''Save Me'', From the Forthcoming Album ''Halfway Island''

Oorlab / Pleudoniem / The Plugs (Pure Moon) Collaboration (https://soundcloud.com/pure-moon)

Dick Vestdijk: Electric Guitars and Vocals (https://soundcloud.com/oorlab)
Eric Puister: Electric Bass (https://soundcloud.com/pleudoniem)
Régulo Tortolero: Drums (https://soundcloud.com/the-plugs)

Recorded between Netherlands and Venezuela during May-July 2013 by Pure Moon
Mixed and Mastered at NoHum Studio by R.T.
Photo by: Gioni Molinari
Produced by: Pure Moon

''Save me''  
Lyrics by Dick Vestdjick

Save me, save me  
The sea is dark and the water cold
None is deeper, no wave is steeper
I'm waiting waiting, waiting 
I'm waiting waiting waiting for you

Dancing, dancing  
They said this is the sea of love for you to
Fly like a white winged dove 
I'm waiting for you to come through

Swaying, unyielding 
I got to move into the unknown

Drowning, drowning
You remember the sky was blue in blue 
No worries, no hurries
Endless days of summer heat

Fading, fading
Love has gone and won't return just
Saying, praying
This is the time to make amends

Got to be learning 
Got to be parlaying, parlaying
Got to be learning (from the Angels)
Got to be parlaying

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Save Me (Oorlab/Pleudoniem/The Plugs)

Collaboration based on an original idea by Bryan Ciliberto @PalofaPastWorld

Musicians:
Dick Vestdjick: Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Piano, Bass
Régulo Tortolero: Drums, Cuatro

Recording between 2013 / 2020 By Oorlab (Holland) and The Plugs (Venezuela)
This Mix by: R.T.
Photography:  R.T. © ® 2006

Special thanks to Pal of a Past World for permit us to version his song. Thanks a lot Pal :-)

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Highwater's Here

Roxana by The Plugs
Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro venezolano, Bass
Oorlab: Piano

Recorded at NoHum Studios (Venezuela) and Oorlab (Netherlands), March 2022

Mix and Mastering: R.T.

Produced by: R.T. in collaboration with Dick Vestdijk
Photography: Eduardo Chacín (Zona Rosa, Ciudad de Mexico)
© 2022 All Rights Reserved

Roxana

From The Forthcoming Album "Forest Run"

Dick Vestdijk (Oorlab, Netherlands @oorlab): Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Violins, Vocals, Composer
Régulo Tortolero (The Plugs, Venezuela @the-plugs): Drums, Bass, Cuatro, Mix 

Photography: Flickr Commons, Minyon Falls, Lismore (NSW)
State Records NSW; Photographic Collection - Australia;
Digital ID: 12932_a012_a012X2445000028; No known copyright restrictions.

Lyrics:

So Far So Good

There's trouble on the way
I am riding night and day
it is you that has betrayed
the deal that we have made.

They're following my tracks
I have to watch my back
A depserado's son
in the desert sun

So far so good
we're going on the way just like we should

A mighty mountain stands
between & my true friends
Can this really be the end,
in this glowing sand.

The river flows on by
we have to swim & try
to get to the other side
and find a place to hide

So far so good
we're going on the way just like we should

We dwell in the danger zone
to find our way back home
luckily we are,
not totally alone

My soul and me we seek,
a shelter for the weak,
and wounded limb & bone,
pray to get back home.

So far so good
we're going on the way just like we should

Chords:
G Am
G E

Am D
G F G

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So Far, So Good (Oorlab/The Plugs)

The Plugs
Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro Venezolano, Bass
Dick Vestdjick: Violin
Recorded at NoHum Studio (Venezuela) and Earlab Studio (Netherlands) between May 2017 / February 2018
Executive Producers: Jack Parrish, Sarah Golden, Pedro Manuel Araujo
Illustration Taken From The Net
Dedicated to The Loving Memory of Josefina ''Viyiya'' Andarcia 
©® All Rights Reserved 2018

The Plugs

Viyiya

Viyiya (Remasterizada)

Sandra
Venezuelan Waltz written by Javier Marval

Javier Marval: Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Arrangements
Régulo Tortolero: Drums

Recorded between Ourense (Galicia, España) y El Limón (Maracay, Venezuela) December 2007 / January 2008 by Javier Marval y Régulo Tortolero
This mix by: R.T.

Fotografía: Gioni Molinari

©® All Rights Reserved 2008

Sandra (Javier Marval)

The Plugs

Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro Venezolano, Bajo Eléctrico, Maracas
Recorded at Blue Room Studio, El Limón, August 18-21 2015
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by: R.T.

Photography: ©® Régulo Tortolero
All Rights Reserved 2015


Songs of Hunger

Canción Para Antonia

The Plugs/Oorlab/Los Otros Animales

Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro Venezolano, Bass, Brushes, Tambourine, Lyrics
Dick Vestdijk: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Whistling, Musical Arrangements (https://soundcloud.com/oorlab)
Los Otros Animales: Choirs

Recorded at Dive Studio (Amersfoort, Netherlands)and NoHum Studio (El Limón, Venezuela), Between June 22 and September 17, 2015 by Dive and R. T.
Mixed by: R. T.
Photography: ©® Tricolor by R. T.

''Living in an Animal Farm''
  Lyrics by: Régulo Tortolero   
  Music by: Régulo Tortolero and Dick Vestdijk

He told me he knows what is living in an animal farm
Yes I know 'cause I'm living in one
Where pigs rule and sheeps obey
Hound dogs are everywhere stalking their prey

Don't know why they look at me 
'cause I give'm everything
they better move to another place
let the people do their ways

Too much paranoia too much fear
That's what they really feel

Beware of dogs beware of crows
snitching is natural in fact
good pay it's in the back
how much do you get from that?

2+2 is 5
Someday sheeps are going to awake
I hope it don't be too late
You know Every pig has its day

(This is not another silly song
This is true, this is really real
Now pigs are building walls around
They want us all to be their court)

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The Songs Of Hunger

Animal Farm

Animal Farm (The Plugs/Oorlab/Los Otros Animales)

Cover version of the original song by New Dinosaur Extinction by Oorlab /

Dick Vestdjick: Vocals, Guitars, Bass (https://soundcloud.com/oorlab)
Régulo Tortolero: Drums
Recorded and Mixed between Netherlands and Venezuela during 2013 / 2017
Picture from The Net

You can listen to New Dinosaur Extinction here: https://soundcloud.com/new-dinosaur-extinction

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Disinformation Administration (Oorlab / The Plugs)

The Plugs
Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro, Bass, Clave, Maracas

Recorded at NoHum Studio in between October 6th and 15th
Picture from The Net
Associate Producers:  Jack Parrish / Ernesto Guevara

©® 2017 All Rights Reserved

Camaroncito

The Plugs
Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro Venezolano, Bass, Brushes, Cymbal

Recorded at NoHum Studio between October 11th and 22nd, 2017
Executive Producer: Carolyn Burnette
Sound Tech: R.T.
Photography by R.T. on Location Los Rastrojos, Edo. Barinas, Venezuela 2007

©® 2017 All Rights Reserved

C's Song

C's Tonada

The Plugs

Régulo Tortolero: Bass and Programming
Jack Parrish: Electric Guitar

Recorded at NoHum Studios, El Limón, Venezuela
Sound Technician: R.T.
Photography: R.T.

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El Guarapo

The Plugs
Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro Venezolano, Bass, Clave, Laundry Balls (Bolas de Lavar)
Dick Vestdjick: Violin
Recorded at NoHum Studio (Venezuela) and Earlab Studio (Netherlands) between May 2017 / February 2018
Executive Producers: Jack Parrish, Sarah Golden, Pedro Manuel Araujo
Illustration Taken From The Net
Dedicated to The Loving Memory of Josefina ''Viyiya'' Andarcia 
©® All Rights Reserved 2018

Songs Of Hunger

Starfather
(Oorlab and The Plugs)

Dick Vestdijk: Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Synths
Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro venezolano, Bass, Tambourine, Clave

Starfather (Music and Lyrics: Dick Vestdijk)

Starfather, show me what is real
the seal of love is broken
and the forest turned to steel
The oracle's getting better
at predicting how I feel

Precious freedom
gone with the wind

Starfather, is it true what they say?
No return to love and play
no sacrifice, confession or pray

Moonmother, shine on me
I know the goodness in your heart
has been embedded
from the start
into the world

Recorded between Netherlands and Venezuela by Dick Vestdijk and Régulo Tortolero, May - July 2018
Sound Techs: Oorlab / R.T.
Mixing and Mastering: R.T.
Photography: Luiz Clas from Pexels

I want to thank you all, family and friends, who are always there to support. You know well who you are. Thank you... Hats off, Love you! 

©® 2018 
All Rights Reserved

Songs From The Empty Pots

Starfather

Starfather (Oorlab and The Plugs)

Clan Destino by Régulo Tortolero 

1.- (Intro) Morning, life is good! 
2.- Grits and Honey, Arepa y Guayoyo 
3.- Roller Coaster 
4.- Sambita 
5.- Outro

The Plugs
Régulo Tortolero: Cuatro venezolano, Bass, Drums, Field Recordings
Dick Vestdijk: Piano, Violin
With special guests ''Los Pájaros Cantores Del Parque Nacional Henri Pittier''

Recorded at NoHum Studio (El Limón-Venezuela) and Oorlab Studio (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) December 2018

Mix and Mastering: R.T.
Photography: Taken from the net

Produced by: R.T. in collaboration with Dick Vestdijk
Executive Producers: Thais Serrano and Jack Parrish
Special thanks to Jesús Loreto and María Elena Ledezma for the guidance on the making of the theme. We love you both, Vamos Bien!

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The Plugs

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