Name: The Unwinding Coil - Tempus by The Tempus Collective:
Duration: 5 min 25 s
Description: The unwinding coil of life, from the perspective of one who has passed while serving his country through the horrors of war.

@chrisliving: Thx Chris - always great to hear from you.

@katherine-chatham: Thx Katherine, good of you to listen.

@drew-ford-1: so good of you to say so - Thx

Loving panning settings, nice lines clearly heard at the time !!

Never need an excuse to listen to this one again... couldn't tire of this. Cheers to David for reposting. All the best in 2015 guys, Mark

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

The unwinding coil of life, from the perspective of one who has passed while serving his country through the horrors of war.

The Unwinding Coil  -  Tempus

Music & Lyrics - Kevin Fleming & Stewart Grieve
Vocals - Kevin Fleming
Production - Stewart Grieve
Mastered using ozone 11

Meet me on the corner
Of Renfield and of West Georges, lane I’m told,
Let us wander in the rain, on streets that glisten gold,
Talkin traffic, walking home


Meet me in the station
The sweetest sense of fuel, ignites the very soul,
The sound of engines,   People talking,
On the Square, where heads they once did roll.


City of dreams,
The likes of which you’ve never seen,
The curtain falls, our gift to all,
The people we have been,
Boarded windows, Empty houses,
Blackened buildings, broken homes


Meet me on the quayside,
that launched and hauled the earth across Pacific seas,
We’ll take a boat ride,  down the water
And gaze upon the firth, and on the Clyde.

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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

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dream valley

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.

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