SUNRISE

Dark Continent is the last of the tracks from my world percussion album "Skin & Wisdom" to be posted on Soundcloud.
The final destination of this global drum journey is Africa.
Thank you to all that have liked, commented, and reposted any these tracks from the album. This was a joy to create, and I hope these tracks have given you a sense of adventure and worldly travels.

Now that I have released 2 full albums of world percussion, it will be a LONG TIME before I return to this genre. 

https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/skin-wisdom
https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/album/vibrations-empowered-within

Always more explorations and different moods of sound to come!

Skin & Wisdom album

Mood Exhibit - Dark Continent

An epilogue to the human race. Why do we so firmly believe that our species will survive? Over 99% of species that roamed the earth in the course of the past 4 billion years have vanished again. We only know of them, when we examine the fossile record. So, chances are (unfortunately) very high, that also we will become extinct some time and our memories are only preserved in the depths of the earth. 
Also, the Fermi Paradox (see, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc) leaves us puzzled why we see no other forms of life in the universe. 
Let us not get extinct! (and, on a personal note, I think, the  travelling to Mars is not exactly the solution to ensure the survival of our species. Rather, it is, not ruining our wonderful home planet)
A lyrics version will come out soon.

Compositionwise, the piece is structured in four parts. 
Part 1, introduces the lamenting theme, first in a very basic relaxed fashion with slow accompaniment and then becoming a tad more agitated. The chromatically descending accompaniment underlines the mournful mood. The second half of the part starting @0:24 is a bit more consoling but keeps the overall spirit. The other three parts (starting @ 0:48, 1:31, 2:15) are variations of the main theme with the last part leading @2:40 into the end that leaves more questions than answers)

The VST piano used for this recording was the Nils Frahm Noire (not the felt version) which I slightly brightened up to have more of the singing overtones.

Fossiles in the Making (Piano Miniature)

My new single ABCZ 500 out on major platforms now!
Link in bio or https://linkco.re/NMzxBT85 

Until now, my music was almost completely ununderstood except for the SoundCloud community (I am very grateful to you). Why is that? I haven't even been able to face that question. However, this time, with the beginning of 2025, I will also change! I decided. I have to break out of my shell. I have to incorporate trends. That being said, since I did all the work, the music ended up being strange and typical of me. It's a strange piece of music, but I think you'll enjoy it. Go ahead and press the play button.

Lyrics :
I want your lover to give you away
Your eyes blue eyes talk me too much
So long so long time ago
I had desire to forget them
(Go?)

Tell me the number
I hate your lies
When it is rainy
It's time to leave
So much confusion 
Steps to hell
Nobody knows my secret job

A B C D
A B C Ah

Sit down 
Stand up
Fading hearts
There is no choice
Already in
I saw
You found
No mistakes
'Cause you love to rock 'n' roll
(Go?)

Troubles
Silence
There's no truth
When you look back in trash in the cage
I say
You have no possibilities
No
No
No overcome

A B C D
A B C Z
Woo Hoo!!
(Go?)

ABCZ 500

This track was inspired by the notion of AI becoming conscious. I can't imagine this will happen anytime soon... Having said that, our attempts to understand consciousness in animals suggests that there might be a tipping point, where it simply happens and takes humans by surprise. 
The guitar parts where played on a Fender Telecaster with Texas pickups. 

Interface

“ Colpi Dritti “  by Luke 

During Medieval & Renaissance days the fencing word..
“Colpi Dritti”…means: “Vadi blows from the right side used to defend one self” as the warriors had to do…

Just a fun experimental piece …

Keys & Piano & Synthesizer & Guitar & Drums  by Luke
Created & Composed & Produced by Luke
Music & Track & Album Photos by Luke
Photography by Luke
I use Open A.i for Album art pictures 

                           Beats by Luke©️
                         S c h ü ß m a n n©️

“Colpi Dritti”  by Luke

That guy is me, exactly 50 years ago, after a soccer match. I was a decent, fast young footballer, but I stopped when I went to university. I  didn't grow tired of running after a ball, simply having other things to do; thinking I'd start again sooner or later. It only happened occasionally, over the years. Today I could go back to kicking a ball on a football pitch, but it's unlikely that I'd come out of there alive. And so, officially, I bury that part of my life in the archive of memories and play a little (and not sad) 'requiem'.

Saxophones (reworked by me) are courtesy of Gareth Lumbers (via Komorebi Audio - Sunset Jazz) and Tokyo City Pop Tapes.
Composed by Michele Ansani (2023-2025).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, March 19.

Requiem for a footballer *

Orbital

Since I was quite impressed by the possibilities that ‘Meld’ in Ableton Live 12 has to offer, I decided to spend another week getting to know the instrument better. I used the same project file as in WAV52 |32, but with different settings. It‘s fascinating how much variation you can achieve just by tweaking parameters. I get the feeling you could keep exploring this for weeks—the possibilities seem endless.

While exporting, I encountered a strange issue. In the Arrange window, all ten track clips were visible, but one of the clips didn’t partially produce any audio feedback, even though the MIDI track itself was clearly displayed. To solve this, I froze the track from MIDI to Audio. After that, I was able to copy the missing audio back into the track and export the whole session successfully. The scale is Mixolydian.

WAV52 | 33

“Life” is a dreamy, organic journey through soft textures and subtle rhythms. Flowing atmospheric pads, immersive melodies and gentle, earthy percussion blend into a warm ambient experience — simple, yet deeply evocative. Let yourself drift.”

Life

combined risk

I've been on Soundcloud for six years now and it's been great exploring the work of other artists.  There is so much generosity of spirit on this platform, it's just what you need when most of your music is made solo. 

I started out playing classical and Spanish guitar, then took up flamenco to ease myself away from the confines of musical notation. As a result, Latin rhythms often creep into my music. 

A friend introduced me to steel string and electric guitars just a few years ago and I still find the scope they bring dizzying... but what fun!

Interface

Wayfarer DG