Altair, designation α Aquilae, is the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila and the twelfth brightest star in the night sky.  It has about twice the mass of our sun...

so a big playlist is appropriate!  enjoy!

Altair

https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett: lyrics / vocal melodies / vocals
Ruizzoidman: music / vocals

Mark says: In the music Manuel kindly offered me, I could clearly hear historic military conflict and I felt it was important that the lyrical theme resonated with us both. I had often visited the Canary Island of La Gomera and couldn’t escape the history of the Guanches, nor ignore the powerful beauty of the mountain, La Fortaleza de Chipude. Manuel has been such an enthusiastic partner in this project with an imaginative and energetic approach that left me in awe.

Manuel says: Mark and I decided to sing together after I arranged his acapella voice within his open collab “The Parting Glass” last springtime. I was working with strong but abstract inspiration at that moment, and shared some ideas with him. Step by step, and with help from his epic lyrics, the track got shape with a non-stop brainstorming. Now, we’re proud to post this work together, no doubt the one on which I’ve worked (and enjoyed) the most by now. May you feel disoriented, most perhaps in 11/8 instrumental parts, just grab the bass line to a safer ride along ;) 

If you’d like to understand more about the Guanches - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanches

Some images of La Fortaleza -es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortaleza_de_Chipude

Photograph of the Guanches leader Hautacuperche in Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera by Douglas Corrance

=[ Narrator’s Prologue ]=

Los Guanches, 
Proud Atlantean people,
Safe in their utopia,
For millennia,
In their island paradise. 
Little did they know,
What would await them,
And what their fate, would be…

=[ Song ]=

Conquistadores came,
And across the barranco,
The alarm was raised,
In whistling form.
Fiercely defiant,
Protecting our sacred ways,
Ambushing the foe,
With advantage of terrain.

La Fortaleza, 
Our mountain is our strength,
And our place of sacrifice.

The mountain is our strength, 
And will be our retreat
Our culture may be gone
Save for the whistling. 
Throughout the valleys,
Our bloodline survives 
The mountain is our strength,
And will be our last stand.

La Fortaleza, 
Our mountain is our strength,
And our place of sacrifice.

The mountain, our only hope,
And our last refuge
Facing our final battle
With only rocks and sticks
Our blood now flows
Down the barranco
The mountain once our strength,
Now, our fitting end.

=[ Epilogue ]=

When a stronghold,
Becomes a foothold,
The only hold out,
Nothing left to hold, 
All will fold, fold, fold, fold…

La Fortaleza

La Fortaleza (with Markjbennett)

JOY RIDE

First time parents can experience mixed emotions. On one hand there is the elation of bringing new life into the world,but this can often be accompanied by anxiety and worry about the future. This song explores a little of parental hopes and fears. Excitement and dread wear each other's clothes.

Just what lies ahead
No one really knows
Excitement and dread
Wear each other's clothes

Living is a lottery
An ever changing dance
Fate will make a mockery
Of anything but chance

May all the hope and love
Invested in you
Give you the heart
To see this battle through.

Welcome To The World

Texte français et Google traduction

QUI SERAS-TU MON ENFANT ?

Je caresse ton ventre, comme on caresse la vie.
Déjà son attente me semble infinie.
Tu te marques d’une rondeur
Qui serait indécente,
Si tu n’étais une jolie fleur
Ou une bien belle plante.

Je caresse l’espoir, comme on caresse la nuit,
La vigueur d’un soir chassée de l’ennui.
Tu me donnes la fièvre
De celle qu’on supporte.
Quand ce sont des beaux rêves
Qui frappent à la porte.

Qui seras-tu mon enfant ?
Un coquelicot des champs
Où une rose des vents ?
Viens nous vite on t’attend.
On manque d’impatience,
Ta vie est une chance.
Encore un petit mois
Et on te serre dans nos bras.

Je caresse ta lumière, comme on caresse le feu
Closes mes paupières, je te vois bien mieux.
Il me donne des coups
Et de pieds et de bras,
Dans ton ventre, il se joue
Et s’amuse déjà.

Je caresse mon désir, comme on caresse le jeu.
Des instants de plaisir qu’on ne fait qu’à deux.
Le temps paraît bien long
Comme une éternité,
Pour perdre un ventre rond
Dans une maternité.

Qui seras-tu mon enfant ?
Un coquelicot des champs
Où une rose des vents ?
Viens nous vite on t’attend.
On manque d’impatience,
Ta vie est une chance.
Encore un petit mois
Et on te serre dans nos bras.

CHORUS

Dernier refrain.

WHO WILL YOU BE MY CHILD?

I caress your belly, as you caress life.
Already his expectation seems infinite to me.
You show a roundness
Who would be indecent,
If you weren't a pretty flower
Or a very beautiful plant.

I caress hope, as we caress at night,
The vigor of an evening driven from boredom.
You give me fever
From the one we support.
When these are sweet dreams
Who knock on the door.

Who will you be my child?
A field poppy
Where a wind rose?
Come quickly, we are waiting for you.
We are impatient,
Your life is a chance.
Another little month
And we hug you.

I caress your light, like we caress the fire
Close my eyelids, I can see you much better.
He hits me
And feet and arms,
In your belly, it is played
And already having fun.

I caress my desire, as we caress the game.
Moments of pleasure that we only make for two.
Time seems very long
Like forever,
To lose a round stomach
In a maternity.

Who will you be my child?
A field poppy
Where a wind rose?
Come quickly, we are waiting for you.
We are impatient,
Your life is a chance.
Another little month
And we hug you.

CHORUS

Last refrain.

QUI SERAS - TU MON ENFANT (L'attente d'un être cher)

Train

This is the final song for my cover album “Self Portrait”. It’s been a two- year project and there have been many challenges and rewards along the way. A big “Merci Beaucoup” to all my friends, family and fans for their support.

Buy on iTunes

My Way - Cover

DeeP. and the Couch King EP collectable stickers and zine available on Bandcamp here:
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

This is the second song that DeeP. and I began together. I really enjoy working on these darker tracks with DeeP. and exploring themes of depression, anxiety, fear, and shame. This song was inspired by a person that I was working with who would call me evil whenever he saw me. Even with me being as positive and non judgmental as possible, I am sure I was seen as another person telling him what to do and making decisions for him based on judgmental criteria. I think these are feelings many of us have had and it can be easy to relate to, though difficult to confront. 

I am grateful that we always have an opportunity to grow, learn, reflect, and evolve as individuals, communities, nations, and as a species. May we all be better to each other. 

Giant thanks to DeeP. for working with me on this track. And huge thanks to Nick for joining me on this first track together. I have long enjoyed and felt inspired by Nick’s creative and experimental guitar work and musicianship. I am super glad to have his vibe on this track!     

DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering
 https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke 
♤/ Nick Davies: EBow, Guitar 
https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies 
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals 
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

You’re never gonna make it
You’re dumb and you know it
You’re just a mistake kid
Don’t belong and you show it
Why you even trying
This ain’t meant for you kid
I already know that your lying
We already know that you did it
They know your planning on taking it
And gonna try to deny it
Why even try to fight it 
That’s just the way life is
You’re never gonna change it
You must be deranged if you
Think anything will be different 
If you get outta here shit
You’ll still be the same kid
Just a little punk kid
Look what you done did
When you got mad then you run hid
Don’t ever listen 
To what people are saying kid
Better watch your language 
Always talking trash
Claiming disadvantage 
You and me we clash
Why can’t you manage 
Come off way too brash
I can tell that you’re damaged 
Parents shoulda whooped your ass
Who you think you talking to
Always talking back 
I know all about you ’n
Your side of the track
Don’t question me 
Look at me 
When you hear me speaking 
Think you know everything
Really know nothing
Parent’s got nothing 
Apparent your fronting 
Looking confronting 
That’s why I ain’t trusting 
Homelife disgustin’
Cop frequently busting  
No wonder you like that 
Your really screwed up kid

Disdain disgust despite distrust 
Dismissed deprived derided and cussed
Disparaged, defied, despised when discussed
Detested, depreciated, decried, and hushed

Oh, here comes the demon again
And he’s wearing his crown
Here comes the devil again 
Pretending to be your friend
In an invisible gown

You are so worthless
Won’t amount to anything 
Going through life purposeless 
There’s nothing you bring
Your just an embarrassment 
You show no respect 
Always been a disappointment 
All you touched is wrecked 
Where’s your self-esteem kid
Where’s your sense of pride did
You think can get by with
Living on a free ride shit
Better watch where your going
I can tell you don’t give a damn 
Nor care to understand 
Perspective other than 
The one that your knowing 
Don’t give a shit 
Always so negative
Quick to give up 
Can’t contro ya temper 
About to blow up
I can tell that your stuck 
Ain’t gonna change  
It’s time that you face it
Never act your age
Your impulsive ’n impatient
Look at your rage 
Can’t have a conversation
Should put you in a cage
Before you fuckup again Kid

Disgraced, degraded, deplored, dominated 
Diminish, demeaned, defamed, humiliated 
Discredited, devalued, denounced, subjugated
Denied, debased, detained, incarcerated  

Oh, here comes the devil again
And he’s wearing his crown
Here comes the devil again 
Pretending to be your friend
In an invisible gown

DeeP. and the Couch King

Bandcamp

DeeP., ♤ & the Couch King - You’re Never

GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT
Music: Bitter  Sweet Symphony (The Verve)
https://freevocals.com
Vocal: Sanna Hartfield
Trumpet: Don Clark
Production, Mix and Arrangement: Lillithe

GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT

Somewhere South

Amazon

Eternal Peace And Prosperity

So happy that this release brings together my two worlds: The song was written and produced in my new home New York City. The video was shot in my hometown Munich, watch here: https://youtu.be/hT2Tvp0SfrM 
Download the full single (incl. two rad remixes by NYC-based DJs and producers https://soundcloud.com/zizerk and https://soundcloud.com/hyun88x) here: https://she-s-excited.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-a-winner 

Stream and download the full EP here: 
https://she-s-excited.bandcamp.com/album/my-own-crazy
https://fanlink.to/MyOwnCrazy

Mixed by https://soundcloud.com/lutherriggs & Anne Wichmann, mastered by Luther Calvin Riggs: https://www.luthercalvinriggs.com/
Original photo by Oliver Guse

From the EP "My Own Crazy" (release 5/29)
Written, produced and performed by She's Excited!
Released on Teknofonic Recordings: http://teknofonic.com/

I’m a winner
Raw beginner, I am a winner 
Sing it, sing it
I am a winner
Never was nearer
Never saw me clearer 
Staring in the mirror

The air is on fire
Your eyes say I’m a liar
So I am bidding higher
The truth is: I’m dancing barefoot on barbed wire

I know we sink together
Or rise - even better
It really doesn’t matter
Because I just opened up a brand new chapter

Well, I’m not gonna blink first 
I’m not gonna blink first 
Finger on the trigger
Did you see the snicker
I’m not gonna blink first - I’m a winner

Raw beginner, I am a winner 
Sing it, sing it
I am a winner
Never was nearer
Never saw me clearer 
Staring in the mirror
Zero, sing it, I am a winner 
Sing it, sing it
I am a winner
Never was nearer
Never saw me clearer 
Staring in the mirror

Well, I’m not gonna blink first

I guess I had it coming
My future - stunning
My conduct unbecoming
The truth is: I know so well you can outgun me

But I’m not gonna blink first 
I’m not gonna blink first
Finger on the trigger 
Did you see the snicker 
I’m not gonna blink first

Raw beginner, I am a winner 
Sing it, sing it
I am a winner
Never was nearer
Never saw me clearer 
Staring in the mirror
Zero, sing it, I am a winner 
Sing it, sing it
I am a winner
Never was nearer
Never saw me clearer 
Staring in the mirror

I Am A Winner

Download

Written, arranged, produced & performed by Arkestar 2020

Broken, cracked n sore in the middle of the night,
my skin is raw

nightmares made from bloodstained cottons
stickin' trickling out from my pores

poisoned believers, acting underachievers
wrenching pain from every bone

I can't hide from the tears inside
like a river that's boiled n fried

Wheel me into Hell onboard a trolly ringing bells
to tell the angels there's a soul that's ready
Swollen, raged n felled

Drop me in a corner, let my psyche hammer nails
and shovel coal, and stoke the soul, cajole this vast blackhole

Chorus.

Is it a wonder why i've turned out asunder
cause there's nowhere else to go
sitting on a tree, the best disguise
It's dark & ailing me!

Buy @ Bandcamp

Arkestar - Raw [From the album 'Vingt Vingt Funk']

Summoning

In the Corona crisis I experience the world like a kind of monastery. On the one hand connected with much renunciation and privations, with restrictions and abstinence. On the other hand, however, offering one the chance to learn to be amazed again in the silence and seclusion that results from the worldwide regulations. To have time to really let oneself be touched by something that has so far been hastily pressed into blinker-categories. To be surprised by revelations that must have remained hidden in the everyday functioning.    
To be able to say "Wow!" again in every cell of one' s body, however, also requires sometimes to free oneself completely from the now omnipresent digital availability. Unfortunately, the crisis leads partly there even more into digital obsessions. But even there I hope that at some point the weariness after the increasing dullness in the X-th Netflix series, among others, will set in and the desire for real encounters will come forward. 

Lyrics in English:

Wow!

Sit` here in the park without urge 
Without pressure, have plenty of time, don't start nothing

Just there, I look out
The mustiness in me turns out

There is a lake in front of me
That I usually walk by
Always seemed to look the same

Give me away
Soon I am in the thick of it

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

In the silence the spells
In the quietness the wonders of the world

I'm totally exempt from duties
My phone is asleep

Completely freed from availability and digital suffering

My coffee machine is yawning heavily
Nothing that pushes me is working now

The world is lying down
There is no escape

The hectic reflexes: Off!

Give me away
Soon I am in the thick of it

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

In the silence the spells
In the quietness the wonders of the world


Deutscher Originaltext:

Wow!

Sitz` hier im Park ohne Drang, 
Ohne Druck, hab` viel Zeit, fang` nichts an

Bin einfach da, schau` hinaus
Das Müssen in mir stellt sich aus

Vor mir liegt ein See, 
An dem ich sonst vorübergeh`

Schien immer gleich auszusehen

Gebe mich hin
Und bin bald mittendrin

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

Im Stillen die Zauber
Im Schweigen die Wunder der Welt

Bin ganz von Pflichten befreit
Mein Handy schläft
Ganz erlöst von Verfügbarkeit und digitalem Leid

Meine Kaffemaschine gähnt schwer
Nichts was mich puscht geht jetzt mehr

Die Welt legt sich hin
Es gibt kein Entflieh`n

Die Hektik-Reflexe. Aus!

Gebe mich hin
Und bin bald mittendrin

Wow! Wow! Wow!Wow! Wow!

Im Stillen die Zauber
Im Schweigen die Wunder der Welt

Wow!

Wow! (English Lyrics In The Intro)

Yesterday  / 2020
Music: Paploviante
Vocals: www.Ghosthack.de

Yesterday - 👫👫👫 Paploviante

Old Bricks

Come take an uplifting positive motivational cosmic journey with this original mixed dubby electrostatic psychedelic ambient pipe and floaty condor spring has sprung bandy legged reflective feeling swing and binaural parkour swagger soundtrack which is the first in a series of new seasonal Clubfungus ambient vibes that will span throughout the year as we celebrate life and our watery planets natural wonders floating in the eternal spacial void. Let your imagination run wild and become at one with space and the planet once more exploring deeper into natures and your own majesty that connects us all through the Theta and Delta brainwaves of the mind and soul to the very fabric of the universe of which we exist as an eternal spirit. Travel beyond the dimensions of time and the imagination, feel the passion and awe inspiring glory in a vast pot of emotions that exists and reverberates within all life as we undergo this planetary rebalancing. Stay safe everyone and this is my entree into the Clubfungus Celebrate life music competition! Hope i win! haha :D

Enter the Clubfungus Celebrate Life Music Competition:
https://soundcloud.com/clubfungus/celebrate-life-music-competition-2020

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4 Sale

Spring 0.4hz - Binaural Beats Therapy

The sky's grow dark at  2pm there is an eerie calm before the storm.
The Storm of change awaits  The Dark Queen. Can she see whats Ahead? 
Looks to the sky?

Day Turned Dark

Tuned my Cordoba nylon string guitar and all the synthesizers to naturally play in the Love Frequency. 528Hz - frequency plants vibrate during photosynthesis. So the cover art photo. Ancient Solfeggio tones to heal minds, fuel the soul. It worked for John Lennon in "Imagine", so have to join the movement. Tune will help to grow your cucumber too! :)

The vibe we all need so much now. Huge respect to all essential heroes of pandemic keep saving humanity. One life at a time. To all Indie musicians for positivity and spreading love. One song at a time. Chance we all waited for - save the planet from your bedroom studio <3

Cover art is shot thru the grape leaves in our backyard. Learning "Chasing Light" photography technique. Canon EOS REBEL T4i, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec., ISO-6400, 67 mm. Lens Canon EF-S 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM.

The track will open 5th album, coming up next two decades :) No rush, I am on "no-plan" plan. Collecting Prock 2.0 style tracks - Uplifting Chillout. This Love goes out as a single to contribute to the vibe of good! Hope you enjoy. TNX!

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Love

Love (528Hz)

Colors / Open Collab / Paploviante 2020
Instrumental Version of the track Enchanted with Acoustic Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle/enchanted-paploviante-2020
BPM 140
The track is downloadable as a mp3 file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!
Thanks !

Altair

Solar Kama Sutra