AUTUMNS ARE THE (MANY) BOOKMARKS OF LIFE

I DRØMME - Fatal - 2021
Please Check Out the Video~~~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZF2ZmirSso
Ingrid Soares - Vocals, Lyrics  |  Motion X - Music, Mix, Mastering, Video
Fatal Lyrics:
Absence from pain
Absence again
Against multiple interpretations
Against multiple interpretations
Against multiple interpretations
And it comes from...
Were leaving
To infinity
To infinity
From innocence
It's un-required
All the pale
Coming out from the cave
It brings the carcass
And it's bringing the carcass

Photo by Joanne Adella Low on Pexels

Fatal

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I DRØMME - Fatal (Video Link in Description)

The mysterious four-dimensional illness healed like a lie. I'm very happy and hope that these calm days will continue until the end of my life, but that fifth room says, "The world is insubstantial, and your life itself is fiction. I remember that it helped me but ridiculed me. ---- In the previous song, Heart Sutra---- . I tried to direct the music in Japanese 70's enka style.

released on Oct. 3rd 2021 at Bandcamp
https://nicolaimaruhama.bandcamp.com/track/the-5th-chamber-jeered

The Gate way to Astro Chamber

The Gateway to Astro Chamber N。5  Trailer

I DRØMME - An Everlasting Aesthetic - 2021
Please Check Out the Video~~~~  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnAcBAS0zrI
Ingrid Soares - Vocals | Motion X - Drums, Bass, Space Piano, Feedback
What can be construed as an instrumental, this piece has 7 tracks of Ingrid's vocals, some that are run through a melody layering sampler & some treated with granular effects. What may sound like synthesizers are actually some of the vocal tracks.
Mix, Mastering and Video by Motion X
Pic Art Photo by Michele Seghieri on Unsplash

An Everlasting Aesthetic

I DRØMME - An Everlasting Aesthetic (Video Link in Description)

My new album 「KurikaraDairyuuFudohMyouou」.
It will be released at July 1st 2022 on Bandcamp.
Your Karma will be removed by listening this!

Release On Bandcamp 1st July 2022
https://nicolaimaruhama.bandcamp.com/

KurikaradairyuuFudohmyouou Su

2022 Album「KurikaradairyuuFudohmyouou Suite 」Trailer

Featuring Nicolai Maruhama new album release KurikaradairyuuFudohmyouou Suite https://nicolaimaruhama.bandcamp.com/album/kurikaradairyuufudohmyouou-suite

Archie Patterson radio show Japan Prog excerpt 20220715

MFATW 338 JAPANESE ELECTRONICA
Osiris, Magical Power Mako, Nicolai Maruhama
Back in the early 1980's Japan had one of the most eclectic electronic music scenes of all the countries Eurock discovered - Stomu Yamash'ta, Far Out (later the Far East Family Band), DD Records (cassette only label) Vanity Records, LLE Records & YLEM label just to name a few…
This Week Music From Around The World features alternative versions of tracks from Hiro Kawahara's 1980 album Osiris IN THE MISTS OF TIME, Magical Power Mako's 1998 release EROTIC ELOHIM & former Aska Tempel keyboardist Nicolai Maruhama's brand new 2022 album titled KURIKARADAIRYUU-FUDOHMYOUOU SUITE.
From Hiro's soaring guitar solos & celestial synthetics, to Mako's wall of sound electronics & pulsating beats, to Nicolai's progressive music illuminating the struggle to transcend life's limitations, Karmic Consciousness & be freed from the eternal life cycle of Reincarnation. The music of all three albums on this program defines the essence of eclectic Japanese Electronica.

Eurock Radio Full Show 20220715 Japan Prog

When https://soundcloud.com/ipg1, historical SC member, offered this open collab from one of his pages: https://soundcloud.com/level-one-up1/unused-multiples-140-bpm-open-for-collab, I was immediately inspired by the modern sound where I felt some rock wanting to get out!
IPG1: Try the link above to find his great prog-nu-hop-trap-track!
RUIZZOIDMAN: guitars, bass, added drums, lyrics from an old poem, vocals, choir.

Letra  /  Translated lyrics

TU AUSENCIA  /  YOUR ABSENCE

(Tu ausencia, tu ausencia…)  /  (Your absence, your absence...)

Hoy que la noche es oscura,  /  Today that the night is dark,
(y estridente)  /  (and strident)
hoy que la noche es brumosa,  /  today that the night is foggy,
hoy que la luna se oculta,  /  today that the moon is hidden,
(largamente)  /  (for long)
la soledad es odiosa.  /  loneliness is hateful.

Hoy que he roto la sonrisa,  /  Today that I broke my smile,
(del pasado)  /  (from the past)
hoy me grita la conciencia  /  today my conscience screams
para acrecentar la prisa,  /  to increase the hurry,
(demasiado)  /  (too much)
careciendo tu presencia.  /  lacking your presence.

El frío de esta noche que ya no es clara,  /  The cold of this night that is no longer clear,
¡el frío de esta noche me llueve tanto!  /  the cold of this night rains on me so much!
y estas gotas que ruedan por mi cara,  /  and these drops that roll down my face,
¿son gotas de lluvia, o son de llanto?  /  are they raindrops, or because of crying?
(¿Son gotas…)  /  (Are they drops...)

Un pasivo gris inunda mi mente,  /  A passive grayness floods my mind,
un gris silencioso que empaña el cielo,  /  a silent grey that steams the sky,
y estos tonos muertos que nadie vierte,  /  and these dead tones that no one pours,
¿son de la tormenta, o por mi duelo?  /  are they from the storm, or from my mourning?
(¿Son de la…)  /  (Are they from the...)

La gélida oscuridad que me viene  /  The cold darkness that comes to me
es la nube fatal de mi existencia,  /  is the fatal cloud of my existence,
pero el frío afilado que me hiere  /  but the sharp cold that hurts me
¿es frío por la noche, o por tu ausencia?  /  is it cold of night, or because of your absence?
(¿Es frío…)   /  (Is it cold...)

Tu Ausencia (with IPG1)

VOCALISA is an upcoming virtual instrument from Impact Soundworks featuring a deeply-sampled slavic women's choir. This electrifying style of singing is particularly famous in Bulgaria, and has been used in many popular soundtracks including XENA and GHOST IN THE SHELL.

VOCALISA: "Making of Cyborg" by Kenji Kawai, arr. Will Roget, II

Introduction in English:
For many, November is the worst month. I particularly like it because it is the month that best expresses the Buddhist mantra of "And the end is the beginning". In November, almost all the trees are bare and most plants have faded. But in this "destruction" lies the seed of new life. 
November is the month that most clearly demonstrates that we sometimes have to radically let go of beliefs and attitudes that no longer help us move forward so that we can reposition ourselves and continue to develop.
And this month also makes it clear that we must fully accept dying and death as facts in order to keep the flywheel of life, which goes far beyond us, running. 
At the age of 60, I am still in the "October of life". However, October is already knocking strongly on the door of the unstoppable transformation processes that reach their climax in November. 
The song "Autumn is here" summarises these thoughts in the form of a French chanson. I chose this form because, in my view, the French language and the genre of the chanson come closest to the basic existential themes of life.

Lyrics in English (For those, who don’t speak French)

Autumn is here

Everything falls, nothing holds
Nothing stands, it's already late
The green turns gray, the weather wet and rough
The flock of birds moves away into the warm blue

This morning I was full of energy
Tonight I'm tired
My garden of life will soon be withered
One little spark still glows
That still drives me and pulls me forward 

Autumn is here
The gray hair
Lies damp in the drain sieve

Autumn is here
The cataract
looks at me in the mirror

The fields are bare
The faces pale
The tree trunk breaks
In the middle of the poem

The clock runs down
The meadow lies fallow

The car groans
The eye runs and tears

The children look pityingly
The morning sun grins
Nothing you can gain 
Gain
The raven peeks
Around the corner, nods at you

Französischer Originaltext:

L'automne est là

Oui, tout tombe
Rien qui tienne
Il n'y a plus rien
C'est déjà tard

Le vert devient gris
Le temps humide et rude
La nuée d'oiseaux 
S'en va vers le bleu chaud

Ce matin, j'étais à fond
Ce soir, je suis fatigué
Le jardin de ma vie 
va bientôt se faner

Une dernière étincelle brille
qui me pousse et m'entraîne en avant

L'automne est là
Les cheveux gris
Se trouve dans le siphon

L'automne est là
La cataracte se rapproche
Me regarde dans le miroir
L'automne est là

Les champs sont nus
Les visages sont pâles
Le billot se brise
Au cœur du récit

L'horloge retarde
Le fond du pré est en friche
La voiture gémit
Les yeux sont pleins de pus

Les enfants regardent avec pitié
Le soleil matinal se moque de toi
Il n'y a rien d'autre que tu puisses gagner
Le corbeau regarde 
Au coin et il te fait un signe de tête

L'automne est la (Autumn is here)

Cast of Characters:
xian3-- @xian3 – Christian -- vocals and lyrics
Holger Engel—bass, seed idea
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark-- electric piano
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)-- @josh-clary-1 – guitar and four-string fretless bass
 
This song began with Christian's friend Holger Engel coming up with a melodic bass line and sharing it with him to use as a seed stem for a project. Having collaborated successfully with him before, Christian thought of Josh and decided to pass it along to him to see what he could build with it. Josh was excited to work on another of Holger's creations. His bass line was in a high octave on the instrument, so Josh added a similar, complimentary bass line on the low octave to give it some heft. He invited Ken onto the project, and after doing their little rhythm section give and take, Ken laid down some powerful, yet tasteful drums. Mark was brought in next, and added some very fitting, wonderfully melodic electric piano, which he added in the choruses. Josh also asked JJ to add some electric piano to the verses and synth to the whole thing, which he did in a very mind-bending syncopated way. Josh then added some guitar to the high end to thicken things up a bit.
  We then sent the finished product back to Christian to add his thoughtful, inspired lyrics and signature vocals to his song. This is what Christian had to say about how the lyrics came about. 
  "[Being an avid reader], I came along the sentence, 'We write and make art to show our wounds to the world,' reading an interview with Paul Auster (1947-2024). He died earlier this year, yet his novels are legendary. There was talk about creativity, manifoldness and what the personality consists of. 
  "I can’t remember where that interview was and basically I wrote the lyrics around this sentence attributed to him. 
  "I quote another writer, Goethe (1749-1832), with a famous quotation from "Faust,“ 'Two souls, Alas, housed in my breast...' That points in the right thematic direction in my opinion.
For sure the lyrics also contain other layers of meanings, much more personal…
I am also happy about the title of the song 'We Are Many'. I think Tez came up with it. I was unsure for very long, what’s the name of that song… :)"
  After we had it in the bag, we asked mix-master Tez to produce and mix it, so what you hear is also his creative vision for the project. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
 
Original "We Are Many" lyrics by Xian:

1
To me it seems very obviously
That my I is not a unity
Rather a bunch of personalities
I got a problem with multiplicities

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“ …

2
I am no self-contained identity
Cut off by other possibilities
No border guards set up at the boundary
Enforce the claim to exclusivity

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“…
„I“ writes and makes „art“
To heal the wounds of the heart

3
„Two souls, alas, housed in my breast…“
We hope, that if we do confess
To get rid of this fallacy
And collect the splits of personality

ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
I write and make „art“
To heal the wounds of my heart

out
There is
A consolation in round things
There is
A consolation in round things 
A consolation in round things
Oh, ohh,
„I“, „I“,
Oh…

We Are Many (Eclectic Collective with Xian3 and Holger Engel)

Sorrows Of Life

The Mysterious Lady --- My name is Ryoko
Well, let me explain about this album.

This work shows "The subconsciousness that is pure is ourselves" and I deformed it and expressed with the 4 songs.

It means "ME = YOU" .

Check my bandcamp page!
https://nicolaimaruhama.bandcamp.com/album/the-mysterious-lady

2024 Album 「なぞの女」 Trailer  Released on BANDCAMP

Once in a while I can coax Keith to put his talents toward  a ballad, and this is one of those infrequent endeavours.
Keith is a rocker at heart, while I tend to the contemplative and ambient slice of life and music. We compromise often. This time, Keith sensed his way through the lightness of the music. Though piano is the main source of movement and texture, there is a Native Instruments "Irish harp" VSTi in here too.
A mellow summer? Time to catch up on some summer reading? Here's a bookmark.

Available for free D/L , track 10 of Spittle and Spite found here: https://www.terrywigmore.com/wigmore-allen-gibbons

Lyrics
Bookmark
You found me in a barren land
And turned it all verdant green
I think it was page seventeen
You are the bookmark…on the page that I have lost
You are the bookmark…on the page that I have lost
Forever
Well riddles will come and riddles will go
Like the riddle of the Snark
To drive you mad…to drive you quite mad
You are the bookmark…for the page 
You are the bookmark…for the page
(INST)  …for the page
(You’re my bookmark)
This is the place
You’re my save point
You’re my bookmark
Pages that held us both together… to hold us… now…
Tears us both apart
Tears us both apart

Wigmore: Music, Production
Allen: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics
(c) and (p) WAG @2024

Spittle and Spite

Bookmark

Gilber Gen - MAAT (Original)

This is the last one of 44 songs I wrote with my mom’s Spanish guitar in my university years, songs I’ve been arranging and posting to SC for the last 6 years (I’ve skipped 4 of them which will become a conceptual album soon).

I’m so glad to have https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson’s help on polishing the English texts and lending her vocal and painting arts to such an important song for me.

Also must credit https://soundcloud.com/user-498459842 for kindly and freely mastering the track.
 
CANCIÓN TRISTE CUANDO ESTOY SOLO (SAD SONG WHEN I’M ALONE)

Canción triste cuando estoy solo, para que sepas que yo nunca me iré.
Canción triste por todo lo que amo, último recuerdo de lo que pudo ser.

Sad song when I'm alone, so that you know I will never be gone.
Sad songs for all I love, are the last reminders of my ancient glow.

Do you think that someone somewhere else would ever care that I was here?
Do you think a future living man will give a damn for you and me?
Who could he be?

¿Piensas que a alguien a quien no conocí le importará si estuve aquí,
o no estuve yo?
¿Piensas que alguien que viva después se acordará de ti o de mí?
¿Quién podrá ser?

Canción triste…

¿Piensas que una nueva vida de amor nos bastará para creer,
para sentir?
¿Acaso te importa lo que piense la gente de mis intereses para morir por mí,
para morir por mí?

Do you think another life of love will be enough for us to see,
for us to feel?
Do you care what people really think about my pride, and will you die,
will you die with me?

Sad song…

ER44FI11 1997-2018

Canción triste cuando estoy solo (ft. Janine Levinson)

Walking Through The Sun
written and performed by John Paul Marchand
Copyright 2018
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards
Copyright 2018 
For the upcoming record, 
The Thunderstorm Effect
Image by John Paul Marchand
Copyright 2018

JPM's Album

Walking Through The Sun

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2024 Album 「なぞの女」 Trailer Released on BANDCAMP

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