Copy of Losing Control (2025 Remastered)

FULL ORIGINAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN07D6coCjg
“Finding YOUR WAY does not mean that you always know where you are going. The important thing is that you know how to find your way HOME…”.

“TAKE ME HOME” feels nostalgic and familiar in its essence as the soundscape and lyrics remind you that our biggest quest is to uncover our truest selves and discover where we belong. Home is 
where you feel the most comfort and the most inspired, and when you arrive at that place, you'll never want to leave again.

Take Me Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REBX4by8eow

In search of Reason

Music: Composed, written, mixed, mastered, and performed by: Matthew May

Lyrics: Written, performed, mixed and mastered by The Mysterious Decibel

Watch out!
I'm the joker card 
Not exactly your saint Bernard
This chemical and me have too much chemistry
But you keep on leaving me
I'm a stalker
You're a teaser
When I find you
You're a pleaser
Stimulation get inside of me 
You're number one
I'm a winner at the count of three

A little bit of this and a little bit of that
would never be too much
We go from STAR to RATS 

OOOOOO I'M FEELING GOOD
WHOOOHOOO JUST LIKE I SHOULD

Dopamine is all I need 
So let me pop that dopa seed!
That Dopamine is all I need
So shoot me right up to speed! 

Dopamine is all I need 
So let me pop that dopa seed!
That Dopamine is all I need
Watch out!
I'm feeling good!

Dopamine

Music: Composed, written, mixed, mastered, and performed by: Bloom

Lyrics: Written, performed, mixed and mastered by The Mysterious Decibel

When this castle crumbles
Toss me with the crumbs
When this castle crumbles
And the rumble drums
I'm jousting with a ghost
The other side of the toast
Now I don't mean to brag
And I don't mean to boast
But I'm Courtney love gone Julius Caesar 
Courtney Love how would you please her?
Would you bury it a few times
Marry  it a few times 
Bury it a few times only for the end of this to take a hit to the face and be buried underneath with no crimes 
Am I spilling my own blood on the right side of my own dime?

My feet are rising off the ground
Where am I going?
We are lost before we are found
When wounds are showing

Killing My Ghost

just a simple one mic, spontaneous performance,  me, some words, and a guitar.

Bay Of Pigs Lullaby

this track was inspired by reading The Wager, a great true adventure story by David Grann. 

lyrics

meet me in the portrait 
down beneath the shade of tree
pack me in a suitcase
hollow out a chest built out for tea

I could be the border 
maybe you could set my scene
a painting like a raincheck 
trapped inside a submarine 

somebody is following
you better watch your back
once you lost your mind it's gone
and your incurring 
wager islands wrath 

so meet me in the rainbow 
down by the waterfront cascade
where beaux jack a dandies 
stole all the hearts from those who prayed

we could be important 
when our discoveries unveiled 
hook me up to morphine girl 
and I'll put up the bail

somebody is following 
you better watch your back
once you lost your mind it's gone
and your incurring wager islands wrath 

so meet me in the portrait 
we'll set sail at crescent moon
you can be the cannon
ball and I'll provide the boom

look out for me this summer 
when all the seas have frozen cold
you can be the treasure map
and I'll provide the gold


thanks for listening, greatly appreciated as always.


Wager Island (Acoustic)

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEQ5ZeRbQGc
"To be enjoyed as you walk out of winter days into the warmth of the sun, Sunsets and Skylines is a song about being at the right place at the right time. Because you transcended the lower levels of your life's journey. Golden compass in hand, you now know yourself better and you know which direction you are headed in. 
Trusting in every step you take as you feel like luck is finally on your side. It's almost like the Universe is forming to your every wish and desire."
Much love and positive energy, 
Jordana and Tom aka MOON AND ARIES
www.moonandaries.com

Sunsets and Skylines

The Immortals Episode 1: with 3 tracks gracing the album where Tropical House meets Trip Hop Soul, wrapped up in their classical electro pop cinematic ways, The Immortals (Episode 1 ) is everything Moon and Aries are made of.
Beginning with World Lounge
A high spirited disco infused track that reminds you to find Peace in the middle of War.
Then you find Waves
A high vibe song that keeps you in motion and lowing in the direction of your golden Destiny.
And ending with their latest pleasure, Sunsets and Skylines
A chill tempo track that walks you through your glory days.
To be continued...

Waves

This is my new single. It’s about accepting life’s challenges, working through them and then using that learning to adapt and survive.  I’ve posted an earlier version here before but it’s remixed and mastered (RCD Audio). 
I hope you enjoy it. Take care. 
James
Lyrics:
My Uncertain Steps 

As a boy, I was scared of the sea
With my family, on a beach in Normandy, 
a French boy told me the ghosts of drowned sailors grab your legs and dragged you down
I wouldn’t go in! 
Too naive and trusting! 

As a teen, I was all over the place! 
Always confused, just didn’t know which way to face
Too many temptations, suggestions and thrills, distracting and wild
Couldn’t think straight 
Couldn’t concentrate! 

It was always their demands and directions 
Had to meet their dreams and expectations 

My uncertain steps
No confidence 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps 
At my own pace
(My way) 

My wreckage of a life, with this chaotic love
Constant demands, you can never do enough 
Mix in the bullies, the twisters and those egos too
It pulls you apart
Breaks your heart 

I’m seasoned, I now know this path
One crisis avoided, another starts 

My uncertain steps
More experienced 
(Trying to find my own way)
My uncertain steps
At my own pace 
(My way) 

And now I expect to see the worst
In everyone and everything I know
Just know how it is, but feel I can somehow 
see it through

(outro) 
I’ve got friends (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve lived and learnt (for my uncertain steps)
I’ve got you (for my uncertain steps) 
I’ll get through this (my uncertain steps) 


James Whiteman copyright  18 January 2024

My Uncertain Steps (Single version)

This was a 3-way collaboration that began during 50/90. I loved Simon's musical track, and he agreed to let me write lyrics for it. Bruce (Epic Dreamery) agreed to join our team to complete the song. I hope you like it as much as I do :)

(Lyrics: Andrea Brennan
Guitars, Bass, Drums: Simon Ashby
Vocals, Synths, Production/Arrangement: Epic Dreamery)

AURORA’S EMBRACE

The sun is setting, low in the sky
Slowly, surely, It kisses the world goodbye
A dusky glow is all that’s left, as she closes her eyes 
Nighttime arrives

Aurora slumbers  Aurora slumbers 
Tucked in her bed, under a blanket of darkness
Aurora slumbers . . . The day draws to an end
But the world keeps on turning around, safe and sound . . . in Aurora’s embrace
With each night, there comes a new day, under the watchful eye of Aurora’s embrace

In the wee hours, the goddess will glide
Upon her chariot of fire, through a starlit sky 
Forging a trail of colors, that shimmer as she rides
When the time is right . . .

Aurora slumbers Aurora slumbers 
Tucked in her bed, under a blanket of darkness
Aurora slumbers . . . The day draws to an end
And the world keeps on turning around, safe and sound . . in Aurora’s embrace
With each night, there comes a new day, under the watchful eye of Aurora’s embrace

Aurora awakens . . Her duty awaits. . . She heralds to the world. . .the dawn of a new day

The world keeps on turning, turning around, in Aurora’s embrace
With each night, there comes a new day, under the watchful eye of Aurora’s embrace

AURORA'S EMBRACE

I used to work in a municipal council depot in the late 1980’s and met some brilliant characters. Ronnie was one of them - he used to walk 3 miles each way to work/home. He had interesting views on life! It’s a bleak folk song but with some humour thrown in. They all used quite fruity/earthy expressions and I wanted to capture some of that. I hope you enjoy it. Mastered by RCD Digital. 
Lyrics 

Cough up the green, like a dying mans wheeze 
Mould on the walls, there’s no enjoyment 
Clothes so damp, they’ll rot your bones
It’s all frustration and disappointment 

Life is a sore that never heals

Day after day it’s just
Walk to work, pick up them bags 
Throw them in as the packerplate screeches 
Home, eat, soak my plums if I’m lucky, then sleep
But it’s still dark when I wake up! 

In all weather we work, shine, snow and rain
Fevers and puking, we push through the pain
But don’t think the boss will let you be late 
The old man will lose it and show you the gate!!

Life is a sore that never heals

Day after day it’s just
Walk to work, pick up those bags
Throw them in as the packer plate screeches 
Home, eat, sink some pints if I’m lucky
And sleep, but it’s still dark when I wake up 

And the great and the good, shiny and monied
their perfect kids with daddy and mummy 
What’s it to me where they live, what they do
How they’re doing in school, or where they holiday to?
I don’t care , it’s not my life
Leave me alone! 

And now there’s lots of management around
To save some money and cut some rounds
But there’s only so much these old bones can take
Push me too hard and the old back will break

Scratch cards! Yeah scratch cards
Thank God for scratch cards 
One lucky match,  I break free
But until then, it’s the same old routine

Day after day it’s just
Walk to work 
Pick up those bags
Throw them in as the packer plate screeches 
Home, eat, sit and rest if I’m lucky 
Then sleep, but it’s still dark when I wake up! 

James Whiteman copyright (lyrics 2017; music 2025)

Ronnie’s Lament (The Loader)

Drifting - where you wanted to be. Lay back and let the current take you down. Lounging on the floaty that is life while the world unravels underneath. An homage to vintage summer horror flicks and the absurdity of modern escape - brought to you by The Day Afters. 

Drifting

Sergey Melody songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUUJPPPHyY

MilkyWay embrace

“Losing Control” drifts through the storm of sorrow, where rain washes away the past and silence speaks louder than words. It's a soul unraveling—through pain, through numbness—until a glimmer of light breaks the dark. From losing oneself to finding hope in love again, the song is a slow burn of release, reflection, and rebirth.

Break The Matrix

Losing Control

Losing Control (2025 Remastered)

🌌 Moon and Aries – The Arrival (Remastered 2025)
A hypnotic, cinematic trip-hop journey—The Arrival is a sensual calling into higher love, inner liberation, and deep transformation. Reminiscent of 90s icons like Massive Attack and Portishead, this remastered version fuses retro textures with futuristic soul, pulsing with seductive vocals, poetic emotion, and atmospheric production. It’s the moment pain dissolves, desire awakens, and you stop running... and finally become.
✨ You don’t just arrive—you BECOME. Let it convert you. 🌕♈
www.moonandaries.com

The Arrival

The Arrival (Remastered 2025)

Spotify

The Arrival (2025 Remastered)

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Amplified Studios
Carlsbad CA, June 2025
Drums: Marc Polit
Electric guitars: Tristan Brooks

LYRIC
We hear the guards shout
It’s 9 and lights out
The truth is so stark
Alone in the dark
No ‘nighty-nite’ here
And no ‘sleep tight, dear’
No one to console
Us on our bedroll

We serve our sentence
Despite our repentance
No one’s obliged to sympathize
Here's what life has shown me 
We get so lonely we could die

A narrow window
Is all that we know
A glimpse of the sky
A bird flying by
That must sustain us
Thought it can pain us
To know there’s so much
We’ll never touch
So we muster resistance
To look off in the distance
But sometimes our hearts ask us to try
We see an old leaf blown free
And get so lonely we could die

The world’s betrayal
You know each day’ll
Break like it’s new
Then disappoint you 
My term’s determined
Of that I’m sure, friend
And yours is as well
That much we can tell
No pleas, no whining
No silver lining
In clouds that clutter up the sky
A single ray may break through
Just long enough to make you want to cry
How bad can the unknown be?
Here
We get so lonely we could die


we get so lonely we could die

Mark says - 
In the 5 years I have been working with Rod, I have been encouraged to reach as far as my experience allows me to, with complete support at all times. So far we have completed 11 songs and have experimented with several others that made for a great learning curve for me, with several more at other stages of development... Watch this space, however as we are methodical and patient, therefore it may take some time to get them off the ground.

The subject matter of this song may be based on a different scenario but it is also a token of my gratitude to my inspirational collaborator and friend Rod, who has given me much confidence to rise to the ambition of his musical creativity and meticulous arrangements. Thank you all for giving this song your time.

Rod says - 
This song was conceived a long time ago to be sung in Spanish, but Mark did a magnificent adaptation with his English lyrics, and the meaning is 100% faithful to the original spirit, even though he hadn't heard the original song in Spanish. Technically, there are three voices together, consolidating a multi-vocal performance. The synth sounds emulate my old analog and FM synths, and the guitars were routed through an old console to achieve the vintage sound I was looking for.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - @rplanes
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Image by Douglas Corrance

Thank You (Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett)

I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been here in my life.
I know I don’t need to draw you a diagram,
Thank you for being there all this time as my wife.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.
 
No need to show me all of your gratitude,
I already know how much you show that you care,
When you were prepared to move to my latitude,
Then I was convinced I was ready to share,
My life with you whatever it threw at the both of us.
I know that it’s true, no matter what you care to say.
I’ll always need to express all of my thanks to you 
This will always be true on that I swear.
 
I would like to tell you just how grateful I am,
And also how important you’ve been in, in my life.
I have to tell you just how good you’ve been for me,
And I hope that I have also been there for you,
When you needed me through all this trouble and strife.
Then I was sure that I was ready to share,
My whole life with you, whatever that meant for the both of us.
I know that it’s true, whatever you say.

This song on Continental Collision's own cloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-517923604/thank-you

Also available on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/5pfvPjop9XCJPrVL9a60U0

Thank You - Continental Collision (Rodolfo Planes & Mark J Bennett) on Spotify

"Rescued" is a powerful synth-infused anthem of awakening and unity. With an uplifting retro-futuristic soundscape and soulful vocals, Moon and Aries deliver a cinematic journey through self-empowerment, hope, and transformation. It's a reminder that you're not alone—and that breakthroughs are always possible. Whether you’re dancing under city lights or reflecting under cosmic skies, “Rescued” speaks directly to the heart and soul. ✨🌊🌕♈🎶 
(Remastered by our friend Francois R.! Thanks so much! 🙏😎)

Rescued (2025 Remastered)

Interlude - Fallen -Fire Ark Radio Production

Interlude - Fallen

My Frist Track for the new album. Mixing with my new high end equipment. A song of reflection about the early music festival scene near San Francisco  where I grew up.

Freedom Free Love Free To Be Heard by GLEN GRANTHEM
Play it like you use to play it when you were young
Tearing up a fret board until you reached number one
Spend those days on the green lost in the crowd
Shoulder to shoulder as the band rocks out
Singing songs about peace and love and Smoking grass as guitars strum

Day after day the music was life 
Turntables spin all through the night
One hand on a pipe carved out of stone
All your friends felt right at home
With both hands in the air and Every face wore long hair
Viet Nam was miles away  Every song had its place
Solo
The sixties were like no other time in our life
Draft cards ,Protests , Equal rights
We were coming of age to save the world
Freedom , Free Love , Free To Be Heard
Singing songs about peace and love Smoking grass as Guitars Strum
With Both hands in the air 
Singing Songs About Peace and Love.....

Copy of Losing Control (2025 Remastered)

AJ