Yes, this could have been part of the soundtrack of a less sinister Wicker Man...

Back for another listen. Hints of Fairport and Pentangle here...

RISE AND FALL

UnBoxed March 2024
Original recording, lyrics and vocal performance by the elegantly exotic Quinsha @9uinsha
Reimagined and embellished by OUT OF THE BOX
[ d o w n l o a d a b l e ]

Lullaby (Featuring Quinsha)

℗© Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic.
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning 
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
Song Notes and Lyrics:
This song imagines one of those occasions when you by chance find yourself in a place where there is some great live music that somehow just seems right.....
Lyrics:
Somewhere in New York City
Or was it down in New Orleans 
Could have been in San Francisco
Or maybe it was all a dream
I was walking by an old blues bar-room 
When I heard somebody playing with some style
So I bought myself an ice cold beer
And listened for a while

Looked like he’d lived a whole life-time
Beard gone silver grey
The people in the place seemed spellbound
Happy just to hear him play
At home on stage under the spotlight 
Keeping time with his heel on the floor
I bought myself another beer
I stayed and Iistened some more 

He wore a fine silk waistcoat
Jacket on the back of his seat
Hat pulled down to his cheekbone
Boots tapping out that beat

He played until the bar-room closed
Right sound right time right place
He walked off into the night
With his old leather guitar case
Never knew his name
Don’t even know if he still plays
But I’ll picture that stage and hear that sound
For the rest…of my days

He wore a fine silk waistcoat
Jacket on the back of his seat
Hat pulled down to his cheekbone
Boots tapping out that beat

Fine Silk Waistcoat

Texte dit et écrit par La Gazelle (https://soundcloud.com/amandine-esno.)
Musique HyLGZ22 (https://soundcloud.com/user-618736932) et Damga.

Black Keys Seductive Harmonies

Black Keys Seductive Harmonies (La Gazelle, HyLGZ22 & Damga)

Komposition - 602220240202 (Ambient Night)

Photography, painting and music are inextricably linked for me. My paintings and photographs are created on an equal footing with my songs. Sometimes they are mutually dependent, arising simultaneously in a creative process. This led to an idea for a video to bring you closer to my pictures and my music:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/n13TdtRdiy8?si=RUHeT9A52veBCZoG
Composed after a painting from a current series. Music created in interaction with painting and vice versa.
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Fotografie, Malerei und Musik sind für mich untrennbar miteinander verbunden. Meine Gemälde und Fotografien entstehen gleichberechtigt mit meinen Liedern. Manchmal bedingen sie sich gegenseitig und entstehen gleichzeitig in einem kreativen Prozess. Daraus entstand die Idee für ein Video, das euch meine Bilder und meine Musik näher bringen soll.
Zu sehen auf YouTube: https://youtu.be/n13TdtRdiy8?si=RUHeT9A52veBCZoG
Dieser Song ist komponiert nach einem Bild aus einer aktuellen Serie. Die Musik entsteht im Zusammenspiel mit der Malerei und umgekehrt.

Komposition - 602220240202

A song about how I came to learn to play the guitar and start to write songs. I am very sorry for the poor sound. But at the moment I can only record with my phone. That's why I have to play the song in one go. The drums are just the built-in drum accompaniment of my amplifier, which I switched on in this song after the first chords. I will buy an audio interface and try to find a DAW (free or not too expensive) - if you know a free one, you can send me a PM.
One day I will manage to get a better sound, I am sure! But for the first songs, only all live-played with the drums from my amp recorded via phone, since I cannot do more at the moment. Perhaps some like it nevertheless? I am a bit excited about pulishing my first track here...
Since someone asked for the lyrics:

Motörhead is dead
A song called Ramones brought me to them
In my girlsroom I learned to play the guitar
I knew that I would not get very far
When my teacher told us, Motörhead is dead
I wanted to find out the music they made
The music was so fast, the sound was so hard
A song called Ramones brought me to them
Another great band
A second hand guitar, amp from my brother, too loud for my mother
In my girlsroom, on my bed, with headphone on, guitar in hand
With every chord I felt more alive
Motörhead and the Ramones became my drive
I plug in my amp and turn on the sound
Playing Motörhead so loud
With Motörhead my journey had begun
Now I write songs one by one
I learn how to rock and run
And Motörhead lives on and on and on and on

Motorhead Is Dead

Everything In Love

Once We Were Divine

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A mix of light and shade, Modulate Me is a Darkwave / Triphop soundtrack set to a steady mix of downtempo electronic / industrial beats. Droning wavy bass and rhythmic bass are married with dreamy guitars, celestial synths and abstracted samples. The track progresses to a final countdown, spoken by Buzz Aldrin on the Apollo 11 Lunar mission in 1969.

Modulate Me

PHUNK

Jupiter

When Rudi ( F.R. Kniel ) approached me to ask if I would be interested in collaborating on a piece of music, that had been inspired by Vocalatti's gorgeous " Gently Johnny", I was absolutely delighted. A beautiful, simple and authentic arrangement, and very moving lyrics, and so I was inspired quickly and added some gaelic...that of the old Ogham tree alphabet, which I love. Listen to more of Rudi's beautiful music @frk1407
Here is the story Rudi told me.....
As a young man in 1986, I did a 3 week trekking tour through your beautiful land with a good friend of mine. I remember how friendly and open, and helpful the folk were there. And while on Harris, having trekked far to get there, and tired walking along the road, some handicraft fellows came by in their pick up truck and asked where we were going. They put us in the back, handed each of us a can of beer and drove us 20kms to the sandy beaches, just to unload us and drive back to where they came from. I still remember how the wind blew through my hair on the trip, and how good the beer tasted!  Oh we were free then!
Now I have reached an age when those things come and visit you in your dreams.

Thanks so much Rudi, for a wonderful and magical journey! And a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you today!!! :))

I dedicate this to my beloved Mungo, forever in my heart, your little life gave so much love to me and everyone you touched.

Music, lyrics, arrangement - Rudi
Vocals, lyrics - Lizzie
Photo - Rudi on Harris

Ho Ro Eadha (poplar), Na Huathe (Hawthorn)
Ho Ro Tinne (Holly), Na unca Fearn (Alder)
Ho Ro Ailim (Pine), Na Ho Ro Coll (Hazel)
Ho Ro Nuin (Ash), Na Ho Ruis (Elder)

We are all just grains of sand
But together we form the shore
And we are all just tiny sparks
But we fill the sky with stars

And we are all just breath
But it forms the wind, that cradles the grass
And we are all just tiny streams
But together we fill the Sea

And we are all just tiny sparks
But we fill the sky with stars
And we are all just a moment in time
But together Eternity
But together Eternity
But together Eternity

Dream of the Hebrides ( Rudi & Lizzie)

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