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The Very Best of SoundCloud IV

Best of 2021

So much great music in 2021 on SoundCloud.  Here are some of my very favorites....

Favorites 2021

OLD RAIN IS ICE COLD

Spring Time Multi genre21

The Latest songs from some fantastic Artist's/Bands and a few of my own,

Playist 078

AB Playlist 085 Part 2

69twoZERO - War Machine

Vartch is an artist i have admired for a long time , he may not have the following that he deserves but i t's time you lovely lot educated yourselves on our English vibe , hit him up here , show some love
https://soundcloud.com/vartchcodpiece
VIDEO:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRvDTIhXlgY&ab_channel=winkandwoo
LYRICS :-
Hold it 
C'mon help me hold the line
You Bet
Tell me you can see the signs
Aint gonna live in fear
'Cause the reaper aint my master
Stay strong 

Vartch/ winkandwoo 2021

Hold The Line

Hold The Line - Vartch Ft. winkandwoo

Let us give peace to our hearts. Celebrate our diversity, respect each other and mourn the people lost in this pandemic. We are a global community, so lift your heart Your spirit we are together One World.   Thank you my brother for another amazing collaboration!!   Please check shins page for more outstanding music.     Link to you tube video below,  Always Grateful !! Gina & Shin
 youtu.be/QaVaBInCGyw

Gina Wood
@gina-wood-837506330
open.spotify.com/artist/10MZlbHKE0RGk5zJMN0XQC

Shin*Semia
@shinsemia
pskc7878fcyms.wixsite.com/shinsemia

Just 12

Just 12  Gina & Shin

Get out on the land and find your own freedom

This is a song i wrote inspired by current events and our loss of freedoms and human rights,its a protest track but the lyrics are open to
interpretation.
[out here in the fields i fight for my meals -Pete Townsend ]
[power to the people-John lennon]
If music and writing songs has taught me anything its that music and words can reach and enlighten people and hopefully cause changes for the better ...heres to a peaceful protest and the future [jim april 2021]
lyrics 
Taking away your rights for a peaceful protest
they tried to make you part of the test
Dont believe the lies your told on the bbc
or a digital screen for impossible dreams
you gotta take it for a while and not hold back
shouldnt live in fear of your own land
all those big conspiracies and pharmaceutical brands
in your hands
chorus
in the end when a dream goes bad what will become of you
if you think to hard these illusions of freedom
will get inside of you

taking away the reason for a peaceful life
we are all balanced on the edge of a knife
oh beautiful freedom your like a long lost friend 
makes me sit and wonder when its gonna end
it haunts the shadows and the empty rooms
cant see the footprints where the flowers used to bloom
if you had a choice you would be over the moon 
and not too soon

power to the people
you gotta make a change
looking at the land below
everything is dis-enganged
power ti the country
your fate is in your hands
dont let the bastards grind you down
reach out and all join hands

written and produced by Jim Manser 2021 a nu-clear records production

illusion of freedom

Maggie & Eddy 3

Baby song. 9 ( 1996 ) Margareta Theorin - Eddy Mango ( Margareta )

THE RUSH
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2021

THE RUSH

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

This is a long one...hope you find the time to listen. Extensive liner notes below to keep your attention.

Logic Pro X: Brooklyn Drums, Thumb Bass (3 lines, one high), Upright Bass
Korg SV-1: Full Tonewheel (Rhodes), Grand Piano 1

For the vocal I mainly started out with what in Logic is called "Warm Vocal" and and also the "Telephone Vocal". There are four vocal tracks in the chorus. The vocal effect at the end is achieved using Stereo Delay with different timing on the left and right channels. 

I spent some time working on  compression in Logic Pro X before mastering in Izotope Ozone. My objective was to get the compression "breathing" with the track. Happy to receive comments on this aspect.  

This started out as a Rhodes jam I called "G Bluesy" and just got longer and longer - I'm a little obsessed with the sound. I wanted to make a hopeful breakup song, giving the feeling of life moving on to a better place. I left many of the jammy elements in resulting in somewhat of a challenge when adding the other instruments as every here and there it goes off meter. For those of you that have heard my previous tracks there is nothing new and innovative here - its just me having fun with my favorite sounds.

As opposed to many other songs this one is in fact mostly autobiographical. When I got divorced back in the 1900s I ended up leaving the joint apartment in 15 min with a suitcase and my Roland Digital Piano (it still works 30 years later). I didn't have anywhere to go and moved from place to place for six months. It actually caused me some problems finding a new job as not having a permanent address didn't inspire a lot of confidence with the potential employers. One of those nights, when in my single bedroom apartment above a bakery, I was watching a VHS (the video rental was 15 meters from the entrance to my building) with Vivienne Leigh, and decided I wanted to live a more comfortable life like in the movie. The result was changing jobs and moving to South America after which I never looked back. I'll let you figure which movie I was watching by yourselves.

IT’S ALL OVER

It’s all over
Yeah
It’s all over

Said my last words
Packed my bag
Took a breath
Took a first deep drag
Closed the door
Sped through the night
No place to crash
No hope in sight

Ohh, I got me, myself and I
Yeah, no-one to care about
Ohh, what I was looking for
Yeah, it’s such a bore

As I think it through
And finally its true
It feels so sad
But it’s pretty fucking far from bad

It’s all over
It’s all over
It’s all over
I’m never going back 
It’s over

It’s all over
Yeah
It’s all over

Early AM 
Another reel repeat
Late night drill
Too much time to chill
Found my dream
With Vivien Leigh
Left all I knew
Sailed across the sea

Good times and bad times
Memories and losses
No regrets, no tears
I’ve left all my fears
All that’s past is gone
All that’s left is straight ahead

It’s all over
It’s all over
It’s all over
I’m never going back 
It’s over
It’s all over
It’s all over
It’s all over
I’m never going back 
It’s over

It's All Over


~~ IF WE'VE COME THIS FAR ~~ 

The bus moves round, draws up to where we're waiting
Everybody smiles inside and out
Everybody's feeling so elated
As I climb the steps my feet don't touch the ground

And the vibe on the bus is getting so electric
It takes many hands to oil a great machine
And the man with the sticks beats out anticipation...
While priceless conversation sets the scene

If we've come this far - do you think we've made it?
If we've come this far - we can plan our next big step
And if we get it right - and we will tonight - we've made it!
If we've come this far & we're wicked - we won't rest!

When the sun disappears the tension mounts around us
And we see a thousand faces straight ahead
The Main Man in the white suit takes charge in the spotlight
And we wonder if we'll come this way again

If we've come this far - does it mean we've made it?
If we've come this far - we can plan our next big step
And if we get it right - and we will tonight - we've made it
If we've come this far and we're wicked we won't rest!

And if we've come this far - does it mean we're famous...?
And if we've come this far - we can plan our next big step
And if we get it right- and we will tonight - we've made it
And we wonder if we'll come this way again...

Moir 2008

If We've Come This Far...!

If We've Come This Far..!

Another quirky medieval ambient track using retro hardware in my favorite 5/4 time. 

Hardware used:
Kurzweil K2000
Yamaha RM1x
Roland JV1080

Traveller

Check out this new original Right There with Craig Schmoller doing his beautiful thing on both guitar and bass.  Cooking from the opening, Craig takes off with an incredible series of solos.  What a player.  And when he heard the track I sent him, laid down such a fine bass line to complement the track.   This is Craig's mix.  We're digging the sound!

Follow Craig's sweet music:  https://soundcloud.com/craigschmoller and his superb YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/grov6land

Thanks too for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Right There - with Craig Schmoller / guitar and bass

Physical Disintegration

I start this new album with better sound by means of one of my more beloved and evolved songs ever, a structured piece with progressing parts.

LETRA   /   TRANSLATED LYRICS:

BIEN, MAL (LLUVIA VIEJA)    /   WELL, BADLY (OLD RAIN)

Sí, no, ¿por qué no?   /   Yes, no, why not? 
estoy pensando que esto no es lo mejor.   /   I am thinkinkg this is not the best.
Bien, mal, ¿tú qué tal?   /   Well, badly, what about you?
de repente me he puesto a pensar.   /   Suddenly I have started to think.

El tiempo esparcido entre mis amigos   /   Time scattered among my friends
 es el más valioso cuando estoy contigo.   /   is the most valuable one when I am with you
Los ratos vividos estando contigo   /   Moments lived being with you
 son reconfortantes cuando estoy perdido.   /   are comforting when I feel lost. 
Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos,   /   I must search for them among my friends
tengo que encontrarlos, pero ya se han ido todos.   /   I must find them, but they are all gone already.

Fumando   /   Smoking 
tras los cristales   /   behind the windows
mojados de lluvia vieja.   /   wet with old rain
Recuerdos   /   Memories
 que me llevan flotando   /   carry me floating
 a estar con ella.   /   to be with her

Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos.   /   I must search for them among my friends

Tú, yo, ¿qué sé yo?   /   You, me, what do I know?
está lloviendo pero tengo calor.   /   It is raining but I feel hot
Qué, quién, ¡mírame!   /   What, who, look at me !
soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.   /   I am still who you started do love

Soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.  /   I am still who you started do love

ER13PB01 ©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)

Image: "Prickle prick cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman

Bien, mal (Lluvia vieja)

It's just jazz and nothing conceptual) With some desire, you can even move your hips to this music)) Music Composed/Produced by Guitarbeard © 2021

Buy https://guitarbeard.bandcamp.com/track/brew-2

Brew

Oh Christmas Tree

Since I started one-man band music on SC, I realized how exciting it is to play the bass. So I wanted to compose and play a song in which the bass plays the lead.
Although it took some effort, I really enjoyed playing. 
I used Jazz base made by Fender Japan.

Bass Heaven

OCHTENDGLOREN | Short Tales Part V

“Ochtendgloren” is a great Dutch word meaning “Dawn”. But in a more poetic sense, it has a sense of optimism, it holds a promise of a beautiful day to come. The morning dawns on the horizon...
The track travels through several different fields and textures, traveling acoustically through many different styles, I feel it’s hard to categorize where this would land in an overall description, but I guess World fusion comes closest. But it contains elements of classical, Jazz, flamenco, Latin, pop, rock, blues.

I play my Flamenco Negro guitar again in a setting of a guitar trio. In form it can be considered as a continuation of my Short Tales series. The lead guitar has long sections that are improvised over the bed of the two accompanying guitars.

I hope you will enjoy this fifth Short Tale and as always I really enjoy your likes, comments and shares. -Dan

Data:
All music, arranging, composition, guitars by Daniël van den Berg, November 28, 2020
Guitar: Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015
Recorded using an Apogee MiC.
Mixed in Auria, masterered in Auria and Final Touch.
Photo edit by Dan van den Berg, 2020

Ochtendgloren | Short Tales part V |  Dan van den Berg

Funky Space - Paploviante (Alexia Edit) Open Collab
Original track by Paul : https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/funky-space-paploviante-open-collab

Funky Space - Paploviante (Alexia Edit) Open Collab

Ever heard Pamela Fernandez bang out a vocal over Beethoven's 5th?
Nope, neither had we so we made it happen

https://thebreakbeatjunkievsdjp.bandcamp.com/album/for-promotional-use-only

The Breakbeat Junkie Vs DJP - A Fifth Of Fernandez

can’t say goodbye, just good riddance to this year and glad for the departure. no fond farewell, au revoir, wiedersehen or さようなら to 2020. in the words of Ray Charles, just hit the road and don’t you come back no more, no more.

in spite of quarantine lockdowns and turmoil i’m grateful to have had the inspiring music of so many wonderful soundcloud musicians who kept on playing and creating music throughout a difficult year. special thanks to hitoshi yasui of chairhouse for his daily musical gems and for allowing us to create our versions of his beautiful piano music. looking forward to a better 2021 and wishing everyone a happy, healthy, peaceful and musical new year. play on friends. 

this orchestration and mix is by guillaume pearson, guitar arrangement & SFX by naldo, original song written by hitoshi yasui of chairhouse. his lovely piano version can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/chairhouse/cant-say-goodbye-yet-419
more of guillaume's songs & cinematic orchestrations:
soundcloud.com/guillaumelecompositeur/tracks

close your eyes, it's a movie without pictures. the intro voice is Celia Johnson from the film Brief Encounter directed by the great David Lean. the cover art is Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in their goodbye scene at a 1945 London train station.

Can't Say Goodbye

We've got to get this under control.  What lies ahead?  Please do your part.

What Lies Ahead?

Music, lyrics and vocals by Irina

Even in Russian this title can be interpreted differently, to say nothing of the English translation. But this is what we like - freedom of imagination :) Hope you enjoy the song.

От твоего взгляда веет холодом
Осталась я одна с простывшим городом
Век живи и век учись
Тупость требуют на бис
Но ведь мне было так приятно верить

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

Пропущу звонки и сообщения
Как же я устала от общения
Пожар бушует в голове
Сжигаю мысли о тебе
А ведь мне было так приятно верить

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

Интересней пообщаться со стеной
Чем пустые темы обсуждать с тобой
Оставляя политес
Ликвидирую абсцесс
Надоело придумывать happy end-ы

Снова ты и снова кризис
Как страдает мой душевный бизнес
Сердце просит выходной
Возвращается домой
Тихо замедляю темп
Не танцую я контемп
За собой дверь затворю
Ухожу пока тебя люблю

--------------------------------

I feel the coldness of your glance
Left alone with the cold city
The longer you live the more you know
Stupidity is being called for an encore
But it was such a pleasure to believe

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

I will miss calls and messages
How tired I am of communication
Fire roaring in my head
I am burning the thoughts of you
I took so much pleasure from believing

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

It is more interesting to talk to a wall
Than to discuss empty topics with you
Leaving politesse behind
I remove the abscess
Tired of making up happy endings

You again - a crisis again
Oh, how the business of my soul suffers
The heart is asking for a holiday
It is coming back home
Quietly I slow down the tempo
I do not dance contemporary
Will close the door behind me
I am leaving while still loving you

Душевный бизнес (Soul Business)

Bringing a little soulful sound to the new year.  This one's dedicated to my favorite vocalist of all time ... the Queen of Soul ... Aretha Franklin

Soul Sister

Music, lyrics and vocals by Irina
Painting by Irina, canvas 10 x 10 cm

Featured: 
Fresh On The Net: https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2021/01/faves391
BBC Introducing: https://bbc.in/3j5zovS

The painting shows my hometown, the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, the place that I will forever hold dear in my heart.

I know you must be busy
And life cannot be easy
To find the energy to go on

The night unfurls its splendor
My thoughts are sweet and tender
Hoping we can chat when you logon

君に会いたい
声を聞きたいです
少しでも会えたら
嬉しい

どこ に います か
隠れないで
帰って きます か
My heart is online


The night turns into morning
Melancholy is boring
WiFi is dead, our networks misaligned

I overthink, I stutter
Under my breath I mutter
If only I could see what's on your mind

君に会いたい
声を聞きたいです
少しでも会えたら
嬉しい

どこ に います か
隠れないで
帰って きます か
My heart is online

------------------------

chorus:

I want to see you
I want to hear your voice
Would be happy to meet even just for a bit

Where are you
Don't hide
Will you come back?
My heart is online

My Heart Is Online

Through a Glass Darkly: A Prelude

This is a good one:)

Thanks as always Stephan:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

What You Do To Me - Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Blue Chevy

DeeP. and the Couch King EP collectable stickers and zine available on Bandcamp here: https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/deep-and-the-couch-king

This is the 3rd original song that DeeP. and I worked on together. I really appreciate his experimental yet accessible dark and soulful production work. I like how his music allows me to touch on topics that I normally wouldn’t write about if I were leading the music production. I have been reflecting on how it is important to stretch and grow and try new things. DeeP.’s music really helps me to achieve this goal and his mixing and mastering really brings out the best in me. 

I wanted this song to fit in thematically with the other 2 songs we worked on but I felt the music wanted me to expand the range of subject matter. Therefore, I went gothic and took my cues from gothic literature, such as The Castle of Otranto and Frankenstein, and tried to channel those literary elements into a pop song. For the subject matter I was also reflecting on how psychic connections and empathy can be draining unless one develops and maintains skills to remain grounded and whole. 

It is so fun to make music with musicians one admires. SoundCloud is the best place to be a fan. Both Phil McWalter and Nathalie B20 are SoundCloud legends and incredibly talented and prolific musicians who I have listened to for years now. I feel super honored to have finally gotten the chance to make music with these giants. I hope they had fun as well!!!

DeeP.: Music, Mix, and Mastering https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
 Phil McWalter: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter
Nathalie B20: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/nathalie-b20
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics

I’m loosing my self 
You’re sucking me out
I was having my doubts
But you casted them out 
Now I’m devout without will to walkout 
Somehow you got me

Every time I think a you 
I get linked up with you 
And then I’m tangled up in your mind 
Can’t go a week with you 
Before I think were through 
Because I’m going straight out of my mind
Try not to let it
Don’t let it
Get to me
Your consuming all my energy 
Don’t call me gothic
Though I believe I got bit
You sucked all the life outta me

How naive was I to begin with
Thin skinned and an optimist 
Going all in a romanticist
Fool hearted on destiny’s myth 
Still in the grips of youthful bliss
You knew I could be possessed by just one kiss
Cupid’s potion’s in spit
Oh how I wished I could take just one more sip
One more hit 
All the more craved by the way you withheld it
Blood from bit lips 
Lust in wet drips 
Pulsating of molded hips 
Through the veil of lunar eclipse 
There’s a pirate on one of those passing ships

Entangled in your clutches of guilt 
Such is the life anguish built 
Enchanted to hear the lilt of your final
Siren song once again 
There’s a little death in your bite of venom
Pandora’s box in your denim  
The sting of lies that become truths if you let ‘em
Any wrongdoings you sleuth 
I can never forget ‘em
Bound to my faults 
Wounds ’n deep salts
Trapped in this waltz
Every step out of time 
You’re makin’ sure I regret ‘em 
Through the veil of lunar eclipse 
You cast your net and I got caught in ’em

DeeP. and the Couch King

Bandcamp

DeeP., Phil McWalter, Nathalie B20 & the Couch King - Tangled In Your Mind

Turtle

My Super Favorite Weathered Hearts Sing My Beat!!!! This is My Great Honor!!!
Weathered Hearts(https://soundcloud.com/weatheredhearts)
My recommendation Song(https://soundcloud.com/weatheredhearts/sad)
and Our another Song(https://soundcloud.com/tot-beat/042a-091001-0032wav)

Words and all Vocals-Weathered Hearts
Music and other works-Weathered Hearts and Tot.
Art work-Mimi

How(Lyric)

Well the Rain told the Water
that “I want to play, 
I wanna see the world
in a different way”

The Water said
with a little frown, 
“It sounds like you got
your head in the clouds”

“Why can’t I-
take a little bucket
and carve myself out?!”

“Calm down you’re
just not thinking
very clearly now.”

Then the Rain says,

“You don’t know me now.
You don’t know me now
at all.”

and the Rain says,

“You don’t know me now.
You don’t know me now
at all.”

So the Water
splashed and whirled
and waved,

“Maybe it’s best you go on your way”
Spat the rain out to the stones
“Maybe one day you’ll come home…”

So the rain soaked down into the ground
and stopped in a hard cold place

Then the Sun came around
and saw the Rain
broken into a million pieces

He said,
“Come with me,”
and pulled her to the sky
and sprinkled her back down
around for miles

Then soaked her up again

Over and over and over 
and over and over again

and the Rain says,

“Do you know me now?
Do you know me now
at all?

Even though I travel far
I still come on home to you

Over and over and over 
and over and over again

Do you know me now?
I’m soaked right up again

Over and over and over 
and over and over again”

HOW - with Weathered Hearts

THE SONG WITH NO NAME
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Coptright AB Music 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9wTEzWb6-E

WHEN WILL THE DAYLIGHT COME
THERE'S NO MORE SKY LIVING INSIDE
WHEN WILL THE LIGHT COME ON
WHEN YOU GET HOME   A FLASH OF LIGHT

BUT LIFE WILL PASS US BYE
AND NEVER SAY GOODNIGHT
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE

WHICH WAY DOES THE RIVER FLOW
IT'S LOOKING REAL DRY EXCEPT WHEN I CRY
THE MOON AND THE SUN WILL RISE
AND EVERYDAY   THEY CALL YOUR NAME

A LIFE OF RIGHT AND WRONG
A NEVER ENDING SONG
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE
(Break)
THE TICKING OF TIME GOES BYE
THE MEMORY LANE IS FADING AWAY
THE WAVES ARE ALL CRASHING DOWN
AND EVERYDAY HAS NO NAME

SO LIFE WILL PASS YOU BYE
THE PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME
NO KEY TO THE OTHERSIDE

THE SONG WITH NO NAME

Glen Carbon

Head in the clouds but it's ice cold / Paploviante 2021
Vocals: Omar from www.Ghosthack.de
Paploviante Music, Bass, Mix, Artwork and Mastering
Lyrics:
Catch me looking up when I feel down
Heart ice cold music too loud 
Said you was wanting something real now
You know that my heart is yours to steal now
Feet are on the edge
Messing with my head
Need something true instead
And I'll be just fine on my own
Head in the clouds but it's ice cold
Feet on the ground where the night go
Say no lies if you say so
Really don't know what you don't know
Head in the clouds but it's ice cold
Feet on the ground where the night go
Saying no lies if you say so
Really don't know what you don't know

multi-selection

Vlad