On first listen Iggy Pop's Lust for Life doesn't sound particularly original. The drumbeat a lift of You Can't Hurry Love and the layers of additional percussion suggest the Stones' Sympathy for the Devil.

So what's the secret of this rock classic? In short, Iggy Pop's lyrics and performance. There's something joyously lunatic about the ecstatic delivery that propels the song along at super high speed.

I hope my cover captures the spirit of the original & if not, listen to the original - link below.

Written by Iggy Pop & David Bowie.

https://youtu.be/vYZ-n8L0AaI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_for_Life_(Iggy_Pop_song)

Published on SC 1 May 2021

Times Winged Charriot

Lust for life (Iggy Pop cover)

This piece started off as an experiment using Steve Reich's Phase Shift technique.

Apart from the title, neither Frankenstein nor the Moon make an appearance. Sorry to disappoint anyone.

Pic: Musical instrument used as a garden ornament, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester. By Geoff Descartes.

Published on SC 11 December 2021

In the comfort of your own mind

Frankenstein on the moon

Published on SC 13 November 2021

Pic: Broadway Tower, Cotswolds, England, UK. By Geoff Descartes

85% Dark Chocolate

The title is from the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth_(novel))

Walter Tevis is a great writer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tevis)

Pic - based on Icarus by Henri Matisse (https://www.matissepaintings.org/icarus/)

Published on SC 11 February 2023

ESO7 WIP

1975: Rumplestiltskin

The title is from the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth_(novel))

Walter Tevis is a great writer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tevis)

Pic - based on Icarus by Henri Matisse (https://www.matissepaintings.org/icarus/)

Published on 7 January 2022

Anthean

1972: Icarus Descending

Friends Come in Boxes is a science fiction novel by Michael C. Coney (https://g.co/kgs/rzmik9)

Published on SC 30 April 2022

The Road to Wigan Casino

Friends Come in Boxes

1935. “Schultz's last words were a strange stream-of-consciousness babble spoken in his hospital bed to police officers who attempted to calm him and question him for useful information. Although the police were unable to extract anything coherent from Schultz, his rambling was fully transcribed by a police stenographer."(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Schultz)

Published on SC 1 August 2022

The Road to Wigan Casino (ESO7 WIP)

The Last Words (of Dutch Schultz)

The title is from the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth_(novel))

Walter Tevis is a great writer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tevis)

Pic - based on Icarus by Henri Matisse (https://www.matissepaintings.org/icarus/)

Published on SC 7 March 2022

Work in progress

1976: Icarus Drowning

More beautiful lyrics and vocals courtesy of Special Cecilia.

@spacialcecilia
@specialececilia
@specialceciliacappellas

Don't forget to turn up that bass.

Pic by Geoff Descartes

Published on SC 24 September 2021

Chill Spin

Chill Spin (feat. Special Cecilia)

Homage to Pink Floyd & Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope, Cheshire, North West England.

Original track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJh9OLlXenM

Lovell Telescope commentary adapted from - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovell_Telescope

Pic: Lovell Telescope, Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, England (https://www.jodrellbank.net/visit/whats-here/lovell-telescope/) by Geoff Descartes.

Published on SC 10 April 2022

Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd cover)

Collaboration with Arma Ignifera . Open collaboration file - https://soundcloud.com/herronsound/84bpmfsharpminorfourthreeseven?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Thanks for those chunky drums and bass.

Arma Ignifera on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/herronsound

Pic. Southern Cemetery, Manchester, UK. Victorian cemetery that is the last resting place for Manchester's great and good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cemetery,_Manchester

Published on SC 1 July 2022

(Grand Theft) Auto Erotic Asphyxiation (collab. with Arma Ignifera)

Extended version with visualisation on YouTube https://youtu.be/k7nxVPo5dDw

Published on SC 1 January 2020.

Absolute Zero I (short version)

Something to listen to while pottering around. 

Published on SC 1 June 2020

Growing a beard for fun and profit

Uptempo classical number with a longish clarinet / bassoon solo.

Ideal for people who like longish clarinet / bassoon solos. Hell for those that don’t.

12 Open Doors

"A cry for help"

"Help!"

Original photograph: Some chairs last week by Geoff Descartes

Published on SC 7 October 2020

A moment without doubt

Acoustic guitar, upbeat, folk-dance vibe.

Pic - collage of leaves from my garden, scanned & arranged in Picasa by Geoff Descartes

Published on SC 6 August 2020

Garden Leaves

You’re never alone with a drone.

Published on SC 1 June 2022.

Wind chime reverie

Pic - John Rylands Library, Manchester, England, UK by Geoff Descartes.

https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/

Published on SC 4 September 2021

Waiting

Pic: When I first heard the Sex Pistols I set my music system on fire.

Published on SC [DATE]

Resilience

Pic by Geoff Descartes

Published on SC 1 August 2021

Reality is optional

Pic - The Brigg, Filey, North Yorkshire, England by Geoff Descartes.

Published on SC 2 July 2021

North Sea

Cloudland was the name of a dance hall in Brisbane, Australia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudland


Published on SC 24 January 2021.

Cloudland

Ambience chaser

Bloody Planet!

This is part of an impressionistic interpretation of the 1975 novel by Philip K. Dick.

Music: Yankel Muromachi ¦ Words: Philip K. Dick

Information about the novel & full listing can be found on the playlist https://soundcloud.com/yankel-muromachi/sets/flow-my-tears-the-policeman-said

I hope you enjoy.

E.

Remastered using SC mastering feature.

Published on SC 17 April 2021

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

Epilogue (remastered)

Thanks to Special Cecilia for her beautiful & uplifting lyrics and vocal

https://soundcloud.com/spacialcecilia
https://soundcloud.com/specialececilia
https://soundcloud.com/specialceciliacappellas

Pic: View from Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, England, UK by Geoff Descartes

Published on SC 12 November 2020

Dream Awake

Dream Awake - ft Special Cecilia

Mastered using SC feature

Published on SC 10 April 2021

....versus The South Korean Sound System

Ormolu (remaster)

Folk-dance based on a Welsh traditional tune adapted from an incomplete manuscript, arr & generally messed around with by Yankel Muromachi.

Pic: Central Park, New York, 1996 by Geoff Descartes

Published on SC 24 December 2020.

Erddigan Tro’r Tant (Welsh traditional)

A celebration of rubber chickens. I salute you.

Published on SC 1 March 2021.

My love will put you in hospital

Das Gummihuhn (remastered)

Created using a field recording by Klankbeeld (for full recording https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/553494/)

Klankbeeld's description of the recording:

"Corona (covid-19) city is awakening in march 2020. The blackbird is already awake and sings his song. The sun will only rise in this suburb in two hours. 

"It's that early in the city. The Corona virus is also active and this part of the Netherlands is almost locked. Everyone stays inside. 

"The highway is behind this apartment building, but there is also little traffic there.

"So enjoy the birds while the city wakes up slowly."

https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/

https://soundcloud.com/klankbeeld

Photo: National Trust, Hare Hill Garden, Cheshire, England, UK. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hare-hill

Published on SC 7 March 2021

Corona spring city, 5am, Netherlands (collaboration with Klankbeeld)

Welcome to the load-bearing wall of sound.

Music: No boundaries / Knows no boundaries. I don’t look anything like my profile photograph; I'm actually slightly shorter.

संगीत: कोई सीमा नहीं। / कोई सीमा नहीं जानता।. मैं अपनी प्रोफ़ाइल फ़ोटो की तरह कुछ भी नहीं देखता; मैं वास्तव में थोड़ा छोटा हूं।

Музыка: Без границ / не знает границ. Я совсем не похож на фотографию своего профиля; Я на самом деле немного короче.

الموسيقى: بلا حدود / لا تعرف حدود. لا أبدو مثل صورة ملفي الشخصي ؛ أنا في الواقع أقصر قليلاً.

音乐：无界限/无界限。我看上去不像我的个人资料照片；我实际上略矮一些。

(Translation by Google)

Yankel Muromachi

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