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we, da people, are we still in control? — hate to tell you // a 'obey and cry' opera
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status quo researched, lyrics written, narration, and production provided
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key finding: nope, in the pockets of big money
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music
is a selection of mono records' finest vinyl treasures,
courtesy of cavaliere spruzzi
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artwork illustration by peter uertz, düsseldorf / germany
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fusion of it all - fictionalive with the hyper media reports and the popoems series
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dropped
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time - 11:55 pm, tiktok tiktok
central european hot summer time
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we, da people, are we still in control? — hate to tell you // a 'obey and cry' opera

Open Rainbow Flowing

🌌Sensus🫀
Latin for feeling – is a journey into the subtle in-between where sound transforms into emotion. Layers of ambient textures intertwine with driving arpeggios and a pulsing sub-bass, while space and depth merge into a hypnotic whole. It captures both closeness and distance, a state between dream and reality. Music to be felt – not just heard.

Sensus

A romantic song about burning houses down. Check out the new album "Earthly delights" - follow the link in my Bandcamp!

Earthly delights

Bandcamp link

An Arsonist's Love Song

R.I.P. Angel ✨✨✨✨✨
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La belle est dans ses pensées
Mais le destin l’a foudroyée
Tu es partie avec ta blonde innocence 
Ange brisé à jamais, refus du silence 

Iryna, la musique dans les cieux
Raconte la beauté de tes yeux
Sweet Iryna, Forever in Heaven
Tears And blood, I say Amen

Et le vent pleure ses souvenirs
Espoirs perdus, envolé l’avenir
Et le vent crie ton doux prénom
Rêves brisés, triste à mourir

Iryna, la musique dans les cieux
Raconte la beauté de tes yeux
Sweet Iryna, Forever in Heaven
Tears And blood, I say Amen

Oh oh…

Sweet Iryna, Forever in Heaven 

Sweet Iryna, Forever in Heaven 

Sweet Iryna, Forever in Heaven

IRYNA

Strumming Guitar (me strumming my Taylor 114ce)
Electric Guitar (MIDI with Native instruments mint guitar sound)
Organ (me playing my MIDI keyboard with Logic Pro Bebop Organ sound)
Bass: PG music real track
Harp: Ez Keys
Drums: EZ drummer 3
Vocals and Back Up Vocals (me singing)
Copyright 2025 Joe Stroffolino
Verse 1
People come into our lives, then fade away like ripples in a pond
We spend time together, it feels so right, but circumstances change and they move on. 
I think about them occasionally, I wonder what they’re up to.
Sometimes I get the urge call them out of the blue.
Chorus
All those different paths that I could have taken
Now I’m lying in the bed of my own making
The clock keeps ticking every single day
I tell myself there’s got to be a better way
Verse 2
People who I haven’t spoken to in such a very long time
We drifted away and now I’m past my prime 
If I walked past them, and they saw my face, would there be any hint of recognition
Cause time has a way of transforming you like a magician

Bridge 
It feels like I’m doing time, I’m just towing the line
Trying to make it through another hard-working day
There’s so much water under that bridge, I’m dying to know what’s on the other side of that ridge, and deep down I know I’m in a prison of my own making

Verse 3
All those Dreams I never followed, I took the safe road
I turned my back on creativity and shifted into a working horse mode
I’m back in the saddle, trying to play the game
Speaking what’s on my mind
It’s a race no one asked me to enter and I’m feeling far behind

Chorus
All those different paths that I could have taken
Now I’m lying in the bed of my own making
The clock keeps ticking every single day
I tell myself there’s got to be a better way
Outro
They say that’s the way the cookie crumbles,
And life can be a series of stumbles 
And all you can do is dust yourself off and try keep right on going

Ripples In A Pond

Made for the haiku challenge 613 of Naviar records.

Star above the peak - a silk worm-breeding village silently asleep

by: Mizuhara Shuoshi

Mizuhara Shuoshi was a 20th century Japanese poet. Shuoshi rebelled against the principles of emotional detachment in haiku, which he thought limited his ability to emotionally express himself through poetry: he started a magazine called Staggerbush which focused on a more romantic, lyrical type of haiku.

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Star above the peak (naviarhaiku613)

A high-energy, instrumental electronic dance music track with a driving beat and a prominent melody. The song features a consistent tempo of 130 BPM and is in the key of F minor. The instrumentation primarily consists of a powerful kick drum, a crisp snare, a pulsating bassline, and a lead synthesizer playing the main melody. The track incorporates a build-up section with a rising synth arpeggio and a filtered drum loop, leading into a drop where the full beat and melody re-enter with increased intensity. Production elements include sidechain compression on the bass and synths, creating a pumping effect, and a wide stereo image for the lead synth. There are no vocals present in the piece. The song structure is crescendointro, build-up, drop, breakdown, build-up, drop, outro.

idea 18

Happiness Remastered (Unloved Tracks)

Shmailo

🔗 Listen & support:
Spotify · Bandcamp · YouTube · more → linktr.ee/amb1Matt3r

🎧 Music for:
sleep · deep focus · meditation · inner drift · slow time · space dreaming

📎 Tags:
#ambient #drone #granular #spacemusic #sleepmusic #darkambient #soundscape

Distant Days - ACT.V.

100% human-made music - no AI involved.

Ambient textures, granular atmospheres, and evolving soundscapes.

I release new tracks almost daily - fragments of tone shaped by silence, noise, and time.

Follow to drift with me.

Distant Days - ACT.V.

ambiMatter