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The Reservoir: 25 Awesome new tracks from the SoundCloud community

Wednesday Collection #75

Upside Dawn

The incomparable Janine Levinson flying just above the evening mist...@janinelevinson Doo-wop vocals with more chrome than an Airstream
The remarkable Rick Medlock always right there in the current... @rick-4-1 Drums and Rhythmic Orchestration
The renowned Jamie Rhind on those buoyant keys... @jamie-rhind Organ, Piano
Me on the Other Stuff, head just above water... @phil-mcwalter Vocals, Guitars, Hammond B3, Production, etc


A Pretty Waterfall

You walked into the room that night
Like a storm above our heads
And it felt like a hard rain 
Felt like a bridge was going to fall 
But you weren't an ocean, holding me up 
You weren’t a river, come to carry me home 
You were a waterfall cutting through stone 
A pretty waterfall, cutting through stone

You sat down on a stool at the bar 
And it had to be next to mine
You asked if I’d ever 
You asked if I’d ever been here before 
But you weren’t temptation, bending my will
And you weren’t the devil, come for my soul
It takes many years and it cuts to the bone
But you were a waterfall, cutting through stone

We walked out of the bar that night
Through the wood towards the river
And the air smelled sort of heavy
And we started running, it felt like a flood
But you weren’t there to baptise me, in those deep dark eyes
You weren’t there to wash away, my sins and my lies
Dived into the roaring water down to the sand
Then we swam into the waterfall, holding hands

© Phil McWalter - April 2021
Image: diamondpaintingdistributor.com

A Pretty Waterfall

Spotify

Beat production: Grant4ore / @grantfore
Hooks: Johanna Fegan / @johanna-fegan
Verse 1: Fat Pockets / @fatpockets
Verse 2: Treez of the 505 / @audrianna-walker-2

Mixed and mastered by Fat Pockets.

This is a MegaRoyal production.

Smoke Ring Halo feat. Johanna Fegan & Treez Of The 505 (prod. Grant4ore)

I am proud to present the newest work of The Reservoir Dogs, which is based on Ken Minty‘s Song „Dark River“.
Credits:
Ken Minty @kcm069: composition, vocals, lyrics, Ovation Blues Rhythm Guitar, Resonator Steel guitar
Andrea „Foresto“ Martini @user-959329289 played a mean rhythm and solo guitar
Tot. @tot-beat: Made it Happen by providing his wonderful Drums and Beats
N.o.b.S. @nobsmeyer: Rickenbacker 4003 Bass ( it‘s loud, but that is by purpose ... it’s a Ric !!! ), wah wah guitars, keyboards, production

Dark River
KCM  29May09
dark river is the end of the road
the current is strong and the water is cold
many have drowned trying to reach the other shore
it’s too far to swim, but too close to ignore

well, dark river, is all that remains
dark river, take me home again

a man pays his way in dust and grime
washes it away with cheap red wine
fourty years on he comes to know
that he don’t wanna stay but he can no longer go

well, dark river, is all that remains
dark river, take me home again

some men work ‘til they hit the wall
they sweat and swear to the final call
some might think they have something more
but they all end up on dark river’s shore

well, dark river, is all that remains
dark river, take me home again

Dark River

The Reservoir Dogs - Dark River

A STREET OF LIFE
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Coptright AB Music 2021
https://youtu.be/NMqa5s3WLUo

WE'VE ALL MESSED ABOUT
MAY'BE BEEN THE FOOL
SOMETIMES TAKE A CHANCE
AND BREAK ALL THE RULES

TIMES  CHANGED SO FAST
JUST LIKE LIFE IT SELF
IN A BLINK OF AN EYE
THEN I SAW YOU

REMEMBER THE WAYS OF THOSE DAYS

I DON'T BELIVE IN MUCH
AND WHAT'S ABOVE
UNTILL THAT STAR
FELL UPON YOU
(chorus)
LIVING IN A STREET OF LIFE
LIVING IN THIS WORLD
GROWING IN A STREET OF LIFE
(break)
SOMEDAY WE'LL BE GREY
ROCKING IN THE SHADE
LOVING EVERYDAY
I HOPE IT'S WITH YOU

LIFE IS FULL OF LUCK
THEN YOUR NUMBERS UP
DON'T WISH FOR MUCH
IF YOU HAVE LOVE
(chorus)
LIVING IN A STREET OF LIFE
LIVING IN THIS WORLD
GROWING IN A STREET OF LIFE
I'M TAKEN TO THIS WORLD
LIVING IN A STREET OF LIFE
LIVING IN THIS WORLD
GROWING IN A STREET OF LIFE
TAKE ME

A STREET OF LIFE

A STREET OF LIFE (see info for video link)

Hi Everyone.

For my next single I decided to go for a reggae feel since Summer is just around the corner, hope you all like it and have an amazing and spectacular Summer holiday.

-Decan Usmic

Is It You?

I-la-rI (Ilari I. Rantala) - Composed, all instruments, vocals, lyrics, field recordings & drum machine programming.
Artwork and produced by I-la-rI.

© 2021 Ilari I. Rantala. All rights reserved.

It Will End... (Part I)

Voz: Leo Andina @leonardo-andina
Bajo : Rodolfo Planes @rplanes
Guitarras, Coro y Producción : Pichy Sotomayor

Ciudad Prohibida

Ya no hay mas nada que ver,
no tengo nada que hacer,
voy flotando con  la brisa.
Yo necesito saber
como me vas a   encender.

Angel del amanecer,
ven a buscarme otra vez
para sanar las heridas.
Para ponerme de pie
y atravesar la ciudad 
prohibida.

Veo tantas cruces de madera,
veo tantas almas con la misma sed.
Los bemoles en sus madrigueras,
tejen sus mentiras por la red.

No vivo para temer 
yo sirvo para crecer
lejos de tanta codicia.
lo que yo llevo en mi haber
son mis sueños en papel.

Musa del amanecer,
ven a ayudarme otra vez
para colmarnos de vida.
Para ponerme de pie     
y atravesar la ciudad 
prohibida.

Veo tantas cruces de madera,
veo tantas almas con la misma sed.
Los bemoles en sus madrigueras
traman sus mentiras por la red.

Letra y Música: Pichy Sotomayor

Ciudad Prohibida (Andina/Planes/Sotomayor)

It took some time to have the pleasure again to collaborate with Janine, thanks so much :-)

Vocals / Lyrics: Janine Levinson @janinelevinson
Music, Guitars (dunno), Bass (P), Drums (AD2), Mellotron (Redtron), Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

===== Lyrics =====

“One of a kind”
But not cutting off my ear yet
One of a kind
Just mostly trying to make it
“Almost wild”
A fauve who’s trying to fit in
“Messy child”
The half friend of oppression
I teeter on the edges

“Force of nature”
But never quite exploding
So much pressure
From these wild ideas
“joie de vivre”
(joie de vivre and bon vivant)
But something to contend with
(something good until it’s not)
“Force to follow”
But I don’t want to want to lead just yet
(joie de vivre until I’m not)

A messy child
The half son of oppression
Almost wild
A fauve just trying to fit in

“Larger than life”
And such a giant person
That's what he said
But he meant it in a good way

The weight of the normal
Less or more a deviation
A goddess
A statue melting on the edges
I teeter on the edges

The weight of the normal
Less or more a deviation
A goddess, a statue melting on the edges
I teeter on the edges

©Janine Levinson & Bonetender 2021 All Rights Reserved

Almost Wild

Almost Wild (with Janine Levinson)

It was a hard piece of work, but it was worth it: 
As part of an artist grant from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW/Germany in the wake of the Corona pandemic, a piece of music was created that consists of 6 different arrangements and involved 6 artists including a blackbird.
The piece is in the tradition of the Hip Hop-Cyphers as well as in the interlaced compositions of 70s Prog-Rock.
The goal was to connect the individual parts so that in the end a homogeneous but multi-layered overall work comes out.
I think that has succeeded!
Of course, this was only possible because I found really excellent fellow musicians, big thanks to Couch King, Christian Kappe, Lady of Fire Poetry and Frawstakwa! And of course to Blackbird "Miles" for his wonderful jazzy chirping.

Supported by: Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft NRW/Deutschland; Bezirksregierung Münster

Trumpet: Christian Kappe www.christiankappe.com
Vocals/Lyrics: Lady of Fire Poetry @ladyofire
Vocals/Lyrics: Couch King @couch-king-presents
VocalsLyrics/: Frawstakwa @frawstakwa
Chirping: Blackbird "Miles"
Vocals/Lyrics hookline: DeeP.

Composed, arranged and produced by DeeP.
Cover artwork: DeeP. & Ulrike Löw
(Photo of Christian Kappe: Thomas Kruesselmann)
Lyrics in order of appearance:

Lyrics Lady of Fire Poetry:
Not Alone
We are fragments of one another
Breathing in bits of you bits of me
We came exploding out from nothing
But gravity
Crashing into each other
Making this pretty wave called humanity
We love by trial and error
We follow our hearts
reaching the center of ourselves
Each beat a musical beacon
So we may explore our horizons
then reach a familiar shore
When you are lost again
Remember you are never alone
Come back to home

Lyrics Couch King:
Everyday looking clues 
Ashtray’s, dinners, and booze 
Dossiers, hard drives, and blues 
They’s lost reality from watching the news 
I gain the truth from being a recluse 
Nothing to loose 
No one left to cut loose 
Leave no print from my shoes 
Cold stone stare like medusa 
Old bones don’t care I accuse ya 
Poker face beware I confuse ya 
Short lace thin hair Short fuse 
Mean street bruisa, I paid all my dues ah 
Hot on my tail but still I refuse 
To get off the trail 
Of shady interviews 
Digging up fools 
Gold to derail 
Encrypted email 
I must be getting too close 
The woke got no time to doze

Lyrics Frawatakwa:
trials
and tribulations
who 
is even asking though
‘cause seriously you never know
could just be inner dialogue
with me myself and I 
besides
what 
would you want to know
all that for anyway though
c’mon I’m sure you’ve got problems
of your own on your mind
so
where
will we even go
to from there 
who could know
and how can any outcome
that we happen to arrive 
at
when
all is said and done
be considered satisfactory
if it comes at a price
that’s too much to pay
tell me why
why
should I continue 
to carry on a mission
which has proven itself 
to be so difficult 
as if it isn’t 
is it the human condition
controlling decision making
or am I following visions
unique to my third eye

an exercise in sacrifice
yet it’s fine
yeah 
that’s right

everything I do 
is for the greater good
playing nice

never mind 

hammer strikes
the anvil twice
sparks will fly

What to Know

Vocals / Lyrics: It! @samantha-hubbs
Music, Guitars (ES, Tele, Strat), Bass (P), Drums (AD2), Mellotron (Redtron), Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

Pic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wijaya_beach_Unawatuna_Sri_Lanka.jpg

©It! & Bonetender 2021 All Rights Reserved

Beach

Beach (with It!)

عملت على هذه المقطوعة خلال حرب غزة في أيار من العام ٢٠٢١

لم يتسنى لي ان انشرها حينها. ولا اعتبر هذه فرصة ايضاً . ولا اريد ان اميزها كذلك... تضارب. تماماً كحال بشريتنا.  لعلها حتمية.

هذه تعبير عن حزن روحي تجاه الحرب. فتأتي الاصوات باردة ومشتتة. ضائعة في فضاء لا تجد نفسها فيه. 

في حين ان الحرب تأتي لتسيطر. الأصوات هنا تأتي عكس ذلك، ربما لتكتشف لماذا يحصل كل هذا؟

سلاماً للأرواح التي فَقدت نفسها في الحروب لعلها تجد نفسها في إثير آخر.

ح ر ب

It's a pleasure to revive my old Samoa project here again since it disappeared on this cloud many years ago. This is a fresh new compilation mix with some of the most exciting and lovely contributions to this little song which traveled around the world back then. 
My heartfelt thanks still goes to my musical friends and brilliant contributors 🌼

00.00 - 00.28 with Jens Felger (Germany), add. guitar
00.28 - 00.54 with Galina (Britain), keys / perc.
00.54 - 01.40 with Carlos Younes (Brazil), add. guitar / strings / perc.
01.40 - 02.17 with Leticia Gabian (Portugal), vocals / lyrics
02.17 - 02.53 with Helena Paglia Rios & Quique Cano (Uruguay), vocals / bass / add. guitar / keys / perc. 
02.53 - 03.30 with Anuradha Padmanabhan (India), vocals / lyrics
03.30 - 04.25 with Vicente Bueso (Spain), cello / strings

[Composition, guitar and whistling: Ax.W.]

Here is the original tune: https://soundcloud.com/axelweis/samoa
Find all exciting renditions (on ReverbNation):
https://www.reverbnation.com/828725/albums/154176

More music:
http://www.weiss-haenitsch.de/AxW.html
http://www.axelweis.bplaced.net/wordpress
http://www.facebook.com/AxelWeissMusicianProfile
http://www.youtube.com/user/azzelweit

Samoa Compilation

Boffins Are Baffled

It's been a while since I posted my latest track, which in fact dated back to 20 years ago. I've been struggling with several issues, and sadly I haven't had many chances to record any new stuff, these latest months or years. This time I won't say things are going to get better in future, because I'm not so sure they will; still I really hope so.
This piece is about spiritual dawning.

Teth Sin : acoustic guitars, flutes, synthesizers, samplers (piano, Tibetan bells), sound design

Original composition, arrangement, mix, mastering, photo & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

Sweet dreamer
New years
Restless soul (Alt. take)
Train Home (3)
Food & music (Feat. CW & OCA)
Heartstrings
Tonight

05 Food And Music And Good O'l Friends

Track shows a very delicate theme and a quite hard-riffed part, both alternating and finally flowing up to an endless symphonic dream (words are half a poem I wrote previously (not these, but lyrics below)).

Letra  /  Translated lyrics:

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)  /  Don’t you wake up (Only a dream)

No... despierta... no... no despiertes  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up
no, cuidado... no despiertes, na na na na na...  /  no, take care ... don’t you wake up, na na na na na…
... despierta al fin y date cuenta  /  ... wake up at last and realize
de que todo ha sido un sueño, na na na na na...  /  everything has been a dream, na na na na na...

Una vez más, nervios y resentimiento,  /  Once again, nerves and resentment,
todo en mi vida es sueño, sólo ha sido eso.  /  everything in my life is a dream, it has only been so.

Y de nuevo, con el tiempo,  /  And again, with time,
incubando un nuevo sueño,  /  incubating a new dream,
me voy hundiendo en mis propios brazos,  /  I am sinking in my own arms,
me acuno, me canto y me voy acostumbrando...  /  cradle myself, sing to myself and get used...

Otro escenario, otros personajes,  /  Another stage, other characters,
la misma historia, na na na na na...  /  the same story, na na na na na...
que durará un día, un milenio,  /  which will last one day, a millenium,
toda mi vida, na na na na na...  /  all my life, na na na na na...

Pero sin duda vendrán a despertarme  /  But undoubtedly the laughs of people
las risas de la gente, alguna tarde.  /  will come to wake me up, any evening.

Y entonces, con miedo...  /  And then, fearfully...

No... despierta… no… no despiertes (…)  /  No ... wake up ... no ... don’t you wake up (…)

No despiertes (Sólo un sueño)

Project I-la-rI is a one-man experimental music project from Turku, Finland. The tunes are all original pieces composed by Ilari I. Rantala. The project began in 2015.

Hello my friends and welcome to my cloud! I play all the instruments in my music (unless noted otherwise in the song), sing, write the lyrics and deal with the aftermath myself. The tracks are recorded and produced with minimal equipment in my home, other places that are qualified as homes and in the field with a portable recorder. 

Enjoy the sounds!

Music, lyrics & artwork ©Ilari I. Rantala
Other artwork & logo ©Niklas Rantala

The links below lead to the SC pages of the different bands I currently play in/contribute to. Check it out!