This is not a happy song... I despise the instrumentalisation of racism / discrimination. World history has seen a fair bit of it. And right now it's back with a vengeance. Breaking patterns wether inside or outside is not easy. Nelson saw the way forward. However a great many didn't follow, and so with some disbelief I see the instrumentalisation of racism being used to further political agendas and personal enrichment in South Africa. I could go on with
"Endless array of illusion makes you see things that are not Final escape an intrusion in a world you cannot stop." Decision is one of those songs that almost wrote itself. Going back to some of my earlier writing styles. Thanks to Shaun Johannes for his amazing Bass playing but also for pushing me along and making me have fun with Stylus. And yes Shaun you are right, I need to start changing my chord
You are the only one who can break the spell of the perception of your existence, well if it is bad at least. If all is perfect then I guess play on... I experimented a fair amount on this track to make up for my average guitar playing and my lack of chops. Thanks to mister ledbetter for opening my ears and mind to different voicing on the guitar a while back. Again splendid rhythm section
"Washed Away" was written in the distant European summer of 2001 during a tour in the South of Italy with my band at the time "upCedown" I knew I was about to deal with some shit in my life and as they often do, my song words pre-warned it... But the music development was quite a meander to what you are about to hear. In 2003 during the recording sessions for the amazing project "Open
I've always been drawn to songs in 6/8, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I find it can create nice tension. Rhythmically you seem to be able to pull it in all directions and get away with it. No explanations on these lyrics. They are what they are for you. As you will hear the track leads into something else... Shaun Johannes (see first post) got together with Kevin Gibson in the studio in
I don't know how you got here... Maybe you were bored of Facebook or clicked on the link by mistake? Welcome...it is hard to understand why I keep producing music. The creative drive doesn't seem to switch off, and somehow forces me to express life, from personal challenges and thoughts to social commentary.Maybe it's because I've had a weird trip or because I fell on my head a lot as a child.I do derive a
Cedric Vandenschrik, Joe van der Linden and Lloyd Martin are reuniting to bring another crazy musical night to Port Elizabeth, the friendly city with: “Out of the Box v3” Two Years ago, the trio got together to explore performing music drawing on their worldly experiences and creating something unique. The result was a high paced entertaining evening filled with laughs and emotions on all levels. What will you hear? Some known popular songs, some more
Joining in with "Il Grande Canale della Pace project in Italy. Art against war... We could do with some peace in the world. Amazingly sad that we can't evolve.
"Atom in Rome" was performed in October 2013 at the Gran Teatro of Rome with a band, Choir, Brass ensemble, Dancers, Projections. Ced was called to replace the Original singer and performed not only Pink Floyd Classics, but also the whole of "Atom heart Mother" Here is a short documentary on his involvement:
Here is a teaser for the upcoming retrospective of "Atom in Rome" which happened a while back in Rome. A crazy adventure that needed to be documented.
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