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It’s autumn, somehow summer got behind me 
Yeah it’s autumn, you know always it has to be
Looking through a mirror to our misty mountain springtime; sweetest love I ever saw
Sunny, funny, honeybee smiling face; now I love you more.

Seasons leaves are turning, but they’re not falling to forget
Yeah it’s autumn, but it’s not nearly winter yet
Looking through a mirror to our hazy crazy springtime; wildest love I ever saw
Sunny, funny, honeybee smiling face; you know I love you more.

It’s autumn, somehow summer got behind me
Yeah it’s autumn, you know it always has to be
Looking through a mirror to our dreamy crystal fountain; deepest love I ever saw
Sunny, funny, honeybee smiling face; yes I love you more.

Autumn

IAOpn

Lockdown is the time for Music Theory, which here led to the Bohlen-Pierce Scale.
Free download: https://secondharmonicgeneration.bandcamp.com/track/egressi-lividum

Violin: Mohammad Drjoub
Violin, Cello, Psalterium, Keyboards, Granular Synth, Vocals: Second Harmonic Generation

This piece was developed from:
https://soundcloud.com/lemonadelove/sorry-by-second-harmonic-generation-ft-lemonade-1

Egressi Lividum

Music, field recording and cover art by Re-evolution Cafe' Orchestra
Original track https://soundcloud.com/re-evolution_cafe/music-for-trains-and-station by @re-evolution_cafe

Sonopoetry and mix by @ilaria_boffa
Days in Autumn poem pays humble homage to ‘You Must Believe in Spring’ by Bill Evans on message, mood and rhythm. It also refers to Rainer Maria Rilke's poem 'Herbsttag/Day in Autumn'.

Days in Autumn poem by IB

we must believe in spring
Earth axis increases
its tilt to the Sun
dew comes, frost no more
vernal peers share light

many a time belatedly
days in autumn
prepare for cold and
special smell of soil
many a time fitfully

oh we must believe in spring
let snow melt and streams swell
the hardiest flowers sprout
days in autumn
prepare for dark and
many a time forecast the yield

dobbiamo sperare nella primavera
l’asse della terra aumenta
l’inclinazione al sole
giunge la rugiada, scongela la brina
i pari dividono la luce in primavera

spesso in ritardo
i giorni d’autunno
preparano al freddo
all’odore tipico della terra
spesso irregolari nel modo

oh dobbiamo sperare nella primavera
lasciamo la neve sciogliere e i fiumi gonfiare
che spuntino i fiori più temerari
i giorni d’autunno
preparano al buio e
spesso dicono il raccolto

Days In Autumn Mix 2. (Re - Evolution Cafe' Orchestra & Ilaria Boffa)

Funking Duck: Lost In The Wintry Forest

We have enjoyed making some new versions of this old tune,  This one with intro and outro by Jore added to his folk orchestra version.

Jorma Heikkilä:  Intro, outro, mix, guitar, mandolas, washboard, banjo and from keyboard: 'tuba, harpsichord, drums'
Alan Ingall: accordion

Hilary Dirlam introduced us to this old time tune,  see original version:
https://soundcloud.com/hilary-dirlam/sullivans-hollow
My accordion version here ; 
https://soundcloud.com/newshoe/sullivans-hollow

Sullivan's Hollow - Jore's Folk Orchestra  with Newshoe -- ( remix)

Video - https://vimeo.com/620536885

Dedicated to all the scientists, health professionals and researchers who have been ignored, maligned and outright cancelled during the last year. Science is not a set of incontrovertible facts be be followed blindly, it is a process of enquiry and the suppression of that process is a tactic of religions, cults and ideologues, not science.

Credit goes to Susana's uncle Sid who, at the age of 84 and with a strong science and technology background,  provided the line, "it's the outward sign of their inner grace". 

A special thank you to C.J. Hopkins for his insightful satire which has helped me keep the last year in perspective. OK, he's not a scientist but his book 'Zone 23' penned in 2015 eerily parallels much of the authoritarianism that is escalating in the world at the moment.  It was in his early 2020 essays that I first encountered the term 'New Normals' to define those who are willingly embracing these political incursions.
https://consentfactory.org/2020/05/20/brave-new-normal-part-2/

Thank you also to Jordan Henderson for the use of his splendid painting;
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sanity-her-son-and-the-credulous-jordan-henderson.html

The New Normals

Music and voice : Deepman
Words and voice : Luciole Langevine

Les chevaucheurs de rêves dévalent les collines
Traversent le brouillard et survolent les villes
Revêtus de poussière, et d'embrun, et d'espoir
Ils ont crevé la bulle, l'illusion du confort
Déchiffré les croyances, banni les certitudes
Qui empêchent de voir

Les chevaucheurs de rêves dévalent les collines
Et les griffes des colosses couverts de pierreries 
Lacèrent vainement le courant qui les porte
Ces ogres insatiables au cœur racorni 
S'effritent et se délitent 
Gargouilles ridicules gonflées de vanité
Et vides d'avenir

Les chevaucheurs de rêves dévalent les collines
Et tout sur leur passage , comme châteaux de cartes
Chancèle et puis s'effondre
Et les graines fécondes qu'ils sèment aux quatre vents
S'enracinent et fleurissent

Les chevaucheurs de rêves dévalent les collines

translation:
Riders of dreams run down the hills
Go through the fog and fly over the cities
Coated in dust, and spray, and hope
They burst the bubble, the illusion of comfort
Deciphered beliefs, banished certainties
That prevent seeing

Riders of dreams run down the hills
And the claws of colossi covered with precious stones
Vainly slash the current that carries them
These insatiable ogres with shriveled hearts
Crumble and disintegrate
Ridiculous gargoyles puffed up with vanity
And empty of future

Riders of dreams run down the hills
And everything in their path, like houses of cards
Stumbles and then collapses
And the fruitful seeds they sow to the four winds
Take root and bloom

Riders of dreams run down the hills

Chevaucheurs De Rêves - Deepman & Luciole Langevine

https://northfield-lenox.com/

March 2021 marks 5 years of music from the Northfield Lenox project. Visit the website and check out the Busy Signals tab for additional audio an video content. 

The EP "1621" contains some new material and remixes of two of the first tracks uploaded in 2016.

Thank you for listening.

Music in Wires

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