WAVE MOVEMENT

Another chapter in my Mars story. The protagonists have landed on mars and reach their martian habitat.

I wanted to touch a few different points in this song.. 

Firstly, after months in zero gravity, the astronauts suffer from muscle and bone atrophy, making them weak. 

Secondly, while watching NASA's Insight landing, I was fascinated with the engineers which were anxiously watching their monitors for progress on the mission, with the knowledge that the landing was already over. Speed-of-light latency meant they just didn't know the result yet as communications take between 6 to 40 minutes depending on the relative position of Earth and Mars. So all they could do was watch and hope everything went ok.

Thirdly, a habitat would have to be sent, assembled and verified before a manned mission could be performed. A pressurized area of breathable atmosphere, with radiation shielding to protect from cosmic rays. 

Previously in this story:
https://soundcloud.com/gunnarsletta/liftoff
https://soundcloud.com/gunnarsletta/thegreatestadventure
https://soundcloud.com/gunnarsletta/sol
https://soundcloud.com/gunnarsletta/beyond-the-edge
https://soundcloud.com/gunnarsletta/home

Lyrics:

Feeling the pull from below
We try to rise, on our withered bones.. But..
No strength remains.. yet
we push on forward into the gate
We reach out and open the door
and stare out into the wasteland

Making our way across the scarlet dunes
Through sand and stone in this unfamiliar hue
And up ahead
We see the place where we are gonna stay

With the journey now behind us we are here, on this world.
And hand in hand we walk across the land
to our home..

Hunched over their mission screens, but they won't know our fate, for a while
Staring through their drying eyes as they watch the counter ticking down..
But soon, they'll know 
That humankind is walking on Mars!

A burrow in the ground
A shield of stone,
to shelter us from rays from high above
A pocket of the earthlike
with air to surround us
so we can catch our breath
Where we can breathe 

Sent up in seasons passed 
Built by machines so we could 
Move right in 
Now that we
Are here 

With the journey now behind us we are here, on this world.
And hand in hand we walk across the land
to our home..

First Landing

Otherworldly

Those Fanzine Days is collection of 6 songs and 1 bonus track collated as a mini LP.  3 songs* had a limited release, as part of another project, and have since been remixed and remastered.  Lyrics below.
Bandcamp download:  https://theaffectionatepunch.bandcamp.com/album/those-fanzine-days

1.  Papercuts
2.  Now You’re Not Here
3.  Always Standing in the Same Place*
4.  Not Everything Is About You*
5.  Leaving Bohemia Behind*
6.  Will We Ever Know?

Bonus track
7.  Papercuts (A5 edit)

Videos:
Papercuts:  https://youtu.be/xbklqZouSRI
Now You're Not Here:  https://youtu.be/a0cevyCVTSI
Not Everything Is About You:  https://youtu.be/9MU91N3TC0s
Will We Ever Know?:  https://youtu.be/D8ptoTcmVic

Thanks are due:
CZ for the inspiration, support and song titles.
G for patience and support.

Living in the past in a fanzine daze
Losing all the time with our ‘winning’ ways
Everyone will buy one just wait and see
Our fingers on the pulse, just 50p!

Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue
Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue

Sighs of disinterest from our social scene
They really want to buy one but can’t - you see …
There’s a hundred million things that they have to do
Before spending 50p on unlucky you

Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue
Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue

If I had a Kross it’d be pink, I think?
If I had a Spacehopper I’d hop, I think?
If I were a Stanley I’d die happy.
If I were a Sister, I’d be cool, probably?

Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue
Pen, Paper, Scissors and Glue

Those Fanzine Days

Papercuts

Be Gone

Music for marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, grand piano, triangle and cymbal.
Time signatures: 9/4, 7/4 and 3/4.

iteration 02: https://soundcloud.com/bkozlowski/iteration-02
iteration 03: https://soundcloud.com/bkozlowski/iteration-03
iteration 04: https://soundcloud.com/bkozlowski/iteration-04

iteration #01

Shortwave Lullaby

Value of Time

these are my 3 favorite sketches 
linked together

Elegy

Chwort #3

Music, field recording and cover art by Re-evolution Cafe' Orchestra
Original track https://soundcloud.com/re-evolution_cafe/music-for-trains-and-station by @re-evolution_cafe

Sonopoetry and mix by @ilaria_boffa
Days in Autumn poem pays humble homage to ‘You Must Believe in Spring’ by Bill Evans on message, mood and rhythm. It also refers to Rainer Maria Rilke's poem 'Herbsttag/Day in Autumn'.

Days in Autumn poem by IB

we must believe in spring
Earth axis increases
its tilt to the Sun
dew comes, frost no more
vernal peers share light

many a time belatedly
days in autumn
prepare for cold and
special smell of soil
many a time fitfully

oh we must believe in spring
let snow melt and streams swell
the hardiest flowers sprout
days in autumn
prepare for dark and
many a time forecast the yield

dobbiamo sperare nella primavera
l’asse della terra aumenta
l’inclinazione al sole
giunge la rugiada, scongela la brina
i pari dividono la luce in primavera

spesso in ritardo
i giorni d’autunno
preparano al freddo
all’odore tipico della terra
spesso irregolari nel modo

oh dobbiamo sperare nella primavera
lasciamo la neve sciogliere e i fiumi gonfiare
che spuntino i fiori più temerari
i giorni d’autunno
preparano al buio e
spesso dicono il raccolto

Value of Time

open strings