Beautiful arrangement and nice performance, has a timeless feel to it!

I'm really enjoying this. You have a fantastic singing style. thank you.

This is excellent Steve - luv how you sing these clever lyrics - the keys sound great too! Great sound to these ears.

Original lyrical theme wrapped in a lean package…the vocal strain in the chorus drives home the point effectively!

Not in a million years would I have thought of writing a song with this subject, but you’ve made it work. Brilliant

Love the lyrics !! And the composition is awesome too! Warm regards & mtfbwy. Fred.

Last of the Summer Flies

At last you have left - my insecticide is spent 
Though your screw driver voice is reverberating   
Your tongue it got bent - drilling holes in my head  
Now I’m smoothing hurts by restorative ironing 
And though they must have a role in ecosystems          
I’m so glad to see the last of the summer flies           
I’m so glad to see the last of the summer flies          

I guess you’ll find a niche – with some human who can reach
To find that tiny star behind the grating
Your sun first shone so bright – enough to launch a kite
But that superficial wind was soon deflating
And though . . . .

It’s in the news each day
Insects will fade away
Unless we realise
Every living thing has a vital place

I wish you the very best – maybe both of us are blessed
We were counting down our days so surely numbered
Hey you’re not to blame – I’m dreamy and often vague 
And for the earth I’ll pray for flies now just departed

LAST OF THE SUMMER FLIES

A Donkey Collab...
I raise my hoof in salute to https://soundcloud.com/33per ...

The verses are quoted from „Blade Runner“ (1982), which in turn quotes them slightly modified from a novel of the same title by Philip K Dick (1968).

Voight-Kampff-Test

1.
„You’re in a desert walking along in the sand 
When all of the sudden you look down, 
And you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. 
You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. 
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, 
Beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, 
Not without your help. But you’re not helping. 
Why is that?“


ref
Blood pressure and breathing rates are rising, 
The eyes are moving rapidly and the face is blushing 


2.
„You’re watching television. 
Suddenly you realize there’s a wasp crawling on your arm…
You're watching a stage play - a banquet is in progress.
The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters.
The entree consists of boiled dog.“


ref
Blood pressure and breathing rates are rising, 
The eyes are moving rapidly and the face is blushing, 
There’s tension upon the skin, 
A shudder from within…


3.
„You’ve got a little boy. He shows you his butterfly
collection plus the killing jar.
Describe in single words, only the good things 
That come into your mind about your mother.“
(Tell about your mother… tell in single words…)


ref
Blood pressure and breathing rates are drastically rising, 
The eyes are moving so rapidly and the face is blushing, 
There’s tension upon all skins, 
A shudder from deep within..


out:
Can you please tell me, am I… ?
Can you please, can you please
Can you please tell me, am i… ?
Would you say, would you say
Would you say that i am…?  (al fine)

Voight-Kampff Test (ft 33per)

Photography: Antonio Sandoval
When I saw this picture, I thought it was perfect to covery the beauty and at the same time fragility of our planet. Which is what I was trying to do with this simple synth theme.

ETHEREAL EARTH

Don’t go to sleep
Don’t go to sleep now
Through waves of ether
Peddlers of pernicious antidotes to life
Would have one drift through waves of ether
Don’t go to sleep 
Don’t go to sleep now
Curious cures poised to penetrate
To cut through the flimsy cloth of existence 
Through waves of ether
Mother Father Sister Brother
Mother Father Sister Brother
Don’t go to sleep
Don’t go to sleep now
“Nobody’s seen the Sandman
Nobody’s seen the Sandman…”
Mother Father Sister Brother
Don’t go to sleep…

Ether

FORWARD-REVERSE

tragedies repeat throughout history it seems because people lose site of history, lost in pursuing temporary comforts . We have to remember history, not distort it or whitewash it an learn from it if we ever hope to stop the next self made disaster.

today he came back from the hunt to his thriving village
his children playing all around his fires warm his spirit calm

Tomorrow all the herds are gone, slaughtered by the whites who've come
his village burned, his wife is gone, his children taken far away
a wave of hate s[plashd over him and took away all he knew
no one recalls how or why

we walk on thin ice every day
civility is fleeting
a mirage that hides the dark heart that is inside us beating
we must be on our guard always
to beat it down and keep it caged
or we find we all will fall through the ice someday
and no-one recalls how or why

today he went to work and read the paper on the train
his wife at home, his kids in school, his friends gather later to laugh and dine
Tomorrow he will have no trade
the brown shirts came and took away
his job,hishouse,hisdignity
they'll put a star upon his chest, soon he'll be dead like all the rest
no-one recalls how or why

We walk on thin ice.......

today he went to the factory to work hard with his friends all day
to bring home his pay to buy his family things they want and need
his house is warm, his pantry full, whatever could go wrong

tomorrow he finds the factory closed, shutting down for good,
the owners found a way to save a dime on every part he made
the work is gone his hope is lost
leaving him no way to live his life the way he wants
the owners do not know the cost, but now they can each afford
a new mercedes
no one recalls how or why

we walk on thin ice...

thin ice..will you recall??

From the Incantabar EP
I've always so loved Uwe's work. @wust
It was a great pleasure to be able to team up and release this EP together. This is the final track from that project.
https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/incantabar-ep

Incantabar

Available on Bandcamp

Coronilla | INCANTABAR |  WÜST & Belial Pelegrim

A collaboration between muterial and Blink Twice, posted here at formution, starting from the muterial open collab Off The Rails:

https://soundcloud.com/muterial/off-the-rails

Blink Twice is a project of Robert Salchak, aka Mood Exhibit!

https://soundcloud.com/blink-twice-archival
https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit

The image is a photo of stationary waves at the ford at which water sounds were taken for the original ... and they're also directly used in this mix.

Quench

Quench - muterial | Blink Twice

Music for a fictive art exhibition - a minimal ambient track that would be suitable to surround the viewer while exploring an art exhibition. The music tries to create a certain tension, a kind of 'awareness', that would support the visual process rather than draw the complete attention of the viewer to the music.

Music For Art Exhibitions - Installation One

Have a Seat in the Magic Tree consists exclusively of processed sounds of the mixtur-trautonium

Have a Seat in the Magic Tree - Electroacoustic Music

Chupacabra -Glimt

Playing live and writing & recording in Nelson New Zealand - began recording in 2004 once technology was available to make CDs using industry standard equipment at home. Radio airplay on Fresh FM and the TLC network from 2005. The track IS THIS WHO I THINK IT IS was a finalist in the 2009 NZ MLT songwriting contest.  In Dec 2012  DUNEDIN SOUND reached  no. 26 on NZ on Air "The Audience" chart. In December 2015, RIP OFF THE SCAB and DREAM DESTINATION were selected by a US A&R agent for promotion to artists, In July 2017 - HIGHEST ROOM also picked up by a US agent for promotion. July 2018 DON'T YOU TURN AWAY selected by NY agent to promote to a London soul singer. August 2018 LOVE MY LIFE assigned to BuyNZ audiovisual advertising. December 2018 WHERE CIGARETTES FALL forwarded by Taxi.com to US TV music director. Latest album SLEEPS ON FIRE seeks to marry Leonard Cohen Imagery with Steely Dan musical movement. Daytime job is in anaesthesiology and healthcare leadership.
2024 FLOATING INTO WONDER on a New Foundland radio station.

LAST OF THE SUMMER FLIES

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