Stars and midnight blue - Cover

Song Of The Sandman (Lullaby) - Enya - Instrumental Cover

A variety of backwards/reversed audio versions of songs by Enya (currently 52 of about 127 songs by her so far). The release of these tracks ranges between 1982-2015. New songs will be added when Enya next releases an album of new music, which could even be next year (2023). This playlist is my first ever upload to SoundCloud :-D

Dreams Are More Precious Enya (backwards)

Dark Sky Island

Diamonds on the Water Enya (backwards)

Astra et Luna Enya (backwards)

How Can I Keep From Singing (Enya) remade by Bigeye

The Capital City Minstrels in concert at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption, December 11, 2015

Amid the Falling Snow - by Enya and Nick Ryan
Performed by the Capital City Minstrels
Conducted by Carolin Remy
Audio recording by Hannes Farrenkopf
This audio recording cannot be reproduced or used without written permission from the Capital City Minstrels

CCM - Amid The Falling Snow - Enya And Nicky Ryan

Finally after almost a year Quenya Projects releases a new song again, this version is a tribute too Enya, and we wanted to cover her latest single “Even in the Shadows”.
First Matt and John made a instrumental version until we were completely satisfied, then we wanted to find the right singer, but that was a lot harder then we expected, especially because of all harmonies and weird attacks involved in this song.
We already made a wonderful song together with Daphne Braaksma in the past, so we asked her if she wanted and could do it, and she immediately accepted the invitation.
After all her recordings / tracks were cleaned and synced with all harmonies we also created with the instruments (which took a lot of time), we continued making / sending new recordings back and forth till we were all satisfied with this final mix.
This project shows and proofs to me how much talents are within the SC community, and we’re certainly looking forward doing more songs in the style of Enya, Secret Garden and ERA, covers and originals. Making NewAge music is always the goal of Quenya Projects, to let talents collaborate with each other.

Technical structure of the song:
The most difficult thing to sing this song is the fact that none of the 4 points of attack (sync points) are the same, this song contains 4 points of attack, 3 of them are done by Cello’s, bass drum and the Piano, the 4th is the solo voice, we included the specific melody line for the solo voice in our initial instrumental version so she could hear how it needed to be sang, the harmonies are slightly off as well and tend to follow the cello’s.
When we received all tracks from Daphne, we dropped all melody tracks from the project, and replaced them with her vocal tracks, then I had to make sure that her harmonies stayed in sync with the cello’s so with a lot of cutting and multi layering I was able to get all the tracks to sound as one as much as possible.
We had no intention to make Daphne sound like Enya, we still wanted to keep our own signature, so we didn’t use very much effects at all, the main thing was to clean her tracks from mic-plops and background noices, so mostly what you hear is what I received from Matt and Daphne, I only made some slight changes, and added / multi layered some instruments, and created an extra ALT voice to carry / support her voice.
I am very proud of the performance of, and working together with Matt Baker and Daphne Braaksma, their great talents and skills makes creating and producing music a real treat and fun to do for me, and I am sincerely looking forward doing more songs with them, it does motivates me to continue, cheers John.

We all hope you’ll enjoy our version of Enya’s beauty just as much as we did making it, your comments, feedback  and advices are very much appreciated as always, as it helps us to grow with our music.

Composer: Enya    Lyrics: Roma Ryan
Arrangements:  John Styles & Matt Baker  https://soundcloud.com/matbaker1970
All Vocals:  Daphne Braaksma  https://soundcloud.com/luck4ever
All Instruments:  Matt Baker & John Styles  https://soundcloud.com/onevision-crossworlds
Producer:  John Styles

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Even in the shadows
I turn around
To find you walk away
And even when I whisper
The winds will come
To steal the words I say

[Chorus]
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it’s not forever more

[Verse 2]
Even in the silence
I hear my heart
It’s still a part of you
And even in the morning
When light has come
I don’t know what to do

[Chorus]
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it’s not forever more

Quenya Projects (feat. Daphne Braaksma) - Even in the Shadows

My own guitar arrangement of a piano instrumental by Enya.


Played in the key of G major.

A Day Without Rain

Enya - A Day Without Rain (Guitar arrangement)

Me singing along to the karaoke version of "Fallen Embers" by Enya.  

Fallen Embers- Enya Cover

Through the gates of night
there is wisdom is waiting to be found…

That ﬁrst place of night
was an island in the colour of stars.
Spring;
green grew and the flowers blossomed.

…a lost time, for in the distance…

Summer;
the sun and the sand,
Autumn;
the shape of yellow leaves falling.

…a lost time, far in the distance…

Winter;
the sky sang snow.
Written into the night;
a world of stars.

…a lost time, for in the distance…

Now, is the season of water;
the island, the cities, the darkness.
Through time this became our world,
but our quest is not yet over.

Now, is the season of the moon;
soft breezes whispering,
night and day.
But our quest is not yet over.

“The Loxian Gates” reminisces on the beauty of the seasons of the earth they left behind, and tells of their owu seasons. it reminds the Loxians that life should be appreciated as it is lived, for the journey is as important as the final destination. - Roma Ryan

Recorded/Mixed and Arranged by - Saeyd
Piano/Keyboards Performed by - Saeyd
Additional Strings by - The Atharia Strings

Taken from the album - Dark Sky Island 2015
Music Compose by - Enya & Nicky Ryan
@Azimuth Studios2019

The Loxian Gate

The goal of the Band "Quenya Projects" is to create NewAge, ChillOut and Ambient music, with or without vocals, in the same style as Enya, ERA & Secret Garden, but also new creations with a celtic touch to it, and orchestral pieces as well.

The band "Quenya Projects" is formed by Ralf Reichelt, Hemmo Riihelä and John Styles  

Members of the band are:

http://soundcloud.com/bingzhu

http://soundcloud.com/age-r

http://soundcloud.com/onevision-crossworlds

http://soundcloud.com/matbaker1970

We're open for new suggestion and ideas and would love to collaborate with other musicians or songwriters.
We already collaborated with:

http://soundcloud.com/costas-christodoulou-1

http://soundcloud.com/padruna

http://soundcloud.com/aprilgibsonmusic

http://soundcloud.com/megsmusicjourney

https://soundcloud.com/luck4ever

https://soundcloud.com/koenjanssenmusic

https://soundcloud.com/donna-murray-1

So If you're interested, contact us.
New materail will follow shortly, we hope you'll enjoy our creations.