Best of the Cloud 2023/12/08

Up and Away feat Mark Fosella

20250106 MIX

SPECIAL CECILIA 's INVITATION TO COLLAB >>>
MUSICIANS, BEATMAKERS, SINGERS, RAPPERS ... Who want Can USE & REMIX this ACAPPELLAS. A Special Cover of Billie Holyday Song with a little Extra Lyrics...
You can Use parts you want, Place it, Modulate it as You Feel, MAKE A SPECIAL TRACK, with SOUNDS or FIT IT AS A FEAT in a SONG... 

DOWNLOAD are FREE & it's in Wave, if You Want MP3, ask me. I
f You Use My Vocals, Mention My Name in the Track & Let Me Know, I will Repost, Share, Include it in Playlists & Mix...

First Version > https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia/good-morning-heartache-remake

Special Cecilia GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE Revisited + Extra - VOCALS for Collab

Synthpop song with some gentle but loud bass :)

Warm Hearts

EMU
Music by Overdrive
Lyrics by TN2

Check out the promo videos:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0XDqxFRFe3/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0etSKaulic/

EMU stands for "emulator" in Information Technology. The track is inspired by the cyberpunk culture of Japanese anime/manga, especially the classics Akira and Ghost in the Shell.

The idea was completely insane -- to produce an industrial/cyberpunk track sung in Japanese by a female vocalist with a very soft voice (to contrast with the dark atmosphere). The first time I verbalized this concept with someone, it sounded even weirder. So it's no surprise that none of the numerous Japanese female singers I invited accepted the proposal.

It's true that Japan is known for its innovative musical ideas -- like the death metal band Baby (with three little girls as singers); or the virtual singer Hatsune Miku (a hologram with synthesized vocals) and so on. But industrial music with female vocals is not a common occurrence. Björk and How To Destroy Angels are some of the few exceptions in the music world. And without a Japanese singer, the EMU project would never get off the ground.

Fortunately, Dreamtonics' artificial intelligence synthesized voices and its amazing Synthesizer V software are getting better and better, and I was able to use the sweet voice of Mai, a synthetic voice package created for J-pop (!).

This work wouldn't have been possible without the invaluable help of TN2 (Toku-no-2ri), group that wrote the lyrics in Japanese. Their extraordinary sense of musicality in the choice of phonemes during the creation of the lyrics proved to be a very pleasant surprise. Japanese kanji are famous for their ability to embed multiple meanings in their symbols and the first draft of TN2's lyrics was written in kanji (later rewritten in hiragana to feed Synthesizer V). The apparently simple verses carry several meanings that are unfortunately lost in the English translation.

TN2, or "Toku-no-2ri", is a psychedelic trance unit of "MASH" and "NORI". They had been inactive for a few years, but restarted the project in 2021. The group has formidable composers and I recommend checking out their incredible electronic music tracks available for free download on SC:
@user-160598336

Hope you enjoy the track.

LYRICS

ささやきにしげきされ
しょうどおがかけめぐる
やみにうもれたひびに
ひのひかりときはなて

だれもがゆめをみてる
さめることのないゆめ
とわにとらわれている
とわにとらわれている

[Ghost in the Shell narration]

すべてがまぼろしでも
あなたのねがいはなに
とわにとらわれること
それともめざめること

だからおしえてほしい
わたしがだれであるか
あなたがめざめるなら
わたしはうたをうたう

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Stimulated by whispers
An impulse runs through me
In the days buried in darkness
Release the sunlight

Everyone is dreaming
A dream that never wakes up
Trapped forever
Trapped forever

[Ghost in the Shell narration]

Life is like a nodal point born in an overwhelming sea of information.

And life, when organized into species relies upon genes to be its memory system.

So, man is an individual memory system only because of his intangible memory.

And a memory cannot be defined, but it defines mankind.

When the advent of computers made the externalization of memories possible, you should have taken its meaning more seriously.

My code name is Project 2501.

I am a living, thinking entity who was created in the sea of information.

[End of Narration]

Even if everything is an illusion
What is your wish?
To be trapped forever?
Or to wake up?

That's why I want you to tell me
Who I am
If you wake up
I sing a song

Le Maître

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson Electric Guitar solo. Harmonica solo. Fender Electric Bass. Baritone Electric Guitar Rhythm. Hammond B3 Organ Rhythm. Godin Electric Guitar Rhythm. Hammond B3 Organ Rhythm Reggae. Trap Drum full kit. Percussion Tambourine, Zildjan 22" Ride & Crash Cymbal, Cowbell.

Smokin

Double Down

My own hymn to life.
On Spotify Now!! https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1LV83WTGfyWUp1OMcRjrKY

Butterfly

[sketch] Up And Away 23 - 12 - 12B

Up And Away 24 - 05 - 01 (Mark Fosella on bass)

Produced Mixed Mastered By Danke Noetic This Song Is Also On My New Album https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupoet.bandcamp.com%2Falbum%2Fmanifest-thought&token=3fc3d8-1-1734279692603

Underground King - Feat. IPG1 (Prod By Danke Noetic)

Once again @enigmacurry turns around something amazing based on a short little beat I sent his way. Initially he made a 7.5 minute version that sounded completely different (which I'll post at another point), then he requested the stems, went back to the drawing board and produced this epic 9.5-minute beast of a remix. It really sparked my imagination - hope it works for you too!

Alterations (B) - w/ Enigma  Curry

TOUR DE LA TERRE (around the earth) by ZITOU ITOU & CECILIA SPECIAL

Youtube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAxwHl9lvQ0

Neige
[Verse]
Neige de retour sur les toits des maisons
Couvre la nature d'un blanc coton
Les enfants rient jouent font des constructions
Des bonhommes de neige comme compagnons

[Verse 2]
Glissades rapides sur les pentes glacées
Des luges et des skis bien chaussés
Les rires éclatent dans l’air givré
Un monde magique aux pieds glacés

[Chorus]
Neige qui tombe en continue sans fin
Des flocons dansent et tourbillonnent en chemin
Blanc manteau recouvrant l’horizon lointain
Féerique merveille oeuvre du divin

[Verse 3]
Traces des animaux sur la neige fraîche
Témoins silencieux de leur marche légère
Sous les branches un refuge d’escargot 
La forêt cache des secrets éphémères

[Bridge]
Souvenirs d’hiver gravés dans nos cœurs
Moments de joie réchauffés par nos rires
Les joues rosies par le froid rageur
Sous la neige nos âmes s’étirent

[Chorus]
Neige qui tombe en continue sans fin
Des flocons dansent et tourbillonnent en chemin
Blanc manteau recouvrant l’horizon lointain
Féerique merveille oeuvre du divin

Snow 
[Verse]
Snow back on the roofs of houses
Covers nature with cotton white
Children laugh, play, build
Snowmen as companions

[Verse 2]
Fast slides on icy slopes
Well-shod sleds and skis
Laughter breaks out in the frosty air
A magical world with icy feet

[Chorus]
Snow falling continuously without end
Snowflakes dance and swirl along the way
White mantle covering the distant horizon
Fairy wonder work of the divine

[Verse 3]
Animal tracks on fresh snow
Silent witnesses of their light walk
Under the branches a snail refuge 
The forest hides ephemeral secrets

[Bridge]
Winter memories engraved in our hearts
Moments of joy warmed by our laughter
Cheeks pink from the bitter cold
Under the snow our souls stretch

[Chorus]
Snow falling continuously without end
Snowflakes dance and swirl along the way
White mantle covering the distant horizon
Fairy wonder work of the divine

Inspired & Written by @schudyjj Made with SUNO

[sketch] Up And Away 23 - 12 - 12B

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