The vortex that we all have been drawn to. The bottomless pit that you cannot taste or touch. The wheel turns with or without you... You know what the wheel is as well as I do.

I-la-rI (Ilari I. Rantala) - Composed, all instruments, vocals, lyrics, field recordings & drum machine programming.
Artwork and produced by I-la-rI.

© 2022 Ilari I. Rantala. All rights reserved.

The Wheel

Bored Slippy - Circuit Board (Demo)

Stand On The Chimney

Our instrumental cover of "Fallin'", as originally performed and recorded in 1958 by Connie Francis under the direction of Morty Kraft. Written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield.

Fallin'

What if birds aren't just birds? The new Baffo d'Oro single takes an ironic and critical look at fake news and conspiracy theories, with a catchy late summer guitar riff and noisy guitars in the chorus.

Birds Aren't Real

In the Deep

MRS. HITT
In ancient times, when the race of giants still lived on earth, high in the mountains above the Inn River, where Innsbruck arose in the valley below, lived a proud, powerful giant queen, Mrs. Hitt, whose arrogance and hard-heartedness were feared by all her subjects. Magnificent forests, lush pastures and rolling fields filled the kingdom she ruled. Precious ores and precious stones lay openly in the mountains, and her wealth was limitless. A crystal castle that shone far down into the valley offered her a truly royal residence with its countless magnificent rooms. All around the castle stretched wonderful gardens in which bloomed the most beautiful roses that could ever be seen. Mrs. Hitt was so cold-hearted and lacking in virtue that the inhabitants of the valley conspired to put an end to the queen's cruelty once and for all with the help of a disastrous spell. Suddenly the sky darkened and a heavy storm approached with great speed. A huge earthquake shook the mountains and with a thunderous crash Mrs. Hitt's crystal palace collapsed into a shapeless heap of rubble. And then, as if hurled down from the sky, huge mudslides and rock avalanches roared down the mountainsides, sweeping away the forests, devouring the green pastures and the blooming gardens and turning the beautiful fields into a terrifying stone desert from which not a blade of grass could sprout. The kingdom of Mrs. Hitt was destroyed, but she herself was turned into a horrible rock figure, holding her petrified son in her arms. And so she must remain in eternal memory of her crime until the end of time.

Pic by NIgHtcAfE

THYRSCHENBLUT --- 5/6 --- PetriviedMountainQueen

Sergios - Drums
Giouli - Guitar
Christos - Vocals, Lyrics


"THOUGHTS"
Free in my mind and soul, earned through all my living,
Every sacred message, has a different meaning,
Have i ever thought, what it is just giving,
Every little soul, has a great beginning.
Take it all down fellow, to the point you deal,
Cards that never stop, our brains from what to feel,
Is it thought just travels, or our feelings throttle,
Maybe all together, make us live as a whole.
Fantasy created, fantasy itself,
Thought just gives a feeling, killing death on breath,
Combination ended, realistic zones,
We live through one message, passing through our bones.
Does this means we are bonded, taking down a trip,
Living as created, things don't ever flip,
Everything was always, as has always been,
Get the point geezer, get the light of sin.
My mind travels, my thought disappears,
I live in agony, my heart is full of tears,
My soul evaporates, as it lives in nowhere,
My brain dissolves, i can't believe i am lower.
Open now your eyes, the deal wants your heart,
Maybe what we are made of, is with our brains attached,
Let your soul come out, let your soul see,
Maybe soul and body, spirit and you' re free.
Live with spirit fellow, the light has been reborn,
Let your first thought travel, to your eternal soul,
Maybe what we are, is given all around,
Spin it in your heart, live a second round.
Lyrics by RAGIAS CHRISTOS
Enjoy the trip!!

THOUGHTS (Lyrics on Description)

What’s On in January 2025

This month we stopped by the Rising Sun Arts Centre to chat with Sid from Club Velocity about this year’s Independent Venue Week gigs, part of a national celebration of grassroots music venues, as well as his other shows coming up this month. Plus, our other highlights of the month – more gigs, New Year pantos and ways you can try something new for the New Year!

WHAT'S ON READING JAN 25

An epilogue to the human race. Why do we so firmly believe that our species will survive? Over 99% of species that roamed the earth in the course of the past 4 billion years have vanished again. We only know of them, when we examine the fossile record. So, chances are (unfortunately) very high, that also we will become extinct some time and our memories are only preserved in the depths of the earth. 
Also, the Fermi Paradox (see, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc) leaves us puzzled why we see no other forms of life in the universe. 
Let us not get extinct! (and, on a personal note, I think, the  travelling to Mars is not exactly the solution to ensure the survival of our species. Rather, it is, not ruining our wonderful home planet)
A lyrics version will come out soon.

Compositionwise, the piece is structured in four parts. 
Part 1, introduces the lamenting theme, first in a very basic relaxed fashion with slow accompaniment and then becoming a tad more agitated. The chromatically descending accompaniment underlines the mournful mood. The second half of the part starting @0:24 is a bit more consoling but keeps the overall spirit. The other three parts (starting @ 0:48, 1:31, 2:15) are variations of the main theme with the last part leading @2:40 into the end that leaves more questions than answers)

The VST piano used for this recording was the Nils Frahm Noire (not the felt version) which I slightly brightened up to have more of the singing overtones.

Fossiles in the Making (Piano Miniature)

Recorded live at Tad Studios, Oxfordshire. Written by Marc Challans. Performed by BarrelHaus.

Recorded and engineered by Umair Chaudhry. Mixed and mastered by Marc Challans

Blades of Glass (Live)

Alt-rock from Oxford, UK. Best played loud.

Blades of Glass (Live)

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