From the 2nd King Dodo EP, “Ants in the Toffee”, Released 25/11/23

KING DODO - COME UP FOR AIR

Uncle Moon Doogie, triple over five.

I am tremendously thankful to David for his majestic and heavenly beautiful accompaniment for my solo piano piece. It has been a genuine pleasure and honour for me to collaborate with such a hugely talented composer and musician.

Please listen to David’s wonderful cinematic electronic music here: @user-92820487

Thank you so much for your attention and listening. We really hope that you will enjoy our work!

Credits:

Piano composition and performance: Anastasiya Ihnatovich
Arrangement and orchestration: David De Michele

No Replay, No Rewind (Ft. David De Michele)

procedure: Jeff and jo co-composed the lines that eventually made it into the lyrics. Jeff then selected and condensed those lines into a single poem and recorded a spoken version. jo added some modulation and instrumentation, mostly urban field recordings and vst (organ, cello, choir) in quite a gritty mix. Jeff created a mellotron track as well as a remodulation of the reading and jo added some delayed quitar and incorporated all of that into the mix.  Eventually, Jeff performed an amazing e-bow solo which jo aðded into the brew - asking his software to also magic up some time reversal and stretching .... ah, the hermetic arts of the mixing desk! image: copyright jo richter


lyrics / copyright Jeff gardiner and jo richter:

I dreamed of bees and she's ensconced 
lovingly covered in wax and honey
in her shock

Coy teenagers carry their mothers' frigid deferral
on their sleeves
enticing the junk yard louts -
creating silver bullets for the gentlemen of lore

The porter took the luggage through a doorway made of fog
- snake masters of the charming trades and the Gorgon in the lobby
offer terror as a benefit and hobby 

Fake slaughter of willing lambs
souls embalmed in resin prayers
heretics and fools
buying artificial artifacts from the vendors
in the palace lobby after hours

While towers in the distance seem to shimmer
in the brilliant heat of golden stars exploding
in the summer of his thoughts
while the unborn spawn of heavy metal Gibson psalms
is inspired by the razor wire, sharp and coiled
and singing in the wind

psalms - by jeff and jo

People make mistakes that’s why pencils have erasers
People make mistakes that’s why cops have tasers
People make mistakes that’s why keyboards have a backspace
People make mistakes that’s why you sometimes see a car chase

You didn’t put the toilet seat down
And you used the wrong pronoun
Then you went out in lockdown

You did 40 in a 30 zone
You thought you were driving round Silverstone
And when they caught you, you were on your phone
Ring Ring


You didn’t put the toilet seat down
And you used the wrong pronoun
Then you went out in lockdown

People Make Mistakes

about getting it wrong.... demo of a Will Russell's track from the album ...and another thing. 

Trapped within You

the tribe is calling Otumbo.
check out part I and III

Calling Otumbo  - Part II

Tony Brown from out of town!

Cast of Characters:
Stonerjazz-- @user-911083679 -- narration of questions
Surfers Like Us– @user-411502040 –Artur– guitar
mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark—synth effects, synth strings and flute, lyrics, and vocals
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – guitar and production
TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– guitar, banjo, slide, sitar, and production
J.J. Terrell–@j-j-terrell –electric piano, organ, synth, bass, drums, vocals, and production
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara -–Ken–drums, percussion, and vocals
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –- guitar, bass, madolin, keys, banjo, lap steel, sitar, and vocals
Huge thanks, too, to the other featured musicians to whom we're very grateful to for sharing their music and talents with us this past year. They are the fuel that drives the EC into new musical realms. They include:

CG MANESS-- user-419254289-15129531
ELPIVERSE-- @elpiverse 
SCOTTY (ONE MAN VERITY SHOW)-- @one-man-verity-show 
ROY ROY-- @user-967672349 
MARK FOSELLA-- @mark_f_2019 
FRANS BEELAARD-- @user-936947521 
MYSTERIOUS DECIBEL--  @themysteriousdecibel 
DAVID MARCONI-- @david-marconi-917184705 
RON LEWIS--  @ron-lewis-779503933 
JAMES TOBUREN (WITCHES OF THE ALAMO)-- @witchesofthealamo 
JEFF ROBERTS— @jeff_roberts
  Well folks, it's that time of year again. It's time for the Eclectic Collective to take stock of the fruits of the year previous, and reflect on what making music together means to all of us. We hope you all take a chunk of time and indulge in our gift to you. We wanted to address every one of our SoundCloud friends with our voices as an intimate way to connect with each of you.
  This has become a tradition within the EC now that we've made it to our second (and a half) year of making music together. For the second time, JJ asked our friend and sometimes collaborator Jeff (Stonerjazz) to ask some interview questions of us. Then, we all came up with the answers and sent them to JJ to assemble the project.
  This mighty music machine we've created, that manages to release a new song every Friday, wouldn't mean anything if no one was listening to us. Which is why we want to extend our very sincere thanks to you for tuning in and supporting our efforts. If one other person gets joy from our music, that's such a huge accomplishment. However, it really feels like a bunch of people whom we really respect are digging what we're doing, which feels truly humbling and fulfilling. 
  With that, we hope you enjoy hearing us voice our thoughts over the highlights of our musical year as much as we enjoyed a year rich in music and comradery. Happy New Year!
 Here's a breakdown of the time stamps for each of our individual questions and answers, in case you want to skip ahead or want to hear someone more than once. 
1:28 TEZ Q1
2:20 TEZ Q2
2:37 TEZ Q3 
4:42 KEN Q1 
7:36 KEN Q2 
13:04 MARK Q1
18:42 STEPHEN Q1 
23:21 JOSH Q1
27:36  ARTUR Q1  
32:00 J.J. Q1

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