Love the top line piano octave playing here

Love it. Haven’t checked in to Tempus for a while. Sounding lush, loving the piano and vocals. 

A very fine tale upon the sea wit this new one guys and as always a Top Job done by you guys on it and very well enjoyed...

Solo Greebo - "I Nearly Married A Human" (Gary Numan)

I wrote this prior to the ‘slow fire’ tour of ’95. performed it nightly. I began recording a fully arranged version for ‘dead bees..’ but it was lost in a computer crash. yuka found this demo on cassette. it’s certainly of its time. as far as i can tell, i’d just completed the writing and recorded this(very)rough take for reference.

i do nothing (live demo) - david sylvian ©samadhisound

a cover of Japans Still Life in Mobile Homes ..

Still Life In Mobile Homes Sam Stevens 3

JHSS - Nightporter

from psych-ward west, aka nine horses, an idea kicked around on a clear day in 2004 that wasn’t developed further. this live take/raw mix is, i believe, all that survived. the last sketch from the nine horses sessions.

isn't that me?

2024 de-orchestrated, digital remnant version of the 2004 track, apologies to Haishima Kuniaki.

Additonal field recordings from Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's 'Atmospheric Memories' installation.

https://www.davidsylvian.net/tracks-poems/tracks-by-with-david-sylvian/for-the-love-of-life/


https://powerhouse.com.au/program/atmospheric-memory#artist

David Sylvian - Love Of Life (Blemished mix)

Recently I mentioned that I had a cassette tape from over 40 years ago when The Takahashi Band of 82 made a demo track for a potential TV commercial. The track was only worked on for a day or two and then abandoned. I think we all had a busy year and for whatever reason this recording was discarded.

I also talked about sharing the recording one day just for nostalgic reasons, however the mix was a very basic end-of-day progress mix and no vocal part was conceived. Sharing it in this form would not do the potential of the work any justice.

The track began with chords and synths that Yukihiro Takahashi recorded, the basic building blocks of his composition. I added the drum part. Having been intensively rehearsing and performing Takahashi material this triggered a distinct blend of my own style as might appear on tracks such as 'The Art of Parties' and Yukihiro's style on tracks such as 'Glass'. Haruomi Hosono added his brilliance on bass, as well as Masami Tsuchiya overlaying guitar parts and Hajime Tachibana adding a saxophone solo.

Fast forward over 40 years....
 
At the end of 2023 I sent the demo to singer/songwriter Marco Machera, someone I’ve collaborated with a few times in the past and whose vocal style I felt would compliment the music. Yukihiro also enjoyed Marco's music, including it on his own radio show. I asked Marco to consider adding a vocal which he was happy to do, also composing lyrics too.

I used an AI program to break down the stereo mix of the original cassette recording into individual tracks (this is a relatively new technology and although the quality struggled it allowed for a little bit more flexibility with the mixing and blending of new overdubs). The performed parts were retained, and to which I recorded some additional instrumentation as well as joining Marco on the chorus vocals. I made a new mix of the track. So what we have here is the finished piece: “Impossible Until It Happens”. 

Marco and I share this as an homage to Yukihiro who passed away this time last year and is greatly missed. We can feel the essence of Yukihiro's writing style in this track and we hope that you enjoy it.

Music by Yukihiro Takahashi / Song & Lyrics by Marco Machera

Yukihiro Takahashi - Keyboards
Haruomi Hosono - Electric Bass
Steve Jansen - Drums & Percussion, Additional Sequencers & Synthesisers, Chorus Vocals
Masami Tsuchiya - Electric Guitar
Hajime Tachibana - Saxophone
Marco Machera -  Lead Vocals, Samples, Additional Synthesiser
(for more information www.marcomachera.com)

Impossible Until It Happens

Hi All,
The hugely talented Mr John Haggar furnished me with a really nice instrumental track of Japan's excellent 'Methods of Dance' .. I just simply couldn't resist putting a few vocal warbles to it.

Hope you like hope

There's a really nice stripped down strings/vocal version vocal on the way

Sam :-)x

Sam Stevens/ John Haggar - Methods Of Dance

Some Kind Of Wonderful - Mix 1.2 MFiT

King of Catastrophe.

One day feeds to another,
Flick the radio on, Don't even bother,

A chasm grows, Resentment gathers,
Silence, the currency in tatters

Do you feel me, The king of catastrophe,
Teardrops,  become the rage in the sea,
Raindrops, the rage in sea.

An empty room,  my eyes feel the weight,  
Revel in the gloom,  Lifes in a state,

Iam always here,  where Ive been before, 
Thinking that I can, Knock down this door.


Just a phase that came to soon, 
Our demise in fractured full bloom,
I’ve got no big master plan, 
Iam the real nowhere man.



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For Brian Lennon
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by Iain White, S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded & Mixed in July 2018.
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King Of Catastrophe  -  Tempus

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Tempus - 

Thanks for taking the time to listen to our music. feel free to leave any constructive comment - it is always welcome. 

Tempus are a duo consisting of myself  (vocals & keys), and Stewart Grieve (keys & engineering / production), plus some like minded collaborators.
Through the years our musical tastes have evolved to encompass the various styles and genre's that make up our sound today. 

I hope you enjoy our music and thanks for dropping by. 

Kevin Fleming.

King Of Catastrophe - Tempus

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