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May 2021 Top Ten Tracks

Here are our Top 10 tracks for June 2021 on SoundCloud.
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June 2021 Top Ten Tracks

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20 Most Played Tracks of 2021

Here are our Top 10 tracks for June 2022 on SoundCloud.
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June 2022 Top Ten Tracks

BUR 1106
Founded as a local cover band by Suat Vergili and Sarp Keskiner in 2016 under the synonym “Almost Rock’n Roll”, THE UNDERDOGZ (Izmir) recorded this obscure modal nugget of Nick Drake for a compilation album, curated by In the Void collective (based in Istanbul). Enjoy a rarity from the band that had disbanded in 2018, featuring the one and only female rock drummer based in Izmir.

Black Eyed Dog

Black Eyed Dog - The Underdogz (Bone Union Records)

VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttPQth5U2o&ab_channel=winkandwoo
The Psyop Song - Lyrics :-
No Religion
No companion
No dominion
To waiver their control
No condition
No permission
No opinion
No conscience and no soul

They don't drop bombs anymore
They get inside your head
The psyop song is a war
To all the things unsaid

Infiltration
All pervasion
All persuasion
The changing of the rules
All evasion
All temptation
All predation
It's brutal and it's cruel

They're not alone , no not alone
'Cause everyone's been playing that same game
From Hollywood , to the music world
Have signed their name in blood to reach their fame

They don't drop bombs anymore
They get inside your head
The psyop song is a war
To all the things unsaid

No Religion
No companion
No dominion
To waiver their control
No condition
No permission
No opinion
No conscience and no soul

They're not alone , no not alone
'Cause everyone's been playing that same game
From government , to royalty
They're marked at birth to take over the reins

They don't drop bombs anymore
They get inside your head
The psyop song is a war
To all the things unsaid

winkandwoo - 2021

The Psyop Song

Damaged by Dark Company.

* * * Work in progress! * * *

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/A. Reynolds.

Copyright © 2021 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1999 Explicit Music.

Recorded and engineered at Wud Records Studio One.

Performers:
Vocals - PJ Speed
Guitars - Zak Black
Cello - Alison Reynolds
Bass - Maxx Damage
Drums - Sven Stiglund

DAMAGED
Torn and touched I like as much
As I think I can carefully carry
To take the strain of the days that drain
I get in touch with White Line Sally

Told and sold the market boys
Whispered that I was needed
Given certain facts hidden behind their backs
I said “Sally, was it something she did?”

And I might even feed the needless greed
That leaves me for the night
And I might even run to the nameless sun
That burns me with its light
I might, I might, I might

Caught and bought I cannot think
Of why they should make me worry
Of what use, what’s your excuse
To make medicines that make me hurry

Well God and his Son said “You can be as one
With the Cosmos and Creator.”
So I said to him to deal me in
Then I’d be a mover and a shaker

And I might even feed the needless greed
That leaves me for the night
And I might even run to the nameless sun
That burns me with its light
I might, I might, I might

And I might even feed the needless greed
That leaves me for the night
And I might even run to the nameless sun
That burns me with its light
I might, I might, I might, I might

Tired and wired, I’m strung right out
The fuse burn when replacing
Too tall the wall there over which
Towards Heaven I am now facing

Torn and touched I like as much
As I think I can carefully carry
To take the strain of the days that drain
I get in touch with White Line Sally

And I might even feed the needless greed
That leaves me for the night
And I might even run to the nameless sun
That burns me with its light
I might, I might, I might, I might
I might

Fun Facts:
This is a song in the key of Bm and has a 6/8 feel.
The tempo is 180 bpm, so it feels like 120.
It was created around the same time as the song Venturi on Dark Company's Mind Dance album.
Due to the vocal melody being rather tricky, it was not developed at the same rate as Venturi and ended up being recorded somewhat later.
We've always loved the 'God and his Son' verse, surely one of Pete's finest.
This is a song about addiction to amphetamine, or speed, and the time it takes and the situations faced to keep that particular need satisfied.
Alsion Reynolds very kindly created and sent us two beautiful cellos parts which we have integrated into the song.

See also:
https://alisonreynoldsmusic.com/
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/benign-inquisition
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/benign-inquisition/damaged
https://twitter.com/#!/Dark_Company
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

"What drew me most was the unique vocal paired with the instrumentation, a brilliant combination. The song made my week a lot better. Looking forward to more. Stay safe." - @CSFuqua on Twitter.

Benign Inquisition

Damaged

Dark Company: Damaged (alpha mix)

Dancing in the Dark by Dark Company, from the album Alien Heat.

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/R. Holloway/M. Greatorex/G. Barbe.

Copyright © 2021 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1989 Explicit Music/Pig Pen Music.

Performers:
Vocals - PJ Speed
Guitars - Zak Black
Keys - Josh Reynes
Bass - Maxx Damage
Drums, percussion - Sven Stiglund

DANCING IN THE DARK
Dancing in the dark
Watching all the sparks of heavy sound
Pressed up to the night
Waiting for the light, waiting for the light
Waiting for the light to hit the ground

Walking down the street
Soaking up the heat of Blue Soul Sound
Pressed up to the night
Waiting for the light, waiting for the light
Waiting for the light to hit the ground

I gotta hear, I gotta see
I gotta set the rhythm free
Gotta, gotta, gotta get around
Gotta get around, get around

Dancing in the dark
Watching all the sparks of heavy sound
Pressed up to the night
Waiting for the light, waiting for the light
Waiting for the light to hit the ground

Walking down the street
Soaking up the heat of Blue Soul Sound
Pressed up to the night
Waiting for the light, waiting for the light
Waiting for the light to hit the ground

I gotta hear, I gotta see
I gotta set the rhythm free
Gotta, gotta, gotta get around
Gotta get around, get around

Gotta get around
Put my soul into the sound
Gotta hear, gotta see
Gotta set the rhythm free
Gotta get around
Put my soul into the sound
Gotta hear, gotta see
Gotta set the rhythm free

Dancing in the dark
Watching all the sparks of heavy sound
Pressed up to the night
Waiting for the light, waiting for the light
Waiting for the light to hit the ground

Walking down the street
Soaking up the heat of Blue Soul Sound
Pressed up to the night
Waiting for the light, waiting for the light
Waiting for the light to hit the... ground

Fun Facts:
Dancing in the Dark was originally written and performed by Alien Heat.
This song is in the key of Bm and the tempo is 131 BPM.
This is arguably the least intellectually challenging set of lyrics Pete ever wrote!
When Pete was referring to this song, he generally called it "Farting in the Park".
Richard's original keyboard riffs are actually played on guitar during the verses.
The guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden.
In Alien Heat, this was the song where Graham played a drum solo, during which the rest of the band would roll and light cigarettes, or perhaps something a little stronger, before he brought them back in with a big drumroll.
Sven's drumming in this version is rather magnificent and he acknowledges the aforementioned drum solo with a short groovy drum break.
Josh replicated Richard's keyboard solo.
We double tracked it in the end after recording 20 or 30 takes and chose the best two because the synth just wouldn't quite behave itself.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/alien-heat-2
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/alien-heat/dancin-in-the-dark
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dancin-in-the-dark
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/

Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk

Alien Heat

Dancing in the Dark

Dark Company: Dancing in the Dark (beta mix)

Oily Road Hideaway by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.   

Performers:
George: guitars, Plank, string fish, synths
Dave: bass, percussion, keys, programming

Project directed by George Davies.

Recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* Oily Road Hideaway is in the key of G minor and the tempo is 85 BPM.
* It was composed at around eleven o’clock on a Friday morning in October 2000.
* Instead of being at home composing a tune, George should have been in Luxembourg to celebrate Floyd and Kat’s wedding.
* Unfortunately, Joe’s old Ford Sierra wasn’t up to the task of completing the journey.
* At around 3am, the old Ford emptied the contents of its sump all over the A303, about two miles from Stonehenge.
* The stricken Sierra was towed right back to Exeter and its sleepy occupants returned to their homes, disappointed.
* Within 15 minutes of returning home, George had composed this piece on a Hokada classical guitar.
* Nearly all the other pieces on the album At Least 1000 Words had their drums recorded at Tim’s house in North Devon, in a room about the size of a toilet.
* The mics were all pretty horrid too, and the whole system looked like it had been built by Captain Hook at a Heath Robinson school for elementary electronics.
* Oily Road Hideaway is the only track on the album that uses programmed drums.
* The rhythm breakdown in the middle of the piece was somewhat longer originally, and cut down quite drastically to save precious space on the CD.
* The Hokada classical guitar, on which the piece was written, plays two parts panned to the left.
* One is the main rhythm part, and the other a melodic motif, which only uses the two top strings.
* The nature of the part means that if one should find oneself at a party where there is a wreck of a two-string guitar, it is still possible to play Oily Road Hideaway!
* The other lead guitar part is played on the Yamaha steel string, which is panned to the right and plays unison with the bass to begin.
* Oily Road Hideaway features a delicate, wistful ostinato played on the string fish, an extraordinary instrument built by Martin from Pyg.
* It starts at 2:05 and continues to the drum break, then reappears at 2:54 and plays until the end.
* A string fish is a like a pair of dulcimers or zithers, joined together at an acute angle.
* The strings are vertical and to play a scale, the player must alternate between the left and right side, like a kalimba.
* Dave and George both play a unison bassline, on the Fender and the Plank respectively.
* George and the Plank are panned right, Dave and the Fender panned left.
* Just after the drum break, at 2:48, George plays two notes that Dave doesn’t play.
* Other than that, their parts are beautifully in sync.
* Flicker would have liked very much to have found a brass section for Oily Road Hideaway, but none was available.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/oily-road-hideaway

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/oily-road-hideaway
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

At Least 1000 Words

Oily Road Hideaway

Download

Flicker: Oily Road Hideaway

Blown Away by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.   

Performers:
George: guitars, synths
Dave: bass, drums

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* Blown Away is a piece that is about surprise, although it actually contains few true musical surprises.
* Holding tight to shaky foundations that you know will not last, in order to survive one big difficulty, leads to yet another big difficulty further along.
* Blown Away is a reminder that next time, one should trust one’s intuition and refrain from such tomfoolery.
* The key for Blown Away is E major and the tempo is 125 BPM.
* The whole tune grew out of the C# minor to C section quite quickly in October 2000.
* There are quite a lot of guitar parts, quiet ones that you don’t hear on the first listening.
* A guitar far back in the mix is playing G# while the rest of the band plays C.
* This helps to set up a weird dissonant mood.
* The lead part where the sustained notes turn to feedback was fun and very satisfying to record.
* George says it is something he learned from Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, lead guitarist of Blue Oyster Cult.
* Dave plays the bassline on his Fender.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/blown-away

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/blown-away
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Blown Away

Flicker: Blown Away

Welcome to the Family by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli/F. Zoboki/A. Celestine. 

Performers:
George: guitars
Dave: bass, drums, keys, synths

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at Clark’s Cottage, West Putford, North Devon.
Strings and synths recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1999 Explicit Music. 

Fun Facts:
* George had made friends with a Hungarian man called Floyd who showed him a new chord from a Portuguese sea shanty.
* The mystery chord is Bm11b5.
* It is played by holding the A and G strings on the second fret with the first and second fingers, and the D and B strings on the third fret using the third and fourth fingers, with the hi-E open and the lo-E muted.
* The other two chords in the song were A minor and E.
* When George was headhunted by the MD of the company Floyd worked for, Floyd gave him a copy of Mario Puzzo’s book The Godfather, and wrote ‘Welcome to the family!’ inside the front cover.
* Obviously this piece could have no other name.
* Welcome to the Family is in the key of A minor.
* The tempo for this tune is 98.0035 BPM.
* Emma recorded an extra part on the keys that was not used in the end.
* The Stratocaster enters to play rhythm on the second verse.
* The Ice Maiden takes the twin lead parts at the end.
* Some trombone was also planned, but there were no players around at the time, so the final mix remains without it.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/welcome-to-the-family

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-the-family
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Welcome to the Family

Flicker: Welcome to the Family

Moonpath by Flicker.
Album: At Least 1000 Words

Music by G. Davies/D. Danielli.    

Performers:
George: guitars, Plank, synths, percussion
Dave: drums, djembe

Project directed by George Davies.

Drums recorded at The Old Mill Studios, Thorverton.
Recording engineer: Greg Daniels
Strings, synths and percussion recorded at Chiseldon House, Exeter.

Engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by Dave Danielli.
Remastered at Wud Records Studios (uk) 2012.
Remastered again at Wud Records Studios (EU) August 2023.

Originally released 31st July 2002.
First re-release 12th May 2012.
Second re-release 1st September 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2000 Explicit Music.

Fun Facts:
* After dark, when the moon is low in the sky, it makes a beautiful shiny road to itself all the way along the top of the sea.
* The moon always looks so beautiful on the sea at Sidmouth, where Flicker and their friends used to go.
* Sidmouth is bang in the centre of Lyme Bay, and the sea looks so big.
* The moonpath there was even better before all the breakwaters were built.
* The guitar parts for Moonpath were all played using the Ice Maiden, which is double tracked left and right.
* The rhythm guitar was the origin of the track and carries the melody as well.
* The tempo is 138 BPM and the key is C# minor.
* There are many hybrid chords involving fretted notes and harmoonics.
* Moonpath ends up on a B.
* Full details here: https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words/moonpath

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/flicker/at-least-1000-words/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/moonpath
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/flicker/at-least-1000-words
https://www.discogs.com/release/17114565-Flicker-At-Least-1000-Words
https://www.redbubble.com/people/flickermusic/shop
https://twitter.com/flickermusic
https://www.instagram.com/wudrecords/
https://www.facebook.com/flickermusic
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
https://linktr.ee/flickermusic

Moonpath

Flicker: Moonpath

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992-3.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1993 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing

MEDICINES
I can see that dark-set face
Hands crawl by fingering fate
Parsely, sage, rosary of time
Herbs to heal the modern mind
A wounded lover with a clockspring heart
Hears not the Heavens only metal stars
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Night’s sweet hush is for us all
No creeping thing is too small
Wings and webs a mottled map
Dawn will take the empties back
A solo soldier with a gunmetal head
Hears only the music of the marching dead
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Writhing vines climb the hill
Where we stand so very still
Columbine perfumed dark
The whitest flowers an eternal spark
A parish priest with a Bibled mouth
Speaks unnoticed of God and Doubt
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden 

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of A#.
George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
Jeff played his bassline into the S900.
When Pete sang the melody to George for the first time it took him ages to decide which of the multitude of different possibilities to go with.
There are two simultaneous guitar solos at the start of the song, both of which were recorded on the first take.
Pete was initially sceptical about the whispered vocal.
Various acoustic versions of this later appeared with the song transposed down to A.
It was performed by The Bastard Sons of Dennis and Dr Watson and used as a teaching resource by George in his TEFL classes.
Some of the bassdrum and snare parts were recorded by randomly bashing keys and then quantising.
It produced some remarkably pleasing results.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/medicines
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Rage in Heaven

Medicines

Dark Company: Medicines

Lyrics by P. Greatorex.
Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/J. Willmot/R. Parsons.
Recorded, engineered and mixed at Silent Running Studios Exeter 1992-3.
Remastered at Wud Records Studio One.

Copyright © 1993 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 D & G Music/Explicit Music.

Performers:
Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – sequencing

SACRIFICE
Sand blown up from the desert makes faces on the wall
Endless beach of sunset holds me in its thrall
And I can’t seem to sleep or wake from this dream
And I can’t seem to find what anything means

I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep

Crowds that have but one head stumble around the town
Opinions of the Doctor say that Heaven’s lost its crown
And I can’t seem to walk, or talk of what I wish
And I can’t seem to see the reason for a kiss

I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep

Fumes snake across my ceiling, the writing is so plain
Surely someone tomorrow will see I’m not to blame
I can’t seem to move or undo this knot
And I can’t seem to use what it is that I’ve got

I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep

I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep
I just watch the world throw away what I keep

Fun facts:
This song is in the key of Cm.
It was one of the last things Rowena ever jammed along to, hence the saxophone riff.
George plays the sampled guitar parts on Nicodemus and the recorded guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.

See also:
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company
http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/rage-in-heaven
http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/rage-in-heaven/sacrifice
https://twitter.com/Dark_Company
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Company-154909774522910/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Sacrifice

Dark Company: Sacrifice

The Furniture (part 1: overture) by The Bastard Sons of Dennis, from their album Cherry Smoke Empire.

The Furniture (Los Muebles) is a traditional northern Spanish sea shanty from the Asturias region.

It tells a tale of how a dysfunctional family of linguistically challenged fishermen lost and then found some furniture following a flood, and the consequences.

Linguistically challenged means, in this case, they were not terribly bright and could not even speak their own language very well.

The Spanish version has been loosely translated into English by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.

From an idea by Daniel Richardson.

This song and its anomalies of translation make a great teaching aid, if one happens to have students learning English or Spanish.

THE FURNITURE (PART 1: OVERTURE)
Donde esta mis muebles de los hermanos? 
Donde esta mis muebles de los hermanos? 
Se pierden, se pierden 

Where is the furniture of my brother? 
Where is the furniture of my brother? 
It is lost, it is lost. 

Donde la guaderropa, la tabla? 
Donde la silla, es banera? 
Donde la gabineta, la oficina 
Se pierden, se pierden 
Los incontrareos 

Where is the wardrobe, the table? 
Where is the chair, the bathtub? 
Where are the cabinet and the bureau? 
They are lost, they are lost. 
We will find them! 

Creo que esta perdido por siempre 
No! Los incontrareos 

But I believe they are lost forever! 
No! We will find them! 

Donde esta mis guaderropa de los hermanos? 
Donde esta mis guaderropa de los hermanos? 

Where is the wardrobe of my brother? 
Where is the wardrobe of my brother?

Music and lyrics: A. Richardson/G. Davies

Rhythm guitar and Spanish voices: Q.Wim Lijkkes. 
Lead guitar and English voices: Yuri Nation.

Originally released November 10, 2012.
Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered at Wud Records Studio One 2012.

Copyright © 2012 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2012 Explicit Music.

The full length version of The Furniture/Los Muebles is here:
https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/the-bastard-sons-of-dennis-the-furniture-los-muebles
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-furniture-los-muebles

Cherry Smoke Empire

The Furniture (part 1: overture)

The Bastard Sons of Dennis: The Furniture (part 1: overture)

Orb by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Spring 2009.

* There are some songs that give the listener goosebumps as soon as they hear and recognise the first couple of notes and realise they are about to hear something truly extraordinary.
* Orb is one of those special songs.
* There are several distinct sections to the song with classic riffs and earworm la-la-la vocals.
* It was performed by the Spacegoats before Alchemeon started playing it.
* Orb would have been the first of two encore songs in a live performance.

ORB
When the walls of the temple
Are cast to the ground
And light shines through the ruins
When the form decays
To leave no trace
That is the time of re-doing

And the sun is shining
Casting rays throughout the universe
And everything goes on as before
The slip of light has pierced
The very heart and soul of you
Take a look now, open up your door

At first you may find it a little curious
Just let go to the feeling
Describe a circle your arms outstretched
Learn to feel this healing

Singing...
Li la li li li li la li
Li li li li la la li la la li li la la

Send the sun’s rays into the earth
And round and round and round revolving
The moon will shine her light upon you
As round the stones we are returning

Return...
Li la li li li li la li
Li li li li la la li la la li li la la

Become a tribe of many lives
Around and round and round and round evolving
The moon will shine her light upon we
As round the stones we are returning

Return...
Li la li li li li la li
Li li li li la la li la la li li la la

Send the seeds into the earth
You know you know you know it’s worth
Send the seeds into the ground
It’s a holy holy holy sound

La la li la la la li li
Hey hey!

Don’t you don’t you don’t you know
We gotta sow sow sow sow
And don’t’ya don’t ya don’t ya know
We’re gonna grow grow grow grow
Grow grow grow grow grow grow grow grow!

La la li la la la li li
Hey hey!

And the sun is shining
Casting rays throughout the universe
And everything goes on like never before
The slip of light has pierced
The very heart and soul of you
Take a look now
Open up your door

Words and music by Simon Miller.
This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
Jim Iz – keys and voice
Iggy – drums and percussion
George – bass and technicals

This version recorded live at Sound Gallery, Exeter, 23rd February 2009. 
Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020.

Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
Graphic design by Sam James.

Released worldwide September 14, 2020.
Original release date: 10th April 2009.

Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1995 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/orb
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Live In Session Spring 2009

Alchemeon: Orb

The Freaks (Shall Inherit The Earth) by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Spring 2009.

The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth) is a glorious rock n roll anthem and call to action in the key of G major. It was performed by the Spacegoats before Alchemeon started playing it. The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth) would have been the final song in an Alchemeon set, with Orb and Finale as encores.

During this rendition one of Jim's keyboards started to misbehave. It was either too quiet or too loud and harsh despite his numerous and ongoing fiddlings and twiddlings. At 3:29 he becomes a bit frustrated and gives it a good bash.

THE FREAKS (SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH)
How many jacks are kept in their boxes?
How many dreams are trodden underfoot?
Could it be in you or it could be in me
The fate of all nations or a colour TV

Look down any road see a million faces
Scream back their pain from a sheer concrete wall
There’s a million products made just to fill that hole
But you never never, can never fill it at all

It’s a cry from the depths of a pin-stripe suit
And whose voice dares not to conform
Why is it just those who can see through the see through?
They’re the misfits who break out from the norm

The Freaks! The Freaks!
The Freaks shall inherit the Earth
The Freaks! The Geeks!
Who speak shall inherit the Earth

Should we obey what the government say?
Is it wrong not to tag along?
The question is no question at all
But what we do with our backs to the wall

What is a freak? I think we’ll see
When what is established gets washed away
Those who cling to it will not survive if
Destiny’s child awakes a new day

Just look around you see those bulldozers working
Ripping up the land for fool’s gold again
It’s getting worse, can’t go on forever
And who’s gonna be here when these dinosaurs fall?

Ok. What’s it going to be if it is as we’ve hear?
Who’s gonna emerge with these worlds have submerged?
When the profit is made from the damage is done
You wanna cling to the wreckage or go with the change?

CHANGE!!!!!

Now there’s some pretty megaton forces
Stirring up hate and making a war
Who can get poison and spit out the bullet?
Who are these freaks, do you think that one’s you?

The Freaks! The Freaks!
The Freaks shall inherit the Earth
The Freaks! The Geeks!
Who speak shall inherit the Earth

The Freaks! The Freaks!
The Freaks shall inherit the Earth
The Freaks! The Geeks!
Who speak shall inherit the ….. Earth!!!!

Words and music by Simon Miller.
This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.

Performers:
Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
Jim Iz – keys and voice
Iggy – drums and percussion
George – bass and technicals

This version recorded live at Sound Gallery, Exeter, 23rd February 2009.
Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020.

Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
Graphic design by Sam James.

Released worldwide September 14, 2020.
Original release date: 10th April 2009.

Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 1992 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/the-freaks-shall-inherit-the-earth
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth)

Alchemeon: The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth)

The Instrumental by Critical Error.
Album: Critical Error.

Music by Steve Mavin / Aidan Whiteley.
This arrangement by Critical Error.

Performers:
Rosie Mullin - vocals and tambourine
Steve Mavin - accoustic guitar and vocals
Aidan Whiteley - electric and accoustic guitars
Allan Veal - bass guitar

Recorded, engineered and produced by Paul Bateman at 32 Howell Road, Exeter.
Mixed by Paul Bateman and Critical Error.

Cassette salvage by Paul Bateman.
Logistics and co-ordination by Rosie Mullin.
Audio cleaned and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, October 2020.

Cover illustration by Paul Bateman.

Copyright ℗ 1987 Parsnip Music.
Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/critical-error/
https://substanceandshadow.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords

Critical Error

The Instrumental

Critical Error: The Instrumental

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