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Musicinjections Playlist March 2022

Acknowledgement

al 20-10-2021 04-17.mp3

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lyrics:

Old stones and piles of bones
sleeping in the sand
they can wait forever

for some great futures hands
to feel the weight of time
and put it all together. 

my my
the truth will never satisfy
my eyes
the truth will never satisfy
my pride 
the truth will never satisfy
quite like denial.

old words they sound too good
etch them in your skin
stay the same forever

some future prize to win
feel the weight of time
life is now or never

artwork https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsociety6.com%2Fproduct%2Fignorance-is-bliss-x2u_print&psig=AOvVaw1q3LfEnwlnsgXF3jlZs14U&ust=1619614044706000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA0QjhxqFwoTCNCXiti6nvACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAL

quite like denial

♬ Buy/Stream: https://ffm.to/glareneon-tangled-threads

I really got smitten with Trance genre and synthesizers lately...

Created and performed by me & bitzone
I (voice, guitar, software synths, original Ableton composition)
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone (samples, percussion, final arrangement, production)
140 BPM, B minor
In the middle part I sing the small excerpt from the melody of old Russian Romance song "Chrysanthemums"

Image made by me
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Tangled Threads

Thoughts of you are spinning in my head
Tangled threads
Haunting me they never leave my mind
Tangled threads

Moon and stars and memory of you 
Is all that I can have
And that is enough for me
Enough for me

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Tangled Threads

(Written by Terry Reeves, 2018)
Terry Reeves:  Lead Vocal
Gary Reeves:  Occasional Chorus Vocals
Hans Albers:  All instruments, Arrangement & Production

Cover art picture is of Mum & Brian, taken in 1949.

My Mum requested that, at her funeral(today, 16 January 2022, being the third anniversary), our sisterJayne and her children made arrangements to cover her coffin in pink roses as a sign to everybody that we should celebrate her life and not mourn her death.  They found a casket with a pink rose design too, which would have pleased her even more.  She wanted to be remembered for the good times she had with her family and many close friends.  Mum enjoyed parties and celebrations a great deal.

In writing the song, I wanted to represent all the important parts of Mum's life to help us to remember what an incredibly generous person she was,  always there to help those who needed some extra love and attention.  We grew up in a house that was somewhere our friends and neighbours could always turn to if they needed help. Throughout our lives it wasn't at all unusual to wake up in the morning to find someone who needed refuge asleep on the sofa.  Neighbours' children would join us for meals on a regular basis and Mum made sure there was always plenty to go round..

At the funeral itself, as the chorus explains, I felt so uncomfortably exposed, standing at the front with all eyes seemingly looking at me, gauging every reaction. I think Jayne and Gal felt much the same if truth be told.  Even with my wife and children there to support me, it was one of those moments in life I don't think any of us ever really wants to face. 

We will certainly never forget our wonderful Mum and all the things she did for us.  She always made special times just a bit more special, going that extra mile so that the memories would last a lifetime.

I felt it was particularly important to write this song for my sister, who was the main carer for my Mum in the latter years of her life and dealt with all the difficulties with so much love, care and strength.  This song is for you Jayne, with all our love. 

As always, we give our heartfelt thanks to Hans for producing an arrangement so in keeping with the spirit of the song and the occasion it marks.
Thank you everyone for all your support.  (Terry Reeves)

One thousand pink Roses to light the flame
One thousand reasons making you live again
One thousand regrets as we all stand still 
One thought of sadness makes this moment so real.

I don’t wanna be here for all to see   X2

Five hundred stories to make you live again
Five hundred dresses in a beautiful frame
Five hundred presents for your many friends
One single moment, our love will never end

I don’t wanna be here for all to see. X2

One hundred whispers hiding words of truth
One hundred wishes turning magic loose 
One hundred kisses for children who sing
Only one person could make hearts ring

I don't wanna be here for all to see.     X4

Only one mother helps grow with a laugh
Only one mother puts smiles in every photograph
Only one mother gives when others take
Our family love you never stopped trying to make 

I will always be here for you and me
I will always be here for you and me...
I will always be
Here for you

ONE THOUSAND PINK ROSES (FOR MUM) - CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS

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“It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
― Aisha Mirza (Author)

“When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.”
― Rev. Donna Mulvey

A sister song to "I had a fight", told from the point of view of the partner of the alcoholic in that song.
Many thanks to Patricia Fortuny for that idea - I love you! I hope I've done justice to the subject matter and to all women who have found themselves in an abusive relationship.

lyrics
He hasn’t hit me yet
But I’m ready for the blow
Though if he does, I’ve nowhere to run, nowhere to go
He hasn’t hit me yet

I knew he was a wild one
Right from the very start
A boozer and a ladies' man
Yet, somehow I lost my heart
I thought he’d settle down
And learn to drink a little less
But I was just trying to fool myself
I see that now, I must confess

At least he hasn’t hit me yet …

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

The owner’s outside, he’s waiting for the rent
How can I tell him it’s already been spent?
And when himself comes home, staggering from the booze
I complain about the money; he tells me it’s his to lose
Oh oh oh oh
But he hasn’t hit me yet

He hasn’t hit me yet
And perhaps he never will
But in his drunken rage he seeks to blame
It’s the fear that haunts me still
So much unexpressed!
I’m sick from all the lying and the hiding
People wond’ring if I have been crying
And at night I … cannot rest

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
No, no, no, no! No hidden bruises on my skin
It’s true some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

… my bruises lie within
… the bruises lie within
… they lie within

Gotta get away, gotta get away x3
Gotta get away … there must be a way

credits
from Stranger in your own land, released December 30, 2020
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers
Guitars, piano, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Cover designs: Loretta Sellers Fortuny
Track cover photo: Image by Layers from Pixabay

Stranger in your own land

Bruises Lie Within

Buy on Bandcamp

Bruises Lie Within 5 Stars/Commended rating in the UK Songwriting Contest, 2021

Many people have a battle with mental health. This song is about that struggle. To keep ourselves together.

Lyrics:

For miles and miles and miles
We saw our lives in piles
History as our mirror
Face ourselves in fear

The sand for miles and miles
Surrounds our cries 
Ohhh!
Fallen ones
They tried hard
Now they lie down
Hardened souls
Who fought hard
Didn’t turn them against the cause

Waves of thoughts come
Into our head
Attacking our resolve
This fight to dissolve apathy
All our willpower
Needed for the march ahead 
To face the enemy within

One and two and three and four
March across the broken glass
Five and six and seven, eight
Heading for the lemming fate
(There’s got to be another voice, 
a voice that brings another choice. 
Hold on, watch your step, 
Marching to a different world of hope. Hope. Hope. Hope.)

Ohhhh!

Imagine we had all won,
Imagine we were all one.
One.

The Enemy Within

Music by robin 
vocals are a poem by Kyli Santiago

before

You can stream this song on the platform you choose here: https://smarturl.it/naomms

Mera Khai - not afraid of my mental state (chapter 4: breaking free)

Roam

This is about a place i love in portugal where my step family lives where sadly we found lithium...
(traduit plus bas)
-----
It's a small piece of paradise but
I get lost all the time
When I'm alone
When I feel sad
It's rising up, knocking my beating heart, and now, every night

There are no  words to describe it 
You know, this view is unique
have a  look at the sight
So what about Earth ?
What about us ?
What are we waiting for to wake up ?

Gazing, watching the sky from this place
Stands for all the speeches
Protect my river
Please save it

Gazing, observing life in this place
That's what learning is
Protect the river
Please save it

All ressources, Commodities 
Have soon raised the stakes
And within months, companies came
Sounds clear, the paradise that blinds them
Is more and more lithium

But we'll waste it again
And we will dig again
Even deeper, harder, everywhere !
And the rivers will disappear, polluted at their heart
And our tears will form new rivers to come
 
Gazing, watching the sky from this place
Stands for all the speeches
Protect my river
please save it

Gazing, observing life in this place
That's what learning is
Protect the river
please save it

Gazing, watching the sky from this place
Gazing, observing life in this place
Gazing, watching the sky from this place

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C'est un petit coin de paradis mais
je m'y perds tout le temps
Quand je suis seul
Quand je me sens triste
Ça monte, frappe mon cœur qui bat, et maintenant, chaque nuit

Il n'y a pas de mots pour le décrire 
Vous savez, cette vue est unique
Jetez un coup d'oeil à la vue
Alors qu'est ce qu'on fait pour la Terre ?
Qu'est qu'on fait pour nous ?
Qu'attendons-nous pour nous réveiller ?

Regarder, contempler le ciel depuis cet endroit
Ca vaut tous les discours
Protégez ma rivière
S'il vous plaît, sauvez-la

Regarder, observer la vie à cet endroit
C'est ça l'apprentissage
Protégez la rivière
S'il vous plaît, sauvez-la

Toutes les ressources, les matières premières 
ont rapidement fait monter les enchères
Et en quelques mois, les entreprises sont venues
C'est clair, le paradis qui les aveugle
Est de plus en plus en lithium

Mais nous le gaspillerons encore
Et on creusera encore
Encore plus profond, plus fort, partout !
Et les rivières disparaîtront, polluées en leur cœur
Et nos larmes formeront les nouvelles rivières 
 
Regarder, contempler le ciel depuis cet endroit
Ca vaut tous les discours
Protégez ma rivière
S'il vous plaît, sauvez-la

Regarder, observer la vie dans cet endroit
C'est ça l'apprentissage
Protégez la rivière
s'il vous plaît, sauvez-la

Regarder, observer le ciel depuis cet endroit
Regarder, observer la vie dans ce lieu
Regarder, observer le ciel depuis cet endroit

Protect My River

Roughly 11.5 million years ago in a galaxy not too far away, a starquake cracked the surface of a small and violent stellar corpse. This rupture caused an enormous flare that sent X-rays and gamma rays racing across the universe. After traveling for millions of years, the flood of high-energy radiation finally washed over our inner solar system just before 5 A.M. EST on April 15, 2020, lighting up the sensors of spacecraft orbiting the Sun, Earth, and Mars. The signal lasted just a fraction of a second, but it still offered telltale clues about where it came from.

And just a few weeks ago, a team of scientists studying the event announced they've deduced the bizarre origins of this cosmic flood of radiation. The signal came from a strange star called a magnetar — short for magnetic star — an extreme object that packs the mass of our Sun into a city-sized sphere.
https://astronomy.com/news/2021/01/a-magnetars-flare-just-helped-unlock-the-secrets-of-these-strange-stars

A warm thank you 🙏 my friends for all of your continued support, and for listening. Together we are strong. Setlist and buy link details below.

And as always, a deep gratitude for all of the immensely talented artists showcased here in my DJ mix.

All tracks purchased from www.beatport.com, www.bandcamp.com or provided directly by the artist or label.

Cover art entitled Hopstreet Sunrise by Android Jones.
androidjones.com/tag/dreamscapes/

Mixing decks used to perform this set was the Pioneer XDJ-XZ.
https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/product/all-in-one-system/xdj-xz/black/overview/

Sonic portal into the deepest psychedelic realms of sound:
https://patronusrecords.com

Setlist:

1. Loom, Kaliyuga - Muertos De Hambre (Original Mix) Timecode/Sangoma
www.beatport.com/track/muertos-de-hambre/14048664
2. Rubuscubus - Zhanggu (Original Mix) Alchemists Pact Records
www.beatport.com/track/zhanggu/15959289
3. Superluminal, Daksinamurti, Eritas - Improbability Drive (Original Mix) Timecode/Sangoma
www.beatport.com/track/improbabil…y-drive/16118848
4. Kala & Slide - Psyvioli (Original Mix) Kunayala Records
https://kunayalarecords.bandcamp.com/track/kala-slide-psyvioli-147-bpm
5. Wishi - Insane TL (Original Mix) Paranormal.Records
https://paranormalrecord.bandcamp.com/track/2-wishi-insane-tl-148
6. Holon - Orion (Original Mix) New Skulls Records
www.beatport.com/track/orion/16072036
7. N3xu5, Yebah - Glitched (Original Mix) Gandaky Tribe Records
www.beatport.com/track/glitched/16111347
8. Z3nkai & Xa'Poff - Tiki Time (Original Mix) Patronus Records
www.beatport.com/track/tiki-time/15674385
9. Eeriegeist - A Camel With No Name (Original Mix) Paranormal.Records
https://paranormalrecord.bandcamp.com/track/8-eeriegeist-a-camel-with-no-name-150
10. Gahara, Cyk - Devious Artistry (Original Mix) Woo-Dog Records
www.beatport.com/track/devious-artistry/15506827
11. Zzbing vs Kythera vs Metrix - 4 Bars of Mercy (Original Mix) D Noir Records
https://metrixmusic.bandcamp.com/track/zzbing-vs-kythera-vs-metrix-4-bars-of-mercy
12. Andromed & Veheme - Glitchy Meowing (Original Mix) Transubtil Records
https://transubtilrec.bandcamp.com/track/andromed-veheme-glitchy-meowing-154-bpm
13. Labrat, Spirit Shifter - Wrong Dose (Original Mix) Forestdelic Records
www.beatport.com/track/wrong-dose/15943524
14. Diksha - Unvisible Science (Original Mix) Paranormal.Records
https://paranormalrecord.bandcamp.com/track/7-diksha-unvisible-science-150
15. Mavzy, Siloka - Candy Apples (Original Mix) Transubtil Records
www.beatport.com/track/candy-apples/15575363
16. Fiddle Faddle - Faddle Fiddle (Original Mix) Reversible Records
www.beatport.com/track/faddle-fiddle/15805113

Arrival of Magnetar | 150 - 151 BPM

Music: Gebr.K
Guitars, Bass & Keys: JayKay
Lyrics: JayKay

Text:
Fortress

when the night disappeared 
the coming day was different.  
maybe it wasn't clear to you in the morning, 
but with the memory returning, 
the new day became paler and more spent.  

and where once have been green meadows 
now stands a dark fortress  
And I stand there outside, 
failed in the task of protecting you

I know, they are human beings
On the other hand 
Revenge is a human feeling

Now I'm standing here in front of your prison 
trying to convince you to swap places with them 
That they should bear the burden of their deed 
and let you go.  but you dare not do so

So all I have left is hope 
So all I have left is hope 
For you and for you and for you
For me

Fortress

Lights of Leeming

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Lavier & Subtle - Watch This

A new-wave inspired, indie rock track that has an upbeat sound, with a nostalgic and somewhat melancholic tone throughout.

Walt and Penny

Billionaires use their money to leave the Earth instead of trying to save her. So here I sit on a beach watching the sun go down one last time.

Mandarin Sun

Mes Failles (My Flaws)

The table shown in the picture belongs to a suite of pieces of furniture crafted in the early 1990s for the interior of the Kremlin by an Italian carpenter's workshop specialising in oak-design.

A big Thank You to The Neighbor for dropping in and playing a wonderful guitar.

Oak

1
Out of one single seed
With lots of nutrients to feed
Within the ground
Out of a natural striving
Heavenwardly
At least 5 centuries ago

Cut one morning
Somewhen in the eighties or seventies
Last century, supposedly in Italy
Your leaves were so green - and
Then you stopped to breathe
And were stored and dried for ys

ref 
300 ys to grow,
300 ys to bloom,
300 ys to die
That’s your „normal“ life

2
Skilled artistic carpenter hands have worked upon you 
After your death with devotion
Cutting, sanding and priming -
„Lying Flat“ on these three pillars
Born out of a single notion:

"A place to meet",
10 elliptical, oval square
Out of one single piece
Lacquered in white and
Adorned with gold leaf
Six meters long, 2.50 wide

ref 
300 rings to grow,
300 rings to bloom,
And then 300 rings to die
Oh, that’s your „normal“ life

3
Hard to believe that must be necessary
Something like you
Being so earthbound and stable
Was that already inscribed  
Somewhere in your fibres ?
Ending up as a „dissension-table“ ?

Next moment the mad imperator will receive an unwelcome guest and 
An oppressive breathless coldness spreads  
Just for an instant before the lightnings of the camera flashes begin 
And then all this weighs down on you.

ref 
300 rings to grow,
300 rings to bloom,
And then 300 rings to die
You would have outlived us many times

out
Now that you are an icon 
The outmost insane things
Happen at your long edges - and
What have you done to deserve that one ?

Oak (ft The Neighbor)

al   20-10-2021 04-24.mp3

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After updating my new time travel profile pic, I figured it was also time to refresh the bio. The amount of world-class talent on the Cloud never ceases to amaze me. I don’t say that lightly – I’ve learned so much from so many of you. There are artists here I genuinely consider among the best musical talents I’ve heard anywhere. And I have heard a ton of music.
I’m a lifelong music addict. For me, music can be transformative, cathartic, joyful, and intellectual – often all at once. My taste? Almost anything done well. Almost. My own music is eclectic: from acoustic guitar pieces to jazz fusion, to prog/alternative/psychedelic rock, to electronica.
What really keeps me here, though, is the community – the interaction, and the sense of connection that somehow forms even when we never meet in person. The goodwill and respect are something special, and I don’t take that for granted.
Finally, regarding recording – if you’re still reading! – my humble studio hasn’t changed in 15 years. I’m even still running Windows 7 to support my old Steinberg DAW. No AI tools – just me, I like to control the physical process at every step, from idea, to playing, editing, mixing, and final production.

The Enemy Within

Steve Matthews