
You bring it down
Then you wrap it up

I'm driving along valleys
Levees and riverbeds
Sand and rocky beach  

Yeah, You take it out
And you pack it down
They comes along
and take the lot right out

Winding road rounds  the bend
Where the air is arid and dry
Behold the promised land 

Well, you find a spot
And you line right up
pass in hand
Through the gates and then …

Sun sets to the east
Then the lights come up
And the show begins
 
Got a glass in hand
time to raise it up
Ladies twirl
'round and around

Trudging around in the trees
Can't see the forest for
all of the leaves

You take a break
So to peer about
Ridges, peaks
Alpine rivines 

Winding road rounds  the bend
Where the air is arid and dry
Behold the promised land

You gather up 
And you pack it out
You hike on down
What it's all about

It's never been like this in the home
And I feel that the gist here has gone
The truth is always hidden somewhere around
Goin' to another town

Yeah
Uh-huh

You line 'em up
And then you shoot 'em down
You pick 'em up
And then you knock 'em out
You rock on up
And then you break it down
You light it up
And then you put it out

Scratch Scratch - Nabucco Dinosaur

When I heard the original, I asked Carlos that same night for all the tracks. Amazing material to work with...Cheers, Carlos!
@carlosvivanco-1
Original track: https://soundcloud.com/carlosvivanco-1/noche-de-brujas

Noche De Brujas | Carlos Vivanco [Complicated Gold Reflections Mix]

This is a two and a half minute extract from a much longer piece intended for live performance.

"Hullo, Michael," I said.

'Find Sound' is the debut record from Shards, a London based vocal group led by singer, composer and producer Kieran Brunt. Combining voices, synths and percussion, Find Sound is an astonishing exploration of the human voice; using the concepts of sound and light as simple metaphors for gaining understanding. The album’s pieces are intended to be miniature sonic paintings, with each adding to an overall picture of the emotional confusion of early adulthood: the uncertainty, the excitement, the terror and relief.

After collaborating with Terry Riley in 2016, Brunt was asked by the Barbican to form a choral group for Nils Frahm’s Possibly Colliding festival that summer. Following the success of the shows, Frahm invited Brunt to join him in Berlin to collaborate on choral arrangements for his recent album 'All Melody'. Shards have since gone on to collaborate with other notable artists, including Michael Price on his recent LP 'Tender Symmetry'.

Each of the singers in Shards brings a very distinctive musical personality to the group, something which Brunt was eager to emphasise on their debut record. Rather than aiming for a seamless blend or absolute precision when recording, the differences between voices has been intentionally highlighted — celebrating their unique textures and inviting the listener to hear their minutest details up-close.

"The group ended up consisting almost entirely of friends and friends-of-friends. I also tried my best to ask people who weren’t just singers, but who do have other projects and musical interests. As such, we have people in the group who are also composers, instrumentalists, folk musicians and teachers. It’s a vibrant mix, and I’m constantly discovering new things about them the more we make music together.” — Kieran Brunt

Shards is Kieran Brunt, Lucy Cronin, Sarah Latto, Bethany Horak-Hallett, Kate Huggett, Chris Huggon, Jack Lawrence-Jones, Rose Martin, Augustus Perkins Ray, Oli Martin-Smith, Josephine Stephenson and Héloïse Werner.

· pre-order 'Find Sound' on LP/CD/DL: https://idol.lnk.to/FindSound

Find Sound

Summer Sickness

Buy LP/CD/DL

Shards - Summer Sickness

Debut




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