Fall 2024

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December Friends

Tricky Cat Records

Murasakino-me

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performed by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved

Pass Me Down Three

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2004 All Rights Reserved

Lyrics:
Well her name is Katie Blue
That girl will sure put a spell on you
No matter where you go or what you do
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue

When she turns and looks at you
Your heart’s gonna melt in two
And you’ll feel this way too
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue

Long ago
Not so Long ago
You thought you always
Be alone

Well her name is Katie Blue
That girl will sure put a spell on you
You’ll see that it’s true
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue

Yeah you’ll feel this way too
All you’ll think about is Katie Blue


Katie Blue

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance and production by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved

Tuning: Open D

Lyrics:
Ten miles into the woods
Three hundred miles out
Everything changing	
And I’ve been cut out

I’ve got you
I’ve got you
I know you won’t let me down

The words that they’ve chosen  
Cut like a knife
It's no way to live now 
It's no kind of life

But You’ve got me
You’ve got me
You know I won’t let you down

Harmonica break

They’ve chosen their cages 
They’ll never be free
A prison of mirrors
Yet they’ll never see

I’ve got you
You’ve got me
And now it’s time for us to break free
Yes now it’s time for us to break free

Break

Words and music written by Bartley Charles Mastin
Performance by Bartley Charles Mastin
Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved

Lyrics:
She said no no no
When we reached they winding road
So I tipped my hat goodbye
Underneath a big blue cotton sky

Oh me 
What a world now
Oh my 
How things have changed
Go ahead on then 
Won’t you please just met me be
Cause I got nothing let for you to take

The spring has come and gone
And fall will soon be here 
The leaves are showin’ change
And your cool breeze makes it clear

Oh me 
What a world now
Oh my 
How things have changed
Go ahead on then 
Won’t you please just met me be
Cause I got nothing let for you to take

Bridge:
Down we go
Round we go
Never know 
No you never know


What A World

Original Composition / Production : Eli Churnega / Chris Dargay

Out of Time

This piece evokes a sensation of deep nostalgia and timeless beauty. Listening to Carnival Serenade, one feels transported to a distant era, immersed in a culture rich in history and tradition.

The melody, with its refined ornamentation and expressive phrasing, seems to tell a story of love and longing, with a tone of sweet melancholy. The intricate embellishments and dynamic fluctuations create a sense of movement and life, as if the music were breathing and moving gracefully.

The interplay between melody and harmonic accompaniment gives the piece emotional complexity, suggesting intertwined feelings of joy and sadness, a sense of intimate connection with the past, a mix of sweetness and melancholy that invites contemplative listening and reflection. The music seems to touch deep chords of the soul, offering an experience that is both emotional and aesthetic.

Carnival Serenade - Francesco Adornetto

"Halo Bias" is a solo piano piece that captures the mysterious and intricate nature of cosmic phenomena. The composition opens with a soft, resonant motif, evoking the vastness of space and the subtle beauty of dark matter halos. The initial theme is ethereal and contemplative, inviting the listener into a realm of quiet wonder.

As the piece unfolds, it introduces more complex harmonies and rhythmic patterns, mimicking the gravitational clustering and the dynamic interplay of celestial bodies. The music crescendos and decrescendos, creating waves of tension and release, much like the ebb and flow of cosmic structures forming and evolving.

The middle section features a series of cascading arpeggios, symbolizing the intricate dance of galaxies within dark matter halos. These arpeggios are both delicate and powerful, highlighting the contrast between the immense scale of the universe and the fine details of its underlying patterns.

Towards the end, the piece returns to its initial motif, but with a richer and fuller texture, reflecting the growth and complexity of the structures over time. The final notes fade gently, leaving a lingering sense of awe and curiosity about the vast cosmos. "Halo Bias" is a musical journey through the cosmos, blending scientific inspiration with artistic expression to create a deeply moving and contemplative experience.

Halo Bias - Francesco Adornetto

Harmony of Love unfolds as a delicate solo felt piano piece, embodying the quiet depth of an intimate connection. The notes, soft and resonant, intertwine like a deep, sincere whisper. The music evokes an indissoluble bond, forged from a shared essence without boundaries. Each chord flows like gentle rain, carrying the tenderness of kisses and the vastness of embraces like oceans. It’s as if love itself becomes tangible—a gift of one soul to another, inseparable and eternal. Composed by Francesco Adornetto and performed and adapted for piano by Roberto Guerra, this felt version adds an intimate and enveloping touch to the melody, transforming it into a moment of pure harmony.

Harmony Of Love

Harmony Of Love (Francesco Adornetto & Roberto Guerra

||| Lost in Translation |||
From the album White Noise 
+ Releases 15 October 2025 on all major streaming platforms +
An experimental soundtrack, combining dark ambience and noise with amped up synth bass and downtempo beats...


Available for download here 💿
https://scratchkelly.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-translation

Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGOb4uzAv90

White Noise

Lost In Translation

Download

une nouvelle version de ce trip hop que j'avais composé en 2022
 PAROLES
Tu restes
 Comme une parole interrompue
 
 A des années lumières
 Comme un cœur en hiver

A des années lumières
 Rien n’efface ton ombre
 Dans l’oubli rien n’est sombre
 Du joli nom d’amante
Ni le thé à la menthe
 Ni les lèvres mi-closes
 Ni le vase ni la rose
Ni la beauté du chant
 Ni le désenchantement

C’est comme si c’était hier
 Hier
 A des années-lumière

A des années-lumière
 Comme un oiseau qui chante
 Le cœur dans la tourmente
 Et moi qui m’impatiente
 Comme si c’était hier
 Hier

A des années-lumière
 D’étoiles la poussière
 Dans les grands yeux gris-verts
 Des enfants de la terre

Et nos mains sur la table
 Jouent au marchand de sable

 Tu restes
 Comme une parole interrompue
Comme les voix qui se sont tues

Dans l’oubli rien ne sombre
 Dans les années-lumière
Rien n’efface ton ombre
 Pour un cœur en hiver
 C’est comme si c’était…
 Hier
_______________________________________________________________
You stay
 Like an interrupted word

 Light years away
 Like an heart in winter

Light years away
 Nothing erases your shadow
 In oblivion nothing is dark
 The pretty name of a lover
Nor mint tea
 Nor half-closed lips
 Neither the vase nor the rose
Nor the beauty of singing
 Nor disenchantment

It's like it was yesterday
 Yesterday
 Light years away

Light years away
 Like a singing bird
 The heart in turmoil
 And I who get impatient
 As if it were yesterday
 Yesterday

Light years away
 From stars to dust
 In the big gray-green eyes
 Children of the Earth

And our hands on the table
 Play Sandman

 You stay
 Like an interrupted word
Like the voices that fell silent

In oblivion nothing sinks
 In the light years
Nothing erases your shadow
 For a heart in winter
 It's like it's...
 Yesterday

À Des Années - Lumière

Ah, the people we meet, and cross paths with, in this life…. So many experiences. How do we respond, especially if life clashes with these chance meetings? And what becomes of it? Once when looking for a place to rent, (25 years ago) I stopped to talk with an old man sitting on a bench. He had so much to say. My partner slowly became furious with me for taking the time to talk with him. We don’t have to wonder how that relationship went. In other words, this song is not about her…. Hee-hee. Or the old man for that matter. However, there are moments when paths cross, sometimes coming from very different trajectories and all of a sudden something wonderful happens in that moment. Gather, you might have experienced that too. This song is about a brief encounter with a kindred spirit, where our life trajectories did not change: A moment in passing. The song also contains some socially relevant thoughts/ lyrics about the world and my experience of it. Thoughts are thoughts though, and I find the more flexibly malleable I am with them, especially when it comes to the relative truths they may, or may not contain, the freer I am. Seems the more I attach to thoughts and refuse to change, the worse off it seems to get… But that’s just me. Hope you enjoy the song, Mark

Lammbone's Album

Moment In Passing

/больно махать с пирона вслед/
drawn people wave to us
from the compartments - carriages

it's time for them

they draw promises - to come back..
and that they already miss you
that they are so sorry..

and on the glass of the heart
they write..
with paper with tears in their eyes

and then erase..

cold or sadness on their faces?

and it seems that they are yearning and suffering
but the train has started moving
and they forget..

drawn people wave to us
from the compartments - carriages

where?
where -
they will go now
so that our love does not burn out..

it doesn't matter to them -
where to draw feelings..
and then erase everything..
erase..

and forget...



нам машут нарисованные люди 
из купе - вагонов

им ехать надо

они рисуют обещания - вернуться ..
и что уже скучают
что им так жаль..

и на стекле сердцА 
выводят ..
с бумажными слезами на глазах

а потом стирают ..

на лицах их простуда или грусть

и будто бы тоскуют и страдают
но поезд тронулся
и забывают..

нам машут нарисованные люди
из купе - вагонов

куда 
куда
они теперь поедут
чтобы любовью нашей не сгореть

не важно

им - где чувства рисовать ..
и всё стирать
стирать

и забывать ...

trains.

Cast of Characters:

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass
Mysterious Decibel-- @themysteriousdecibel  --MD—effected vocals
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, trippy synth
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric guitar, production, mix, and mastering
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and seed idea 
Composition – The Eclectic Collective

This song began about half a year ago, as part of a three song set that Ken started with some really cool beats. Josh was first to the trough for here, laying in his fretless bass groove to complete the foundation and give it some tonal direction. Stephen came next and laid in the really trippy textural guitar that you hear throughout. JJ was next with his serious, no joke organ playing, which sets the mood for the whole thing. Last, but not least, Tez joined by adding some really cool accent guitar throughout.
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer, so we tapped Stephen to do the honors on this.
  We had originally made this and the other two song with the intention of having The Mysterious Decibel and his friend Modes About Me sing on them. However, life got in the way, so we sat on them. Finally, MD let us know that he wasn't able to complete the project with us, much to everyone's, including his, disappointment. However, MD did lay down a rough vocal demo for us, which Stephen very ably processed to sound almost like another instrument in there. So, we're releasing this song as a tribute to them both, with gratitude, especially to MD for all the great work he's put in with us. If you're not familiar with either of them, do yourself a favor and check them out. Modes about me is at  @modesaboutme and the link to The Mysterious Decibel can be found in the link in the cast of characters above. 
  This is an example of what it sounds like when the whole band composes a song together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Mysterious Modes (Eclectic Collective)

Curiosity Killed the Shame

Verse 1:

Princess Murasaki, she prayed for a special gift,
Devotion has its limits, now prepare for a seismic shift.

Chorus 1:

Hase-hime, a gift so true, but she don't know how to look at you,
She's on her own, the men move in, the cheats' and the liars' every sin.

Verse 2:

Jealousy's a mistress, she takes you to a darkened place,
Hatred leads to obsession, obsession steals your grace.

Chorus 2:

Hase-hime, a girl so true, angelic koto just for the few,
Danger surrounds, it's hard to tell, the House of Hase so easy to fell.

Verse 3:

Banished from her Kingdom, threatened, hurt and far away,
No one comes to see her, until that fateful day.

Chorus 3:

Hase-hime, the years have been kind, your beauty shows that good is defined,
Knock on the door, don't open wide, it's your past that's coming cos hope has died.

Middle 8:

Instrumental.

Coda:

Hase-hime, the beautiful orphan,
Hase-hime, goodness kills evil,
Hase-hime, where's the happy ending?
Hase-hime, a gift so very true.

Hase-hime (Princess Hase)

juste un tour

Comme vous

Comme Vous  - STYC x MAZ

Verse 1:

I know that the mirror will make you shine,
Looking back to a happier time.
Matsuyama gave us the greatest gift,
But my crushing depression ain't gonna shift.

Chorus 1:

Instrumental

Verse 2:

Reflected stranger looking back at me,
I know I should love her but I cannot see.
Stashed away, put it out of sight right now,
Never gonna look cos I don't know how.

Chorus 2:

Instrumental

Middle 16:

Instrumental

Coda:

Tokyo, a mythical place,
A City of the Free, the Feast of the Dead.

The Mirror of Matsuyama

I held the hope
Of a future bright
Now I cannot cope
Now I’m out of sight
Now you don’t need me anymore 

I gave my best
I thought love was true
You say you need a rest 
And I’m no good for you
Now you don’t need me anymore 

Yesterday my heart was alive
Tomorrow I can’t reach
Don’t know how to survive 

You made me whole
Yeah you made it right
Now you’ve stole my soul 
Now I’m out of sight
Now you don’t need me anymore 

Yesterday my heart was alive
Tomorrow I can’t reach
Don’t know how to survive
My heart was alive

Now You Don't Need Me

This song I wrote back in 2022 and I wrote it while depressed about Covid but it seems to fit right in with the present! It's basically about the anxiety one feels when life suffocates you in any way. It seems everything has gone haywire lately! Grocery prices, the rent is too damn high, our government has gone berserk, A.I. taking over our music and our minds, on and on and on and on! The song was longer but I edited down for the video which just droped on YouTube! It's a very depressing song but I think I played some cool guitar on it and sang it ok! The tail end of the song is another song I wrote around the same time called "Sick Inside", I added it to the track to play over the credits in the video, and by the way, I am feeling quite sick inside! Stay cool everybody! Maybe it will pass?🙏😎✌🏼

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/OiYdwdCDixg

“SUFFOCATE”

I SUFFOCATE,
I’M OVERCOME,
I LOSE ALL SENSE OF BEING,  
AND BECOME UNDONE,                

I GET DEPRESSED,
BECOME UNHINGED, 
MY DREAMS ARE ALL OF SEARCHING, 
THE OUTER FRINGE,
I SUFFOCATE, 

I COMPENSATE,
I DECOMPRESS, 
I SINK TO THE BOTTOM,
OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS, 
  
I EMPATHIZE,
I TRY TO TUNE,       
BUT SOMETIMES I LOSE FOCUS,
AS IF I'M ON THE MOON,    
I SUFFOCATE, 
I SUFFOCATE.  
              
BY JIM VALDES © 2022

"SUFFOCATE" (Video - https://youtu.be/OiYdwdCDixg)

SAT  (South African Trilogy)

Drakensberg

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU3VVbP1mmc
Smart Link: https://cygnusmusic.link/nmkvxzb

Take Me Baby

Mzade - Take Me Baby

There were endless lights flickering and flashing. The machines chirped and whizzed with urgent purpose. He was sat there, watching and observing it all with a concentration and focus like no other. Some might call him a control freak, yet he knew what every illuminated bulb or glitch meant as everything kicked into life with delicate precision.

Locked away, he was the commander of it all, the machinery at his mercy.

Outside the fog hung thickly, the darkness smothered it all as the grid came tumbling down.

Chaos would follow.

Ams releases a killer new EP made up of classy house music and elegant rhythms on Friendsome Records. A progressive affair with club ready energy.

PREMIERE: Ams - Control Freak [Friendsome Records]

Pushing the boundaries of garage and house music, burgeoning electronic artist ROKAR delivers the Renegade EP to REALM. 

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ROKAR - Out Of This World

ENTER THE DRAGON freestyle (prod. X Elijah Yates)

Cast of characters:

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – Warwick four-string fretless bass, Roland Phantom 6 synth, vocals, lyrics, arrangement, composition

J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ--  Yamaha Genos 2 and Yamaha MoXF8 
synth, organ, electric piano, and vocal harmonies

Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark – clavinet    
 
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaser through a VST synth FX device

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen–  Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, Fender Acoustasonic acoustic guitar, Gibson Earl Scruggs Mastertone banjo, mix, production, and mastering

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion

This song started when as a vague idea Josh came up with while listening to Lionel Richie's All Night Long followed by Michael McDonald's song Sweet Freedom. He wanted to create a song that uses that same basic structure because those are both perfect pop songs in his opinion. He came up with a rough structure on his bass and piano before enlisting the help of his team of musical superheroes. 

  Ken was first up to bat, adding his magical drums and helping Josh find a groove on his bass. Ken later added the hand percussion that adds a spicy drive to the song, too. Next up was Mark, who added the funky clavinet throughout. Stephen threw down after Ken, adding some foundational guitar to the stew. He also added the awesome banjo you hear trickling throughout. Very shortly after, Tez came through with the trippy guitar solo at the end. JJ followed with the breathy organ that lifts the whole thing aloft.

  Now that we had a solid foundation to work with, Josh added the synth "horn" part in the middle, as well as the vocals, including the third harmony part in the choruses. JJ added the fifth harmony part in the choruses soon after. He also added the synth hooks throughout and synth solo at the end. Not stopping there, he also added the electric piano intro, with Ken's drums, and Stephen, who added the electric guitar in that part, as well.

  Now that the whole thing was in the can, it was time for a mix. One of our resident production experts, Stephen, did the honors, as well as the mastering. 

  This is an example of everyone in the Eclectic Collective adding just the right puzzle piece to form the bigger picture. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it. 

Original lyrics by Josh Clary:

Got a little baggie
Got a tank of gas
Now what I need from you 
Is to light a fire under my ass

Let’s put down our phones
And turn up the tunes
By now you know there’s nothing 
That we can’t get up to

Wherever we go 
That’s where I want to be
Just as long as 
I know I have
You there with me
Because
I’m down for anything x2
And you know that’s true
You know that’s true

Whatever you wanna do
Whatever we get up to 
I’m down for anything
Anything

With you I love to eat
But I never want to sleep
Because I don’t want to miss out 
On spending any time with you

When I hear you laugh
Or get excited with a gasp
You make my heart feel like
I just ran a lap

Let go on a run 
Or figure out some fun
Or jump in the car and drive to where 
The ocean meets the sun

Chorus repeats/Chorus reprise

When you hit me with those eyes
You know you hypnotize me
And just when I think you won’t 
You can still surprise me 

We’ve done it all before
Now let’s go do it all some more
Every day is a reward 
When I feel like I just scored

Down for Anything - (Eclectic Collective)

This track is from 2018...

All the graves are in the backyard
And people move on there’s no doubt
Now I see the changing of the guard
Separate pathways a different route

No need to wave flags in the air
The stars won’t see them anyway
I sometimes just look up and stare
Still the same sky different day

And it's full speed into the light years
Shift through all the tired dreams
There’s a new moon on the mountain
If I can fly this old machine

Take a bus to New York City 
And see your face in every mile
This old Trailways is a pity
It can run but it can’t fly

And it's full speed into the light years
Shift through all the tired dreams
There’s a new moon on the mountain
If I can fly this old machine

Light Years

Another old song just remixed, with vocal work and the addition of electronic strings.

ENG / ITA Lyrics

Go that way
and then further that way
maybe you'll see each other again
if the time comes
for the usual formalities

leave him in these dark avenues
don't let him have an extra drop
dirty water stagnates
in pure brains

Just go over there
in that direction
get as far away as you can
from his words
and while you run and distract yourself a little
you meet the right man down the street
in a moment his heart catches fire
and you start to feel nostalgic


vai pure di là
e dopo oltre di là
vi rivedrete forse
se verrà il momento
per le solite formalità

lascialo pure in questi viali scuri
non concedergli una goccia in più
ristagna l'acqua sporca
nei cervelli puri

vai pure di là
in quella direzione
allontanati più che puoi
dalle sue parole
e mentre corri e ti distrai un poco
incontri l'uomo giusto proprio nella via
in un momento il suo cuore prende fuoco
e tu cominci ad avere nostalgia

------

Music and lyrics by Michele Ansani (1984).
This version is recorded in 2015 and remixed on 2024, December 6-8.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, December 8.

Separazione (The Detachment) *

A re mix of an old recording... I felt it had a 70's sound and doubt it's ever gonna go much more than this so... enjoy a bit of 70's

Now You Don't Need Me

The Corking Crack Band