How debris can turn in to beauty  Wonderful to work with @xitb on this floating ambient piece. 
Flotsam  is described as debis in the water floating, we wanted to take that debris and turn it into peace
Russell and I kindly thank all that listens we hope you enjoy the ride Cheers G & R

Flotsam Jetsum Gina & Xitb

Goombah Jam

Big Missing (...sometimes I feel like this...)

Ťravel Țħrougħ

K2 and the Three: Drums & Bass
@k2andthe3 | @k2-kara

TexMex Shaman: Guitar
@texmex-shaman

Cosmic Keanu: Vocals, Keyboards, Mix & Art
@cosmic_keanu

This is a newly mastered version from Chris with new vocals!

Don't You Forget About Me (Simple Minds Cover) K2 & the Three, TexMex Shaman, Cosmic Keanu

Xpressive (2017) Anthology CD1 Track 08

Cast of Characters:
xian3-- @xian3 – Christian -- vocals and lyrics
Holger Engel—bass, seed idea
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- electric piano, synth
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark-- electric piano
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- mix, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)-- @josh-clary-1 – guitar and four-string fretless bass
 
This song began with Christian's friend Holger Engel coming up with a melodic bass line and sharing it with him to use as a seed stem for a project. Having collaborated successfully with him before, Christian thought of Josh and decided to pass it along to him to see what he could build with it. Josh was excited to work on another of Holger's creations. His bass line was in a high octave on the instrument, so Josh added a similar, complimentary bass line on the low octave to give it some heft. He invited Ken onto the project, and after doing their little rhythm section give and take, Ken laid down some powerful, yet tasteful drums. Mark was brought in next, and added some very fitting, wonderfully melodic electric piano, which he added in the choruses. Josh also asked JJ to add some electric piano to the verses and synth to the whole thing, which he did in a very mind-bending syncopated way. Josh then added some guitar to the high end to thicken things up a bit.
  We then sent the finished product back to Christian to add his thoughtful, inspired lyrics and signature vocals to his song. This is what Christian had to say about how the lyrics came about. 
  "[Being an avid reader], I came along the sentence, 'We write and make art to show our wounds to the world,' reading an interview with Paul Auster (1947-2024). He died earlier this year, yet his novels are legendary. There was talk about creativity, manifoldness and what the personality consists of. 
  "I can’t remember where that interview was and basically I wrote the lyrics around this sentence attributed to him. 
  "I quote another writer, Goethe (1749-1832), with a famous quotation from "Faust,“ 'Two souls, Alas, housed in my breast...' That points in the right thematic direction in my opinion.
For sure the lyrics also contain other layers of meanings, much more personal…
I am also happy about the title of the song 'We Are Many'. I think Tez came up with it. I was unsure for very long, what’s the name of that song… :)"
  After we had it in the bag, we asked mix-master Tez to produce and mix it, so what you hear is also his creative vision for the project. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
 
Original "We Are Many" lyrics by Xian:


1
To me it seems very obviously
That my I is not a unity
Rather a bunch of personalities
I got a problem with multiplicities


ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“ …


2
I am no self-contained identity
Cut off by other possibilities
No border guards set up at the boundary
Enforce the claim to exclusivity


ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
We write and make „art“…
„I“ writes and makes „art“
To heal the wounds of the heart


3
„Two souls, alas, housed in my breast…“
We hope, that if we do confess
To get rid of this fallacy
And collect the splits of personality


ref
We write and make „art“ 
To show our wounds to the world
I write and make „art“
To heal the wounds of my heart


out
There is
A consolation in round things
There is
A consolation in round things 
A consolation in round things
Oh, ohh,
„I“, „I“,
Oh…

We Are Many (Xian 3 and Eclectic Collective)

Words and Music Dave Rose
Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums and Clavinet

A song for compulsive liars who happily spiral downward in a web of deceit. It usually catches up eventually.
Lyrics
You’ll need a glimpse of brilliance to lie your way out of this 
Cos by your own high standards 
You’ve created quite a mess 

So why don’t you try the truth 
You might even find it suits you 
Or is that whole idea just lost on you 

So a glimpse of brilliance is what your gonna need
To convince yourself and everyone else 
Of this web of deceit

So why don’t you try the truth 
You might even find it suits you 
Or is that whole idea just lost on you 

What goes round you it comes around 
And what goes up must come down…..

Big Missing (...sometimes I feel like this...)

nowyyorg ( Seasonal OptiMist )