Just some of the Amazing Artists Bands on Soundcloud  more to come cheers G

Summer 2020 part 2

THE WIND TAKES MY WORDS AWAY

Related tracks: Apollo 11 - Paploviante

Radịo - Actịvịty Streaming France
"Magic" Compilation August 2020
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Kasz — Magic
KinG DeOs — King Deos - Coffin
King Tragedy — Night Vibes (Prod. Dope Boi)
M&B — Fire
Fallende — Dark Ocean
A Million Dreams — Electricity
-..- — Light Intermission
Patrick Picault — Stonerjazz and Patrick Picault the Epiphone and the Fender go on a date ...
The Abyss — Red Comet
ᗴᗰᑭ丅Ƴ ᔕᗴᗩ — Adagio

Magic

Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

AB Playlist 075 Part 1

psy&world

Betelgeuse

X-SpheriMental

collab with Ethnicalvibes recorded in 2012 
initially released on the album TOMORROW NEVER COMES 
full credits on bandcamp

THE SOUND ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE

Thank You. I Love You /  Dedicated To Angelight,Sean,Traci,7cats & Cool bro A ! Classical Flavor.

Another first and live in studio recordings for Velvet Voyage.  Trio style. Song I wrote thinking of james bond.  Also showcasing many of the VST's available from NI at that time.

Velvet Voyage

Eye Spy

Hey guys ! It's been already 3 years since I've uploaded my last Psytrance live ! I wanted to upload the live I did at Ometeotl Festival 2017 (Mexico), but I had some problems with the recording, so I ended up cleaning it and rework it a bit, changing things & some tracks there and there to draw the best of it, I hope you'll like it !

TRACKLIST : 

1. Heilung - Fylgija / Futhorck LIVE (Nibana Edit)
[LIFA, Live at Castlefest]

2. Nibana & Electrypnose - En Avant Les Manettes ! 
[VA - Xochipilli & Xochiquetzal - Ometeotl Festival]

3. Nibana - Dagon And The 7th Gate 
[Album - Tales Of The Uncanny - OVNI Records]

4. Nibana & Mark Day - Blind Idiot God 
[Album - Tales Of The Uncanny - OVNI Records]

5. Nibana - In The Hall Of Despair (Part 1) 
[Album - Tales Of The Uncanny - OVNI Records]

6. Nibana - In The Hall Of Despair (Part 2) (Live Cut)
[Album - Tales Of The Uncanny]

7. Nibana & Ajja - Glitched Matrice 
[Album - Tales Of The Uncanny - OVNI Records]

8. Nibana - Into The Abyss (Live Edit) 
[Album - Tales Of The Uncanny - OVNI Records]

9. Nibana - Black Metal meets Psytrance (Live Edit) 
[UNRELEASED]

10. Nibana - Ikana 
[Album - Tales Of The Uncanny - OVNI Records]

11. Nibana & Scratchy - Dagoba System 
[UNRELEASED]

12. LAB - Chemical Sorcery (Nibana Remix) 
[VA - Elemental Spirits - Badgers Records]

13. Nibana & Ivort - Fatigue et Réalité sans soupçons 
[VA - Digital Mind Travel - Etheral Decibel Records]

14. ☌⍀⍜⎍☊⊑ - ⎅⍀⟒⏃⋔⟟⋏☌ ⍜⎎ ⌰⟟⎎⟒ (⋏⟟⏚⏃⋏⏃ ⍀⟒⋔⟟⌖)
[?????????]

15. ⋏⟟⏚⏃⋏⏃ & ⋔⏃⍀☍ ⎅⏃⊬ - ⌇⎍⌿⟒⍀⋏⍜⎐⏃
[?????????]

Nibana Psytrance Live @ Ometeotl Festival Mainstage 2017 (Revisited)

For Missed Opportunities

Dark Ocean

collab with Ethnicalvibes recorded in 2016 
initially released on the album RADIO MANTRA
full credits on bandcamp

ABOUT PEACE

DRUMS RADIO
LENNY AIR
KONNECTING SOUL

Every Wednesday On Drums Radio
www.drumsradio.com
8pm - 11pm
21h - 23h Paris

Tracklist :

1/ Peppe Citarella Feat Brutha Basil - Warning (Mijangos Afro House mlix)
2/ Saint Evo Feat. Rocio Starry - Mi Sentimiento
3/ ND Catani & Alex Heide - Nairobi (FNX Omar Remix)
4/ O.B - Sangare
5/ Unnayanaa & Irfan Rainy - Taht Min Aini (feat. Ibtisam)
6/ Nawfel Feat Idd Aziz - Rero (Cee Elassaad Remix)
7/ Da Mike & Lazarusman - The Thing
8/ BumPRO - Freeze (FNX Omar Extended Remix)
9/ Zimosoul Feat MaXx - Azania (Cee Elassaad Organ Remix)
10/ Afrikan Roots - Guitar Song
11/ London Grammar - If You Wait (Meith Edit)
12/ Lenny Air Feat Abdallah Oumbadougou - Talla Talline Manine (Desert Main Mix)
13/ O.B - Tagnawit 
14/ Boddhi Sauva & Mehdi Nassouli - Ghaita (Extended Mix)
15/ Zepherin Saint - Midnight Mawal (Jose Marquez Remix)
16/ Fnx Omar & Cee Elassaad Feat idd Aziz (Promo Cut)
17/ Josh Wink Feat Ursula Rucker - Sixth Sense (Louie Vega Remix)
18/ Paso Doble Feat. Amera Light - My World (Da Capo Spoken Dub Mix)
19/ Atjazz, Jullian Gomes, Jimpster - It's My Time (Jimpster Remix)
20/ Havoc & Lawn Feat. Jinadu - Give it Up (Extended Mix)
21/ Camelphat & Elderbrook - Cola (Club Mix)
22/ Joeski Vs Wahoo - Make Em Cry (Lenny Air Remix)FREE DOWNLOAD
23/ Yuksek - The Rollercoaster (Extended Mix)
24/ The Vision - Heaven (feat. Andreya Triana Danny Krivit Edit)
25/ Loleatta Holloway - Dreamin' (Jazz-N-Groove Club Mix)

Lenny Air Konnecting Souls On Drums Radio 20-11-19

A fantastic collaboration between two musicians who share their passion and their conviction ...
"just out here in the middle of the void,spinning fast around a giant ball of burning gas that's hurdling thru the deepest darkest space .
Meteors and comets are zooming by at breakneck pace
The situation seems to be precarious ,some might even say Nefarious, how can it be that tragedy can be almost hilarious. Stupidity it seems to be the order of the day.
But here we are and here we go onward out, like warriors without a clue, and everyone will play their part,
of this i'm sure, i know it's true." 
STONERJAZZ.. HEADPHONES ONLY PLEASE

STONERJAZZ..PATRICK PICAULT..  A GIANT BALL OF BURNING GAS ..

Fire

I imagined the sounds of sap movements under the bark of the tree to create a musical and poetic composition.
A way to make the tree sacred through music ...
"Sap
under its cracked bark
circulates the fluid of our bubbling thoughts
sap-fed sleep
sap sap sap ..."

j'ai imaginé  les sons des mouvements de sève sous l'écorce de l'arbre pour réaliser une composition musicale et poétique.
Une manière de sacraliser l'arbre par la musique...
"Sève
sous son écorce fissurée
circule le fluide de nos pensées bouillonnantes
sommeil nourri de sève
sève sève sève  ..."

Sève

A poetic moment by STONERJAZZ accompanied by Patrick Picault improvising on various instruments.

"IT'S SUBLIME "   STONERJAZZ   PATRICK PICAULT

decided to drop this because ya been so kind to music and been showing so much love to me and ya brought me out of a dark place i been stuck in for a while !! thank you and i love ya 4real !!!

single

Coffin

King Deos - Coffin

Power

Turn on the radio,
Top20 breakfast show
You know my coffee just turned sour
Hey, you should be ashamed
This so called music sounds so lame
And very soon we´re gonna kick you out

I´ve got the power…
Over you

Oh you should be ashamed
Your playlist sounds so lame
I´ve got a word or two
To say to you

You say we don´t fit your plans
Of manufactured plastic bands
But we have something real
And it won´t fall through
You say you have a format
I say I´m not your doormat
Right now I´m walking over you

(musical break) 

Oh you should be ashamed
Your playlist sounds so lame
I´ve got a word or two
To say to you
I´ve got the power….
Over you
I´ve got the power…
Over you
Over you
Over you

Lyrics-Krissi Treganna
Music-Samuel Aalto

Krissi Treganna & Samuel Aalto- Power

Technotions

Variable notions

collab with Dark Elf recorded in 2019 
initially released on the album MESSARA 
full credits on bandcamp

BLACK DEVI

KASZ - DRIZZLY SUNDAY

I recently quit my job to pursue my career in music Full Time, it's been a goal of mine for quite some time. I never thought I would be able to actually do it in a million years until I just did it.  
(Music Video Out On YouTube)

Mixed & Mastered: King Tragedy Music

Contact: KingTragedyMusic@gmail.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KingTragedyOfficial/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingtragedymusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KingTragedywpg


Press: 
https://nevernaire.com/kingtragedy/
https://shiftermagazine.com/music/canadian-hip-hop-and-rnb-artists?fbclid=IwAR39IhnU-dLDKJkLmQs4Mmfd5-GFjSJwLwPA3UOq2QCyIIxVuVzw8pKGfd8

STREAM ALL MUSIC: https://songwhip.com/king-tragedy

2020 KING TRAGEDY MUSIC (C)
2020 All Damn Day Music Group (C)
2020 Hood Daddies R Us Entertainment (C)

I cant explain how grateful I am for all of your support thank you. 
Much Love & Respect

Night Vibes

Night Vibes (Prod. Dope Boi)

Featuring Amethyst from Jeryia J. Please enjoy.

Amethyst

Four Telecasters and an organ walk into a bar.

Or maybe it's a chapel. Can't tell. But it's weird in there, all swirly and broken up.

Bill Boethius has posted a very alternative cousin to this music, derived from the same genetic material: https://soundcloud.com/bill-boethius/blue-slippage

Signorelli Blue

CYBER DREAMING

© 2020 Conover/The Warheads
Tribute to The Warheads.. "John"....RIP

Summer Is Coming (Conover and The Warheads)

Two musicians converse with each other on an electronic background.

Stonerjazz and Patrick Picault the Epiphone and the Fender go on a date ...

My sometimes way too often desire to stay in my rock punk-a-fied mode...my true nature I suppose...goes back to my youth...Hope you enjoy this free-live-spirit expression of me having my rock and roll fun :)

Thank you big-time Dear Christian for giving me the amazing opportunity to rock out on your exceptional energizing rock track that sends me straight up to Mars and beyond...well you totally know what I mean...Big Hugs for believing in my Punk-a-fied side....Yes, and it's simply the best for me to make music with you! With love and immense gratitude, REKHA - XO-XO-XO

Listen to the amazing music of Christian Moll here: https://soundcloud.com/christianmollmusic

ROCK REIGNS - Music by Christian Moll

ROCK REIGNS - Music & Lyrics by REKHA Iyern Fe

I'm Punk-a-fied
I'm your Punk-a-fied woman
Uh, Punk-a-fied

Let, let me rock this world
Gonna kick you-Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo
Off the ground

Let me be the woman
Who gets Punk-a-fied 
For all who wanna listen

Hey I'm a woman not like any other
Gonna stay in my rock and roll
Where I wanna be, wanna be-Ow
Wanna be, wanna be, wanna be

Hey, I'm your true divine
Force whip, ya can't hide behind me
Cuz' Ai-Ai-Ai-I'm 
You know
The fire, the flame
I'm so fully Punk-a-fied in my dreams
Can't you see I'm Punk-a-fied?
Solo in my dream-Ee-Eem
Where I want, I want, I wanna be
Free-Ee, Free-Ee
Ee-Ee-Ee-Ee-Yeah-Oh-Oh-Ow-Yeah

Oh, Wo-Oh, Wo-Oo, Wo-Oo, Wo-Oh...

Come on, rock me up
Punk-a-fied, I'm a woman

Oh-Oh-Oh...Oh
Rock and roll, rock and roll
I am in solo control
Oh can you feel my vibrato-Oh? 
Vibrato-Oh, Oh-Oh
It's goin' through me 
Like a volcano-Oh-Oh-Oh...Oh-Oh
Eh-Ee-Yeah, Eh-Ee-Yeah
Oh-Hoh-Hoh...Yeah-Yeah
Ahn, Yeah-Yeah

Original Photo & Graphics by REKHA
Cover Art & Graphic Design by Christian Moll

Original Instrumental Music composed & produced by Christian Moll
All lead & back vocals composed & produced, recorded & performed, mixed & mastered by REKHA Iyern Fe Records in CANADA

ROCK REIGNS

ROCK REIGNS | Music by Christian Moll | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | PUNK ROCK 2020

What's holding you back? Is it a glass ceiling? Is it pay inequity? Is it the racial divide? Lack of equal opportunity? Policing? The list is considerable. Choose an issue and get involved. Start in your small corner and, without meaning to sound too trite, “Be the Change...”  Now, not in some future sometime.
Though light-hearted and whimsical in appearance, the core of this muse is a deep-rooted desire for change. Now is the time? In the middle of a pandemic?  Why not? 
T


Lyrics:
Ah- oh....Chim i chim i changa...ah-ooh..(and other representational/nonsensical utterances alluding to ideas political, social, historical, and economic - current protests for a better world etc.) 

I want to see the world as more than a place that I can endure 
A place where I can send some roots down 
I want to take a long walk off a short pier 
Enjoy the ice that I found in my beer. 
And I want to see it now, 
I want to see it now, 
I don't want to wait forever, 
I just want to see it now - 
Right now, right now, 

(Chorus) 
TAKE OFF YOUR CHAINS, I WANNA TAKE OFF YOUR CHAINS 
I WANNA TAKE THOSE CHAINS A RIGHT OFF NOW (repeat) 

Instrumental...(drums and bass...pounding the chains, struggling for freedom) 
(grunting and groaning vocalisations representing human struggles to be free of encumbrances) 

I want to see the world as more than a place that I can endure 
(I want to be set free, so free) 
A place where I can send some roots down 
I want to take a long walk off a short pier 
Enjoy the ice I found in my beer. (Moosehead beer!..Terry's fav :) 
And I want to see it now, 
(I want to be set free, right now) 
I want to see it now, 
I don't want to wait forever, 
I just want to see it now - 
Right now, right now, right now - 
(Chorus) 


If you got the chains on...go on then, give us a rattle!!!
If you haven't...then ya'll just have to listen to the rest of us :-)

Wigmore: lyrics, music, guitar, lead and backing vocals, production
Allen:       bass,  additional backing vocals 
Gibbons:  additional guitar

Storming the Shores of Democracy

(Take Off Those)Chains

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwYk0zV6EC0

Unrest

Rakthavira

amazon

Moving!!!!

Music and lyrics: Daniel Gomez
Guitar, bass and vocals: Daniel Gomez
Flute: Sara Vertanen
Drums programming: Daniel Gomez

Produced and mixed by Daniel Gomez at home.
Date release: July 2020.
Pic: Richard Corben, fragment of "The plague" cover.

Special thanks to Sara Vertanen, a fantastic flute player. She did an amazing work and I am very proud that she plays in my song.
Please visit her youtube channel, you will find an exceptional music.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCF8bryLEtvSaxrNt1nMb5Ew
@saravertanen

Fear and Darkness (Feat. SARA VERTANEN)

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[BEAT] Psalm - xTravis Scott x Drake x Future Type Beat - Prod. by 301.Arjun x Alldaynightshift🌗

Apollo 11 / Open Collab Paploviante 2020
BPM 125
The track is downloadable as a mp3 file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!
Thanks !
free download

Apollo 11 - Paploviante

The cameraman
“The Camera Man” by Three Photons is an indie-blues rock track with strong 60s/70s experimental vibes and gritty, analog production. It blends crunchy rhythm guitars, ambient leads, and emotionally raw lyrics that explore themes of isolation, media distortion, and urban disillusionment.

I imagine a cameraman sees a lot of things he doesn't want to see or believe ;-)
Written by Tim Griffis July 2020
mix 1: July 21, 2020, lead vocal panned left (experimental 60s/70s) 

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Tim's Guitars
Rhythm: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Lead1: Gibson Les Paul Standard
Bass: Fender Squire

Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Vocals: TG

Mixer: API 24 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)
Stereo Bus processing (API EQ and API compressor)
Final mix down to a MARA MCI JH110 1/4inch 2-track at 15 ips using ATR Master Tape. 


Lyrics

Verse 1
It's a camera eye
I look away
or I go blind
it ain't pretty
livin alone in this dirty city

Chorus 1
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin in the camera eye
when you're staring at me

Verse 2
Hey girl
it ain't pretty
going on down on this empty life
you sure are witty
I can't stand one more lie....

Chorus 2
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me

Outro
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me
Just like Elvis
when he hit his prime, I shoot at the TV
I hate lookin at the camera eye
when you're staring at me

The cameraman

MIDNIGHT HOUR
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 1988/2015/2020 AB Music

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU SAY THERE'S NO LAW
IN THIS HOUR, YOU GO ALONE

CHANGING YOUR NAME, IT'S NOT REALY YOU
AND IN THIS HOUR, YOU'LL MAKE, YOU'LL PAY
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN

THE KIDS ARE ALL SHOUTING, PLAYGROUNDS A SONG
CATCHING THE COLDNESS, I'M ALL ALONE

MIDNIGHT HOUR, YOU'RE UNDER THE LAW
IT'S IN THIS HOUR, YOU ARE ALONE
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
AND NOW YOU ARE TORN
(break)
(chorus)
WATCH ME THERE NOW
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE
SO........... REMEMBER SO
SO........... REMEMBER SO CLOSE

Another  World

MIDNIGHT HOUR

Vocals and lyrics by Shark Teeth 
https://soundcloud.com/shark_teeth93
Instrumental & mix by Moon Dust

Lyrics:
You're a constellation
In the galaxy
Sparking and angular
Transcendent reality

You're what is meant to be
You're what always was
You are symbology
A vague familiarity

A vapor in time and space
A world inside your heart
A semblance of meaning
When the fibers rip apart

Your femininity
Your gentle gracious curve
Your eternal fertility
A scourge upon the earth

One day I will die
And you will never know
I was part of you
I am made of you

I'm your cosmic child
And you will never know
I was part of you
I am made of you

When I'm forgotten
As though I never left
I'll be back with you
I am made of you

Made Of You - Shark Teeth  & Moon Dust

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.”
— Gene Hackman

Always fun to collaborate with Belial who seems to have discovered the fountain of youth with regard to ambient sounds. 

Rhodes, Bass, Percussion, Synth: Jan Schonander
Ambient sounds, Percussion, Synths: Belial Pelegrim 
https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim

Faux Chill

Faux Chill | Belial Pelegrim & TheGat(s)

So.... finally.... this is it. Andrew Huang's #3. I never thought that i will be able to finish it...... The process for this one is really best to be described as "from HATE to epic FATE".

Number three even destroyed once more the way of how i "usually" and "naturally" proceed with things and do them, when it comes to creating and assembling musical structures. Especially, when there is a "vision" in adding vocals, or even go for a vocal track. I realized, that i did it not exactly, as shown and to be the applied method for this one, as presented in the course. Classic songwriting process from A - Z. Damn you!!!

As the timeline came closer and closer..... i found myself struggling so hard, but still was able , they kinda encouraged us to deliver whatever is ready at that point, to drop a final structure with all the basic core elements as raw as any "diamond" could be, mined deep under the surface in dark caverns....

Then the real struggle began. Course was over, but not this unfinished piece and my natural extremism, which did not allow me to leave it just as it is. At a certain progress you decide - trash it or do it for the sake of learning and finish that damn project! Then i recalled (hehe), and remembered a quote Andrew dropped at a certain stage in the course, which says like "to do something you like, you have to do alot of stuff you dont like".

Keeping this in mind, i took a short break to relax myself and get rid of the pressure -> course over, deadline ended anyway , so why go mad bro? Then the thing developed. I found myself being able to go more and more in the direction i imagined and went down to the rabbit-hole-like tunnel, dug up some more diamonds, back onto the surface, and then processing and grinding and shaping, until they meet the quality you want to have in your jewelry. 

No detailed numbers this time but again, big cred to my fiance for being so supportive and sustaining my sanity, while i still went full psycho mode on this one - but i had to, like for me, personally, this finished song number three is the overall end of this course and the way i shape msyself into music making and trying to make it as entertaining as possible. 

Money is not what I'm after, as this is my hobby, my other love in life, and even if you just don't like stuff sometimes , yet you love it deeply and it deserves that you seriously take care of it....... so here it is... i hope it is a good listen to you - enjoy this little space drama! ;o

Thank you all for tuning in and valuing what i do - again, this community is just so awesome. You all are! <3

####################################################
Intro:
I, didn't see it coming....
I, didn't see you running....

Verse:
You sneaked out of mission control
smoke and fire everywhere
no hesitation, to abandon us all
smell of searing flesh and hair

verse:
believed we will survive this together
dreamed our kingdom will last forever
now hunting you across the galaxy
with the last broken pieces left of me

chorus:
unpredicted, came this downfall
i recall
heavy wounded, but still i crawl
i recall, i recall
your betrayal, i don't want to recall
recall, recall
was to blind to see it all
i recall

verse:
memories now, coming and fading
my screams, they're all in vain
bombs are flying, troops invading
what's left is only pain

verse:
far across, your ships air-frame
gonna end now your last run
fooled me with your vicious game
aiming, and pull the trigger of my gun

Solo

Chorus:
unforeseen, it is now our end
i recall, i recall
closer and closer, ready to ascend
i recall, i recall
visions of our younger selves appear
i recall i recall
a final thought, a bittersweet tear
my last recall
####################################################

Recall

Backing track: Paploviante and Friends
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/boundless-paploviante
Vocal: Special Cecilia
https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/waiting-for-your-sunshine-standing-in-the-moonlight
https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia
Lillithe adding: Piano, Horns, Strings, Beat, Synth

Waiting for your Sunshine / Standing in the Moonlight / Cecilia, Paploviante & Lillithe

This is the story of my first “eclipse”, experienced alone in the wilderness of Oregon in August, 2017. It’s a long story, but the story behind this song.

I drove to Oregon alone to see the great American total solar eclipse of 2017. In Oregon, there is a famous national park called Crater Lake.  This is the deepest lake in America.   In the middle of Crater Lake is Wizard Island. This lake was formed when a huge volcano blew its top a long time ago.  My plan was to see Wizard Island, get a hotel room, and see the eclipse the next day.

There have been numerous stories of strange occurrences around this area from multiple people over the course of centuries.

The time was around 7 pm when driving up Crater Lake Mountain to see Wizard Island… I wasn’t sure where I was going, or how to get down from the mountain. Finally, I saw Wizard Island just as the sun started to set. I remember there was this misty haze in front of the Island. I could barely see it. I got the chills and a weird feeling... It was very eerie.

I tried to find my way down from the mountain in my car, but it was too late, I was lost, and it was too dangerous. There are areas where you can drive off a ledge and fall a long way. No fun. I had to pull over in the wilderness and spend the night in my car…

Hours passed, and I fell asleep.

What happened next is the strangest thing I’ve experienced in my life. I woke up, it was still night. My phone wasn’t working, my car wouldn’t start or turn on any lights. I didn’t know what time it was. It was disturbing to me they were both "dead", and I was panicked. Then I noticed the area around my car was alternating in brightness, like truck lights... But that wasn't it. I got out of my car to check it out.

But the sky was weird. The moon was weird. It was all weird. The moon was alternating between being clearly visible… And being pitch black. Like it was “blinking”. It would take 5 seconds to get black, then about 5 seconds to get bright again. The stars were barely visible. I stared in disbelief for maybe 30 seconds, it kept happening.  The air around me had a feeling of electric charge to it.   I started hearing a lot more animals, and they seemed to surround me. They were in the bushes and trees, everywhere. It got more troubling quickly when I could discern soft human voices. I couldn't see animals or people. 
I wasn't on any drugs, I was saving my drugs for the following day and the journey home.

Time seemed too slow. I backed up to my car, got in, and locked the doors. I remember a feeling of utter disbelief in my senses. Without any idea what to do, I climbed in the backseat and lied down. I thought any second I could die.

The next thing I remembered, I woke up. It was about 6:30 am. My car worked. My phone worked. And this was the morning of August 21st, 2017… The first day of the total solar eclipse which many of us would see later that day.  

But what I saw was something else.

Something very weird happened to me up there on that mountain that night, and it’s haunted me. I know several people will think "Manufactured lies!" Several others will think "Cool story bro...", well think what you want...

Later that morning when getting breakfast, still shook-up, I asked 2 waitresses if they heard of anything strange last night around Crater Lake. One said "no", the other said, "There's always something strange happening".

I remember one time a girl asked me why my music is so dark...
I’ve seen some sights.

Try to check out Crater Lake, Oregon, if you've never seen it.
Don't get lost.

- John

Crater Lake Eclipse

Firstly on easy listening 6/4 bars, I cut some notes out of the main theme so as to give it dynamism, and finally obtained a prime amalgam of 17 quarter notes. I hid any recognizable thing in the accompaniment, and for the organic lines (voice and guitars) I tried the strong rhythm would not fix too much the melodies, first paying a lot of attention, and finally ... just letting me go.

Translated lyrics:

Oídos sordos (17 negras)  /  Deaf ears (17 quarter notes)

Quiero gritar todo lo que siento, estando solo;  /   I want to shout out everything I feel, being alone;
pero gritándolo al viento y si no contesta,  /  but shouting it at the wind and if it doesn’t answer,
dime, ¿de qué me sirve? (bis)  /  tell me, how does that help me? (bis)

Todos los vientos conocen mi historia  /  All the winds know my story
pero no hacen nada.  /  but they don’t do anything.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

He estado aquí y allí gritando como un loco,  /  I’ve been here and there screaming like a madman,
pero todo sigue igual.  /  but it’s all the same.
¿Será que no me oyen? (bis)  /  Perhaps they don’t hear me? (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

Ahora sé que no sirve de nada;  /  Now I know it’s no use;
el viento sois todos que callais al verme,  /  all of you are the wind, silent when you see me,
y dejáis que hable y hable,  /  and letting me speak and speak,
y dejáis que hable y hable y hable.  /  and letting me speak and speak and speak.

No creo que vuelva mañana  /  I don’t think I’ll be back tomorrow
a escuchar vuestro silencio.  /  to listen to your silence.
Quiero encontrar a alguien. (bis)  /  I want to find someone. (bis)

Quiero gritar…  /  I want to shout out…

©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)
Image: "Red eared cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman