One Chance Ji

Spring Awakening

Rodolfo https://soundcloud.com/rplanes first shared this beautiful piece with me 2 years ago, which has had a gradual development since I first wrote the lyrics back then. More recently Ce Mastro https://soundcloud.com/cemastro added some exciting backing vocals which transformed the chorus and then even more recently we invited Dave McKeown https://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown to contribute some lovely sax that we believed was just what the song needed. Rodolfo's song has such a feeling of romantic innocence yet with a wonderful rhythmic flow, that I hoped the words might feel from a simpler time. We hope you all enjoy our song of innocence (and inexperience) which thankfully is a work of fiction. Thanks again to Rodolfo for sharing this magical piece and his great skills as well as Ce and Dave's unique gifts to make this one happen. 
We thank you all for taking the time to listen.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix.
Ce Mastro - Backing vocals
Me - Lead vocals and lyrics
Dave McKeown - Sax solo and fills

https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/almost-lovers

Almost Lovers (by Rodolfo Planes / Mark Bennett)

Once we were almost lovers, without a care.
We weren’t like all the others, somehow we just didn’t dare.
We never faced the fact,
What we had wasn’t real,
Didn’t have to deal,
With the truth while we were putting on an act
We’d have to pay,
And quite how that would feel.

The moment when I discovered, not wanting to share,
You with any of the others, that I just couldn’t bear.
But when my back was turned,
You made out with a guy,
I thought was my friend.
Then I knew that my world had been overturned,
Put out to dry,
And what a way to end.

It’s not the way that I’d hoped this scene would play out,
Leaving the stage in the first act. 
It was cruel but at least I was left in no doubt.
C’est la vie, as a matter of fact.

Were never really lovers, just make believe.
Like sister and brother, with only ourselves to deceive.
I should have known right then,
I’d be out on my ear 
Instead of in love.
Waiting for the finale, not knowing when,
I’d disappear,
When the push comes to shove.

It’s not the way that I’d hoped this scene would play out,
Leaving the stage in the first act. 
It was cruel but at least I was left in no doubt.
C’est la vie, as a matter of fact.

Almost Lovers - Continental Collision (featuring Ce Mastro & Dave McKeown) Now Available on Bandcamp

Epic, Cinematic and Orchestral Music
Franck C Production
Music by Franck Charles ©
ASCAP

Reprisal

An EP we put together as a thank you for our ten wonderful subscribers! Enjoy the weird and mellow sounds, Mall.Fans!

A Fleeting Romance

MARMELAD.wav

Ian Greaves

Left Ear Right Ear

Music by Mark Hendrick.
©Mark Hendrick 2000

The Living And The Dead (Mark Hendrick)

Number 1 was written by me, number 2 is written by Chat GPT. It would be interesting, which one you prefer.
Poem 2:
I love you, because you let me talk to the silence.
You don't disturb the stillness,
You don't fill the air with empty words.
You let the quiet be,
You let me breathe in the calm.

In the hush, I feel you,
Though you are far away.
Your presence is a whisper,
Soft but strong, a steady pulse
In the expanse of distance.

I love you, because you understand
That silence is not absence,
But a space where our souls meet,
A realm beyond the reach of miles,
A sanctuary for our unspoken truths.

You are far, yet you are here,
In the pauses between my thoughts,
In the quiet moments of the night,
In the stillness of the dawn,
You reside within me.

Your absence is a presence,
A tender ache that I cherish,
A gentle reminder of the depth
Of our connection, of the bond
That distance cannot sever.

I love you, because you honor
The silence, the space where
We commune without words,
Where our spirits intertwine
In an embrace that spans the stars.

You are my faraway near,
My distant close,
The one who listens
To the language of my heart,
In the silent symphony we share.

You Don't Disturb The Silence2

Randonnée Sauvage

Unfathomable

Quentin PETITEVILLE alias DJ YAK'Ô a toujours voulu composer de la musique tel un rêve d’enfant, en pensant que ce n’était pas possible.

Il a découvert le jeu vidéo « Music Creation for PlayStation » début des années 2000 et il lui a été offert des suites logicielles tel, que les eJay sur PC.

Une crise de créativité et d’inspiration s’est vite fait ressentir : cela venait sûrement d’un manque de culture musicale, à l’époque, et l’utilisation d’outils trop simplistes.

Puis est venu l’arrivé de l’Internet haut-débit, Quentin a pu donc partager ses compositions sur son site web et sur les forums dédiés à la Musique Assistée par Ordinateur : C’est la naissance du surnom DJ YAK’Ô.

Suite à la réception de critiques et de discussions très enrichissantes avec les différents membres, son style a pu se peaufiner avec le temps.

Des événements, plus ou moins heureux, dans sa vie personnelle l’ont obligé à pouvoir exprimer ses émotions intérieures. Ceci, lié à l’utilisation d’outils plus professionnels l’amène à vouloir travailler plus en profondeur le son et la structure de ses morceaux.

La découverte d’artistes indépendants, de groupes classiques de la musique électronique, tel que le groupe allemand Kraftwerk, pour ne citer que lui, ou alors les musiques de jeux vidéos, lui ont ouvert la voie de la créativité. Sa famille l’incitant à poursuivre dans cette voie.

Jusqu’à maintenant, il s’est contenté de publier ces musiques uniquement sur son site web mais aujourd’hui, il souhaite faire découvrir son travail à un nombre croissant de monde.

Il travaille seul actuellement car il s’agit pour lui de pouvoir « faire parler » ses émotions.