Bitter Toil: 20 Dope new tracks from the SoundCloud community

Robbie's music

Basket of Gratitude: Thanks for all your playlists and comments on Just Have To Wait And See Pt. 1

hey ya, hey yo
we wanna go where the smoke don't blow
hey ya, hey yo
51 billion tons is enough for everyone

i'm not playin'
i'm just sayin'
there's a way out
there's gotta be a way out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Z7KEC_qgs

gotta be a way out

amazon

Rosy Clouds

When I agreed to collab with TRC and started to have ideas about his spacey proposal, I didn't expect he would send me not less than FOURTEEN STEMS ! ! !   A fabulous variety, so I had a complex and funny job mixing them with mine. We got two bass lines going on, but any bass is never too much bass ;)

LYRICS: "ROBOT BLUES"

I'm a robot.
I can sing.
Artificial intelligence
can make me feel.

Then I can understand.
Then I can be like you.
Now I'll play my
Robot Blues.

As I was saying,
be careful, as soon,
you will not be able to distinguish
a human from a lovely lovely lovely lovely machine...

Robot Blues (with Tea Are Sea)

Original instrumental by Mahan Mahan  https://soundcloud.com/mahan-mahan

Mahan sent me this instrumental track entitled "Janinerator."  Hmm.  I wonder who he really intended it for...   Anyway, I sang over it, totally unsure. It's really different for me. But here it is. Thank you Mahan!

Look the Other Way

Life before was just a bore
Sitting in a café with my
Laptop, looking at the door
And sipping on a latte as        

My head was swaying back and forth
To the rhythm of a mixtape
And my heels were tapping on the floor 
Waiting for my big break

I was thinking swiping left and right
On the faces on my cell phone I’d be
Looking up at mister right
Til’ you stepped into my safe zone

Look the other way
(hey, how are you?)
Look the other way  
(love your picture!)
Look the other way
(in your latte)
Look the other way
(goes my finger)
(I’m a terrible person )

And I’m Falling up
I’m Flying down
The floor is rising up
And I am falling down 

Memories get in the way  
When I go into that weird place, I just
Lock my heart and lock the door
And hide inside my suitcase

And my head is swaying back and forth
In the hallway of a stranger
With my necklace lying on the floor
Even now It feels like danger

Look the other way
Look the other way  
Look the other way
Look the other way
I’m a terrible person

Look The Other Way - with Mahan Mahan

A sunday acoustic song I wrote and recorded today.

Maybe

This was made on the occasion of being unexpectedly called back to full time work after some years of delicious semi-retirement.

Why Must We Toil

Original track, words and music by Rob Wiles.
A sparse, melancholy number about a difficult break up.
Some excellent production twiddles added from Russ Sinfield of the Chaos Cookhouse.

Better not bitter

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

This is the third 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 second song released was late 90s inspired Alternative Rock and Hip Hop song The Show / The Shrike Pt. 3 with Carlos Vivanco and Belial Pelegrim joining in the mix. 

All of the songs were written during the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic when the United States went into lockdown and Black Lives Matter protests where having a major impact. I think you can especially hear the influence of those times in this song. 

I am honored that My Hot Air Balloon accepted my invitation to join this track and that Eddie Shook was willing to add a radio spot into the mix. It is always a pleasure to work with the extremely talented Jonathan Beckenstein and Jamie Rhind. And huge thanks to Bitzone and Stricknice for adding so much creativity and music to this entire project! And as always, Wou-Wou rocks! I have made so much music with Wou-Wou over the years, it is incredible!

My Hot Air Balloon: Additional Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/welcometotheamericas
https://soundcloud.com/badmerlot
https://soundcloud.com/feralsleepstudy
Eddie Shook: Radio Jockey Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/eddie-shook
https://eddieshook.bandcamp.com
Jonathan Beckenstein: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Jamie Rhind: Clavinet
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Stricknice: Samples, Production, and Outro
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Additional Clavinet, Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: 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: 
I'm so tired of waiting at the edge of the world

They say the world is spinning ball
But you know
It’s always been flat to me
I still say the sun circles the globe
But uh
No one ever listens to me

When I tell ‘em 
World’s coming to an end
When I’m yellin’ 
Better make your amends 
When Gods callin’
They say the good shall ascend 
But uh
We’ll just have to wait and see

I'm so tired of waiting at the edge of the world

Gotta love God ’n liberty
But Hey
Don’t you dare tread on me
Don’t say I never warned you now
But uh
No one ever listens to me

When I tell ‘em 
World’s coming to an end
When I’m yellin’ 
Better make your amends 
When Gods callin’
They say the good shall ascend 
But uh
We’ll just have to wait and see

Just Have To Wait And See

My Hot Air Balloon, Eddie Shook, JBeckenstein, JRhind, Snice, Bzone, Wou - Just Have To Wait And See

Joined here by two of my favorite SoundCloud musicians, Germany's Georg Boehme on baritone sax and Norway's Will Paasche on synthesizer.  These guys as simply superb musicians and together we tackle our original, Dramatic Chromatic.  Both soloists push things out in a dramatic fashion and help create the edge that is maintained throughout the music.  Georg is on fire from the start and has created the opening statement with three Bari lines together.  And when Will jumps in look out, as he too soars and then pushes the boundaries of what is capable on synthesizer.  

https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/snuppeluppen

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.  This one climbed to #5 on SoundCloud's Hot & New in the Jazz & Blues category

Dramatic Chromatic - Georg Boehme / Will Paasche / Jamie Rhind

Eddie Shook - Yes I'm Ready!

Recorded in the kitchen one evening, one of my favourite tracks by Todd Rundgren. No effects added, except some delay, recorded in one take.

Born to Synthesize

Recorded in 2012 - Robbie on Vocals and Mike S on Guitar.
A Dark Mavis project.
Original by Radiohead from Hail to the Thief album.

Oblivion

There There (cover)

Cover of the Nine Inch Nails track with more than a hint of Johnny Cash... all parts performed and recorded by me.

Better not bitter

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