A compilation of our third Saturday Circle Sings at Side Rail Collective in Georgetown (Seattle), WA. Led by Debby Boland Watt we create simple, complicated, silly and soul-worthy music for the simple joy of coming together and making beautiful music.

Side Rail Circle 11/16/2024

This soundtrack is a condensed compilation of a Seattle event held by Kate Thompson and friends.  The first half features Kate, Christian, Pam & Steve followed by an invitation for about 15 other singers to join in.  Together the sounds are experimental, harmonic, dissonant, resolute, bold and playful. Thanks, Kate! Vocal Playgrounds are my favorite! 

Kate's PlayGround  - 9/28/24

This soundtrack is a condensed compilation of a Seattle get together between Kate, Debby, Christian, Pam and Steve. With years and years of singing together behind us...we now simply relax and just have FUN!

Kate's Home Circle 10/16/24

Side Rail Circle 12/21/24

A compilation of our third Saturday Circle Sings at Side Rail Collective in Georgetown (Seattle), WA. Led by Debby Boland Watt we create simple, complicated, silly and soul-worthy music for the simple joy of coming together and making beautiful music. This special circle gave thanks for Simone LaDrumma's memory and hosted a healing song for Phil and Pamela's drum teacher. ☮️

Side Rail Circle w/Pamela Ware 1/18/25

A compilation of our third Saturday Circle Sings at Side Rail Collective in Georgetown (Seattle), WA. Led by Debby Boland Watt with guest Katy Holtkamp.  Each month we create simple, complicated, silly and soul-worthy music for the simple joy of coming together and making beautiful music.



Side Rail Xtra Circle w/Katy Holtkamp 1/27/25

A compilation of our third Saturday Circle Sings at Side Rail Collective in Georgetown (Seattle), WA. Led by Debby Boland Watt we create simple, complicated, silly and soul-worthy music for the simple joy of coming together and making beautiful music.



Side Rail Circle 2/15/25

Side Rail Circle 3/15/25

Patafisica Suite è il primo atto di un'opera ("Earth Speaks") che fonde alcuni versi immortali dal "De Rerum Natura" di Tito Lucrezio Caro (poeta e filosofo latino del I secolo a.C., tra i più lucidi interpreti dell'atomismo epicureo) con improvvisazioni vocali ispirate ai canti africani, intrecci gospel e un respiro jazz-funk.
Il titolo si ispira alla patafisica, "scienza delle soluzioni immaginarie", introdotta alla fine dell'800 dal drammaturgo Alfred Jarry. Qui la patafisica diventa un atto musicale, uno spazio simbolico, una "soluzione immaginaria", dove antico e futuro convivono. Attorno alla voce narrante si dispiegano cori gospel dal timbro accorato, litanie africane stratificate e pulsanti, e improvvisazioni vocali ispirate al jazz-funk e ai rituali della tradizione orale. Ogni elemento è pensato come un atto sonoro di disintossicazione dal rumore del mondo, un invito a respirare dentro lo spazio sospeso della nostra mente dedicato alla riflessione e meditazione. È un attraversamento sonoro che non cerca risposte, ma genera risonanze.

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Patafisica Suite is the first act of a larger work ("Earth Speaks") that blends timeless verses from De Rerum Natura by Titus Lucretius Carus — Latin poet and philosopher of the 1st century BCE, and one of the clearest interpreters of Epicurean atomism — with vocal improvisations inspired by African chants, gospel harmonies, and jazz-funk inflections.
The title refers to pataphysics, the "science of imaginary solutions" introduced in the late 1800s by playwright Alfred Jarry. Here, pataphysics becomes a musical gesture — a symbolic space, an “imaginary solution” where the ancient and the futuristic coexist. Around the narrator’s voice unfold layered African litanies, soulful gospel choirs, and vocal improvisations shaped by jazz-funk and oral tradition rituals.
Each element serves as a sonic detox from the noise of the world — an invitation to breathe within the suspended space of our inner landscape, devoted to contemplation and reflection. This is a sound journey that does not seek answers, but generates resonance.

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PATAFISICA SUITE (testo)

Nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus umquam
Nessuna cosa mai si genera dal nulla per volere divino

Nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus umquam
Nessuna cosa mai si genera dal nulla per volere divino

O miseras hominum mentes, o pectora caeca!  
Qualibus in tenebris vitae, quantisque periclis  
degitur hoc aevi quodcumquest!
Oh misere menti degli uomini, oh animi ciechi! 
In quale tenebrosa esistenza e fra quanti grandi pericoli 
si trascorre questa breve vita!

Circumretit enim vis atque iniuria quemque
atque unde exortast, ad eum plerumque revertit
L’ingiustizia e l’offesa son simili a rete, che avvolge
l’uomo: su chi le commette il danno sovente ritorna

Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis  
e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem;  
non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas,  
sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suavest
È dolce, quando i venti sconvolgono le distese del vasto mare,
guardare da terra il grande travaglio di altri;
non perché l’altrui tormento procuri giocondo diletto,
bensì perché t’allieta vedere da quali affanni sei immune

Omnis cum in tenebris praesertim vita laboret
Tanto più che tutta la vita si affanna nelle tenebre

Composed, arranged, and produced by Stefano Padoan.
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