Anything I've loved from the year 2023.  You could say it was a snapshot, if you will, of that year.

2023

Traditionell?5

ELEPHANTS FOLLOW THE MOUNTEBANK ROAD

RISE ALONE AND FREE LIKE A DRAGON

BLUE HEARTS STROLLING THEIR TIMELINES

Beach Blanket Gratitude: Thanks for your support on Weird Things People Do In Portland!

Mixed for Lillithe

Unbound Configurations: 28 Released Sounds from the SoundCloud community

To draw a straight line between NO LISTENS and the quality and substance of music is unadulterated, simple minded, rank stupidity, so don't be discouraged, if no one is listening to your music, it's likely because the right audience can't FIND your music!
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The internet is now so FLOODED with music there is more chance of finding a needle in a haystack than the right audience finding your creations, but let's keep doing it for the love it anyway! 
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Perhaps the time will come when those just seeking fame and fortune will wise up and drop out of the race, leaving the field clear for those motivated solely by passion, and perhaps prospectors, tired of being spoon-fed, fired up by curiosity, thirsty for authenticity and invention, may one day dig up those gems of yours, so KEEP ON KEEPING ON, let passion guide your creativity!
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@StevenVellou

SUPPORT gathers MOMENTUM when RECIPROCATED vol 1

Mixed for Lilli - Dominique Repost

Like the short lyrics' meaning "love has no hurry", music makes contrasts on rhythms and textures even inside each part: Main theme starts with fast drums on slow melodies & has a DANCEABLE? 2nd part with lead bass guitar; Central theme makes fast tracks become slow to the left channel and vice-versa, progressing to a POST-ROCK? atmosphere. Meanwhile, two lead guitars and echoing voices complete the contrasting piece. I hope to get your feedback !!!

Image: "Virginal rosebud", photo by Ruizzoidman

Letra / lyrics: No hay prisa. / There is no hurry.

No hace falta darse prisa; / There is no need to hurry up;
todo va rápido. / everything goes fast.

No hay prisa. / There is no hurry.

Lo que ha de suceder / What is to happen
termina por ocurrir. / gets to happen in the end.

No hay prisa. / There is no hurry.

Te quiero, te quiero, … / I love you, I love you, …

Ser impaciente / Being impatient
sólo puede hacerme sufrir. / can only make me suffer.

No hay prisa. / There is no hurry.

©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)

No hay prisa (Te quiero)

God & Goddess help us. This track is to remind us that democracy costs something. It ain't never been really 'free'. So go out there and make yourselves heard (nonviolently, of course)and do your children a favor which is our duty as caretakers of this Earth to stand up for the voiceless, for the down-trodden, for the marginalized, and basically, for the people of this planet. Keep hope alive!

Here's the original track where the sample is taken from:

The awesome Viola Davis' Women's March speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5ONxQxQu8

Embrace your power❤️

Breathe Free (with free download)

082422

Drencrom

Cyberpunk 2077 89.7 Growl FM entry
Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb5nfV0iNgM

Music & Production by Hobocop: @metrocityrecords

Vocals & Lyrics by Cosmic Keanu

Lyrics: 

Surrounded by chaos, 
Heroic demise
It’s time – time to rise
Our names will live forever,
Forever out of time
Live for today
Join the final fight

Rise, samurai!
Blades slash through lies
As the bullets fly
Ignite the city of night 
This is our fight
There’s victory in death
If you know when to die

We walk the razor’s edge
With death by our side
We will never be alone
Forever out of time

Rise, samurai!
Tempered by our trials
With steel in our spine
Never bow to fear
Our names will never die
Ignite the city of night,
Join the final fight!

Rise, Samurai! (Hobocop & Cosmic Keanu) VIDEO AVAILABLE

Victory of the day

Lyrics seemed pertinent with it being International Women’sDay. 
Here’s hoping that you find it okThanks as always ￼☮️❤️& Unity Mik iD.             
                         ………………….      💫.      …………………..

Man’s World

Part of the collaborative Mixtape album: Free Hands In A Blender
soundcloud.com/themysteriousdecibel/sets/free-hands-in-a-blender
FREE FOR DOWNLOAD

Music: Composed, written, mixed, mastered, and performed by: Mahan Mahan
https://soundcloud.com/mahan-mahan

Vocals/Lyrics: Written and performed by: The Mysterious Decibel

Vocals mastered by: Mark McClellan

Lyrics:

All grows dim, time is winding down
My cheeks stay hovered over a puddle of brown
The voices outside of this cramped little box
These choices i've made to breed these cramped up blocks

The shit bubbles burst and trap all the flies
A concoction so twisted, Only someone like Bill Nye
Can decipher all these lies
Can scythe all of these cries
as this pit of stench boils in the middle of July

Out there the souls, eager for pressure to burst
Through their minds like a submarine tank submersed
Parades gather in the grass for the show to start
While these waves slowly rip my brain apart

A wetness caresses my hang lo mein
This water is rising am I going insane?
It tickles my demons but it feels so ripe
There's always a bit of shit at the end of the pipe!

I'm in a fecal position where the turds capsize
In a fetal position where my sanity dies
This suddenly doesn't seem so real anymore
As the septic tank thickens with the sludge of war
Where the turds capsize
In a fetal position where my sanity dies
This suddenly doesn't seem so real anymore
As the septic tank thickens with the sludge of war
The slimy hand of stench, Pulls me right down
In a puddle of madness, many shades of brown
NO NO NO NO NOOO!
Get a little taste of the waste in the swamp!

The Mysterious Decibel X Mahan Mahan - A Septic Journey (FREE DOWNLOAD)

This song started as an idea David and I came up with to do an afrobeat song together.  So David came up with this banger of a bass line and drums track and sent it to me. I added some guitars, electric piano, and organ. I then excitedly sent it to Mikey to add the sax, which I consider to be a key element of afrobeat music, and which he always does so well. David's version is much more drum and bass heavy. Please have a listen to both so you can hear how they both sound. I really had a good time making this song. David produced and mixed both versions, and what a fun thing it is to hear my instruments integrated into an elrctronica song by such able hands.

Under the Baobab Tree (with David K. A. Spencer and Mikey McFaffington)

Get ready for this fabulous adventure !! My 4th work with Joao, inspiring as always !!!

https://soundcloud.com/jowwwafi: instrumental themes and arrangement, percussion, bass, guitars, synths..., production.
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions: lyrics, vocals, guitars, synths, added sounds, production.
Intro/Outro: traditional music from Congo Republic. Picture: AI.

Translated lyrics (a funny-epic poem when I was 15):

Cacique manda: “¡Ir a cazar!”  /  Chieftain says, "Go hunting!"
Mondongo Gwanda pronto marchar.  /  Mondongo Gwanda soon leave.
Él ha bebido vino y gazpacho;  /  He has drunk wine and gazpacho;
torre ha subido todo borracho.  /  tower has climbed all inebriated.

Gran cazador, Mondongo corre  /  Great hunter, Mondongo runs
ojo avizor desde la torre.  /  watchful eye from the tower.
Cree haber visto una gacela.  /  He thinks he saw a gazelle.
“No me resisto, voy a cogerla.”  /  "I can’t resist, I’ll catch it."

Lleva su lanza, lleva su flecha,  /  He carries his spear, he carries his arrow,
pronto la alcanza y encima se echa.  /  he soon reaches for it, and jumps over.
Su colocón le trae de cabeza,  /  His drunkenness gets him in trouble,
¡el tío torpón falla la pieza!  /  the clumsy guy fails the prey!

 “¡Jopeng!” Exclama Mondongo, duro,  /  "Dang it!" exclaims Mondongo, tough,
enciende llama porque está oscuro.  /  he lights fire because it’s dark.
 “¡Cagonla!” Grita desesperado.  /  "Bullshit!" he screams desperately.
Ya la monita se le ha pasado.  /  The hangover is over already.

Sobrio, Mondongo no se calló,  /  Sober, Mondongo didn’t shut up,
dijo: “En el Congo soy yo el mejor.”  /  he said: "In the Congo I am the best."
Fue lanza en mano tras el animal,  /  He went spear in hand after the animal,
bajo un manzano fuelo a encontrar.  /  under an apple tree he got to find it.

Comiendo estaba tranquilamente,  /  It was eating calmly,
Gwanda acercábase lentamente.  /  Gwanda approached slowly.
Ya que la vio le tiró fuerte;  /  Once he saw it, speared it hard;
tanto la hirió, le dio la muerte.  /  he hurt it so much, caused its death.

Mondongo salta, vuelve al poblado,  /  Mondongo jumps, returns to the village,
alegre canta: “Ya la he cazado”.  /  happy he sings: "I’ve already hunted it".
Mondongo Gwanda llega a casita.  /  Mondongo Gwanda arrives home.
Cacique aguarda, le felicita.  /  Chieftain awaits, congratulates him.

MONDONGO GWANDA (with Jowwwafi)

Atlanta’s “Bog Witch” and Boise’s “Mystic Tape Deck” announce the release of a new collaborative single, “Dogs of Chernobyl” to mark the anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster.

Following the April 26, 1986 nuclear accident, the City of Pripyat was evacuated. The residents were forced to leave their pets (including domestic dogs) behind.  

Nearly 40 years after the accident, the descendants of these dogs are still living in the Exclusion Zone and a study is currently taking place. 

Scientists are sampling the DNA of the dogs. Apparently, their DNA is irregular in some interesting ways.

Wendy writes “I couldn’t sleep one night and picked-up my phone to surf when I noticed an article about the radioactive dogs of Chernobyl.  Right away it seemed like a song.”  

Wendy invited Mystic Tape Deck to collaborate with her in creating the sonic pallet for this song, the proceeds from all sales of which will be donated to the Clean Futures Fund. 

The Clean Futures Fund relies upon donations to provide medical supplies, vaccines, and food for the dogs living in the Exclusion Zone.  

Donate $1 or more to the Clean Futures Fund via Bandcamp and receive a download of the single: https://mystictapedeck.bandcamp.com/track/dogs-of-chernobyl

Find out more about the Clean Futures Fund:
https://www.cleanfutures.org/dogs-of-chernobyl/

Wendy DuMond: Lyrics, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
PS Perkins: Electric Guitars, Bass, mallet snare, cymbal stack, midi
Ron Thomas: Drums, hand drums, shakers
Song by Wendy DuMond 
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Mystic Tape Deck
Mastered by Sid Hagan

https://soundcloud.com/mamby-p
https://soundcloud.com/mystictapedeck
https://mystictapedeck.com
http://www.okthenrecords.us/

Dogs of Chernobyl

Donate

"Dogs of Chernobyl" - Bog Witch + Mystic Tape Deck

New video on YouTube https://youtu.be/2aUqACWrHHs

*** RISE ***

Can you see the dawn arising
Can you see the light inside your mind
Can you feel it ?
Love will never die !

Be majestic like a phoenix 
You can be as golden as the sun
You can reach it
Nothing ever really dies !

RISE 
Shine like the sun
Make real your dreams
Realize it's all just make-believe 
Take time and take space
Shape with your hands
Your life's your own
Your master plan...

The universe it has no corners
There's no boundary 
You are not alone 
Are there edges to the oceans' waves ?

So the grass it may be greener
And the rivers may run clearer
So - How'd you know -
If you can't look to the other side ?

RISE
Shine like the sun
Wishes and dreams
And watching them all come true 
You'll see
That finding your way
Is all that it takes 
If you can wait for them to be...

RISE MAJESTIC 
RISE PHOENIX
YOU CAN BELIEVE IT !

RISE 
Shine like the sun
Make real your dreams
Realize it's all just make-believe 
Take time and take space
Shape with your hands
Your life's your own
Your master plan...

Rise

Disquiet Junto Project 0593: The Charm
The Assignment: Record the second third of an asynchronous trio.

When I listened to https://soundcloud.com/bzurke/disquiet-junto-project-0592-better-than-one-noodle-twister-nobody-home-soundoferror-bass-vi based on https://soundcloud.com/noodletwister/nobody-home-disquiet0591 I instantly felt like when I was in Berlin at the Superbooth two days before, sitting in the sun, too lazy to visit all those synthesizers. All the time there were one, two or three acts playing something somewhere, which was sometimes a cacophony, sometimes it just fitted. So I added a rusty granular noise and fresh field recordings from Berlin, and really: This is how it sometimes could have sounded there, while you were sitting in the sun, too lazy to visit all those synthesizers. Maybe overstuffed, but I like this very much, of course especially because Soundoferror played so fine on Noodle Twisters great soundscape.


Track image: DALL·E "open stage in a small sea in the sunshine, three persons performing music, one telephone, one bass, one rusty mechanism, photorealistic, 24mm lens, aperture f5,6"


More on this 593rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Charm (The Assignment: Complete an asynchronous trio begun by two other musicians), at: https://disquiet.com/0593/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0593-the-charm/

3 Times Nobody On Stage [disquiet0593] (Krakenkraft / Soundoferror / Noodle Twister)

Bronze Heaven ?

= )

The picture was *not* taken at the church where those bells live,
somewhere entirely different, but in the same city ; )

recorded with a Zoom H4n, from inside the church's bell tower this time,
in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), on May 14, 2023, just before mass

This recording is of the same church as the one in the previous one.

Heaven's Bells 2

Don't hide away from me
The things you don't want
The things you don't want anybody else to see. 

What is your secret 
Why would you keep
Why would you keep it hidden somewhere inside you? 

I want to see you
I need to feel you
I need to feel you, how else will I ever know... 

(Don't hide away from me) 

Show me who you are,
Show me your soft side.

Keeping it soft

Gospel ambient indie post rock. Vocals & lyrics. Cosmic Keanu. Music, art & production. D. k. A. Spencer

I will follow you. (Vocals & lyrics) Cosmic Keanu.

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Harmonica solo. Roland Synthesizer bass Arpeggio. Roland synthesizer bass Octaves. Drums Trap full Drum kit. Salsa with open Hi-Hat. Percussion Cowbell, Timbales, 22" Zildjen Crash Cymbal. Gibson SG Electric Guitar Rhythm. Godin Electric Guitar muted Rhythm. (4) Roland Synthesizer lead tracks, muted Melodie, Dance Hall percussion, Rhythm, Octaves.

Techno

Strolling

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://wouwouandthewormling.com
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://www.redbubble.com/people/thewormling/shop
https://www.patreon.com/wouwouandthewormling

Or just buy Wou-Wou & the Wormling a cup of coffee here:
https://ko-fi.com/wouwouandthewormling

This is the 7th song posted from the album I have been working on using demo tracks given to me by Wou-Wou & the Wormling during the start of the pandemic! I can't believe how fast time has passed and how long we have been working on this project. 4 songs from the album are based on a graphic novel that Wou-Wou had started before the pandemic began. The rest of the songs are reflections of the weird times we were living in.

Big thanks to Wou Wou, Bit-zone, and Stricknice for still being here after all these years. I have known and worked with people on SoundCloud probably longer than I have known high school friends, college friends, and friends from various jobs. Huge thanks to Guitar Wizards of the Future. I remember when I first began participating in the SoundCloud community, I would always eagerly anticipate a new GWOTF track, especially because I grew up in Oakland California. I look forward to hearing a new one someday! In the meantime, go check out the classics on their page!

Track Credits:
guitarwizardsofthefuture: Organs
https://soundcloud.com/guitarwizardsofthefuture
https://guitarwizardsofthefuture.bandcamp.com
Stricknice: Guitar additions, Samples and Sample Work, Keys
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Bass, Mix, and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
http://www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Drums, Guitars, Synth, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0rEOgxbaIcWbZZuxAKVmA
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

Would 
You like to 
Skip work and go to the seaside
Would 
You like to
Go tubing by the riverside

Please say so 
Please say so
Geeze don’t make me wait 
Another day though 
I been x-ing out the dates
Each and every day though 
Cause I just can’t seem 
To let me let you go 

What 
About going 
For a naked bike ride
What 
About going 
To a dispensary and getting high

Please say so 
Please say so
Geeze don’t make me hate 
Another day though 
I been poking at my plate
Each and every day though 
Just staring in the mirror
Watching as my hair grows 

Would
You like to 
Visit a park 2 feet wide
Would 
You like to
Be my voodoo donut bride 

Please say so 
Please say so
Geeze don’t make me wait 
Another day though 
I been x-ing out the dates
Each and every day though 
Cause I just can’t seem 
To let me let you go

Weird Things People Do In Portland

Guitar Wizards of the Future, Wou-Wou, Stricknice, Bitzone & CK - Weird Things People Do In Portland

My first track with the logic pro app on ipad. One day build.

Alone

Q: Is there such a thing as a 'default daydream'?
My second favourite activity (after music) is moorland walking, where lost in thought as I amble along I often end up in a 12 bar blues reverie. As such, this track sums up such journeys with a striding/plodding country bass line and twittering bird flute backdrop. I've added a 'psych-blues' intro to reflect the mood stimulus.
Hope y'enjoy.

[Image from a painting by Jason Anderson c/o Pinterest].

Reverie Blues

Additional story here: https://mystictapedeck.com/mythology/the-mountebank/

Guitars, "townie" vocals, timbales, hand drums, drum kit, piano, toy piano, percussion: R Thomas
Guitars, "monty" vocals, melodica, omnichord, ebow, bass, percussion, toy piano, claps and snaps: PS Perkins
Additional guitar snippets: KVN Finch
Spanish guitar outro: Mark Wand

LYRICS:
----------------------------
(townie)
People in this town, they've all seen you hangin' around
They don't like it
They're not buyin' what you're sellin', standing' on your box and yellin'
They don't like it
Their sentiment is strong, and they asked you move along
They don't like it. They really don't like it.

(monty)
People in this town, one by one they sneak around
They seem to like it
They come and they go, they never let the neighbors know
That they like it
They may hide it from the rest, but their coins inside my chest say they like it
Oh, I think they like it. They like it.

(townie)
With your shell games and dice, I ain't tellin' you twice
I don't like it
They're down on their knees while you sell them your disease
I don't like it
With your slug milk and wine, they're just fish on your line
I don't like it I really don't like it.

(monty)
I am just a businessman, I make my living where I can
The way I like it
I am sure you understand, I'm just meeting their demand
And I like it
So there's no need to taunt, I just give them what they want and they like it, 
Oh I think they like it, and I like it

(townie)
They say that you're depraved, that you're sick and can't be saved
We don't like it.
And the medicine you sell isn't making them well
We don't like it.
So just get on down the road, if you'd like, I'll help you load
We don't like it. We really don't like it.

(monty)
My patience wearing thin, I take another one on the chin
Because they like it.
So I guess I'll up and go, take my tack and tents in tow
I don't like it
But your virtue is a clown, so I'll go to the next town
Where they like it. I'll go where they like it.
Where they like it.

BARDS:Of The Shimmering Seraphs

The Mountebank

Old recording saving ! All is about the song ☀️
The tape state was a pity but I thought it  deserved to be remastered and published 😅🎈
Hope you enjoy it ✌️

Bruno C : Music/ Lyrics/ All instruments and vocals 
Nataly NGM : Illustration

Take Your Time - Bruno C

Have been using the temp warehouse to play A lot of Intonarumori : ) and am working towards an album on duets with all manner of instruments. Som of this is live in the warehouse and some is wonderful people sending me files which I jam along too. The first piece is the  latter and features Ingvar's awesome BARP2600 (a pair of them) manipulations. If you want to know about the my ongoing Intonarumori investigations you can have a look here - https://www.matward.net/luigi-russolointonarumori

Intonarumori Duets #1 - with Ingvar Tautra:  2 x BARP 2600s

Forest Road

Haven't done a fun track in a while, so here's some happy music. 
It's a mish-mash of genres (of course lol) but I hope it makes you smile 😊🎵

Free download if you like it.

Thank you for listening ♥

Tiganaga (Three Dragons)

Lyrics:-
Dont stop
You're better thinking over the time
Don't stop
You're better thinking over the time

Timelines
Timelines converging now 
Timelines
Timelines converging now

winkandwoo - 2023

Timelines

TIMELINES

From The Heart

From The Heart - With AnandaTuk

Anything is possible when you work on old tapes …
Anyway this master matters 🎈✌️

Art cover : Nataly NGM 

I composed the song, programmed the drums , played one bass, one guitar, and sung the two voices . 
Recorded and mixed on my good old Yamaha 4tracks tape … few years ago !

D’you hear me ?  Enjoy  ❤️‍🔥😉

Feel The Fire - Bruno C

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco & Jason Mowry
Final mix by Jason Mowry
@asleepwithheadphones
@lazydadamusic

Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Motion By Jason Mowry & Carlos Vivanco

Gallop

TESTING 1  2  3  / feat. IPG1
Vocals and Verses:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/snippets-vox-140-bpm

Lillithe : Music, Arrangement and Production

Testing 1 2 3 / feat. IPG1

lyrics:-
We're going back in time
Through the looking glass
To another paradigm
Before our History was cast

We're going back to our hidden past
The one they called
Tartaria , Tartaria

winkandwoo 2023

Tartaria

video on X

Music by Paploviante
Let Me Know/ Paploviante / Offer Open Collaboration
Paploviante: Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix, Picture and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/let-me-know-offer-open-collaboration-80-bpm

Vocals, Lyrics & Art by Cosmic Keanu

SERPENT'S TOOTH

The serpent’s now entwined 
Around the garden
Poisoned fangs dripping
With lies and corruption

Sowing seeds of hate,
Doubt ‘n fear, and seduction
in the end all it seeks 
is our lives, our
destruction

[chorus]
Falling from icy fingers
Bitten apple 
Rolls away

The one who warned us
Did so in love,
And good faith

So we can choose to 
follow the Truth
And be saved

Or worship the lie,
And by ourselves,
go our own way
to woe

The apple’s rot 
Poisons all of creation
Bloated with lies
Crawling with flies
And deception

The poison lies within
the serpent’s tooth
Stealing our breath
corrupting what’s good
and true

With God’s grace,
we can pry ourselves loose,
Or in the serpent’s grasp,
We are consumed

[chorus]

We’re so far from home
Our goodness stripped
To the bone

Paradise lost,
And to the dogs,
It's been tossed

The fire of wrath
Rises among us all
Drunk with our pride
We celebrate the fall

The new wine is
the antidote
The one who gave it
The only Way to be saved
From woe

Serpent's Tooth (Music by Paploviante)

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my BandCamp PWWO #08 album)

Greetings to our SC friends. For those in hotter climates, we hope you’re enjoying the slow broil this fine mid-July. :) 

Today, Jo (Minimal_Drone*GRL: https://soundcloud.com/minimal_drone_grl, https://minimaldronegrl.bandcamp.com/) and I are thrilled to share our second collab, ‘Anima Unbound’. It started out as an ambient piece, but somehow evolved into something very… different. We hope you enjoy. 

Along with the new song, we’re also excited to share some ideas/excerpts from a book we discovered we both love, ‘The Untethered Soul’ by Michael A. Singer. :D

This book has some great suggestions for modifying unconscious daily routines into conscious activities designed to raise personal awareness. 

One of our favorite chapters is about ‘The Inner Roommate’, and is a surprisingly simple experiment. The idea is to imagine the voice in your head as an individual separate from you (like a roommate). Every time you have a thought, imagine those words are coming from someone on the outside (rather than in your head). If that voice happens to be ultra-chatty, and often negative, the experiment proves quite effective, quite quickly. 

As Michael suggests “How would you feel if someone outside really started talking to you the way your inner voice does? How would you relate to a person who opened their mouth to say everything your mental voice says? After a very short period of time, you would tell them to leave and never come back. But when your inner friend continuously speaks up, you don’t even tell it to leave. No matter how much trouble it causes, you listen.”

That was definitely an eye-opening experiment for both of us; with surprising results from very little effort.

Another chapter that struck a cord with us is ‘The Secrets of the Spiritual Heart’. This is an intriguing idea that when the heart is open, you fall in love with life very easily. But when the heart is closed, you lose interest and desire very quickly. It’s all about energy intake (or blockage).

A healthy heart will witness things in our surroundings, process them, and let them go… which keeps us in a state of constantly renewing energy intake. This is the way we are meant to process the astounding amounts of info coming at us. Witness, experience, learn, let go… then witness the next thing with equal openness.

But a heart trapped in fear handles things a little differently. If you encounter something that upsets you, it makes an impression (coincidentally, the Yogic/Sanskrit term for this is Samskara, meaning ‘Impression’). Since energy is a constant, but you aren’t able to release it, you find yourself trapped with that impression, although you might not realize it at the time. It’s like an audio loop that is always ready to be queued up, even if you’ve forgotten you have it stored on your hard drive. The way you know it’s still trapped inside you is when it surfaces under other similar circumstances… and that might be the first time you realize it’s still there.

Where this concept really helps is the idea that looping energy gunks up the system, like a hairball gunks up your plumbing. If the hairball gets too big (or there are too many of them) there will be a direct impact on other things flowing through the pipes effectively. This disturbing clump of negative gunk is actually interfering with more positive elements flowing through you. So if you want to return those pipes to a more natural flow of energy, you first need to clean out the gunk of those trapped old emotions. 

Sometimes the simplest analogies are the best. And this book is full of them.

So there you have it. Jo and I hope you enjoyed this inspirational little write-up (perhaps enough to spark a little interest in the book). And we also hope you enjoy our latest musical offering, ‘Anima Unbound’. :)

F.W. Friends

Anima Unbound | Minimal_Drone*GRL & GrevusAnjl

Vox & Lyrics - https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa/configurations-of-figure-1?in=frawstakwa/sets/open-for-collab-1
Artist - https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
Original Track - https://youtu.be/IvUU8joBb1Q
MOSNAR DET - Remixing, Drum Programming, Bass Guitar
Special Thanks to FRAWSTAKWA for offering up the great open collabs! check out his stuff!

FRAWSTAKWA - Configurations Of Figure 8's Loop Diggers MC 62 In Tune Trk 2

Vocal and lyrics : Sogué

Instru and guitar : Zucco

Sogué & S.I.B - Shrooms (BARROU demo)

Song musica leonardo silva

🎶 Dive into the future with us! 🌌 Presenting the electrifying INTRO of "City Lights Desert Night", featuring the mesmerizing vocals of https://soundcloud.com/heidi-marie-arapa.

Get ready to be transported to the year 2035, where the desert nights are illuminated by neon city lights.  The full album is OUT TODAY on Bandcamp! 💥

🔗 Experience the entire "City Lights Desert Night" and be a part of our musical adventure.

"The year is 2035, and a web of corruption plagues the politicians and law enforcement of Arizona's futuristic landscape. Jaywalkerblack, a skilled audio master with a clandestine reputation hailing from Brooklyn, inadvertently stumbles upon irrefutable evidence of their nefarious exploits. Fearing the potential consequences, Jaywalkerblack embarks on a daring odyssey to Arizona.

Across the sprawling desert expanse, Shooting Stars emerges as a resolute young rapper, leveraging the power of music to navigate the enigmatic corridors of corruption. Fate intertwines their trajectories amidst a fiery conflict, unveiling a shared mission to unearth unvarnished truths.

United in purpose, Jaywalkerblack and the ingenious Shooting Stars plunge into explosive skirmishes and pulse-pounding aerial pursuits in flying cars. Through their collaborative prowess, they lay bare an intricate web of illicit drug trades and power-hungry officials, setting the stage for an ultimate, climactic showdown.

Amid the crucible of intense battles, these champions emerge victorious, igniting a spirit of togetherness among the metropolis' residents and the desert's dwellers. Against the backdrop of dimming city lights and the melodious cadence of the desert's heartbeat, they embody a beacon of hope and guardianship in a world plagued by corruption."

City Lights Desert Nights

01  City Lights Desert Nights Intro(feat Heidi - Marie Arapa)

🎶 Welcome to the future! 🔥 Immerse yourself in the vibes of "City Lights Desert Nights" with our second track, "Drop." 🌌

Get ready to experience the fusion of trap beats and futuristic soundscapes that define this album. "Drop" is where the journey truly begins, so turn up the volume and let the music take you to 2035 and beyond.

Be sure to stream the full Album out Today!

02 Drop - Jaywalkerblack & Shooting Stars

Alone in the Dark / Paploviante / Open Collaboration Offer 
Paploviante: Bass, Composing, Arrangement, Mix, Picture and Mastering BPM 92 
Free Download 
If you want the track different ... contact me! The track is downloadable as a Wave file! You can complete what you want! If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!

Alone In The Dark - Paploviante Offer Open Collab

Challenge was to make one of my shorter songs with one of my longer lyrics, so I 'had' to craft it into an amalgam of 9/4 and 4/4 signatures. Thus, it may feel crazy on verses but I hope also catchy on refrains.

Letra / Translated lyrics:

Sólo pido no tener deseos (Ya no quiero imaginar)  /  I ask only not to have desires (I don’t want to imagine anymore)

¿Puedes explicarme qué es lo que me pasa?  /  Can you tell me what happens to me?
Señor, llévate de mí esta confusión.  /  Lord, take away this confusion.
Quítame el don de la inteligencia,  /  Take the gift of intelligence from me,
pues si no pensara tanto, sería feliz.  /  because if I didn’t think so much, I would be happy.

Siento que este mundo me es extraño,  /  I feel this world is strange,
estoy a disgusto con mis sentidos.  /  I get displeasure from my senses.
No puedo comprender su funcionamiento,  /  I cannot understand their functioning,
ni siquiera amoldarme a él.  /  nor even get used to it.

Sólo pido no tener deseos,  /  I ask only not to have desires,
ya no quiero imaginarme nada.  /  I don’t want to imagine anything anymore.

Esta situación siempre es pasajera,  /  This situation is always temporary,
pero se repite una y otra vez.  /  but repeats itself again and again.
Este malestar de cuerpo y alma  /  This discomfort of soul and body
me hace desear dejar de ser.  /  makes me wish to stop being.  

Pienso entonces en todos los que me quieren,  /  Then I think of all those who love me,
o al menos en los que a veces lo parecen…  /  or at least about those who sometimes seem to…
¿Por qué es tan difícil la coexistencia  /  Why is coexistence so difficult
en medio de una sociedad inteligente?  /  in an intelligent society?

Sólo pido…  /  I ask only…

No deberías dejar pensar a algo imperfecto,  /  You should not allow something imperfect to think,
sino limitarlo a cumplir su función social.  /  but limit it to fulfilling its social role.
Sólo quiero ser un engranaje más, señor,  /  I only want to be one more cog, Lord,
en tu rebaño de almas, sin preguntas.  /  in your flock of souls, without questions.

Esta vida que me has dado, señor,  /  This life you have given me, Lord,
me tortura, de modos insospechados,  /  tortures me, in unsuspected manners,
a buscarle un sentido a mis dudas,  /  to look for a sense to my doubts,
lo cual, tal vez, sea precisamente su fin!  /  which, maybe, is precisely its purpose!

Sólo pido…  /  I ask only…

ER43FI10 97-18

Sólo pido no tener deseos (Ya no quiero imaginar)

My old SC mate Micah played drums to test a friend’s recording set, and sent me some cuts full of improvised breaks and tempos. I love time changes, yet this was really challenging!

I finally chose two of them and jammed with bass until I learnt his story telling.
Then, I clicked on the red button, again and again.

Drums played ad libitum by Micah Gettys https://soundcloud.com/graphicsontelevisions https://soundcloud.com/letterpressmighty 
Drums engineered and mixed by Dean Johnston https://soundcloud.com/forest-of-dean
Other sounding stuff made in Ruizzoidman's bedroom.
Artwork also makeshifted by Micah Gettys, oh, what a dude !!

Floating Point (with Micah Gettys)

Waiting faster

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Some of our art is made on computers, some of it is made by hand. We are particularly interested in that gray area in between where you cant really tell. All of what we create here is one work laid out in segments, all connected. The Mystic Tape Deck universe is vast and explores all manner of adding meaning to our lives, while pondering meaninglessness.

Please consider supporting our project and helping us complete the work. We make books and cds that go with them. We also have a graphic novel and a custom oracle deck in the works. All part of the story.

A Multimedia Puzzle-Story Of An Immortal Being's Struggle To Define And Exert Their Will Upon A Wholly Deterministic And Ambivalent Multiverse, And The Strange Cult Who Loves Them.

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