This nocturnal echo wilderness is spiced by a few sampled ingredients 
from the incredible
Calexico, Anna Homler, Manu Chao, Urban Species, Penguin Cafe Orchestra
the other sounds and arrangement caused by myself on
guitars, greek bouzouki, portuguese guitar, bass, 
with a little help from my friends e-bow, volume pedal and delay mess.



Porto Railway Lounge

je suis Paris
liberé, fraternité, egalité toujours

...
arranged and played by C a.k.a. SW
without clic


Burnt Sand

Welcome to PIRX!
Today I risk to loose some followers ;-)
Acoustic Lovers, be patient :-)
PIRX is my unknown instant composers trio, which exists since 13 years. Mostly we don´t arrange anything, our plans are changeable. But if spontanous motifs unfold a kind of aura, we come back. genres are unimportant, Noise Rock seems to be our mainstream.
PIRX are Wolfgang Pyrx (Berimbao, Toys, DFX), Andreas Percs (Drums, Toys, DFX), Christian Pierks (Guitar, Toys, DFX).


Kraut       -      by PIRX (Impro Trio)

This track is also inspired by observing playing games,
about big and small ones, purple words, desperate and deranged local presidents, coloured packaging materials, the good, the bad and....all that daily players stuff.

(this music also contains SW - collage playing stuff)

SW: Bass, Guitars, and Bouzouki, and some silly words.
Also included some south american drum samples,
a PCO ringing tone and my answering machine :-)

P.S.:
"Heinz plays with Warcraft and Anna plays with Pit
Joseph plays with Money and Money´s happy with it
Angie talks to Holograms , Wladi has to quit
Rudolf plays with rendeers … stag thinks “what a shit”
Johnny plays with Walker, ballerinas with desire
Andy builds a fire but his flames are getting higher
No matter if you´re limited or considered as wise
Press your daily restart button to your challenge paradise"



Sweepstakes

Weeks ago, I sent a request to Paula from Portugal, if I could arrange some sounds to her  "I love People". For me, spoken poetry is something to handle with care, in order not to disturb  the words, here - a feeling of basic positive vibes. 
You may listen to Paula (ZAAJ) here:
https://soundcloud.com/cristina-silva2
Special thanks for your vibes:-)

Instrument arrangement and sound pile is built by SW on
Bass , Piano (recovered from slight water damage)
and sampled, shredded, relooped percs.

lyrics, as written and performed by Paula

I love people who wake up in middle of the night, just to hear the sound of rain...
I love people who make this a path to the future, sometimes with secondary tracks and even some shortcuts;
I love free spirits
I love people who write their history without ignoring smudges, making them a life lesson ...
I love people of all ages , those who do not know her age, and children who know ... They all fit in time .
I love when people lose faith, heart become pregnant and birth to a new one, to teach and learn ...
I love people who sing in the shower, and looking in the mirror and feel beautiful, to reflect and smile...
I love people who spread seeds and flowers ...in the world ... They reap sweet fruits, regardless of seasons.
I Love people who are generous in donating hands, affection and offer.
I love people who are not afraid to take chances, the changes ... the end ... or beginning.
They will never say : How would if I had ....? .
I love people watching the horizon as if they had just regain sight...
That who lie in the grass to look at the clouds or stars;
I love people who get angry and forgive and love each other...
I love people who listen in respectful silence when birds sing
Those who wake up before the sun just to praise him
I love people whose eyes light up, when they see their beloved;
I love people that go hand in hand
They love, to love, to love.
I love people who talk to angels anywhere.... , so they asked me to write .
This kind of people who know that being happy is very simple.

`I Love People´ by & feat. Paula (ZAAJ)

A Chill Collab with Anders Pedersen (Idea, Composition, Keys and Sounds) and SW (Guitar Sounds).
You may check also his ambient soundtracks here:
https://soundcloud.com/anders_pedersen

Age of Sail...by and with Anders Pedersen

Dear Sound masters, -blasters, listeners, mates and contacts,
I wish you and yours a merry, happy, joyful christmas,
a still continuing creativity, humour and a bright 2016.
I´m glad we share our passion for inventive sounds.
Cheers :-)

RW&TL is one part of my soundtrack for a local movie "City Stories", a portrait of six different people, six short cuts. They are about their life and visions, and future dreams in our rather small town...big and small things, that keep the engine burning...
Track 6,
VideoLink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD6oIW049Vk
the whole movie with all the six short cuts:
http://hildesheim-tv.de/kunst-kultur/143-kunst-kultur/1298-stadtgeschichten.html

This track is about a female dancer, her dance is inspired by sign language...
Playing table guitar was the only way to get some humble results in the wet cold...and the idea for the further arrangement. 
By the way - if a singer wants to add some lyrical stuff, spoken or sung, I would like to make a re-arrangement / second version :-)





RootsWings & Two Legs                   (+ video links)

another imaginary soundtrack
a nocturnal conversation, 
painted with the little help of my
Hanika & Strat Duet 

I can see you from here

Thank you Paula, for your voice and our inspiring collab...

Voice and Lyrics by Paula (ZAAJ), please listen also here: 
@cristina-silva2
SW: Composition, Arr. , Bass, Guitars, Portuguese Guitar and Percs

Thanks to Sara Brito for Portugues-English translation :-)
...
A bela Lisboa depois de ser menina, 
deixa o corpo em cada esquina, 
proxenetas a comer, prostitutas a alugar o amor desempregado, ao impotente ricaço que a paga a preço de oiro, 
já foi nova, já foi nua, já deitou o sol na lua, já foi nova, já foi nua, já deitou o sol na lua
já depois de ser menina fica a vida pelo chão, 
a alegria no caixão e o seu corpo em cada esquina, 
Mas a velha Lisboa dança e vibra já depois de ser menina
....

The beautiful Lisbon after being girl,
leaves the body at every corner,
pimps eating, hookers renting the unemployed love, and the helpless rich man who pays the golden price,
she was once young, she's have been naked, she's laid the sun on the moon,
After being young girl, left her life on the ground,
All the joy in the coffin and body in every corner,
The old Lisbon, still vibrating and dancing after being girl

A Bela Lisboa...with Paula (ZAAJ)

It´s so sad that Alphio has passed away.
He was a really fine guy.
Thank you so much for the musical hours and your spirit.

Alpha Roots & Soundwanderer: From Dub till Dawn

This is a sample and loop based track, just a sidestep into "shifting-little-blocks" playground after a little operation of my arm
I strolled around in my sample archive and probably played enough strings.
We´re sometimes influenced or occupied by present serious conditions.
So it is important to preserve an attentive ear, when SEA calls you.

The Call of the Sea

I´m grateful that Janine joined "Veranda Velha", which I posted a week before, with her wonderful voice, lyrics and feeling.

She posted it too. 
Do yourself a favour and check her sounds and various facettes on her site:
https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson

Lyrics, voices and artwork by Janine Levinson

If I had a bell to ring
I think I’d ring from spring to autumn
If I had a bell to ring

If I had a hill so green
I think I’d roll from top to bottom
If I had a hill so green

If I had a song to sing
I think I’d sing from night to morning
If I had a song to sing

If I had a hill so green
I think I’d dance from spring to autumn
If I had a hill so green

If I had a Hill so Green (Veranda Velha)with Janine Levinson (Voice and Lyrics)

I´m very sad that Alphio has gone. He was a really fine guy.
Please remember him...

Alpha Roots & Soundwanderer: Thin Line

Just organizing repetitive minimal patterns and playing with polymetric / polyrhythmic options...of course `playing´ could be written also in capital letters.
With images on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskTslznz20

Salinas, Waves and Ripples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeVLWl0dzqA

Is this the age
against the machine?
teeth so white
hands so clean
claim to be
the best of the average
greys are green
in our dream

composition, arrangement, playing and mix by Christian Zatloukal

Age Against The Machine (+ Video Link)

Double Exposure

`Double Exposure´(Part I - IV) is a joint project with pianist and author Mathias Kreft / https://soundcloud.com/coastwalker-372481957 (Klavierhorizonte - piano horizons) from Hamburg. We share the interest in soundtracks, minimal music, loops and calm sounds in all its facets.

Part II was originally based on the design of 4 piano loops and 4 motifs. Later I came along with my stuff.

Mathias Kreft: Piano, Piano-Loop and motif composition, co-arrangement, artwork
Christian Zatloukal: Acoustic & eclectic guitars, ebow, arrangement and mix

Please check his piano compositiones here:
https://soundcloud.com/coastwalker-372481957
Mathias Kreft on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpXfiTmkHDkNdcwSRSjxGDw
and his photography here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/coastwalker/

Double Exposure Part II with Mathias Kreft a.k.a. coastwalker(Piano)

Originally, I'm currently working on another projects, but as a `unplanned byway´ there is now this here...
Well, since the numbering introduces a series, I will probably post more loopscapes...

Loopscapes (approach 1)

`Double Exposure´(Part I - IV) is a joint project with pianist and author Mathias Kreft https://soundcloud.com/coastwalker-372481957 (Klavierhorizonte - piano horizons) from Hamburg. 

Part III
Mathias Kreft... Piano, Piano composition, artwork
Christian Zatloukal... Acoustic & eclectic guitars, fx, ebow and mix

Please check his piano compositions here:
 https://soundcloud.com/coastwalker-372481957
Mathias Kreft on youtube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCpXfiTmkHDkNdcwSRSjxGDw
and his photography here
www.flickr.com/photos/coastwalker/

Double Exposure Part III with Mathias Kreft a.k.a. coastwalker (Piano)

A little acoustic approach to Karin´s wonderful poem.
please visit her stream also here: https://soundcloud.com/augenmerk

lyrics and words by Karin Tarabochia
music and arrangement by Christian Zatloukal

LYRICS & TRANSLATION
Augenmerk:
Mit der Königsdisziplin vertraut werden, dem Feind die Hand reichen, der Liebe ins Wort schauen, mein Herzwohl in den Raum öffnen und verzichten auf das Normale, vergessen, was normal war, mein Jetzt, das Katastrophale, ins Licht stellen, anvertrauen, übergeben, die Sichel vom Nacken nehmen, den Brand von den Flammen lösen, mein stilles Verzweifeln verstehen, Abschied nehmen vom Gewohnten, ich werde diesen Weg gehen.

To become familiar with the supreme discipline, shake hands with the enemy, intervene/look in the word of love, open my heart's well into space and forgo the normal, forget what was normal, put my now, the catastrophic, into the light, entrust, surrender, take the sickle off the neck, part the fire from the flames, understand my quiet despair, say goodbye to the usual, I will go this way.

Mit der Königsdisziplin vertraut werden...Feat. Augenmerk

The parts II - IV are already floating around, 
finally, the beginning is served at the end...
Hope you enjoy!

`Double Exposure´(Part I - IV) is a joint project with pianist and author Mathias Kreft @coastwalker-372481957 (Klavierhorizonte - piano horizons) from Hamburg.

Part I
Mathias Kreft... Piano, Piano part composition, artwork, 
arrangement
Christian Zatloukal... Acoustic & eclectic guitars, fx, ebow, arrangement and mix.

Many thanks to Mathias for the invitation to this journey!

Please check his piano compositions here:
@coastwalker-372481957
Mathias Kreft on youtube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCpXfiTmkHDkNdcwSRSjxGDw
and his photography here
www.flickr.com/photos/coastwalker/

Double Exposure Part I with Mathias Kreft a.k.a. coastwalker (Piano)

No september without a track :-)
Hope you enjoy (the music and the season)
If somebody likes to sing - I would make a remix with your voice :-)

Composition, playing, arrangement, mix and image by Christian Zatloukal
...few samples added (kickdrum, voice, clarinet)

The Moon and the Appletree

I was out with a friend and video producer, collecting sounds and voices from the city, from building sites, stores, cafes, offices, elevators, the market place and many other places. We also produced sounds with traffic signs, trash cans and other daily objects in the neighbourhood, for the purpose of a video soundtrack. 
And now, few weeks later here it is :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmyQKlvO7A

Field recordings, street sounds: Jörg Finger & Christian Zatloukal
instruments, arrangement, mix: Christian Zatloukal

Repairing Dreams / Field Recordings-Beat

Hello everyone,

that´s my approach to country, means country + x
with moving pictures here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgBOtwRYzu8

thank you
Hope you enjoy

P.S. The "keyboard" is the Korg Kaossilator, a touch pad synth and new toy ;-)

April

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)

Now this is another collab with Pianist and author (Klavier-Horizonte) Mathias Kreft from Hamburg.
We hope you enjoy the view and flow velocity.

Christian: Composition, arrangement, mix, electric and classical guitar, e-bow, drum arr.
Mathias: E-Piano, Piano Composition, Co-Arrangement

Please check Mathias´Piano compositions as well:
https://soundcloud.com/coastwalker-372481957

Trysilelva, with Mathias Kreft (E-Piano)

I wish you a happy, creative and friendly new year.
May the right notes. time and daily groove be with you and yours.

P.S. After some years (sometimes slow in technical progress ;-) I´ve done myself a favour and bought a new Stereo Mic.
Now I´m able to record instruments with three Mics :-)

Flying School

I would rather not reduce the unknown to the well-known, "I prefer to reduce the known to the unknown" (René Magritte).

"I thoroughly appreciate the inspiring  advertising on soundcloud, that´s why I like to pay my fee. And I´m certainly here to listen to music AND to buy cars or beauty products" (Jolly Joke)

You may find here...
Genre crossing stuff,
soloworks which didn´t find their place in my offline ensemble projects,
collaborations with SC mates,
recycling, upcycling, field recording stuff,
petridish exploration and flying circus...

lofi, improvised, projects & byway stuff (Zatlosonix)here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-37320395

Thank you mates for listening and inspiration.

Soundwanderer

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