Surf pop stomper. 

Pic: Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 1992 by Geoff Descartes

Work in progress

Surfdom

Terracotta Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army
Exhibition in Liverpool, UK, 2018 https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/world-museum/exhibition/chinas-first-emperor-and-terracotta-warriors

Terracotta warrior

The title refers to characters in Chinese mythology.

https://chinese.mythologyworldwide.com/the-tale-of-the-jade-rabbit-myths-of-the-moon-goddess/

International Freaking Out Day

The Moon Goddess & Her Jade Rabbit

A taikonaut is the Chinese equivalent of an astronaut or cosmonaut.

About the pic - images from Chinese state propaganda posters depicting space-related technology and mythological themes.

Taikonauts

About the title (from Wikipedia)

The Spring and Autumn period (c. 770 – c. 481 BCE[1][a]) was a period in Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (c. 771 – 256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject to the Zhou exercised increasing political autonomy. The period's name[b] derives from the Spring and Autumn Annals, a chronicle of the state of Lu between 722 and 481 BCE, which tradition associates with Confucius (551–479 BCE).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period

Spring & Autumn (Ambition, Peace, Power, Prosperity, War)

Caterpillar

Synthesised male vocal. Lyrics created using a cut-up method. Hard edged late 1970s new wave dance beat with distorted guitar and synths. Massive handclaps in the style of classic Chic.

Astronauts Kiss

Classic 1970’s prog rock. Warning: may cause patchouli-related olfactory hallucinations.

Silent Starlight

Late 1970s UK new wave / post-punk thumper with slicing guitars in the vein of Gang of Four and The Pop Group.

About these bands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pop_Group


About the title - "Sirenbang" is Chinese for Gang of Four.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four

Sirenbang

Why cover this song? 

From David Bowie's 1974 album Diamond Dogs, one of my favourite Bowie albums. Diamond Dogs divided critical opinion at the time of its release but has been favourably re-evaluated in recent years.

I realised recently that Diamond Dogs is actually a gateway to William Burroughs, covering themes found in Burroughs' work and George Orwell's 1984. We are the Dead (title from 1984) sung by Bowie with an alternating tenderness and dread is, for me, amongst his greatest vocal performances.

Original - https://youtu.be/4QEs1sjlLYA?si=IH0_dFyq9RYJ9fHG

Another cover of this song on Soundcloud - Enrique Seknadje https://on.soundcloud.com/PnoRj79t8fHGn5wyi0

We are the dead (David Bowie cover)

Welcome to the load-bearing wall of sound.

Music: No boundaries / Knows no boundaries. I don’t look anything like my profile photograph; I'm actually slightly shorter and a figment of my own delusions.

I’m also known as the wild man of transcendental meditation.

New tracks tagged #Garageband_IOS