In times of terror and mass immigration, it is becoming increasingly difficult to look at immigrants without fear and to accept them into the community. I wanted to express this social challenge with this aggressive punk rock track.

Fear Of Strangers (2024) (AI Vocals added)

Alien pilots

Don't lose

Spirits

Dune Pilot

Recorded in Modesto, Ca. Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Trumpet solo. Fender Electric Bass. Roland Electronic Synthesizer Bass. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Gibson SG Electric Guitar Rhythm. Drums Full Drum set. Percussion Tambourine, Ago Go Bells, Cow Bell, Zildjan 22" Ride & Crash Cymbals.

Carmel

Mellow Down

Violin-bow on electric guitar. Field Recording (Kottbusser Tor Subway Station, Berlin). Analogue bass-synthesizer. Voice. All sounds/ Mix/ Image: VSS. Text: excerpt from Paul B. Preciado: An Apartment on Uranus (2019).

This piece is  - the late, but (probably) last -  part of the six-part series "Underground" 
soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/underground
Auditory impressions from the Berlin Subway merge with harsh drones, glitchy beats, weird sounds and melancholic melodies to invite you on a psychedelic journey beneath the surface of the city.

Dreams

Cast of characters:
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur–composition, arrangement, and foundational rhythm guitar
Llanpsych– @llanpsych –Tez–electric guitar, composition, mix, and production
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– acoustic guitar
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – organ and electric piano
K2 and the Three [and the Four]-- @k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –four string fretless bass 
Mistermark --  @user-432503709 — Mark — production engineering

This song began its life all the way over in on the other side of the pond, where our frequent collaborator, Artur wrote it on his electric guitar. Being a fan of surf music, he composed this awesome piece with The Eclectic Collective in mind. He shared it with the group through Tez, who was first to respond to Artur's guitar with his own, creating a psychedelic base of sound for the rest of us to add to. 
  Ken was up next, laying down his always exciting drums and percussion. Josh, of course, followed straight behind him, now that he had a beat to play to. JJ came soon after, laying in his ethereal organ and dancing electric piano. Last, but not least, Stephen laid in a really trippy acoustic arpeggio based acoustic guitar part to kick it to the next level.
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer. But before we even started the song beyond what Artur and Tez laid down at the beginning, Mark deftly separated Artur's basic beat from the music. Amazing what technology can do these days! For rest of the production, we tapped the very talented Tez to do the honors, which he did perfectly.
  This song marks about half a dozen we've done with Artur. We're all big fans of his unique surf rock sound, and jump at the chance to collaborate with him. If you like what we've done here, you should check out his page, as it's loaded with gems in the same strain. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Flow of Life - The Eclectic Collective with Surfers Like Us

Long Story

Cogito Vestrum - I think of you
❤️🎶The music unites us all❤️🎶
I am a singer-songwriter, composer, entrepreneur, musician and sound designer. I have a home studio and have produced most of my songs and instrumentals there.
I love the exciting diversity of the Soundcloud universe. Here I always discover new, creative music creations and meet many nice people from all over the world.
Thanks for listening. I appreciate every feedback and every new follower.

Greetings
DestKorn Germany / Paderborn

Cogito Vestrum

What's wrong with us?
When have dictators ever kept us safe or made the world a safer place?
Why do we embrace self-pity and hatred so easily? How is it possible that we believe that billionaires will look after us when all they do is exploit us?
How come we are happily giving away rights and freedoms we were so proud of?
But hey, seems like I'm not lost for words. That's something, I guess.



Look at the faces, hollow and bright,
Votes in their hands, they're feeding the right,
Blindfolds on, and marching in tune,
Echoes of power from long-silent rooms.

Dow-dow-dow, dow-dow-dow, down we go,
In the shadow of flags that grow,
Turning the clocks, rewinding time,
To an age where fear was prime.

They preach freedom, chains in disguise,
Whispering lies that hypnotize,
The smoke and mirrors, polished and clean,
Selling dreams with a fascist sheen.

Dow-dow-dow, dow-dow-dow, down we go,
In the shadow of flags that grow,
Voices drown in chants of steel,
“Democracy,” but nothing’s real.

Look at us, laughing like fools,
While the powerful sharpen their tools,
The circus blazes, fires in line,
They bought our silence, one vote at a time.

One by one, rights slip away,
Nodding heads in silent dismay,
The laughter fades, the skies grow cold,
As we watch Musk's dream unfold

Now say, say, say, say goodbye,
To the voices raised, to the open sky,
March along, girls “safe and sound,”
As your rights rot in the ground.
Yes, say, say, say, say hello
To the outrage, to the 'told you so'
Sing along, men, sound and safe
As you're digging your own graves

staring into the abyss

Staring Into The Abyss

Outrageously expressive vocalist and dancer, regrettably trapped in the tone-deaf body of a cage fighter - hence eternally death-embracing Goth
Deeply religious, yet extremely critical of a clearly unfinished project - Lord, what were thee thinking?
According to many, blasphemous, as I do not oppose a certain fallen angel. It just seems so obvious to me that this creature ('creation, see what I did there?), is just as necessary as the dear Lord himself - and is still trying to clean up some of the mess left behind. I think...
There are times when I've been known to express political thoughts, but only ever to desperately call for revolution and/or declare violence as acceptable as long as it is directed at fascists (and only as long as the good lord does not himself deal with these dickheads by bestowing upon them erectile disfunction and reserving them special rooms in hell). 
Strictly for freedom, opportunity, love, food, shelter, education, health, empathy and dreams. For a true, science based and supported, social democracy. Absolutely not in favour of any form of dictatorship, be that fascist or socialist. However, and to be clear - I am not somewhere in the middle, nor on a fence ;)

Musically, I like to think that I am influenced by classical music, as well as death and doom metal, gospel, blues, country, 80's pop, east-german 80's punk, gothic rock, Enya and, of course, Abba, however, when I listen to the stuff I churn out when I'm experiencing just the right level of depression, I can't help but be reminded of classics like 'Da Da Da' by Trio or 'I'm too sexy for my shirt' by Right Said Fred.
I'd love to liken my voice to heroes like David Bowie, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Peter Murphy, Andrew Eldritch, Dave Gahan, Marc Almond, Peter Steele and so many other real singers out there, but have to honestly say that, by carefully resisting the need to actually hit notes befitting the underlying musical arrangements, harmonies and ambience, I've managed to create a perfectly detuned and emotionally confused, yet consistently dislikeable style of my own. I wish I could say it grows on you ...

As all my remaining friends despair of my tyrannical tendencies (proudly displayed by diva-like tantrums) when participating in collaborative attempts to achieve somewhat melodious and/or rhythmic proclamations, I tend to squeeze these out all by my lone self. Should anyone out there feel capable (and inspired) to deal with an eternally intoxicated (by his own ego) and therefore very very angry individual, that (who?) is yet confusingly happy to sensually scream along any old tune (that does not glorify fascism), then please get in touch. 

Also happy if you get in touch if none of the above makes any sense to you, but you do like one or two of my songs - there must be someone out there ...

Thank you kindly for stopping by...

'Being humble dictates that I tell you not to take my music and words too seriously - but I don't mean it!' (Rausch, Psalm 384 (or thereabouts), 2021)

Staring Into The Abyss

raging rausch

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