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Fall 2024

CANCIONES QUE HAY QUE ESCUCHAR-2

Saxophone, Production:  Mikey McFaffington and his Saxophonic Adventures [https://soundcloud.com/mikeymcfaffington]

Electronic production: Christian Moll [https://soundcloud.com/christianmoll]

Soul Gardens (Collab with Mikey on Sax)

Gotham Golem Rebirth

Give me something infinite
Infinite is the universe as people say don't know
Infinite is our souls they say but where they go don't blow
Its not so complicated and think of it just twice
Once for your reality and once for your true eyes.
The history has proven it so there 's a being to live it
The future has predicted it so there 's a soul to keep it
This bring you to dimensioning of our eternal life
Just breath it and remember yeah you re not just here to die
After all its everything that's given out in faith
reality is infinite in this path most people hate
The game of god has silenced the truth is now endorsed
You know now dimensionless to kneel when you're outsourced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KLNTu-Y6HU

GIVE ME SOMETHING INFINITE (Lyrics on Description)

A big thank you to Mikey McFaffington for playing the Saxophone, a great pleasure to collab with...
Please take a closer listen: https://soundcloud.com/mikeymcfaffington

The picture shows a detail of „3 Crows And A Pink Helium Horse“, oil on canvas by Steffen Braumann, 2019




The „Witness Statement“ (Crow No 3)

1
"...that you find me here is really just a pure coincidence
Things are very clear at the scenery of the incident 

ref
I don’t really know those two, 
I think I have seen them before
Once they sat on the shoulders of a deceased god 
They used to whisper to 

I’m only a casual passer-by
Just happen to be passing by
Nothing more but a casual passer-by
Don't ask me what's going on or why

2
I'm on my way home - a beech tree, close by, 
Have  been searching for long
Even has a balkony and a secret hiding place in the roots, 
Plenty of room for lots of stuff and things, even got a roof

ref
I really don’t know those two 
I think I have seen them before
Once they sat on the shoulders of a deceased god  
They used to whisper to 

But I - only a casual passer-by
Just happen to be passing by
Nothing more but an innocent casual passer-by
Don't ask me what's going on or why

3
The victim ? - Isn’t known to me…
I remember before it was seen higher up
It was pink and looked like a pumping heart which was  too cocky on the run
At its lower end something small blinked seductively in the rising sun

ref
I don’t really know those two
(Though they are of my kind)
I think I have seen them before
Didn’t they sit on the shoulders of a deceased god 
They used to whisper to ?

But me, only a casual passer-by
Just happen to be passing by
Nothing more but an innocent casual passer-by
Don't ask me what's going on or why

On my way home
Just passing by…"

The Witness Statement (Crow No 3) ft Mikey McFaffington and his Saxophonic Adventures

Soft Rain  [Live] * Copyright SCRT Record Co.

The album's title track. This title of course refers to the new album and that I have set the bar a little higher for myself on it. I'll leave it up to you to judge whether this was successful LOL. But it's also about feeling good and happy. Sometimes you have one of those days when you get up and everything you do just works without putting in the effort. You then get a good feeling and the next action goes smoothly again. If you can hold on to that long enough you will get such an accumulation of positive vibes that at some point it will snowball and you will enter The Next Level. Everything then goes intuitively and in balance. This song is the happiest one of the album. Damn, I wish I had more days like that!

The Next Level

"Distanced" is a reflective ballad that captures the beauty and heartache of a long-distance relationship, drawing parallels with the infinite expanses of space, and the need for connection stifled by the realities of time and space. With spacey guitar tones and melancholic vocals, The Day Afters blend wistful lyrics with a modern indie sound. Perfect for late-night reflection.

Lyrics:
It’s the Distance - and the time we squandered, the days we found were- quickened.
A rhythm - as we break in two again, smash into ourselves - listen….   

If you want it - you get it - you get you let it go
When  you see it - it’s never what you’re looking for
You can dream - for more and more
What’s real is here, you feel it near - that’s yours

Absence - makes the heart grow fonder But my thoughts still wander - still with you
This system - demands you follow, Makes you swallow - puts us in this queue

If want it - you get it - you get you let it go
When you see it - it’s never what you’re looking for
You can dream - for more and more
What’s real is here, you feel it near - that’s yours

I Miss you - the earth is harder, the sun feels farther than it used to - and we’re just passing through

Trying to read you - I can't tell
Trying to reach you - No one’s there

Void Century

Distanced

Many thanks to Eoin for asking me to work with him on this track. Please check out Eoin's awesome work here: -

https://soundcloud.com/userwillypaddy87

Artwork- Eoin Shannon
Vocals - Eoin Shannon
Keyboards & Saxophone - Mikey McFaffington

And I Love Her

And I Love Her- Collaboration With Eoin Shannon ( Beatles cover)

Don't Let It Pass You By, by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

DON'T LET IT PASS YOU BY
Don’t let the times go slow Mama
Just let them ride on easy
It’s happening
It’s happening

Don’t let the blues fool you Mama
Just let them pass you by
That’s what they’re there for
That’s what they’re there for

Open up your heart and let it all go
Cos you know sometimes you just gotta let it all flow

And all those times there in your head
Was only there to compensate
All the while the way was waiting
You just had to grab a hold of the way
All today
Of the way
In that sway

And what is today is never tomorrow
And who is gone may only follow
Take hold of my hand til the morning comes
New dawn come when you wake up
When you wake up
When you wake up

Don’t let the times go slow Mama
Just let them ride on easy
It’s happening
It’s happening

Don’t let the blues fool you Mama
Just let them pass you by
That’s what they’re there for
That’s what they’re there for

Open up your heart and let it all go
Cos you know sometimes you just gotta let it all flow

And all those thoughts there in your brain
Was only there to compensate
Cos all the while the way was waiting
You just had to grab a hold of the way
Of today
Of the way
Caught In the sway

And what is today is never tomorrow
And who is gone may only follow
Take hold of my hand til the morning comes
New dawn comes when you wake up
When you wake up
When you wake up

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.

Copyright © 1985 Pok Songs / Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Pok, Fedax Si-Hulmin, Josh Reynes, Maxx Damage and Sven Stiglund.

Pok’s guitars and voices recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2017.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2023-4.
Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Copyright ℗ 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – lead vocal, lead and rhythm guitars
Fedax Si-Hulmin – guitar, backing vocals
Josh Reynes – organ, synths
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:
* Don’t Let It Pass You By begins with a cute little instrumental in the key of A major.
* This section introduces the string section and keys, there are no drums.
* Pok plays a rhythm track on Marsha panned to the right throughout the song and a clean sounding lead track panned down the centre, also on Marsha.
* Fedax plays chords on the Ice Maiden panned left, and Maxx’s bass and Josh’s DSK B3x are also present.
* Fedax uses a patch on the Neural DSP Quad Cortex called Brit 2203, scene 1, and the Ice Maiden’s bridge pickup in humbucker configuration to conform with the original Laughing Sun interpretation.
* Once the intro is done, the key changes to E major and the feel becomes a hard blues rock vibe.
* The tempo for the song is 144 BPM, or allegro vivace.
* Don’t Let It Pass You By has a lyric that delivers a very strong and positive message.
* The whole song is upbeat and has a real feelgood factor about it.
* Don’t Let It Pass You By was composed by Pok in 1985 and the earliest version was performed by Laughing Sun.
* It was also performed by the Spacegoats during their brief Electric Elves incarnation, some of which you can hear in the Archives section of the Wud Records website.
* The synth that sounds a little like the EDP Wasp is the Kriminal Twilight synth, which is freeware, and you can learn more about it here: https://rekkerd.org/kriminal-releases-twilight-vsti/.
* There is also a pad called fullonpad from the Polly8te by Osiris, which you can find here: https://sites.google.com/site/osirissynths/Home/synth-page

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-let-it-pass-you-by-2
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/dont-let-it-pass-you-by
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

Anthology

Don't Let It Pass You By

Download

Pok: Don't Let It Pass You By

||| Lost in Translation |||
From the album White Noise 
+ Releases 15 October 2025 on all major streaming platforms +
An experimental soundtrack, combining dark ambience and noise with amped up synth bass and downtempo beats...


Available for download here 💿
https://scratchkelly.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-translation

Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGOb4uzAv90

White Noise

Lost In Translation

une nouvelle version de ce trip hop que j'avais composé en 2022
 PAROLES
Tu restes
 Comme une parole interrompue
 
 A des années lumières
 Comme un cœur en hiver

A des années lumières
 Rien n’efface ton ombre
 Dans l’oubli rien n’est sombre
 Du joli nom d’amante
Ni le thé à la menthe
 Ni les lèvres mi-closes
 Ni le vase ni la rose
Ni la beauté du chant
 Ni le désenchantement

C’est comme si c’était hier
 Hier
 A des années-lumière

A des années-lumière
 Comme un oiseau qui chante
 Le cœur dans la tourmente
 Et moi qui m’impatiente
 Comme si c’était hier
 Hier

A des années-lumière
 D’étoiles la poussière
 Dans les grands yeux gris-verts
 Des enfants de la terre

Et nos mains sur la table
 Jouent au marchand de sable

 Tu restes
 Comme une parole interrompue
Comme les voix qui se sont tues

Dans l’oubli rien ne sombre
 Dans les années-lumière
Rien n’efface ton ombre
 Pour un cœur en hiver
 C’est comme si c’était…
 Hier
_______________________________________________________________
You stay
 Like an interrupted word

 Light years away
 Like an heart in winter

Light years away
 Nothing erases your shadow
 In oblivion nothing is dark
 The pretty name of a lover
Nor mint tea
 Nor half-closed lips
 Neither the vase nor the rose
Nor the beauty of singing
 Nor disenchantment

It's like it was yesterday
 Yesterday
 Light years away

Light years away
 Like a singing bird
 The heart in turmoil
 And I who get impatient
 As if it were yesterday
 Yesterday

Light years away
 From stars to dust
 In the big gray-green eyes
 Children of the Earth

And our hands on the table
 Play Sandman

 You stay
 Like an interrupted word
Like the voices that fell silent

In oblivion nothing sinks
 In the light years
Nothing erases your shadow
 For a heart in winter
 It's like it's...
 Yesterday

À Des Années - Lumière

/больно махать с пирона вслед/
drawn people wave to us
from the compartments - carriages

it's time for them

they draw promises - to come back..
and that they already miss you
that they are so sorry..

and on the glass of the heart
they write..
with paper with tears in their eyes

and then erase..

cold or sadness on their faces?

and it seems that they are yearning and suffering
but the train has started moving
and they forget..

drawn people wave to us
from the compartments - carriages

where?
where -
they will go now
so that our love does not burn out..

it doesn't matter to them -
where to draw feelings..
and then erase everything..
erase..

and forget...



нам машут нарисованные люди 
из купе - вагонов

им ехать надо

они рисуют обещания - вернуться ..
и что уже скучают
что им так жаль..

и на стекле сердцА 
выводят ..
с бумажными слезами на глазах

а потом стирают ..

на лицах их простуда или грусть

и будто бы тоскуют и страдают
но поезд тронулся
и забывают..

нам машут нарисованные люди
из купе - вагонов

куда 
куда
они теперь поедут
чтобы любовью нашей не сгореть

не важно

им - где чувства рисовать ..
и всё стирать
стирать

и забывать ...

trains.

Cast of Characters:

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 4-string fretless bass
Mysterious Decibel-- @themysteriousdecibel  --MD—effected vocals
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, trippy synth
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen– electric guitar, production, mix, and mastering
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and seed idea 
Composition – The Eclectic Collective

This song began about half a year ago, as part of a three song set that Ken started with some really cool beats. Josh was first to the trough for here, laying in his fretless bass groove to complete the foundation and give it some tonal direction. Stephen came next and laid in the really trippy textural guitar that you hear throughout. JJ was next with his serious, no joke organ playing, which sets the mood for the whole thing. Last, but not least, Tez joined by adding some really cool accent guitar throughout.
  Of course, every great song needs a great producer, so we tapped Stephen to do the honors on this.
  We had originally made this and the other two song with the intention of having The Mysterious Decibel and his friend Modes About Me sing on them. However, life got in the way, so we sat on them. Finally, MD let us know that he wasn't able to complete the project with us, much to everyone's, including his, disappointment. However, MD did lay down a rough vocal demo for us, which Stephen very ably processed to sound almost like another instrument in there. So, we're releasing this song as a tribute to them both, with gratitude, especially to MD for all the great work he's put in with us. If you're not familiar with either of them, do yourself a favor and check them out. Modes about me is at  @modesaboutme and the link to The Mysterious Decibel can be found in the link in the cast of characters above. 
  This is an example of what it sounds like when the whole band composes a song together. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.

Mysterious Modes (Eclectic Collective)

Mikey McFaffington And eddyoffline 24

Jazz Blues Guitar In Dm Take 2

An original composition written and performed by Jim Parry

Mothers Day (Written and performed by Jim Parry)

A MACHINE IN THE DARK from LOST IN SPACE

Jim Parry plays guitar over a backing track by others.