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New Moon (The Meadow) - Alexandre Desplat

I came across this interview on Sky news over a year ago. It's a young Israeli explaining why he would be refusing to join the IDF when he was shortly going to turn 18.  I found his words to be particularly powerful and wanted to see if I could do something to extend their reach, and life. 
I managed to reach him and he was very happy for me to use his words to create this piece. My intention was to do a proper release to help raise awareness of those refusing to join up, and also hopefully raise some funds for appropriate organisations. Unfortunately, and much to my regret, health and other life issues have prevented me from doing this yet, so I have decided to at least make the piece public here for now. If anyone would like to help with an ultimate release then please get in touch. With your help maybe we can make this happen. 
No one is free till Palestine is free.

Two Wrongs

The First Train Home

Dancing On Dynamite

Side of the Moon

Hoping to spread a feeling of positivity and inspiration June Holland and friend/fellow artists Jack Ronan release their first collaboration "Happy Now".

Ready to boost your mood and bring a smile to your face? “Happy Now” is the perfect feel-good pop song you’ve been searching for. With vibrant melodies and a touch of jazzy flair, this song is about appreciating the present whilst staying hopeful for the future. The heartfelt lyrics urge us not to give up during tough times, encouraging us to look forward to the good things in life that may be just around the corner...

Happy Now

Happy Now (feat. Jack Ronan)

Sensational Cars

Streaming links

https://courteousthief.co.uk/porcelain

Porcelain

The Third Humanoid

my first #pianoday song

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/we-will-never-meet-single/1557503505
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2tVz5gIZVi0px66GevbWOS?si=BAGM6iX_RtCIZukB8p3ptA&dl_branch=1

Memories

We Will Never Meet

Wee tune I created a while ago with Gaelic voices and drum machine/synths

Gaelic Voices

My take on guided meditation!                                                                      Music: [artery] provided by mobygratis.  Lyrics/melody written and performed by New Moon

Let the flow, come and go,
let it share everything you know.
Be at one, with everyone.
Don't be afraid, don't be undone.

Feel the pulse, feel the light,
passing through, shining bright.
Don't despair, caress the air.
Know that love, is everywhere.

Be the current, be the stream,
Be the river, be the dream.
Inhale near, exhale far,
this is what you really are.

Slow things down, touch the ground.
Feel your toes, move around.
Sense the planet, underfoot.
Loosen the earth, find the root.

What goes up, must come down,
what goes sideways, comes around.
Constant movement, is the way.
No same moment, no same day.

arterial motive

Approach events with the right mindset...
#electronic #film

mindset

A disassembling of the lies governments tell when they seek to rule through autocracy and deceit. A dissection of how the secret services are not the glamour of the movies, but are actually the levers of rogue states to undermine democracy.

Lyrics: Richard Pierce
Vocals: Richard Pierce
Music: The Big Grey Man
Guitar, Bass, Drums: The Big Grey Man
Keyboard: Richard Pierce

Whisper it, whisper it.
James Bond is dead.

Whisper it, whisper it.
James Bond is dead.

The snow geese are safe again,
From misdirected or deliberate sniper fire,
Incompetence or practice,
Here on the borders of tundra
And western civilisation.
Until the next story invents itself.

James Bond is dead.

Secrets aren’t such clever agents in the end,
Arrogance overlooking the obvious,
And exceptionalism blind.

Fiction is a real fact
Not exaggerated or purpled by prose.
It is.

In the corridors of power,
Incompetence or practice?
Until the next story invents itself,
Until they invent their next stories
In the corridors of power.

Shout it, shout it!
James Bond is dead!
Rejoice, rejoice!
James Bond I dead!

The real world took him apart
Piece by piece,
Myth by myth,
Broken ceasefire by broken promise,
War by war by bloodier war.

Blessed are the codebreakers,
The peace makers,
The pacifists,
Not the agents of the rogue state.
Not. The. Agents. Of. The. Rogue. State.
No, not the agents of the rogue state.

James Bond and Felix Leiter are dead.

And blessed are
The peace makers,
The pacifists.

And blessed are
The peace makers,
The pacifists.


Richard Pierce feat The Big Grey Man - James Bond Is Dead

Any Trip

From the movie "Nyfes" (2004)
Music tracks composed by Stamatis Spanoudakis.

Nyfes - Stamatis Spanoudakis

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My mum started taking me to the cinema when I was four years old. The first time was Snow White. I remember getting unbelievably excited when all of her forest friends were rushing to save her near the end, my heart pounding along to the rousing music, and then crying my heart out at the glass topped coffin scene. (I've only ever seen this film once so I hope I'm remembering correctly.)    The second time was The Sound of Music. My mum often told the story of me being riveted to the screen, gripping my coca cola and popcorn. but not touching either till the intermission, a hour and a half later.
So, right from the start, music was a really important part of my love of cinema, with some of my early life big hitters being  - Dr Zhivago, Bond, Mary Poppins, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, A Song to Remember, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Ipcress File, and of course, Oliver.
New Moon is my main solo project, mostly instrumental, but also some songs, not tied to any specific genre, but almost always with an imaginary film or TV series in mind. 
I would so love one of my tunes to one day make it on to the silver screen, or indeed the box, and even better if it was with something, so good, that transfixes audiences as I was all these years ago.

The Third Humanoid

New Moon

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