All music written by Felix Machtelinckx
https://felixmachtelinckx.bandcamp.com/album/night-scenes

Omg we cruel

All music written by Tin Fingers
Feat. Fenne Kuppens
Produced by Felix Machtelinckx
Mixed and mastered by D. James Goodwin

Official video: https://youtu.be/HgB3nVhNThw


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Lyrics

You hear the drums beat low in the valley
You saw a shadow on the hill of a friend
Grass stains on your knees
A fire of red leaves
Up here you have no walls
But dirt on your feet

In your head it goes like this
nana nana 

I’m not leaving you 
cause you’re an island without a door
You’re not ready
You’re not begging 
But i’m gonna make it work
You’re gonna live, babe
Don’t just sit here
The islands in your head
You’re gonna live babe
I'll sit besides you
On rocky mountains head
Island Island head
Islands in your head                
Island island 
Island island head

You’ve seen sorrow like a nail                
But the hills they know you're sane
You put a spoke in a wheel
To not burn your heels
You’re not from this world
But you feel it spin 

I’m not leaving you 
cause you’re an island without a door
You’re not ready
You’re not begging 
But i’m gonna make it work
You’re gonna live, babe
Don’t just sit here
The islands in your head
You’re gonna live babe
I'll sit besides you
On rocky mountains head
Island Island head
Islands in your head                
Island island 
Island island head

If you don't wanna tell me everything you've been through
Don't worry your hell can't touch me, love
In your head it goes nana nana nana nana

I’m not leaving you 
cause you’re an island without a door
You’re not ready
You’re not begging 
But i’m gonna make it work
You’re gonna live, babe
Don’t just sit here
The islands in your head
You’re gonna live babe
I'll sit besides you
On rocky mountains head
Island Island head
Islands in your head                
Island island 
Island island head

Lyrics by Felix Machtelinckx

Islandhead - Acoustic Version

https://felixmachtelinckx.bandcamp.com/album/night-scenes

Omg we cruel (broken & backwards edit)

https://felixmachtelinckx.bandcamp.com/album/night-scenes

Night Scenes, Felix’s solo debut is, in contrast to his other work, more humble and less traditional, roughly hewn from a series of ambient soundscapes, earthy textures and playful structures. Felix’s voice, normally the flagship of his music, becomes more of a distant memory, an indistinct emotion feathered throughout the music. Many lyrics are improvised, sometimes unintelligible, conjuring haunted, uncertain undertones.

Similarly, the album is innately peripatetic to the core, being created, written and recorded in Lithuania, Belgium, France, mastered in the US, and finally released in the UK. In the first instance, some of the tracks were created for the contemporary dance piece Doggy Rugburn by Brandon Lagaert of Kaiho and Peeping Tom; others were created enigmatically for a film that never surfaced; while the remainder are the product of more personal work and research. 

As Felix began to collect and review these disparate parts, the concept of a unified album began to evolve. With 'night' featuring as a suitably dark leitmotif, or backdrop to a series of emotionally fraught 'scenes', each track depicts a form of trauma, locked within the confines of the mind. Felix observes:

"Imagine yourself in a dusty old room unable to sleep. Emotions, fears and other demons haunt your mind. This in-between state makes your mind reach for other worlds. This is Night Scenes."

For the most part, Night Scenes was created using a variety of old, and rare, analogue equipment. With almost no digital editing, the record was primarily mixed through a vintage cassette desk, giving it a nostalgic character with a noisy undertone. Felix fully embraced the synergy of his emotional themes and retrograde gear, enthusing:

"A lot of textures were created on an old Soviet synthesizer that causes a blackout when you hit the lowest note on the keyboard. The dysfunctionality of the synths was often used to create rhythm and texture."

This unnerving ability Night Scenes has to comfort and confound the listener is summed up by Jordan Hudson, House Of Media producer, and music podcaster, when he concludes:

"Some songs on the album have this sort of fleeting comfort and tonality, which dissolves into a subtle rhythmic/structural or modulated disarray the moment I settle into them - this really fits with my experience of the night .. This record is a winner, and will be something I'll listen to a lot from here on."
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Equipment list:
Oberheim matrix 1000, Formanta EMS-01, Waldorf Blofeld, Korg Poly 800, Simmons SDS-800, Marantz CP 430, Scott A436, Tascam Midistudio, DDA D Series, Yamaha P210, IGS Tubecore   
credits
releases February 16, 2024

All music written and produced by Felix Machtelinckx.
Songs ‘Make Me Sad’, ‘Love Made Me B*tter’, ‘Fireon’ and ‘Hypnose’ were originally written for the dance piece ‘Doggy Rugburn’ by Brandon Lagaert.

Mixed by Felix Machtelinckx
Mastered by D. James Goodwin, at The Isokon.

Artwork "I Am Forgettable" by Michel Vaerewijck
In-camera positive silver-cellulose on metal - 23x19 cm
Model on picture is Doriane Dubost Dessertine
michelvaerewijck.com

Artwork design by Benoit Vangeel

For my darlings Z.M. & J.M.
Thank you D. for the guidance, support and infinite love.
Thank you Brandon for the help in the process and Aura Dance Theatre for hosting and premiering Doggy Rugburn.

This music was written and recorded in Lithuania, Belgium, France and released in the UK. This music does not have a nationality and was just created for the beauty of it. This record stands for peace, love and tolerance.

www.felixmachtelinckx.be

Night Scenes - Album Preview

'Opera' out 11 Feb. 2019.

Arranged/Mixed/Mastered by https://soundcloud.com/deejaycharme
Graphic design by Steffen Hotel 
(http://steffenhotel.de/)

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DJ Charme - Naïade

Fomo for Kids

My 11 years old me singing a slightly nervous version of a Christmas song by my Great-Grandfather Lodewijk De Vocht. Recorded in 2002.

Merry Christmas!

Kommerlijk Kindeke (2002)

little lullaby recorded on a old scott A436 while waiting for our son to be born. picture taken when dodo was pregnant for 3 months. 
free to download
enjoy x
lyrics

little cuts

like harbours for sailor man 
like shoelace for tailor man
rollerskates on a sunny bent
hold you till I’m gone

like hands full of little cuts 
like stamps from grandpa’s hut 
mother weeps with a smile
hold you till your strong 

like fireworks after a day of work
like new shoes full of dirt 
someone’s down and someone dull 
someone’s crown and someone’s null

not at all not at all
not at all not at all
no ones right 
i’m always wrong
sing it soft and sign it wrong

not at all not at all
not at all not at all
no ones right 
i’m always wrong
sing it soft and sign it wrong

Islandhead - Acoustic Version

Tin Fingers

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