Summer and Starlight

June 2022 - I enjoyed those so much

We don't have to cry

SOME ABOUT COFFEES AND CHOCOLATES

2022 Best Playlist

Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Wednesday evening (or when we receive 200 submissions, whichever is sooner) - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 17 Apr 2023: from Friday afternoon you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch484

If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. 

We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 484

The Major Arcana

The Tower AD

'Vortex Zone'

Lyrics, Vocals, and Bass Guitar by Amethyst.
Produced by Amethyst.

VORTEX ZONE

Special thanks to LordPrison13 (https://soundcloud.com/prison-788372951/tracks) for the collab 🖤 He makes some amazing music, it's definitely worth checking out ^^
Free download : https://hypeddit.com/3ragr6

Lyrics : 

I think I may have lost my way
Somewhere along the line
I ended up digging my own grave
To keep death off my mind

Lazy, tearful and not too brave
I think I'll just run and hide
And lock myself in a smokey cave
Because I don't belong with my own kind

(chorus)
As I drift away towards the end
I got no things to do, no time to spend
I got nothing to say to any kind of friend, so..
..Leave me in my opium den

Look at me, look at what you did
Never ever wanted things to end like this
Never ever wanted things to end

Leave me out of this war
I don't wanna be that guy no more
I don't wanna see that guy no more

Ennemies, they just feed on the hatred
Take the pain away
Make me out again 
Take me to the end

(bridge)
This world is either a throne or a pit 
So I'd rather not stand to close
And I can't take any more of this sh t
Because I'm about to overdose
(x3)

(chorus)
As I run away from reality
As the running turns to an eternity
I goes on over and over again, so..
..Leave me in my opium den

As I fall away from humanity
As the sorrow turns to immortality
I've become a ghost among men, so..
..Leave me in my opium den

Misery
Inside of misery
Misery
Inside of misery    (+ bridge)

Overdose

Opium Den (ft. LordPrison13)

A most warm thank you to Jörg for his wonderful tenor sax and flute contribution to this track.

You can visit him here: https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

image by: Thorolf Jansson

My Tent Or Yours (featuring Joerxworx)

Growing tired of the liars and the cheats, the deceits of the elites….
Self-unaware at the Vanity Fair -the highest possible priority to saying words
Sow what you reap, bullshit is cheap, selling out to the dragging feet, of the elite
Slipping away, save it for a rainy doomsday, making hay, on the way
Sinking deep in the shadow of the valley of time, bluff on the causes of crime

Video: https://youtu.be/185DOo7AGxE

Conscience

Music & lyrics © Chris Selman 2021 all rights reserved.
Recorded & mixed by Gary Hadfield at Blueprint Studios, Manchester, Sept/Oct 2021.
Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London, Jan 2022.
Performed by Tom Cartledge, Mateus Dandelo, Ewart Hodge, Chris Selman, Francesca Slattery, Curtis Thewlis-Johns and Simon Williams.

American Dreamer

Caesura

The Light Has Changed

You can purchase the track here: www.korima.net


Lyrics
Are you a fixed star 
of unknown location?
Strumming a particle guitar
Celestial creation.

Are you the beat of a solar storm
Travelling Earthbound
Of elemental form
Worshipping sundog.


To the sound of the whistling sun

Strumming a particle guitar

Are you a shooting star
in an absent moon sky
Dancing past
Jupiter and Mars
Through a billion and one stars?



Steve Pumphrey's inventiveness, musicality and virtuosic guitar playing have infused Particle Guitar with celestial splendour.
Privileged to have had this track mixed by Damian Chennells https://soundcloud.com/damianchennells
Mastered by Ciarán Cullen
https://suzanneledwith.bandcamp.com/releases
Art concept by SuZanne Ledwith
Photography by something&knot Productions 
Graphic Design by Simon

Particle Guitar

Original track by Holy Shitshow : https://soundcloud.com/user-649412648/kool-aid

Kool-aid (Open collab with Holy Shitshow)

Ye Jacobites By Name
Robert Burns 1759 - 1796

Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear,
Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear,
Ye Jacobites by name,
Your fautes I will proclaim,
Your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear, you will hear
Your doctrines I maun blame, you will hear.

What is right, and what is wrong, by the law, by the law?
What is right and what is wrong by the law?
What is right, and what is wrong?
A short sword, and a long,
A weak arm and a strong, for to draw, for to draw
A weak arm and a strong, for to draw.

What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife?
To whet th' assassin's knife,
Or hunt a parent's life, wi' bloody war?

Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state,
Then let your schemes alone in the state.
So let your schemes alone,
Adore the rising sun,
And leave a man undone, to his fate, to his fate.
And leave a man undone, to his fate.

Ye Jacobites By Name

A Royal Affair - Music by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Live Hardware Synth Instrumental through an amp right off of my studio floor

Part of an upcoming soon to be released Electronica album from moi :)

A track about a medieval like gathering to celebrate-discuss the couple's introductories, their arranged Royal Affair! The setting in my head, a high society pre-official-celebration event that takes place in the grand castle hall where the noble guests of honour attend the glamorous occasion fit for the chosen King and Queen yet to be!  They can say no if they wish so keep your fingers crossed for good luck as the families & related ties meet & greet highlighting the desirable qualities of each! The serious tone discussions linger about until progress is made, a final decision awaiting. So let us now politely curtsey, bow, fan, smile, hold the stance-stare-glare fixated! More trumpets now please! We so need the hype-vibe pumped up to make this vital connection go green! 

Keeping up with the obligatory motions is the name of this game...mode of course, diamonds and pearls, ornate embroidered design style...divine perfection creatures of the flirting-fine kind...good looks adorned in eye catching draping ruffling-puffing satins and velvety masculine jacket-suit-tail attire, embellished with piercing heavy metallics...to go on to say that all of this razzle-dazzle extraviganza to be accompanied with rustic wine goblets & rich colourful dine, circular dance activity, snotty chit-chat whispers and back stabbing schemes, the music picture mood of an ancient world what I'm trying to convey in a modern poppy way...not sure if I did exactly that or not...using just an Arturia Micro Brute Synth to sound something like an Indian Wooden Acoustic Harmonium or a Bag-Pipe was the challenge fun for me...to rather use, soley the synth and not my harmonium or *Bag-Pipe which I don't even play or own...to try and get the essence medieval feel somehow to shine through...Hmn, maybe yes? Maybe no? Not sure? Ponder over that notion...Hope you will enjoy this perhaps exciting number, REKHA XOXOXO

Cover Art Design - Photo and Graphics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe]

A Royal Affair Composed and Produced, Recorded and Performed, Mixed and Mastered by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Trailokya

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair - Music by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Live Synth Improv JAM | Electro Medieval Dance Pop

After a considerable amount of time, my old friend Simone (Mome) and I had the chance to record a piece of music together: a short unplugged ballad, a cover of a great classic by CS&N that we tried to render as finely as we could, adding a bit of an unconventional Middle-Eastern flavor. Heartfelt thanks to Mome for adding his awesome acoustic bass part on a couple of guitar tracks I'd recorded before leaving Tunisia. Only recently I had the chance to complete the song with vocals and a few bağlama licks, so... That's it, in hope it won't break anyone's ears. I should add that in fact Stephen Stills wrote this tune, but since the other two guys crucially contributed to its composition with their superb vocal harmonies, I thought it was right to mention the three of them as co-authors. Since we started playing together, about 36 years ago, we'd never covered anything by CSN, so I guess it was about time.
I warn you: despite of its partially exotic vibe, this one definitely sounds way more "traditional" than usual, and I must confess that it was in first place a way to try out my new mic and home studio setup, and a nice chance to jam with one of my best friends ever.
I went through quite a lot of changes these last months... I apologize to everyone because I haven't been around for a while, and I sincerely thank every friend who found the time to drop a line or listen to the stuff I put here. I'll try to reply to your comments and messages as soon as possible, and hopefully I'll have the chance to be more active in future, with new releases and reposts. I still have plenty of strange sounds hanging inside my brain, that's for sure.

Mome :  acoustic bass guitar
Teth Sin : acoustic guitars, bağlama, vocals, tambourine, sampled drums

Original composition & lyrics by Stephen Stills
Arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

You Don't Have To Cry

You Don't Have To Cry (Crosby, Stills & Nash cover) | Feat. Mome

G.B.C. - Pray

Russian Truth (The Big Brother is watching you)

Sacred Song

Okay MikeTHC5, I'm still coming after your high score.

High scorer
I'm your destroyer
Give me some more quarters
Hyperspace Jump!
Defender

Defender

Let Her Cry

Summer Blues Paploviante 2022
Bass, Music and Mix Paploviante
Logic Pro X
Free Download

Summer Blues - Paploviante

Ever since my personal discovery of the writings and musings of Terence McKenna in the mid 90’s I have been both fascinated & amused by a hypothesis of his that some have referred to as: The Stoned Ape Theory.

Here is a fun read on it by Kiki Dy.

The Stoned Ape Theory: Pseudoscience or Psychedelic Origin of Modern Man?

Did early humans accelerate evolution by tripping balls on psychedelic mushrooms? One psychonaut ethnobiologist says: absolutely.

Let’s set the scene: 100,000 years ago, in the age before recorded history, our early hominid ancestors started abandoning the forests and traveling across savannahs. As they foraged in new environments, they began evolving faster, cleverer brains that eventually tripled in size. How did they accomplish this? One theory suggests that they unknowingly added psilocybin to their diet and tripped their way to high-level consciousness. 

The Stoned Ape Theory is a hypothesis by one of America’s most influential psychonauts, Terence McKenna. With knowledge of ecology, conservation, and shamanism, McKenna united his interests in his study of psychedelics. McKenna earned his degrees from the University of California-Berkeley’s Tussman Experimental College, and his extensive writings served as some of the West’s first exposure to the psychedelics DMT and ayahuasca. 

Though he died in 2000, McKenna’s lifetime of advocating for the exploration of altered states of mind still influences modern psychonauts today. The Stoned Ape Theory is only one way in which he attempted to shift the world’s view of psychedelics. 

Read more - https://psychedelicspotlight.com/stoned-ape-theory-terence-mckenna-pseudoscience-or-psychedelic-origin-modern-man/

Cover art painting entitled The Stoned Ape Theory by Jim Figora
https://pixels.com/featured/the-stoned-ape-theory-jim-figora.html

Setlist: 

1. Zigoor - Magic Hour (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/magic-hour/16679964
2. Jumpstreet - Gourmet Noise (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/gourmet-noise/16641082
3. Slide, Gigi - Inside Out (Original Mix) Blacklite Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/inside-out/16530081
4. Radikal Moodz, Rugrats - Sweet Disorder (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/sweet-disorder/16549866
5. Doom's - End Game (Original Mix) Sangoma Records
https://sangomarecs.bandcamp.com/track/end-game
6. Jimi Green - Poke Smot (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/poke-smot/16671128
7. Hexagon 25 - Game of Nature (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/game-of-nature/16679968
8. Cronyx, Braingineers - Cross The Line (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/cross-the-line/16611592
9. Oksha - Bakwango (Original Mix) Hekwapi Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/bakwango/16585992
10. Eargazmik - Ephemeral Infinity (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/ephemeral-infinity/16679958
11. Corrupt Illusionist, Psykoveda - Indian Ghostbusters (Original Mix) Karmatec Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/indian-ghostbusters/16237288
12. Pantomiman - Liquidazer (Eritas & Terraπ Remix) Root Sector Records
https://rootsectorrec.bandcamp.com/track/pantomiman-liquidazer-eritas-terra-remix-147-2
13. Sense Datum, LowKo - Operation Midnight Climax (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/operation-midnight-climax/16611590
14. Loom, Kali Yuga, Tskun - Special Batch (Original Mix) Kupuri Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/special-batch/16217490
15. Dezzert, Igor LSE - Two Angry Beasts (Original Mix) SquareLab Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/two-angry-beasts/16317641
16. Act One - From Whence They Came (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/from-whence-they-came/16611591
17. Jimi Green - No Holds Barred (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/no-holds-barred/16671131

Stoned Ape Theory | 148 - 151 BPM

I’m honoured to take part in a fifth collaboration with the amazing Torbjørn and Jimmy. A development of a Torbjørn demo, this one is a straightforward, no nonsense rocker, play it loud.

Credits:-

Torbjørn:- Musical composition, Hammond Organ, Organ, String Synth, Bass, Drums, Percussion. https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv

Jimmy:- Lyrics, Vocal composition, Vocals. https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas

Dairv:- Guitars, Production, Mix, Mastering, Cover Art.

Mean Streets (Torbjørn Vagle  - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

Music & Piano: Jan Schonander

Got in my head that I wanted to play something with a little staccato and this is what came out. Also thought it would be a good idea to do all four seasons and recruited three pianists to complete the cycle. Delighted that Debra Buesking agreed to take on summer and here is a link to her wonderful interpretation:
https://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking/summer-interrupted-c/s-6ix0O3wrxbm

Two additional Soundcloud artists have agreed to tackle Fall and Winter and when their inspiration results in a track the links will be here too. I have also put together a playlist where all four tracks eventually will be in a collection. 
https://soundcloud.com/thegats/sets/four-seasons-interrupted/s-A8Hi6t3VNkV?si=a7457f3de6a241c3a68fc7f30c86a64c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I spent seventeen long winters in Stockholm. Funnily enough the most challenging season to me was always spring with all the false starts and long hiatuses. By the time it’s May and you can reasonably expect some warmish weather (defined as over 50F) it inevitably snows and destroys your planned weekend bike ride, or maybe you just have to keep your down jacket in the closet a few more weeks and leave your lighter clothes at the back of the closet. Of course, spring is the beginning of a period of more fun and games. Hopefully you can hear the pull between spring trying to break through and winter lingering on in this music.

This is a performance with no post recording edits. It is entirely in Gm except for 1 note intended to denote a dissonant interruption. I wonder who can locate that B.

Spring Interrupted

“When looking through the spiritual eye, or the third eye encased within the human mind, one can see vividly beyond the ken of human eyesight, beyond the material atom, and into the future, thereby transcending the limitations of time and space.”

- Alice Coltrane

Higher state of consciousness: how Alice Coltrane finally got her dues
(Story Link)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/05/alice-coltrane-turiyasangitananda-higher-state-of-consciousness

All tracks purchased from www.beatport.com, www.bandcamp.com, or provided directly by the artist or label.

Cover art entitled: Silence Seekers by Cameron Gray  
 https://parablevisions.com

And as always, a deep gratitude for all of the immensely talented artists showcased here in my DJ mix.

Mixing decks used to perform this set: Pioneer XDJ-XZ.  
https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/product/all-in-one-system/xdj-xz/black/overview/

1. Psydewise, Shadow Shaman, TWiGGER - Chimp Chowmein (Original Mix) Forestdelic Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/chimp-chowmein/16441816
2. Xed - Distorted Dream (Original Mix) PsynOpticz Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/distorted-dream/16847287
3. Shred'er, Dezzert - Addicted to Bugs (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/addicted-to-bugs/16720938
4. Dribble - Golden Cobra (Original Mix) Yokshaa Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/golden-cobra/16914319
5. Jumpstreet, Mavzy - New Kall (Original Mix) Digital Shamans Records
beatport.com/track/new-kall/16487427
6. Whiteloop - Gravity Keys (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/gravity-keys/16679970
7. Swell, Ghost Noize - Cognitive Test Feat. Ghost Noize (Original Mix) Blacklite Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/cognitive-test-feat-ghost-noize/16815433
8. Dendrophile - Holocene Hallucinations (Original Mix) Transubtil Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/holocene-hallucinations/16769967
9. Zzbing - Six Trillion Things (Original Mix) Hadra Records
https://hadrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/zzbing-six-trillion-things
10. Radikal Moodz - Ground Zero (Original Mix) Looney Moon Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/ground-zero/16549846
11. Psycho Noise - Forces of the Nature (Original Mix) Patronus Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/forces-of-the-nature/16679956
12. Vibrant, Spirit Shifter - Tricky Dealer (Original Mix) PsynOpticz Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/tricky-dealer/16847291
13. Act One - Zero Day (Original Mix) Root Sector Records
https://rootsectorrec.bandcamp.com/track/act-one-zero-day-149-2
14. Synthetik Chaos - N'importe quoi (Original Mix) Bom Shanka Music
https://www.beatport.com/track/nimporte-quoi/16611586
15. Oksha, Mavzy - Mexcalink (Original Mix) Digital Shamans Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/mexcalink/16487431
16. ADAY, Z3nbugs - Corrupt Society (Original Mix) Digital Shamans Records
https://www.beatport.com/track/corrupt-society/16809627

Beyond the Material Atom | 148 - 150 BPM

The End of the Day

Floating Point - The Rust Portfolio Vol.1

Fear And Worries Overwhelm You

Hollowing Out

Buy 12" Vinyl / CD

There are secrets everywhere. It’s a science of the air.

Something Told Me

Evocative song to listen to without hurry... most serious job I've done lately, say no more.

Letra / Translated lyrics:

SI TÚ ME FALTARAS  /  IF I MISSED YOU

Abre tu risa mis ojos,  /  Your laugh opens my eyes,
olor a café por la mañana…  /  smell of coffee in the morning…
Para murmurarte un beso  /  So as to whisper you a kiss
me levanto de la cama.  /  I get up from the bed.

Aaaay! Si tú me faltaras  /  Aaaay! If I missed you
aaaay! de tedio moriría.  /  aaaay! I’d die of weariness.

Me despierta muy temprano  /  Wakes me up very early
el olor de tu cuerpo a mi lado.  /  the smell of your body beside me.
Para que se haga de noche pronto  /  So that it gets dark soon
rápidamente me he levantado.  /  I have got up fast.

Siento que mi vida se desliza por el sabor tan suave de tu cuello y de tus besos.  /
I feel my life slips along such a soft flavor of your neck and your kisses.

Puedo ser ligero como el aire y filtrarme con mi fuego en tus sueños y en tus deseos.  /
I can be as light as air and percolate with my fire into your dreams and your desires.

Busco el momento cada día de volver para gozarte, para olerte, para amarte…  /
I look for the moment every day to come back so as to enjoy you, to smell you, to love you … 

para amarte, sí, aaaay! para amarte.  /  to love you, yes, aaaay! to love you.

Juega tu lengua en mi cerebro,  /  Your tonge plays in my brain,
recorren mi espalda tus caricias.  /  your caresses cross my back.
Miro el reloj y suspiro,  /  I look at the clock and sigh,
deseando que acabe el día.  /  wishing the day to finish. 

Aaaay! Si tú me faltaras  /  Aaaay! If I missed you
aaaay! de tedio moriría.  /  aaaay! I’d die of weariness.

ER40FI07

Si tú me faltaras (de tedio moriría)

I Like To Dance.WAV

The Eve Band - Edging

The music project "Present Paradox" by Dortmund-based David Kleinekottmann provides insights into the often opaque nature of the present. The result is a fusion of melancholic and danceable elements, expansive and intimate at the same time, diverse and yet familiar. Since 2013, Kleinekottmann has been regularly releasing LPs/EPs that move between indie, experimental rock and electronica.