MiniDoc#01 | The space of Little AstroEin Astronaut2017-01-31 | Follow us through the studio as we create the song step by step! Support this project and get the music first: patreon.com/einastronaut
Wake up! You should know What you’ve been told Years ago
I’m waiting By the phone Your number is hidden We’re alone
Tell me What’s your name? You’re driving me crazy again
Each minute Passing by Like hours I watch the skyEin Astronaut | You With FlowersEin Astronaut2022-08-01 | Tamed To know You walk into the Secret garden Hold on
Tamed Moving on You comprehend and Never settle Too light
Tamed Moving on You’re safe You wouldn’t change There are no worries Go on Go on
You with flowers You with flowers
You’re here again In summer rain I try in vain To catch your plane
You’re fading in You’re fading out I’m wondering What that’s about
Mastered by Fabian Tormin @ http://www.plaetlin-mastering.deEin Astronaut | Wake UpEin Astronaut2021-04-23 | Been drifting off a little lately. But here's something that just came up!
Fall up Fall Down I know I know This has to be the way out The way out Not turning away from My old house I do remember, though I do remember, though Something's up I don't know I'll just swim on top Guess it's time to wake up.
Footage by NASA.dEUS | Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me) | Ein AstronautEin Astronaut2020-08-04 | Last week I stumbled upon a song I used to love during my teenage days. It reminded me of why I love making music so much: the strong emotions it can trigger. The song’s vibe also puts perfectly into sound how I felt the past couple of months. So I decided to record my own version of it to keep climbing out of that black hole. What songs have such meaning to you?
dEUS | Hotellounge written & composed by Tom Barman & Rudy Trouvé
Words: "This elevator only takes one down", she said, "this place, this hotel lounge It's my daily bread... But I'm underfed" He asked: "are you living in the night? 'Cause I can tell you have a lousy imagination And as a matter of speaking I hate this situation... But it happens to be one of my pickin'" "Cause it's so hard To keep the dream alive 'Cause if it all comes down to this How will..." You move me, you move me You move me around around, I guess Take it back your analogue It's on the other side of this (x2) 'Cause if it all comes down to this How will... And then she said: "and have another cigarette" I tend to forget (but anyway I don't smoke that shit) And hoisted the flag But it keeps hanging down "You know this place, this hotel lounge It's my life, it's my choice And I'm in love With Ricky Lee Jones' voice" 'Cause it's so hard To keep the dream alive And if it all comes down to this How will... You move me, you move me You move me around around, I guess Take it back your analogue It's on the other side of this [Repeat: x5] How will glamour survive? [Repeat: x4] And if it all comes down to this... "This elevator only takes one down", she said, "this place in this same old town" "Do you see that man In the left-hand corner Do you see that woman Their love-story's famous"
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Stay in touch: Facebook: http://facebook.com/einastronaut Twitter: http://twitter.com/einastronaut Tumblr: http://einastronaut.tumblr.com bandcamp: http://www.einastronaut.bandcamp.comKNOW | Ein AstronautEin Astronaut2019-07-29 | This song is called "KNOW". It's been recorded on a tape reel that's more than 20 years old, using a Fostex G16s tape machine. My first band recordings were made on this machine over 20 years ago, too so it's lovely to have it in my studio now! The video has been recorded on a RED Dragon X - so both, audio and video, were kind of a test run. I hope you enjoy the result, let me know what you think!
Words: You may know what it’s like To stay up all night To not book that ride To just stare outside
You may know what it’s like To sleep all day To not feel that way Anymore
That kid is up all night Is he counting the fight? Well he knows it Well he knows it We just can’t get it right
That kid’s asleep all day Is he drifting away? In his dream We’re awake But we just want to escape
Houses Fall apart Stand up Walk away Dancing On the streets Singing As we speak Waking Sleeping Holding Freaking You said You said You said You said
Stay in touch: Facebook: http://facebook.com/einastronaut Twitter: http://twitter.com/einastronaut Tumblr: http://einastronaut.tumblr.com bandcamp: http://www.einastronaut.bandcamp.comArabesque No.1 (Debussy) | Ein AstronautEin Astronaut2019-04-02 | A few years ago when I started practising lucid dreaming, there was one lucid dream in which I had intended to play my piano. When I sat down to play in that dream, something was odd: all of the keys were playing wrong notes, totally random. I was a little disappointed but then I said "show me something amazing!" First nothing happened but as I was just about to leave, the piano began playing itself: A very complex piece which I couldn't remember upon awakening. I was totally baffled and thought "wow, this kind of complex music is in my head but my fingers aren't able to let it come out?" From that day on my relationship to playing piano had changed and I'd soon start taking lessons - my first music lessons ever. Now, almost three years later I'm able to play something similar to what probably had appeared in that dream... and there has rarely been a day since then that I wouldn't have been hitting some keys! I wonder if Debussy was a lucid dreamer, too! What are your thoughts on my interpretation?
Words: Pick up the phone Who would love me Tonight To kill my thoughts That drop like water On ice
You know what it is Come and turn away Revealed to the world In a common sense Only what is said Only present tense Revealed to the world In my own defense
I walk alone Night Streets are cold Don’t know what time Date Where I’ll go
I see myself Fade Into the snow Will you pick me up Steps As I go
All by myself Stretched Across the line One side is your’s But None is mine
Mastered by Fabian Tormin @ http://www.plaetlin-mastering.de Cover Photography by Cody Weber
---Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos for your ongoing support!---
Words: Walk across the garden In the footsteps of my shadow See the lights out No one's home In amongst the statues Stare at nothing in The garden moves Can you help me? Close my eyes And hold so tightly Scared of what the morning brings Waiting for tomorrow Never comes Deep inside The empty feeling All the night time leaves me Three imaginary boys Slipping through the door Hear my heart beats in the hallway Echoes Round and round Inside my head Drifting up the stairs I see the steps behind me Disappearing Can you help me? Close my eyes And hold so tightly Scared of what the morning brings Waiting for tomorrow Never comes Deep inside The empty feeling All the night time leaves me Three imaginary boys sing in my Sleep sweet child The moon will change your mind See the cracked reflection Standing still Before the bedroom mirror Over my shoulder But no one's there Whispers in the silence Pressing close behind me Pressing close behind Can you help me? Can you help me? Can you help me? Mastered by Fabian Tormin @ http://www.plaetlin-mastering.de
Stay in touch: Facebook: http://facebook.com/einastronaut Twitter: http://twitter.com/einastronaut Tumblr: http://einastronaut.tumblr.com bandcamp: http://www.einastronaut.bandcamp.comOh My My | NEW SONG!Ein Astronaut2018-06-14 | Performed live at Elbjazz 2018 with the Collaborations Club Help this project grow and get the music first: patreon.com/einastronaut Collaborations Club: Rebecca Need-Menear - London, UK - Choir David Le Duc - Minneapolis, US - Bass Matt Good - Rugby, UK - Choir Mattia Galeotti, Florence ITA - Drums Rob Michael - Vallejo, CA - Guitar Sebastian Wielsch - Choir Thom Martin - Tucson, AZ - Synthesizers Vince Lennon McManus - San Gabriel, CA - Choir
---Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos for your ongoing support!---
Collaborations Club: Anne Maren Falk - Hamburg, Germany Callie Crofts - Utah, US Kate Krawiec - Poland Antoine Camelin - Tacuna, France Justus Sagemüller - Cologne, Germany Lukas Tügel - Hamburg, Germany Matt Love - Hawaii Seph Bentõs - Wallasey UK Sinuhé Gonzáles - Mexico
Live footage by http://www.sam-medien.de ---Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos for your ongoing support!---
This is a "thank you" to Wim Wenders. I had started recording it about six years ago but then got stuck. Now it was about time to finally finish it!
Words: Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom (ten, nine, eight, seven, six) Commencing countdown, engines on (five, four, three) Check ignition and may God's love be with you (two, one, liftoff) This is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare "This is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you "Here am I floating 'round my tin can Far above the moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do"
---Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos for your ongoing support!---
Words: You say okay Who knows whatever that means though You say I’ll stay Who knows whatever that means though
You know what I sense is coming up Yielding my defense is not enough
Everyone is wearing your face for me to see I'm trying hard to look away But you're a part of every shape Every stone Every view that surrounds me So I build a ship to take me away from here I'm looking through my telescope I'm setting sails for a new shore But is it cloudy over there? I feel the need to clean my lense
I say okay Who knows whatever that means though I say I’ll stay Who knows whatever that means though You know what I sense is coming up
Mastered by Fabian Tormin @ http://www.plaetlin-mastering.de
---Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos & Joffre Andrade for your ongoing support!---
With my new project of inviting music guests into my studio for collaborating I’ve also started creating little „making of“ documentary clips. What started as a „side effect“ is now becoming more and more fun. I really enjoy scrolling through all our takes again in search of beautiful moments that show the workflow and give you an idea of the atmosphere that helped create the music. I t’s also a good way for me to reflect on how the particular artist has inspired me with his/her very own unique workflow and style, what I have learned and want to remember or implement into my own process. That’s also why I’ve decided to give those „MiniDocs“ their own slot. From now on They’ll be posted one week after the song they belong to. The project has only just begun but I already feel like i have learned so many new things and gained lots of inspiration during the past few sessions. I’m very thankful for everyone who has visited and shared their creativity with me so far! If there’s anything you’d like me to show in more detail in future episodes, feel free to let me know!
With my new project of inviting music guests into my studio for collaborating I’ve also started creating little „making of“ documentary clips. What started as a „side effect“ is now becoming more and more fun. I really enjoy scrolling through all our takes again in search of beautiful moments that show the workflow and give you an idea of the atmosphere that helped create the music. I t’s also a good way for me to reflect on how the particular artist has inspired me with his/her very own unique workflow and style, what I have learned and want to remember or implement into my own process. That’s also why I’ve decided to give those „MiniDocs“ their own slot. From now on They’ll be posted one week after the song they belong to. The project has only just begun but I already feel like i have learned so many new things and gained lots of inspiration during the past few sessions. I’m very thankful for everyone who has visited and shared their creativity with me so far! If there’s anything you’d like me to show in more detail in future episodes, feel free to let me know!
It seems like I can’t sing in German. It’s my mother tongue and the language I’m talking in most of the time but singing in it feels strange and the result has never satisfied me so far. I’m not quite sure what’s the reason for this. Maybe the way I sing doesn’t really fit with the way German words sound. You somehow have to sing them different than English words to make them sound good.
Playing drums to a guitar track can be quite tricky. Normally, a drummer is responsible for the basic dynamic of a song. When the dynamic is already set by another instrument it can be a little challenging to make the drumbeat fit. For this song we recorded the guitar first because it had already existed as an acoustic live version and we wanted to adapt our version to that „drive“. Challenge accepted!
Words: Ich hab überall aufgeräumt Nur in meinem Kopf hat eine Bombe eingeschlagen Als ich ein bisschen mit der Freiheit Fangen spielte Auf der Straße und dann alles explodierte Ich fand die vielen Bunten färben erst so schön Und auch das mulmige Gefühl im freien fall
Es gibt keine Wahrheit Und alle Schubladen sind nur Hilfsmittel im Kampf gegen Emotionale Anarchie
Du hörst irgendwo auf Ich geh immer weiter Ich bin zu weit gegangen Ich hab den rahmen nicht erkannt In dem ich bleiben soll Ihn gesprengt Ich viel dann raus und später hin Als ich ein bisschen mit der Freiheit fangen spielte Jede Wirklichkeit dann einfach so zerplatzte
Es gibt keine Wahrheit Und alle Schubladen sind nur Hilfsmittel im Kampf gegen Emotionale Anarchie
Als ich ein bisschen mit der Freiheit fangen spielte Auf der Straße und dann lautstark explodierte
Mastered by Fabian Tormin @ http://www.plaetlin-mastering.de
---Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos for your ongoing support!---
Words: I close my eyes As I follow you Climbing up the stairs In the upstairs room You fade away Did I leave you there
I don`t know which face to show where else to go, what thoughts to grow
You just see the idle me a fruitless tree a masker-glee
It stains and drains All over me I’m upside-down with you The night is calm I feel the breeze Am i all alone?
I don`t know which face to show Which path to walk, what language to talk
So I roar a smile And I yell a lie I hush a plaint And sing till I faint I talk to birds and make them dance Conducting tangle, put up a fence Who wants to climb, who dares to fall? I don`t remember after all...
You don`t know which face to show Where else to go, what thoughts to grow
You just see the idle me A fruitless tree A masker-glee
Mastered by Fabian Tormin @ http://www.plaetlin-mastering.de
Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos for your ongoing support!
It's a song about encountering dream figures, especially in lucid dreams. They sometimes feel and behave so strangely real that one might wonders whether they're really a part of our own psyche... have you ever asked them where they're from? :-)
Words: Starring at the dark Waiting for a new call These pictures are A present from the past
I'm not sure if you're in my mind Or if you come from an other But you come here all the time And you have the eyes of my brother
I can't even recognize you I'm quite sure we’ve never met But I’m trying to understand you And I’m trying not to forget
I won’t stop
Am I thinking about you Are you thinking about me It’s on my mind It’s all alright It’s alright
With a figure on the shoreline Like a mirror into your mind What I touch is within me Wish it could be real That I could feel what I feel so simply In a thought that I’m lost in late In a heart that I consecrate With a lifetime to contemplate And no element locked in shape And I reach through the rock And I reach through the vines where I’m caught Through the air where I can’t find what is and what is not But I won’t stop
I won’t stop
Special Thanks to Andy Markantonatos for your ongoing support!
Starring - Lana Cooper Set Support - Carl-John Hoffmann Directing, DOP, Editing - Eike Swoboda
Additional Vocals and Guitars - Nadja Rüdebusch
If you're adept to lucid dreaming you might have come across the phenomenon called "The Void", where you know you're dreaming - except there is no dream content! I'm explaining a little more about that state in this video: youtu.be/926krw_MpyU
Words
Awaken in the dark I'm turning my head Get up and I go Wherever's a spark
I'm spinning around
You wouldn't find my bed There's no-one around I'm feeling my hands There's someone around
I'm spinning around
It's truly another space There's so much more to face There's so much more to face
DOP - Jürgen Stanke, Eike Swoboda Boy - Willem Eissing Woman - Annette Waldow Hair & Make up - Francesca Vigliarolo Editing - Anja zander Post Production - Jürgen Stande & Anja Zander Location Support - Ricarda Peters Thank you - Marin, Nils & Eva Eissing, Sahinaz Akalin
Every night when we’re about to fall asleep, we’re entering a state called hypnagogia. Our memories of who and where we are in the waking world start to fade and get mixed up with images and little dreamlets of the sleeping state. We might have the feeling of being a butterfly and suddenly can’t remember: are we the person dreaming we’re a butterfly? Or are we the butterfly dreaming we’re the person? Just like C. Tzu.
Words: Descended that staircase I'm drifting off Like turning into a butterfly Flying towards a window I don't remember when I've ever been up for something else
It's an endless circle No infinite darkness
This glass is like butter I pass right through Those wings are bright and open wide The air that I'm breathing Holds me tight As I'm turning into a point of light
It's an endless circle No infinite darkness It's a way of knowing Expectations cause growing
So if I ever feel alone Remember it's just a moment in time And what I see is not what's shown There's so much behind everything that is flowing
Words: Du Könntest du schwimmen Wie Delphine Delphine es tun Niemand gibt uns eine Chance Doch können wir siegen Für immer und immer Und wir sind dann Helden Für einen Tag
Du Du bist dann König Und ich Ich Königin Obwohl sie Unschlagbar scheinen Werden wir Helden Für einen Tag Wir sind dann wir An diesem Tag
Ich Ich glaub' das zu träumen Die Mauer Im Rücken war kalt Schüsse reissen die luft Doch wir küssen Als ob nichts geschieht Und die Scham fiel auf ihre Seite Oh, wir können sie schlagen Für alle Zeiten Dann sind wir Helden Nur diesen Tag Dann sind wir Helden Dann sind wir Helden Dann sind wir Helden Nur diesen Tag
Dann sind wir HeldenYou Grow Into My Soul | Ein AstronautEin Astronaut2015-10-08 | You grow into my soul.
"Lucid" is late... but it will come. In the meantime you can get this song for free here: patreon.com/posts/3547129
Words: I feel you, your sun, it shines. I feel you within my mind. You take me there, you take me where the kingdom comes. You take me to, and lead me through Babylon.
This is the morning of our love. It's just the dawning of our love.
I feel you, your heart, it sings. I feel you, the joy it brings. Where heaven waits, those golden gates, and back again. You take me to, you lead me through oblivion.
This is the morning of our love. It's just the dawning of our love. I feel you, your precious soul, and I am whole. I feel you, your rising sun, my kingdom comes.
I feel you, each move you make. I feel you, each breath you take. Where angels sing and spread their wings my love's on high. You take me home to glory's throne by and by.
This is the morning of our love. It's just the dawning of our love. This is the morning of our love. It's just the dawning of our love.
I walk around I'm moving myself Breathe in Breath out I'm turning myself I catch a sound A noise from myself Go underground I'm blurring myself
I wish you knew I'm burning myself It's all I do
Oh it's enough Bring me some water Cooling me down Letting me drown
What is that sound Dripping like water From far and from near And into my ear What is that sound Dripping like water From far and from near And where am I
What I do for you Is turning myself So why won't you Turn yourself, too
Allowing my words to form a thought I couldn't let go of all that hurts It seems like I'm always off And will never get enough Like life is a quest - too tough
The glowing on my hands Seems like a waving sign But I can't understand it
I'm flying around some waves of trust A feeling of joy that long seemed lost And just as I'm waking up A voice calling from a top: Remember it's you who stopped
So you could never know the answer You couldn't even guess the question You wouldn't know It's ever coming back Over and over Over and over
The glowing on my hands Feels like a waving sign Now I can understand it
The glowing on my hands Feels like I'm home
Video by http://esfilm.net Additional flight footage by Draufblickr: http://www.sam-medien.de/film-video-produktion/flugaufnahmen/
Lyrics: Tune in to the end of time Always and forever Here is now
Future, past and all it's lines All dissolve together In my mind
Open your eyes And let go this foolish way No need to hang on to the past Since there only is today You better find out We just move in one direction
Tomorrow's loss and yesterday's fear is all around Illusionary clouds that hide the light beyond If I don't wanna be here but wanna be with the better sound Then I cannot find the answer that is all around
Stillness on the ground Spaciousness all around One with every sound Turning around and around
Close your eyes And forget tomorrow's play No need to project in that way Since there only is today You better come down And enjoy the present momentBreaking Up - Launchpad Remix | Ein AstronautEin Astronaut2013-05-20 | Become my patron: http://patreon.com/einastronaut Why not release the remix first?! This is a spontanious Launchpad-remix of an unreleased song of my upcoming album "Lucid".
words (Jordan, Ronny) If you close the door the night could last forever Leave the sunshine out and say hello to never
All the people are dancing and they're having such fun I wish it could happen to me
But if you close the door I'd never have to see the day again
If you close the door the night could last forever Leave the wine-glass out and drink a toast to never
Oh, someday I know someone will look into my eyes And say hello you're my very special one
But if you close the door I'd never have to see the day again
Dark party bars, shiny Cadillac cars and the people on subways and trains Looking gray in the rain, as they stand disarrayed oh, but people look well in the dark
And if you close the door the night could last forever Leave the sunshine out and say hello to never
All the people are dancing and they're having such fun I wish it could happen to me
Cause if you close the door I'd never have to see the day again I'd never have to see the day again, once more I'd never have to see the day again