New album "A Trace To Keep Control". Releasedate: 17. May 2024. Timezone-Records. Pre-Order Now.

All Songs written and performed by David Kleinekottmann

Saxophone on "Ready To Hide" & "Ephermeral Ghosts" by Antonio Necchi

Flugelhorn on "After The Rain" by Flippo Tungo

Tenor Clarinet On "A Lense To Find A Trace" by Michael A. Grant

Artwork by Dr. Screen

Recorded in Maastricht, Essen & Dortmund

All Rights Reserved by Present Paradox © 2024 


Lyrics:

When I heard
what you said
when I heard 
what you said

Something was wrong 
this spring was dead 
something was wrong 
this spring was dead 

A sun reflection 
on the dish
no consolation 
in the air
I went out
lost in the park
mile for mile
lost in the dark 

What you said
what you said
don't get sad

Once I figured out
the unwritten truth 
the jugdes gavel 
still didn't fall

When I heard
what you said
when I heard 
what you said 
what you said
what you said
don't get sad

You never really asked me
Yyu never really asked me

We lost our glue 
in challenging times
I've no clue 
how to fix the crack

Fullstop

Present Paradox

The Crack

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A past lover keeps showing up in my dreams and reminding me of my failures.
From my new LP " Low Profile". My best tracks from 2023. Thanks for listening!

Lyrics:
I get my melancholy straight from the IV drip
A Xanax, a red eyed flight on the sky ship
That's when you appeared
I'd been gorging myself on 
Televised violence
It's like synconized swimming
You were grinning while the plane was rapidly descending
(You smiled all the way down)
The atmosphere was colorless
Odorless
Void of all surface and all texture
I'm reveling in my psychosis
You reminded me I never finished my
Junkyard magnum opus
You still show up in my dreams

We were entering into 
An impressionist painted landscape
With a language that we just didn't understand
You reminded me that I'm a big believer
In blindly believing
And I need to start drinking in
A little bit more in what I'm seeing
We're like suburban dadaist
Coming in, out of the rain
My mind was racing
Like those 808 beats
There all the same
Well, that's the way the Goddamn wheel rolls
You headed off into the night
You never told me to change the angle of the light
You still show up in my dreams

"You never even had it even when you had it your hands,"
You've got to bring it right down
To where the sideways ends in the light
I'm digging down deep
I'm digging down slow
I'm striking oil 
Or the fires down below
You still show up in my dreams

You Still Show Up In My Dreams

Compositeur amateur mais passionné, j'ai voulu exprimer à travers cet album les contrastes de la lumière à différents moments de la journée et dans des décors naturels changeants. Si la lumière est un phénomène physique fascinant, elles est aussi synonyme d'espoir, lorsque viennent les périodes plus sombres. J'espère que vous ressentirez dans ces morceaux le pouvoir conjoint de la musique et de la lumière.

Morning light

The DRUMAX PROJECT Present Track 48 // ... about special relativity .... ;-)
@joerxworx > Composition, Instruments, Arrangement, Tenorsaxophone, Mix
@docfritz > Rhythm Design, brilliant Drums & Percussion
© 2024 by joerxworx and docfritz / DRUMAX PROJECT

CONTINUUM

DRUMAX No. 48 // CONTINUUM

Layer Cake

Layer Cake- Kokanostra

When you went away
I couldn't stand myself 
I couldn't stand you
I could never understand you
When I fell prey
To your deceitful lies
I was such a fool 
A fool for loving you
What the fuck was I supposed to do
Now I'm without you
And now I'm without you
And it's so cold
It's so...
Well I guess you wanted more
More than I could give to you
Now you wanna fucking fight again
It seems this fucking fighting never ends
Jesus fucking Christ I wanna go
Jesus fucking Christ i wanna go

Without you

I heard this by Sierra Ferrel and just love it by her. I had no clue it was co-written by Ray Charles. This is a casual version in my friends, Jack Beck, house. We just enjoy getting together and doing sone songs on the fly that we mention, look up and give it a whirl. Jack is on guitar, and a much better picker than I am. He will be glad to tell you! HA! I know the truth when I hear it!  Anyway, we just have a good time playing music and singing. He has a back yard full of chickens, so it seemed fitting to do this song. We wondered about the meaning, if it was about a Mom who blew the coop and the family was a wondering where she went. The pic I took of Jack serenading his chickens, Ha!  Yep, we kinda country. :)

Hey Me Hey Momma/ Cover/ Susi & Jack Beck

08.08.24 10/13/2024

In Memory Of Bruce

Scrapped demo from 2020
Written with Angelica Cox and Danielle Simkins

Quitter (Scrapped Demo)

Little Things.  Oddrun Eikli and Axel Weiss, feat.  trumpet Arne Hiorth

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.