I feel it. What an amazing song.  It is time to be free. Absolutely amazing vocals. Captivated me with every note!

This orchestral piece was inspired by loss. I used to keep a small but very crowded list of the people who had passed on that I knew from over the years in different places. It was under constant revision with very small print. That is until it mysteriously disappeared one day. Every once in a while I find myself looking for it, but it manages to elude me. So many people to remember now. I will make a new list soon. Some died young, some old and many now forgotten. This piece is dedicated to them and in remembrance of all WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and all the wars large and small since - to veterans everywhere. 

Cover design by yours truly. All Instruments whether acoustic or virtual plug-ins are performed by myself, unless otherwise indicated. No AI or phrases included.

In Honour of Silent Voices

Olttaoff – “Usual Error”
A post-rock piece that drifts between calm introspection and quiet unrest.
Delicate layers of guitars repeat like fragments of memory, while restrained rhythms trace the patterns of thought we can’t quite escape.
The title “Usual Error” reflects the small, recurring mistakes we make—the familiar loops of human nature that shape our days.
Rather than seeking resolution, Olttaoff embraces ambiguity itself, turning uncertainty into sound.

Usual Error

https://lilspaceman.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-ones-that-you-love
drums and guitar https://soundcloud.com/swivelized-sounds
bass guitars, keys and vocals by lil' spaceman

to the ones that you love

Aurora Genesis

Distorted

Grand Day Remastered (2025)

Within the Radiant Glow of a Campfire far from home ,
I am Warmed...
and Relax into the velvety dark beauty of the night ...

My mind floats effortlessly,
Upstream... into the Plethora of Light
that is The Milky Way...
and Within that Current Between The Notes,
i Find mySelf
At Peace...
and Whole.

But far from Dreaming,

And as the primal Rhythms whisper of Wonders beyond the crackling fire,
and Fan the momentum of this moment within the Stillness of this Wondrous Night,
a perspective is painted that I've never seen,
or known before...

and I am Drawn wholy into The Magic of a Cosmic Consciousness.

and Above...
a glittering Treasure Chest of Stars
Spills Light across the Velvet Sky...
and twinkles out a Radiant message to all who behold their Glorious Light,
and Feel within that Resonant thrum,
That Yes!
All is Well in Heaven
and Earth!

And no matter what i think,
that I Am indeed the Music,
for as long as it Plays
Within my L i s t e n i n g loving soul.......

Musical Theme composed and Arranged
by Gary Courtland-Miles

© Gary Courtland-Miles 2018, 2025
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2018, 2025

Under Starry Skies  *

Untitled (instrumental)

Nothing Grew Except the Halo

To Health

Health is wealth
Life's silent stealth
Appreciation for mine
These fine moments defined
A feel of normal
No physical pain
I can hike
I can hug
I can rest this mind frame
Health is wealth
Life's silent stealth
Fine moments this day dealt

Health is rich
Pure peace still stitch
Real sown affluence
With no gold dumbing this dance
A suture for sad
A bandage we took
The best life is had
If not suffered with luck

Health harmony honed
Mind medicine for me
Groaned greed is dethroned
Kind cured in this free
Oh so many would trade
These feelings content
Good thanks my dear heart
For this days health you meant

Health is Wealth

eterniTEA

Paul Amlehn - Text, music, production
Paul Freeman - Vocal
Man Ray - Photograph

North 
Towards the white pole
South
Towards the red heron
The pulse beats wild and straight.

Beloved muse
Threshold of my longing
It is you who makes my soul flicker
Like a curtain of stars.

In the well of time
The years multiply their swarm
O you, my loveless traitor
Must you torture me still?

Open my chest
You will see it is full of snow
The snow of your name
Covering stamens of blood.

I will make you feel
What you do not want to feel.

Seen for the last time...

The Snow of Your Name

My name is Paul Amlehn. I am an artist working in the mediums of literature, music, visual art, theater, opera, dance, performance art, and film.

My poetry, prose, and texts for theater and opera have been published in literary journals in 23 countries, including Exquisite Corpse, the California Quarterly, Poetry Salzburg Review, and Evergreen Review.

My paintings, photographs, music, and video art works have been exhibited throughout the world, including at Artist's Space, Luhring Augustine, the Chelsea Art Museum, and Tate Liverpool, and at festivals which include Art 42 Basel (with the Serpentine Gallery - curated by Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist), documenta 14, and the 51st, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, and 60th Venice Biennales.

On my music projects I have collaborated with Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Ulrich Krieger (Lou Reed), Chuck Hammer (David Bowie), Jamie Saft (Iggy Pop), Susan Stenger (John Cale), Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno), Michael Blair (Tom Waits), David Van Tieghem (Laurie Anderson), Michael Johnson (Joy Division), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Joe Gore (PJ Harvey), Terry Edwards (Tindersticks), Mick Rossi (Leonard Cohen), Jem Finer (The Pogues), Mark Egan (Arcadia), Dieter Moebius (Cluster), Jess Stewart (Psychic TV), Eberhard Kranemann (Kraftwerk), Thomas Stern (Einsturzende Neubauten), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire), Keiron Melling (The Fall), Julia Kent (Antony and the Johnsons), Laurent Petitgand (Wim Wenders), Jen Baker (Werner Herzog), John King (Merce Cunningham Dance Company), Robert Black (Bang on a Can All-Stars), Frank Cassara (Steve Reich and Musicians), Andy Findon (Michael Nyman Group), Andrew Sterman (Philip Glass Ensemble), Jeff Zeigler (Kronos Quartet), and many others.

On my film and video art projects I have collaborated with actors, actresses, singers, and dancers, including Philippe Nahon (Gaspar Noe), Artur Barciś (Krzysztof Kieślowski), Anne Louise Hassing (Lars von Trier), Kate Moran (Peter Greenaway), Kate Fisher (Robert Wilson), Elisa Lasowski (David Cronenberg), Pamela Flores (Alejandro Jodorowsky), Stefania Casini (Andy Warhol), and many others.

I am currently working on an album of music which has texts and vocals by William S. Burroughs, in cooperation with the Burroughs Estate. I am also presently working on an album of music which reimagines the work of John Cage, in cooperation with the John Cage Trust.

Cover art for my albums has been provided by painter Gerhard Richter and artist, musician, and filmmaker David Lynch.

At the end of 2024, I worked on several re-creation compositions which utilzed sonic elements from pre-existing songs by Brian Eno and David Byrne, Nine Inch Nails, and Grimes, from their albums "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts," Ghosts I-IV," and "Miss Anthropocene, combined with new music by myself and other musicians.

Earlier this year, I collaborated with painter Gottfried Helnwein on a short film called: Epigenetic Trauma Painting No. 1.

I'm presently working on a new music recording project. Musicians who have contributed to this project thus far are: Stan Harrison (Radiohead), Alan Splet (David Lynch), Ben Somers (Seal), Jarboe (Swans), Rob Burns (David Gilmour), Ben Holmes (Monsters of God), Nicholas Currie (Momus), RK Faulhaber (Nurse With Wound), Ann Kroeber (David Lynch), Peter Hess (Philip Glass Ensemble), and many others.

Soli Deo gloria.

The Snow of Your Name

Paul Amlehn

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