Xixistix's contribution to @muterial 's "Off the Rails" open collaboration, which has spawned a "Bound for Destinations Unknown" EP. More to come...

Written, Arranged, Produced & Engineered by Rollo Carpenter & Mike Luv

RC- Field Recording, Filtering, Processing
ML- Sequencing, Edits, Mix

Original track: https://soundcloud.com/muterial/off-the-rails
A playlist of varied & wonderfully inventive renditions: https://soundcloud.com/muterial/sets/off-the-rails-collaborations

muterial & Xixistix: Avulsion (Off the Rails Rework)

for an old mate.............cheers for having a listen


sometimes i don't feel like being the social kind
catchup with you another day
i just need some time away, hope you don't mind

i did my time, paid my dues
wiped away my tears, sang my blues
said my goodbyes, some much too late
went to sleep with the devil, woke up a saint

if i could i think i would, get far away so im never found
but then again i don't like flying
so i'll just keep my good foot on the ground

i fought too much, sometimes not enough
tried to smooth out the edges, when its naturally rough
i've buttoned my lip, then yelled so loud
hung my head, then never felt so proud

to be a loner

Loner

Photography, psychology
Writing songs and praying for peace

But I fell out of love
With all of me
But I fell out of peace
With all I see

Now I pray to god
For what it takes
For just one day
Without my pain
Without my shame

Childhood fears and breakup tears
I got some good friends
And the whole world ahead

But I fell out of love
With all of me
But I fell out of peace
With all I see

Now I pray to god
For what it takes
For just one day
Without my pain
Without my shame

And I know what I gotta be
And I know what you're gonna say
Be patient

Photography, psychology
Writing songs and praying for peace

But I fell out of love

Breakdown - Original song

'Moving Into New Territory' is a collaboration with Karin-Maria Brunner. This however is my version of the track and is not quite the same as the one on Karin-Maria's Album 'Jazztastic'
Alan Hamilton: Keys, Drum and Percussion programming, Bass, Strings, Brass, Wind and Guitar, Production
Karin-Maria Brunner: Original Concept, Drum programming, Keys, Organ, Bass.
https://soundcloud.com/user-53145152-479345033

Thanking Karin-Maria for inviting me to Collab on the track and wishing her every success with her Album 'Jazztastic'.

Moving Into New Territories

Moving Into New Territory with Karin-Maria Brunner

FULL INSTRUMENTAL!

“The Way” started with a piano melody and kept unfurling as I healed from the loss of a few loved ones last year…which was capped off with my beautiful family dogs both passing. The lyrics to this song took on their loss, but the whole thing is really an open entry from my own grief process through to happiness again.

Written, performed and produced by Jason Langvee
Mixed & Mastered by Uezurii (audius.co/uezuriiwav)

The Way [Instrumental]

"Genova per noi" is a song written by Paolo Conte in 1975, and first performed by Bruno Lauzi.
It's a dedication to the city of Genoa, the song describes the impressions of Piedmontese who go to Genoa, that is, the relationships of race, attitude and temperament between neighbours in the region.

It's also strikingly reminiscent of this Welsh country bumpkin's impressions of the "big city".

The guitar was played by my son Gideon. We hope you'll enjoy!

Lyrics

Con quella faccia un po' così
Quell'espressione un po' così
Che abbiamo noi prima di andare a Genova
Che ben sicuri mai non siamo
Che quel posto dove andiamo
Non c'inghiotte e non torniamo più

Eppur parenti siamo un po'
Di quella gente che c'è lì
Che in fondo in fondo è come noi, selvatica
Ma che paura ci fa quel mare scuro
Che si muove anche di notte e non sta fermo mai

Genova per noi
Che stiamo in fondo alla campagna
E abbiamo il sole in piazza rare volte
E il resto è pioggia che ci bagna
Genova, dicevo, è un'idea come un'altra

Ma quella faccia un po' così
Quell'espressione un po' così
Che abbiamo noi mentre guardiamo Genova
Ed ogni volta l'annusiamo
E circospetti ci muoviamo
Un po' randagi ci sentiamo noi

Macaia, scimmia di luce e di follia
Foschia, pesci, Africa, sonno, nausea, fantasia
E intanto, nell'ombra dei loro armadi
Tengono lini e vecchie lavande
Lasciaci tornare ai nostri temporali
Genova ha i giorni tutti uguali

In un'immobile campagna
Con la pioggia che ci bagna
E i gamberoni rossi sono un sogno
E il sole è un lampo giallo al parabrise

Con quella faccia un po' così
Quell'espressione un po' così
Che abbiamo noi che abbiamo visto Genova
Che ben sicuri mai non siamo
Che quel posto dove andiamo
Non c'inghiotte e non torniamo più

English

With that face a bit like that
That expression is a bit like that
Which we have before going to Genoa
That we are never very sure
That's where we go
It doesn't swallow us up and we never come back

Yet we are somewhat relatives
Of those people there
Who deep down is like us, wild
But how scary that dark sea makes us
Which also moves at night and never stays still

Genoa for us
That we are at the bottom of the countryside
And we rarely have the sun in the square
And the rest is rain that soaks us
Genoa, I was saying, is an idea like any other

But that face is a bit like that
That expression is a bit like that
Which we have while we look at Genoa
And every time we smell it
And we move cautiously
We feel a little stray

Macaia, monkey of light and madness
Mist, fish, Africa, sleep, nausea, fantasy
And meanwhile, in the shadows of their closets
They keep linens and old lavender
Let us return to our storms
Genoa has all the same days

In a countryside property
With the rain that drenches us
And the red prawns are a dream
And the sun is a yellow flash at the parabrise

With that face a bit like that
That expression is a bit like that
Which we have who have seen Genoa
That we are never very sure
That's where we go
It doesn't swallow us up and we never come back

Genova Per Noi (Paolo Conte / Bruno Lauzi Cover - Giddy & Rob Jam)

link to cover picture;

https://pixabay.com/photos/coffee-cup-table-drink-beverage-2847957/

RiZLiX - Empty Your Cup

Arcane Synthetic is an experimental musical endeavour created by Benjamin Murray.
The project is conceptually driven by a central protagonist, through the means of time travel, reporting back on the human condition.

Buy Album

Hindsight

Last Wishes by Linda Straub

Lyrics

Let me lie down beside the lake
then float upon the water's waves
and listen to the calming sounds
of the loon's wail as evening breaks 

I want to hear the crickets sing
in the silence of a dark night
and let the rain put me to sleep
until I wake at dawn's first light 

Let me gaze at the sky above
and feel the sun upon my face
to clear my mind and fill my soul
and bring comfort in its embrace 

Let me taste the first flakes of snow
as it paints the ground frosty white
and coats the trees with icicles
sparkling gems in the starlight

Let me feel the world around me
and bathe in its magnificence
I may not come this way again
so think of me as I was then. 

I may not come this way again
so think of me as I was then

Last Wishes (Original)-

BACIO is a collection of sonic postcards — moments caught in the soft space between memory and motion. Across nine tracks, Workshop invites us into a world that feels at once intimate and expansive. The album unfolds like a series of sketches drawn in shifting light: sometimes warm and weightless, sometimes grounded and reflective.

Created between Sardinian beaches, nighttime drives, and quiet indoor sessions, BACIO doesn’t follow a linear story. It moves in moods — shimmering synths, deep bass lines, brittle piano melodies, field recordings, and fractured vocals. Rhythms emerge and dissolve: breakbeats turn into steady pulses and back again. Pads stretch like the sky. The music is physical and emotional, spacious and close.

The album’s title means “kiss” in Italian — a brief touch, fleeting and tender, yet resonant.

This is not an album chasing resolution. It offers presence — a state to step into. BACIO lives in the in-between: between places, between people, between thoughts. It’s a soundtrack for stillness and for movement. For the early hours, the late moments, and everything unspoken in between.

buy Bacio ❤️

Fade

Arno Gonzalez is producing a modern house sound that sometimes ventures into melodic territory close to Electronica, the Angevin artist was first spotted by the Parisian label Missive, then by Timid Records, on which he released his debut album “Encounters”, as well as a number of EPs and remixes...

Today, he is one of the spearheads and leaders of Brique Rouge, David Duriez's label, with whom he is on a mission to perpetuate and reinvent a certain vision of House and Techno music.

With this second album, which marks “the end of innocence”, Arno explodes the codes of his music to better transcend them. We find his inimitable touch, a particular sound that is sometimes minimal, sometimes warm and melodious, a real signature on 13 tracks that tell a real story.

If this is the end of innocence, it's also the beginning of maturity.




Brique Rouge label is a pillar of the French House underground since 1999.

The label continues to disseminate the electronic sound David Duriez believes in, far from formatting and excessive vulgarity. An eclectic electronic sound that remains rooted in the underground and on vibe above all.  In general, the team's artists benefit from a carte blanche, and it's above all the state of mind that counts. The label isn't looking for success, it's a success. The success of being able to release music without compromise. With one release a week on platforms since 2020, the label (and its divisions RZ Muzik & Obliqu3) is seen as a key player on the French underground electronic scene, given the activism it demonstrates.

Faithful to the spirit of this music's beginnings - Acid House, Chicago and New York House, or the power of Belgian or Detroit Techno - the label has been churning out releases for 25 years without ever sinking into cynicism, nostalgia or parody. Brique Rouge has established itself as a key French label for the distribution of emerging and creative artists (known and unknown) who draw their inspiration from the roots of the genre, but also pursue the search for new vibes. Without commercial imperatives, the label innovates and denies itself nothing. No formatting, no time sacrificed on the altar of the platforms of streaming, with Brique Rouge it's not the face of the human behind the machine that is highlighted, but its music.

[briquerouge.fr]



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03 - Arno Gonzalez - 2 Steps From The Cliff

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Here to make meaningful connections through music.

Peace.

Dan