produced and performed by naldo & guillaume
sax solos, synths & keyboards by guillaume
guitars, vocals and basic track by naldo
additional percussion by Richard Blitz Livoni

cover art by firefly & naldo

Guaraná suite, part 2

produced and performed by naldo & guillaume
sax solos, synths & keyboards by guillaume
guitars, basic track by naldo
vocals by Loup Hurlant
additional percussion by Richard Blitz Livoni

cover art by firefly & naldo

Guaraná suite, part 1

I Can See the Light in Your Eyes
written by naldo
lead guitar Richard "Blitz" Livoni

afterglo above-10.1

i can see the light in your eyes

written by naldo
horn arrangement by guillaume
guitars by naldo
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v.9.2.1

Funky Voyager

one upon a time we went to the House of Nanking restaurant and as we sat down a quarter-pounder cockroach strolled down the counter. nobody was bothered and we stayed and ate 'cuz the food was so damn good. still a favorite and inspiration for this exotic musical dish called House of Nanking Blues.

created in Logic audio, guitars by naldo using Rabea plug-in.
artwork by firefly

House of Nanking Blues

Who's the black cat that's a sex machine to all the kitties? Jazzbo.
You're damn right
Who is the cat that would risk his neck for his brother? Jazzbo.
Can you dig it?
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about? Jazzbo.
Right on
They say this cat Jazzbo Scarlet is a bad mother.
I can dig it.
(with apologies to Mister John Shaft)

produced by NG-Xp
horn arrangements, synth & clavinet by guillaume
basic tracks & guitars by naldo

Jazzbo portrait by firefly & naldo
scarlett jazz 9-2

Mister Jazzbo Scarlet

It is the second act of an uncoiling Shakespearean tragedy with the return of all the bad actors; the corrupt courtiers, the feckless sons and whorish handmaids, the ambitious assassins, the smug black robed judges and boot licking lawyers, the drooling oligarchs, the sycophant politicians and slimy religious zealots, all eager to have their way with the women and the daughters who cannot appeal to justice because justice is vanquished. No checks, no balance. 

The final act portends banishment and deportation, violence and failed foreign alliances, right wing retribution, final solutions and the mad king’s revenge. It is all tear stained and blood drenched in irony as the authors and audience of this particular tragedy are the people themselves.
Shiva Chooses. Finis. 
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thank you jacob collier choir and mad man raving in the night on a pleasant street.

created in logic by naldo, election eve, november 5, 2024
artwork: derek dodds, naldo & firefly

Nudibranch Chutney - 6.1

Shiva's Choice

Ideal voices and much beloved
Of those who died, of those who are
Now lost for us like the very dead;
Sometimes within a dream they speak
Or in the ticking brain a thought revives them.

I am thinking back to the time when for the four of us, the known world hardly existed; days became simply the spaces between dreams, spaces between the shifting floors of time, of acting, of living out the topical… a tide of meaningless affairs nosing along the dead level of things, entering no climate, leading us nowhere, demanding of us nothing save the impossible— that we should be. 

Justine would say that we had been trapped in the projection of a will too powerful and too deliberate to be human— the gravitational field which Alexandria threw down about those it had chosen...

from Justine in the Alexandria Quartet, Lawrence Durrell

written & produced by naldo & guillaume
orchestration by guillaume

hear more of guillaume's music here: soundcloud.com/guillaumelecompositeur/tracks
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Justine In Alexandria

threnody: a song of lamentation for the dead, an elegy

what’s up doc? just a few words before i go to sleep. i feel like i’m in a dream tonight. big bad ones you know, the kind you like. i guess i feel i can say anything, all my secrets. today’s number is… i feel like i’m in a dream tonight, and the funwork train is rolling. all aboard. here in LA beautiful blue skies, golden sunshine. i only have eyes for you. hot coffee and a cookie! i feel like i’m in a dream tonight. beautiful blues skies and golden sunshine all along the way. everyone have a great day. golden sunshine, muted sunshine, 55 degrees fahrenheit. whirl the number… today’s number is 8.

David Keith Lynch was born in Missoula Montana, January 20, 1946, died in Los Angeles, January 16, 2025. his favorite movie was the wizard of oz.

written & recorded by NG-Xp
VO by david lynch and laura palmer
assorted synths, manipulated sounds & vocals by guillaume
guitars, synths, drums and ambient recordings by naldo
saxophone & whale sounds by steve davy

video version on youtube: https://youtu.be/6JAlQMZQW-8

Threnody for David

Varinia was the wife of Spartacus in the Stanley Kubrick film Spartacus. This track is inspired by The Love Theme from Spartacus chart that Bill Evans did of the Alex North soundtrack.

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Varinia-10-2-1

Varinia

NG-Xp is experimental music created by naldo & guillaume
https://soundcloud.com/naldeau/tracks
https://soundcloud.com/guillaumelecompositeur/tracks

Tracks by NG-Xp