written & sung by gil chasin
arranged & produced by kid otari
flute & guitars by naldo
keyboards by guillaume pearson
Recorded on tape at the Laundry Room, Oakland California
8-channel 1/2" Otari MX5050

cover art by milt kobayashi

Now What RU Going 2 Do

Song composed during a Fredericton Arts Alliance Residency. Joint composition with Bryan McDaniel. Guitar Bryan McDaniel.

There is nothing wrong with you because you are different. Everyone is different.

We do not have to be homogeneous; we do not have to be the same. There is distance and difference between even the closest of human beings. We do not have to walk the same path to share the same vision: that all view points are valuable; except for hate, which is not a viewpoint at all but a dark glass some people see through… losing all clarity and beauty.

We do not need to stand above someone. We can stand side by side and not be in each other’s shade…so that we all receive the same amount of sunlight. 

Two great things we can do in life: Have the courage to be yourself, your unique self and embrace what is different about you; and the second thing is to embrace what is different about everyone else …what is their unique contribution to the world?  (And maybe doing the second will only come from doing the first. Maybe you can’t accept everyone else’s differences unless you accept your own). 

Every power struggle, abuse, and essentially all inequity in the world is related. We need to solve the inequities in our own lives in order to impact the world’s inequities and essentially set a good example so that others will follow, not you; but your behaviour, by making changes on their own.

Differences are very important. We need them to understand things…without differences we cannot compare, understand, and get perspective. We wouldn’t even have a concept of time without differences! Differences create understanding if we embrace them and only difference can create change and growth…the concepts of change and growth are also not possible without differences! 

The ironic thing is that humans sometimes think that rejecting differences and striving to be the same will create unity. But the opposite is true: only through accepting all our differences and celebrating them can we truly unite and move forward. 

Maria

Difference

Guitar: The Boilerman https://soundcloud.com/boilerman-615719656
Music, Lyrics, Vocal, Electric Piano, Bass, Drum Programming: Jan Schonander

Resung, remixed and remastered from almost four years ago.

This is a clash of psychology with science, and, well, early The Cure meets Bowie's Scary Monsters. It's easy to be close to somebody and still not be seen or heard no matter how loudly you speak. Mixed all this up with some actual invisibility science, so believe it or not, in terms not being seen this song stands on solid physics, until it doesn't....

BEND THE LIGHT

You see me
You look through me
You hear me
Can you hear me?

You’re blinded by your reflection
I’m invisible in the shadow of your glow

I absorb you
I deflect you
I’m a scientific wonder
My surface is cool
My paint is dark
A massive anomaly
A singularity
A Nobel prize in disguise
I’m in disguise

You’ve got the angle
You could be near or far
On any wavelength
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light

I wait for you
You walk by me
I’m a meta material
New spectrum
No infrared
I’m headed to the Blue Hall
A Nobel prize in disguise
I’m gonna be famous
I’m gonna be famous

You’ve got the angle
You could be near or far
On any wavelength
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light
You bend the light

You bend the light
But I’m gonna be famous
You bend the light
And I’m famous

Bend The Light

Bend The Light | The Boilerman 🎸

Saint Mark Passion - part 4, complete

When I sent Mike Fox the acoustic track never did I think in my wildest dreams that he would produce such a mix  of sounds.
The brief was a modern pop track in the realm of Louis Capaldi / Ed Sheeran that sort of thing.
And what I got was an amazing piece of nostalgia 70s Chic  v 80s club which I actually bloody loved.
Just shows that it’s best to trust the process and let these outstanding musicians/producers do their thing . 
It’s such fun collaborating with different people and listening to their different take on things.
Mike is an excellent songwriter himself and you can always pick the earworm in his work.
Big thanks to Mike he was a pleasure to work with and a real gentleman.
I hope you enjoy it guys as much as we did making it.


Give each other up 

V1 
Your love for me is out of practice 
We got somewhere lost in all the traffic 
Im getting prickly now in the hustle 
Im sorry if I ever caused you trouble 

Chorus  
We  can fail at what we hate 
And we can fail at what we love
But doesn’t mean we should give each other up


V2
Why don’t we never seem to make it to desert
Your the sweetest thing  i don’t deserve 
I always new how to make things better 
Now I’m just that storm in your weather 

Finish on a double Chorus

Give Each Other Up ~ Fox & Brownie

Can You Feel It? 

I FUCKING FEEL NOTHING

I'll Follow You Down

American Garage Rap 🇺🇸🎙️🥊 - remix of a rap I did to papa roach last resort

Fight

the latest song in fashion, underwear, no one can live with or without them, or was it something else I would write to explain the oddities of the world.

It's but a joke, nothing serious at all.

Underwear

un nouveau mix pour cette song de 2022
 PAROLES
Tombées du ciel
 Ces gouttes d’eau
Aux assoiffés
 De nos déserts

Tombés du ciel
 Les anges en pleurs
Ailes du désir
 De Wim Wenders
Tombée du ciel
 La basse en pleurs
 De Paul Chambers

Tombé du ciel
 Ce vieux rafiot
Pour naufragés
Perdus en mer

Tombés du ciel
 Que l’jazz inspire
La basse en pleurs
Ailes du désir
 Les anges en pleurs
De Wim Wenders

Tombé du ciel
Cet amour fou
L’inespéré
Par-dessus tout

Tombés du ciel
 Que l’jazz aspire
Les anges en pleurs
 De Wim Wenders
 L’ode à Lucille
 La basse en pleurs
 De Paul Chambers

Tombée du ciel
Comète fragile
Cette étincelle
Entre tes cils
______________________________________________________________
Fallen from the sky
 These drops of water
To the thirsty
 Of our deserts

Fallen from the sky
 Weeping angels
Wings of Desire
 Of Wim Wenders
Fall from the sky
 The bass in tears
 Of Paul Chambers

Fallen from the sky
 This old boat
For shipwrecked people
Lost on the sea

Fallen from the sky
 May jazz inspire
The bass in tears
Wings of Desire
 Weeping angels
Of Wim Wenders

Fallen from the sky
This mad love
The unexpected
Above all

Fallen from the sky
 That jazz aspires to
Weeping angels
 Of Wim Wenders
 The ode to Lucille
 The bass in tears
 Of Paul Chambers

Fall from the sky
Fragile comet
This spark
Between your eyelashes
 






 







tombé du ciel (new mix)

breakfast in a chokehold

11. TOOMAI OF THE ELEPHANTS

Thanks for visiting. This is a retro eclectic music mix with looming influences from among others Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Lou Reed & Jon Lord. Mostly I write about the human condition.

I am always looking for a guitar player that wants to collaborate. Would be fun to find a real drummer also.

A Gat is a cat in Catalan - it all makes sense if you’re me. The (s) stands for many collaborators.

I encourage everybody on SC to listen more and be less transactional.

Bend The Light | The Boilerman 🎸

TheGat(s)