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Weekly Song

Dead Can Dance – Bird

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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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Weekly Song

Ambeon – Lost Message

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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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Science

Troubles with Antibiotics

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The antibiotics industry is going through rough times. Big Pharma is heavily polluting Asia, where India and China are the main producers of the world’s most commonly used drugs:

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-01-24/big-pharma-fails-to-disclose-waste-leaked-from-factories^

But it’s even worse when companies give up researching new antibiotics because these sort of medicine doesn’t give enough profit:

https://cen.acs.org/business/finance/Antibiotic-developer-Achaogen-files-bankruptcy/97/i16^

This is understandable given the way our economy works^. The sad effect is that it just doesn’t pay off to tackle new species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (after the same antibiotic industry caused their emergence, in the never-ending battle with evolution – a battle that cannot be won at our current technological level):

https://www.dw.com/en/big-pharma-nixes-new-drugs-despite-impending-antibiotic-apocalypse/a-50432213^

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Weekly Song

Omnia – Auguries Of Innocence

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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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Weekly Song

Orkidea – Neo Romance (feat. Ben Lord)

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This song kicks off by dropping on us some amazing reverberating bass. The masterful use of reverb permeates throughout the melody. Evocative lyrics seem to prepare us for a ride of passion. And indeed, the drum machine powers on soon after. Dance your eardrums!

“It’s all I want is that first kiss
And all the kisses gonna start a fire
And I know you rightfully
Just try be bold
Come on and we’ll start it up
Nothing to the wise guy
No one is gonna to take us higher
My sunflower
My sunflower
Breathlessly endlessly raving and falling
I’m worried and cold, maybe take me, I’m holding [?]
I’m trying to find out
But the words won’t come out
Baby what’s your name
What’s your name
What’s your name
What’s your name
Oh we could find love, here and now”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_DDH7dMfnc^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/08elyPQ09ky78yhY9H2Ep2^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/101027250^

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

https://www.discogs.com/composition/df3570f2-5ece-43b0-9539-e1d78171cfe4-Neo-Romance^

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Weekly Song

Apollo 440 – The Machine In The Ghost

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A piano, a trumpet, a guitar and a synthesizer walk into a bar. And then everything begins to swirl…

We have this concept of the “ghost in the machine”. But what if at the heart of the ghost there is a machine? With its mysterious textures, this song explores the concept, making use of samples and playing with unexpected sounds. Beware this one. It may throw your mind off balance without a moment’s notice.

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuP8Mvpn3_A^

For Spotify users (high quality):

http://open.spotify.com/track/5IowhXnpsOYkWUvyrjKThb^

For Deezer users (high quality):

http://www.deezer.com/track/13161951^

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

https://www.discogs.com/Apollo-Four-Forty-Gettin-High-On-Your-Own-Supply/release/35462^

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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Weekly Song

Apotheist – Salvation

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Some songs just want to rip subwoofers apart. They want to shake walls, drive neighbors nuts and rearrange the listener’s innards. This tight-rhythmed bass-feast works in headphones too, but one day make sure you let it tear through some thousand watts equipment!

It may be tempting to say it’s repetitive, but there’s some clever construction here. The main theme only serves to emphasize changes of tone and breaks in the rhythm. Listen carefully and, for heaven’s sake, move your body! Dubstep at its best!

Oh, and in case you wonder, the sample “look for your own salvation” is from the video game Half Life 2 :D.

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0btO7d17CY^

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

https://www.discogs.com/Apotheist-El-Haijn-Salvation-In-Control/release/1769934^

For BeatPort users (high quality):

https://www.beatport.com/track/salvation-original-mix/770885^

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Weekly Song

Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy

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This is the sound of history. The sound of wisdom touching society and transforming swathes of it. It’s a song that touched billions of souls and will continue to echo throughout history as one of the pearls of the 21st century or even the 2nd millennium. Yes, it’s that large. And what’s even more mind-blowing is that Bobby hasn’t used a single instrument other than his body to produce this masterpiece. Now go and listen to it a hundred times and continue to be amazed at finding something new every time and let this wisdom permeate every atom of your body.

“Here’s a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry you make it double”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/5YbgcwHjQhdT1BYQ4rxWlD^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/3127387^

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

https://www.discogs.com/Bobby-McFerrin-Simple-Pleasures/master/68380^

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Weekly Song

Ugress – Lost In Time

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Time’s short, so this tune doesn’t waste any second to reach its climax. It takes us on a quick ride through groovy beats, it rushes to the spicy blend of dreamy voice and echoed synths and then immediately proceeds straight to the dancefloor.

And then, just when you think you got it, it’s over. Thanks the Gods of Technology for effortless rewind capabilities (aka “abusing the replay button”).

“All that I have inside will get lost in time
This is all like fire
And you take me higher
You trip me off I’m flying
Can’t you see I’m trying
All that I have inside will get lost in time
Your information is playing with my mind”

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. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Ugress’s album :).

https://ugress.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-time^

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNvjkc2ZXU^

For Spotify users (high quality):

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

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/593002352^

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Weekly Song

Autechre – Basscadet (Basscadubmx)

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Creatures made of sound roam the textured landscapes of Melodic Beauty Land. They call out to each other, either from depths immeasurable or from lofty heights. Their echoes fill endless voids, bringing the vibration of life. Close your eyes and ride your thoughts.

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKeadZgsN10^

For Spotify users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/1QYs8HnVAu0vr1edoVGjDW^

For Deezer users (high quality):

https://www.deezer.com/track/29390041^

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

https://www.discogs.com/Autechre-BasscadEP/master/1799^

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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