Name: Zeit by The Golden Mantis
Duration: 3 min 59 s
Description: Please welcome our second German single "Zeit".

A darkly rich exotic track...beautiful orchestration and gorgeous vocals!

Beautiful melody.  Added to my Freak Radio playlist

Cool vibe (I don't speak German but am enjoying the sound of the words)

Written and recorded 26-27 October 2019

For Megan

https://www.survivorsink.org/

Photography by Jake Davies
https://unsplash.com/@jakedavies

BRAND

marks upon my body
secrets i can't tell
symbol of oppression
cast under a spell

stole my independence
turned me to a slave
i won't be afraid again

bound me with your violence
scarred me with your brand
forced me into silence
i had to take a stand

call me by my name
i won't be ashamed
i won't be afraid again 

i am a survivor
i will break the chain
i belong to no-one
call me by my name

love hope bravery
free from slavery
i won't be afraid again

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Brand

Here's a whimsical little track in an early jazz swing style with a bit of humor. It was inspired, but my no means compares to, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by the great Jim Croce.

A New Horizon

Don't Mess Around with Bruno

Just a track I started basically for a potential project with a brass player (euphonium) but finally this was not retained.

PS 1 : the project will happen, just with another track ;)
PS 2:  if any vocalist would like to play on that, I will with pleasure open the download! Just let me know

check what others did:
https://soundcloud.com/kaerian-1/sets/dead-sea-friends-rework

By myself

Dead Sea

Dead Sea (free download for open collab!)

https://soundcloud.com/jbeattomyowndrumindiepop

Ghost Movement
135 BPM
IPG1's Lyrics

Let’s take a moment here and think things through clearly 
do we really want things as they are or the way they’re meant to be

So basically yes we’re still the same 
same people same blood running through our veins 
why question who I am now it’s who we became 
let’s not act in desperation but acknowledge that we both changed 
acknowledge that we both changed

So many questions now is there a hidden agenda 
we can’t be unaware no more flirting with danger 
let’s be honest with ourselves there’s no reason to pretend here 
cause no one knows me better don’t go treating me like a stranger

Ghost Movement Rap Remix

First track in almost 2 years! 

Anyone who is struggling at the moment or has in the past struggled, this is for you!

A Struggle

Please welcome our second German single "Zeit".

Zeit

A tribute to Susi Lawson - SusiSoulJourney
https://soundcloud.com/susisouljourney

Lyrics that inspired Riff are below.

WHILE DRINKING MY COFFEE			
I WAS READIN' ABOUT SUSI			
ON HER SOUNDCLOUD SITE			
ON A COLD RAINY NIGHT			
			
SHE'S ONE OF THE VOICES			
OF THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN'S			
HER NEVER ENDIN' DRIVE			
KEEPS THE MOUNTAIN MUSIC ALIVE			
			
(CHORUS)			
THE MUSIC RECORDED BY SUSI			
BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN US			
FILLS US WITH TENDERNESS			
BRINGS US A LITTLE HAPPINESS			
			
SUSI'S A LOVER OF MUSIC			
HER SOUND IS POETIC			
HER VOCALS ARE REAL			
WITH A DOWN HOME FEEL			
			
IF YOU'RE UNWOUND			
GIVE SUSI'S MUSIC A LISTEN 			
HER LAID BACK SOUND			
COMES FROM HER HEART			
			
(REPEAT CHORUS)			
			
© 2020 Lyrics by Tony Harris

Susi's Music - Lyrics by Tony - Featuring Riff Beach - Original

22/August/2020

Rumours (featuring Jussi Welin)

A little tune for those in the Autumn of life who may have lost a spouse or maybe never married but have found someone very special and find themselves "falling again" in love.  
Annie @annie-smart-1 loved this tune and asked to collaborate on it which can be heard on her Cloud by following the link.  It is lovely in every way, and I am so honored by her collaboration.

Falling Again (Guitar Instrumental)

Taking it back' with a classical approach supporting the amazing vocal and lyrics from IPG1- Ian Greaves, https://soundcloud.com/ipg1

'Taking It Back' Featuring  IPG1 vocals

Bass, piano and drum track for open collab in G Aeolian mode 110 bpm.
Please, do what you like with it, but, give me a credit, link to my page and let me know so that I can  listen : )

Tea And Muffins (Download Open Collaboration offer)

The Golden Mantis are the Mannheim/Germany based musicians Silvia Subosco and Roger Münzenmayer.

In the mid 80s they already played together in The Valentines, one of the most exciting Mannheim bands at that time. When the group split up at the end of the 90s, this did not mean the musical end of the two of them at the same time. Silvia continued to compose magical songs in her idiosyncratic style and Roger continued to develop his creativity in many regional band projects.
 
In 2019, they finally came together again as The Golden Mantis to re-set the repertoire that had been created over the past years. Words and melodies are Silvia's thing, while Roger's signature is reflected in sound, music and production. The Golden Mantis publish their songs in both German and English.
 
The attempt to describe the band's music must fail miserably, because there is so much personality and emotion involved that every genre drawer creaks. There is only one way to approach them: LISTEN! The Golden Mantis songs are a unique melange. Classic singer/songwriter meets Indie Rock, Dark Folk, Chanson and 80s New Wave. Silvia's deep, warm and often rough voice takes the listener on a flying carpet into a different world - dark, plaintive, confident, warm ... and always emotional. If you follow this trail, her whole magic unfolds, shakes and a letting go is hardly possible.

Zeit

The Golden Mantis

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