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DEMONIAC STRANGER

A Smooth Rendezvous (Edit: Mastered with Ozone on October 5, 2023)

I am not a professional and I have been very lucky and blessed to have been able to play music using so wonderful instruments as I have in all these songs. With them I have been able to try to mimic or recreate something that once was, something that could be and is "out there"; something that is so clearly and vividly expressed in the music genre often called "smooth jazz" - and in fact in the whole genre of "classical music". So I have wanted to try to demonstrate these amazing instruments, how I love them all and also how I feel playing them. This track maybe conveys some of that affection and the feelings to You and I hope this maybe would bring some joy or happiness to You, even for a brief moment.  

A minor partly improvised "song" (or maybe a basis for improvising) that also demonstrates once again the richness, beauty and potential of the Rhodes electric piano (which to me is maybe one of the world's most beautiful instruments) and hence also the Scarbee EP-88S. This was played by me with my old loyal workhorse Korg SGProX digital piano using the following sounds: 
- Scarbee EP-88S (Rhodes Mk I electric piano),
- Bass and Lead: Lounge Lizard EP-4/Insomnia sound pack,
- Strings: UVI Orchestral Suite/All String Ensemble Vel.

The drums and drum grooves come from Native Instruments Abbey Road 80s Drummer (with some adjustments and additions made by me and with a LinnDrum snare layer added with the UVI Drum Replacer).

Sorry about the large quantity of drum fills... I am an ex drummer (the quality of the fills of course is astounding bc they are from the 80s Drummer). I also am not a jazz musician so the lead lines in this piece truly are not very sophisticated; instead I tried to concentrate on the chords and chord progressions.

This track was inspired especially e.g. by 1) Mr. Bill Evans' song "We Will Meet Again"; 2) by my great hero Mr. Jeff Porcaro, who could easily record this kind of a drum track at one take (using his right-hand sixteenth-note hi-hat); 3) by Mr. Chris Rea's song "The Mention of Your Name" and 4) by a relatively large bunch of popular and classical music and jazz. Of course also everything Mr. Robbie Buchanan does and plays keeps inspiring me continuously.

A Smooth Rendezvous

I search for sounds and assemble them. I purposely switch the order. I try switching different rhythms for each phrase. Usually, a song is born that is like a "poker hand" with no winnings. This time, an image was born. An image that I didn't intend to create appeared. It's a lot of fun to fantasize about where I'm heading.

Images I drew with sounds (305)

Music Video: https://youtu.be/QvrsWYdGQuw

Winter's Light

Photo by Stablecog AI

Puts me in mind of when I bought my first reflector telescope.
I actually watched some kind of craft take off and head into the sky
as it slowed to a stop against the star field and faded to deep red...
then vanished.

Don't look too close...
The AI thinks you need to merge your head into the optical tube
to get the best view,
and don't be shocked that our young astronomer
only has 3 legs.

Stargazing

Air Waves

https://open.spotify.com/album/1R4QUmcX1E12cyLQY6vNNM?si=53aosdWiRZ2A9KXpzZGtDw
Video on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/KZtdaoM5BCs
https://youtu.be/zFGjiDcaz68

Call Of The Mists (Now on Spotify)

Cold Grey Confession

Lifesign

Story:

Elarion follows the call of adventure to save his village from a dark manace that may only be overcome with the help of a magical artefact. He leaves his beloved wife Kira and travels through deep forests, dreadful swamps and dark mountains until he reaches a mysterious cave.

Seemingly uninhabited he soon faces the creatures of the underground, some curious, some frightened, some threatening. The artefact is guarded by sentinals who are defending it with their lives. Elarion is able to steal it and is chased constantly throughout the whole kingdom. But he finally reaches the village and defeats the ominous threat.

Music:

In this purely orchestral track I tried my best to establish a memorable theme that I developed throughout the piece. It starts sad and melancholic, then bold for the adventure part. In the cave it is reharmonized in a dark and suspenseful manner.

After an action sequence, further variations follow, orchestrated with choir und brass. Again, an adventurous and heroic part with trumpet and horns is next. After a softer part with strings and woodwinds, the choir comes in and leads into a climactic finale with the theme played by strings in octaves.

Video: https://youtu.be/Y4KO4t0Oeuc

Elarion's Odyssey

PHQR

D4wnL3ss

Sideways

The Silent Skies

Der Panther (Rilke Remix - feat. La Voix)

Let's Go To Mars

Electric Dreams

Hidden World III

In the Stillness

I am always glad that you stop by and take the time to come.
Thank you as always.
The World on the Other Side of the Earth
Living in today's information society, we are busy with our daily lives.
Do we know everything that is happening on this planet?
What is happening deep within the earth?
People are surprised by the unpredictable fury of nature!
It is the unexpected that we should be worried about.
What can you or I do in such a situation?
Help people! Ensure their safety!
Run away? Go where?
I feel that there are still many events on this earth that we do not know about.

Underworld  Of The Earth

IDA NOLAN & ESCALAZER - MASQUERADE 
Unveil the truth behind the masks. Discover "Masquerade" - a captivating new track born from a unique collaboration between a German-Irish spoken -word artist and a Cologne-based electronicmusic & synthwave duo. Dive into a sonic journey that explores the hidden faces we wear in everyday life and in our free time. Are you ready to reveal what lies beneath? 
Check out the new artist-accounts:
IDA NOLAN: https://soundcloud.com/ida-nolan
ESCALAZER: https://soundcloud.com/escalazer

Vocals & Guitar by Ida Nolan
Musiccomposition by Escalazer
Mixed by SXS for Ida Nolan & Escalazer.

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MASQUERADE

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