Just Techno 5

This is the second collaboration I’ve worked on with the very talented Mark Spruce (Original Spruce).  

This is a folk song exploring the boundaries between this world and the spiritual world and tells the tale of an encounter with a Robin in a churchyard. 

Lyrics by Mark Spruce
Music & performance by James Whiteman. 

Best with headphones. Hope you enjoy it. 

Take care

James 

Lyrics:

Sky light Grey 

I stood in the church yard
Cold winters day
My back to the beach tree
Sky light grey

On the branch above me
Cock robin perched 
He sang then stared intently 
I returned his gaze

He repeated his song
And looked again
I smiled and nodded
Like we were friends 

I turned so slowly
As he moved to another branch
Eyeball to eyeball 
Repeat performance 

We both stood still
Locked in our game
He moved on once more
To repeat his refrain

I turned one eighty
When he landed behind me
My smile got wider
My heart got lighter
Watching each other
I'm absorbing this experience 

Then he came closer
We had circled the tree
A mystical moment 
This bird and me

You said your father
Would return
In the spirit of a robin
Watching over us one day

As I stood in that churchyard
Lost in that moment
I felt your father 
Came back to say

I'm here, I'm still here
I will always be here


Mark Spruce copyright Feb 2024

Further info:
The first collaboration is on the Original Spruce site called ‘Old Brock’ (music and performance Mark Spruce: lyrics James Whiteman).

Sky Light Grey (Collaboration James Whiteman & Original Spruce)

My tribute to 50s Hollywood SF film music.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DXWVdhRgbE

Flying Soccer Invasion (video available)

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▶ https://chrisjuno.bandcamp.com/album/480bc

Nemean Lion - Το Λιοντάρι Της Νεμέας

First, there was amazing music made by STONERJAZZ. Then, I composed a poem and integrated it, surprising myself with having written the first 'love' poem in a long time - and to Snow White of all fairy-tale people! To highlight it all, TEXMEX SHAMAN made the music ring out even more beautifully. Eventually I created some artwork, inspired (by some reason I don't grasp myself at the moment) by those expensive vinyl imports from Japan. It might have to do with how much I value Jeff's and Stephen's guitar playing and creativity. It's a thrill ride to collab with those two experimental musicologists ;-)

STONERJAZZ: https://soundcloud.com/user-911083679
"Started as a kind of Raga--Jo created some lovely handmade words- and Stephen and his beautiful Duesenberg Guitar made some amazing droning magic to complete the vision--"

TEXMEX SHAMAN: https://soundcloud.com/texmex-shaman
"Always enjoy the opportunity to collaborate with Jeff and Jo. They are wizards with words and sorcerers with sound. Was happy to contribute a bit to this one."

Lyrics / copyright jo richter:

still wearing his headphones
in the mall's thermal flow
uranium bones
intercourse afterglow

she walks down the aisle
as light as a rainbow
sunlight on the Nile
et in arcadia ego

a bodice, a comb, eris' pear
black, red, white as snow
forces align, forces shear
a million mirrors in a row

she walks down the aisle
as light as a rainbow
sunlight on the Nile
et in arcadia ego

et in arcadia ego - with stonerjazz and texmex shaman

I made it with the image of being bathed in the sunlight on a summer day.🌻
The hot days continue, but be careful of heat stroke!🫗
thank you for listening！😊！

DAW: Cubase pro 13

Gentle summer sunshine

Baby I’m different, try me I’m dope. Ty.

Do_You_Think_Im_In_LOVE

Perpetual Afterbirth - Valmuefrø

O baby baby
Why U do that
we're no different...landin on the tarmac
born with the light of life
first thing U severed with that knife
cause...sure seems U don't respect me
just wanna affect me
keep me in peony
dragging buried chains
say I  gotta change my name
yea...that tree this bee
that crow this me
who are U to give to me
the labor and the task
wantin me to jump...cause U ask
O
I followed that chain digging into history
cause I was once free
and how I got here...is a mystery
til I look ur way...into inky eyes
full of misery...and I know
its useless to plead
a lesson in how to bleed
yea
cause it sure seems U don't love me
just wanna judge me
bust me
keepin me in peony
draggin buried chains
say I gotta keep this stain
yea that tree this bee
that crow this me
keepin me in peony
dragging buried chains
on my knees

That Tree This Bee

Giancarlo Di Chiara - The Stranger (Radio Edit)

Raw Energy

House & Techno lovers since the 90s, just to share good vibes 😉

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Ton'S aka Tonio