Sunshine songs

Great music in 2025.

mistermark Selection

Image from left to right: J.J. Terrell, Josh Clary Entheogenic Psychonaught, Ken Karasek of K2 and the Three
This playlist are my favorites of my favorites that I've heard over the last 3 months. They aren't necessarily new releases but just songs that I was blown away by.  The songs are in no particular order or rating.

J.J.'s Picks (a quarterly playlist) June 1, 2025

Eyes Closed

Pops for Twilight

Energy (263)

A collection of stuff where I'm playing with at least one other person; mostly fine folks I've met here on Soundcloud, but also a few early tunes I recorded with family or friends a while back. Each one is a gem (the people, I mean). 

Note - Because I've recorded a bunch of stuff with the 'Eclectic Collective' group, I've got a playlist and an album dedicated to just those tunes. They're gems too.   ; )

Collaborations

Related tracks: Air Waves

Pengelum

guitars by andrew salvner (aka lil' spaceman)

carried away by owls

The Imajinary, Nameless Everybody In The World

I was honoured to get a message from Mark Sartori (@user-83791253-79179570), whose music & guitar playing I'm a big fan of, asking if I might want to collaborate on one of his pieces of music. He suggested I add some percussion to his guitar, and this is what came together. Mark S has since recorded a new, solo version of the song as well. 

Thanks Mark, for giving me the nod to work with you on this really fine & catchy tune. Hope folks dig this pan-Pacific partnership!

Mark's Album (post-2020)

Little Wind (Mark Sartori with MisterMark)

This collaboration came about when I was commenting on a track from @cosmic-ratzzz, saying how I was very inspired and influenced by his incredible music and style - both solo, and the over 100 (!) songs he & @Joerxworx have worked on together. Then suddenly, Ratzzz offered to send me a track he created - a complete backing arrangement (bass, drums, clav, synth, keys, some sax, effects, etc.) - and suggested I add something to it. I was apprehensive cause his stuff is top notch quality, but I took a stab at it, and this is what came out. My part is the 2 lead horns - sax & muted trumpet (both played on keyboard), and Ratzzz did everything else. 

The title comes from the fact that Ratzzz made it so easy to work with because of his incredible talent and a fully baked track to solo over. I tried to leave some space and work around what he was doing and I think it turned out quite nice for a first try.
The image is a bit of a mashup I did of both our SC avatars.

Thanks Ratzzz for your generosity and amazing music; hope you all like this!

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve.   :)

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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Eazy Breezy (with Ratzzz & mistermark)

Chapter 173 of 266
Chapters released every weekend. All TAFFETA tracks are created within seven days.

I use a complete hybrid of organic & electronic sounds within the scope of the Taffeta project. Nothing is out of the question and no limits are set on how things may evolve one way or another.

If you wish to take a dive into everything that has come before:
The TAFFETA Albums each contain 15 consecutive tracks and are available for free, exclusively on Bandcamp.

TAFFETA VOL. 11 is now available on Bandcamp. TAFFETA albums are always free to download. https://belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/album/taffeta-vol-11

COVER YOUR TORSO WITH TAFFETA! Check out the official TAFFETA t-shirt!
belialpelegrim.bandcamp.com/merch/belia…feta-design

The TAFFETA Playlist is always kept up to date:
soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim/sets/taffeta-a-266-part-musical?si=d46fc7ad1b50446dadc7ce3ffe1a1b02&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Taffeta 1731

TAFFETA | 173

Dedicated to some folks in my life who've picked me up along the way, especially through music...

This is one I'm pretty proud of.  Oddly, it's the first time I’ve written a full original song with me singing my own lyrics. I'm joined by the uber talented @TexMex-Shaman, who is wielding the lead electric guitar starting at the first verse through to the end. (this is the second time now where my vocal melody is partly inspired by his magical playing!) He also lends his mastering skillz to great effect here. Thanks TMS for truly bringing this to life with your playing! 
All other instruments are played by me on the keyboard - acoustic guitar, bass, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, 2nd electric guitar (the higher one in verse 2), horns, drums & percussion, words and voice. The chorus is supposed to sound like a 60's soul song, like Marvin Gaye meets Van Morrison. 
If you play this more than once I'm sorry but I'm afraid you'll be stuck with it in your head all day.  :)

This one's a personal one for me, so thanks for listening, and for picking us up with your music!

LYRICS: 

Verse 1
alone in the corner, that old six string whispers to me
ah but when daddy played, he could set your spirit free 
like the drops in the rain, or a forest tall and green
there's music alive all around
and mamma she told me, you must listen for more than the sound
and hear with your heart

Chorus     
(And then she’d) 
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up,  
pick me up higher, pick me up higher, pick me up higher
pick me up, lift me up, build me up, 
pick me up higher 

Verse 2
Now I’m writing my own song… makin’ music with old friends and new
But the joy of my days, are my beautiful daughter and you
And when you play that song, she would close her eyes and sway
all the while as she sings
And man when I hear her, whispered memories they lift me up still
like a bird on the wind

Chorus  

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Other credits: 
-second verse sample of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' (by John Denver), performed by my 9 yr old daughter
-image design by me using Chat GPT
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here's a link to just the final chorus vocals and horns isolated: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/pick_me_up_vox_isolated

and here's a link that features mainly the sax solo & horn section:
https://on.soundcloud.com/y1PR8xv69y77n5CY5w
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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

-mark

Pick Me Up (with TexMex Shaman)

I was honoured to be given the OK to add some accompanying instrumentation to a lovely song written & performed by Takken Wish (https://soundcloud.com/takken-wish). The lyrics crept up on me as I was listening to the song for musical ideas; it reminds me of a similar long lost old friend from my younger years who drifted off to somewhere...

I'm playing the upright bass, organ, and cello here (all on keys), and we've each uploaded a slightly different version of the cello part. Check out Takken's version, which has a more layered cello arrangement:
https://soundcloud.com/takken-wish/seasons-make-sense-celli-chords

An earlier, alternate take with no additional accompaniment:
https://soundcloud.com/takken-wish/seasons-make-sense

Thanks so much Takken for writing this touching song, and letting me sprinkle on my own touches!

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image concept & design by me based on Takken's lyrics, and created using ChatGPT 4o

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here's some pictures I took:
https://500px.com/p/MrMark?view=photos

Seasons Make Sense (collaboration with Takken Wish)

Track & Lead Vocals By Ty Stevens
Back up Vocals & Mix By MrDjBigHouse

I Dont Get To Choose By Ty Stevens +( MrDjBigHouse Mix)

Echoes(NotNow)☠️🎶

Oh no!!
I think Im falling down again
What vice to take away the pain again?
Forget everyone that I love
They don't feel the same anyway

Don't believe!!
Everything that you've done!!
Everything you've said!!
Wasn't in vain!!
Never burn out!!
Don't fade away!!

We're Echoes!!
What we do matters!!
Not now....Forever!!....eh

Oh no!!
I think Im falling down again
What vice to take away the pain again?
Forget everyone that I love
They don't feel the same anyway

Don't believe!!
Everything that you've done!!
Everything you've said!!
Wasn't in vain!!
Never burn out!!
Don't fade away!!

We're Echoes!!
What we do matters!!
Not now....Forever!!....eh😂🖤

Echoes(NotNow)🎶

Gotta Run by Korima celebrates the joy of running - our evolved desire to run – and running legends.  Inspired by Christopher McDougall’s: Born To Run.  

Download at https://www.korima.net/listen

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Gotta Run

Out March 10th on Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com) in the USA/UK/EU & March 6th on Chapter Music (www.chaptermusic.com)in AU/NZ/JP.

03 Leftovers

Lyrics

Forget about the static
It's noise and fuzz
All these people round here
They just like to buzz

Feel so different
When you don't care
Let all those people
Worry about themselves

Peaceful livin, Peaceful livin,
Peaceful livin is in your mind
Peaceful livin, Peaceful livin
Peaceful livin is in your grasp

Wear those headphones
Block out the noise
Keep those coyotes runnin
Play with your toys

Meteors coming tonight
Lay in the truck
It's a blue and white old ford
Let's have some luck

Peaceful livin, Peaceful livin
Peaceful livin is in your mind
Peaceful livin, peaceful livin
Peaceful livin is in your grasp

trampolines in barns

Peaceful Livin

Cosmic Daydream

This is a song originally written and performed by Soundcloud artist 'A Girl From Wonder' (@user-712848711), whose music I've admired for a while. I've loved this one since the first time I heard it, and aways wanted to try some sort of collaboration, but it's hard to mess with the stark simple beauty of the original. But here's my attempt to add some dashes of colour to her voice and guitar strumming, adding instruments like upright bass, organ, banjo, cello, and percussion. The banjo parts are mainly a bunch of sound samples I found and cut up and arranged to fit in with the melody I wanted to play (wish I could just play banjo instead!). I tried to keep her evocative voice the main focal point, and we're both pretty happy with how this turned out. 

Thanks again Brittany for letting me work with your song, it's pretty special. 

Here's the original, and I encourage folks to check it out as well as other great tunes on her page. Thanks for listening!

https://soundcloud.com/user-712848711/wild-walking

Wild Walking (collab with A Girl From Wonder)

All rights reserved January, 3 2025

Inside, the heart still aches
There’s no way around, all the sights and sounds that greet the day
What will it take
Just To climb that hill, such a bitter pill..that lingers there

Outside, the air is light, as the sun appears, and you feel the fears
Begin to grow…another fight
Then you hold the tears and the yesteryears
Inside your mind…

Now I’ll be on my way watching days go by
Searching to find a way and wondering why

Til then I’ll try again, as I watch the change through the windowpanes
And soldier on into a world
Such a pointless cause stuck in these four walls
As darkness falls

Now I’ll be on my way as days go by
Wasting away and a wondering why…

Darkness Falls

Tribute to David Lynch
(1946 - 2025)

Surfers like Us ..... composition, all guitar parts and cover photo 

Many thanks for listening and any support! 😎

With a special dedication to my friend J.J. Terrell 🍀

Artur

Blue Highway

Thanks Love💜 for your awesome remix of Sam's track and the final mix of this track!😉 

Original track from Sam backing tracks on YouTube 
https://youtu.be/m4W01C8v3zA?si=aLJeNv1bcAZUYck5

Starting a war, screaming, "Peace" at the same time
All the corruption, injustice, the same crimes
Always a problem if we do or don't fight
And we die, we don't have the same right
What is a gun to a man that surrenders?
What's it gonna take for someone to defend her?
If we all agree that we're equal as people
Then why can't we see what is evil?
I can't breathe
You're taking my life from me
I can't breathe
Will anyone fight for me?
How do we cope when we don't love each other?
Where is the hope and the empathy? 
How do we judge off the color?
The structure was made to make us the enemy 
Prayin' for change 'cause the pain makes you tender
All of the names you refuse to remember
Was somebody's brother, friend
Or a son to a mother that's crying, singing
I can't breathe
You're taking my life from me
I can't breathe
Will anyone fight for me? 

I been walkin'
With my face turned to the sun
Weight on my shoulders
A bullet in my gun
Oh, I got eyes in the back of my head
Just in case I have to run
I do what I can when I can while I can for my people
While the clouds roll back and the stars fill the night

I'm gonna stand up
Take my people with me
Together we are going
To a brand new home
Far across the river
Can you hear freedom calling?
Calling me to answer
Gonna keep on keepin' on
I can feel it in my bones
I can feel it in my bones

(I m gonna stand up) I can’t breathe
You re taking my life from me 
I can t breathe
Will anyone fight for me?
(I m gonna stand up) I can’t breathe
You re taking my life from me 
I can t breathe
Will anyone fight for me?

I can’t breathe/ Stand up (mash up Cover H E R-Cynthia Erivo)

Air Waves

Dedicated to the early Christians possibly worshiping in the catacombs. Actually, the idea that the catacombs were used as hiding places is disputed. But I've used it anyway. And "damnatio ad bestias" did certainly happen.

*** Leaving Rome ***

The sand of the arena is warm and soft
and it will soon be soaked with the sufferings of life.
Simply to believe has become complicated,
but no man can hide forever in dark places.
Today I stand and open my arms to the upright Sun.
As brothers start falling, the crowd yells and asks for more.
I now contemplate my last and few unpleasant options:
The jaws of lions, the claws of bears, the cruelty of swords.
Strangely enough, there is peace in my soul.
No fears. No regrets.
One way or another, I'm leaving Rome.
I'm leaving Rome…

Leaving Rome JFC (based on Debra Buesking / Stefan Kraft instrumental)

When i heard this beautiful and wonderful instrumental, the lyrics came out of nothing... like they were already written and waiting to be harvested.
 The Bird Inside has his own SCpage with neoclassic gems and pearls!

https://soundcloud.com/user-525836600

https://soundcloud.com/user-525836600/summer-fools-feat-saskiagoethals?si=cdbc827d99354377a13dee099da71e24&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing


Summer Fools

Two fools, you and me,
Summer fools
We believed
Summer love
We believe
That the summer
will last a lifetime
endlessly

Summer fools, you and me
Like a split second
Can last an eternity

The sunrays warm our face,
Seawaves washing up and down,
This paradise this place
It feels like time erased every trace of summer love

el tiempo borrará todo rastro de amor de verano

summer fools (collab: The Bird Inside)

As I've started doing lately, this is a short excerpt, focusing on just the closing section of a full piano tune I recorded around 2001. The approach kind of reminds of the ending of "Crime Of The Century" by Supertramp (obviously nowhere near as interesting). Apologies for the poor recording quality, and the piano sound wasn't the greatest back then. Still, this little 1-minute closing section is still one of my favourite things I've recorded. 
Here's a link to the original, full tune:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/the-last-days-of-november-2022-remaster?in=user-432503709/sets/mark-myoozik

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

Last Days of November (EXCERPT - ENDING)

Looking back, I have to say that my maternal grandmother was my favorite storyteller. She didn’t tell fairy tales though; instead, she shared very vivid family stories passed down from her grandmother. Listening to her stories was like traveling around the world with a large cast of characters…ministers, coal miners, teachers, royalty, scoundrels and even a magician. While she’s been gone for over 20 years now, the stories she left behind live on.  Such is the magic of storytellers.

The Storyteller

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Harvest Moon- Neil Young cover by Roy Roy and J.J. Terrell (not monetizing)

Roy Roy https://on.soundcloud.com/NHy4UqLenDhwkLNu8
Percussion(loops), Guitar1(bossa style), Guitar2 (arpeggio), Guitar3( arpeggio2), Harmonica, Slide Guitar

J.J. Terrell https://on.soundcloud.com/cm1DP94kZMjNwBov8
Bass Guitar, Piano, Brushes, Tambourine, Triangle, Vocals

An excellent song to celebrate this Valentine’s Day with your loved one. We both hope you enjoy!! 

Harvest Moon by Neil Young All Rights Reserved 
Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away
But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart
But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon

Harvest Moon- Neil Young Cover By Roy Roy And J.J. Terrell

Descent dance

This is just a short sample of a blending test of the cool sounds on the mellotron instrument I use in GarageBand. If you’re not familiar with how a real mellotron works, it’s worth checking it out! Here's a very informative demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD8gH7kYxs

The acoustic guitar is played using a VST guitar on keyboard.
The mellotron sounds are:
  - flute / strings blend
  - cello / strings blend
  - male / female choir blend
  - boys / female choir blend

Here’s a crazy song of mine where I’m using the mellotron is a really ominous chorus (Cut 2: "The Chase"):
https://on.soundcloud.com/mHrSTfwtJ2xxo7s5A

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

mellotron choir (SOUND DEMO)

Ever since I saw an incredible Canadian band (Recipe From a Small Planet) do a live Reggae jam and seamlessly slide into a cover of 'Watching The Detectives', I wanted to try something similar. In this case, I did the opposite, starting with the cover, and adding a kinda reggae/dub section at the end, which starts at 3:15. 

For the dub portion, I enlisted the help of one of the best talents I know - @Llanpsych (Tez) - to add his magic and 'dubbify' the whole instrumental section at the end. I'm singing and playing all the instruments here using my keyboard, and some echo effects, and Tez did the rest to produce that authentic dub atmosphere into the mix. I recommend listening to that part at least with headphones, and hope you enjoy the result! Thanks so much Tez, I couldn't have done this without your mad skillz!

Sharp ears may notice the following 2 details: 

  -  In the last few seconds, I threw in the theme from 'The Godfather', played on melodica (see credit below). 

  -  at 0:39, you can faintly hear my dog barking in the background. I decided to keep it in, since she barked at the line, "red dogs under illegal legs", which I thought was funny timing!  :)

INSTRUMENTS:
bass, drums, rhythm & lead guitar, organ, piano, electric piano, melodica, steel pan drums, ukulele, synth horns, voice

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-song art designed using Chat GPT and Photoshop
-original song written by Elvis Costello
-theme from The Godfather, 'Speak Softy, Love' - written by Nino Rota

Watching the Dubtectives (cover + dub mix with Llanpsych)

Sun & Soul

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Made in October 2024.
Published in March 2025

My first collaboration with OSC PROJECT is not published on my page and is only available on their Bandcamp space. This time I do publish it on mine.

Their uplifting electronic music allows for the construction of other sounds, which are the ones I finally added, because, in reality, this composition is more theirs than mine.

If you want to hear more uplifting music of this kind, visit the OSC PROJECT page, here:

https://soundcloud.com/akaoscproject78

Final edition:

DAW. Music Studio 2

Hardware. iPad 

Cover by pixabay (Author:Idarca)

In addition to the original composition:

3 Tracks native instruments MS2
5 Tracks instruments forum Xewton
1 track Arturia iProphet
3 Tracks Arturia iMini 

Mix. Yes…yes…yes…my car 🚘 

Thank you. See you next time.

Next….All i ever wanted (Rekha, Delaflor and myself)

Sun & Soul (Osc Project  & Midisound)

Saturnian Song

Version live à la Barraque auprès du feu ^^
youtu.be/fP69ovvmteU

Saturnian song - Live version video in description

New song recorded tonight. Things are what they are.. on the melancholy side.... which i'm prone to wallow in from time to time.

It has come to my attention that I haven't put my pen to paper for a while
I've been burning scented candles that suggested fields of roses for so long
and I've lately come to realize the simple reason for my lack of candor
and the soil of sordid life reveals the blameless grief left floating in the breeze
I opted out of bowing low for fear that I might make a wrenching scene

show me how I have fallen short read to me the judgement of the court
but be careful as you're coming down you're falling from the same high ground
it all comes back around

I thank god sometimes for time alone with cheap guitars and cheaper brands of wine
I avoid my past discrepancies and present time inequities like plague
and it for these very reasons that I held my tongue and stared into the sky
and stole time alone in selfishness for fear without that I might lose my mind
has my silence said enough for you today
you might think you've had it rough sometimes and want to say

show me how I have fallen short read to me the judgement of the court
but be careful as you're coming down you're falling from the same high ground
it all comes back around

Im well aware of failure as Im constantly reminded of it in the mail
and the boat that we were sailing is the one in need of bailing suddenly
have I suddenly become some different soul
and did you become the innocent that fell into the resulting hole
is it such a shocking revelation after all
made to get up off our feet before we lean to crawl

show me how I have fallen short read to me the judgement of the court
but be careful as you're coming down you're falling from the same high ground
it all comes back around


It all comes back around

One of my favourite Soundcloud artists @remnant60 posted a gorgeous track that he left open for collaboration, so I jumped at the chance to try and add something that might fit with his ambient, mystical guitar sound. I settled on some ethereal cello chords (played on keyboard with some pitch bend modulation) and this is the result. I try to recommend listening with headphones when I think it's worth it, and I think it applies in this case.  :)

Check out his playlist where he compiled various other really cool adaptations of his original tune. Thanks Bill for continuing to inspire us with your magic! 

PLAYLIST: Variations On A Dream
https://soundcloud.com/remnant60/sets/variations-on-a-dream

Universal Language (collab with Remnant60)

🥁 🎷 🎺 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗞 𝗩𝗢𝗟. 𝗜𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗢𝗪!

🎼 𝙍𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙤 and 𝙎𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍𝘽𝙍𝙊𝙎. are back with a new funky strike aka „𝖨𝖭𝖥𝖤𝖢𝖳𝖤𝖣 𝖥𝖴𝖭𝖪 𝖵𝖮𝖫. 𝟤“ and we are super happy with the second collaboration and another funky and groovy Mixtape. Ray Surdo (www.soundcloud.com/user-629401066) is a master in any funky way or sense and we feel honored and blessed to drop today our second mixtape with him. And now let’s get back to the important part: The music that we all do love!

Here is our tracklist:

🅿🅰🆁🆃 1 🆁🅰🆈 🆂🆄🆁🅳🅾
1.⁠ ⁠Savages Y Suefo - All Is Blues
2.⁠ ⁠⁠Kidzen - Mad Stream (Rephrase Remix)
3.⁠ ⁠⁠Big Daddy Kane - How You Get A Record Deal? (The Breakbeat Junkie Mix)
4.⁠ ⁠⁠Eddie Harris - It’s All Right Now (Shaka Loves You Edit)
5.⁠ ⁠⁠A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It (J. Cole Remix / The Owl Rework)
6.⁠ ⁠⁠Vito Lalinga - Stomp And Dance
7.⁠ ⁠⁠Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing (Jayl Funk Edit)
8.⁠ ⁠⁠Bahama Soul Club feat. Brenda Boykin - No Words (Suonho Remix)
9.⁠ ⁠⁠Koka Mass Jazz - Keep The Groove (Instrumental)
10.⁠ ⁠⁠Fort Knox Five feat. Joe Quaterman - Don’t Go  

🅿🅰🆁🆃 2 🆂🅰🅲🅷🅴🆁🅱🆁🅾🆂.
1.⁠ ⁠Black Pumas - Fire
2.⁠ ⁠⁠Arc de Soleil - The Thief in Marrakesh
3.⁠ ⁠⁠Tommy Guerrero - Black Sheep Blues
4.⁠ ⁠⁠Akshin Alizadeh - Southern Man
5.⁠ ⁠⁠The new Mastersound - let´s go back
6.⁠ ⁠⁠Devon Lamar Organ Trio - Close but no Cigar
7.⁠ ⁠⁠Funky Destination - Feel this Song
8.⁠ ⁠⁠Marc Hype, Jim Dunloop, Mr. Lif - Predominant
9.⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Rubberfunk - Latin Player
10.⁠ ⁠⁠David McCallum - The Edge

On behalf of Ray and your SACHERBROS. we hope you gonna love our Mixtape and 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍 𝙄𝙏 𝙇𝙊𝙐𝘿 & 𝙆𝙀𝙀𝙋 𝘿𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙄𝙉𝙂.

𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 
𝙍𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙤 & 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍𝘽𝙍𝙊𝙎. 🤜🏼🤛🏽

Infected Funk Vol. 2

This is a chant in Sanskrit to the Indian god Shiva, from a poem by Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). 

Om namah shivayah 
nikhila bhuvana janma
sthemabhaṅga prarohah
akalitamahimana kalpita 
yatra tasmin
suvimala gaganabhe 
isasamsthe pyanise 
mama bhavatu bhavesmin 
Bhasuro bhavabandhah

May my luminous love fasten firm to Him, to Shiva,
In whom arise visions of glories immeasurable!
May my luminous love cling to Him who is utterly pure, like the sky,
Who is Lord of all, having no lord over Himself!

I made this on Suno, as part of my ongoing experiments to see how far I can push A.I. music with dead priestly languages! 😇  Thanks to @APi_ZZ for mixing it, and also for the excellent titling on the cover.

Om Namah Shivaya

In Euripides' tragedy 'The Suppliants', a group of Argive mothers travels to Eleusis to plead with Theseus, king of Athens, to help them recover the bodies of their sons, who fell during the failed assault on Thebes. The Thebans, in fact, refuse to return the corpses for burial. These mothers, immersed in profound grief, represent the universal symbol of maternal mourning in the face of the loss of their children in war.

Cover picture: Theseus and Amphitrite with Athena looking on. Interior from an Attic red-figure cup, 500–490 BC. Currently housed at the Louvre Museum of Paris (inventory G 105).

Composed by Michele Ansani (2023-2025).
Female vocals courtesy of VOX.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, April 4.

The Suppliants *

Story:

Colonel Kidrick's squad disembarked from the dropship. Sent to secure a colony that had gone silent, they were prepared for insurrection or bandits — not what they found. Suddenly the sand erupted. Spindly, insect-like creatures the size of horses, their exoskeletons glinting in the light, attacked. Kidrick calls for reinforcement but nevertheless fought at the frontline with his team in a merciless combat. They fought through the night, holding their ground despite mounting casualties. Though their numbers dwindled, their spirit burned bright as Colonel Kidrick yelled the directive:

Surrender Is Not An Option


Music:

The tracks starts with some synths that melt into soft and slow string harmonies to express the calm trip to the colony. The encounter of the aliens is sonically expressed with synth braaams, low brass and a string ostinato. A bright horn melody and rhythmic short strings should match the heroic vibe. The following part with mainly minor chords show the loss and sorrow of fellow soldiers. The battle continues with even more intensity of the utilized instruments in full dynamics. Aggressive bass pulses support the string shorts, trumpets and horns play a strong melody passing their role to octaved strings. Choir shorts and a drumkit enforce the rhythm until the intro reoccurs at the end.

Video: https://youtu.be/bwDX-SBET7w

Surrender Is Not An Option

lost transmission

Interlude #7

This tune began with just the upright bass & flute part that were inspired by an old song that I liked a lot by an English Jazz trio called The Herbaliser. Beyond the basic A - B - A arrangement I couldn't really think of much else to do with it, so I enlisted a couple blokes from the Eclectic Collective to help flesh it out. Namely Stephen (@texmex-shaman), and Chris (@hiddenhands-760647700).

Stephen added the trippy high pitch reverse guitar effect, and the sick bluesy lead guitar in the middle section (thus the title, Blue In The Middle). He also lent his mastering skills to great effect on this one. And Chris added some delightfully dark atmospheric backing guitar parts and effects, as well as the Portishead influenced drum track. I was then inspired to add the background echo guitar sound in the middle section, the vocal sample near the end, a bit of percussion and minor sound effects. All my parts were played on keyboard except the vocal sample (from Garageband) and the flute, which I played live. 
Thanks guys for bringing this to life, and hope folks enjoy this trippy little ditty.

Image art designed and created using ChatGPT 4o.

Blue In The Middle (with CGManess & TexMex Shaman)

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God of Time & Evolving Science

Evolution

From their debut album, out February 23rd, 2017 via Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Olden Yolk "Takes One To Know One" (Trouble In Mind Records)

from the forthcoming 'Oîdophon Echorama'.

GLORIA 'Heavy' ft. Arianna Monteverdi

This track uses sound samples from GarageBand which I then arranged into this thumpin’ thingamabobber. Like lots of my stuff, this is just an idea which may be developed into a fuller arrangement later.

Mark's Album

I, Spy

The Weed Tree

Rosemary Lane

McCafferty
McCaffertty
Sum of all fears
Skeleton bones

Cavetown
Twenty one pilots
Panic!atthedisco

Alt rock
Bottles and cans
Ajj 
Study music
Cavetown
Cave town
Warrior cats
Acoustic

And I know that you're an asshole
And I know that you do not need help
And I know that you're in counseling
And that counseling, won't help
And I know that you will break me
And I know that you won't make it fast
So I will writhe away my skin and bones
And you can kill me in the grass
She's saying, "I just drove so far to see you
But I'm not sure that I want your kids."
He's saying, "Oh my god, I should've known that
That was then, and this is this."

She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

And he is shaking at the knees
Because he never has the words
He says that "I can't do this anymore
The way you act in public sickens me
And I hate you and your fucking friends
And the way they try to use me."

She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

Whoa

I never told you, how much I need you
Back in November, when we were broken
Now it's October, I am alone
But I am awake, and trapped in this place
And I never told you, how much I need you
Back in November, when we were broken
Now it's October, I am alone
But I am awake, and trapped in this place

She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
She says, "Oh my body, I hate this body
I'm a skeleton, and I am dead and gone
And when I die, he peels off all my skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

They say, "Oh our bodies, we hate our bodies
We are skeletons, and we are dead and gone
And when we die, he peels off all our skin
And he staples it back up to his."
These bones

Twenty one pilots
Panic at the disco
Radical face

Skeleton Bones - McCafferty

Guitar meeting sax tenor

You can find this track on the Album : Noise Experiment
https://gommusic2.bandcamp.com/album/noise-experiment