AS playlist, May 2019

Some great songs from some fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

AB Supporters Playlist 010

MAY  2019

Some great songs from some Fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own.

AB Playlist 042 Part 1

AB Playlist 042 Part 2

AB Supporters Playlist 011

Rock 3

Killer tracks 8 Part 2

A selection of fantastic songs from great artists and bands and some Para Lia stuff

Para Lia playlist 7

OLD RAIN ON MY WINDOW

Love Is A Crazy Thing

ANGEL / Dedicated To Angelight,Sean,Traci & 7cats ! JAZZ Flavor !

Tu peux tout prendre et au-delà,
Toujours t’attendre je ne fais qu’çà.
J’ai tous mes jours, mes nuits et mois,
Dans mon amour le temps n’compte pas.
C’est plus un cœur qui cogne en moi,
Une douleur je ne sais quoi ?
Une peur, un doute, un truc comme çà,
Une déroute, plus quelquefois.
Après les peines, y’a de la joie,
Mais pour les miennes, il y’en a pas.

Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…

Tu peux tout prendre et au-delà,
Je suis de cendre, je n’suis plus moi.
Chaque fois qu’tu pars j’suis aux abois,
Tous ces départs dis-moi pourquoi ?
Je suis vivant quand tu es là,
Et puis absent quand tu t’en vas.
Dans les coups d’chaud qui me donne froid,
Je tombe de haut pourtant j’y crois ! 
Au mois de Mai vient le lilas,
Mais tes regrets ne fleurissent pas.

Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…

Tu peux tout prendre et au-delà,
Je veux me rendre, mort au combat.
Un g’nou à terre croisant les doigts,
Toutes mes prières celles que j’envoie,
Cherchent des « Dieux » ou une voix,
On dit qu’aux cieux, il y en a.
Pouvoir leur dire mon désarroi,
Qu’il y’a pas pire et qu’ici bas,
Sans de l’amour on ne vit pas,
Que chaque jour, le mien s’en va.

Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…

Tu peux tout prendre et au-delà,
Même me vendre à qui voudra.
Je suis ta chose, en manque de toi,
Comme l’overdose qui cherche un bras.
Tu es ma blanche, ma poudre à moi,
Je reste en manque quand y’en a pas.
Pour m’évader, j’me drogue, je bois,
J’me laisse aller, mourir parfois.
Dois-je faire mon deuil, porter ma croix
Et rester seul dans l’immédiat ?

Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…

Tu peux tout prendre et au-delà,
Voir me descendre avec sang-froid.
J’ai l’air de rien, mine de quoi ?
Un bon à rien qu’on montre du doigt !
Qui pleure de mal, rit sans éclat,
Et devient sale et cetera.
Je me demande qui sonne le glas,
A s’y méprendre, je pense à moi.
Tout est fini et puis voilà,
Encore cette nuit qui reviendra.
Tout est fini et puis voilà,
Encore cette nuit qui reviendra.

Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…
Tu peux tout prendre…

TU PEUX TOUT PRENDRE (La faiblesse)

L'ora del lupo (single)

Requiem [sVe]

"RED HOT KEYS COLLAB" by Marco Turrini https://soundcloud.com/demelia-denton/red-hot-keys-collab-see-description
☆I am a big fan of Marco Turrini. This work added my guitar to a wonderful sound made by Marco. With a really good sound source, I was inspired by the excellent guide he presented with the sound, and I was able to pour the phrase of the guitar into that sound source. I am sincerely thankful to Mr. Marco.　https://soundcloud.com/marco-seekx/tracks
☆The remix which made the keyboard played by Marco Turrini complete is in the URL below. Those who play the keyboard please listen to that version, too.He has added more hammond etc. You can listen to Marco's wonderful performances.
"RED HOT KEYS RE-MIX COLLAB MARCO & JUNZO"
https://soundcloud.com/demelia-denton/red-hot-keys-re-mix-collab-marco-junzo

key : Dm,Am

RED HOT KEYS (with Marco Turrini Band)

Feeling Invisible

Ain't Us - Dealerr

Last track of our acoustic album ¿La Victoria de la Vida? released in february 2014.

¿La Victoria De La Vida?

La Victoria De La Vida

from compilation 'Intervals' (Piano Day 2018)

download/buy: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intervals

composed & produced by Manos Milonakis
piano, wurlitzer and synth: Manos Milonakis

Manos Milonakis - Margarette

With help from https://soundcloud.com/augenmerk I could at last bring to life these chords I put together 15 summers ago, my last summer before getting married (self portrait says it all).

Text is an old German poem, Karin found and translated it as you will find below. Best of all: now you can hear it on her fascinating voice !!
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Morning breeze, extinguish the night!
Get on your feet, each step is right, 
stand up for your dream, your lightful stream, 
don't ignore your might, fight for your right!

It makes difference: wings grow again, 
freedom is in the bird's flight.

Feel the wolf of the night,
the dance of your strength, the air of clear words.
Your heart, your strong-will don't want crooked tours.

The journey is clear and the day is yours.
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And this is what happened when we fitted it to the music.

Lost Chords And A Found Path (with Augenmerk)

Baby's Coming Home Tonight, Gene Jumper, ( Original )                                                                                          Music By: Keitonie,

baby's coming home tonight

Baby's Coming Home Tonight, Gene Jumper, ( Original ) music By: Keitonie

THE SUN SONG - words &  music written,performed,recorded and published by Tom Nied (Tomasz Niedzialkowski)on 3rd November 2018

The Sun Song

This feeling of grieving is leaving, retrieving
the tide takes it all away
This feeling of leaving is strangely relieving
one deep breath and I'm on my way
My stride hits a rhythm that leads to new beginnings
I feel like a phoenix on the journey with no end

There's no need to name it
There's no need to chain it
There's no need to lock it away
This joy feels like magnet and
with you by my side 
I feel like sun in the sky

I feel like the sun 
I feel like the one

I feel like the sun
I feel like one...

The Sun Song

Vocals/Guitar/Electronics - Daniel Cross
Drums/Vocals - Jason Fletcher
Vocals/Electronics - Lorenzo De Feo 

Produced by Lorenzo De Feo and Daniel Cross.
Engineered by Lorenzo De Feo.
Mastered by John Davis.

BIRTHMARKS - How Do You Rule Me

A SONG FOR LOVE - Re-Mastered Sept 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2019/2020 All rights reserved.
Mastered by Soundcloud Sept 2020

I HAD THIS DREAM, IT WAS LONG AGO
A MEMORY, OF A LOVER SONG
I REMEMBER WHEN WE FELL INTO THE GRASS
AND AFTER SCHOOL IT WENT SO LONG

BUT IN THAT DREAM, THE WORLD WAS ONE
NO MEMORY, MAY'BE TIME STOOD STILL
I REMEMBER ROCK'N AND DANCING TO THE SHOW
AND EVERY WEEKEND WENT SO FAST

DON'T WAKE ME NOW I'M HEARING YOU
IF ONLY NOW, THE WORLD STOOD STILL
(break)
I FELT PEACE, IN MY HEART AND SOUL
A MEMORY, IN A SONG FOR LOVE
I ONLY HEAR YOU IN THE PHOTOGRAPH
AND TIME STOOD STILL THERE FOR SO LONG

DON'T WAKE ME NOW I'M HEARING YOU
IF ONLY NOW, THE WORLD STOOD

2019 PRO TOOLS

A SONG FOR LOVE

Custom composed an produced pop track
now finished an ready fo the artist who wants to collaborate wit me on it

MIdwinters Dream

Texte Français et Google traduction

MAIS QU’EST-CE QUE TU DEVIENS ?

Tu joues velours sous tes satins quand tu les froisses,
Tu vas au four, j’reste au moulin et je m’efface.
Tu dis qu’un pour, c’est plus qu’un moins dans tes audaces.

Tu dis toujours que tu reviens quand tu te casses,
Et que l’amour çà fait du bien là ou çà passe.
Qu’un petit tour, si c’est pas loin ne laisse pas de trace.

Mais qu’est-ce que tu deviens
Si je m’en vais, si je te quittes?

Tu fais tes tours et je n’suis rien pour tes passe-passes,
Aux jeux-concours, tu prends la main je bois la tasse
Et dans la courre vers les lapins, je garde ta chasse.

Sous tes faux-jours au p’tit matin tu r’fais surface,
Tous mes discours et mes refrains te laissent de glace.
Mes au secours et mes trop pleins, tout çà t’agace.

Mais qu’est-ce que tu deviens
Si je m’en vais, si je te quittes?

Tu dis qu’un jour il faudra bien que je me fasse,
A tes détours, dans les amours qui me remplacent
Et qu’en retour, si tu l’veux bien je gard’rai ma place.

Mais qu’est-ce que tu deviens
Si je m’en vais, si je te quittes?

BUT WHAT DO YOU BECOME?

You play velvet under your satins when you crumple them,
You go to the oven, I go to the mill and I erase myself.
You say one for, it's more than one less in your daring.

You always say that you come back when you break,
And that love is good here where it goes.
A little trick, if it's not far away, leave no trace.

But what do you become
If I leave, if I leave you?

You do your tricks and I'm nothing for your passes,
At the contests, you take the hand I drink the cup
And in the run for rabbits, I keep your hunt.

Under your false light in the morning you surfaced,
All my speeches and my refrains leave you with ice.
My help and my overflowing, all that annoys you.

But what do you become
If I leave, if I leave you?

You say that one day it will be necessary for me to do
In your detours, in the loves that replace me
And that in return, if you want it well I will keep my place.

But what do you become
If I leave, if I leave you?

MAIS QU'EST - CE QUE TU DEVIENS? (Le libertinage)

The lyrics were written prior to the death of Mark Hollis of Talk Talk (see verse 2, lines 3 and 4).  They now seem a fitting tribute to a great musician.

How can we dance on the head of a pin?
Share all of our dreams like bright young things?
I won’t tell, if you don’t tell
A stanhope of hope in this fragile, little world

Anywhere but here
you know it makes me want to cry
Anywhere but here
you know it makes me feel alive

How can I see a more youthful you?
A man of 60 something but always 42
Happiness Is Easy, it’s The Colour of Spring
I squint into my future, I ‘Do’ Believe In You

Anywhere but here
you know it makes me want to cry
Anywhere but here
you know it makes me feel alive

That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger
I feel like a cat who’s lived 9 lives, or longer
I want to cuddle up and pretend to read a book
happiness is easy, when happiness is you

Anywhere but here
you know it makes me want to cry
Anywhere but here
you know it makes me feel alive

Anywhere but here
you know it makes me want to cry
Anywhere but here
you know it makes me feel alive

Anywhere but here
you know it makes me want to cry
Anywhere but here
you know it makes me feel alive

Anywhere But Here

The world is such a terrible place
It’s filled with violence and rage
If I’m wrong, prove me wrong
Not with words, don’t go on
Prove your point with actions and deeds

Perhaps, perhaps it’s just me?
Perhaps, perhaps it’s just me?

Glued to his mobile phone
He’s a social media whore
If I’m wrong, prove me wrong
I’m with you, but alone
Put it down, look at me for a while

Perhaps, perhaps it’s just me?
Perhaps, perhaps it’s just me?

Are we afraid of ourselves?
If not, then why do we hide?
Behind screens that distract
Is it fake, is it fact?
The world is a terrible place

I know, I know it’s not me
Oh, I know, I know it’s not me

Perhaps It's Just Me

The Search
Written, performed, and mixed by Tim Griffis at Princeton Studio
Thanks to Rene, Andrew, and Kevin for their feedback!
Hope you enjoy some part of it ;-)
April 7, 2020 reprinted to a 1/4 inch 2-Track Tape MCI JH-110

Technical Details
Recorded at Princeton Studio
Guitars: Fender Strat; Les Paul Standard; Fender Squire Bass
Pedals: Fulltone OCD overdrive, Line6 delay, MXR analog chorus, Fulltone wah
Mics: Neumann TLM 67
Drums: arranged by TG
Software: Pro Tools
Mixer: API 16 channel summing mixer (8200/7800)

Lyrics
Well your eyes are wide open tonight
Searching for a cure
to save another man's life tonight

EYES WIDE OPEN
EYES WIDE OPEN
Maybe I'll see you again

Well your heart is on the mend
You're searching for a good friend
who will see you through to the end

EYES WIDE OPEN
EYES WIDE OPEN
Maybe I'll see you 
Maybe I'll see you again

Searching for the cure
I found you there
I found you there
Searching for the cure
Lighthouse Park in the salty air

Searching for...searching for.....searching for the cure.......

The search

TWO WORLDS - Re-Mastered Sept 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2019/2020 AB Music
Mastered by Soundcloud Sept 2020

I'VE HIT THE MOON, LOOKING FOR YOU
IF YOU SEE ME SHINING IN YOUR LIFE,
PLEASE DON'T BE FOOLED

MAY'BE I'LL FALL, WAY BACK TO EARTH
BUT LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS JUST A STEP AWAY

I THINK I'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
I GUESS THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL
I'M HEARING YOU, YOUR HEARING ME
BUT NOTHING TO SEE

MAY'BE WE WILL FALL, LIVING IN TWO WORLDS

I'M HYPNOTIZED, THE BEAUTIFUL LIES
THE BLINDING WORDS THAT I CAN'T HEAR
BECAUSE I FEEL ALIVE

I THINK I'VE HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE
I GUESS THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL
I'M HEARING YOU, YOUR HEARING ME
BUT I CAN'T BELIVE

MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL... FALL
(break)
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
(LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS JUST A STEP AWAY)
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
MAY'BE WE WILL FALL
(LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS JUST A STEP AWAY)
LIVING IN TWO WORLDS

TWO WORLDS

Just making my way through purgatory
I've been asked to put up the lyrics for this one - Enjoy.... 

Don't think I'm gonna wake up - so babe you shouldn't stay. This bedside's seen its better days and all I know - is in the distance - I can see a burning light and i reach out for the embers - and to the warmth i hold on tight 
And I'll be on my way....... Follow the voices down the pathway - aching hearts are all abound - And my feet barely touch the ground
I'm floating on a wind....... That takes me to the in between - where my soul will ever last - there ain't no coming back from this....

Don't think i should have said no - when he reached out for my hand - i should have followed his demands - cause all i know - is I'm forever drowning - in a pool of gasoline - with the embers all around me - the imps and clowns all at my feet -
I guess I'm on my way........ - I'm chasing Angels in the distance - aching souls are all abound - and my feet barely touch the ground
I'm floating on a wind......... - that takes me to the in between - where my soul will ever last - there ain't no coming back from this

I'm no one in this wasteland - the thing that I've become - feels like the corpse you're looking down on and all i know - is in the distance - i can see a burning light - and i fight off all the embers - woman i fight to see the light 
I guess I'm on my way...... I'm just not sure where I'm going - the ashen breeze keeps on blowing - and my feet barely touch the ground 
I'm floating on a wind..... - it pushes 
 through the in between - where my soul will ever last - there ain't no coming back from this

Don't think I'm gonna wake up - so babe you shouldn't stay - this bedside's seen its better days

“The Embers”

Inspired from the tales and myths of old when ancient aliens were the gods and ruled and shaped our world into what it is today in this original spaced out mysterious foot stomping triumphant electronic psychedelic trance sci-fi styled instrumental adventure journey! Hope you enjoy Cheers :D

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Trip 4 Sale

Ancient Aliens 👽

Music: Gina Wood and Lukowig
Synths: Gina Wood https://soundcloud.com/gina-wood-837506330/tracks
Drums, bass, guitar, synthetic choir and lyrics:  Lukowig
Vocal: Amanda Sanderson soundcloud.com/phoebeelena/tracks

Eternal

We'll never be together
again
we'll never say "hi"
again
alone forever and ever
in the shadow of our light...
It doesn't matter since our soul is eternal

We'll never be together
again
you're not here but high
on clouds forever and  ever
in the shadow of my life...
It doesn't matter since our love is eternal

We'll never be together
again
we'll never say "goodnight"
again...
Never... forever and ever
but I keep my smile
It doesn't matter since our minds are eternal

Eternal [Gina Wood / Amanda Sanderson / Lukowig]

Para Lia - Hawk Hill

+ Bandcamp: https://paralia.bandcamp.com/track/hawk-hill
+ Spotify: spotify:track:1FOqWHvfn0zchqsLBQXmmB

Watch the music video on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiplJ-eh2W8

Follow Para Lia on:
https://www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
https://www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
https://twitter.com/para_lia_band
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover art: Phillip E. DAoust
Thank you so much Kevin (Mr. Cagey), Fady (Mr. The sporz), Tim (Three Photons) and JJ (Subject To Revision) for giving feedback to the song when the work was in progress!  

lyrics:

strolling down the street i knew so well
when i was a boy and made my way to
school

and the school was closed long time ago
because bleeding us dry nowadays seems to be
cool

we create new dead end towns

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

young people turned their backs on that one way street
and all the factories are rotten but you built a new town
hall

and the color of the town slowly turned into a grey
like the face of a forgotten but the cemetry is pretty
green

a field of broken dreams

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
you know i still love you
don't let it get you

Hawk Hill

All The Things VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW0-PbJdeEA&feature=youtu.be 
Observation Ward - new album out now from all the usual suspects, or listen for free here at my new website www.stephsweet.co.uk
Am very happy to see the first reviews coming out, this one from the cool and fuzz loving Popocculture
"Steph Sweet has brought an interesting and new sound to this area.
With powerful vocals, and swirly and crunchy guitar riffs that wouldn’t sound out of place in a late 90’s britpop, yet grounded somewhere more in the early 80’s. “All The Things” is dark, broody, a little strange, but also interestingly an ear worm that will grab you and not let go." Popocculture 17th May 2019

written, performed, recorded and mixed by Steph Sweet 
All The Things ©steph sweet 2019 All Rights Reserved
 
All The Things

Saw you yesterday, at the funeral, in our widow’s weeds
Decades bleed away, fresh cut scarring for my idiot seam

All the things that we have been
All the things that I have broken
All the times I tried to change
Choking in your cold, cold silence

It’s too brutal, finding it hard to breathe
Glass spiderwebs crashing over me
It’s too brutal, finding it hard to breathe
Glass spiderwebs, crashing, crashing, crashing over me

All the things that we have been
All the things that I have broken
All the times I tried to change
Choking in your cold, cold silence

It’s too brutal, finding it hard to breathe
Glass spiderwebs crashing over me
Cracks appear inside my heart
All the screaming in my head
Never good enough for you
Except for all those years in bed

And I don’t even know where I’m supposed to go

All the things that we have been
All the things that I have broken
Choking on all your little lies that went unspoken
Choking on all your little lies that went unspoken
Choking on all your little lies that went unspoken

And I don’t even know where I’m supposed to go
Don’t even know

All The Things ©steph sweet 2019 All Rights Reserved

Observation Ward

All The Things

itunes

Art by Wayne Pruse https://www.saatchiart.com/wayne-pruse.pixels.com

Video

Of the Berserker

Saving our money
Gonna buy us a dream
Three or four years 
Ain’t as long as it seems
It’s gonna take time
Yeah It always takes time
But time’s on our side
Yeah Time’s on our side

Two kids in the yard
Down by the lake
Beans in the garden 
And Corn on my plate
I’ll build us a fire
We’re in bed by eight
Never too late
Never too late

Dreamers are lovers
And lovers are dreams
And who are you?
If dreamers are lovers
And lovers are dreamers
Then who are you
I’m dreaming a dream

If life is a dream
I wanna sleep late
I’d rather keep dreaming
Than to be wide awake
Don’t rattle my cage
Don’t rain on my cake
Heaven can wait
Heaven can wait

Heaven Can Wait

DOWN BY THE SEA - Re-Mastered Aug 2020
Written, Performed & Produced by Andrew Borderick
Copyright 2019 AB Music All righte reserved.
Mastered by Soundcloud Aug 2020

IF I WAS A BIRD
I COULD FLY THE WORLD
OR LIVE DOWN BY THE SEA
WHERE THE WIND IS FREE

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
WE'LL FIND A TREE
LIVE UP THERE AND SEE
THE WORLD BELOW

IF I WAS A FISH
I COULD SWIM THE SEA
I WOULD DIVE SO DEEP
SO NO ONE CATCH'S ME

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
WE'LL FIND A PLACE
AND LIVE OUR LIVE'S AWAY
FROM WHAT'S UP THERE
(break)
IF I WAS A CAT
I WOULD CLIMB THE TREE
OR CATCH YOU BY THE SEA
IT'S JUST A PART OF ME

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
DOWN BY THE SEA
A PLACE FOR YOU AND ME
WE LIVE BETWEEN,
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I'LL MESS YOUR HAIR
DOWN BY THE SEA
A PLACE FOR YOU AND ME
WE LIVE BETWEEN

2018 PRO TOOLS

Down by the Sea

DOWN BY THE SEA

Proud to present the next episode of the synth pop story that's being written together with the lovely @annie-smart-1  !

I guess this style inspires us both very much and so it's highly probable that more songs in this vein will be coming your way :)

Photo by Erik Witsoe on Unsplash

Lyrics:

All this time
Looking for signs
Losing my way
Losing my mind

All I need to do
Is follow my heart
All I gotta do
Is follow it to you...

All these days
Going to waste
Which way to turn
Which road to take...

Chorus

Oooh
Following my heart....

Follow My Heart (Wane of Summer & Annie Smart)

I feel blessed to be able to keep Alpha Roots’ vibe shining bright for the SoundCloud community to continue to enjoy. 

Alpha Roots sent me these reggae bass and rhythm guitar stem a long time ago, maybe even three years ago in 2016 (bad couch, bad couch)! I originally planned on having Evelyn (of the Reiki Run Rampant tracks on my page) sing over the rhythm but then I moved from Santa Cruz to Portland and she moved from the Pacific Northwest to Santa Cruz, bummer! So the stems sat in my hard drive until new inspiration arrived in the form of Johnny Minstrel, one of favorite song writers on SoundCloud, agreeing to write lyrics and sing over the track. Once Johnny added his deep felt lyrics and magical vocal chords to the mix, the rest of the song came together pretty quickly for me, lol! I often try to put together virtual bands for my tracks and I knew I had to have Jamie Rhind on the track since he worked with Alphio on multiple songs and a reunion was due. I always wanted to work with Jonathan Beckenstein, whose sensitive and thoughtful guitar work is always sublime. Darren and Russ came naturally.  My original drum production work was based on an old Sly Dunbar sample (I like to include the essence of some of my favorite artists in the tracks I work on) but the quality of the drums just wasn’t up to Russ’ standards, hahaha, so we brought Bitzone on board to lay down some drums and voila, roots reggae magic!

Big thanks to the band for coming together on this in fine fashion! Big ups to the SoundCloud community and the spirit of collaboration. Keep on digging! 

And massive thanks to Wou-Wou to bringing his visual arts talent to the project! My goal is to eventually put together a reggae album (possibly a double album which will also include some reggae collaborations between Alpha Roots and friends including Jamie Rhind and Russ Sinfield) with all profits going to the Cancer Research Institute. Be on the look out for a possible dub version of Red Earth Clay as well!!!

Johnny Minstrel: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/johnny-minstrel
Alpha Roots: Bass and Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots
Jamie Rhind: Steel Drum
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jonathan Beckenstein: Lead Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
D. D. Danahy: Keyboard
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Bitzone: Drums and Additional Background Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Couch King: Background Vocals and Arrangement
Russell Sinfield: Mixing, Mastering, and Knobs
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

Lyrics: 
Hold you tongue don’t wag that finger
Just shine a light on me my friend
Too much fuss will only hinder
All the good things the spirit sends
We were made of dust and fire
Born beneath a brooding sky
On the stairs of Babel we climb higher 
To sights not seen by human eye

And now I dig, dig deep into the 
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way

Some have called democracy into question
Saying we like sheep have gone astray
That it’s been the rich man’s intention
To steel by night and rule by day
I washed your feet with my tears
I wiped them dry with my hair
Can a hungry mouth still offer prayers
Or are they whispers of despair 

And now I dig, dig deep into the 
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way

Alpha Roots, J. Minstrel, J.Rhind, J.Beckenstein, D.Danahy, Bitzone, CK, R.Sinfield - Red Earth Clay

Newest addition to our collection of masterpieces :D LOVE WORKING WITH YOU SAMUEL AALTO! Basstrack by the fabulous Tommi Ukkola. I am blessed x

Krissi Treganna & Samuel Aalto- Moments Drawn In The Sand

So Beautiful Under The Moonlight 
Melody : Ramble on  - Led Zeppelin
Vocals : Brandon and Leslie (Ghosthack)
http://www.ghosthack.de
Acoustic Guitar: Sandy William
Solo Guitar: Jack Pearson
Arrangement and Production: Lillithe

So Beautiful Under The Moonlight - Prod. Lillithe

Music: Lukowig
Lyrics and vocals: Stina Crow and Lukowig
Stina Crow's page: https://soundcloud.com/user-599928229/tracks

Le battement de tes paupières
nos têtes basculant en arrière
ta chevelure dans la lumière...
Comme si c'était hier...

Volutes de nos souffles dans l'air
et dans nos yeux mille éclairs
foudroyés l'un et l'autre à terre...
Je le revis comme si c'était hier...

Jag lever nu
som i går
Jag ser din blick i dina ögon
Jag vet inte vad du inte förstår, jag har ju inget
mer att säga

Varför då?
Varför nu?

Jag vet ju ingenting om dej
Jag ser dina ögon
minns din röst
Jag vill ju bara leva nu

Coup de tonnerre : ton cœur amer
notre amour s'engouffrant dans la mer...
Fatale issue meurtrière :
faut-il inhumer hier ?

Glöm allt nu 
det är försent
Jag vill ju inte gå tillbaks
Vi lever nu 
Låt oss drömma
Låt oss flyga våran väg

Comme si c'était hier [ feat. Stina Crow ]

This one's for our great friend Alphio, a Legend who lit up SoundCloud with his music and spirit.

Check out his wonderful extensive collection of original music - some of my very favorite music recorded has been with Alphio.   Two Legends - Bob Marley and Alphio
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots

And for a playlist of our music together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/alphio

Check out our recent SC Reggae Collab led by Couch King.  Great stuff with Alphio and so many friends https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/alpha-roots-j-minstrel-jrhind-jbeckenstein-ddanahy-bitzone-ck-rsinfield-red-earth-clay?in=teamanmix/sets/yes-please-all-genres

Jamming  -   For Alpha Roots

So Far Away Dire Straits cover

music and vocals - soundboard tinkerers
produced by soundboard tinkerers may 2019

angel - go let it go  [soundboard tinkerers - original]

theres an angel on th ground
an shes lookin kinda lost  lost  lost lost
theres an angel on th ground
an shes feelin kinda lost lost  lost lost

crossing over a little too soon
still haven't kissed and swooned th moon
bleed it all out now  if u dare
leave something there yeah if u care
u say life goes round and round
with those damned ups and downs
no need to let it bother u too much
cause such is - such is - such is life
fallen from the clouds ofa hi sky home
feelin like a fish out of water
its all part of the crazy chaos
believe us   ure not alone

its wrath as we go i guess 
go let it go - go let it go away again
its wrath as we go i guess 
let it go let it go away again

crossing over a little too soon
still haven't done and swooned th moon
bleed it all out now  if u dare
leave something there yeah if u care

its wrath as we go i guess 
go let it go - go let it go away again
its wrath as we go i guess 
let it go - let it go away again

lyrics - johns of soundboard tinkerers may 2019

angel - go let it go  [soundboard tinkerers - original]

This is one of our live impros between poetry readings,  in the main station hall in my city. 
We played as musical commentators, related to the just read poem.
Claudia likes the inclined, crooked and impro stuff as much as I do, she is the SoundSister...here we go...

Claudia Sonntag...Voice and funky fx
Christian Zatloukal...Gibson Marauder & funky loop station
...
apologize for mono recording...I only had access to a mono output

Silence is the best way to make Noise - live with Claudia (voice)

Get There
Paploviante Bass&Music 2019 / Melody from Eminem „Stan“
Vocals and Lyrics Emily Coy
https://soundcloud.com/freevocals/emily-coy-get-there-free-acapella

LYRICS:
Whatever I give is enough but it will never be too much
Whatever the fates may allow the dream is close enough to touch
I wanna be patient
I'm trying to be patient

Sometimes perhaps its best to flee than it is to stay at bay
Sometimes by chance its best to let go pave your own way
Sometimes perhaps its best to flee than it is to stay at bay
Sometimes by chance its best to let go pave your own way

We are made to age so lets make sure that we get there
We get there

Whatever I feel I'll embrace but never for to long
Whatever the day has in store time is fading away all along
 wanna be patient
I'm trying to be patient
Sometimes perhaps its best to flee than it is to stay at bay
Sometimes by chance its best to let go pave your own way
Sometimes perhaps its best to flee than it is to stay at bay
Sometimes by chance its best to let go pave your own way
We are made to age so lets make sure that we get there
We get there

Get There feat Emily Coy

Words where written in 2001 for my best mate Slav. Now 11 years latter they came back to form a core of vibrant and eclectic tune based on bass that might remind you of Jaco Pastorious. Played and recorded in my cuddly home setting, Counterpoint represents my own and personal take on widespread word: ALTERNATIVE. 

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Counterpoint ( High Flight )

I start this new album with better sound by means of one of my more beloved and evolved songs ever, a structured piece with progressing parts.

LETRA   /   TRANSLATED LYRICS:

BIEN, MAL (LLUVIA VIEJA)    /   WELL, BADLY (OLD RAIN)

Sí, no, ¿por qué no?   /   Yes, no, why not? 
estoy pensando que esto no es lo mejor.   /   I am thinkinkg this is not the best.
Bien, mal, ¿tú qué tal?   /   Well, badly, what about you?
de repente me he puesto a pensar.   /   Suddenly I have started to think.

El tiempo esparcido entre mis amigos   /   Time scattered among my friends
 es el más valioso cuando estoy contigo.   /   is the most valuable one when I am with you
Los ratos vividos estando contigo   /   Moments lived being with you
 son reconfortantes cuando estoy perdido.   /   are comforting when I feel lost. 
Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos,   /   I must search for them among my friends
tengo que encontrarlos, pero ya se han ido todos.   /   I must find them, but they are all gone already.

Fumando   /   Smoking 
tras los cristales   /   behind the windows
mojados de lluvia vieja.   /   wet with old rain
Recuerdos   /   Memories
 que me llevan flotando   /   carry me floating
 a estar con ella.   /   to be with her

Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos.   /   I must search for them among my friends

Tú, yo, ¿qué sé yo?   /   You, me, what do I know?
está lloviendo pero tengo calor.   /   It is raining but I feel hot
Qué, quién, ¡mírame!   /   What, who, look at me !
soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.   /   I am still who you started do love

Soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.  /   I am still who you started do love

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Image: "Prickle prick cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman

Bien, mal (Lluvia vieja)

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