Solo Greebo & The Tempus Collective
by Stewart Grieve
The Tempus Collective are : Kevin Fleming - writing, vocals & keysStewart Grieve (Solo Greebo) - writing, keys and productionTempus are a duo hailing from Glasgow/Scotland, consisting of Kevin Fleming (vocals and keys) and Stewart Grieve (Keys, programming and production). The boys first met at school and have been playing together since 1983. They got their first 4-track a few years later and have continued to be bedroom music makers ever since, except for a 10 year recess to attend to family life.Over the years there have been various musicians who have joined the ranks but it remains a two piece outfit for the moment with guest musicians joining the band for selected projects as they are required.Influenced by the likes of The Blue Nile, David Sylvian,Thomas Feiner and similar melancholic artists, the Tempus sound is usually a subdued affair that could never be considered mainstream."We spend a lot of time on production, we always have, it's about making the best of what you
Episodes
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The Tempus Collective - The Blue Green Hollow
Music & Lyrics - Kevin Fleming & Stewart Grieve Vocals - Kevin Fleming Production - Stewart Grieve Mastered using ozone 11 Meet me on the corner Of Renfield and of West Georges, lane I’m told, Let us wander in the rain, on streets that glisten gold, Talkin traffic, walking home Meet me in the...
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The Tempus Collective - Ritual Matters
The Tempus Collective - Ritual Matters by Stewart Grieve
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The Tempus Collective - Send In The Clowns
"Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among...
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Solo Greebo - "I Nearly Married A Human" (Gary Numan)
Just messing about with this classic.
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The Tempus Collective - "Rise" 2022 Remix
This is a re-imagining of the track we first released two years ago, we were not happy with a lot of it, mix not right, vocal not really what Kev wanted in places and the whole thing was a bit muddy sounding, so I've changed a lot of the instrumentation, laid down better guitars and bass, plus…
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The Tempus Collective - "Despair" (Sylvian)
Written by David Sylvian Re-imaged by S Grieve & K Fleming with some Tempus Collective special sauce. Music & production S Grieve Vocals K Fleming This is an old track taken off one of Japans best albums, "Quiet Life" It remains one of my personal favourites.
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The Tempus Collective - "Redemption"
Redemption: All the prayers I've made On this cold September day Has the call been heard Or just failed send. All the faith I've shared Has it changed this world Dictatorships and power trips Religious words that contradict I've rid myself from all that's free The bourbon that's from Tennessee…
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The Tempus Collective - "Alone"
Written & performed by S Grieve & K Fleming Mixed & Produced by S Grieve
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The Tempus Collective - "The Parade"
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming Words by S Grieve & K Fleming. Recorded, mixed and mastered at SG Audio Production Studios Recorded December 2021 .............................................................................................................................................. Stop all…
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The Tempus Collective - "What Heaven Fears"
First track we have made in almost 2 years due to the Covid epidemic.
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The Tempus Collective - "The Lighthouse"
A wee ambient number from the Tempus duo.
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The Tempus Collective - "Secret Garden" (Bruce Springsteen)
She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late at night She'll let you in her mouth If the words you say are right If you pay the price She'll let you deep inside But there's a secret garden she hides She'll let you in her car To go drivin' round She'll let you into the parts of herself...
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The Tempus Collective - "Run The River"
A wintery sounding bit of Abstract Shoe Gazing Deep Chill Jazz from the Tempus duo.... "Run The River" I run the river The river runs to me Dances clear and so very free, Like veins that will carry Bloodlines flow, into the sea Dark water still - today Deep and cold as, night becomes the day,...
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The Tempus Collective - "The Blood Red Moon"
Something a bit more upbeat than our usual. Just a bit of fun really.
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The Tempus Collective - King Of Catastrophe
Music – Stewart Grieve & Kevin Fleming Lyrics – Iain White, Kevin Fleming & Stewart Grieve This song is for my very good departed friend Brian Lennon, and released on my late brother’s birthday. It was made with love and respect... King of Catastrophe One day feeds to another Flick the radio on –...
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The Tempus Collective - Meanwhile (An unreleased song by The Blue Nile)
Meanwhile – P J Moore / R Bell / P Buchannan Words & Music by P J Moore / R Bell / P Buchannan Played & Produced by S Grieve & K Fleming Additional guitars by Mark Cowan Recorded & Mixed in April 2018. The Tempus collective’s take on a never released song by the Blue Nile.
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The Tempus Collective - Supernatural Romance
A very special thanks to my friend Iain White for writting the lyrics that inspired us to create this track. Lyrics: I was standing, by the coast You texted out the blue I sent you, the photographs, Reminding me of you The light was so pretty We stood face-to-face Across the miles and miles Of...
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Solo Greebo - A Moments Peace (Piano demo version)
This was the track before we got round to filling it out... A short demo I knocked out in an evening..
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The Tempus Collective - "A Moment's Peace"
A Moments Peace.... A boy without cares, Walks in himself, Through fields of despair – he moves. Told he was no-one, No faith in their words, Life in this day…..his day, If this is all, its too late. For all the wrong reasons, It always fades away, Blind to the song, he sung, For way to long…. He...
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The Tempus Collective - "Salt Water Black"
Lyrics: His master, his father, he breathes his last, A mother, Beholden, freed from the loss A victim from days of truths, In a world they would not choose, Freedom from servitude, This day… He sailed… And the lashes across his back, Whisper in the wind… good god. He’ll miss her beyond these...
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The Tempus Collective - And Then..... (Ftg additional vocals from Slum Village)
Bit of a departure from our usual sound. It's sometimes good to shake it up a bit so we enlisted the help of a few rappers on this track. Don't take it to seriously, we were just tryinig to have a bit of fun with a new genre. Special thanks to the Slum Village boys for the vocal stems and Mark...
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Stranger Strings - unfinished demo
A piece me and my good friend Stevo knocked out one evening after a few beers, meant to get round to progressing it but the moment has passed and I think it will now remain on the shelf as a monument to a great tv show...
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The Tempus Collective - "Heavens Corner Shop"
Heavens Corner Shop I Kick up leaves, like I've got a cause, Straight down the middle, and up until the cross. Before I know it, I’ve lost my way, I doubt what she’d had to say, I go to Heavens corner shop again, My daily bread, I have to earn. Breathe in, breathe out, then count to ten Close…
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The Tempus Collective -" Butterflies"
This eventually turned into a Tempus - hip hop - fusion track but started life a simpler more relaxed version, with no vocals, which I like in a whole other way compared to what it became. Very special thanks to Mark Cowan for his exceptional guitar parts.
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The Tempus Collective - Joy Division - "Atmosphere" cover - Original 101 Vocal Mix
Decided to put Kev's vocal over the original demo I did, just to see how it sounded. It's much closer to the original track I feel, not sure if that's a good thing or not, but anyway, here it is...
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The Tempus Collective - "Riva Del Garda"
Riva del Garda, The cobbled streets, that lead you there, Magnolia blossom fills the air, Water taxis make their fares, Riva del Garda, We touched the stars the night you shared, The open tears of fate itself, Of fate itself……. Artists paint and sell their wares, Ancient buildings left to bear…
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The Tempus Collective - "Stay"
Stay Well, a change is in the air, And there’s strangers everywhere, Everywhere…… If you heard my way, you’d stay, If, you, stay, Life, Love n Broken down, Should have become a better man, Stay, Heart, Left n Underground, Could have begun to bring you down – today Stay, You never would have...
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The Tempus Collective - "Driftwood"
Driftwood Here again...... All the wonders of man, He breathes his end, Checked out of this world, Every fathers prayer, Wasted........ Back and forth, Driftwood on the sands..... Music and words Kevin Fleming & Stewart Grieve
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The Tempus Collective - "Atmosphere" - Joy Division Tribute
Our version of the Joy Division classic "Atmosphere", not a straight up cover, we have tried to "Tempusfy" as best we can without losing to much of the original. This was a seminal track of my youth and I have always wanted to cover it, so..... after 30 odd years, here it is.... Songwriters:...
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The Tempus Collective - "Ordinary Day"
Music, Lyrics & Arrangement by S Grieve & K Fleming Recorded & Mixed in August 2015.
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The Tempus Collective - "The God Complex"
Somewhat of a different direction for the Tempus collective, we hope you enjoy it. Special thanks to Mark Cowan for guest backing vocals...
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The Tempus Collective - "Heaven Sent"
Music and lyrics Kevin Fleming & Stewart Grieve With thanks to Stuart Gairns and Steven Young for their most excellent guitar work. She steps out of the rain, wonders at his shame, The colours on her face, remembers different days, Of heaven, yeah, heaven.....again, Raised a preacher girl…
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The Tempus Collective - "Birmingham"
In 1960 Birmingham Alabama is the most segregated city in southern America, a brutal regime is in place denying blacks any rights. City Mayor, Bull Connor sets his dogs on the black community, he hoses them, and denies them all civil liberties. Churches are burned and men, women and children are...
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The Tempus Collective - "The Last Time"
New track from the Tempus collective. A bit more up beat from our usual, heralding the start of summer...
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The Tempus Collective - "Gaia"
Thanks again to Wargames79 for the guitars on this track. With every branch of blame, The best of men, they take the praise,….again. And every brick that’s laid, Sends shivers through the fields… in vain. Restoration of the feud, Redress the years for, Seeds that were sown….. Resurrection of the...
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The Tempus Collective - "Traffic"
Late night, Light the street lights and, Embrace life, and the traffic fades,....it fades. The city wakes before the sun, The river washes through and on, The cars, the people, the street life urges on, Amidst the traffic, I hear laughter through the rain, The sub way trains, for us, while the...
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Solo Greebo - "Surface Of The Sun"
Inspired by the Danny Boyle film Sunshine, and chords borrowed from the mighty John Murphy.
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Solo Greebo - "Life & Death" - From LOST
Was never really happy with my first go at this, the piano was weak and the strings sounded poor, was just messing about with it the other night and after I replaced the piano with the Alica Keys plug in felt the track sounded much better. The RC 48 Reverb has also made a massive difference, man…
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The Tempus Collective - "Torridon Fair"
A track about a particularly beautiful but desolate part of the Scottish Highlands that has always been a favourite visiting spot for me. Thanks to Steve & Billy for Bass & Guitars again on this one. The faded whites of these snow capped fells, and mist that shrouds him.. well, Faintly…….The Stag...
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The Tempus Collective - "A Return To The Fray"
A track about the cruelty of war and the world's obsession with it, also the needless cruelty to innocent lives that get drawn into a conflict they often do not want to be involved in. A Return to the Fray. 1st Verse: They wanted to be strong, They wanted to be, oh so strong, They wanted to be...
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The Tempus Collective - "Yūgen"
Yugen “”to be so mysteriously faint and profound as to be beyond human perception and under- standing.” “a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe… and the sad beauty of human suffering” “To watch the sun sink behind a flower clad hill. To wander on in a huge forest without…
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The Tempus Collective - "Soham Rain"
"Sometimes it rolls in, as a gradual mist that makes for sad, reflective days; sometimes it descends as a thick fog, a blanket of pain and confusion,” Mr Wells senior said. “We accept that these feelings will be with us for the rest of our lives." Quote from Holly's father, July 2012 on 10th...
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The Tempus Collective - "No Reply"
Slightly more upbeat track from us this time, but as usual the subject matter is of a depressing nature, no one likes it when you send a love letter but get "No Reply".... Thanks to Wargames79 for his bass playing skills and Amy Burnett for lending her vocal talents to this track.
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The Tempus Collective - "The Unwinding Coil" - Stripped bare mix
The Unwinding Coil was a big production and there were lots of wee bits of added polish to make it, this is how it sounded before it went into the El Greebo production pit, even tho it's raw, it still has something about it that stands out i think and I really like this less complicated...
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The Tempus Collective - "Rage In Desire"
Special thanks to Dan D (Collecting Pool) for the bass and Billy (Gentle Threat) for guitars, awesome job boys. This is a remake of the very first track we recorded is a studio back in 87, the original can be heard here http://snd.sc/LwWx8g It's been a bit of a labour of love and using a 3/4 time...
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Solo Greebo - Where Is My Mind (instrumentle demo)
This was the first step I took into the cover version of Where Is My Mind that later Kevin and I would turn into a full blown Tempus version.
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The Tempus Collective - "Life In The Hourglass"
Inspired by my parents, written for their 45th anniversary. Life in The Hourglass. Tempus. - November 2011. Time flows through the hourglass, Sands blow, In silence As the desert breathes, True souls Together, forever, A journey just begun, Then its, over.............
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The Stranger Comes To Town
Inspired from westerns like Once Upon A Time In The West. Concentrating on percussive elements to create atmosphere and tension.
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The Tempus Collective - "Sunday"
An often misunderstood track, but I don't want to ruin it, make up your own mind as to what this is about.....
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The Tempus Collective - "Where Is My Mind" (Pixies cover)
Our take on the classic Pixies track.... Credits Guitars and bass WarGames 79 Additional vocals Anja deBoer , Barry Stewart and El Greebo Where is my Mind. Tempus. - January 2012. Cover Version of a Pixies song. 1st Verse. With your feet in the air and your head on the ground Try this trick and...
About this show
The Tempus Collective are : Kevin Fleming - writing, vocals & keysStewart Grieve (Solo Greebo) - writing, keys and productionTempus are a duo hailing from Glasgow/Scotland, consisting of Kevin Fleming (vocals and keys) and Stewart Grieve (Keys, programming and production). The boys first met at school and have been playing together since 1983. They got their first 4-track a few years later and have continued to be bedroom music makers ever since, except for a 10 year recess to attend to family life.Over the years there have been various musicians who have joined the ranks but it remains a two piece outfit for the moment with guest musicians joining the band for selected projects as they are required.Influenced by the likes of The Blue Nile, David Sylvian,Thomas Feiner and similar melancholic artists, the Tempus sound is usually a subdued affair that could never be considered mainstream."We spend a lot of time on production, we always have, it's about making the best of what you
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