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Codify depicts the gradual loss of self and identity; the control that we have over our own decisions, choices and lives ultimately. It speaks to how the sort of tech based society that we live in is not even hiding the fact that it's manipulating and controlling representation of ourselves and what we should find important so that our own autonomy is blatantly and unashamedly diminished.

Codify, 
Codify,
my decisions,
so I may not, I do not, 
rely, 
on myself, 
integrity, 
my breath, 
judgment, 
my breath,

pick the through the patterns, flick,
away, 
irrelevance, experiment,

potential, 
you may crawl, through,
the intimate, 

fought tongue hiding,
no longer, 
beneath, 
the flower,
you have the power,

knowledge, 

penetrate, 
once private
disregard, 

intuition, 

please do

Produced by Leg Puppy 2.0
Mastered by Paris Alexander 
Strings by Paris Alexander 
Words and Vox MB aka Kerry Coburn
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oowyfLSBrl4

Codify feat MB

Deep In The Holy Water' in the old days would be the hidden track on the album. Colin wrote the tune after I said I'd like to have a surf song about surfing the Severn Bore. in a crazy coincidence our pal Jane's Granda mad Jack Churchill(no relation) 1955 surfed the 'Severn Bore' in Gloucestershire on a homemade 14 foot surfboard. and it coincided at the time with the scandal that had hit the news that the majority of England's rivers are polluted, only 14% meet the standards of a "good ecological status. Its not perfect in Scotland but its better and one of the few brags we've got is that our water tastes better, but i dont want our English family literally swimming in shit when they're at the beach. I was listening to the Blindboy Podcast at the time about Irish Godesses and the reverence that Clíodhna the Celtic goddess of the sea, with a passion and love, and deep beauty had and how our old myths and religions meant there was a deep devine respect for nature that has been lost over the years. Where as before water was worshipped and revered, now it is sadly polluted. Look what happened to The Black Sea for evidence of why we shouldn't mess with our life giving bodies of water. It experienced unprecedented degradation in the 1990s causing a large dead zone. The main sources of nutrients were runoff from the agricultural sector (fertilizers and livestock waste) as well as domestic and industrial wastes. You can go a month without food,  but you can't survive 3 days without water. The oceanographer Helen Czerski's was on the brilliant 6 Music Cerys Matthews  show talking about her latest research, measuring ocean breathing. All of these different bits of inspiration led to the lyrics. It's time we got back to respecting our water and what we put into them and oh aye 'Deep In The Holy Water' is a banging tune to surf or dance to regardless of the meaning. 

7. Deep In The Holy Water lyrics 

Deep in the holy water,
into the endless wave,
The tide breaks free into the estuary, oh me oh my oh me.
Deep, deep state, Illuminate my faith, deep in the holy water. 

Deep in the holy water,
where throats and tears run dry,
storm speeding, ocean breathing,
Clíodhna reigns supreme, oh me oh my oh me.
Streams like veins, and dreams remain to ponder, deep in the holy water 

Deep in the holy water into the endless waves  oh me oh my ,oh me 
Deep in the holy water where throats and tears run dry, oh me oh my ,oh me 

Deep in the holy water!


Deep in the Holy Water by Mellow Party

Stance

I thought it would be interesting to write a song celebrating/acknowledging good times. The catalyst for the song was a positive end-of-something song. A lot of endings are often marked by bitterness. The song is part tongue-in-cheek because although the song is called “Good Times” ultimately the song is about someone I had to pull away from as she was a bit mixed up. It’s also partially about the city of Madrid which is a place I’ve had a love/hate relationship with down through the years.  The city has been calling me back in recent times so I decided to shoot the video there. When I wrote the song, I was thinking of previous Good Times in my life I’ve had there (and the not so good times) but with time I’ve been able to reignite the love I had for the city. We had together so I’m both celebrating those good times albeit with a sense of perspective and loss of something. The song is about being good together but the relationship was blowing hot n’ cold like the weather.

Good Times

Keelan X - Good Times

Chill out hypnotic groover...
"Two of the aspects that have always marked TTD fave The Fantom Man out from a lot of other experimental electronic and ambient artists are his innate melodic sensibility and his long-time interest in jazz. Both elements are well lin evidence on Running Away From Yourself Vol. 2. Indeed, from the outset, the funky feel and extended synth chords, often using inversions in the bass parts, lend this is a jazz-tinged Disco aura despite its electronic character and the sporadic male spoken word. When a piano starts soloing, it could be Bill Sharpe from 80s [and still active] legends Shakatak. Tasty hybrid of cool influences." Trust The Doc Blog. Dr. Neil March 
30th April 2025

running away from yourself vol.2

Shoot It Down!

Ms Karma
Words and Music c2025
Melanie E Broussard

You broke my heart and left it in pieces on the floor
Stomped on it and said "I don't love you anymore"
You never even tried to explain
You crowned yourself, king of my pain

Chorus
Now Ms Karma will come visit you
And give you a lesson to learn
When you break a heart in two
The Wheel of Karma's gonna turn...
And run right over you boy,
My heart ain't your little toy.

Your day of reckoning will come very soon
Then your heart will sing a brand new tune
Lying there in pieces on the ground
Poor King of Pain,  you're gonna lose that crown

Chorus

Now Ms Karma can be a real bitch sometimes
Don't you know
I'm cheerin' her on..
You go girl go!

MS KARMA

A words just just wrote themselves vibe ...
Drink To Solve 'em by Songwriter Edwin H Balder
He stood at the bar, said, "I'm the problem,
But it's easier to drink than try to solve 'em."
The jukebox hummed with a lonely tune,
And whispered truths about how he got better too soon.
Under the neon lights, Superman fell apart,
Searching for answers, chasing a brand-new start.
But life’s a game where the dice don’t roll fair,
He’d kick himself for dreaming she’d still care.
The night he met her, "What I want" played low,
Her laugh was the kind a man’s heart would know.
Just in case he thought fate could bend,
They danced in circles that led nowhere in the end.
Under the neon lights, Superman fell apart,
Searching for answers, chasing a brand-new start.
But life’s a game where the dice don’t roll fair,
He’d kick himself for dreaming she’d still care.
Skoal, Chevy, and Browning lined the scene,
They were echoes of a past, messy and serene.
Now he closes his eyes, quiet thoughts collide,
In the moment, he realizes her eyes were closed to goodbye.
He stood at the bar, said, "I'm the problem,
But it's easier to drink than try to solve 'em."
 "I'm the problem,
 drink to  solve 'em."
 drink to  solve 'em."
 drink to  solve 'em."

Link to best of our country hits that you can cover to get to the top... https://soundcloud.com/edwin-balder/sets/country-hits-you-might-need?si=307edea8be674dc3bedee9345a814080&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

All Rights Reserved Edwin H. Balder
Thanks so much to my band: Hot Cookie
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Drink To Solve 'em by Songwriter Edwin H Balder

Lucent Overflow

Lucent Overflow  | Netrunner Nu Disco & RnB

Don’t make sound
you tear it up
you carry on
Stop carrying the worst thing.

April's entry for our song a month quest for 2025. Nearly a day to spare, we must be getting the hang of this...

The Mourning

For Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Iggy Pop and Jose Cuervo fans. Take a savage journey to the heart of rock and roll darkness, where there's nothing to lose but your mind and your money. After all, as Paul Newman once said "There's no sense putting on the brakes when you're upside down." 

Words & Music by Spyder Darling
Vocals, guitars, bass, piano: Spyder Darling
Drums: Nelson Montana

Produced by Spyder Darling and Nelson Montana
Engineered by Nelson Montana

Recorded at Montana Studios, Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Please Like, Comment, Follow, and Repost if you care about the future of rock and roll as we know it.

Thanx!

SD

As One Does

The Fantom Man’s music has been highlighted by critics for its atmospheric depth, inventive arrangements, and smooth yet unpredictable compositions. 

Reviews: 
https://freshonthenet.co.uk/ @signalcommittee #eclecticpicks
Dr. Neil March "Trust the Doc" Blog

"Intrusion" featured on Will Farr's Eclectic Mix! http://www.willfarrmusic.com/