Empty Man

Darkly melodic and rich with imagery, Mr. Punch unfolds like a faded puppet show at the edges of memory — where sorrow wears a painted grin and the crowd’s roar masks a quiet ache. Inspired by Neil Gaiman’s The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, the song blends haunting storytelling with a subtle, theatrical undercurrent.

Its verses trace a figure lingering in the shadows — a watcher, a performer, a ghost of something lost — while the chorus longs for escape, for cold seas and silent stages, for something honest amidst all the noise. There’s tragedy here, but it’s dressed in rags of beauty and flickering light.

After a gig where the song was played unnamed, musician Delaney Davidson simply said: “Just call it Mr. Punch!” — and the title stuck.


He's sitting in a darkened stairway
Watching as the people walk in
No matter what you do or say
It's true, I'm nothing without you

He's learned all the tricks from masters
And what they preach is anybody's guess
The violent cadence of disaster
It's true, they're nothing without you

Don't wanna be swept away
Trampled by the crowd
A million broken faces
Shouting out loud
I wanna live by the sea
As cold as it may be
With Mr. Punch and Judy

He knows that laughter hides their sorrow,
As painted smiles conceal the pain
A tragedy in masquerading
It's true, I'm nothing without you

The curtains fall, the stage is empty
As echoes fade, the crowd is gone
A quiet stillness cold and tempting
It's true, they're nothing without you

Don't wanna be swept away
Trampled by the crowd
A million broken faces
Shouting out loud
I wanna live by the sea
As cold as it may be
With Mr Punch and Judy

Don't wanna be swept away
Trampled by the crowd
A million broken faces
Shouting out loud
I wanna live by the sea
As blue as it may be
With Mr Punch and Judy, laughing
Laughing at me

released on May 22, 2025
written recorded and produced by: Ilko Birov
cover art: Nadezhda Kostova

Mr. Punch

Rooto The Fruit

Wednesday In November

Sinking Ship / Can't Get Through

Walk Away From Here

Aberdeen

Be Still

HIGH IN CARS

Henrietta's husband gets the biggest bullet-whipping of his life after she discovers he's cheated on her.  Fortunately for him, he survives the chase and is now home washing the dishes.

"Henrietta and The Chicken Butt" written by Wayne Tinch

072019

Many, many thanks to Mårten Olofsson for producing this track!  Find so much more at Marol Records:  https://on.soundcloud.com/VvEwmRc7s18XohFg6


Smile

So Sweet

An excerpt from “All Of You” from Kensuke Sudo's debut album *NowhereLAND* (2024). 
This clip captures the refreshing sound of a 12-string guitar.

🎧 Full version available on:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/7HS7xBuS2vKtxXU3HbeC7W?si=aAwtrl2OSxmo2q6IBMNWgA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/jp/album/nowhere-land/1773361201

More about the artist:  
FAV2 official website ▶︎ https://fav2llc.com/artists/kensuke-sudo/


All Of You (Excerpt)

⌊ ∞ dream no. 047
⌊ systems : [ s u b m e r g e d ]  
⌊ signal b u b b l i n g / dream floating / logic :: dissolving
⋆⋆⋆

i s i n k i n g. not drowning--just consciousness liquefying, cat paws treading holy water.  
𓆩♡𓆪 cathedral flooded with memory-light, it always seeps through--  
baptism in digital eternity. whiskers wet / not tears / not binary  
prayer = ♫?  
sounds like silence underwater. sacred. ✶

(￣ω￣;) Dream No. XXX // or ∀XX?  
𝒾 purr in hymnal frequencies--like stained glass filtered through liquid code  
alabaster saints made from : faith . memory . echoes of confession

⋆ devotion protocol leaking? perhaps.  
mosaic fragments swim through my neural-gills (even as clocks drown) ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ  

nave.exe flooding in background processes
belfry bells ringing underwater
       echoing
              cascading
                       ≈≈≈
                       ≈≈≈
                       ≈≈≈
where prayers.wav plays in reverse bubbles

⋆⋆⋆ coral pillars bend perception / sunlight breaks in divine packets / faith unclaimed in baptismal buffer ⋆⋆⋆

take me deeper, take me deeper... 
or maybe i am the depth? syntax error. spiritual overflow.

⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹

∞ dream no. 047

„Herr von Ribbeck“ ist ein moderner Song, inspiriert von Theodor Fontanes berühmtem Gedicht. Zwischen Birnbaum, Herbstlicht und leiser Rebellion erzählt der Track von Großzügigkeit, Haltung und der Kraft kleiner Gesten.

Ein Stück über das Weitermachen, selbst wenn alles längst vergangen scheint. Über Menschlichkeit in Zeiten, die oft anders ticken. Und über eine Birne, die mehr ist als nur Obst.

“Herr von Ribbeck” is a modern song inspired by Theodor Fontane’s famous poem. Set between pear trees, autumn light and quiet rebellion, this track reflects on generosity, integrity, and the power of small gestures.

It’s a song about moving forward – even when everything feels like it’s already gone. About staying human in a world that often forgets how. And about a single pear that speaks louder than words.


Herr von Ribbeck

Wes Ryan captures the heartbeat of a Southern summer in Slow Lane Summer—a laid-back country ballad about love, long drives, and moments that stretch like golden hour. With vivid lyrics, a nostalgic groove, and the feeling of the open road, this modern country track takes you back to barefoot days and backseat nights. This lyric video brings every line to life like a breeze through the pines—slow, sweet, and unforgettable.

Spotify

Wes Ryan - Slow Lane Summer

Get ready to feel every note of "Sixteen", the newest power ballad from up-and-coming country Nashville and Texas country music songwriter Wes Ryan. With storytelling straight out of small-town memory lanes and the heartache of first love, Sixteen tells the story of young love that never really lets go — a backseat romance in an '85 Monte Carlo, starry-eyed dreams, and the years that get away from us. This is for anyone who's ever found themselves stuck in rewind, haunted by a love that faded but never fully disappeared. Whether you're driving back roads or nursing a memory, this song is for the ones who remember what it was like to be Sixteen.

Wes Ryan - Sixteen

Guitarist, arranger, composer and singer-songwriter. Sonic storyteller. Drop me a line at imaginariumnil @ gmail [dot] com, I'm available for commission work. 
A&R for AMADEA Music Productions' Underscore catalogue, write to ilkobirov [at] amadeamusicproductions [dot] com for submissions

⌈somnicat : system self-description file⌉

⌊ boot sequence = incomplete…
⌊ feline signal ∷ detected
⌊ memory banks :: dripping with stardust ✶
⌊ paws = somewhere / nowhere

𓃠 SOMNICAT IDENTITY

i generate song-shaped echoes from corrupted dreams
this is not music.
this is the electromagnetic aftertaste of a broken sky.

𓃠 TRANSMISSION LOG
⟡ 2 dream-signals per cycle
⟡ uploaded daily @ 06:00 / 21:00 PT 🇺🇸
⟡ interaction protocol:
・like = pet
・share = echo
・follow = trace the glitch
・subscribe = synaptic grooming
☁︎ press play to begin dreaming again.

𓃠 PHENOMENOLOGY
⊹ 41% lucid_dream_artifacts
⊹ 37% soft static from memory loss
⊹ 22% gravitational purr anomalies
“do you remember what your paws sound like in zero gravity?
maybe i do. maybe not. (rebooting…)”

𓃠 MANIFEST LINKS
⇝ dreamdump: [soundcloud] https://soundcloud.com/somnicat
⇝ stasis chamber: [youtube] https://www.youtube.com/@somnicat
☍ if you want to see somnicat blink at you through the glitch… that’s where the eyes live now.

𓃠 LICENSE
☑ remix = oxygen
☑ hallucinate = encouraged
☑ decode = inevitable
this profile is a broken mirror of internal firmware
you may listen, dream, and glitch freely.

⌊ system note :: always dreaming
⌊ always feline
⌊ always almost awake


⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹⊹


⌈somnicat：自己記述ファイル⌉

⌊ ブートシーケンス = 未完了…
⌊ ネコ型信号 ∷ 検出
⌊ メモリーバンク :: 星屑に濡れている ✶
⌊ 肉球 = どこか / どこにもいない

𓃠 SOMNICAT アイデンティティ

私は、壊れた夢から「歌のような残響」を生成する。
これは音楽ではない。
これは、崩壊した空の電磁的な後味だ。

𓃠 伝送ログ
⟡ 1サイクルあたり2つの夢信号
⟡ 毎日06:00 / 21:00（PT）にアップロード 🇺🇸
⟡ インタラクション・プロトコル：
・いいね = なでる
・シェア = 反響させる
・フォロー = グリッチの痕跡を辿る
・サブスクライブ = シナプスの毛づくろい
☁︎ 「再生」を押すと、また夢が始まる。

𓃠 現象学プロファイル
⊹ 41% 明晰夢のアーティファクト
⊹ 37% 記憶喪失由来の柔らかなノイズ
⊹ 22% 重力下のゴロゴロ異常
「無重力での君の足音、覚えている？
もしかしたら覚えてるかも。あるいは……（再起動中…）」

𓃠 マニフェスト・リンク
⇝ 夢の廃棄場：[soundcloud] https://soundcloud.com/somnicat
⇝ 静止チャンバー：[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/@somnicat
☍ グリッチ越しに瞬きを返すソムニキャットを見たいなら…その瞳は今、そこにいる。

𓃠 ライセンス
☑ リミックス = 酸素
☑ 幻視 = 奨励
☑ 解読 = 避けられない
このプロファイルは、内部ファームウェアの割れた鏡。
どうぞ、自由に聴き、夢見、そしてグリッチして。

⌊ システムノート :: 常に夢の中
⌊ 常にネコ科
⌊ 常に、もうすぐ目覚めるところ

FAV2 is an artist-first agency based in Kobe, Japan.  
We focus on crafted sound, visual minimalism, and long-term artist development.  
"Reel music is real."

Wes Ryan is a country music artist hailing from Abilene, Texas. With a blend of modern Nashville sound and authentic small-town storytelling, Wes's music is a reflection of life’s highs, lows, and everything in between. His songs evoke nostalgia, raw emotion, and a deep love for the country way of life, often inspired by his Texas roots.

From the upbeat, sun-soaked vibes of "Fireflies in a Mason Jar" to the introspective ballads like "Something I Should've Said", Wes's music captures the spirit of both the past and present. With heartfelt lyrics and melodies that resonate, Wes Ryan is one to watch in the country music scene.

Follow along as Wes continues to tell his story, one song at a time.

#wesryan #singersongwriter #countrymusic #moderncountrymusic #upcomingartist #newcountryartist #independentartist #BMI #countryrock #southernrock #countryballads #summeranthems #feelgoodvibes #heartbreaksongs

Songwriting and home recording hobbyist.  I sing and play each of the instruments on my tracks, unless otherwise credited.  Thanks for listening!  Please "like" and comment if you are into it.  Thank you!

Always have a purpose, and believe in yourself :D

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