This is a compilation of songs that I have written from 1989 to the present around the theme of peace and compassion.

Songs were recorded and mastered on a variety of analog and digital devices. Many of the songs have been remastered for this album and several have never been released before.

I am excited to include two musical compositions with my spoken word poetry by Friture and T Hopkins.

More words and reflections can be found at slowmover.org. Music and info can be found at theLostGap.band and kmls.bandcamp.com.

Let's imagine something beautiful together.
KMLS

Peace Colored Gown

Bad Boll Productions: named after the springs in Germany known for their healing properties(and a center for the Blumhardts was the name of my 1990s era cabin studio in the mountains of West Virginia. Using Performa on an Apple Mac with an EMU Orchestral Synth, a Tascam 424 4-Track, and various other instruments and equipment with a number of collaborators, I experimented with and produced several analog neo folk electronica compositions. Later I was able to digitize these directly from the 4 Track originals. Many of these compositions have never been released (probably a good thing for some:)

The Bad Boll Sessions

Every month, the local Presbyterian Church hosts a community meal called Nite Lite where local churches take turns serving a homecooked meal to anyone who shows up. During the times our church has served the meal, I have provided live music for the attendees. This recording is from October 2023 and was recorded using the HiQ app on my phone. The set list featured a number of traditional gospel songs as well as some of my originals. Taylor Acoustic Guitar and Vocals. Enjoy! KMLS

Live at Nite Lite

A communion song written and sung during church communion. 

One of the songs on the peacegroover - Journey 1 EP, reflecting my learnings in Year 1 of the AMBS Journey Leadership Program. This is a three year program and each year I hope to write a number of songs which will serve as my journal entry reflections.

All songs performed by KMLS and peacegroover.

a 2022 Tongue Screw Records Revolutions Music PeaceGrooves Production

All Rights Reserved

Come To The Table

Excerpt of the original composition. Spoken word poem Virtual Terrorist by KMLS. Music composed by Friture as Jam 1 -Virtual Terrorist from Chaud Froid n​°​5 - Virtualit​é​s R​é​elles by Friture released in 2018.

Chaud Froid n​°​5 - Virtualit​é​s R​é​elles

Jam 1 - Virtual Terrorist

Virtual Terrorist (Mix by Friture)

Written in response to the so-called first Gulf War 1991.
Remixed and remastered for PCG 2023. 

Vocals and Guitar: KMLS
Guitar: Brett Sherman

A PeaceGrooves Production

The Winds Of War

Original spoken word poem by KMLS over music composed by T Hopkins from the Man Room Sessions 2022. Used with permission and with much gratefulness.

More spoken word and poetry at slowmover.org

Sleeping Separately We Die (Mix by T Hopkins)

A Song of Healing (from Mark 5:41 - Koum (Aramaic) - Arise!)

Originally recorded using Performer software, Apple Mac, MIDI, EMU Orchestral, Tascam 4 Trac, other, Remixed with Sony Acid Pro 7.

A PeaceGrooves Production copyright 2015 All Rights Reserved

Koum

This is a recording of a spontaneous gospel jam at my Bad Boll Productions home studio in the 90s. Cousins Ron and Eric Peter Swartzentruber are on guitars and organ and I am ad libbing vocals. The song was written on the spot (!), and rather than edit anything out, I have left the recording as close to the original as possible to capture the rawness of the experience.

A circa 1990s Bad Boll Production.

Healing River

Traditional Gsopel song -- one of my favorites.

This Little Light Of Mine

One of my favorite originals about gratitude and true contentment.

Where Your Treasure Is

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Traditional rendition of the folk gospel song.

Put Your Hand In The Hand

A couple of traditional gospel songs:
Just a Closer Walk Thee
Somebody Prayed for Me

Just a Closer Walk With Thee/Somebody Prayed for Me

Recorded live at Nite Lite. Written after a conversation with a musician who was not successful in Nashville, where we were bemoaning the rampant commercialization that often produces cookie cutter songs destined to be quickly forgotten. Meant to be played in the style of vintage Johnny Cash.

Asheville

This song was recorded in one take at my cottage (Bad Boll Productions) in WV. I had a tendency (and still do) to record a song soon after it was (is) written. There is something about the newness that gets captured I think, that can get lost, especially if the song is performed a lot. The recording quality is not the greatest, you can hear some wobbling in the guitar and there is a LOT of noise. But I decided to release it as is, because of the emotional quality/freshness of the recording. Stay grateful.

A Bad Boll Production

Day Before Thanksgiving

Vocals and Guitars: Keith Lyndaker, Peter Sabath 
Reflection on one of the many true stories I heard while traveling in Central America in the late 1980s. Remastered and uploaded in solidarity with La Raza who continue to experience much suffering as a result of the violence in their countries. From the original Belly Hymns album with Peter Sabath.

Angelica

Today we bury my father-in-law. I recorded this song many years ago and offer it here in honor of his life and passing. In life and in death, we belong to God.

When I Die

Spoken word poetry over an electronic trance base. An exploration of the continued tension between the world of dreams and the world of reality.

You Awake From Strange Dreams

The songs on this album are all acapella, featuring the human voice as the only instrument, either solo or in harmony with other voices. The primary vocalist is myself though I am grateful for Daryl Snider who sings on Change. These songs were recorded at various venues and span thirty years of vocal work. Most are original compositions though some are renditions of traditional and more current songs. Thanks for listening! KMLS 2/2024

Sotto Voce

What Is It About Death

Vespers

I Owe The Lord

Fruit Of Love

Everybody Needs Somebody

Change

Behold

Beauty In My Brokenness

And I Cry

Ain't No Smoke On Me

Ain't No Grave

Original Lyrics. Funky pop beat. Thoughts?

Get Off Your Cell Phone (And Talk to Me Awhile)

Alternate version of an original song of the same name.

Church Without Walls 2.1

These are stories and parables mostly from my childhood growing up in Lost Gap, Mississippi, gleaned from my sermons and filled with humor and life lessons.

Wee Wee

Hide and Go Seek with God

Little Lost Sheep

Jehovah's Spiritual Fitness Test

Hide And Go Seek With God

A Call From God

Live in concert at community meal March 21, 2024

Kum Ba Yah

Live in concert at Nite Light Community meal March 21, 2024

Hands Of God Medley

I got an old Decca guitar, was able to get it in tune, wrote this song on it and with it, then turned it into a wall art piece!

The Decca Blues

This machine shall not break you, shall not take you, shall not keep you from being free....

This Machine (Shall Not Break You)

This is a compilation of over 30 years of original blues songs from my work with Jeremiahs Run, as a solo artist as KMLS, and now with the Lost Gap and 2orMore. Your purchase and support help me continue this project of releasing recorded music from my archives.

Stick A Fork In Me

Solitary Kind Of Blue

Mr. Shepherd

Mister Jones

Midnight Train

Maxwell Street

Love Struck Blues

Head N Feet Blues

Hazel Eyes

Johnny Got His Gun is an anti-war novel written in 1938 by American novelist and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and published September 1939 by J. B. Lippincott. It won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. It was also released as a film in 1971.

As a boy, I discovered the book in my parents' library and it had a profound effect on me. This song reflects that profundity.

Vocals: KMLS. Instrumentation, vacuum cleaner, electric razor: KMLS.

A Bad Boll Production (circa 1990s)

Johnny Got His Gun

Let's call this a kind of Neo-Folk Trance Fusion.

I had a lot of fun working with this song. It was originally recorded on a Tascam 424 in my home studio in West Virginia in the mid to late 90s as a series of so far unreleased recordings with Peter Sabath that predated Belly Hymns. (I loved this particular song so much I used it as the theme song for my PeaceGrooves Podcast). This version was edited and produced on a MS Surface using Audacity and Acid Pro 7.  This is best listened to with headphones or your speakers cranked up to 11. Enjoy!

Vox: KMLS, Guitar and Keys: Peter Sabath, Loops/Acid Master: peacegroover

KMLS

A 2020 Revolutions Music Tongue Screw Records PeaceGrooves Production. All Rights Reserved.

Who am I? I am folk-gospel-blues-influenced singer/songwriter. I have a decent voice, though I am not classically trained. I am a self-taught guitar and mandolin player though I don’t consider myself an expert at either. I do play a pretty mean blues harp (yep, self taught too). Over the years, I have collaborated with other artists more talented than me who inspire me and have made me a better musician.

Bad Boll Productions: named after the springs in Germany known for their healing properties(and a center for the Blumhardts was the name of my 1990s era cabin studio in the mountains of West Virginia. Using Performa on an Apple Mac with an EMU Orchestral Synth, a Tascam 424 4-Track, and various other instruments and equipment with a number of collaborators, I experimented with and produced several analog neo folk electronica compositions. Later I was able to digitize these directly from the 4 Track originals. Many of these compositions have never been released (probably a good thing for some:) 

The Belly Hymns Project: refers to the CD Belly Hymns released near the end of this era and so the Belly Hymns Project is the landing place for the songs that predate Belly Hymns as well as remixes of the songs on Belly Hymns as well as newer related work. When she was pregnant with me, my mama says that I danced in her womb in time to the hymns at church. That’s probably where the name comes from. I’m still learning to keep letting the music move me.

The Lost Gap: is the current manifestation of Jeremiahs Run, my American Roots band from the 90s. Lost Gap, Miss. is my hometown. (theLostGap.com)

peacegroover: is my nom de artist for all things electronica. From those early Bad Boll days to now, I continue to be amazed at the melodic possibilities. 

I welcome your thoughts and insights. Let’s build something beautiful. KMLS

KMLS

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