City In The Rain

The Gilded Edge

Gwyndeline

To give the days some purpose, me, Austin Basham, Jack In Water, Alex Kozobolis and Lila Tristram set ourselves a weekly isolation challenge to each create a piece of music using the same stems as a starting off point. It’s been a great way to stay productive & creative.

We're calling this Isolation for Beginners.

This week's stems to choose from consisted of a phone recording of Lila playing piano late one night at The Green Note, audio from a government news briefing on the virus, and a John Renbourn song that most of us didn't use.

My track also features a section from the acapella of Let's Get It On which, if you've never listened to the main vocal alone, is beyond any vocal performance I've ever heard, and bits from this ASMR reading of Romeo and Juliet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmsMbXAoN9w

Listen this week: https://soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-2
Listen to Week One: https://soundcloud.com/isolationforbeginners/sets/isolation-for-beginners-week-1

For Verona (Waltz) by The Last Dinosaur

I wanna take the cloud off
but it's everywhere
informs the things that I do
til I don't really care
I'm sorry that I need you here; I thought we all needed someone to care
I'm sorry that I need you here; I thought we all needed someone somewhere

more that I listen to myself
more bored I become
so on the fence for someone
who hoards Opinion
It's in the air, it's in my eyes, I'm getting there but it takes time
every time, every time

I wanna give my heart out
but I can't make a sound
I hear it knock on my door,
comes to take me out
how can I see its edges from the edges where it leads me on
til the colour is gone

You've got a real nice smile there
a moment of light
can I embrace the cold air
can I be alright,
be alright

Cloud

A heady post rock rush of distorted guitar, tremolo organ and galaxies exploding.

Rush

Nocturne

Leading a  ghost mariachi band through a city on fire.

The Gilded Edge

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