This is a song that was written by the very talented Artur (Surfers Like Us), who is a surf rock master, and delivered to us in the form of a guitar track. I enjoyed adding the psychedelic, yet foundational four string fretless bass. Ken (K2 and the Three and K2 and the Four) boosted the energy level of the song when he blew our minds with his driving drums. JJ (J.J. Terrell) added the wild, dynamic organ you hear throughout. Tez (Llanpsych) brought lightning down from the sky in the solo over the third section. And last, but certainly not least, Stephen (TexMex Shaman) laid down the mind-bending guitar solos over the first two sections. He also produced and mixed it, with a little help from Ken. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as our Eclectic Collective enjoyed making it.

A Time Race (Surfers Like Us with Eclectic Collective)

Bridge of Gold

Called

Das Badelied

Daybreak

I wrote this about 4 years ago whilst cycling into a wild headwind. One thing led to another in my thoughts and out popped a song on a topic that I actually wanted and intended to write about at some point. There it was, that wicked wind!
I have this feeling that Scientists in the very near future will be saying 'I told you so' when it is all too late.

Before The Warming

Composition and all instruments by Burak Deran

Ultra Heavy

Music and Lyrics by the amazingly talented The Corking Crack Band.  https://soundcloud.com/lee_boyes-128832399

I listened for your keys at the door
And I waited for your steps upon the floor
I picked up my drawing of cows and barns
Then ran into your coat and your scarf and your arms

You showed me that fear is forbidden
You told me that pain should be hidden
You smacked me, you struck me when I opened my eyes
You taught me that truth hurts more than lies

Oh I, yes I’m not sad and lonely
You won’t see, you won’t see the tears I cry
Oh I, no I’m not sad and lonely
It’s just the way the rain falls every time that we say goodbye

I hope for a day
A day of diamonds and dreams
I hope you will say
Things are not as they seem
I pray you will take me
Your hand on my cheek
And tell me you love me
And you’re sorry for being so weak
Oh daddy…

I can still smell the green grass you mowed
Every Sunday, cut blades blew across the road
So little was there on show
The roots are still deep and still guide how they grow

Oh I, yes I’m not sad and lonely
You won’t see, you won’t see the tears that I cry
Oh I, no I’m not sad and lonely
It’s just the way the rain falls every time that we say goodbye

The Way the Rain Falls (With The Corking Crack Band)

29.07.2024

Gonna Be Hard (Live Acoustic)

"The Deception of the Thrush"
Valhjim


"                                            Shall we follow
the deception of the thrush? Into our first world.

The unheard music hidden in the shrubbery,
and the unseen eyebeam crossed, for the roses
had the look of flowers that are looked at....

And the pool was filled with water out of sunlight,
and the lotus rose, quietly, quietly,
the surface glittered out of heart of light,

and a cloud passed, and the pool was empty.

Time past and time future
what might have been and what has been
point to one end, which is always present."

                                                    — T.S.Eliot

Hope you like this soundscape, folks.

thanks for listening 
and for your always kind words. 

Valhjim — synthesizers, samplers, SFX, guitars.
Martin Miers — drums, percussions.

—(C) 2024 Jim Valero (all rights reserved). 



The Deception of the Thrush - Valhjim w/Martin Miers

Two Raven

Valhjim is a music composer with an eclectic approach to different genres: rock, pop, folk, New Age, and experimental electronic music. Greatly driven by imagination and poetic imagery, he combines multiple instrumental textures to fire the imagination of his listeners. 

His more experimental ambience and electronic music is built with layers of suggestive sound textures, rhythms, and melodic lines that stir the imagination into suggestive imagery and worlds unseen, true architectures of sound that open up limitless spaces to explore. Often Valhjim's melodies sail through genre thresholds, crossing over from one genre to another, from neo classcal to electronic, or from jazz to rock or new age.