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Spiky Skill Set+ INNERCREATURE+Autjoy

Omelette 2 Mars

Surrenderland

Shoes

Composition - Gamma

Configurations Of Figure Eight

Xoxo

Autjoy

Push through the perceived chaos 
Find a problem to solve 
Even though there’s no solution 
You feel more controlled 

Reset 
Refresh 
Feel safe in your body 
Reflect
Connect 
Enjoy ideas as they unfold 

Time for deep exploration 
Into something yet unknown 
Such a satisfying sensation 
As things click into place 

Reset 
Refresh 
Feel safe in your own body 
Reflect
Connect 
Enjoy ideas as they unfold

Autjoy
Autjoy
Alive In fascination 

No time for all my questions 
Work it out the long way round 
All my interpretations move into the lost and found

Reset 
Refresh 
Feel safe in your own body 
Reflect
Connect 
Enjoy ideas as they unfold 

Autjoy
Autjoy
Alive In fascination 

Alive in fascination 

Reset 
Refresh 
Feel safe in your own body 
Reflect
Connect 
Enjoy ideas as they unfold 
Reset 
Refresh 
Feel safe in your own body 
Reflect
Connect 
Anxiety dissolves 
                                                                                                                    Fascination

Autjoy

Whose filter is off kilter in your view?
Not everyone is in sync in how they think
Is it me?
Is it you that is askew?
I guess it all depends on what you value

Did someone say that's proper dog?
I was zoning out
Coz I'm phasing in My actual brain
It's like analog
In a fractured pixel world
I've denied my true nature
I am my own Innercreature
Don't make me sound like a computer

There's some things you say
Feel fake to me
I get all twisty
In the intensity Of this toxic energy
I'm in empathy
With no words to go
For its melody
Did someone say that's proper dog?

I've denied my true nature 
I am my own Innercreature
Don't make me sound like a computer
Did someone say that's proper dog?

I was only half listening
There's something glistening
A reflection
It needs closer
Inspection
Did someone say that's proper dog?

INNERCREATURE

Another version of Deeper Light by the collaborators Morten Jeamland, Jörg aka joerxworx and myself. It's a fusion of different genres. Allow yourself to go with the rhythm with an open heart. 💚 

Production by @mortenjeamland
Tenor saxophone by @joerxworx
Lyrics and vocals (and harmonies) by Heidi K

See also a brilliant jazzy version: https://soundcloud.com/heidijks/deeper-light-detroit-remix-feat-joerxworx?si=35ce699d1d7e45ea8bb0385385783832&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Deeper Light - Club Remix by Jeamland & Heidi K feat. joerxworx

This song describes a timeless love that never fades.  Fine wine is filled with silky vocals and smooth harmonies.

Fine Wine

FINE WINE

Spiky Skill Set 

I feel like a satellite
In orbit about your person 
I analyse day and night 
Rationalise and I reason 
Need down time to reset
Refresh my brain
Learn your pattern
Light is bright polarised 
Can’t feel my own insides 

I see your eyeball of dismay 
When I can’t do it your way 
I watch your eyeball of dismay 
Before I find I’ve turned away 

Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set

I find my way with focus 
See things that you won’t notice 
I’m on the ball until I’m not 
Forgot what’s what 
When you put me on the spot 
I’m pretty far from hopeless 
Your mistake if you think I’m useless 
I see your confusion 
Won’t work for me your solution 

Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set

I see your eyeball of dismay 
When I can’t do it your way 
I watch your eyeball of dismay 
Before I find I’ve turned away 

Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set

I’m pretty far from hopeless 
Your mistake if you think I’m useless 
I see your confusion 
Don’t work for me your solution 

Spiky skill set
Spiky skill set

Spiky Skill Set

CatchMeAgain (Clique Remix)

Hey!! Here's my release "Just A Memory"! Releases on Friday 19th May 2023.

You can stream it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5XaIqYO7tkNpZduKeo1XEG?si=078ea6268a524817

Just A Memory - Tara Flanagan

On the 9th of June Codewalkers are back with a new single. 'Nothing 4 Free' is about dysfunctional relationships, in this case a guy who is threatened by the partner of a female friend. He’s not interested in her, and he’s not interested in getting beaten up because of her. Based around a syncopated guitar hook and combining live drums and bass with electronic elements, the rapped verses explode into huge choruses, the band joined by the soulful vocals of Becky Winfield for the first time on record.

The track follows on from the success of their last releases ‘Preternatural’ and 'Santa is a Pimp', which as well as receiving airplay on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio Wales, the former was made Tom Robinson’s BBC6 Music Mixtape Pick of the Week. ‘Nothing 4 Free’ is accompanied by a live video performance of the track, filmed at Theatr Soar, Merthyr.

Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MA6rSahqX0

Nothing 4 Free

Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane and other such characters is one of the founders of the Sword and Sorcery genre, the cornerstone of fantasy and had a short but incredibly intense life in terms of creative. In addition to his many short stories, he tried his hand more than once at writing poetry, most often dark and abupte like the rest of his texts. Cimmeria, the imaginary land that will become Conan's homeland, is first and foremost an evocation of the harsh landscape of the Cross Plains where the author has lived most of his life. 
The version with the text read by Cosmic Keanu can be heard here:
https://soundcloud.com/cosmic_keanu/cimmeria-omelette-of-mars-cosmic-keanu-1

Cimmeria (Instrumental version, Remastered)

Electronic, Alternative music 

Music maker, producer and lyricist. Currently creating minimalist bass lines, hook focused music.
Whenever possible. 

Now exploring neurodivergent themes. ♾️

Previous airplay on BBC Introducing under different names (including actual name). Plus album release on a small independent label. 

Autjoy music can be purchased via Bandcamp.

That curious space between the music makers and the audience fascinates. 

https://autjoy.bandcamp.com/music

Lyrics are in the song descriptions.