A gentle ballad about the rise of the spirit, change and personal development.

Thanks to the following Artists on Pixabay for their great video footage:

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ChristianBodhi

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Joschade

Inspired by and dedicated to one of the greatest musicians of our time - Phil Collins!

"Focus your time and attention on the correct things. It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory."

Bruce Lee

 When the beat is so satisfying that it hits hard! 👊

Die Wahrheit ist, dass ich dieses Jahr 44 Jahre alt werde. Und so lange ich denken kann, habe ich mir gewünscht, die Vereinigten Staaten zu besuchen.

Ich wollte schon immer die Kultur und ihre Menschen kennenlernen. Doch mit jedem Tag, an dem ich die Nachrichten verfolge, scheint dieser Traum weiter in die Ferne zu rücken. Mit jedem Tag, an dem ich höre, dass Menschen einen geliebten Menschen durch Waffengewalt verlieren, stirbt ein kleiner Teil von mir mit ihnen. Ich habe immer meine Empathie gegenüber anderen als etwas Wundervolles gesehen und meine Liebe war alles, was ich je gebraucht habe. Ich habe mich schweren Herzens und gegen jede Widrigkeit entschieden, den Track "Pull the Lifejuicer" zu komponieren, um meine Gefühle in musikalischer Form sprechen zu lassen. Ich habe nicht das Recht, mir anzumaßen, auch nur ansatzweise zu wissen, wie es sich anfühlt, einen geliebten Menschen in einer Schießerei zu verlieren. Ich möchte diesen Track den Angehörigen der Menschen widmen, die jeden Tag mit ihrem Verlust leben müssen. Es tut mir aus tiefster Seele weh und ich wünsche ihnen mein aufrichtiges Beileid. Die Frage, die sich mir am Ende immer wieder stellt ist, wann werden wir verstehen, dass Liebe die einzig wahre Kraft ist, mit der wir anderen Menschen begegnen sollten. 

Wach auf, Amerika!

This song is for the young generation who are said to be lost. I do not believe that. There are many strong young people. They want to be heard and taken seriously. I believe in you!

Mit diesem Song habe ich versucht mir vorzustellen, wie es sich musikalisch anhören und wie man sich fühlen würde, wenn man als Astronaut im Weltall ohne Aussicht auf Rettung treibt. Mir war es wichtig, sowohl ein Gefühl von der Weite des Weltraums als auch von Beklemmung und Angst im Wissen, dass man dem Tod ausgeliefert ist, zu vermitteln.

Als Inspiration dienten mir Filme wie Gravity, Interstellar und das Videospiel Dead Space. Sowohl während der Filme als auch während des Spiels gab es Momente, in denen ich mich selbst dabei ertappte, wie ich für sehr lange Zeit die Luft anhielt. 

Dieses Lied ist die Interpretation meiner Gefühle, wie es sich wohl anfühlen muss, wenn man im toten Raum mit einer unausweichlichen Situation und dem herannahenden Tod konfrontiert wird.

Schmerzen! Im Kopf! Und ich rede nicht von der Sorte, die man eben mal mit 'ner Pille zum Schweigen bringt. Hab schon die fünffache Dosis an Painkillern drin und mein Kopf bringt mich immer noch um. Die letzten drei Tage der gleiche Zustand. Drei Tage dieser Tortur und kein Ende in Sicht. Wenn es so weiter geht, wird es kein gutes Ende nehmen. Mein Griff geht zur Tablettenschachtel. Im Wachzustand hat mein Leben keinen Sinn. Ich will nur noch schlafen, doch auch das ist wohl nicht drin. Kann mich nur noch mit letzter Kraft auf meinen Balkon bewegen. Und nun stehe ich hier… im Regen! Die Zeit vergeht und ich spüre kaum, dass ich schon völlig durchnässt bin. Wie auch die Zeit, zieht mein Leben völlig dahin. Mein Geist wie auch meine Augenlider werden langsam schwer. Die süße Erlösung, ich wünsche sie mir mehr und mehr. Eine unsichtbare Kraft lässt mich auf meinem Bett zusammenbrechen und schenkt mir einen letzten Gedanken in meinem Verderben… Ach, könnte ich bloß in einem Traum sterben.

Special thanks to the following photographers on Pixabay (in the order of their appearance):

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Myriams-Fotos

Sometimes a passion turns out to be treacherous and might start to cause damage instead to be of service. It is important to always keep an eye on your wishes, thoughts and goals in order to stay on the right path.

Everything we can witness in the outside world springs from an original idea in the mind. 

All inventions were born in the human mind before they manifest. The human mind is capable to bring to life both - wonderful and destructive things.

With my new song "Atomic Clash" I want to point out these two conflicting sides of an idea - great power (as this of atomic energy) can be used for good or for bad issues. How will we decide?

We seem to be surrounded by constant decay. Things fall apart. This situation might be frightening and depressing. But don't close your eyes to misery. Be part of the solution!

Everyone comes to a point in his life, where he asks himself what's the meaning. Who do I want to be? What do I want to achieve? Sometimes you have to admit, that you are not yet the person you want to be. This awareness can be a chance. If you have the courage to grow out of your old skin, you will be rewarded by becoming this new human being.

Metamorphic is an energetic and powerful track that should motivate people to master all challenges in their lives. 

It should be a powerful and joyful support for every metamorphosis that brings people closer to their goals. 

Transformation doesn't mean to quit everything, but to combine reliable habits with new qualities.

The last track on our new album is personally and emotionally the hardest one for us. It is a track that we composed in memory of our tomcat Leon who deceased on the fourth of december in 2019. You surely can imagine what wonderful and loving animal he was. Every day that we were able to spend with each other was a gift and we truly regret every second we were not able to satisfy him, or could have spent more with him. He was like a son for us. He was a beloved member of our family. Wherever you are my little one – we will always love you and we will never forget you. Rest in peace.

Who doesn't know the feeling of drifting away? Let go off everything from time to time, doing whatever you want to do. We anyway know this feeling way too good, and it's not the fact that we want to condemn this feeling, it's more about our need to warn you about what happens when you're overdoing it or even missing the moment getting away from this feeling. As so often it starts with a moment of our weakness. You're floating with the stream enjoying the escape from your daily routine. Very soon you will realize that you have come to a point where it's not only mentally, but also physically very hard to escape from this maelstrom. Perhaps some of you had the luck to steer in the opposite direction, while some of you were only able to escape by the help of others or a beloved person. But some of you surely know that there are also people who drowned. This track is a warning and an encouragement to everyone to never let go or even lose control of your life.

Artificial intelligence is a big topic since the beginning of the digital era. Experts predict that it's possible to achieve the goal of an autonomous thinking A.I. could be realized in the year 2045. Spectating on the fact how fast today's A.I. learns it's not impossible that exactly this prophecy is about to fulfill. The most interesting question to ask will be, how this A.I. will interact with the human species. Opinions differ on this question. In other words, if this new kind of conscious mind will come to existence it appears only logical to us that it wants to run his life. How it will arrange his life is also a question, that cannot be predicted and every speculation is about to fail. One fact is for sure! If this A.I. will approximately have similar ways of thinking and acting like our species does, this will be the moment we will know we fucked up...

This composition with it's melancholic through to sadly acting feelings is representing the inexplicable fact, that people get locked in a system without getting the chance of self realization. In our circle of friends we were able to take a picture of it by ourselves. We truly feel sad for the fact, that the good of many of you, weighs less than the good of few. This system which was created by a minority teaches us from our childhood that we are not valuable if we don' t subdue to it. True to the motto: It's Hobson's choice! Or in other words – if you don't adjust you are lost. The result is simple and effective at the same time. And this is the reason why we think that the wrong values are taught to us. Instead of this we should concentrate on teaching values like charity, respect, tolerance and honesty not only for a better living, but also to give everyone the chance of self realization.

When you hear the term upgrade these days you might think of an expansion or an improvement of something already existing. As if! When we hear or read this term, we are mostly set to some kind of alarm mode, because we think that most of these so called upgrades don't deserve this label. 

But basically we want to encourage you to a critical thinking. 

We would like to explain our point of view by the simple example of an e-bike. One of the most devilish upgrades, we think, was invented for the bicycle by adding an electro engine. The bicycle which was invented hundreds of years ago and which should give people mobility and the possibility of physical strengthening, was totally alienated. But that's not all! This wonderful invention was considered with a remarkable ecological assessment meanwhile becoming a resource-wasting tool for people who squeeze their adipose bodies in skin tight clothes to perform for their next Tour d' Absurde. In our opinion it's a „downgrade“ through and through for everyone using it.

At first let us give you an explanation of how we coined this new word. It's made of two separate words. The first one is 'artificial' and the second one is 'fictional'. The inspiration for creating this word was caused by our admiration of such geniuses as Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Carl Benz, H. G. Wells, H. R. R. Tolkien or J. K. Rowling. Each of them had created something new, out of a natural pattern, that should change the living and thinking of the people deeply. With this track we want to express our deep admiration and gratitude for them. It is also a tribute to everyone out there, who is working hard day by day to let his artificial-fiction come into reality.

Some time ago we were allowed to meet a man who works in the same sector as we do. Nevertheless he considers himself making Art in form of paintings and designing sculptures. His name is Mortimer MacBrown. We can call ourselves proudly owners of one of his sculptures „The Bodymachine“. We were instantly fascinated of this beautiful piece of work. With her backrunning clock, reminding us on our expiring lifetime, she also shows us what a human being has to function like in this day and age. Precise like a clockwork, hardened against every influence from the outside and acting like a machine. She's showing our greatest fears and warns us to take good care of our life. This track is a reminder to all the creativity of the human spirit, that is necessary creating magnificent achievements on the field of art. 

The first track we want to devote ourselves to is „FIGHTER“. There comes a time for everyone of us that we have to stand for or maybe fight for something or against someone in our lives. The virtue of fighting is deeply rooted in the history of mankind and is an essential part of mankinds evolution. In the moment a human being decides to fight he mostly learns about himself and who he really is. We think that every human being, able to fight, should stand up for something or someone in his life. And with fighting or standing up for something we don't necessarily mean a physical confrontation. To take a stand for something or someone in life is also a style of fighting worth striving for. But you shouldn't fight for it's own sake. Bruce Lee once replied to the question how he would describe his style: „The Art of fighting without fighting.“