Good Songs

Spirit

kwabs.

Good Morning

piano orchestra music chillout relax meditstion

A compilation of some of our favourite tracks since our inception in 2009.  Have we missed anything? 

www.secondlanguagemusic.com

Second Language Music 2009 - 2024 (work in progress)

Lisa Knapp

From our new feather-friendly, 'Music & Migration III' compilation, Lisa Knapp's mesmirising rendition of Lal's Waterson's 'Fine Horseman.'  
http://www.lisaknapp.co.uk/

Lisa Knapp - Fine Horseman

Adieu À L'Écurie - D.Rothon

Piano and string quartet. This was written for the airbnb short film http://www.hollywoodandvines.com/, directed by Miles Jay.

Buy at Bandcamp

Journey Of A Paper Plane

'Wrong or Right' EP out now: http://smarturl.it/WrongorRightEP

Kwabs' debut album 'Love + War' is out now.

iTunes: smarturl.it/loveandwar.itunes
Amazon: smarturl.it/loveandwar.amzn
Spotify: smarturl.it/loveandwar.spotify

Get more information on Kwabs:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KwabsOfficial
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kwabs
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kwabs
Instagram: http://instagram.com/kwabs
Website: http://kwabsmusic.com/

Wrong or Right EP

Last Stand

From the album, 'Public Flowers,' out 9th Jan 2014 on Second Language Music.  

Robin Saville has been plying his electronic wares as one half of electronic luminaries Isan for over fifteen years.  Earning a reputation for bringing an emotional dimension to music with a reputation for the cerebral, Isan have claimed to be in the business of making easy listening out of difficult sounds.

In addition to keeping his end of the Isan bargain, Robin occasionally records music under his own name, exploring more acoustic and bucolic textures (see also 2008's 'Peasgood Nonsuch' on the excellent Static Caravan label).  
Robin's new solo album, 'Public Flowers,' is about creating a series of soundscapes both familiar and stimulating.  The music here is a canny blend of repetition and constant change, echoing the organic experimentation of the likes of American minimalist composer Steve Reich, the evocative soundtracks of Piero Milesi and the experimental/ambient work of Cluster.  A keen gardener, Saville's love for the British landscape is also made apparent in the mix by the subtle use of field recordings, the music seamlessly blending into the sonic environment as if recorded in situ.

The title of the album is a quote from Edwardian children's book, 'The Story Of The Amulet,' by Fabian Society founder, Edith Nesbit.  It makes reference to a utopian society based on equality and a respect for the natural world - Saville's music would seem to be the perfect soundtrack for this imagined world.
"I must not litter the beautiful street with bits of paper or things to eat; I must not pick the public flowers.  They are not MINE, but they are OURS."

'Public Flowers'  is number No.6 in the 2L Library Series - a highly collectible catalogue of hardback CD albums designed to be stored in your bookcase.  Art direction, photography, design by Martin Masai Andersen/Andersen M Studio.

An accompanying bonus disc, 'Hybrids,' (SL028x), featuring remixes of tracks from 'Public Flowers' by Loscil, P.Manasseh, Dollboy, Clouds and Mugwood is available only to Second Language subscribers with this release.

Public Flowers tracklisting : 

1. Bryophyte Society Annual Picnic
2. A Brief Message From Our Ancestors
3. In Konik Mokkin
4. The Long Walk From Sallowes Church
5. Hilary And Dave's Piano # 1
6. Nutmeg Saba Cinnamon
7. Hilary And Dave's Piano # 2
8. All Who Are Not On The Rock Are In The Sea
9. A Fail All Girl



www.secondlanguagemusic.com

Nutmeg Saba Cinnamon

A track I composed using the violin, piano, harp, brass and orchestral strings.

The main idea of this theme is a complicated relationship existing between "Lovers & Madmen", where the piano and violin go back and forth as if having a strained conversation and then begin to harmonize towards the end.

Apple Music Link: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lovers-madmen-single/1513138026
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Hce4uMxXLWT3wKrW7n1Eo

Link to Best Quality Download: http://renanjaviercabrera.bandcamp.com/

Edited to Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsX9afevOG8&t=6s

Cover Image: Jackson Pollock's "Convergence"

Compositions

Lovers & Madmen

Official remix of "Sirens" by amazing Gallant.  
Make sure you check by @gallant(https://soundcloud.com/gallant)
Also follow me on Facebook!
www.facebook.com/starRoofficial

Original track https://soundcloud.com/gallant/sirens-prod-felix-snow

Sirens - Gallant (starRo 2am Mix)

An intuitive improvised piece of music by Roger Spees on piano and celloist Lucas Stam following the flow. 
Instant magic happened and music flows out of nowhere. This is the first 10 minutes of this debut concert in the chapel of Samaya Conference center / Monestary, Werkhoven, Netherlands.
If you like this track, you might like this one: https://soundcloud.com/rogerspees/roger-spees-connecting-hearts

Want to buy this track and support my work? https://rogerspees.bandcamp.com/track/joining-in-slience

IF YOU LIKE THIS TRACK AND WANT TO SUPPORT ME AS MUSICIAN YOU CAN DONATE : https://rogerspees.com/donate. Thankyou! 

Or stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0wJGErBpxzmuhYvxx4haMV?si=UyOKBOr2QQyNXVsxaIYAwQ

Roger Spees - Joining in Silence (piano and cello improv feat. Lucas Stam)

(Prod. nekozavi x theratrace)
Cover Art by: Jesse Nickell IV

I Think, I Lost Myself
Last night
Last Month

Feel Like I Hit 
my Heights

Where do I go from here?
Ringing in my ears

When did my heart turn cold?
Ringing in my ears

Where do the lost souls go?
Ringing in my ears

coup de grace
as i spar in the mirror
unaware
of ways out 
beatdown
worn out
I'm scared
Bags heavy
under eyes
how much longer
up from here

Success be the burden
my mind has always worshipped
Lately came to terms
that shit aint ever perfect
my teeth beat up
my jeans beat up
I swear to god my baby perfect

(But i aint worth shit)

I Think, I Lost Myself
Last night
Last Month

Feel Like I Hit 
my Heights

Where do I go from here?
Ringing in my ears

When did my heart turn cold?
Ringing in my ears

Where do the lost souls go?
Ringing in my ears

EYEBAGSSSSSS

Wrong or Right

Available on iTunes

From 'Music & Migration III' : http://www.secondlanguagemusic.com/SL025.html

Now deleted.  

Thusness with Alan Watts 
Alan Watts discusses the word tathata, which is translated from the Sanskrit as "suchness" or "thusness." 
https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/watts/products/thusness-with-alan-watts

Thusness with Alan Watts Preview 2

WATCH THE VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlLJcbK7Xiw

Tempest (Unplugged) VIDEO ON YOUTUBE - LINK IN DESCRIPTION

Future Conditional - Demolitions(feat. Bobby Wratten & Beth Arzy)

Ingenious remix by Pete Flood (Bellowhead) of 'Shipping Song' from Lisa Knapp's widely-acclaimed 'Hidden Seam' album (out now on Navigator Records : http://www.propermusic.com/product-details/Lisa-Knapp-Hidden-Seam-153972)

LISA KNAPP
Nominated for 3 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014
Winner of 'Best Original Song' for 'Two Ravens'


‘It’s easy to see why this singer is the toast of the folk scene…her vocals, like those of Anne Briggs, come across as strange and stirring as a spring day.’ - The Observer

‘A major discovery’ - Mojo

HIDDEN SEAM
Nominated fRoots ‘Album Of The Year’
***** - The Observer
**** - The Guardian
**** - Songlines
“A thing of wonder” – Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 2 Folk Show
“A major discovery” – Mojo (Top 10 Folk Albums Of 2013)
“We’re all going to be hearing a lot more of Lisa Knapp over the next year, folks” - fRoots
“A magical masterpiece” – Folkradio.co.uk

Lisa Knapp first emerged in 2007 with a remarkable debut album, ‘Wild And Undaunted’ and quickly established herself as a highly distinctive, creative artist, merging a radiant style of traditional folk and self-penned song with vocal, fiddle, hammer dulcimer, strings, banjo and contemporary production. ‘Wild And Undaunted’ won Lisa critical acclaim including BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominations and Mojo Folk Album of the Year.
 
It’s been a long wait but evidently worth it – the South Londoner’s much anticipated 2nd full length album, Hidden Seam, is finally due for release by Navigator Records on 16th September 2013.
 
Far from idle, Lisa has spent the years between albums exploring ideas connected to the elements and our fragile, volatile environment.  Though greatly inspired by husband/musical partner Gerry Diver’s own creative journey with his 2011 ‘Speech Project’ album (music based on the speech patterns of Irish traditional singers), Lisa was also motivated by her own love of language – partly through a meeting with Seamus Heaney but also an interest in the old English text of Beowulf. 

Shipping Song, the album’s opening track, arises from Lisa’s fascination with the Met Office’s somnambulant, poetic late night shipping forecast ; its strange and far-away sounding place names, Utsire, Viking, Fastnet and Lundy. A recording of American Marine sound testing from the 1950s was seamlessly sewn into the track, alongside the noises of sea creatures and spinning motors. Black Horse is a song by the great, late English singer/songwriter, Lal Waterson, which Lisa was originally invited to perform on tour with Scottish singer and guitarist James Yorkston. Not only does James guest on this recording but Lisa was also thrilled to be joined by Lal’s daughter, Marry Waterson.  Lisa plucked up courage to invite Martin Carthy, one of her musical heroes, to accompany her on Two Ravens, a touching song about Alzheimers disease.   Seagiver is a visceral song of death and the elements. The penultimate track on Hidden Seam, Hunt the Hare Pt 1, features acclaimed Scottish folk musician, Alasdair Robert and was originally based on the well-known Irish song Rocky Road to Dublin. It evolved into a song (and EP release) about the month of May. On Hushabye, a lullaby style song which she regularly sang to her daughter, Lisa is accompanied by celebrated singer/songwriter, Kathryn Williams.
 
Hidden Seam is a substantial sonic tapestry. It will swiftly re-establish Lisa Knapp as not only one of the most compelling voices of her generation in British folk music but one of the most innovative.  Her roots may be embedded in the great folk revival of the 50’s and 60’s but with this new album, she is setting sail for unchartered horizons.   

http://www.lisaknapp.co.uk/
http://www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/



Lisa Knapp - Shipping Song (Pete Flood remix)

Sticks and Melodies

Cédric Pin/Glen Johnson - Prick

Available for licensing. Info at www.mattstewartevans.com.

The Journey [Dark / Dramatic / Epic / Building]

GAME OF THRONES- Acoustic Cover by MK (Mark Evan Lee)

This is my first collaboration with the one and only @wooly-soft . hopefully many more to come in the future :)

Wrongside (feat. Wusn't)

From the forthcoming album, 'I Feel Nothing Most Days,' out 26th April 2019 on Second Language Music.  Pre-order here : https://olivercherer.bandcamp.com/

Oliver Cherer - Weight Of The Water

First and only album of Oliver Tree under the name of ‘Tree', Splitting Branches put the bases of his syle as a vocalist and a singer.

I dont own any of these songs.

(https://genius.com/albums/Oliver-tree/Splitting-branches)

Splitting Branches 

Tree - Sacred Elements (ft. Finn Rivera)

track 3 from "aliens&robots". download full tape here: http://bit.ly/U9XnZj. produced by @BeatsByChe

glow

Blue Hue

'Wrong or Right' EP out now: http://smarturl.it/WrongorRightEP

Kwabs' debut album 'Love + War' is out now.

iTunes: smarturl.it/loveandwar.itunes
Amazon: smarturl.it/loveandwar.amzn
Spotify: smarturl.it/loveandwar.spotify

Get more information on Kwabs:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KwabsOfficial
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kwabs
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kwabs
Instagram: http://instagram.com/kwabs
Website: http://kwabsmusic.com/


Spirit Fade

This one has been a long time coming.  In 2014, debut album in the can, Silver Servants, a loose collective of Second Language artists, commenced work on a Winter-themed recording.  For one reason or another, what was meant to be one, gapless sonic tapestry, never made it to full fruition but you can hear the fruits it did produce, here on ‘Drifts & Flurries.’  With the creative success of the ‘Avenue With Trees’ album, we decided to take those Silver Servants tracks as a starting point for a new compilation, inviting old ghosts and new friends to contribute.

Mark Brend aka Ghostwriter, was one of the very first artists to release something on Second Language – ‘The Continuing Adventures Of The Strange Sound Association album,’ came out in 2010, when we were less than a year old.  His specially-commissioned work here forms pillars throughout this record, accompanied by Katie English (Isnaj Dui, Littlebow, Silver Servants).  The Declining Winter featured on our first ‘Music & Migration’ compilation from the same year.  Here, in true ‘Servants style, they collaborate with Clay Pipe fellow, David Rothon and Glen Johnson, a Servant, himself.

ISAN first featured on a Second Language compilation in 2011, if only for a minute (‘Minute Papillon’).  You can also find them on our second ‘Music & Migration’ compilation and the duo’s Robin Saville released his solo album, ‘Public Flowers,’ on the label in 2013.

Oliver Cherer (in his Dollboy guise) was also an early 2L attendee.  He’s omnipresent here, voicing Ghostwriter tracks, moonlighting as a Silver Servant and offering an icy take on Nico’s ‘Frozen Warnings.’  Newer to our fold are the London-based Japanese composer, Yumi Mashiki and Paul Tornbohm’s Alter Later project, voiced here (on a splendid Yazoo cover) by Amanda Butterworth of Mücha.  The French field recordist, Marc Namblard, exposes the secret sounds of frozen lakes, Scot electronicists P60 team up with Finnish guitarist, J. Luneburg for a secular dance and Sea Glass, formed from the ribs of The Leaf Library and Firestations, take on Movietone’s ‘Blank Like Snow.’ David Rothon offers a beautiful paean to the Welsh hill and battleground, Bryn Glas.  

‘Drifts & Flurries’ includes a bonus disc, ‘The Frosted Pane,’ by Johnson and the Bulgarian violist, Raisa Zapryanova.

This is SL042.

www.secondlanguagemusic.com

Sea Glass -  Blank Like Snow

Independent record label based in London.  2009 - present day.