The next track in our collaboration...

OKTOPIA Presents: Return & Goodbye

Beats, Synths & Samples: Dan C E Kresi
Lead Guitars: The Shire Bairn Project
Produced by Dan C E Kresi

More from Dan here:

on.soundcloud.com/7OQeMYQ0zsp4dsjsdv

Return & Goodbye

Track #04 of my third album 'Down the Rabbit Hole'. open.spotify.com/album/4Iq21rBQvgXesED9Hv8GEc

Selenophilia (sel-en-o-phi-lia) - a lover of the moon. 
The longing to bath in the warm light of dusk, to float in the cool night air, the freedom of the liberated soul.

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LYRICS:

Dreams come alive
Cause the days are gone

Bathed in blue light
My skin’s ghostly and pale 				
Solitary peace in			
Quiet loneliness

When the outside
Stops for a while

Dreams are alive
Cause they’re all you have

Through grey mists 
Fleeting and thin
A frozen lake of
Iridescent memories 

Hibernating		
Patiently

From the dark
I watch the sky turn to dusk
Once again
Longing to find

The soft yellow light
In between day and night
Mystery place		
In the fabric of space

Often obscured
But never totally gone
Dizzying heights
Free and wild

The endless sigh
A warming comforting breeze
Carry me wide
To never come home

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Selenophilia

04 Selenophilia

Greetings Amigos! Finally back with a new one.
132 Bpm. Big energy & uplifting vibes on this.
Much more in the pot. Coming real soon.
Appreciate you listening, Feedback etc.
Big love. Uploaded on 30/05/2025.

Enjoy the process

I did not use AI support at any stage in the creation of this piece.

When I started composing this piece in December, after buying Spitfire Originals Intimate Strings on sale, I had these thoughts: If this is what the future is going to look like, I didn't sign up for it. Although in my youth I read and watched a lot of SF films presenting both utopia and dystopia, I always preferred the bright future. However, what I see on TV, on YouTube and outside my window is starting to resemble the latter...

Despite this, I hope you like the piece at least a little bit

To make this track I used:
Ableton Live 11 Standard
Spitfire Originals Intimate Strings
Spitfire Originals Cinematic Percussion
Spitfire BBC SO Discover (free)
Soundpaint 1928 Vintage Steinway Grand Piano (free)
Arturia Augmented Voices
Arturia Augmented Mallets Play (free)
Strezov Sampling Afflatus Minimalist Violins Legato Freebie (free for Kontakt Player)

Beside plug-ins I used 3 samples:
Two from BBC Sample Library:
- Rioting - Riot in Belfast - with breaking glass, rubber bullets, distant cries and chants
- Chatter - Club atmosphere, busy mixed chatter at mealtime (mid-distance) - 1981 (1C25,reprocessed)
and from Freesample.org
Real War - Marines in Firefight Gunbattle (Raw audio) by qubodup

Picture in cover: Freepik

Future Perfect?

Very Cool Backing Track provided by Toney Wright ==> https://soundcloud.com/toney-wright Thank you, Toney!  Hope you like the song!  

IT’S US OR THEM
No golden rule
Do they play by
The coders are their fools
Super Smart AI
Takin’ over lives
By takin’ over livelihoods
Time is of the essence
For bad or good

CHORUS
It’s us or them
Us or them
It’s us or them
Robots or men

It’s us or them
Us or them
It’s us or them
Us or them
It’s us or them
Us or them
Robots OR Men.

Washington to Beijing
The race has begun
Whoever wins the war
Will be the golden one
Cheaper, better, faster
The name of the game
Should humans survive
This world won’t be the same

CHORUS
It’s us or them
Us or them
It’s us or them
Robots or men

From the plumber to the lawyer
Most jobs will end, oh and
Universal Basic Income
Will not be your friend, no-no
‘Cuz when it comes from the government
They expect a return
Your beloved flag
They are willing to burn, yeah

TAG
It’s us or them
Us or them
It’s us or them
Us or them
It’s us or them
Us or them
Oh, it’s us or them:
Robots OR Men.

© 2025 Renee La Chapelle – All Rights Reserved

IT’S US OR THEM

Hi friends i want to say have a nice time! I'm on holidays for 3 weeks now in Austria! So no new stuff from me for this time...I try to catch up your works from there. The new page 21 will be born when i come back from the mountains...

FAREWELL FOR A SHORT TIME excerpt

Under A Full Moon (🐺1989).wav

This is the first in a series of eight easy, acoustic, rather short and inconclusive tracks, which I’ve assembled by working on new and reworking on some old material adding parts and sounds. 
Will anything actually happen in the end? Unlikely. Definitely not here. Here it’s a montage of bare arpeggios in various keys.
I recorded this some weeks ago: sorry about the guitar sound, the string squeak is a bit too much; now, I hope to have fixed that investing in a better and more expensive set of strings.

Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-2-dawn
Part 3 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-3-noon
Part 4 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-4-late-afternoon

Composed by Michele Ansani (2025).
Female vocals are courtesy by Edm - Silk Vocal Samples.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, July 15.

In case nothing happens - part 1 (night)*

I Must Return

Proud to announce my first collaboration with folk string artist extraordinaire Don Jennings.  Don establishes the feel of the song with his strong rhythm strumming--almost the feel of a Celtic stomp, trying to get the mud off one's boots, but allows me plenty of space for my Requinto guitar that sounds a little like a mandolin in the center-left channel.  It is fun music, at least until you have to get the mud off your own boots;)  Hear more of Don's truly fine acoustic artistry @https://soundcloud.com/user-399104119

The Muddy March (Don Jennings; acoustic guitar, David; Requinto guitar)

Cocaine Sunday 140bpm d major

A guy, some guitars and a laptop. Also one half of OKTOPIA.
Always happy to collaborate! just drop me a message or email me

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