Put It In Neutral and Coast

the mirror is broken
some say that's a token
now bad things will happen

can't you see that it grows?
don't you think that it's gross?
do something about it

I would be embarrassed
and I would do my best
to hide myself well

well, the mirror is ...

the mirror is broken
and some say that's a token
now bad things will happen

you once were so pretty
this is such a pity
it's pretty disgusting

it's right there on your nose
it resembles my toe
that's the one with the fungus

...

and god only knows
it won't be just gross
maybe an explosion

I think you should leave us
I'll pay you for the bus
you know that we love you

The Mirror Is Broken

All recordings and performances by Klaus Kroak
Honney-Bayes Productions 2025

Last Breath At Noon

Video of this song: https://youtu.be/e5huo0jaDak
Blog: the-serendipitous-cacophonies.blogspot.com

The Advent of Sin

Hey…. Glad you dropped by. This is a simple, fun banjo song, with an instrumental break that has some mandolin, recorder, homemade percussion, and guitar-bass. It also has some vocal shenanigans. The song is about my time in graduate school, 40 years ago, when I lived off campus in a harmonious hippie house. I lived in the attic with my wife, and there were 4-6 roommates downstairs at any one time. We were all university students, peace loving, free-thinking, socio-environmentally conscious free spirits who became a family of sorts. There were potlucks, guitar jams, gardening, all sorts of ecological endeavors, helping our neighbors out, sharing meals, peace protests, shows and concerts and of course, studying for our classes, among other things. It was a time that helped shape who we would become. There was Joan, who became a professional wildlife photographer, Jack, an environmental engineer, Tim, a social worker, who built a farmhouse and had a large family with the love of his life. Andrea, a founder/owner of a community composting and recycling business, Delilah, an ecological research scientist and me, a laid back science teacher. We’ve kept in touch over the years, and now we are all old people. A lot of that lifestyle, ideology and sense of peace and freedom has stuck with me to this day. Hope you like the song. Mark

Our Harmonious Hippie House

A free form one take  improvisation from my friend Hilario spiced up with a bass and some minor additions. 
Dedicated and inspired by Hilario’s beloved garden I used a field recording to depict and emphasize the outside atmosphere.

Piano, saxophone, synths, idea: Hilario https://soundcloud.com/gintong-bahaghari
Bass, synths and production: Peter

Special thanks for use of his field recording goes to sithjawa on freesound.org
https://freesound.org/people/sithjawa/

Artwork: Hilario’s garden

The Garden

Video of this song: https://youtu.be/M4crHFZGNB8
Blog: the-serendipitous-cacophonies.blogspot.com

Flipping the coin

Words and music and image by DeeplyDazzled 
June 16th and 18th 2025
Voice - text to speech app
Music - Omnisphere, Keyscape
Drums - Stylus RMX

I don't often get Apocalyptic
but it does happen sometimes.
All these drones and missiles on the news.
and the thing is, i was in such a good mood when i sat at the keyboard to write something.

BLINDING LIGHT.
HEAVENS ABOVE.
THE SUN AND THE MOON.
ARE WITH US TONIGHT.

HEAVENS ABOVE.
THE SUN AND THE MOON.
THE STARS SHINE SO BRIGHT.
AND THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN.
THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN.

DAWN IS COMING.
SLOW AND STEADY.
WAKE UP YOU SLEEPY HEADS.
YOU'D BETTER GET READY.

THE BIRDS ARE SILENT
THERE ARE NO BIRDS.
THE TREES ARE EMPTY.
WHEN THE SKY FALLS DOWN.

AND WHEN IT'S ALL OVER.
AND COLD FOLLOWS HEAT.
YOU MIGHT BE WALKING.
WITH THE SKY AT YOUR FEET.

DON'T FORGET TO GRAB YOUR PHONE.
DELETE EVERYTHING.
DELETE EVERYTHING.
DELETE EVERYTHING.
DELETE EVERYTHING.
DELETE EVERYTHING.

DELETE EVERYTHING

Final mix of this tribute to all pollinators. Vanessa atalanta (aka Red Admiral) was formerly known as 'The Red Admirable'. This beautiful butterfly is on the ropes and in need of our help. The admirable creature needs long grass and not manicured lawns.  
Pic. c/o Pinterest
Previous mix:
https://soundcloud.com/user-146692255/red-admiral-cla158m2-early-mix?si=82d7ae9dec5a48c0ac7d52f11e10f236&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Vanessa atalanta ['Red Admiral' -  final mix]

released in Jan 2025 - https://nomatesensemble.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-never-freer-than-when-i-am-with-you. 


Then She Reaches for the Gun was formed in 2021 by Mat Ward. At its essence is sound collage, Ward invites musicians, sound artists, poets and anyone interested to send him files to be used, abused and showcased ‘as suggested by the work’. They are not always musical but field recordings, spoken word, engine noises and drunken rants. Animals participate a lot too! The raw material is arranged with one phrase asking for the next in an alchemical and intuitive process that will most often feature dozens of tracks weaving in and out of each other, colliding, harmonising, arguing and laughing along the way.

Both the aesthetic and the compositional methods use what Frank Zappa called Xenochrony - the mixing together of separately recorded and rhythmically opposing musical phrases to create polyrhythmic and polytempi compositions.The work also features fragmented story telling with the human voice (in many languages) appearing unannounced throughout the tracks offering up snippets of thoughts, conversations, jokes and existential angst. The absurdity of humanities desperate claim to have any real understanding of its place in the universe is revealed through the recorded follies and genuine emotions of the artists. The project is a celebration of chance, diversity and community. It pays homage to all musical tastes and genres whilst maintaining a sense of humour and irreverence that is needed to stay sane in the climate of  21st Century contemporary culture.

Then She Reaches For The Gun is

Humans

Adam Meredith - Ford XD with XF front mods/Voice
Ambient Annie - Electronica/Field Recording/Voice
Andrew Harper - Field Recordings
Angostura Elwar -  2 x Behringer CRAVE analog synths/Yamaha P200 electronic piano 
Antonella Eye Porcelluzzi - Text/Voice
Ariad Music - Clarinet/Percussion/Piano
Axel Weiß - Electric Guitar/Robot Voices
Banalytic - Experimental Electronics
Belial Pelgrim - Digital Strings/Electronica
Brendan Corey Benson - Electric Guitar
Carolyn Wigston - Voice
Chicago Word Brigade - Electronica
Dan Hewins - Bass Guitar
Dane Renshaw - Drums/Voice
Dani Kirby - Keyboard/Piano/Voice
Dylan Banks - Intonarumori/Voice
Frank Wilke - French Horn/Trombone/Voice
Garbage Truck Disco - Drum programming/Electric Guitar/Joyous Pop Punk
Glenn Ward - Electric Guitar/Skyhooks
Hakan - Moog Voyager XL
Hverheij- Drums/Electric Guitar/Synth
Johnny Python- Bass Guitar/Drum Programming/Electric Guitar/Text/Voice
JZsuperstar - Electric Guitar/Field Recordings/Keyboards
Lady ElectroTrek - Organ
Libby Laksmi - Jazzy Loops/Synth Bass
Loop(c)y - Electric Guitar
Malo Bernard-O’Meara - Drums
Maxx Black - Guitar/Ukulele
Minimal Drone Girl - Cat Wrangling/Field Recordings
Oberlin - Eurorack/Piano
Paolo D’Emilio - Electronica
Paul Miller - Electronic Percussion/Keyboards/Phat Electro Bass
Phil Bywater - Saxophones/Voice
Raul Mainer - DAW Programming/Heavy Metal
Robert Jefferson - Akai Rhythm wolf/GakkenSX-150 ll/Korg Kaosilator/Percussion
Rosin Dust - Violin/Field Recordings
Sarah Megahertz - Speedway Noise
Scratch Kelly - Beats/Electronica
Stan Magendanz - Electronica
Ten Atmospheres - Field Recordings/Synths
Texmex Shaman - Electric Guitar
The Windscale Blues Experiment - Clarinet/Flute/Saxophones
Timothy Korstad - Demons/Electronica
Thomas Bergheim - Bass Guitar/Electric Guitar
Tobias Schmitt - Electronica/Processed Organ/Text
Tuonela - Demons/Electronica
Vartch - Drones/Things/Trousers (not T-shirts)/Voice
Widar’s Spiritual Front - Electronica/Ms Pacman
W:I:L-o’ the-wisp - Bass Guitar/Electric Guitar/Electronica
Wivresse - Electronica/Voice
Zanshin - Acoustic and Processed Drums

Mat Ward - Arrangements/Bass Guitar/Double Bass/Field Recordings/Intonarumori/Marimba/Noise/Percussion/Piano

Dogs
Boogie
Brophy
Buddy
Hancho
Jack
Momo
Neska
Poldo
Senna
Shyamsundara
Star
Oily (cat)
And many cows from Milis, Sardinia

Cooking Hard Boiled Eggs in a Cheap Motel In Adelaide part 3

Sort of a Blues rock thing leaning hard on the country side of things. Sloppy, just having fun. 

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