Peace machine - WIP

https://soundcloud.com/oorlab/peace-machine-demo2-27-10-2017-mr/s-pW7MT


Title is taken from an interview I read in the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant with Timo Honkela from Finland
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/education/a-learning-machine-as-a-messenger-of-peace

who is developing a self-learning system to broker peace.

after some tweaking and comments from @Pleudoniem  and ProgrockDan1 (not yet member of the Forum)
I made a new version

https://soundcloud.com/oorlab/peace-machine
and clip


comments welcome.

Lyrics:
that my friend
was a rookie mistake
in the end
the boogieman
got to you

I know you know
Bed-ins
are lost on cynics
whatever they wanted
you to believe
Yesterday

where is the window to joy?
where is the peace machine
where is the engine of life?
where is the halo of love?

Lord Teach me how to dance
find a way
to romance

Your goth attitude
and swamp logic
my stiff upper lip
and reservation
could be matched
semi-detached
Lord oh Lord
where is the peace machine
where is the engine of love?

This is brilliant @oorlab! 

Reminds me of Can, but with less dodgy singing, there's something about its groove...

Video is great too. 

I agree with @Jim ....this is brilliantly produced and performed. Seriously avant garde in every way.

Very good work, everything is just perfect! 

wow, this song and video grew on me very fast

awesome lyrics...AND video, i am amazed about what a creative and complete package this is...just WOW

Hi @oorlab ,

I watched the clip and thus listened to the version of the music behind that clip.
Well done man! You're so creative using all kind of sounds in your soundscape.. Beautiful!
I love the line 'where's the peace machine'..
I'd use a bit more of reverb to the main vocal, I think that'd blend better into the 'space' of this
track.. Apart from that I simply enjoyed listening, what a fantastic package man!
Well done!

Cheers!

Superb work @oorlab

 

It's great to see a bit of Gerry Anderson's UFO TV series in your video too. I loved the 70's lol

Thanks @Mar T.  - indeed the reverb 'jelling' has been mentioned by another commentator (outside of this forum) - so I will work on that, either on a remix, or a new project.

@Jim  - thanks, I liked what I heard from Can in the past  - but that is not very much (radio mixtapes) - but I will put it on my playlist for the coming weeks.

@MrBouzouki  - cheers! I go the vide from Archive.org - lots for reuse over there. The UFO series can be found here:
https://archive.org/details/UFO.complete

@oorlab 

Hello mate,

Well all I can say is that I really enjoyed this. It’s very well put together & has lots of sexy little parts that all mesh together quite nicely. I especially love the bass & you’ve got a good groove going on too.

Great stuff!