Seelensack: Recent Episodes
Andreas
Life taught me that I only know that I don't know anything!
So I'm bound to cite the late Holger Czukay (CAN), "We completely refuse to make a judgement about what is beautiful and what isn't. We make something, that's all, and the scope of possible sounds is immense. We're not musicians, we're universal dilettantes" (1972)
In 2007 a friend induced my German choice of name SEELENSACK (Sac de l'âme - Soul's Sack).
Im Jahr 2007 regte eine gute Freundin mich zur Wahl des Pseudonyms "Seelensack" an.
I am a Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - refusenik ... so I will not support anybody on these media platforms, sorry!
Six very short recordings, recorded and mixed using the RC-505 loop station, normalized with Audacity.
Nothing special ... but ... very spacial ... back from the swiss mountains.View over the river of clouds from the "Josefsgütsch". Central mountain in the backgrund is "Pilatus", near Lucerne.
Guitar, G pentatonic, drums, effects, one improvisation takeMusically speaking ... over and over again
Guitar, five chords, drums, effects, one improvisation take Musically speaking ... NOTHING ELSE TWO!
Gordon Garrett (backing track 'All Fly Home (2024)'Guitar by SeelensackOn the easy listening tune https://soundcloud.com/user-638093296/all-fly-home-2024 by Gordon Garrett, I added my guitar improvisation.
four chords, drums, effects, one improvisation take Musically speaking ... NOTHING ELSE!
Nothing remains ... everything will be okay again!"It's a sad and beautiful wor(l)d" (Roberto Benigni)
There‘s a crack in everything, that‘s how the light gets in! (L. Cohen)Daisy and her Bees ... caught in a droned pentatonic ... springtime mood ... there is still beauty in this world ...
Lamentation In memory of my cousin!January 4th, 1959 - January 7th, 2023Painting is a Self-Portrait by Eberhard Knappertsbusch, mid 70s
Marco Lucchi - Henrik Meierkordthe fifth excerpt from a home sessionmusic by Marco Lucchi : mellotron and synthesizer and Henrik Meierkord : celloluglio/July 2023https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/the-living-room-wf-henrik-meierkord-fifth-excerptedited digitally by Seelensack
... just a little pentatonic tune ...One take with bass and drums support by the old DigiTech TRIO Pedal ...
... just a little trial of an improvised pentatonic play along ... incl. some wrong notes ... recorded along the original https://soundcloud.com/jake-dasilva-uk/adam
Ambient guitar tune from this afternoon ... drifting away ... Drums by Korg WaveDrum Mini
Collaboration on an instrumental based very loosely on the lovely Bill Withers song. Garddwr Porffor liked the groove and thought it had a summer feel. https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor/lean-on-who-instrumental I added some lead guitar to it ...
4 track improvisation on the old yellow Korg Mini-Kaossilator - Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer
Some addition to the organ base track https://soundcloud.com/musichevirtuali/marco-lucchi-triumph-you-to-play-with-if-you-like-it by Marco Lucchi 10 aprile 2022
... recycled & retitled "GlitchArt" track from 2014, under the influence of Mr. Putin's imperialist wet dreams.
Just another very simple variation of the soothing „Kanon in D“ by Johann Pachelbel ...
Waiting for better times? ... RELAX! Another sunday ambiental session take, it always turns into a long monologue in A minor ... sorry. I played two guitar tracks, the bass, the sansula and modified a drum sample, project recorded in Ableton Live.
Jingle bell beat out. Freezing the drums. Well, I just treated the beat ... rhythm is it ...
Original ... https://soundcloud.com/eddie-shook/freqdanceaddyourownpercussionmix
Hi Eddie Shook, I added some percussion that was made from sounds (samples) of kickboxing the punching bag- nobody was hurt ;-)). Effects and frequency modulations by Ableton Live. Changing pitch and speed a bit too ... Hope you still find your ambiental track in it ... Cheers! Andreas
I know there are thousands of covers out there ... I covered the song 'Who By Fire' written by Leonard Cohen. First release by Leonard Cohen in August 1974.
'Who By Fire'
And who by fire Who by water Who in the sunshine Who in the night time Who by high ordeal Who by common trial Who in your merry merry month of may Who by very slow decay And who, who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip Who by barbiturate Who in these realms of love Who by something blunt And who by avalanche Who by powder Who for his greed Who for his hunger And who, who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent Who by accident Who in solitude Who in this mirror Who by his lady's command Who by his own hand Who in mortal chains Who in power And who, who shall I say is calling?
And who by fire Who by water Who in the sunshine Who in the night time Who by high ordeal Who by common trial Who in your merry merry month of may Who by very slow decay And who, who shall I say is calling?
The same Hope - Behind the Fence Open Collab Paploviante 2020 Seelensack added an uplifting guitar take (without correcting little mistakes) on the instrumental version of the track "Enchanted" by Paploviante. That Open Collab track is downloadable as a mp3 file at https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/behind-the-fence-paploviante And here you'll find the original track "Enchanted" by Paploviante https://soundcloud.com/paul-racle/enchanted-paploviante-2020
Nine minutes bird sounds recorded May 9, 2020 in Germany ... wind chimes on the neighbours balcony, a dog is barking, a bicycle and some insects are passing by. Headphones recommended. I added some virtual noise ... The real artists are Blackbird (Turdus merula), Great Tit (Parus major), Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone), Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros), Golden Oriol (Oriolus oriolus), House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), etc. ...
Guitar session Sunday May 3, 2020, Two takes, guitar, guitarsynth, second layer synth via midi guitar, Korg drumtrack, Zoom effects.
Take a deep breath and relax. Slow sunday session around the key of C, guitar & guitar midi synths, korg percussion.
Once Upon a Time (Open Collab track) by Lady of Fire Poetry (https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire/once-upon-a-time) original, I added a simple bassline, some guitar sounds and more drums ... So I did what I wanted ... and enjoyed!
Atmospheric mash up of some vocal samples and percussion in Ableton Live, adding a recorded minimal bassline ...
It's a stream of tranquility, like a dream of tranquility. Open your mind, close your eyes and listen for almost half an hour. This tune will send you to an island of tranquility for a short relaxation trip. This will strengthen your immune system!
I used some sampled sounds and mixed them in Ableton Live. On the top I recorded a long and very minimal improvisation played on my Cretan Lyra, with echo and reverb effects in Ableton Live.
Fossilization= something preserved in rock for a very long period, Sunday session recording in DAW
That bass line just came to my mind. Simply an ordinary Rock tune in the mood of the day ... not without some well known harmonies you too might know ;o) Well, I made it my own.
What is it we are longing for? Guitar tune on the edge of a new decade ... Two guitar takes accompanied by "Touchscaper", arranged by Seelensack
Welcome 2020 EP, (recorded on RC505) All I know is that I know nothing. Track 2 - another percussive loop session ... variation of track 1 ... 1/2020 ... three percussive effect loops, rhythm guitar & bass loop, one long impro lead take. Welcome to the decade of change! Very strange changes in mankind!
Track 3 - another percussive guitar loop session ... 1/2020 ... bass loop, rhythm guitar loop & one long impro lead take, (loops on RC505). Welcome to the decade of change! It changes in a very different way!!!
All I know is that I know nothing in 2020 - EP, (zoom recording, lofi) Track 1 - another percussive loop session ... new years eve ... burning sky photograph by me ... Welcome to the decade of severe changes!
Global warming: Iceland officially declares first glacier dead. Consequence of global warming: Glacier on Mont Blanc threatens to collapse.
Again I was just recycling some samples ... thanks to DETUNIZED!
How I feel these days ... searching for the light. Ambiental - A dark valley in the middle of nowhere.
In this untreated pathetic tune I was reusing one of my favorite melodic lines ... Bass, guitar, drums, percussion ... in the end a bit erratic ... by Seelensack.
Move it! It's spring time on moon ... Inspired by Zandra https://soundcloud.com/sanna-4/somewhere I used some Ableton readymades for the percussion.
... open for collaboration by ZANDRA https://soundcloud.com/sanna-4/somewhere
Some samples and effects mashing & mixing by Seelensack
I used the main part of the Greta Thunberg speech at UN Climate Change COP24. Piano by Seelensack, melodic extraction taken from https://soundcloud.com/seelensack/mother-natures-funeral-cop-23
... some new jamming at last ... Bass take on percussion bone by wavedrum mini, effects, two guitar takes, harmonica take, additional echo effects via Ableton live, mixed out from there.
I don't like sundays! Inspired by a collab track by "The Ghostfather" (Magnus Lödgberg) https://soundcloud.com/user-390690478/rural
eDrums, bass, guitar by Seelensack
It's all about christmas ... everyday ... everywhere ... And let it all be white. And flushed with light.
lyrics and voice by Evelina Miteva https://soundcloud.com/evelina-miteva/sets/eva sounds, guitar, keys, adaption, mix by Seelensack
Ева И на другия ден всичко бе бяло. И обляно от светлина. Всичко свърши, си казах, дойде краят. Който страдал – страдал, който обичал – обичал. Сега всички сме на небето и празнуваме всеки ден Коледа; всеки ден се обичаме, ядем умерено, плачем (вероятно от радост) за ближния. Няма мрак, няма страдание и всичко е бяло, обляно от светлина. Да не бяха тези неясни сънища – страсти – ябълки – изкусител – дори аз бих открила покой, дори за мен би се намерил Спасител.
*forthcoming in the collection "Courtyard of peace" (Двор на спокойствието), by Scalino Publishing.
Eve Then, the following day all was white with snow And flushed with light. It’s over, I thought, this is the end, One has suffered – suffering it was. One has loved – love it was. Now we are all in heaven Celebrating Christmas every day; Every day we love each other, We eat moderately, We cry (probably with joy) for our dearest ones. There is no darkness, nor suffering And all is white, flushed with light. If it weren’t for these vague dreams – Passions – apples - tempter - Even I could have found peace, Even for me there could have been a Saviour.
(translated by Yuliana Todorova)***
Lyrics and vocals written and performed by Neli CoKo, 2018, all rights reserved on "Love Song" https://soundcloud.com/neli-co-ko/neli-coko-love-song-open-collab Adaptation of sounds & effects by Seelensack. Little pitch change on the vocal take too ... I felt free to download and make it a dark shamaniac love tune ;) Pleased to insert her profile too https://soundcloud.com/neli-co-ko
Unfortunately this song is always up to date, because the suffering does not end! I made it my own version ...
From "Dana Dana" (Yiddish original)published 1941 by the Songwriters Sholom Secunda, Aaron Zeitlin. "Dona Dona, (English version)" mid-1950s English lyrics by Arthur Kevess and Teddi Schwartz (information from Wiki). (Without the Dona, Dona chorus, but with a long improvisation on guitar)
Lyrics "Don(n)a, Don(n)a" On a wagon bound for market There's a calf with a mournful eye. High above it there's a swallow Winging swiftly through the sky.
Chorus: How the winds are laughing They laugh with all their might Laugh and laugh the whole day through And half the summer's night.
"Stop complaining," said the farmer, "Who told you a calf to be? Why don't you have wings to fly away Like the swallow so proud and free?"
Chorus
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered Never knowing the reason why. But whoever treasures freedom, Like the swallow has learned to fly.
Chorus
Ex Oriente Lux This is a very calm and soothing tune, works like a chill pill ... Cheers!
Well, first of all, I want to dedicate this song to my lovely wife. We are married since thirty years next sunday, despite all the ups and downs. And we both love the late Leonard Cohen, who published this song in 1984 on the album "Various Positions".
It's also my humble throaty and off-tune tribute to Mr. Cohen!
I have to say thanks to Richard Hefner who taught the chords on the Ukulele - and he is a much better singer than I am ...
Today it's not snowing on my guitar, I just lifted myself with this airy tune and, hey, it's track 300 ... nice!
Today I recorded music along a nature sample, the birds were singing ... Nothing special, just two loops and some simple airy improvisation I like to play very often. So this tune will definitely sound like "Seelensack". Does anybody want to add some more sounds or vocals?
Collaboration https://soundcloud.com/evelina-miteva/july Poem "July" by Evelina Miteva Ambiental sounds, music and mix by Seelensack
Юли
Какво е бог, какво са боговете. Сянка, потеглила по пътя. Повей, откъснал се от клоните. Хляб, изпечен рано сутрин, И вишната, която бавно се налива, Докато минавам, на път към фурната, Докато минавам – лека като повея, Невидима за лятото, издължена сянка, докато минавам в божието утро.
July
What is god, what are the gods. A shadow, going down the way. A breeze, torn off the branches. Bread, baked early in the morning, And that sour cherry, slowly ripening, As I am passing, on my way to the bakery, As I am passing - light as breeze, Invisible to the summer, a tall shadow, as I am passing through God's morning.
Another sunny sunday, another soft guitar tune ... recycling some of my melodic preferences. Sound effects via old mini kaossilator and the electro hamonix "canyon" ...
And there is another tune from today ... playing a little tune on guitar and harmonica ...
I would like to visit that seaside hotel again ... cheap clean rooms and a great view. In front of the hills in the distance you'll find Matala on Crete. Just a relaxed groove, I like to play ... added bass and drums via the Trio BandCreator pedal. Two takes, one for the rhythm one for the solo guitar.
I wanted to join unstable time, and improvised with two takes. A collaboration in space and time ...
aporee.org/maps/?loc=5986&m=satellite Appel à la priére, Dinangourou, region Mopti, Mail, by Pierre Gauthier 13.01.2010
https://soundcloud.com/unstable_range/fernweh
Diese Welt bleibt bestehen! Ein Lied aus dem Mai 2018, das auch in Zeiten von Corona passt. Auch auf YouTube https://youtu.be/k6gQkU_35ms Sunny Sunday Downtempo ... everything so green now ...
Interpretation of "Fafner" theme (Richard Wagner). Mashed voice recordings, changed speeds, added guitar and effects. (Fáfnir) Performed at the opening event of the exhibition "Monster & Mythen", Dresden, Germany.
Today I very much enjoyed to take up Milanas collaboration thread https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/dark-affairs-by-milana-zilnik-video. Initial piano improvisation "Dark Affairs" (The Gentle Giant) by Milana Zilnik. I added my simple guitar take just playing along, and gave it some cool drums, using Ableton Live 10. Milana decided to make this track an open collaboration. Download it, remix it, send her the result and she will repost it :) Please, her original track back in the description of your version, so others can find it too.
Some more news... As you may have heard, The song "The Snow Queen Waltz" by Milana Zilnik & Arty Sandler (youtu.be/8f1VlFgPJX8) was nominated in two categories for 5th Annual IMEA Awards! Now it's high time to vote!
40% of the vote is decided by the music industry executives, another 40% is decided by IMEA members. The remaining 20% is decided by you!! You can help the Snow Queen to get the award ;-)
It's simple: follow the link: www.imeaawards.com/vote/. Click the blue "Music", enter your email address, select "Music", hit "Next", scroll down to "Classical Song of the Year" and "Classical Artist of the Year", select both and hit submit at the bottom of the page.
youtu.be/E2msS2pA61I
Some Pop song for these days ... keys, bassline, vocals, mix by Seelensack, drums derived from DAW Live 10.
Lyrics: Cold armor steel of time I feel your sharp blade Cutting the unscalable line Behind my solitary parade
Born to stay captured I walk the tightrope Grown to be fractured My heart full of hope
Time isn’t a great healer It’s a vicious cutting edge Faith is a soft concealer Life’s an unfulfilled pledge
Cold armor steel of time I feel your sharp blade Cutting the unscalable line Behind my solitary parade
Time isn’t a great healer It’s a vicious cutting edge Faith is a soft concealer Life’s an unfulfilled pledge
Cold armor steel of time
Open collaboration ... https://soundcloud.com/evelina-miteva/evelina-znamenamira Evelina Miteva is trying something which is new to her.
She was reading her Bulgarian poem "Flag of Peace" and I used it as an inspiration for my music.
You might like to have a look at the very literal (almost crappy - as Evelina calls it) English translation of the Bulgarian text (also below).
Flag of Peace
Allow me to surrender, to disappear. Let me go from this endless feast of the endless attempts not to fail to stand in line with myself, to resist myself. Allow me to dress up in white, to wade a white flag, allow me not to survive. // Знаме на мира
Позволи ми да се предам, да изчезна. Позволи ми да си отида от този безкраен празник от безкрайните опити да не се проваля да стоя в строй със себе си, да устоя на себе си. Позволи ми да се облека в бяло, да развея бяло знаме, позволи ми да не оцелея.
Experimental midi-painted waves, different frequencies and sounds, mixed via Ableton 10, with a 2nd half just reversed. Image with photographed young wave-watchers at Riviera seaside. The sound gives an musical impression of wave-watching.
Some sounds from "Holy Error Sample Pack" by https://soundcloud.com/sotesound Free download from Ableton, https://www.ableton.com/de/blog/sote-electronic-music-iran/ added my ambiental guitar sounds, and a modified freesound.org sample (blackbird).
Lyrics & vocals by Augenmerk (@augenmerk) musically embedded by Seelensack
in German Mit der Königsdisziplin vertraut werden, dem Feind die Hand reichen, der Liebe ins Wort schauen, mein Herzwohl in den Raum öffnen und verzichten auf's Normale, vergessen, was normal war, mein Jetzt, das Katastrophale, ins Licht stellen, anvertrauen, übergeben, die Sichel vom Nacken nehmen, den Brand von den Flammen lösen, mein stilles Verzweifeln verstehen, Abschied nehmen vom Gewohnten, ich werde diesen Weg gehen.
Translation: To become familiar with the supreme discipline, shake hands with the enemy, intervene/look in the word of love, open my heart's well into space and forgo the normal, forget what was normal, put my now, the catastrophic, into the light, entrust, surrender, take the sickle off the neck, part the fire from the flames, say goodbye to the usual, I will go this way.
This is part of a collaborative venture. here is the link to the project: soundcloud.com/augenmerk/sets/invitation-open-love-collab
From Augenmerk: Riders in the storm use their wings from heart to heart. No borders. Become familiar with the supreme discipline. The heaven is possible. These times want voices, bridges, roads of love. At the beginning there was the word, I'm not sure, but here it is. Be fantastic and ride! People around the world, artists, musicians, vocalists, participate in your own way, style and language. Spread and connect. Be riders in the storm!
Lyrics & Vocals by Karin Tarabochia https://soundcloud.com/augenmerk
Foggy looks Push the wall away, that comes too close to me, binds me. Probably rather: extinguishes ?! Spoil of space, where nothing escapes. Sucks, devours. Ground fog creeping into feet and rising, the head does not separate from itself anymore. Am I misted? Woozy? Am I fog? Am I the child in clouds? My buzzard is circling, Mood that creates my will. There is lack of space and free seating
German text:
Nebelblicke Die Wand wegdrücken, die mir zu nahe kommt, mich bindet. Wohl eher: tilgt?! Flächenrausch, dem nichts entrinnt. Saugt ein, verschlingt. Bodennebel, der in Füße kriecht und steigt, den Kopf nicht mehr trennt von sich selbst. Bin ich umnebelt? Benebelt? Bin Nebel? Bin ich das Kind in Wolken? Mein Mäusebussard kreist, Laune, die mein Wollen schafft. Platznot ist und freie Platzwahl
Artwork "Mönch am Meer" Caspar David Friedrich
For better or worse ... a universal dilettante welcomes it ... Picking up on my life motto. Improvising along the guitarscaper, guitar, bass and kaossilator add ons
First snow this year, very late those flakes ... Ambiental string sounds in a wintery mood ... one chaotic and long improvisation flow, cello sound second take. Video on Youtube ... https://youtu.be/cnmOqDAJVU8
I found a shabby old vocal sample in a library ... So this became the name of that sunday afternoon session track. Percussion sample, hand percussion and melodic guitar takes.
There is nothing but life itself ... and there is an end for all of us ...
"The countdown is running!" Youtube https://youtu.be/vXjM-Jyedho
Arrangement, mix, synth & piano improvisation by Seelensack
Used Freesound.org tracks/samples 72947__benboncan__blackbird 394391__gabbimonkey__church-bell-close-up-sound 394720__gabbimonkey__drum-rolls 393742__gabbimonkey__germany-the-sound-of-nature-in-the-forest-zoom-h6 also check www.freetousesounds.com
We need a global cultural fusion! Old file from 2008. I used the Roland guitar synth (GR-20) to create this track and added some percussion by hand.
Sounds for strange places, percussion samples from Ableton ... ambiental guitar improvisation and arrangement by Seelensack
A very downtempo strange bluesy track ...
Caught in a vicious circle Caught in a doom loop Living in a soap-opera
I'm (so) ... sick of abysses of ignorance sick of dripping greedy men sick of fake presidents sick of bloody hedonists sick of greatest twitter trolls sick of violent outbursts sick of pure selfishness sick of the land of foolery sick of dead end leaders sick of that fair swindle sick of the emperor's new clothes
2022 - Les Français ont dit non à Marine le Pen! Français, flanquez la maîtresse à la porte! Nationalisme est réactionnaire, c'est pas progressiste!
A trance dance in A ... percussion mix, orchestral string samples, guitar improvisation, electronic effects ...
A little soundtrack for the March For Science ... guitar, keyboard and some percussion samples.
die rache der sprache ist das gedicht
"kennen du ernsten jandeln?" [Ernst Jandl (1 August 1925, Vienna, Austria – 9 June 2000, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator.] Alle Rechte am Text bei Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH.
anders (by Ernst Jandl) - (different) aus "peter und die kuh" - 1996
mir ist so anders als mir war als mir noch nicht so anders war
als mir noch nicht so war wie jetzt war mir ganz anders bis zuletzt
wie war dir denn als dir noch nicht so anders war wie eben jetzt
immer war mir bis knapp zuvor ganz anders ohne Übergang - mir ist so anders als mir war als mir noch nicht so anders war
Mit "peter und die kuh" kehrte Jandl 1996 nach einem Ausflug in den Wiener Dialekt zu dem zurück, was er unter einem Gedicht in deutscher Sprache verstand. Entstanden ist ein »"Buch erhebender und niederschmetternder Sprachkunst" (Jandl), einzigartige Gedichte, die Jandls späte Maxime in lebendige Poesie verwandeln. In diesem Band demonstriert Jandl virtuos, was er unter lebendiger Poesie versteht: "die rache / der sprache / ist das gedicht."
Kraut sunday morning jamming ... remixed Good Friday
Why? In these times of warhawks and tears of grief, I reloaded the instrumental version of my tune "La Guerre". Le nationalisme, c'est la guerre!
This is my personal humble farewell to Charles Edward Anderson „Chuck“ Berry, who passed away on March 18th, 2017 ...
My Humble Farewell To Chuck
he was really rockin' - Chuck Berry all over the world - Chuck Berry he's back in heaven - Chuck Berry where he once came from
born in nineteen twenty six
he'd got the knack to shake our hips he was graced by heartstrings greatest hits sprang from him
noble ninety years
Chuck Berry has left us on his wings of sound he will keep on rockin' on the top of a cloud
so sad twenty seventeen
Caffeine is it! Espresso machine sound by Ohrwurm, Freesound.org Music by Seelensack, Reaktor session
Trash & The Can + Seelensack
Instruments: Seelensack Vocals: Michael Lindenau aka A.d.i
Music by Seelensack Lyrics by Rainer Maria Rilke (Der Panther) & Michael Lindenau https://soundcloud.com/michael-lindenau-4 Photos by Sonja Lippuner http://angewandte-lebenskunst.ch/~sonja_lippuner/index.php
A day off in D
Schau mal Ein Panther
A day off in D :||
Sein Blick ist vom Vorübergehn der Stäbe so müd geworden, dass er nichts mehr hält. Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbe und hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt.
A day off in D :||
Der weiche Gang geschmeidig starker Schritte, der sich im allerkleinsten Kreise dreht, ist wie ein Tanz von Kraft um eine Mitte, in der betäubt ein großer Wille steht.
A day off in D :||
Nur manchmal schiebt der Vorhang der Pupille sich lautlos auf -. Dann geht ein Bild hinein, geht durch der Glieder angespannte Stille - und hört im Herzen auf zu sein.
A day off in D :||
Sein Blick ist vom Vorübergehn der Stäbe so müd geworden, dass er nichts mehr hält. Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbe und hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt.
A day off in D :||
A day off
An old live mix ... Psychodelic Kraut remixed from "mutations" Seelensack, Schweiger, Balog 2009
Mankind is still sitting in the caves ... a short statement. I recycled that old instrumental.
Another such Sauerkraut tune ... from another sunday afternoon. I'm haunted by these melodic phrases.
To celebrate the sun, I reloaded this track from 2012 ... Free for download ... don't forget ... when money speaks, the truth is silent!
Some session tracks from a creative sunday ... soft ... soft ... soft ... and convenient ...
Dedicated to the real life, an ambiental guitar tune (lofi), in and out presenting a field recording sample from Sissi, Crete, March 2016
L'Homme et la mer - Man and the sea
lyrics by Charles Baudelaire (Fleurs du mal 1857) recited by Catherine, https://soundcloud.com/cathrinta Music "https://soundcloud.com/seelensack/le-bruit-de-silence-the-noise-of-silence" by Seelensack (Sac de l'âme - Soul's Sack)
L'Homme et la mer Homme libre, toujours tu chériras la mer! La mer est ton miroir; tu contemples ton âme Dans le déroulement infini de sa lame, Et ton esprit n'est pas un gouffre moins amer.
Tu te plais à plonger au sein de ton image; Tu l'embrasses des yeux et des bras, et ton coeur Se distrait quelquefois de sa propre rumeur Au bruit de cette plainte indomptable et sauvage.
Vous êtes tous les deux ténébreux et discrets: Homme, nul n'a sondé le fond de tes abîmes; Ô mer, nul ne connaît tes richesses intimes, Tant vous êtes jaloux de garder vos secrets!
Et cependant voilà des siècles innombrables Que vous vous combattez sans pitié ni remords, Tellement vous aimez le carnage et la mort, Ô lutteurs éternels, ô frères implacables! — Charles Baudelaire
Man and the Sea Free man, you shall forever cherish the vast sea, The sea, that image where you contemplate your soul As everlastingly its mighty waves unroll. Your mind a yawning gulf seasoned as bitterly.
You love to plunge into your image to the core, Embracing it with eyes and arms; your very heart Sometimes finds a distraction from its urgent smart In the wild sea's untamable and plaintive roar.
Both of you live in darkness and in mystery: Man, who has ever plumbed the far depths of your being? O Sea, who knows your private hidden riches, seeing How strange the secrets you preserve so jealously?
And yet for countless ages you have fought each other With hands unsparing and with unforbearing breath, Each an eternal foe to his relentless brother, So avid are you both of slaughter and of death.
— Jacques LeClercq, Flowers of Evil (Mt Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1958)
On Nov 7, 2016 Leonard Cohen passed away.
I'm not a friend of too many words ... let the the music speak to you, friend! Home, heart & love that's all we need ... home, heart & love is what we are missing most these days ...
Leonard gave his heart & love to his audience! May his soul find the eternal home in our hearts!
Another simple, circular tune by Seelensack.
Eleven years ago I posted this track on SoundCloud. Why can't they stop making war? Every ceasefire means hope! سلام - Lay down your arms!
my description from 2011 ... Mankind lives under the same moon! Stop the killing! Finally we all need Salaam - Peace - Paix - Paz - Pace - Frieden!
A traditional "Die Gedanken sind frei!" (Thoughts are free!) in a new coat ... I used three crucial stanzas only ...
A little draft tune from Saturday afternoon ... to enframe the lyrics ;)
this is the way to your next disaster don't hesitate but don't push
your pretty soul is in need of repair you need a change to bring you to life
don't bury yourself in loneliness keep an open mind and don't despair
you might need help and room to breathe don't panic now no need to justify
if you take the flak put trust in yourself you have nothing to fear but - good old - fear itself
... but be positive to follow YOUR OWN PRETTY HEART!
I know the title of this track is a bit hand-me-down ... But it's the way of creating this tune, I just followed the melody of my heart ...
My profile picture shows a part of the creation process at LOOP Summit. Background percussion was made from field recordings at RADIALSYSTEM V near the river Spree in Berlin during the Ableton LOOP Summit workshop "Sounds outside: an introduction to field recording" by AGF https://soundcloud.com/agf-antye-greie ... Thank you for your inspirational workshop, Antye! I dedicate this tune to your great artwork!
After continuing years of war in many parts of the world, millions of people are restless refugees now. Will they ever have an opportunity to return to their native homes? This topic is bothering since years ... Welcoming refugees as friends and giving them a hand is the order of every day now! My music is just a humble way to highlight the need for help! I produced this tune in 2011 ...
After continuing years of war in many parts of the world, millions of people are restless refugees now. Will they ever have an opportunity to return to their native homes? This topic is bothering since years ... Welcoming refugees as friends and giving them a hand is the order of every day now! My music is an other way to highlight the need for help! This tune is from 2011 ...
Je consacre ce morceau de musique à mes amis Bruna & André. Les sons naturel de fond ont été enregistrer en Sardinia dans le bois auprès de Porto Alabe, Juin 2015. (Le vent dans les Pins, les cigales, les oiseaux ...) This tune is dedicated to my friends Bruna & André. The natural sounds in the background have been recorded on Sardinia in a forest near Porto Alabe, June 2015. (The wind in the pines, the cicadas, the birds ...)
Farewell Dieter Moebius! (Harmonia / Cluster) When I created this tune I'd never listened to "Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (Full Album) 1977" before, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOCSkXzLRJs
Recording the track "Panta Rhei" I intuitively paraphrased the intro track of that album in a way ... which I found out much later! There are some Moebius vibes out there ... PANTA RHEI !!!
Thanks to DETUNIZED sounds!
Wake me up when peace is here to stay ... Just another sunday tune from tropical Germany ;)
A little Whitsuntide hymn ... In the 70s I listend to the radio broadcast "In Between" on WDR 2 from Cologne! (Danke für diese Initialisierung an Michael Rüsenberg!)
A slowly floating guitar tune, drawing a melodic line in the sky (with the ebow) ... sounds like crying
Slowly growing flowers in May ... played in an eastern tribal mood ... from a very European point of view!!!
Weltschmerz - world weariness - souffrance! I need to cry it out loud!!! Emotional sunday jam. Everyday refugees lose their lifes in the mediterranean sea!
Best wishes for a better day ... a simple harmonic and wintery soundscape. (Image by Seelensack)
I've got the travel bug ... here's a little soundtrack reflecting that special mood ...
Here comes an pathetic emotional guitar and brass tune, soothing, healing your soul. Strengthens your immune system ...
A little relaxed summer tune on the guitar ... it was very hot that day in Germany ... The sun shines on good and bad ...
Inside the spiral of violence we are heading towards doomsday! This tune is my way of mourning, done in an Ukrainian Dorian scale in G.
Rebels were responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine and killing all 298 people on board, international prosecutors have found.
A report by the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) said there was "no doubt" the missile that downed the plane was brought in from Russia and fired from rebel-controlled territory in 2014, during the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Saint Sample ... a little hymn from the Church of Sound ... mashed from some snippets I found on the harddisk
It's behind me, it's behind you! It's inside me, it's inside you!
There is a very dark side in mother nature!
Every grape is a daughter of the sun ... here comes another instrumental tune with a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern touch ... (I photographed the ancient artwork of grapes in Rethymnon on Crete, last year) dedicated to my beloved daughter ... and all women of the world ... daughters under one sun, one peace, one love ... relax ... this is a shamanic healing tune too!!!
Dedicated to you, my sisters and brothers in music, my dear followers! Today just another desperate cry for peace came out of my guitar ... We need to build a Peace Cloud all over the world!
New Strings were my delight, my little weekend pleasure ... This is a special summer tune Please feel free to post your original track on the new group "Wolkenwelle" (translation "Cloudwave") ... this group has got a domain on its own ... http://www.wolkenwelle.de ... non-commercial, no covers, no remixes.
I re-loaded this tune from 2012 ... This much is certain: It is still the same story with an open end. Democracy needs a helping hand ... sometimes. Keep your eyes peeled!
Music is the language of our soul without using a word! Musik ist die Sprache der Seele ohne Worte! A track from 2012 ...
From "The words of humans fill me with fear." (Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Willy Burkhard)
I'm meaning to warn them and stop them: Stay clear! It's the singing of things I'm longing to hear. You touch them and stiff and silent they turn. You're killing the things for whose singing I yearn!
Aus "Ich fürchte mich so vor der Menschen Wort." (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Ich will immer warnen und wehren: Bleibt fern. Die Dinge singen hör ich so gern. Ihr rührt sie an: sie sind starr und stumm. Ihr bringt mir alle die Dinge um.
In 2021 ten year online now ... Peaceful guitar takes, percussion, noise and reversed children's harp, mixed up with samples and effects in Ableton Live, 11/22/2011 new upload
This is a kind of dance rhythm ... I mashed it in 2011. You might be set in motion for about 7 minutes.
Auch wenn nun alle Angst vor dem Coronavirus haben, vergesst bitte den Sonnenschutz nicht, wenn ihr in sozialer Isolation draußen seid!
Ohnen Gnade ist die Sonnenglut Schütz die Rübe mit einem Hut Vergiss nur nicht den Sonnenschutz Weil Du sonst unter's Messer musst
Setz Dich besser unter'n Sonnenschirm Da verheizt Du auch nicht Dein Gehirn Vergiss nur nicht den Sonnenschutz Weil Du sonst unter's Messer musst
Ja der Sommer ist für Milchgesichter schon manchmal wie der letzte Richter In der Sonne schmilzt Dein letzter Wille Da hilft auch keine Sonnebrille
Musik komplett aus dem 'Korg Kaossilator Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer, 1st Edition' erschaffen, aufgenommen 2008. Refurbished 2020