"Skins" is a mellow electronica track that I produced during fall of 2021. 

At the time, I had finished recovering from an intense leg strain that left me immobile for nearly all of the summer, and was returning to the balance of school, work, and music career. I wanted to communicate the positive feeling of recovery with a warmer sound than "You", a slower counterpart to "Skins" I released earlier this year.

Stream: http://skins.nctrnm.com
Download: https://nctrnm.bandcamp.com/track/skins-2

Skins - Single

"Skins"

Skins

A song about going through the motions and feeling insignificant

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I can be there if you want me
I can give you space if you need time
Floating away on the breeze
Replaying this old pantomime

What time did love arrive?
When did affection slip out of the room?
But we're just two people
And what the hell can we do?

The stars explode lifetimes away
Our lives played out like a shadow play
Where did it go time washed away
Our lives played out one more matinee

I can be strong if you'd let me
Not just taking up space and wasting time
Good intentions lost at sea
Two sinners chasing the sublime

What time did love arrive?
When did affection slip out of the room?
But we're just two people
And what the hell can we do?

The stars explode lifetimes away
Our lives played out like a shadow play
Where did it go time washed away
Our lives played out one more matinee

The stars explode lifetimes away
Our lives played out like a shadow play
Where did it go time washed away
Our lives played out one more matinee

Pantomime

The third single from Ben Mercedez, "Kill The Beat" out NOW.

"Confessions" the album, out OCTOBER 13TH.

Ben Mercedez's debut album out 2023!

Produced by: Ben Mercedez, RedOne
Written by: Ben Mercedez
Performed by: Ben Mercedez

Lyrics:

Kill the beat
As the lights strobing, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
CONFESSIONS on repeat, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
As my body breaks
Kill the beat, the beat, the beat
K-k-kill-k-k-kill

Radio plays the same song (no no uh oh)
No pulsing beat electric bass 
Hazy blizzard blast, can't find my speaker now
Turn this off give me a break

Whats, this, song playing so loud
I love mercedez baby my head is throbbing
Stayin all night, that's the name of the game
Don't forget it dont forget it forget it

Kill the beat
As the lights strobing, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
CONFESSIONS on repeat, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
As my body breaks
Kill the beat, the beat, the beat
K-k-kill-k-k-kill

Keep a secret kiss n tell
Whys my phone gone misplaced
Got my poker face they'll never know what I'll say
We're off to the moon tonight

Whats, this, song playing so loud
I love mercedez baby my head is throbbing
Stayin all night, that's the name of the game
Don't forget it dont forget it forget it

Kill the beat
As the lights strobing, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
CONFESSIONS on repeat, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
As my body breaks
Kill the beat, the beat, the beat
K-k-kill-k-k-kill

Take this blow
To your ego now you not regal
Keep it classy, not messy
Don't go slow
Pump that bass loud spin that record
We keep it humble
Never simple

Kill the beat
As the lights strobing, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
CONFESSIONS on repeat, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
As my body breaks
Kill the beat, the beat, the beat
K-k-kill-k-k-kill

Kill the beat
As the lights strobing, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
CONFESSIONS on repeat, da-da-doo-doot-n
Kill the beat
As my body breaks
Kill the beat, the beat, the beat
K-k-kill-k-k-kill

Released: 9/8/23

Kill The Beat

Miles To Go

Original composition….. Alejandro González M.

Ánimas

...too catchy, therefore worthless...

Moments

Getting On

Blue Moon (rodgers and hart)

Live acoustic recording of original song "Lollipops & Lullabies" by Hurdy Gurdy Men

studio version here: https://soundcloud.com/hurdy-man/lollipops-lullabies

Lollipops and Lullabies (lyrics)

Your missing penance for the seventh time and it's bound to rain
your heart is aching for the seventh time as you watch it break

Your hand is reaching for the nearest door as you watch it shake
your mind is searching for the freest thought that it just can't make

If I could find a way to break through all the chains about you now
It's just so hard to breath where others simply refuse to see her now

You once were promised such a great reward, and you just can't wait
and all those things you held so dearly close, now you simply hate

Two steps you say goodbye to lollipops and lullabies for now
and there was no one there to idolize or compare to now

Your missing penance for the seventh time and it's bound to rain
your heart is aching for the seventh time as you watch it break

Lollipops & Lullabies - Maya and Daniel (live acoustic version)

Story
Ngoma Nlô
In ancient times, when the roads were made of red earth and the trees whispered secrets to the wind, there lived a sacred drum called Ngoma Nlô, the Talking Drum. It was no ordinary drum: carved from iroko wood and adorned with ancestral symbols, it had the power to carry messages between distant villages. Its sound was not just music, but language: each beat was a word, each rhythm an emotion.
The elders guarded it in the village of Ebong, and when a community needed help, advice, or a celebration, the drum spoke. Its echo crossed mountains, rivers, and jungles, carrying news, warnings, and blessings. It was the soul of communication, the spiritual heartbeat that united the people.

But one moonless night, a greedy stranger stole the drum. He took it far away, intending to sell it as mere art. At dawn, the villages awoke in silence. There were no songs, no answers. The mothers wept, the elders gathered, but without the drum, their words reached no one. The connection was broken.

For years, the communities lived in isolation, distrustful of one another. Traditions began to fade, like smoke in the wind. Until a boy named M'Boma, born in silence, dreamed of the drum. In his dream, the spirits showed him the way to where it was hidden.
Guided by the rhythm of his heart, M'Boma embarked on a journey through jungles and savannas. He found the drum in a forgotten cave, covered in dust but untouched. When he played it, the drum spoke again. Its voice awakened the ancestors, and its echo reunited the villages.

Now, each generation learns to read the rhythms of the drum. Not only to communicate, but to remember that tradition, like sound, lives on as long as it is shared. And that when the common voice is lost, the soul of the people is lost.

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Sonic Universe III

Ngoma Nlô IV

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For the refreshment of the soul and the glory of God........My name is Alejandro González M. Born November 28   1970.  I am a  Self taught composer  from Xalapa, Veracruz, México,  and my   orquestra project   "Sabine Alexander".   
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