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docredder
by docredder
"Redder" is a palindrome. Like "racecar" or "level". These pieces of music ain't.
Episodes
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I Couldn't Care Less!
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/5b5zted8 -- This song is a brief musical journey back in time—a song capturing the aesthetic of early 70s glam rock, art rock, and power pop. Naturally, I had in mind Queen’s "Killer Queen," T. Rex, The Sweet with their falsetto backing vocals, and Sparks with their...
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My Heart Has Bad Manners
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/psys78pw — My heart has bad manners I'm sorry to say I tell it, “Forget him.” It won't look away He never calls He keeps me late He steals a kiss And makes me wait I know the rules I know the plan But my foolish heart Still likes that man My heart has bad manners It...
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European Experience
This instrumental track is made up of samples and ideas created during a trip across Europe. The collection sat on my hard drive for two years, and now it’s a prog-rock collage. Enjoy the journey.
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Do It Afraid
Still afraid? Yeah Me too Cold in my hands Stone in my chest One little step No time to rest I hear the fear I feel it stay But I won’t let it Choose my way I don’t need wings I don’t need faith I just need one step Do it afraid! Do it afraid! Step into the fire Let it burn away! Do it afraid!...
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No More Alone
We walk in rings Of growing light We touch the edge Of endless night Our ghosts remain Our stones still sing We build our towers Out of everything We hold the dark We hold the rain A thousand years The same old pain Oh, take my hand We are the stone We are the land No more alone The traitor turns...
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Just Flow (German)
Just breathe Kaffee mit dir Small talk flow Einfach mal reden Easy und slow Kein Skript im Kopf Nur ein guter Vibe Der Moment ist da Time flies Gedanken im Fluss Kein Filter, kein Frust Einfach mal sagen Was eigentlich zählt Die Zunge gelöst Ein Lachen im Raum Alles echt statt perfekt Ein toller...
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The Committee for Spontaneity
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/52cuxvrb — Safe space Table three Keep it calm Keep it smooth Filtered air in a cocktail glass Quiet footsteps on the rug They made a chart for how to laugh They put a filter on your tongue Check the light Red light Check the tone Dial tone Keep it quiet All alone…
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Step Back
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/5fwn45fu — Dead ficus Old bike Three glass jars Whatever you like Salt went missing So did my broom Johansson smiled „That's community.“ I let it slide Too tired to fight He called me easy He was right Thursday afternoon Yellow tape Straight across My doorway space…
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Strawberry Fields For Never
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/27fdnj2c — Soft-focus lips Champagne on ice One little bite Filmed once Then twice A velvet stare A lipstick grin It’s only fruit Cue the violins Three minutes later Red on the sheet A little green stem Under your feet One barefoot step One sticky squeak How romantic...
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The Clearing V2
This is the Folktronica cover of the Progrock song "The Clearing". Enjoy! -- The sky waits So Do I Something Has to break No wind No birds Just pressure In the air Let it come Let it tear What survives Was always there Walls shake Lights die Everything Learns to fly So Do I Take it Take What was...
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The Clearing
The sky waits So Do I Something Has to break No wind No birds Just pressure In the air Let it come Let it tear What survives Was always there Walls shake Lights die Everything Learns to fly So Do I Take it Take What was never mine Take the noise Leave The line Let it come Let it tear What…
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A "normal" walk with my dog
A close encounter of the third kind. Instrumental.
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The Wrong Victim
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/4dvvsw5r — Raincoat Heavy box Third floor Eleven o'clock Tom, one tired man One simple line „Here you go.“ „Have a nice day.” Two hours later Ring light Mascara river Camera tight „I felt erased.“ „I barely survived.” Two million eyes Come alive Find his name Make him...
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People Need To Know
— Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/32mtcd34 — A woman discovers a ten-year-old, tasteless tweet by a musician who is now famous. She posts the screenshot with the caption: "People need to know." The musician loses work. The woman who unearthed the tweet is hailed as someone who exposes the truth and...
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Subscribe To The Soul
Morality as a marketing segment A major corporation responds to a social scandal with a highly morally charged advertising campaign. Employees post black squares accompanied by messages of empathy, rainbow logos, and expressions of solidarity. Meanwhile, three floors down, a financial controller...
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Third Row
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/msa3naj2 — At a theater premiere, a female audience member stands up in indignation because she considers a scene misogynistic and discriminatory. Others film her with their smartphones. Within a few hours, the online conversation shifts away from the play and focuses...
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Sorry
A remark made during the meal. A misunderstood tone. Endless apologies. Afterwards, the food is cold and the trigger for the argument forgotten. — Ein Satz beim Essen. Ein falscher Ton. Endlose Entschuldigungen. Danach ist das Essen kalt und der Anlass vergessen. — „Oh, du haust ja richtig rein...
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Wide Sky Stays Unchained
West coast I'm walking in the light Clear sky You're walking by my side Open The harbor breeze is soft I feel it From the shoreline Safe now We breathe the open air Deep roots No walls around to share Wide sky stays unchained Wide sky stays unchained Warm dusk Your laughter in the air No fear…
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The Last Plastic Straw
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/4a7p96mh — Tuesday Half past three Ice in glass Morality Red straw Red flag One small tube In a paper bag She sees red She raises hell Three clean shots A story to sell Click Click Click Caption loaded Finger curled One little straw Against the world Eighty thousand...
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He Left His Hat Bossanova
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/yunzby2k By special request: A modern lounge version of the swing song "He Left His Hat". (https://soundcloud.com/docredder/he-left-his-hat) — He left his hat Behind my door Said he was leaving Nothing more He took his coat He took his pride He took the girl Who stood...
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He Left His Hat
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/yunzby2k — 100 years of Swing! So I thought I’d do something special! Enjoy! -- He left his hat Behind my door Said he was leaving Nothing more He took his coat He took his pride He took the girl Who stood outside But on my chair Imagine that He left his hat He left…
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Red Silk In The Blue
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/ywkzmeu3 — Thirty-five degrees in Saint-Tropez Champagne warm, nowhere to go Someone talked about money again Someone laughed I don’t know when I watched the sunlight hit the sea Thought the water looked like peace My red dress moved against my knees And I thought Why...
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Reverse Engineering
"Dem Ingenieur ist nichts zu schwör.", Daniel Düsentrieb, 1958, in Micky Maus, Heft 48 This is instrumental and describes my „life“ as a software engineer. The task: I need to focus. A real pain-in-the-ass task lies ahead of me: software re-engineering. "Pain in the ass" is probably a massive...
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Falling Clear
Video: https://youtu.be/QITKzmlwNGE Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/ac2satdf — Days fall slow One by one Summer leaves Without the sun Windows pale Evening thins I teach my hands To open again Sky turns grey Branches bow What was ours Is nowhere now Falling down Falling clear All that mattered…
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Last Woman Standing
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/fz8a777f — ```Black dress Red lips Hair done right Everybody shining Under ballroom light Waiters with napkins Champagne held high I never knew What the party was about Neither did I Business Culture Awards and names Men talked funds Women talked stone I nodded on cue...
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Down. Not done.
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/r74fjp4v Cold asphalt Monday rain Lost my footing Hit the ground Wet stone Worn sole Gravity smiled I went down Neon puddle Oil-black street Passing faces Passing feet Is it art? Is she dead? Eyes turn away Keep walking I don't struggle I don't move Nothing broken...
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Too Much
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/248zbpym -- Too much I own this space I stand inside the light I hide my face And rule the cold tonight I don't need your touch You always ask too much Still you Crave me far Too much I watch your faces burn Beneath the frozen sky I know the masks you wear I know the...
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Wir müssen sterblich sein
Just because a machine can imitate emotions, education, and language, it is by no means a human being. These things call for a soul to experience and transform them, not merely for a reflection of appearances. Nur weil eine Maschine Emotionen, Bildung und Sprache imitieren kann, ist sie noch…
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Don't Call Me
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/4bsza2db -- Six fifteen Wine and sun Good day Almost done Bzzzt Unknown number Little light That old pressure In my spine Could be business Could be fine I press green You cross the line „Sweetheart.“ You know my dinner Know my street Say you can feel When I eat…
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If Time Can Heal
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/976cp5nc -- Twenty-seven years stood still No one aged No one will Down below The red boat stays Jonas waits At seventeen No tomorrow No goodbye Just the gears Beneath the sky Turn the wheel Start the clock Give us back What time forgot Turn the wheel Or leave it…
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Soggy Socks
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/48newmsj -- Before the sun Six AM Life undone Start again Dark and cold By the creek Brave and bold Feeling weak Time is a bird Flies away Unseen word Box in grey Forms like hills Near the screen Chasing pills Rush unseen Close my eyes Slow heart beat Morning skies No...
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Turn Away
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/5e9svdb3 -- At the gate They wait Hands out Teeth bright Every wound Wants light Every mouth Wants more Every knock Is war Do not call Do not feed Let the street Bleed its need Close the door Kill the flame Leave the room With your name You owe them Nothing. Not your...
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The Leap Into The Open
We linger on the ledge Hands full of unmade steps Afraid of the light wave Breaking over the edge The dark! The dark! The dark you held so tight Like bark around the tree Was never meant to trap It only grew to set you free What if the open holds? What if the open holds? What if the open holds?...
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Babylon Ist Fort
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/2rmfjvv9 -- The idea for this song came up in the chat with Peter (Hewmorist). Check out his stuff, it's worth it: https://soundcloud.com/user-416662420 -- Welcome to Babel New Alle reden Alle verstehen sich Was für ein Albtraum Freitag früh, zehn nach zehn Auf dem…
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The Awakening
Booklet: https://bit.ly/46kjiYs -- Another Monday buys the silence back You signed the waiver, painted over the crack The television tells you how to feel Safe in the belly of the turning wheel Can you feel the pulse begin to rise? Or is the daylight just another disguise? Feet on the pavement,...
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The Red Hair Suits You
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/bdh7ny3p -- Cut the blonde away Bleach the mirror clean Dye it crimson red A shadow on the screen Six weeks in the pines High above the cold A state-protected ghost Doing what she’s told Frau Krüger signed the slate "No one knows your name Erased without a trace...
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At Midnight
Friday evening, 8:30 PM. The city lies before me, along with a firm resolve to really grab life by the horns again tonight. On the subway heading downtown, I feel a sense of adventure almost like I’m young again. Back in the day, a night like this wouldn't even get started until midnight. You’d...
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What's The point?
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/2tzv2kpw -- Um den Sinn dieses Songs, in dem es um dadaistische und surreale Bürokratie geht, zu verstehen, empfiehlt es sich, Deutsch zu können, um dann die graphische Novelle [inklusive der bürokratischen Anhänge] zum Lied lesen zu können. Ich hatte viel Spaß dabei....
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The Obstacle
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/mtzdatkb -- Tuesday morning Coffee cold Something moves Across the floor It knows the walls It knows the chairs It sees my feet And stops I am the obstacle I am the flaw It learned the room It learned me wrong I am the obstacle Inside my home It knows the floor It...
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Talking Eyes
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/2fepxred -- Eighty meters on the hot sand Red Wine resting in my right hand Bodega by the harbor dock Looking for a shadow, watching the clock Then she stepped into the noon glare Short blond Scandinavian hair Grey-blue eyes that make you freeze Bringing Spanish heat...
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The Great Cold
The branch bent low Summer was gone Your roots ran dry I watched You said “I cannot stay.” No anger No scene Just one small breath Then you were gone We built a room We called it love You opened the door I felt the cold Where does the warmth go When love lets go? Into the night? Into the snow?…
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Again And Again
Booklet: https://tinyurl.com/mr2yppue -- This is an instrumental piece I worked on—sporadically, yet with recurring regularity—over a total span of three years. It is a collage of diverse elements that accumulated over the years and which I have now pieced together. Why is it called "Again and...
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Ease Your Hold
A cup filled high Can’t catch the rain Closed-up hands Hold on to pain You stand still Under your sky Holding what’s gone Asking it why You hold the branch The leaves are gone You close your eyes Still holding on Learn to fall Like autumn leaves Ease your hold Open your hands And breathe Just...
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Sugar Rush Love
Candy shop window Nose on the glass Kale juice? No thanks I’ll pass Late-twenties crisis Yoga can wait Cola at midnight Sounds pretty great Brain going quiet Pancreas awake Life looks better Inside a shake Tight jeans? Happiness? Math is cruel Sugar won’t judge me Sugar stays cool More to love?...
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Wide Sky
West coast I'm walking in the light Clear sky You're walking by my side Open The harbor breeze is soft I feel it From the shoreline Safe now We breathe the open air Deep roots No walls around to share Wide sky stays unchained Wide sky stays unchained Warm dusk Your laughter in the air No fear…
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Between The Noise
The city screams I breathe Red lights Closed eyes A thousand voices One lie Rain falls Glass shines The world wants anger Not mine Let them burn Let them fade What remains Is what I save One breath One day I am not The noise I am not Their fear When the whole world Disappears I am here How much…
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Into The Infinite
Wind in the rigging A sudden release Leaving behind The deceptive peace Shores fade away In the fading light We step out into The cosmic night Sails made of wings That the angels lost We cross the abyss No matter the cost The hull cuts deep Through the ancient wave Transforming the fear That the...
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The Bag (On Speed)
This is the highly danceable glitch-pop version of my slow-jazz song "The Bag" (https://soundcloud.com/docredder/the-bag). For reasons. (For more detailed information, please contact my wife.)
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The Bag
The bag Midnight pickup Roll-up door My car gleams Across the floor Lights still burning Radio dead Fluorescent humming Over my head I call out once No reply Then something dark Catches my eye By the rear wheel, Small and black: An open zipper A leather bag I kneel down I take a peek Hundreds...
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The Watcher
I stand so still upon the height The world below turns slow and deep The sun goes down into the night While quiet shadows start to creep I hold no judgment in my mind I watch the seasons pass and fade Leave all the restless thoughts behind Within this calm and gentle shade The changing fashions...
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"Redder" is a palindrome. Like "racecar" or "level". These pieces of music ain't.
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