What are you listening to?

[feather-flower]

Cyber-space Mix-tape #032

THEME: arcade adrenaline-rush




https://hyperduck.bandcamp.com/track/arcade-rat

https://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com/track/with-my-soul

https://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com/track/push-forward

https://galaxytrail.bandcamp.com/tra...-dreadnought-3

https://galaxytrail.bandcamp.com/tra...e-unused-stage

https://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com/track/soul-on-fire

https://galaxytrail.bandcamp.com/track/sky-battalion

https://bravewave.bandcamp.com/track/interception-2

https://galaxytrail.bandcamp.com/track/thermal-base-2

https://hyperduck.bandcamp.com/track/trojans-ruins

https://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com/trac...space-elevator

https://supersoulbros.bandcamp.com/t...g-battery-zone

https://sidnify.bandcamp.com/track/t...f-medusa-remix

https://bravewave.bandcamp.com/track/visions-1-2

https://galaxytrail.bandcamp.com/track/final-boss-2

https://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-unmatched

https://jasonkoohi.bandcamp.com/track/ascender-credits

[feather-flower]

Cyber-space Mix-tape #033

THEME: meditational atmospheres



https://alignedmuse.bandcamp.com/tra...minute-version

https://alignedmuse.bandcamp.com/tra...minute-version

https://alignedmuse.bandcamp.com/tra...-short-version

https://alignedmuse.bandcamp.com/tra...minute-version

https://alignedmuse.bandcamp.com/tra...minute-version

[Demoniac]

Great instrumentation!
Adequate composition. Needs a smidge more variance, even if the track is brief.
Acceptable lyrics, but the overall album's subject-matter is poorly chosen & will not benefit any listeners.
Abd lastly, the performance of the vocalizations is not my preference.

Either way, thank you Demoniac for sharing & to complement your post, I'll merely contribute the Bandcamp link to this group, where anybody who likes the song, could support the artists & hear more tracks by them:

https://haiduk.bandcamp.com/track/morph

Hey, late reply here, but thanks for checking it out and giving feedback.

The overall album subject matter deals with a unique fantasy world which I find more interesting than what many bands are doing and for me it's an escape.

But generally speaking with any band, I don't think lyrics are meant to benefit anyone. Lyrics are just stories and that's all they should be.

With Haiduk the focus is on the music anyway.


Sea of Fire

[feather-flower]

Hey, late reply here, but thanks for checking it out and giving feedback.

No worries about the delay. And it was my pleasure to partake of the music you highlighted.

and for me it's an escape.

But generally speaking with any band, I don't think lyrics are meant to benefit anyone.

Definitely understand about music serving as an escape.

BUT!

That is exactly why the nature of "the escape" can either hinder one's existence, or benefit one's existence.

And from personal experience, there really isn't a "neutral" zone either.

Soundwaves are physical.
And they change us.

So what you subject yourself to, does influence you.

That influence can be very subtle as well.

Thus, it is wise to think about what your mind is gravitating towards.

Especially about what kind of "place" your mind summons as the "location" you are escaping to.

Lyrics are just stories and that's all they should be.

Have you ever heard what Plato said about "stories"?

He is supposedly quoted as saying or writing (not sure from which text):: “Those who tell the stories rule society.”

So even if lyrics are "only stories", these recordings have immense sway.

A person's opinion on important matters can be altered entirely, if inspired by a truly resonant "story".

Which suggests that if the nature of a fantasy-world conveyed via lyrics/song-titles is "diabolic" or "infernal"...
...then the mind is submerged into an "infernal world" and becomes accustomed to dwelling there.

And what we become accustomed to doing, becomes habitual.

Habits are able to become an almost automatic reflex

And THAT means that eventually one's mind will automatically fall back into the reflexive zones that it has become most familiar.

So... just be careful about where your mind becomes comfortable escaping into.

...because...

According to Siddhartha Gautama, the only escape worthy of pursuing, is the state of pari-nirvana.

[Ryno]

[feather-flower]

Krizin - Blossom

The positive energy of this song is really strong!
Thanks muchly for sharing this artist's work, Ryno!

And they have more available on Bandcamp, too!

https://krizin.bandcamp.com/

Their description states: ▪ music to make you feel better ▪

And that certainly seems accurate!

^_^

[feather-flower]

While replying to Zorafim's post tonight, I was listening to this album:

https://skytunes.bandcamp.com/album/...py-music-album

And the title alone should be enough to pique someone's interest!

Firefly: Hand Pan Chill Hop Happy Music

Really enjoyable & atmospheric!

[feather-flower]

https://soundcloud.com/michael-h-montgomery/palace-on-the-endless-sea

This piece by Zorafim has been resonating with me this evening.

Recommended for anyone that might be in a similarly wistful mood.

[feather-flower]

https://paipatiroma.bandcamp.com/alb...tal-rock-music

This mixture of gamelan and instrumental-rock makes for a very "Summer-y" blend of sounds!

[sCI]

hoobastank running away

https://youtu.be/kxwsu8JfvVU?si=WrY7K8S7khysbAJ_