Calm & Steady series

- short tracks
- dance music

All were uploaded after 08/2020, mostly in Fall, with the following exception:
. . - BeWith "Azul v1"(#20):  6 years ago,
. . - Leaving Rec (Matthewdavid)(#17):  between 12 and 23 months ago,
. . - NDULÉ (Mwana Moon - DEBUT)(#2):  9 months ago.

The other series (short tracks) so far are:
- "Hard-Fast-or-Nasty" (more intense/abrasive)
- "MiddleLane", and "Superdance" (the middle, or ambivalence)
- "Funky-Dub-Trap" (self explanatory)
- "Fantaisies" (for professional dancers only)
- "Minimal"
- "Dark"
- "BreakB-Jungle-DnB"

There is little overlap between them, mostly between: *
. . A) MiddleLane, Superdance
and
. . B) all other series

* Increasingly there is some overlap between "Calm & Steady" and "Funky-Dub-Trap", and between a bunch of others (Dark, Minimal, ...). I'm trying to keep it to the minimum, the overlap, tracks finding themselves in more than one playlist.

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THOSE MOMENTS TOGETHER

The Upload

Ain't No Moonshine: 30 Greats From the SC Community

STEREOINDIE ´ semanal  V

STEREOINDIE - SoundCloud ll

Yes Please - Community Special

Grab Bag of Gratitude: Thanks for your playlists and comments on The  Show/The Shrike Pt. 3 Pt. 2

Personal favs of Refracted goodness

This is a song about the phenomenon of poeple want to get influenced. 
Written, performed and recorded by Neli CoKo, 2021, all rights reserved.

Lyrics:
You wanna be influenced
By influencers
You want to be entertained
By entertainers

You follow foreign people
To make them influence you

What is going on 4 x

What a strange disease
You become a voyeur at least
Make foreign people wash your brain
You´re far away from thinking free

What is going on 4 x 

You´ve got the fear of missing out
FOMO
Fear

Neli Coko - Influtainment

For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
https://www.facebook.com/wouwouandthewormling

This is the second song posted from the album Bitzone, Stricknice, Wou-Wou & the Wormling, and I have been working on together with a number of other friends on SoundCloud. The first song shared was the late 80s indie American underground inspired song, Ghosting Out, that include Bonetender joining with his transistor organ and guitar. The Show / The Shrike Pt. 3 is one of the 4 songs on the album inspired by Wou-Wou & the Wormling’s graphic novel, the Shrike, which inspired this project. 

Massive thanks to Carlos Vivanco and Belial Pelegrim for joining us on this track. This is the 2nd song Belial has joined me on and the first song I have had the privilege of working with Carlos on. It is amazing to have them both on the same track together. I feel so lucky to get to work with all my favorite musicians.

Carlos Vivanco: Keys, Horns, Synth
https://soundcloud.com/carlosvivanco-1
https://carlosvivanco1.bandcamp.com
Belial Pelegrim: Guitar, Synth, Treated Chimes
https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com
Stricknice: Samples, Production, Intro and Outro
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Lyrics, Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keys, Drums, Samples, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:
Slowly the room will fill with smoke 
Mirrors help occupy the hoax 
Laughing when no one gets the joke
Millions waiting for the quote
Tell me what would you do for fame
How do you plan to win the game
Can you fit in the mould they make
If I asked would you scream my name
For the show

Simon says I will take the lead
Stick with me and you will succeed 
Come and get it come and chase this dream
All you need is a sob story
Like a moth to a flame so bright
Your a slave to the stark spotlight
Cheshire cat with her teeth so white
Tune in and see it all tonight
In the show

In the show

Later that evening as smoke from the chimney was pelted by the rain
Slain and dismembered my head fully severed and mounted and displayed 
It’s hard to explain I’m awake with no pain and hallowed out in the brain
I wouldn’t complain, a life that’s mundane, is all I could hope to attain
except i was detained by bird with a man and this is what he was saying  

Are you having me on?

In the show

You are out all day and this sorry excuse is all that you bring back?
This second rate stag you decided to bag isn’t worthy of a plaque 
Did I make my self clear I can’t tell from your sneer are we still on same track
Our collection is nearly complete I conceit but there is only one thing that we lack

One human head 
One human head
Don’t disappoint me now
In the show
You’re a freak, an animal and most importantly a killer
You’re a freak, an animal and most importantly a killer
A killer
A killer
A killer

The Show / The Shrike Pt. 3

Carlos Vivanco, Belial Pelegrim, Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & Couch - The Show / The Shrike Pt. 3

Little to say but... enjoy !!

https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson: original instrumental theme on keys and drums, vocals.
Ruizzoidman: lyrics, vocals, bass, guitars, production.
Mahatma Ghandi: speech at Inter Asian Conference, 02/04/1947

Lyrics:

A renaissance is needed
in this present we’re living.
Now is the time (2)
Recognising one another
as a friend, as a true brother.
Now is the time (2)
We need empathy…

By sectarian politicians
humankind is being confronted.
Now is the time (2)
Troubles they want us to see,
people live them more easily.
Now is the time (2)
We need pragmatism …

We’re all part of minorities,
the red haired or left handed.
Now is the time (2)
No more talk about left or right,
no more minding if black or white.
Now is the time (2)
We need global thinking …

A renaissance is needed
in this present we’re living.
Now is the time (2)
Love flows freely in every heart.
Revolution inside each one.
Now is the time (2)
We need empathy…

It's The Time (with Janine Levinson)

Happy For No Reason | RosesAreBlue

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!)

BLACK KITE

37 Degrees
and a steady wind- Fuck me
Going straight to my head- brain freeze
Or is it disease
Or is it me
Or is it disease

Black kite
Caught up in the jet stream
Menacing eyes staring down at everything
White lies running through the streets
The people are lonely
The people are crazy
Soccer moms driving Mercedes
Cut it loose
Cut is loose and set it free
Black kite
The man below holds the strings
Black kite
The man below holds the strings

37 Degrees
and a steady wind- Fuck me
Going straight to my head- brain freeze
Or is it disease
Or is it me
Or is it disease

Black kite
Caught up in the jet stream
Menacing eyes staring down at everything
White lies running through the streets
The people are lonely
The people are crazy
Soccer moms driving Mercedes
Cut it loose


@michaelw-2 - production/arrangement/pads/synths and mix on his iPad
@aranajason - lyrics/vocals/guitar and crazy imagination
@jackwm - lead guitars

Grab an unmastered download on us.
Swing on by our FB page and give us some support there too:
www.facebook.com/RefractedMemory


Black Kite

In The Channel

1/4 mile out- in the channel
We watched the storms come in
It’s filling up and taking on water
But I think we’ll live
Ah, we were scared man, waiting for disaster to overtake us then
You can’t predict man, what comes tomorrow
This is how we live
But we made it back to dry land
Told stories from the past
Weathered faces of lives lived

Up on the cut bank, warmed by the fire
Speaking now and then
Left our lives behind to make things better and we paid the price
We listened to the owls speak
Ghostly voices in the night
Crushed by life and love all at once
This is how we live……


@michaelw-2 - production/arrangement/pads/synths and mix on his iPad
@aranajason - lyrics/vocals/guitar and crazy imagination
@jackwm - lead guitars

Grab an unmastered download on us.
Swing on by our FB page and give us some support there too:
www.facebook.com/RefractedMemory


The Purpose Of Pretending (Wadlow, Arana, Morefield)

Another visual, audio soundscape blending our 3 individual styles. Close your eyes and come along with us... 

The Shores of Lareto:

Slipped down to Mexico
Hid out for 28 days
Slept under stars and the eyes of the moon
Just south of Isla San Jose
The days bled into weeks and the weeks bled into wine
The sun fought the horizon going down
Swam out to the furthest shoal that I have ever know
Halfway out my demons pulled me down

Caught up in the current 
Washed me out to sea
300 Miles down
From the shores of Laredo


@michaelw-2 - production/arrangement/pads/synths and mix on his iPad
@aranajason - lyrics/vocals/guitar 
@jackwm - lead guitars

Grab an unmastered download on us.
Swing on by our FB page and give us some support there too:
www.facebook.com/RefractedMemory

The Shores Of Loreto (Wadlow, Arana, Morefield)

It's been a while but we are back...  and it's good to be back!  Too many styles in this one to mention. Hope you enjoy.

LYRICS:
We're flirting with disaster
Minds bend to fit the mold
Hot flash
Kick back
Run fast
Life is coming for ya
High priced
Hold tight
You're reaching for the sky but you're arms are too short
High class
White Trash
We all keeping it nasty
We all fight to keep our gold

You're all talking about colors
I'm talking about humans
I'm talking about healing
I'm talking about "One"

I saw you lost your vibe
I'll call you in a while
Or maybe not you see, I'm happy by myself
You tried to cut em low
I'll be you'll know the secrets of those who got it right
and you're falling faster than the speed of sound
We're flirting with disaster
Minds bend to fit the mold
Hot flash
Kick back
Run fast
Life is coming for ya
High priced
Hold tight
You're reaching for the sky but you're arms are too short
High class
White Trash
We all keeping it nasty
We all fight to keep our gold....

You're all talking about colors
I'm talking about humans
I'm talking about healing
I'm talking about "One"

You're all talking about colors
I'm talking about humans
I'm talking about healing
I'm talking about "One"

Reaching out.... One

Reaching (Wadlow, Arana, Morefield)

I start this new album with better sound by means of one of my more beloved and evolved songs ever, a structured piece with progressing parts.

LETRA   /   TRANSLATED LYRICS:

BIEN, MAL (LLUVIA VIEJA)    /   WELL, BADLY (OLD RAIN)

Sí, no, ¿por qué no?   /   Yes, no, why not? 
estoy pensando que esto no es lo mejor.   /   I am thinkinkg this is not the best.
Bien, mal, ¿tú qué tal?   /   Well, badly, what about you?
de repente me he puesto a pensar.   /   Suddenly I have started to think.

El tiempo esparcido entre mis amigos   /   Time scattered among my friends
 es el más valioso cuando estoy contigo.   /   is the most valuable one when I am with you
Los ratos vividos estando contigo   /   Moments lived being with you
 son reconfortantes cuando estoy perdido.   /   are comforting when I feel lost. 
Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos,   /   I must search for them among my friends
tengo que encontrarlos, pero ya se han ido todos.   /   I must find them, but they are all gone already.

Fumando   /   Smoking 
tras los cristales   /   behind the windows
mojados de lluvia vieja.   /   wet with old rain
Recuerdos   /   Memories
 que me llevan flotando   /   carry me floating
 a estar con ella.   /   to be with her

Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos.   /   I must search for them among my friends

Tú, yo, ¿qué sé yo?   /   You, me, what do I know?
está lloviendo pero tengo calor.   /   It is raining but I feel hot
Qué, quién, ¡mírame!   /   What, who, look at me !
soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.   /   I am still who you started do love

Soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.  /   I am still who you started do love

ER13PB01 ©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)

Image: "Prickle prick cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman

Bien, mal (Lluvia vieja)

This is my Tune on the mighty "11 Years Bloody Feet Compilation".
You can Download the whole Compilation and listen to 8 more incredible Artists here: https://bloodyfeetrecords.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists-11-years-bloody-feet-compilation

11 years Bloody Feet Compilation

Download or buy here

Scream

Wake Me Up

Untitled

Mirage

2020年制作。
「薄明光線」と呼ばれる自然現象を音楽にした。過去に見た記憶があるが、あの現象は何て言うんだろう？急に気になって調べることに。太陽の姿は雲に隠れているが、光が雲の隙間からこぼれていて、多方向に光がさしている状態。それを急に思い出したきっかけは、よく分からないけど。聴いてくれた人の頭の中に「絵」が浮かぶといいなぁと思っています。今回から新しいマイクプリアンプを使うことになった。「Manley Force」4チャンネルのチューブマイクプリアンプ。ずいぶん前から、複数のチャンネルでの録音をやってみたいと思っていた。特にソロギターの時に。やってみたい事があるのに、できる状態に無かったのでモヤモヤ感が強かった。これで、ちょいとストレスが軽減されました。ベースはライン録りですが、2チャンネルで録音して混ぜた。ベース→Aguilar（ベースプリアンプ）→UAD 610→Interface。それと、ベース→Aguilar→UAD 610(Thru Out)→Manley Foce。DIとしてはUADの方が好きかな。艶というか鮮明さがあって、前に押し出すような感じがある。マイクプリアンプとしてはManleyの方がワイドレンジで音の鮮明さがあって好きかな。そんなわけで、ベース用IDとマイクプリアンプとしてのManleyで使い分けると思います。…..今のところの感想だけど！今月は、この1曲だけかなぁ。マイクプリアンプのテストとか、色々とやっていたら時間がなくなってきたー。曲そのものは…まぁ…リラックスして聴いてもらえたら嬉しいです。ちなみに、曲の中で鳴っているパーカッションはギターのボディを叩く音です。それにしてもアコギのマイク録りは…やっぱり難しいな。

【Music Equipment and Instruments】

【PC】Mac 2017

【DAW】Logic Pro X

【Audio Interface】Apogee Element 24(×2)

【Mic Preamp】Manley Force・Universal Audio Solo 610

【Microphone】NEUMANN KM184・AKG C414 XLII

【Monitor Speaker】Yamaha HS 5

【Headphone】MDR-CD900ST

【Plug in Effects】Logic Pro X

【Software Instruments】Native Instruments Kontakt

【Instruments】Fender Precision Bass(Line Recording)・Paco Castillo 240

【Pedal】Aguilar Tone Hammer(Bass Preamp)

Crepuscular Rays

STereoindie - Itztox-by-stereoindie- (Ruy Gonzales)

"As the years draw near"

Contains a sample of the children's hymn 'Remember Your Creator While You Are Young'  by Philip Paul Bliss 1838-1876

Remember Your Creator

Deeper Explorations

Alternative Paths

Groovepad                     

STEREOINDIE - Come Way - STereoindie

Every night I scream
I can't see you, I can't feel you, I can't  go on
Far across the distance
Big space between us
You never come,  I can't go on

Near, far, wherever you are
I know that your heart is long gone dear
Nevermore will you open, open my door
Maybe you're here in my heart
But my heart is cold
Baby you're here in my heart
But my heart is cold

Love touched us one time
Is one time enough?
I gotta drive on
Safe to say I loved you
Polaroids I cling to 
Safer said, I gotta move on

Near, far, wherever you are
I know that your heart is long gone dear
Nevermore will you open, open my door
Baby you're here in my heart
But my heart is cold

You're not here
There's nothing I fear
Though I know that your heart won't go on dear
We'll stay forever away
Baby you're here in my heart
But my heart is cold

*COLD* (MOAG/MidiPunk Collaboration)

Funny Kind of Sad

STEREOINDIE---Seed-by-stereoindie (Ruy Gonzales)

Grabación & Mezcla: Monotoc aka Jorge Gaete
Masterizacion: Felipe Silva
Collage: Antonia Ormeño
Arte / Logo: Ignacio Ibarra

Rudio Negro

Ruido Negro

amazon

GLORIA

A mix of Nic's masterpiece by Admiral Krank, with added guitar. Do yourself a favor and familiarize yourself, if you haven't already, with his fine original-
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/mN9rD . And if you have, well treat yourself again; it's the holidays. Also, you can't miss this fantastic rendition with Monkey Blood Lowdown-
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/aTZW. 

Nic-https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/2Uc46
Monkey Blood Lowdown-
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/cASRP
Check out the stuff we're doing together with barthaarschneider in the Natt Brus collaboration- https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/APfre




Boneman Dub (With Nic)

Baby I get no fascination
With your pretty face
It’s just I want my sticky fingers
Roaming ‘round your place
Dollar bills misplaced in pockets
Of your forgotten coats, are
Enough to feed my nasty habits
Bless me I’m the pope
Of dope and lost hope, ah

I climbed right into this gutter
Didn’t need your help
You seem to think that I want better
That I might elope
Well I got news now darling
My heart is true
Just not to you my lover
What’s a girl to do
Well adieu

I have seen the light
Don’t show me
I know the world is cruel
You said you’d do what you could to help me, well
Fifty bucks would do
I know you can’t stand to see me
So pull your eyelids low
Open your eyes
I’m not the one who’s lying
To me
It’s you, oh

Pope

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 12/2020.

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

My dear friends, I wish you a happy new year 2021.
We all hope that this new year is obviously better than the one we have just had.
I also wanted to warmly thank you for your continued unwavering support.

Mes chers amis, je vous souhaite une excellente année 2021.
Nous formons tous l'espoir que cette nouvelle année soit évidemment meilleure que celle que nous venons de traverser.
Je voulais également vous remercier chaleureusement pour votre support toujours indéfectible.

***  HNY2021  ***
A new year is coming,
finally get out of the nace,
hope that we can dance and sing,
without hiding his face,

I want to forget this nightmare,
the rage to defeat this war,

Happy new year my friend,
I take you and shake your hand,
Happy new year my friend,
and I wish you the best, brother...

HNY2021

Released when the clock hit 12 a.m. midnight January 1st, 2021

I welcome this new year with a HOWWWLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

______________

I knew it this time & I’m on the run
I hear a shooting gun, a rifle shot and I blow apart
if you aim it at our heart then it’s gonna be a new start
vengeance, when we bare our teeth a little more
anymore it’ll be, more it’ll be in a moonlit mirror, madness laughs with me
I have a drink and a song & I fuck it in a song
in a war time dream madness runs along
Irish heat call a million dead next to me
when iron heels call me, crush me in the street
moon animals gotta move your feet
poor in my head, it’s war in your head or you’re dead on the street
I feel you next to me, I am a moon animal, I feel you changing in my toes up my toes
feel it in my soul in my soul, oh sweet moonshine shine your light on me!!!!
I am a moon animal I feel it feel it in my soul
aaaaaaahwwwwwoooooooooooo!!!!
moon amore one more spin in the moon I am once again
in howling night I’ll ride that music to the sky
and end where I began

Moon Animals

Towards Dawn

Music, lyrics and vocals by Irina

Even in Russian this title can be interpreted differently, to say nothing of the English translation. But this is what we like - freedom of imagination :) Hope you enjoy the song.

От твоего взгляда веет холодом
Осталась я одна с простывшим городом
Век живи и век учись
Тупость требуют на бис
Но ведь мне было так приятно верить

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

Пропущу звонки и сообщения
Как же я устала от общения
Пожар бушует в голове
Сжигаю мысли о тебе
А ведь мне было так приятно верить

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

Интересней пообщаться со стеной
Чем пустые темы обсуждать с тобой
Оставляя политес
Ликвидирую абсцесс
Надоело придумывать happy end-ы

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

--------------------------------

I feel the coldness of your glance
Left alone with the cold city
The longer you live the more you know
Stupidity is being called for an encore
But it was such a pleasure to believe

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

I will miss calls and messages
How tired I am of communication
Fire roaring in my head
I am burning the thoughts of you
I took so much pleasure from believing

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

It is more interesting to talk to a wall
Than to discuss empty topics with you
Leaving politesse behind
I remove the abscess
Tired of making up happy endings

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

Душевный бизнес (Soul Business)

On empty streets
The movement is gone
Oil stained remnants from when we were alive
Back to the silence
The only constant
They won't miss us
Love won't kiss us

Back to the silence
Born from nothing
We're all lost but we keep on rolling

Gotta get away
The infection of these times
Caught out in the open together under sun
Back to the simple
The only constant
They won't miss us
Love won't kiss us

We sat and watched them cry
We sat and watched them cry
Back to the silence
Born from nothing
We're all lost but we keep on rolling

Missing

The Best of What You Give

2021-01-03

night Fantasy

In Spirit

Wherever the soul goes

Song made in 2012.
Remix January 2021.

Music Studio 2 (19 tracks)

Native MS2 Instruments
Forum Xewton instruments
Digital D1
Synthmaster One
Synth One (Audiokit)

After two years working with my software I was able to make a composition like this one that I present today in 2012. It was never released on Soundcloud, so several original MS2 instruments have been replaced using some of the technology that I use today.

Many comments that people who listen to my music leave me say that I have a great influence from Vangelis ... and it is true. In fact, this theme is inspired after seeing again, I don't know how many times, Blade Runner and it is possibly where that influence is more clearly noticed.

I dedicate the topic to May Masuya, who was kind enough to say goodbye to me when I left this platform (SC) almost two months ago, for the delicacy of her music and for the collection of positive comments that I will always keep.

The time travel is over. Soon new Tracks.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Wherever the soul goes

Boson Spin - Ambient Bite 524

Ain't No Sunshine 

Originally written & recorded by Bill Withers in 1975

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson : vocals 
Mahan Mahan : instrumental track, production & final mix
Recorded at Pahlavi Sound Studios, Mama Shadi's basement, next to the Washer & Dryer, Los Angeles, CA, USA 01/2021
Mastered by SoundCloud Mastering Wizardry or a close facsimile. 

Ain't No Sunshine ~ Janine Levinson | Mahan²

Bauhaus

Hey everyone, this is my new track -Vega-. I hope you like it. If you like it please share it with all your friends. Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think. That would be really great. Thank you :)

Vega

Download

The art of living
This is a song about escape and freedom to be at one with nature and the elements .
we are living in strange days and my instincts tell me to go find the spirits of the great outdoors and reconnect with nature and find some grounding also i feel the need to create as artists we are currently stranded souls left on a empty beach waiting for everything to open  up and re-connect again .
I hope this song finds you some piece of mind as i make this music out  of love and creative purpose ...for now lets wait  for the dance to happen again ..over and out
written and produced by Jim Manser feb 2021

The art of leaving

The Art Of Leaving

Refracted Memories is a collaboration between Welsh producer Michael Wadlow,American Guitarist Jack Morefield 
And American Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jay Arana