AndIWant

Reassuringly Confused

made with the three new members of the instrument family here:
hand drum, steel drum, and bugle
along with looper, mic, amp, trustyzoomh1, and NCH

autumn sun induced euphoria

Bezkwit - "Show Me Your Id"

Music by Jeamland & Bolt: https://soundcloud.com/jeamland-bolt
All vocals & Lyrics by Jan Monti

Fluchtauto with Jan Monti

Surfers like Us ….. composition, all guitar parts, arrangement, mix and cover picture 

Hey Everyone! 
This is how the surfers celebrate the first snow! 😊 Winter unexpectedly arrived today and immediately showed its charming side! And so this song was created…
I hope you enjoy the winter vibe! ❄️🎸

Many thanks for listening and support!
 Artur

First Snow

Substitutes

身代りはいらない
身代りがほしいのではない
損なわれても生きられるから
大事そうに木偶を抱く人も
他人を責めることは好むが
自分が糺される段になると
木偶を投げ捨てて逃げ去る
街灯の丸い光の下でわたしは
捨て去られ首のもげた木偶を
くらい運河の水に蹴落とした

I don't need a substitute.
I don't want a substitute.
I can live even if I'm damaged.
People who cherish their puppets love to blame others, but when it comes time for them to be held accountable, they throw the puppet away and run away.
Under the light of a street lamp, a puppet with its head torn off has been abandoned. I kicked the puppet into the dark waters of the canal.


Substitutes

Made in November 2025

Video;  https://youtu.be/lAy1CMUHKyQ?si=Db25cQHSyQrZJCtQ

Connections

Drum sample from https://www.discogs.com/master/696229.
Downpitched acoustic guitar.
Synthesizer.

"Dig Deep East"

Paul Amlehn - Compositional Process and Strategies, Catalyst Texts and Vocals for Music, Production
Leo Abrahams - Guitar, Effects, Programming
David Lynch - Visual Art

On An Unknown Beach

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), Susan Alcorn, Suzanne Ciani, 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.

On An Unknown Beach

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