Melodies may be synonymous to what we call "spirits": frequential wavelenghts that are charged with a particular energetic sentiment. On these currents we can bridge space and timelessness, exploring distant times and faraway places.
The Sentimental Centipede is such a melody that was gifted to me, an inter-dimensional hand-me-down, first formed in vocals and simultaneous tongue-ticking beatbox, sounding like a Chinese/Peruvian icaro, a medicine song from a hundred-feet elevation. 
I brought Travis in to help me instruMentalize the magical melody and together we explored its realms for a few days straight, turned it this way and that. Here are the first "reincantations" to demonstrate the arrange-mental possibilities.


The first (featuring K.C. Wassner on flute) is the centipede's journeywork as he learns to ride a bicycle (imagine that, all those little legs, peddling away across traffic) to visit an old friend.

the second is the basic melody in its repetitive simplicity, with minimal arrangements.

And the third, a rough iphone-recorded jam featuring Gabriel Goldberg on percussion and the Australian guitarist Danny Ross.

I encourage any other musicians to borrow the melody and submit their own interpretation, their own reincantation. 

recorded at The Convent SF

Sentimental Centipede (bicycle Edition)

released 28 April 2012

the players:

Michaelangelo - lead vox, tonedrum, djembe
Brian Byrnes - guitar, piano, gold vox
Gabriel Goldberg - percussion, bg vox
Leo Suarez - cello
Steven Child - gangstar vox, glock, bowl, bow, jawharp, vibratone, deebs, dings & tings
Alex Weston - trombone, bg vox
Aaron Goldsmith - bass guitaron, bass harmonica

featuring
Shannon Harney - fem vox
Charith Premawardana - viola


on 'InStillWonder'
Michaelangelo - didg, hooves, bells, radio, creature choirs, vocal beatbox/loop (ft. metrognomes)
Gabriel Goldberg - crystal bowl, hang drum
Dan Hansen - tripple-reeded root flute
Ruben van den Broeck - soliloquy
Hummingbirds - redemption

produced by Michaelangelo and Jeremy R. Harris
recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeremy R. Harris
(except InStillWonder, recorded and mixed by M'angelo)

all songs were ideally composed and arranged by Michaelangelo

all actuality realized by M’angelo, Byrnes, Goldberg, Child,
Suarez, Goldsmith, and Weston.


recorded in the chapel of The Convent, San Francisco, CA
and at the Red Barn at Trout Gulch, Aptos, CA.
Mixed and Mastered at Orange Midnight in Petaluma, CA


Thanks to: all the players for their priceless support, time and musical insights; all the plant teachers and MetroGnomes, Terrestrial Extras, elementary elementals and allies that have fueled my inspiration; my mother Thea, my father Robert, my sisters and little Zarah; Eli(zabeth) 'Betsy' Gunn our very own kitchen witch fueling us with magical sustenance; my consigliere, Jando, for his valuable advice; Mikey Latronica, Michael Warren Grant and the entire cast of the Convent; Yuba; The dwarves: Benny Langfur, Michael Carrera, Jacob Landry, and James Frost Winn (who picked the title out of the air around the same time as I did, many miles away); and for all your support, connections, and imaginations: Jeff Cravath, Dustin Edwards, Brodie Sullivan, Nasser & Jonah & Sam, Gabriella Molina, Jojo V., Casey Lee Thorne, Kent Osborne, Kayla Bouldin, Kopi & Hala, Crystal Allen, Piper Josephine, Matan, Ricky Reverent of the River, Laura 'Metagasm' Weyl, Magenta, Keith, Kim, and Mateya Shuster, Jen, Michael, and Royce; and the countless unnamed. 

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07 In - A Scent Fragrances

06 Telepaphone

05 In - Effect - If (Premonitions)

04 Strange Communication

03 Buried In The Sand

02 Plant Teacher

01 Internity

Void Denizen & The Dirty Little Blondes perform "Petterified" in the fine acoustics of a bathroom hallway, the day before the Blondes depart on a journey cross country yet again

Petterified (bathroom session)

Live at The Convent, SF, 2014

LYRICS

Never ever felt this way before
never ever feel this way again
never ever feel this way again
never feel this or that way

sent my seed to plant a life inside
accidentally, the time not right
called it off, seminal suicide
never feel this or that way

little one, your life has been denied
carry on, there is nowhere to hide
carry on, I know you're terrified
to never feel this or that way

Never ever felt this way before
never ever feel this way again
never ever feel this way again
never feel this or that way

Seminal Suicide (aka The Unfeeling Slavic Tune)

Compositions by Michaelangelo

featuring samples from his projects Morph Dwarf, TheaTerRa, and Void Denizen

for more creations, audio, visual, and lexical visit:
www.voidandimagination.com

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