my two children, a 9 year old girl and a 4 year old boy have been the exceptional inspiration for this song, i carried along for a long time now, waiting to be produced...

originally meant as an acoustic song, now converted into a technoesque meddley of styles and synths.

it starts in my dark & fearful thoughts. than the peacedemons rise to wipe away all the war & pain, slavery & hate in order to let the beautiful souls of my kids live a fearless live in freedom.

i hope you too can feel the hope - raising your children, giving them the strength to carry on and to change the world they live in. but will they?

i love you, my son and my daughter and i dedicate this song to you.

the future of my kids

the time that will come
is it dark

the time that will come
is it good

the time that will come
will they be strong

the time that will come
will they carry on


will they be important
for the world

will the things they say
be heard

will they try to change
mankind

or will they be like us
so blind

no child on earth has the evil within. evil lies in how we act in confrontation with the many tasks life brings.

we learn evil.

so all of us can teach not to be evil.

no child will ever hurt anyone out of nothing. hurting is in every case a reaction to a feeling of weakness.

all of us can teach children to be strong.

so there will be no hurting.

there will be no evil.

do not pray act!

do not believe. know!

do not follow anyone. feel!

do not watch TV. LIVE!

the narration...

when i was reading "The Golden Casket: Chinese Novellas of Two Millenia" for the second time this summer i was the same time very much into a new song - based upon a novel my friend andi reinhart from zurich recorded with me one or two years ago.

the novel we recorded i call "fulan - a chinese novel"; it's a story i began writing years ago about the end of the world. a guy who wakes up every night, lurking downstairs to the living room, directly into hallucinating nightmares...

here's the passage of the novel featuring in the song:

Ich wachte auf. Tauchte auf in eine fiebrige, rotschimmernde Welt, schwere Decken auf meinem Körper, schweissnass, gefangen in einem Gewirr feuchter Textilien, aufgetürmt und mich umschlingend. Brennendes Fieber unter meiner Stirn. In meinen Gedanken begannen sich in der wabbernden Dunkelheit Formen zu bilden: Kanten, Schatten, Holztäfer, ein Raum, dessen Wände in einen engen Schacht mündeten. Darin etwas schimmerndes - Schneefall, ein Quader, billiges Holzimitat. Etwas zog mich tiefer in diese Gedanken, näher zum Quader, der Schnee war verschwunden, dahinter Fäulnis, schwarzer Moder, Nässe und dunkler Glanz, ein Eingang. Dann ein unbeschreiblicher Geruch, noch in der Ferne, ein Windhauch, Anklang von Verderbnis aus den Tiefen des Quaders. Ein Sog packte mich an der Stirn wie ein weicher, fussballgrosser Saugnapf, wollte mich herein ziehen in das Dunkle, Verdorbene. Mein Hals dehnte sich, die Halswirbel trennten sich knackend voneinander und schienen sich schliesslich zu verflüssigen als mein Kopf immer tiefer in die Öffnung des Quaders eindrang, auf einen Schlag überwältigt, betäubt wurde von der Abscheulichkeit des Geruches. Mein ganzer Körper dehnte sich zu einem weissen, meterlangen Schlauch. Ich spürte, wie meine gespannte Haut an einigen Stellen zu verwesen begann, sich dort um die feuchte Fäulnis erste Risse bildeten. Ich dachte noch daran, dass ich mich von meiner Tochter verabschieden wollte...

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build virtual human-chains for a better world!

i'm glad to be one of the first supporters and want humancha help to spread the amazing idea...

please read the bulletin below humancha postet about my ethical 20 cents and join my chain soon please....:)

peace, roy aka roymental aka zenmetalshirt

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i am extremely thankful to jake for the awesome review about my musical project on streetblast.com.

please check out the review on:
streetblast.com

some excerpts from the review:

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There is a phenomena emerging from Zurich, Switzerland and it is called "Zen Metal Shirt."

His music utilizes what I hope to define correctly as "frequencies" enveloped in a choreographed scramble, which is an acquired listen at first, and becomes almost addictive thereafter. It's the rawest form of acid/industrial...

Maybe I am outside of the loop on the scene, but I have NOT heard anything like this before, and that is refreshing.

So has "Zen Metal Shirt" created a new genre of music? Perhaps, you could debate that in some forums if you wish because while some tracks may give you a NIN feel, it cannot be compared to anything produced by the like of NIN, Skinny Puppy, or other bands in this class.

In review, would I recommend this music? Sure. This is not sanitized by any means, and the mainstream market would turn up their nose with ignorance to the art form that is this choreographed "noise," simply because they would not be able to understand the vision and depth of the musical techniques involved.

Sophistication is a great word to define the results of "Zen Metal Shirt's" tracks, only because this is an exhibition of musical genius, and not a sugar coated mechanism to simplify electronic music.

The frightening part is, I believe that the United States is getting an early peek at the progressive movement of industrial music, which is now without comparison a turning point in the now exciting and fresh standard which "Zen Metal Shirt" has created. It is, without question, above my musical intelligence and possibly more performance art and sophisticated understanding - which makes this review most difficult.

...In the song "Fugue On Terrorism," this is evident in the track (available for stream and free download below this profile) and again, sophisticated genius.

The exploration of sound, in it's rawest and yet advanced electronic form is exciting for me. "Zen Metal Shirt" is the supplier of that excitement, and while it may be an acquired listen at first, it could be the future of electronic music. Maybe we should all take a lesson from our global partners in the indie underground? 

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Thanks again to streetblast.com!!!!!!