Vol. 8

Among the stars it feels like home

Soft Vocals-3

THE CYCLE OF LIFE

A collection of some of my favorite music on soundcloud.

On Repeat

Infinite Jukebox wc 26 July 2021

Come on iedereen.  Let's get it together and unify!

Compositions by Robin Benjamins
Produced by Robin Benjamins

Unify

There

I dabble with the gross and obscene
I'm hidden and I'm rarely seen for what I am
I wrote a story so unclean
There was nothing I really mean
Oh no I'm self-destruct

CHORUS
Cuz I'm a dickhead
Well that's what she said
She said or maybe thought?
Like my rapport
I'm not always that self-aware
Cuz I'm a dickhead
Well that's what she said
She said or maybe thought?
Its made me fraught
There's something there!
Well I need fresh air!

I'm barely conscious and don't detect
When my brain is clearly disconnected (duh duh duh)
I take my troubles and deflect
I could not bare what I could wreck
On no I'm self-destruct

CHORUS

I’m a Dickhead

Last in the 150 series - this scatter-gun piece stemmed from a single soprano sax improvisation. This nature of track building somehow reminded me of an old mode of ionising organic compounds using charged xenon gas plasma fired from a 'FAB gun' (always sounded a bit like Funkadelic's 'Bop gun' to me).  
I may return to the fast tempo at a later stage, if I'm bombarded with enough ideas.

FAB 150 (Fast Atom Bombardment)

For you was written for my wife to let her know that there is no room for anyone else in my heart except her from the moment we met, through our lives together and until the end of time and into eternity. For you is a promise and a pledge of everlasting love. 

the song was an idea a seed with lyrics, music and a sort of a structure and once again the amazing talent of my Friend Finn Eces has helped to bring this beautiful tune to life with his unique voice and production talents. Finns is a master at capturing the magic of a song and helping to release it's full potential. Thank you once again Finn for your input into FOR YOU . Finn can be found @finn_eces. Hope you enjoy the song 

Written by: Johnny McFarlane 
Guitars: Johnny 
Strings  : Johnny & Finn
Bass, Percussion and other backing: Finn Eces 
Mixing & Production : Finn Eces 
Mastering : Finn Eces

For You ( Featuring Finn Eces )

A Cajun two-step dance tune I'm dedicating to Al Berard, an all-around great Cajun musician who passed on a couple of years ago. I took a week of guitar lessons from Al at Balfa Camp in 2006, near Ville Platte, LA when I was playing in a semi-Cajun band, the Fresneaux Ramblers. Al also wanted to make an album of Cajun music with the mandolin so this is my nod to that unfinished project. On mandolin, guitar, acoustic bass, harmonica, banjo, brushes and the traditional percussion instrument, the triangle. A mudbug is Cajun slang for crawfish.

Mud Bug (for Al Berard)

Original description disappeared !!

NADA  / NOTHING

He pensado en la muerte  /  I've thought about death
y en lo que habrá detrás.  /  and what will be behind.
Puede que no haya nada,  /  It may be nothing,
¿te has parado a pensar?  /  have you stopped to think?

Nada, nada... nada.  /  Nothing, nothing... nothing.

Nada, nada, nada ni siquiera aire,  /  Nothing, nothing, nothing not even air,
nada, nada, nada que pueda tocarse,  /  nothing, nothing, nothing you can touch.
Nada, nada, nada que tocar ni respirar.  /  Nothing, nothing, nothing to touch nor breathe.

Nada, nada, ni una idea ni un deseo,  /  Nothing, nothing, neither an idea nor a desire,
nada, nada, ningún miedo ni silencio,  /  nothing, nothing, no fear or silence,
nada, nada, nada nada se puede escuchar.  /  nothing, nothing, nothing nothing can be heard.
...
Nada, nada, no esperes encontrarte  /  Nothing, nothing, don't expect finding
nada, nada, no puedes imaginarte  /  nothing, nothing, you cannot imagine
nada, nada, nada, no te entra en la razón.  /  nothing, nothing, it doesn't fit your mind.

ER18PB06 - ©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2014 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)

Nada (He pensado en la muerte)

Take a ride along the Tioga Road to one of the most amazing places: Tuolumne.

- Music by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, BluntForceSerenity.com
- Arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins
- Photograph: "The Meadow" by Robin Benjamins

Key: D major
Time signature: 7/4, 13/4
BPM: 67.3

Instruments:
- Arturia KeyLab 88

DAW:
- Mac Pro 12 Core, macOS 10.1.7 (Catalina)
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.6.3
- Plug-ins: Logic Stock, Spitfire Audio – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ez Drummer, AIR theRiser
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40

Total Aquarium

Tuolumne

A tale of two worlds.

- Music by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, http://BluntForceSerenity.com
- Guitar: Robin Benjamins
- Arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins

Key: G# minor and G minor in the solo
Time signature: 8/4
BPM: 85

Instruments: 
- PRS Custom 24 guitar, Mesa Boogie TriAxis
- Akai MPK 49 MIDI keyboard

DAW: 
- Mac Mini i7, OSX 10.9
- Apple Logic Pro X
- Plug-ins: Ez Drummer, Alicia's Keys
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

- Copyright: Robin Benjamins, bluntforceserenity.com

Narrative
- Excerpts and interpretations from: “The War of the Worlds” by H. G. Wells, Book 1, chapter 1 and Book 2, chapter 10
- Curtsey of LibriVox Audio Books, https://librivox.org/war-of-the-worlds-solo-by-h-g-wells (public domain)
- Reading: Rebecca Dittman, https://librivox.org/reader/572 (pitch and ambience processed)

The Worlds

A homage to one of my favorite bands, The Carpenters.

- Composed by: Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell, and Delaney Bramlett
- Original recording and performance by the Carpenters:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5KKoDmtPo 

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Superstar · The Carpenters
Carpenters
℗ 1971 A&M Records
Released on: 2005-09-27

Producer: Jack Daugherty
Associated  Performer, Recording  Arranger, Background  Vocalist, Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes: Richard Carpenter
Studio  Personnel, Recording  Engineer: Ray Gerhardt
Associated  Performer, Vocals, Background  Vocalist: Karen Carpenter
Associated  Performer, Bass  Guitar: Joe Osborn
Associated  Performer, Drums: Hal Blaine
Associated  Performer, Oboe: Earle Dumler
Composer  Lyricist: Bonnie Bramlett


- Remix stem source: YouTube, “Carpenters - Superstar - Acapella (near)”, Pedro Andrade, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9wqJJi87yA 

- Remix by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, BluntForceSerenity.com
- Remix arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins
- Photograph: NASA Hubble Photo of Eta Carinae - a super star!
- Note: Given that this is an unauthorized remix, Robin Benjamins makes no claim or rights to this production and is a gift to the current copyright owner to do with as they please.

Key: F minor
Time signature: 4/4 and 7/8
BPM: 84.1174

Instruments:
- Arturia KeyLab 88

DAW:
- Mac Pro 12 Core, macOS 10.1.7 (Catalina)
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.6.3
- Plug-ins: Logic stock, Spitfire Audio – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ez Drummer, AIR theRiser
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

Superstar (BFS Remix)

This is a tribute to my all time musical heroine Kate Bush.
I imagined her wafting about in space when I wrote it!!

It is one of the first songs I wrote.  I liked the original version, but I wanted to give it a bigger sound, with more melodies, harmonies and soundscapes.

Lullaby in Space

I only hear my name in your voice,
So just call me whatever you want.

The Way This Will End EP

Your Voice

Music © André "pixelorb" Brandes 2018

Mastered by Steve Corrao at Sage Audio,
Brentwood, Tennessee (USA). 

Image: pixabay.com (CC0 Creative Commons)

Instruments:
- Ample Guitar GII (Gibson Les Paul R8)
- Ample Bass PII
- EZdrummer 2
- The Legend
- Zebralette
- PG-8X
- u-he Repro-5
- u-he Repro-1

support

Clap Your Hands To The End

huge shoutout to @wakingsleep for bringing this track to another level. 

- Listen on Spotify: https://goo.gl/TTayiL
- Listen on iTunes: https://goo.gl/86hc9h

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Shmoozy x Waking Sleep - Not Enough

Music composed and performed by Rachel Nusbaumer
Piano part composed and performed by Antonio La Scalia (https://soundcloud.com/antoniolascalia)

Listen to the original version : https://soundcloud.com/rachel-nusbaumer/equilibrium

Equilibrium (piano by Antonio La Scalia)

blind mary o'mealy c sharp

This song is called "TODAY" Created back in 2012 this track is also on my album FUTURE GENERATE released on cdbaby back in 2013 by RM Cribben

This album is out on all the music streaming sites. It is on Amazon, and Apple Music. Spotify, Originally put it on cdbaby.com

Lot’s of different song tracks on this album. I am not singing on all the song’s.
But I did create them to showcase my songwriting to get under artist to sing on my songs. 1st album.

TODAY

“CONTROL” The new single from SBK01 is a dark, synth-wave dream, musing on fear, mistakes and stepping into the unknown.

The song was inspired by the idea of fear and its power. How it can grip you, twist ideas to make bad decisions and create illogical reactive action. Through repetition the song represents our minds going over over the same ideas, moving to break free from error and the fear of control.

Control

A soulful expression about the mad-suffering one endures with the sudden loss of a dear one

Dear Sister Friend Kaerian, you fill my heart with hope and strength to persevere in my time of utter sadness…How shall I ever thank you enough? I’m so deeply grateful for our most beautiful collaboration, friendship and even more deeply so for this special sonically rich creation for my precious angel child…May the healing blessings be showered into the universe with our soulful sonic vibrational song - XO - REKHA

Listen to the amazing music of KAERIAN here: https://soundcloud.com/kaerian-1

Original Instrumental Music composed & produced by Kaerian at...in Switzerland
Vocals composed & produced, recorded & performed, (Music) mixed & mastered by REKHA at IYERN [Fe] Records CA

Original Photo, Graphic & Cover Art Design by REKHA Iyern [Fe]

Music by KAERIAN
Music & Lyrics by REKHA

Sweet Nothin' - Music & Lyrics by REKHA

In the dark depths of my mind
(Mind...)
Where I long to dwell
Inside where I reside

In the dark depths of my despair
I'm bleeding out
Of my soul
I'm bleeding out of my soul

Oh hopelessness
Is all around me
Hopelessness
It blinds, blinds me
Won't someone save me please?
Save me now?

No pain, no gain, no pain
Only pain, no gain
No, no gain

No pain, no gain, no pain
Only pain, no gain
No, no gain

Is this some kind of cosmic slap?
To set me back?
Perhaps?
To learn to be strong?

But I can't be
But I won't be strong again
No, no not me
But I can't be
But I won't be strong again
Like everyone wants me to be

Is this how it's gonna be now?
Is this how it's suppose to be?
I am sweet, sweet nothin' without you
Well I am sweet nothin', nothin' without you
Sweet nothin'
Ahn....Ah...Oh

Sweet Nothin'

Sweet Nothin' | Music by KAERIAN | Music & Lyrics by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | BALLAD, June 27th/2020

Written and produced by John de Wit (White Mash)

license : all rights reserved (c) 2020

Contact : dewitdesign@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/johnwhitemash/
twitter.com/dewitdesign
www.instagram.com/white_mash_
www.whitemash.bandcamp.com/
itunes.apple.com/nl/artist/white-mash/

Sun's Out

Composed, arranged, performed and produced by:
Leon Pajer

orlando51music © 2014

Exit Countdown

Fallin' On My Knees

I was inspired by Liisa Pentti’s recording of “Black Is the Color” to do a remix of her interpretation of a traditional folk song.  I was so impressed with her performance and her beautiful voice, so I roughed out an initial version and sent it over to her.  She offered me her original recorded tracks, which enabled me to produce this posted version.  I am very thankful to Liisa for allowing me to do the remix and post it for your enjoyment.  Please visit her SoundCloud site @liisapentti and listen and comment on all of her amazing songs.

- Vocal by: Liisa Pentti, @liisapentti
- Liisa's original version: @liisapentti/black-is-the-color
- Original folk version performed and written by John Jacob Niles, @johnjacobniles/black-is-the-color-of-my-2
- Remix arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins
- Photograph: "Rue des Mages” by Robin Benjamins

Key: G minor
Time signature: 4/4
BPM: 106.75

Instruments:
- Arturia KeyLab 88

DAW:
- Mac Pro 12 Core, macOS 10.15.4 (Catalina)
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.5.1
- Plug-ins: Logic Stock, Ez Drummer
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

Liisa Pentti - Black Is the Color (B•F•S mix)

Photography by:
Myles Tan
https://unsplash.com/@mylestan

When you were just kids,
and swung ever so high,
did you sometimes imagine
you could almost Kick the Sky?

Kick The Sky

Empty Streets

Always loved this track of mine so I tried to upgrade the sound a little bit. Hope you'll like this new version as much as I do!

Photo by Elias Maurer on Unsplash

Stay

A composition initially influenced by a John Bonham groove that evolved into a G minor vamp with weaving melodies, based on a double harmonic scale, played by an English Horn and Bansuri.

- Music by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, BluntForceSerenity.com
- Arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins
- Photograph: "Illumination at 304" by Robin Benjamins

Key: G minor, double harmonic scale
Time signature: 7/4, 4/4
BPM: 80

Instruments:
- Arturia KeyLab 88

DAW:
- Mac Pro 12 Core, macOS 10.15.4 (Catalina)
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.5.1
- Plug-ins: Logic Stock, Spitfire Audio – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ez Drummer
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

Waves At 304

Burning Car  - Paper Fuse (Remix )

"Out of the Blue"  electronic music with guitar and vocals

Out of The Blue

Out of the Blue

Very happy for this funky collab with https://soundcloud.com/roger-one based on his open collab https://soundcloud.com/roger-one/all-track

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I don't want to sleep
when there's a ton of things I wanna do
I don't need my bed
when there's a rhythm that makes me move

But my tired body
is attracted by gravity
and I will fall asleep

I feel like sleep is a waste
when I'm crazy about the moment
I feel like there's something else to do
going to sleep now will make me blue

But my tired old shell
can't stop rining the warning bell
and I will fall asleep

I want it to last, this moment, always the same
I try to be wise, but I can't, I just want it again

I will fall asleep
oh no, gravitiy is appealing me, is attracting me
I feel like I'm in cotton, bottomless wadding
never reaching the bottom, till I found myself
laying down

Now I deeply sleep
and my body can get the rest it needs
I don't want to wake up
cauze I don't know what things I'll deal today

But my tired body
just want to stay casually
in my happy dreams
yeah my tired body
want to stay comfortably
in my lazy dreams

and the cycle repeats itself
I never want to sleep, I never want to wake up

Collabs 2020

Never want feat. Note or not

Never Want Feat. Note Or Not

I was in the mood to write something heavy and came up with a song inspired by the dread of a diminished 7th chord.  However, there is a counter point to pull it up out of the gloom and impart some beauty.

- Music by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, BluntForceSerenity.com
- Arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins
- Photograph: " Black Hole Image of M87" by NASA

Key: C minor, C# minor
Time signature: 15/8
BPM: 67.3

Instruments:
- Arturia KeyLab 88

DAW:
- Mac Pro 12 Core, macOS 10.15.7 (Catalina)
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.6.0
- Plug-ins: Logic Stock, Spitfire Audio – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ez Drummer, AIR VacuumPro, AIR Loom 64, AIR theRiser
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

Singularity

Scarborough Fair is a traditional English folk song. The author is unknown. Probably the best-known version today is the adaptation by Simon & Garfunkel, which first appeared in 1966 on the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.
I wrote this German text in 1994.

English translation of my text:

Look at the fields in autumn.
The grain turns yellow, ready to mow.
Reminds me of days gone by.
It was beautiful, I think about it a lot.

And the vines with grapes so heavy.
Makes the wine that we loves so much
Come winemaker, because the work is done.
Raise your glass, because the festival begins.

Forests colorful, a colorful splendor.
Red, green, yellow, autumn made it.
Winter is coming soon and covering everything.
White the landscape, the trees heavy!

Together with Karin-Maria Brunner

Herbstzeit

JE N'EN PEUX PLUS DE T'ATTENDRE-Musical collaboration whit Karin-Maria BRUNNER-Vocal Alain GUERIN

The GrOOvebOx is an "ideas and support" collective
with no specific genre barriers, just alternative open minds.

Click link for lyrics and further information about the track,
and if you like it here, please "like" it there as well :
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-petersen-3/cheap-guitar

Killwhity - Cheap Guitar

Oddrun Eikli: Vocals and vocal composition
Torbjørn Vagle: Instrumental composition, piano, keyboards and mix https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv/tracks
POEM OF EMILY BRONTË , May 1838
Photo: Oddrun Eikli 
Cover layout: Vetle Vagle
Mastering: Njål Frode Lie www.nflproduksjoner.

Thank you to each and every one for sharing friendship, music and support,  during this very difficult year 2020.
Warm wishes to you all, and a hope for a better New Year in 2021!

Thank you so much Torbjørn, for this collaboration that gives me such peace in a troubled time.
It`s a JOY to work with you Torbjørn, and thank you also to your son Vetle for his great cover art for our song.
...

POEM OF EMILY BRONTË 

This shall be thy lullaby,
Rocking on the stormy sea;
Though it roar in thunder wild,
Sleep, stilly sleep, thou bright-haired child.

When our shuddering boat was crossing
Eldern's lake so rudely tossing,
Then 'twas first my nursling smiled;
Sleep, softly sleep, my fair-browed child.

Waves above thy cradle break,
Foamy tears are on thy cheek,
Yet the ocean's self grows mild
When it bears my slumbering child.

May 1838
( The photo is taken in Grasmere.  A village  in Cumbria, England, in the centre of the Lake District. In my imagination it`s EMILY BRONTË`s  "Eldern's lake" from the poem :)

Lullaby. Torbjørn Vagle og Oddrun Eikli.

Taken From the Soundtrack of the New Online Game Called 
"Rising Star" 
The Turtle Project = Production and Originator
winkandwoo = vocals /melody and lyrics 
If you do not know of The Turtle Project , be ashamed -https://soundcloud.com/turtle-project

Christmas Eyes - THE TURTLE PROJECT & winkandwoo

"Without music, life would be a mistake."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

~ live improvisational electronica ~ windup spaceship ~ WS ~
Charlie Bryant - Keys, Impulse 49, Various iPad Applications, Engineering.
Gary Andreozzi, Guitar, Godin LGXT, Line 6 amps & EFX, Roland GR synth sax & bass, Ebow (electronic bow).
Joseph F Grossman - Keys, Roland FA06, HandSonic (electronic drums).
Tom Klosowski - Bass, Warwick 5, Zoom EFX.

t a b l e a u ~ c i n q

When We Were Happy

Composed & produced by:
Chivicke HomeStudio Productions

When Broken Hearts Go For A Walk

Composed, played, recorded and mixed by Davor Dojchinovich. 
Recorded and mastered at Happy Cloud Studio Seattle 02/01/2021
Davor: Piano, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussions, Vocals Programming, Sampling and Production.

Berlin

Original Composition / Guitar / Bass / Lyrics / Vox : Chris Dargay
Female Vox : Mari*
Percussion : Scott Tumino

Full Moon Baby

B L U N T • F O R C E • S E R E N I T Y

"I don't always make music.  But when I do, I prefer dynamics.  Stay below -6dB, my friends."

Composition explorations in musical textures, stories and grooves.

I am an amateur composer, producer and musician who has been inspired and influenced by music my entire life.  Beyond my interests in developing harmony and rhythm ideas, a song’s timbres and textures have always held a deeper emotional grip on me.  This passion for tone has dominated my compositions and productions, which are combined with playful melodies and progressions that are immersed in sophisticated soulful beats.

B L U N T • F O R C E • S E R E N I T Y is led by Robin Benjamins and features collaborations with composers and musicians from down the road, and from around the world.  These artists are:

Олег Ястребов @v28yterij7ek
Liisa Pentti @liisapentti
Home Sweet Somewhere @homesweetsomewhere
Pia @pia-rose-music
Gabriel Bustamante, @gabriel-bustamante-12
Mindsongs Musique @nancy-joie
PlasticSky @plasticsky
Ingolfur Bjornsson @ingolfur-bjornsson
Gemma Cao @psychological_music
Niti Dharwadkar @niti-dharwadkar
UMD Anokha @anokhaumd
Nick Osmonovich @osmo94