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Phutureprimitive – Cryogenic Dreams

December 15, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Sweeping melodies and an adventurous bass line contribute to this song’s exploratory mood. Let the vibe flow and energize this moment.

You can listen to the melody for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song (or album) from this same location.

https://music.phutureprimitive.com/track/cryogenic-dreams^

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_ocHqKb1w^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/6XJNMeb3upnJO4wSJkTy53^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/15127912^

This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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Vitalic – One Above One

December 11, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Welcome to a happy synth-fest, made even happier through contrast with the robotized singer. What about the song’s title? Cryptic wisdom is sometimes more awakening than wisdom, but perhaps I’m putting too much thought into a dance song. In any case, this is a piece that tempts the moving muscles as well as the thinking ones.

“One in the single and the first degree.
One Above One for eternity.
No unit or triad, source or cause for the one, super one, this is the one above those”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeRQM4604Kk^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/0pgxXAuFEefK1YttahHu49^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/4198567^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2234625^

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Yaima – Our Game

December 4, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Wisdom finds all sorts of ways to trickle through society. Albeit soothing and dreamy, this song’s slow rhythm is full of intent. The singer’s soft voice is precisely what these words of awakening need to be carried on.

“Oh
Now the tables have turned and the scales even
And the illusion breaking at the seams and
the feathers and problems and prisons of the past
Will be pushed under the table never
meant to last and we grow in numbers day by day
Familiar smile born each phase in my love in my love
And all at once but one by one they heard the call simple as song
Saying when would you like to leave it all behind
You can quit all your sorrows and lose
track of time and jump in and surrender
Wash it all away jump in and remember this is our game
My love”

https://yaimamusic.bandcamp.com/track/our-game^

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUk-NK-AokQ^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/6cimfLS3U8WhZrGA9nqArq^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/136365972^

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Argatu – Asta-i Hora-n Falticeni

November 30, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

High-pitched flutes and other traditional instruments are chained with a bassline and pounded by synth-drums. Ethnotronic is a genre that fuses ethnic vibes with electronic influences. In this case, the ethnic ingredients come from Romania, a country in Eastern Europe (where I happen to have been born). A “hora” is a traditional dance and Falticeni is a city in Romania, located in the historical region of Moldavia.

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UORUvSOdTOg^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/6dfjlaxe17ma8KDHDPcPVJ^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/684077632^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/it/release/8911615^

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Samael – Together

November 27, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Leave it to metal heretics Samael to create a song that straddles genres and defies categorization. It blasts off with rock-solid percussion and heavy riffing, but then turns into a melancholic story about love. The occasional voice distortion may sound awkward at first, but trust me, it’s there for a reason*.

* everything is everywhere for a reason 😀

“can you give as much as you can take
can you love as much as you can hate
the flame we share is one as you’re aware
the needs we burn is the child we never had
we split our lives to find our mind again
we do divorce so our first fight’s regained
together will we remain to say

together we will live, this century got so much more to give
together we will leave, giving to the world a better place to grow

feelings we keep away from decay
feelings we send each other everyday
does your silence speak the world I hear
does your reserve mean what I fear
the forever we are is the forever we murdered
stay right here, stand by me”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-DFGW_v9yo^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/6r8188NwrYKnxo2k3Nt8zI^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/108935788^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Samael-Eternal/master/27812^

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RJD2 – Ghostwriter

November 20, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Built almost entirely out of sounds from the past, this song is a master class in the art of sampling. Around a dozen instruments and some three layers of vocals dance together these 5 minutes. And no matter how good trumpets are at stealing the show, each instrument gets its time playing the membrane.

As a form of art, music shines through how it allows the harmonious fusion of decades worth of creation into a single new work. In the hands of a great composer, all sounds make friends and it all ends up sounding fantastic!

Note: the remix of the song is also awesome. Seek it out.

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA1SdKiLk7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA1SdKiLk7o^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/5Nn2Dj7OQsGL6pgQ9iIzPp^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/4563487^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/RJD2-Deadringer/release/2054363^

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Jennifer Paige – Crush

November 13, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

This was a major success back in the 90s and for good reason. The instrumental, while fairly typical for that period, has plenty of detail and variety. The lyrics are fun, but it’s the way they’re sung that really carries this song. I’d do without the “shalalala” though :).

”I see ya blowin’ me a kiss
It doesn’t take a scientist
To understand what’s going on, baby
If you see something in my eye
Let’s not over analyze
Don’t go too deep with it, baby (baby)
So let it be what it’ll be
Don’t make a fuss and get crazy over you and me
Here’s what I’ll do
I’ll play loose
Not like we have a date with destiny
It’s just a little crush (crush)
Not like I faint every time we touch
It’s just some little thing (crush)
Not like everything I do depends on you”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8rmZOgQL0^

YouTube (original music video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhSnaqou0I^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/5aWy6lwLIkd9F3DS94MID6^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/17073833^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Jennifer-Paige-Jennifer-Paige/master/159508^

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Dead Can Dance – Bird

November 6, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

If jungle-folk would be a genre, this would be the song for it. Percussion and tribal chanting are entwined with the sounds of life. Human and animal sing together, celebrating the eternal cosmic vibration.

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LihF3x08s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LihF3x08s^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/4T5RL7fzdcvBSHBs72fPxK^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/938002^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Dead-Can-Dance-Into-The-Labyrinth/master/7370^

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Ambeon – Lost Message

October 30, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Light chords and a dreamy voice guide this innocent story to life. It’s a gentle song combining traditional instruments with atmosphere-building synthesizers.

“All day long I sit by the riverside
Watching the sunrise and the colors it brings
Here I can sing, ‘cos there’s no one around
Some birds fly above me, flying so free
Remember an angel as she sat beside me
Here by the riverside
I looked into her big blue eyes and loved her like rain
Then she flew away like the bird she was before
I saw her flying into the sunset
As the sky turned to black and she faded from view
Next morning by sunrise I watched and waited
Waited for the bird that was my angel within”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVmQLzb63LI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVmQLzb63LI^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/2hHnEdnb0CtQVDQDiIM4Ie^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/431428132^

And here’s the Discogs entry for whoever wants to buy this album:

https://www.discogs.com/Ambeon-Fate-Of-A-Dreamer/master/76843^

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Omnia – Auguries Of Innocence

October 23, 2019 Axonn Echysttas Leave a comment

Voices twine and shine on this completely acoustic melody whose lyrics offer ageless wisdom. Harps, flutes and choirs are the sweet companions of this song’s deep message. It’s a delicate musical poem praising the beauty of life.

“Every night & every morn
Some to misery are born
Every born and every night
Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to endless night
Sweet delight
Endless night
Sweet delight
God appears and god is light
To those poor souls who dwell in night
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day
What appears as God at night
Is but a man within the light”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR9U2pFZNuI^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/67WyV4jODXUTAxbHqlgmiz^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/128569251^

The album can be purchased directly from the artist’s website:

https://www.worldofomnia.com/webshop/cd-reflexions-2018^

And here’s the Discogs entry:

https://www.discogs.com/Omnia-Reflexions/release/11934025^

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Because being informed is just not enough anymore…