I feel the solitude- Is that a harpsichord blended in?

Dope Beautiful 17....Love your deep sound world...Always Respect!

Nice atmospheric elements creating a haunting 'ghost town' mood.

Beautiful space, rich in atmosphere. Evocative work, David.

Alembics Onus Sunbean Coils

On May 10, 1996, three officers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Tsewang Samanla, Dorje Morup, and Tsewang Paljor, were part of a six-man expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest.  Delayed and facing a storm, the three decided to disregard orders and press on while the rest of the team turned back.  Around 18:00 the climbers radioed their expedition leader back at base camp to inform that they had reached the summit.  While credited with summiting, whether they actually reached the summit or not is to this date debated.

These two songs wouldn’t exist if not for the irony surrounding the perishment of one of the climbers, Tsewang Paljor.  The irony is that Paljor became famous not in life but in death and simply because of the fact that his lifeless, frozen body, which no person or entity cared to remove from the side of the trail for at least 19 years, ended up becoming a landmark and reference point to climbers, his humanity reduced to an almost comical nickname stemming from the mountaineering boots on his feet and their bright yellowish-green color.  A Google search today of the keywords “Tsewang” and “Paljor” brings up, as the first result, a Wikipedia article entitled not “Tsewang Paljor”, but “Green Boots”.

“Jefe de condestables Tsewang Paljor, parte 1: Ascenso y muerte” is my reflection on Paljor’s resolve to climb, then the climb itself, then the summiting (or the thinking they had summited), and finally the descent and the exhaustion, confusion, and acceptance of defeat that probably came with it and the probable realization of impending death that frozen night as he lay curled up on his side, donning his brightly-colored mountaineering apparel, under a crevasse at the side of the climbers’ trail at 28,000 feet.

“Jefe de condestables Tsewang Paljor, parte 2: Fiesta en Leh” is an imagination of a summer day that Tsewang could have enjoyed as a young adult in his hometown’s capital, Leh, with friends and perhaps one or two love interests at hand.  An experience he might have remembered about during those few final minutes of his life.  

About the song names:  That isn’t me trying to be the most righteous of the lot.  Like, “look, I even include his military rank before his name, while everyone else just calls him ‘Green Boots’.”  I’m not trying to be judgmental or pretentious.  In fact, up until the last few minutes the songs were going to be called “Helado en altura 1” and “Helado en altura 2”.  “Helado en altura” translates roughly to “Ice cream at high altitude”, and is a pun because in Spanish “Helado” can also mean a frozen person, animal or thing.  So, for the cover artwork, I literally searched for frozen corpses in snow-capped mountains.  Not necessarily with those keywords.  And happened on Green Boots.  It was like the third result.  But ultimately, I felt it would be in bad taste to be so literal and use the pic and do the pun and all that.  In a way, the song titles are an atonement for my previous intentions.  And a pair of songs to honor a man who found very little dignity in death.  Some may point out the old adage that there “is no dignity in death”.  I’d say as so much else in life, that it’s a matter of degree.

Thanks for taking the time to read, and above all listen.  I hope you “get” the songs, and above all, enjoy them.  (No pun intended with “above”.)

Note:  from the information I had access to on the World Wide Web, Paljor’s body has not been officially identified or removed to this day.  However, it was last reported seen in 2015.  Its current location and state is, to the best of my web knowledge, unknown.

Jefe de condestables Tsewang Paljor, parte 2: Fiesta en Leh

Update 17

And Now Never Will
Lyrics and Music by Mike Krath

Remember those times
we sat by the Nile,
Watching the setting sun,
Knowing by the time the stars had come out,
We had tackled deep things and such,
And we sat drinking Egyptian beer,
Until we couldn’t feel our skin. 
And  we always said that if we had time,
we’d do it all over again. 

And now here you are,
In a wheelchair,
Dribbling,
And barely able to move your lips,
And those times we had,
You’ve forgotten. 
You can’t even remember what you did this morning,
Much less your name,
And you still me money
From the beer you drunk. 
All that money I loaned you
For all that beer,
The money you never paid back,
And now never will. 

We thought those times would never end. 
Well now I’m afraid it has my friend.

And Now Never Will

Masterd by  https://soundcloud.com/carlo-neve  bass and drums and solo guitar  
eddy only rythym

Tripp Music 22 with Carlo N.

(this is meant to be a little melodramatic, as my mind is some-times

stems available
i could do another 'storytelling' vocal over this

dark streets
can still feel them
dark streets
try to heal them
dark streets
try to clean them

dark streets
they'll set you on fire
dark streets
they'll turn you to stone
dark streets
they'll lead you
on home

dark streets
we're here inside them
memories
like best china

...try to clean them
.....try to heal them

little streets 3 : d.....ark s....t....ree....t...s [OPEN COLLAB]

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco & Jason Mowry
Final mix by Jason Mowry
@asleepwithheadphones
@lazydadamusic

The Journey

The Journey by Jason Mowry & Carlos Vivanco

J-The Groovy Dolphin

Crystalising Thoughts

An unofficial tribute to the DC Comics character created by Alan Moore and Stephen R. Bissette in the Hellblazer series. John Constantine is a foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, psychic, demon-hunting exorcist, private investigator, magician and sorcerer, collector of powerful artefacts and traveller of alternate dimensions.
The graphic novel character was drawn by S R Bissette to resemble the appearance of the singer Sting, though he was played in the movie by Keanu Reeves. The character also crops up in several DC Comic franchises in print and film.

John Constantine

The new alt rock dance song by Rare Elements is inspired by the Berlin-era production of Iggy and David and mixes with the of sound of some Talking Heads' tracks and a bit of Morrison as well. But it sounds quite its own.

Blue Quote

New Album out!! "Caesura" 

Buy (digital, physical) & Download it from here: https://presentparadox.bandcamp.com/album/caesura 

If you like read more about it here: 
-> https://www.obscuresound.com/2022/06/present-paradox-caesura/ 
-> https://plasticmag.co.uk/2022/06/27/present-paradoxs-album-caesura/

// Present Paradox BIO //
The present is not always easy to understand. Sometimes it remains cryptic and mysterious. The music project Present Paradox tells about it. The result is melancholic as well as danceable. Wide and intimate at the same time. Diverse and yet familiar. In one word: Paradox.

The leading force behind Present Paradox is the songwriter and media artist David Kleinekottmann from Dortmund, Germany. Since 2013 he regularly releases LP's / EP's that oscillate between art-rock, electronica and ambient. Early on, former Cocteau Twins bassist Simon Raymonde expressed his enthusiasm on the British radio: "That's an exciting sound David is making!"*. And Thoralf Koß, chief editor of Musikreviews.de attests Present Paradox a fine "feeling for addictive melodies and poetic lyrics"*.

In 2016, David Kleinekottmann started to get the sound of Present Paradox EP's to the stages. Equipped with keyboard, guitar, sampler and a varied set, always ready to give everything on stage and to sink into the songs. The german concert critic Captain's Dinner wrote about the last performance shortly before the outbreak of the 2020 pandemic: "A project that has undoubtedly has international class and definitely deserves more attention"***.
 

*Simon Raymond on AmazingRadio - 2013
**Music Reviews - The Rhythm Of Spring Review - 2019
*** Captain Diner on Facebook - 2020


EP (Mini-Album) / LP (Album):
Caesura, 2022
Rails To Tomorrow, 2020
The Rhythm Of Spring, 2019
A Cave In The Inside, 2018
Space for Wishes, 2017
My Map, 2016 
Acute, 2015
Institutions, 2013

Press-Voices: 

"Dortmund based German artist David Kleinekottman who is clearly as prolific as he is talented. Ambient, experimental, art house and electronica in scope and influenced by Brian Eno, Elbow and Radiohead. I’d say those signposts mark Present Paradox out for closer inspection" Chris Ingram, freshonthenet.co.uk

"For fans of ambient alternative music with a dark edge, Present Paradox is exactly what you need." Michel Orange, 24ourmusic.net

"In this way, electronic music, of the likes practiced by Present Paradox, Thom Yorke, and countless others, IS ABSOLUTELY revolutionizing the sole singer/songwriter, as far as what kinds of sounds and experiences are possible."  J. Simpson - theequalground.com

"Radiohead, Brian Eno und Elbow sind ein paar der musikalischen Einflüsse von Present Paradox. Dahinter steckt der Dortmunder Filmstudent David Kleinekottmann. Der ist ein echtes Multitalent, denn egal ob Klavier, Gitarre oder Schlagzeug – er spielt alles selbst. Wünsche und Sehnsucht sind die Themen, die Present Paradox in seinen Stücken bearbeitet." detektor.fm 


"Klangalchemie eines sehr konzentriert und keinesfalls mit Scheuklappen arbeitenden Multiinstrumentalisten - mit David Kleinekottmann wird in Zukunft hoffentlich auch auf internationaler Ebene zu rechnen sein."
Andreas Schiffmann, musikreviews.de

Update 17

Present Paradox

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