Fantastic and Impressive!!, the piece and the project.<3<3<3

unique collaboration, fusing these three styles together is really quite exciting. again: congrats!

Wild old track this.. compelling overload! Enjoyed!

Smoking Trout: The Land of Zed

Vocals and Art by Stonerjazz @user-911083679
Vocals by Uziel @user-455619833
Beat, synths and mix by Tea Are Sea
Lyrics written or adapted by Stonerjazz (posted below)

This is the first installment in a new collaborative experimental concept album project that Stonerjazz and I have dreamed up! Thanks Uziel and Jeff for an awesome collab experience, this was so much fun!

-- LYRICS --

VERSE 1 (original words by Stonerjazz):

Enjoy and deploy the decoy for the marvelous girl and boy with the dog with the bell who can tell it's a plot or a ploy for Roy the despicable despot in the mysterious land of ZED.
Sleeping in my bed like the dead with the fed who breaks down the door with the might of the law and a mechanized Saw.
Where pity is scarce and money is gone for good, misunderstood in mysterious days and weeks ahead
To be led to the spot where they chop off the heads of all those that disagree that the kids should be free, just around the bend from where the horses run free and there's barely a tree to be seen...

VERSE 2 (A warriors mantra from the book "The Eagles Gift" by Carlos Castaneda):

I'm already given to the powers that rule my fate, and I cling to nothing
so I will have nothing to defend..
I have no thoughts, so I will see
and I fear nothing, so I will remember myself
detached and at ease, I will dart past the eagle to be free.

Johnny's Magical Squeezebox (Land of the ZED #1) - Stonerjazz | Uziel | Tea Are Sea

Words, vocals, guitar/mellotron and acoustic drums by Stonerjazz @user-911083679
Vocals and art by Uziel @user-455619833
Synth, electro beats, and mix by Tea Are Sea
Lyrics by Stonerjazz (posted below)
Intro/outro samples found on freesound.org
Concept developed by all 3 of us!

This is the second installment in the new collaborative experimental concept album project that Stonerjazz, Uziel and I have dreamed up. The journey continues, hope you enjoy the magical ride! 

-- LYRICS --

Johnny sitting all alone on a log playin his Magic Accordion just for the hell of it or so seems
that's when i did happened by and to my surprize, got sucked through a crack in time
and began to fly and fly and fly right on by the pillars of the guardians to the land of Zed
where Roy had painted all the monkeys and the parrots red, and turned them into spys Then declared that Music it was dead and put a price on young johnnys head for letting all the Flyers into Zed with his Magic accordian..

They were musician every one, with instruments of every kind making such a holy din and singing loud cacaphony and six part harmonies in the Sky...

Act 2

Oh johnny oh johnny what have you done
oh johnny oh johnny with that magic accordian.
oh johnny oh johnnyeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
hangin by a thread, i thought of somethin someone said
then slipped beyond the pale and walked amongst the shadows of the pine
the southern wind sublime upon my face, the tracks of tears erased, washed clean of any trace
and leaves me to the tiny possibility of Grace.

Johnny and the Holy Din (Land of the ZED #2) - Stonerjazz | Uziel | Tea Are Sea

Arrangement, Words, Vocals, Piano and more by Uziel @user-455619833
Guitar and Mellotron by Stonerjazz @user-911083679
Synth lines and mix by Tea Are Sea

Wow, another incredible collaborative experience! This is the 3rd installment in the Land of ZED concept series that Stonerjazz, Uziel, and I are developing. Check out the whole playlist here if you're interested: https://soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed

Thanks for listening!

Lyrics:

He searched through threads
those bodies struck up in spiderwebs
he cut himself down
tight roped all around
he walk despite the endless evergreen beneath
helping those who were gone
broken compass dial pointing wrong
he hold the auspice firmly
guidance will come
watching changing arrows
red moon call out
the wolves cry up
it's gotten so dark so quickly
will he make it out of here?

Spiderwebs (Land of the ZED #3) - Uziel | Stonerjazz | Tea Are Sea

Vocals, words, guitar, artwork, and more by Stonerjazz @user-911083679
Vocals by Uziel @user-455619833
Beat and most electro/synth parts by me

A return to the weird world of Zed! Uziel, Stonerjazz, and I present the next installment in our wacky psychedelic concept album series!

Check out the whole story (so far) here: soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed

Lyrics:
Now Zed it has six moons, the sky is pink and the clouds are blue the waters black and full of trout that smoke and cuss and shout at passerbys with azzure eyes who confidently stroll all about with casual and arrogant distain for everything and everyone.

The trees wear pants with just one leg and hop around gesticulating wildly and obcenely strutting up and down.
While tiny little people there grow out of cracks that appear in giant rocks on summer nights when lightning strikes the ground. Where upon they are set free and drop like ripe cherries from a cherry tree, much to the Glee of local carnivors who Howl and strutt and say in their vernacular how grand it is to have these morsels for the pleasure and their nourishment.

The rats wear suits of hemp and gold and smokes cigars and drive fast cars all custom made on mars with headlights full of tiny little stars.And all the while, the crows hang out in byker Bars.

The sky is down, the world is flat. the truths a like, Birds don't fly, theres no such thing as apple pie, water isn't wet on Zed, and all the dead, they didnt really die, It's just a lie told by some guy.

There are no towns and clowns are specifically Prohibited.

everything that's good to eat grows on the street in bite size chunks of cheese and meat and vegtables with little tiny wings that flap and soar enthuiastically like butterflies in heat.

When Johnny finally got his groove and his accordian was Wailin on some mystic movie theme about the decline of humankind in 2029. He inadvertantly opened up another crack that started bringing something back from Zed..It opened up a gate, it removed a Grate.

Butterflies In Heat (Land of the ZED #4) - Stonerjazz | Uziel | Tea Are Sea

We're very happy to present this next installment in the Land of Zed saga. Stonerjazz, Uziel and I began this imaginative, narrative concept album project last spring and have been adding to the story one song at a time. It's always an incredible experience to work with these two amazing artists!

Check out the whole story (so far) here: soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed

Vocals, vocal manipulation, lyrics, piano, composition of part 1 + transition, and more  by Uziel @user-455619833

Spoken word vocals, guitar, mellotron, composition of part 2, and more by Stonerjazz @user-911083679

Experimental/atmospheric synth elements, mix/production, and final arrangement by @tea_are_sea

The Mountains Thought the Moons Were Mad (Land of the ZED #5) - Uziel | Stonerjazz | tea are sea

Signs

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The epic saga, ‘Land of ZED’ continues! About 1 year ago, Uziel, Stonerjazz and I started a collaborative prog rock style concept album around the concept of ‘Johnny and his Magical Squeezebox’. We’ve been having a lot of fun playing with different styles, breaking all the musical rules, and writing our own soundcloud inspired mythology. 

For the past 3 songs we’ve been working with a new collaborator, Francesca (a.k.a. Zed) who has added a cool new twist to our sound.
And on this track we’re pulling in a fifth artist who contributed an amazing set of lyrics: Jo Richter (a.k.a. Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches). Thanks for joining us!

Check out the whole story (so far) here: soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed
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Vocals, drums for part 1, and keys by Jeff / Stonerjazz @user-911083679
Lyrics for part 2, vocals, and artwork by Uziel @user-455619833
Synth, drums, mix, and production for part 2 by Francesca/ Zed @zed4209819
Synths and production for part 1 and final overall mix by Terry / @tea_are_sea
Lyrics for part 1 by Jo Richter / Sonic Structures and Silent Stretches @sonic-textures 
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Lyrics:

Pt. 1

the shining stone
deep in the mountains
the golden glow
brought forth by fountains
raising in moonlight
raising in moonlight
the golden note
created a player
weaving the node
to cross the mire
of red-shifting ire
of red-shifting ire
the jet black stone
deep in the mountains
wailing in woe
brought forth steep chasms
sucking up moonlight
sucking up moonlight
night‘s dim vibration
created a slayer
cloaked in delusion
trouble to sire
with red-flaring fire
with red-flaring fire
oh, flyers beware
the world is on fire
oh, walkers beware
of footing the mire
oh, jonny beware
never to tire
never to tire

Bickering bikers boyish bravado..emboldened they sly and Jellyfish Souls.
To Plant a finicky trickity fine bomb.
in the administrational heart of Zed.
in the mountain's monstrous mouthcave
Where Roy resides and cruelty is King.
For fear of ferocoius felines prowling the ring.
Imposed by the iron imposter this fine will ask
each creature looking more than three feet ahead
to forfeit three loaves of of freshly baked bread.
Those that cannot comply will lose the sight in one eye…

Pt. 2

Crystalizing at caverns edge
Mouth all shining as we make our descent
We outta be... weary and beware
Perhaps more troubles ahead?
Guided ourselves past the terrors
Into starlight shifting patterns
Of stalactites in space underground
We out to be wary and beware
Perhaps in this beautiful world
More troubles...
Ahead?

The Administrational Heart (Land of the ZED #9) w/ Uziel, Zed, Stonerjazz, and lyrics by Jo Richter

Somewhere between a dream.... and nightmare.
Blink and your dead.
Live your purpose with passion.
Keep creating magically beyond.

DREAM-LIKE_STATE

Scotty: guitars, lyrics, vocals
Tommy: bass, keys

Dusk

This song is a result of trans-Pacific cooperation at it's best. my his friend Mikey McFaffington, of Geelong, Australia, sent me some guitar chords and a smoking sax riff. I took them both, added an arrangement, bass, organ, guitar, and a beat. This is the result. We hope you like it. You can find Mikey on here, too, under his name. 

Far and Wide (with Mikey McFaffington)

The end of the line. Thanks to Neil Combstock for inspired production and inspired keyboard input.

Return not desired

A dark techno/electro EDM track type thing.

Mosaic

surprise meditative trip in various spheres.
A.I. voices came from dimension X. ^^

Another Galaxy (enjoy with headphones^^)

View from the Afternoon

In my collection of travel field recordings, there is a very strange tape that I don't remember having recorded... It's with this tape that I made most of this montage, with a few others field recordings also caught in Zagreb... 
Dans ma collection de field recordings de voyage, il y a une piste très étrange que je ne me rappelle pas du tout avoir enregistré... C'est avec cette piste que j'ai réalisé la majeure partie de ce montage, plus quelques autres enregistrements également captés à Zagreb...

Basement Radio

step into an elevator with no floor. psychedelic sans reverb tones narrate a story of distance and love. recorded in 1995.
written by:  Stephen Bender @s0db (fretless bass, lyrics, backup vocals) x Andrew Nimmo (drums) x jh0st (12-string guitar, vocals)

http://www.jh0st.com/b3nd3r-starting-over/
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2 eyes to eyes see me 
2 ears to ears to hear me 
arrive by phone, 2 children 
your hand, my hand, we're wiilling... 
what have we done? 

try and figure 
nothing could be smart 
wake up early, start a new tomorrow 

'there goes my baby' 
i can't close my eyes... 

2 eyes to eyes see me 
2 ears to ears to hear me 
to seek to hear makes us said 
your heart just in time, be careful... 
what have you done?

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stephen bender: fretless bass, backup vocals
andrew nimmo: drums
jh0st: guitar, vocals

Buy on Bandcamp

gabriel's horns [bender x nimmo x jh0st 1995]

New album Digital Molasses is now available on BandCamp and SC, will be released to other platforms in May! I'll be offline for most April, will catch up with you when I return.

On this page you'll find music from me as well as the collaborative SoundCloud band, The Smoking Trout.

Genre influences include electronic, downtempo, lofi, experimental, rock, blues, indie, prog, post rock, ambient, synthwave, trip hop, and hip hop. I make tracks primarily with Cubasis and Korg Gadget (iOS); Ableton Live; Korg and Moog softsynths, Volca Drum, Minilogue XD, Arturia Microfreak, Arturia Pigments, and the FabFilter Pro suite of effects and production tools.

The art featured as the background image on my main profile page here is by KEVLARD666 (www.instagram.com/kevlard666/) @ikelion666 and will be the cover of my 2024 album, to be released soon: Digital Molasses 

My sound has been inspired by Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, DJ Shadow, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, M83, Godspeed you Black Emperor!, Mogwai, Pink Floyd, Animal Collective, Nicolas Jaar, Dirty Projectors, Massive Attack, Björk, Dan the Automator, Del, the Gorillaz, Reggie Watts, Ween, Neon Indian, Tycho, Ott, Shpongle, Danger Mouse, Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, Velvet Underground, My Bloody Valentine, Modest Mouse, Tool, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Hendrix, the Books, and too many others to list here.

Hope you will check out some of my collaborators:

@user-911083679 - STONERJAZZ
@user-455619833 - Uziel
@texmex-shaman
@sonic-textures
@grevusanjl
@enigmacurry
@mralchemy
@blackmarketbrains
@dough-factory
@winkandwoo
@jerome-hearn-994307260
@dubman-9
@archmageband2
@tot-beat
@ipg1
@zed4209819
@lala-land-361191160 - E.P. Beats
@llanpsych
@ruizzoidman21centurions
@Ladyofire
@josh-clary-1 Entheogenic Psychonaught
@themysteriousdecibel 
@k2andthe3
@cerulean_ascent
@nic_nic_nic
@nadiaselvaggi
@chefboyextreme
@scilentsymphony
@azealotrous
@noxpox13 
@pablomoretti
@prof-oddfellow - Neons Gone a Mad
GMO / Green Mercurial Owl 

Thanks so much for stopping by and listening!

odd. industrial. melancholic. unconventional. electronic. alternative.

a bit of everything.

Check out the Collab Band Camp!  


if you want to work on music together, message me.

The Administrational Heart (Land of the ZED #9) w/ Uziel, Zed, Stonerjazz, and lyrics by Jo Richter

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