Wow  - round four. I know, that these PLs are pretty bloated and it reflects really ALL styles and tracks i discover here on Soundcloud. I dont have a superduper algorythm implemented in my brain which tells me what to put on here and not - this is a "in the moment" decision and as the name reflects -> is a collection of what i found and really like up here. 

If youre on this list, i did not only enjoy your tracks, you made it on this little archive here which, maybe or not, someone likes and might listen to one or another of the tracks in it. I appreciate it, and those artists for sure! Repost and like it, or not - its up to you. I am still continuing to discover all of you and collect some of your works!

Much love, yours, Cmd. SF

Part three: https://soundcloud.com/steve-fullyard/sets/dope-stuff-collector-three-1
Part two : soundcloud.com/steve-fullyard/sets/dope-stuff-collector-two
Part one : soundcloud.com/steve-fullyard/sets/dope-stuff-collector-one

Dope Stuff - Collector Four

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Fantaisies tracks (courtes) series no. 176

creation: 2021/11/20

These sets/mixes/live performances/podcasts... were uploaded to SC
between 0_/2021 and 11/2021, except for the following, older ones:

. . -
[TO BE COMPLETED]

Happy listening!

* Soundcloud time: 1 year = 12 - 23 months.

HK_Fantaisies_tracks_176

The Silence of Time: 25 Incredible tracks from the SoundCloud community

Novembre

Related tracks: The New Direction Now Feat. IPG1

Movements of ApproachToSilence & Friends 21-VIII

REALLY UNFORGETTABLE MUSICAL ROUTE

Ft.JUNZO - Hold The Line - winkandwoo & TTP ,  Patrick Picault --- MURMURES SUR LE LAC

Image: pixabay.com (CC0 Creative Commons)

Water reflection

“Just a Boy” is a haunting indie-blues track by Three Photons, crafted in response to a tragic local event. With raw vocals, analog warmth, and soulful instrumentation—including Jeff Roberts on bass and Andrew Borderick on B3 organ—the song captures the ache of senseless loss and the fragility of youth. Mixed with precision and emotional care, it stands as a sonic memorial: intimate, reflective, and deeply human.

A big thank you to Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick for playing on....."Just a Boy".

This sad and devastating local story has been on my mind for a long time.... I'm reminded about this tragedy nearly everyday as I run along the Mississippi Blvd and see the memorial. 

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Just A Boy
Written by TJG August-September, 2021


Thank you to Jeff Roberts (@jeff_roberts)for his catchy bass guitar work!
Thank you to Andrew Borderick (@andrew-borderick)for the fantastic B3! 
Thanks to Rene (@para-lia) for feedback on an early draft - always appreciate that. 

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Mix 1: September 23, 2021
Mix 2: November 9, 2021
Thanks to Eddie Cilettie for departing some of his wisdom about mixing ;-)

Verse 1
You move like a summer breeze
There's whistling in the trees
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
Don't leave me alone

Refrain 1 - instrumental and hum

Verse 2
You know I hate Christmas Eve
It brings me to my knees 
You're always on my mind
You were just a boy
You were just a boy

Refrain
How they took your life
What a senseless crime

Verse 3
You said you were going for a ride
But I didn't say goodbye
You're always on my mind
Don't leave me alone!

Refrain
Well they took your life 
by surprise
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime

Verse4
And After all this time
I can't heal
and baby sometimes I can't feel....

Refrain
Yeah they took your life
Yeah they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life
How they took your life
Such a senseless crime
Such a senseless crime
How they took your life

outro
You move like the summer breeze
and I hear you whistling in the trees....

Just a boy (ft. Jeff Roberts and Andrew Borderick)

feed the silence, I'll pray for you
while I bleed again within
your knife cuts violent, the wounds are deep
and it stings the soul you need

I see a pool of black and no light
the way you stare at me with those dead eyes
turn on the energy with the right vibe
too late, you got so cold, no revive
no revive (x3), the thoughts they thrive (x3), still alive (x3), must survive (x3)

feed the silence, I'll pray for you
while I bleed again within
your knife cuts violent, the wounds are deep
and it stings the soul you need

I put you in the box you belong in
waved bye and said so long to the demons
come out from underground, it was pushing
old wounds that stitched back up, well they're open

well they're open (x3)

feed the silence, I'll pray for you
while I bleed again within 
your knife cuts violent, the wounds are deep
and it stings the soul you need

Feed the Silence

On his journey through space, Space Cat discovers a glowing ring: the Ring of Illumination... 😂

Curious how cats are Space Cat jumps through the glowing ring and enters the realm of Mighty Meow, the enlightened cat who possesses immeasurable wisdom and knows the answer to the question about life, the universe and all the rest... 😂

Illumination

Royal Blood

Space Cat's spaceship urgently needs new winter tires and the fuel supplies are also running low. 😂
So he took a job as a DJ in a club on Neptune 9 - the home planet of Synthwave! 😀

Music Video:
https://youtu.be/Pym9MBR6Gy0

The Sky is the Limit (music video link in description)

first hit of the morning sun by Jim Manser

life flashing by me way to fast
trying to find a place but it wont last
stayed with the comedian and the fool
not far away from the ocean where the air was cool
my biggest fear i face is lose my memorys
in a film of life and a whirlwind dream 
just trying to climb a wall and make some sense of it all
like a spy in a hall in a crazy scene
chorus
Rising on up to the first hit of the morning sun
you know its been a long while but now i want to have some fun
rising on up to a feeling of euphoria 
getting on back to a time when we were young

Dancing with the dragons on a smoky haze
they say you drift around in forgotton days
losing everyone in one fowl swoop
gotta find an answer swimming though this soup
Im sick of taking calls now my tools are broken
not sure how long i wanna feel this way
life is rapidly changing like the currents in the ocean
even though we are ageing from day to day

written and produced by Jim mystic manser brighton 2021
cover art shot at cabot tower brandon hill park bristol uk
watch the music video at https://youtu.be/kB2s2IxChxU

First hit of the morning sun

you-tube

First Hit Of The Morning Sun

Ambient track made witk Korg Volca, Pocket Operator Speak and mixed in Korg Gadget on iOS

What’s a Thought

Jamison Wallen - vocals
Jason Mowry - guitar, bass, beats, softsynth
Darren D. Danahy - synths

After Dark

"In modo che tutto si fonda e ad un tempo conservi l'originalità sua propria".

Mix & Mastering by Fernand Marcon

Micelio

OLD HAG

Happy Halloween! 
All production: Mizero 2020
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO21E6Yn3wk 
Finalist as official selection in the IMDb Indie Shorts Awards 2020.
Off my debut album: Always NOW, released on November 8, 2020 on BandCamp, SoundCloud and YouTube. Tracks also available at iTunes and Spotify.
https://mizero.bandcamp.com/album/alw...
Lyrics:
Sometimes I lose my mind, sometimes I just can't find it, sometimes I feel like I try too hard, sometimes I just break ties with it, no lies, I get with it, sometimes I melt into my core, sometimes I'm not me anymore, sometimes I am just a watcher..

Always NOW

4. Watcher

4. Watcher | Video in description

CÂLICE is an electronic ritual resulting from meditation on my abstract painting.

Câlice       Patrick Picault

Uploaded with AudioShare app - http://kymatica.com/audioshare

Template for a pendulum

The landings

DRIFT-WOOD written and produced by Jim Manser 2021 
watch the music video for driftwood on https://youtu.be/ixKabj2_lWY

lyrics
when you were here i didnt feel no fear
just a calm before the storm and an un-relenting tear
like the sleeping dogs who lie on the farm
or the people who wear the masks to ward away the harm
so unaware of the anger thats carried from with-in
its hard to find directions when your world is in a spin
you got to follow your heart and find the magic eye
you got to keep direction look up to the skys

way back when the world was a different place
we had the time and we had space
but now the pieces are washed up on a shore
we are the drifters fighting lonely wars

moments in life can still feel unreal
when i left the uk and headed to seville
wanna feel the sunlight on my face
sick and tired of drifting in an empty place
theres people and theres actions that never make much sense
they are frightened by the media just sitting on the fence
you got to remember this life is all you get
and everything around you is hanging on an edge

driftwood though a string of days
i left my childhood in a maze 
driftwood washed up on a shore 
all the things i cant ignore
driftwood took hold of my dreams in a field of fire ...but now it seems so far away

dedicated to all the free-thinkers and the people who really want to live free

Drift-wood

music video driftwood

Drift-Wood

Good headphones recommended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsu5ZlZD-M8

Lessons

Everybody Moves

When the circumstances around you are foggy and unclear, you start looking for reasons and logic, but you don't find them available
Then you know that you will not find what you want in this atmosphere, start believing in hope and faith 
I hope you like the music and the video in the link below 👇😘
https://youtu.be/OAtHb0xKyFE

Life mist

Life Mist - downloadable music (Video in link )

This is my first collaboration with GMO! @gmo2020

He sent me all of the percussive and drum elements, a very cool concoction of rhythms that was a lot of fun to work with. I added some analogue synth melodies and chords -- we were stoked with the results!

Head on over to GMO's page to hear his 'mechanical mix' which accentuates the rhythmic parts a bit more. 
https://soundcloud.com/gmo2020/devonian-extinction
My 'original mix' has a bit stronger focus on bringing out the melodic parts.

Devonian Extinction (original mix) w/ GMO

This Time of Year 
Janine Levinson 2021

Backing vocals, twinkle, exotic musical decoration: @phil-mcwalter
Song, vocals, keys, drums, bass, bee: Janine Levinson

This Time of Year

This time of year, you know 
Bugs of all types, you know
Six legged, eight legged, grown in a petri dish

This time of year you know
Bees of all stripes they go
All of them searching for nectar and perfect bliss

This time of year 
All kinda girls
Real or fictitious or dressed up in prison clothes

Over the wall they go 
Out on the lam ya know
Looking for your faces exactly like yours you know 
And I’m looking at you

This time of year you know 
Two or three years ago
You told me not to write songs about you, you know

I’ve got to tell you though
You’re the best guy I know
You’ll have to put up with songs ‘til you die you know
And I’ll write them for you

This time of year you know
Bugs of all types, you know
Creepers and crawlers -- bacteria probably

Put on their Sunday hats
Strut around town they go
Looking for someone exactly like you ya know
Just like you

This Time Of Year - with Phil McWalter

NEW MIX.


More songs at www.korima.net


A song for those low moments!


Please don't despair there are darker things in this
world that could take you there
When daylight breaks across the lawn
And you breathe the pristine, scented dawn
You'll know we care
Reach out your hand and we'll be there

Please don't be low
There are better places in this world you know that you can go
Then the moon lights up the path ahead
And the jamine blossoms fill your head
You'll feel we know
Raise your eys to the afterglow

You hitched a ride and that's our gift

Please don't lose hope
There are bigger fools in this world to supply sufficient rope
IN the midday heat you'll rest a while
Brush the noble camomile and smile
Your spirits lift
You hitched our ride and that's our gift

You hitched our ride and that's our gift

The Gift

Extract from the album "..du point Lagrange"
Name of the original version "Verschwiegene Liebe" - Hugo Wolf score
Electronic neoclassical version Christian Levitan
Recorded in Shenyang Liaoning Province - RPC - 2018
With Wiwaves Decoding Software
Recording with Propellerhead (Reason)

.. du Point Lagrange

Secret Love

Secret Love - Hugo Wolf - Neoclassical Electronic Version

Wheatland - Fleursonseaux
All rights reserved - © Copyright

Wheatland

THE NEW DIRECTION NOW  Feat. IPG1
Vocals and Verses:  Ian Greaves (IPG1)
Open collab: Other Direction Now
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/the-new-direction-now-100-bpm
Lillithe:  Mix, Arrangement and Production
Paploviante: Mastering
Verses:
One word ————legit started off right relax while I spit  rhymes start flowing without no script  my words don’t slip tongue is hitting like a whip My haters backing off me lickety-split  they never knew what hit them eat them up like chips  I came equipped it’s about to get lit  one more tip whenever they caught on flip the script
Born guilt free breed for survival  down with me or just another rival  adapt to society the family vital protecting the dynasty totally tribal  nothings free hand to Bible A beat a verse or melody moments that inspire me  to set the tracks on fire be routine self discovery  I am the title and the key that’s the way it’s got to be  till pallbearers carry me Enlightened yeah a prodigy constantly and harmony  Words spill like prophecy chance or probability  conceive and imagined this pages full of paper clips  binders full of rap hits solid hip-hop playlist  the hottest on the hot list tricked out tracks that don’t miss  Glad you showed some interest
Recognize the voice and face in the crowd  don’t hide skyline like I’m standing on a cloud  when I say my name I say it loud and proud  hide who I am hell no I boast  face plastered on every track that I post  the host with the most the last outpost  the attitude the approach is can’t do  Doing my best with the cards that I drew to myself and the fam I’m true blue  blessed be the vibe and my a point of view
Eat it up it’s a banquet my music my focus  delicious yeah spank it my passion my purpose  keep up or get vanquished step back don’t get nervous  is turnt up so crank it just scratching the surface  cash money so bank it a product a service
inspiring greatness go ahead embrace this keep it 100 nothing here has been wasted  slam dunking Haters Victories have been tasted  don’t get it twisted techniques unlisted  armed to the teeth my flow double fisted Who would have thought another level existed  still underground but spiritually lifted  not conflicted keep up don’t miss this versus been scripted  revised and transmitted staying unrestricted  although I’m addicted to the sound —sounds so wicked
Everyone knows the name people don’t act the same  guessing that’s the cost of fame simply surviving the game  but my aim is still the same now you can feel the flames  light it up heat it up that’s the reason that I came  drop a little off the top fresh like a barbershop Every day nonstop reclassified hip-hop —— now it’s gone mainstream the American dream  different flows different techniques different rhyme schemes  you either got it or you don’t —you got it on your dome  streaming through your headphones from your iPhone It’s so well-known I’m always in the zone  Just leave me alone audiophile syndrome  listening to my music it’s so therapeutic  I played in public tight beats on the streets —ill sounds in the jeep  at night when I go to bed I dream it while I sleep  don’t ask me to stop it—-dammit I admit it  it’s more than a habit —-I’m addicted to music  guess that’s why I love it
Lillithe:  Mix, Arrangement and Production

The New Direction Now Feat. IPG1

The Cave
Part of the Playlist Mystic Places https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/mystic-places
December 2021
Duration: 3:55
Photo of the Waitomo Caves
For strings, flute, bass flute, piano, cloud chamber blowls, percussion, field recordings from the Waitomo Caves and other virtual instruments.
The limestone caves at Waitomo in New Zealand are a series of long passage tunnels eroded by water across aeons. The ‘Voice of The Spirit’ Cave is driven by the infrasonic pulsing of a distant subterranean river system which produces the deep vibrating voice at the cave entrance and creates nodes of vibrations within the large cave called the Cathedral. The Waitomo Caves, with it's mysterious stalactites and stalagmites, are renowned for their glowworms that light up the cave ceilings.  Glow worms are fascinating creatures, they only live up to 2 weeks after coming out their cocoons and are eventually devoured by their young.

The Cave

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 12/2021.

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

A slightly gloomy atmosphere which marks the end of a very difficult year in the world, but which in the end gives a glimmer of hope!

Glint Winter

Introducing Cintia Galeano in this song.

Released November 13, 2021.
Mark Bennett: lyrics and lead voice. @markjbennett
Rodolfo Planes: music, piano, bass, lead guitar, and drums & synths programming. @rplanes
Cecilia Mastropasqua: backing vocals. @cemastro
Cintia Galeano: backing vocals. @sebastian-espino
Cover image: courtesy of Douglas Corrance.

The Route To Tomorrow (by M. J. Bennett and R. Planes)

Finding the way,
To get through night and day,
Is just too much. 
Making your way 
Once more through the fray, 
Without losing touch, 
Is too much, 
For me, yeah.

Waiting in line,  
With no hint of a sign,
Is just too much. 
Pretending I’m fine  
Knowing that you’re not mine,
It’s too, it’s just too much, 
For me, 
All of the time.

This is the route to tomorrow, 
Beg, steal or borrow, 
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow. 
This is the route to tomorrow, 
That I have to follow, 
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

I’ll be OK,  
Whatever they say,
I can take it. 
Know I can’t stay, 
Gotta get me away 
From here. 
Before it gets too much for me, here.

I can survive, 
I might even just thrive. 
If I make it. 
I’m still alive, 
Watch me as I arrive, 
At the other side of all this pain and sorrow

This is the route to tomorrow, 
Beg, steal or borrow, 
To getting through to the other side of all this sorrow. 
This is the route to tomorrow, 
That I have to follow, 
To make it through to the other side of all this sorrow.

Continental Collision

The Route To Tomorrow

The Route To Tomorrow (feat. Cintia Galeano)

Unforgettably You

Dans une atmosphère éthérée au bord du Lac, le chant murmuré s'estompe peu à peu, pour laisser place aux guitares rugissantes.

In an ethereal atmosphere on the shores of the lake, the whispered vocals fade little by little, giving way to the roaring guitars.

MURMURES SUR LE LAC     Patrick Picault

🌈 No need for guns, no need to fight 🌈

＊This work is made by overdubbing my guitar playing (mainly chord work) to winkandwoo and The Turtle Project(TTP) 's work "Hold The Line".Thanks to Winkandwoo and TTP for accepting my proposal.

★Key＝F
Lyrics and chord progression for this song:click below ↓
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jN2Q-y5isk2e0teErReV9RT94qiYEzLH/view?usp=sharing

 The reason why I worked on this work this time is because I want to sing and play with everyone.Therefore, I prepared a simple sheet music with lyrics and chords. There is a link above.

This work is probably one of the "protest songs". If I were to compare it to John Lennon's work, I think it would be "Give Peace A Chance." Yes, there are gems that confront discrimination, oppression, and prejudice, denounce injustice, and sing against war, and this is one of them. And not just to protest, but to sing together to "express your determination, clarify your way of life, question society, and lead to reform".

When winkandwoo released this work, I thought he was a great vocalist, singing a lot of important things and weights in the lyrics of "No need for guns, no need to fight".

And now many lament: "Ukraine is my country. Russia is my country. The country is killing my country." Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes, saying most people crossing the border from Russia don't want to kill people and don't want to serve this government. There is a movement to stigmatize this movement by branding it as a "traitor" and to use public power to contain it. I think protest songs play an active role here. Their lives and livelihoods are with us.

I hope that this song will help mankind break away from the "gun society" where mass shootings occur frequently, and that it will help all those who refuse military service in Russia. And I hope that this song will help unite Russian citizens against the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops and all citizens who support the Russian Revolutionary Movement.
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【Palm Muting】Also, for those who are practicing guitar, I think that this work will be a teaching material for effectively playing scales using open strings while playing low chords. This time I'm playing Palm Muting all the way through. Below are some video examples that may help you. I searched on youtube. Use this technique to sing while playing the guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTEu0D4UtKg&t=243s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTxf3vHYEM&t=496s

1)
Dm,Dm,B♭,B♭
F,F,C,C
2)
Am,Am,Dm,Dm
B♭,B♭,F,C
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In the 16 bars starting from Am above, there are three short guitar improvisations. I recorded each one as if it was played by a different type of guitar player. I would like you to listen to that part as well :)

Lyrics and chord progression for this song:click below ↓
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jN2Q-y5isk2e0teErReV9RT94qiYEzLH/view?usp=sharing

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winkandwoo  ---- Hold The Line - The Turtle Project (wink's karaoke mix)
https://soundcloud.com/winkandwoo/hold-the-line-the-turtle-project-winks-karaoke-mix
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THE TURTLE PROJECT ... https://soundcloud.com/turtle-project/hold-the-line
Wrtten arranged and produced by The Turtle Project.
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Charts: New & hot https://soundcloud.com/discover/sets/charts-trending:rock:jp
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Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftE8vr0WNus

winkandwoo - Hold The Line - The Turtle Project ft.JUNZO on electric guitar

winkandwoo - Hold The Line - The Turtle Project ft.JUNZO on electric guitars

ONLY THE REAL
Vocals and Verses: 
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
Only the Real - Open Collaboration
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa/only-the-real-140bpm?in=frawstakwa/sets/frawstakwapella-open-for-1
Trombone : Ian Mc Dougall
Music, Mix ,Arrangement and Productions: LIllithe

Only The Real FRAWSTAKWA & Lillithe

Broken Dreams / Paploviante 2023
Paploviante Bass, Music, Picture, Mix and Mastering
Vocals Ghosthack: www.Ghosthack.de

Broken Dreams - Paploviante

I’m happy to post this song with help from my first SC friend https://soundcloud.com/espere-verde, who encouraged me on to improve my music making from a very start. Good musician & draughtsman (he did this artwork too), his vocal performance here gave the mood I couldn’t to the song.

Technical highlights:
>Most vocals: Espere Verde
>Music & almost no vocals: Ruizzoidman
>Odd patterns hidden along three levels in this track: amalgamated psycho-hard coating, usual 7/2 in punk/ska intermediate parts, and finally the sweater core is structured in groups of five measures.

Lyrics: strangely, I wrote about these stressing things when I was 21 and supposedly happy; I'd say similarly today I'm twice as old...

SIN MUJERES NI TABACO, SIN PRISAS  /  WITHOUT WOMEN OR TOBACCO, WITHOUT HURRIES
  
Todo lo que odio me ayuda a vivir,  /  Everything I hate helps me to live,
lo que me pone enfermo me empuja a seguir.  /  what gets me ill pushes me on.
Todo aquello que quiero dejar de sentir  /  Everything I want to stop feeling
es lo que da sentido a mi vivir.  /  is what gives sense to my life.
  
No puedo vivir sin mujeres,  /  I cannot live without women,
ni tabaco, sin prisas,  /  or tobacco, without hurries,
no puedo vivir.  /  I cannot live.
  
Mi ración horaria de tabaco  /  My hourly ration of tobacco
me mata por dentro.  /  kills me from inside.
Mi ración horaria de tabaco  /  My hourly ration of tobacco
me ayuda a vivir.  /  helps me to live.
Mi ración diaria de prisas  /  My daily ration of hurries
me saca los nervios.  /  gets me on my nerves.
Mi ración diaria de prisas  /  My daily ration of hurries
me empuja a seguir.  /  pushes me to continue.
  
Mi ración … de mujeres  /  My … ration of women 
me hace sufrir.  /  makes me suffer.
Mi ración … de mujeres  /  My … ration of women 
me ayuda a vivir.  /  helps me to live.

ER29HC8 ©1995 ®2015

Sin mujeres ni tabaco, sin prisas (Most vocals by Espere Verde)

Well.. I started this track almost a year ago? Thank goodness for Sander's (https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer) patience. This track means a lot to me in a lot of ways.. The longer I didn't move forward the harder it was to return to it.  However, I got really inspired when the fall and winter came back because this song definitely has a late fall / wintery feel. 

I go from feeling really good about it to OMG I need to delete all my vocals and start over. However, it must be released regardless. It may not be perfect but that is fine. It is a song from two people who don't live remotely near each other. That in itself is a beautiful feat that must be appreciated. On top of that Sander's music meeting my strange cadence and expression creates a vibe never before experienced. Of course there is the story.  

The story is of course lovers caught in a 1984-esque scenario. However, I also wrote with the inspiration of current events.  I think that is also why I wanted to release it as soon as I could.. I think it has an element of needed catharsis.  However, I am very joyful to finally release this!! so much thanks for listening if you do <3

ALSO GO FOLLOW https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer FOR GREAT MUSIC!!!

lyrics:


 Underneath it all 
 Behind the brick and mortar tall 
Slowly becoming barren like the  fall
Trees that wish to stalll 
The distance from the sun the Earth revolves
Spring time rebirth is far 
And they're putting on the final straw

People watching revert to simple awe
As so many lines start becoming crossed
Power through crimes whats the cost
Of an entire world bound and lost
Warming up but still crowned in frost
Made hostage by the hostile law 
The coverage is constant like a coke withdrawal 
Never budging like a water soaked log
We need a fire but all we got is smoke like fog 
That obscures our view of hope till its gone

Try
Try to smile for me
Lets pretend we are free
Right Here 
While we’re Wrapped in each others arms
We know we are safe from harm


 Please turn off the radio 
When its on your eyes lose their glow 
Those voices speak poison don't you know 
They’ve chosen to keep us dull and low
Stay poised and don’t let you mind go
To where it naturally wants to the most 
Keep your cards close 

To your chest 
And never tell the rest 
Keep your secrets buried deep within your breath 
People can be trusted less and less
This is all for your best interest 
I can already tell when your thoughts want to burst from your head

I know it hurts but think of our past blessings instead
Remember when I met you back in summer of 07?
As soon as I saw you I knew within just a couple of seconds
That you were someone who was homesick for heaven 

It was a bit of a miracle you even talked to me
I was never social my thoughts never Let me be free
But you fought through my walls so playfully 
Your kiss must have worked like an open sesame 
You showed me a whole world anew a little like Disney 
It’s a little cheesy and thinking of it has me dizzy 
Your love has always made me sick like a disease 
Butterflies from you make a hurricane erupt in me


I was hoping this day would never come
But I think it was time to grab our things and run
I’d rather die than see you under a gun
Being forced to give in and succumb 
To these wicked men or whatever they have become

I no longer see any trace of love in their eyes
They despise anything that looks like life
Reflecting off of the sheen of their knives
If we leave now there is cover under disguise of night
It’s fight or flight and we both know what is right

Try (Wane of Summer & Cycle of Hands)

wow. WOW. It is released. It has been "finished".

This has been one of the most challenging and rewarding collaborations to date. Interesting as *thommo* (https://soundcloud.com/thommo_tunes) was the first person I ever collaborated with over soundcloud. Our first track "Alchemy" kind of just fell together within weeks.  4am not only took over a year but has 3 very different versions.   The first version was 6 minutes long, very fast and the lyrics were much darker.  The second had the same lyrics but the beat was much different. 
*thommo* and I started going in different directions and we both kind of threw our hands up. My communication dropped off due to life changes. *thommo* every now and then would send a message reflecting on wanting to revisiting the track but I was consumed with a far different life than I was living the first time we collaborated. 

However, *thommo* kept pushing on this track and eventually sent me the first draft of this newest version and all of the excitement and passion jumped alive. It was the best of what both of us saw the tracks potential as.  

So HERE WE ARE! Full circle with our completed collaboration ready for your listening enjoyment.  From EllE of Cycle of Hands and *thommo* we bring you: 

4 A.M.

lyrics:

There are some things that wait until the quiet
Time of night
To take over your mind before the day gets bright
When everyone’s still asleep I feel like I might
Be the only one alive so I look to the sky

I take comfort in the stars and the moon in despite
Of their distance from my room where I sit and write
Pieces of ideas from this muse deep inside
She’s the higher form I use to free my light

It’s 4 am and I am
In the deep end 
No sleep then
For me this night

It’s me and my mind
I can’t unwind 
I wonder 
I hunt for 
What is life

I Ignite a little fire to see where I am
In the A.M. I get tired but I still can’t land
Mayhem of creation doesn’t care about plans
I made when my intention was lights out by 9

But Inspiration beckons and I can’t reject the call
If it is passed to me it’s disrespect if I drop the ball
Of energy like electricity from the wall
It’s all I see and I know its me who needs to crack this vault

It’s 4 am and I am
In the deep end 
No sleep then
For me this night

It’s me and my mind
I can’t unwind 
I wonder 
I hunt for 
What is life

It’s 4 am and 
The world is small
This screen the window 
And my wall

No sounds are heard
Except my own thoughts
They go Back and forth 
And it ticks me off

My eyes are glued to this new creation 
I can’t stop, drop or leave this inspiration 
Inside me theres a key to the ignition 
When its turned There is no chance of intermission 
I’ve been hitting on something much bigger than fiction 
I know Because it comes straight from my deepest intuition 
It can’t wait to escape from everything I’ve written 
Leaping from the words the moment you see em

So tonightt I am defying my sleep cycle 
Gonna try to give life to these dreams that I pull
From the hat on my skull That been getting too full 
With ideas and scenarios playing like a film roll 
On repeat so I need to hit focus and record
Can’t miss a thing double checking every cord
I know that the final piece is my only reward 
I blow through minutes and hours with every step taken towards
My gold

4am (*thommo* and EllE)

memory [from ''ventalla'']

for piano, tenor and electronics.

Memory [ventalla]

Ballade de nature et d'électronique en poésie de noms de fleurs de bord de l'eau, paroles chantées.
Ballad of nature and electronics in poetry of names of flowers by the water's edge, sung lyrics.