Quite thrilled to have discovered these deep tracks!

This was one of the many Wheelwright highlights of my day today. Fantastic fun

off the charts, you're simply the best Michael

there but for a marketing team goes another soul who could have been thrown into the fire of commodity consumption...

I haven't listened to this in awhile. I think somewhere there is a parallel universe where Wheelright is the biggest rockstar and ruler.

Coming back to this after quite a while, and it’s still an absolute corker. Mad, daft, hilarious genius. I do miss the nasty dessert wine, though.

 Nights

Red Skies At Night

Composed & Produced by: Chivicke 
HomeStudio Productions ©2022
Photography: Cottombro

Enigma

This is an afrobeat song that I came up with based on a beat I boosted from BandLab. They have all kinds of great beasts on there, btw. Anyway, I sent it halfway around the world to my friend Mikey McFaffington in Australia. he proceeded to summon his magical saxophone throughout the song, bringing it to life. We both had a lot of fun making this one, and appreciate you taking the time to read this. I'm playing bass, guitar, electric piano, and synth horns on this one. 

No Such Thing as an Enemy (with Mikey McFaffington)

This track is based on the concept and fantastic riff in http://soundcloud.com/paddyconner/the-coalface-of-rock-n-roll

When I first heard the riff in that song it really hooked me, so I sampled it and started experimenting - and have finally ended up with this. I've messed about with the original sample something horrible in places - but Mr Sturmey Archers has been extremely nice about the whole thing. 

This track is from my 2013 backlog, and many thanks to Phil McWalter for his advice on an early mix of this track.

The picture is called 'I around in circles' and is by the artist Luciano de Liberato: http://www.lucianodeliberato.com/cicli/

Lyrics:

I've been working in the factory
The factory of rock and roll
I've been working with the robots
They say we've got no soul
In the factory of rock and roll
They say we've got no soul down there
Oh and they're probably right
But you know, we don't care

I've been working in the factory
The factory of rock and roll
I've been ch-checking the computers
They say we've lost control
In the factory of rock and roll
They say we've lost control down there
Oh and they're probably right
But you know, we don't care

It looks like you are
Either trying to write a song
Or a suicide note
Would you like some help with that

Et maintenant en Français

[Repeat first section en Français]

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Stonking guitar riff sampled from http://soundcloud.com/paddyconner/the-coalface-of-rock-n-roll

Computer generated voices Google Translate.

Other parts produced arranged composed performed recorded & mixed (inexpertly) by Wheelwright in bedroom.

I also wish to immediately and unconditionally apologise to any/all French speaking peoples of the World for my un-schooled attempts at pronouncing your lovely language at the end of this track.

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13th July 2015: Replaced with a probably slightly better mastered version.
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14th May 2019: Replaced vocal in middle section with computer dialogue.

The Factory Of Rock And Roll (featuring The Sturmey Archers)

Summer Day of Bliss

A rock song about a man searching for his true direction in life. 
Songwriting, 6 and 12 string guitars, and vocal - Rich O'Brien
Bass - David Hynes
Drum Track and Mastering - Roy Blake
AI Imagery - Rich O'Brien

If you would like to see something of the development of this song, please check out this solo acoustic version on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFXkvtoJqg.

For You And You Alone

This track is the first of a new series of tracks that will eventually grow up into a new album "The Sanctuary Garden". As the name may suggest  the theme of this album is related to the nature, people, joy and happiness. Hopefully it will make you feel good and help escaping for a few minutes from the stressful life we have nowadays.
 So may the sun rise and shine over the world.

Sunrise

Behaviours are so important going forward. Going to have to be some selfless work from everyone - be exemplary. 

Exemplary

We look out the window and we see it’s our turn
We want to, we need to
The river is rising and grass is burnt
It’s a headache, it’s a heart ache
So we’re walking through the streets so purposefully
We’re marching, some are running
We’re shoveling sand, we’re hosing the land
We’re a commune, to the rescue

Ba da ba da - We’re exemplary
Ba da ba da - We’re exemplary

Children are leaving their classes in droves
They’re frightened and enlightened
They’ve worked it all out, they actually know
They can see it, they’re not stupid
It’s everywhere they look, vapid posturing
It’s so obvious, it’s so odious
It’s all about ownership and total control
They detest it, they reject it

Ba da ba da - They’re exemplary

Mother and daughter father and son
By the 60s we could be gypsies
Everyone a nomad everywhere a land grab
Fight it – be united
Ba da ba da - Be exemplary

EXEMPLARY

Title/Forest & Me
Vocals, song & lyrics/Khan
Beat, mix & prod/jigs trippin

Jigs trippin url
@jigstrippin

Lyric
Forest and Me

When the wind lies in the west
Then it’s at the very best
When the wind lies in the east
The neither good for man nor beast

I’m always exhausted there
I go to the forest alone every day
Many monsters live in the forest
I’m always exhausted there

You should take a candle
When you go to the forest
Keep your eyes on the candle,Monsters lose power

And Monsters lose power
Repeat
over and over

風が西寄りに吹いてる時は誰にとっても万歳だ
風が東寄りに吹いてる時は人にも獣にもいいことない
いつもそこで私は疲れ切ってしまう
私は毎日一人で森へ行く
そこには無数の魔物が住んでいる
いつもそこで私は疲れ切ってしまう
森へ行くならキャンドルを持ちなさい
キャンドルに集中するなら魔物は力を失う
魔物は力を失う
繰り返して
何度も何度も

Forest

Khan  - Forest & Me   (jigs trippin. Prod）

This is a song that has been one of my favorites for the last 25 years or so. It's a cover of a cover that Jerry Garcia (guitar, of course), Merle Saunders (keys), John Kahn (bass), and Bill Vitt (drums) recorded live at the Keystone in Berkley, CA, in 1973. It's actually a cover they did (I just found out a few years ago) of a song called Finders Keepers by the Chairmen of the Board, which is definitely worth checking out, too. This version is a more laid back, but it keeps the funk alive. 
  The guys who made this quarter century dream of mine come true are JJ Terrell, who plays the funky clavichord and dynamic organ throughout, Ken (K2 and the Three, and K2 and the Four)who's playing the tight, funky drums and great percussion, and Tez (Llanpsych), who's playing the ripping guitar lead at the end. Tez also mixed and produced this, expertly, as always. I'm on guitar, bass, and the synth lead at the beginning. Can't verbalize how much fun this was for me, and I hope all of us. We hope you enjoy it, too.

Keepers (Eclectic Collective)

Skottevången

Music's got a hold of me.
I am also half of Fictive Sisters https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com

I have a soundcloud manifesto too (I know almost no one cares):
(1) I do not want to win at soundcloud
(2) I respect people who listen by trying to do work that is as good as I can make it but I may attempt (and possibly fail badly at) different kinds of music so you will probably find some of my tracks suck quite badly even if you like others
(3) If I follow you please feel no obligation to follow me back or to listen to my tracks because I know different people like different things
(4) If you follow me please don’t expect me automatically to follow you back because as I said different people like different things. I try to listen to most new uploads of the people I do follow, so there are only so many people I can meaningfully follow (and only so many reposts I can cope with) at any one time before it all gets a bit overwhelming
(5) If I add a track of yours to my likes that means I particularly like it and if I comment on a track that means I really did want to communicate something. I do not do these things expecting or wanting anything in return or fishing for listeners/followers etc.
(6) Soundcloud (still) can be wonderful and has wonderful people in its universe but some aspects of it do my head in and so I am putting this out here so everyone knows where I am coming from. This is not intended as criticism of anyone else, it is just what works for me

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