Tales of a Floating Man, by Captain Blind Chameleon

Tales of a Floating Man

by Captain Blind Chameleon

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wanidrum Félicitations ! Pleins de spooky vibes ! Favorite track: Part 1 - Realisation.

paul rote Stonerized early Floyd vibes . More Floyd than stoner . This is quite good and a real mind melt .

Flic a flicka flicka flac . Lose your mind in icy waters . Something about Saturn , Neptune Titan .
This album is Astronomy Domine on steroids . I keep waiting for Lucifer Sam to pick up his stethoscope and ride his bike to Matilda’s Mother’s chapter 24 in the interstellar overdrive. Favorite track: Part 2 - Denial.

FDJ (Desert Psychlist) Psychedelic grooves that recall happy, if somewhat hazy, times listening to Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd Favorite track: Part 1 - Awakening.

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1.	Part 1 - Awakening 03:57	lyrics
waking up from the sound of the alarm clock numb and dizzy from the pressure building up collecting thoughts feels like a static shock he clears his mind for the final checkup one switch flip away from reaching the sky one switch flip away from reaching the sky one mistake away from the final goodbye one switch flip away from reaching the sky what is everyone looking at why is everyone looking at me
2.	Part 1 - The Launch 02:22	lyrics
I hear static sounds fading alarm horns shading backgrounds We are airborne as the sun goes down we're going faster as the earth recedes we're going faster as the light goes dim we're going faster as the darkness grows we're getting closer vessel reaching final velocity approaching orbit trajectory as clouds are reduced to small dust bunnies a faint shadow arises in the horizon
3.	Part 1 - Collision 04:56	lyrics
spaceship crumbling under his feet everything's fading in a heartbeat walls and floors are turning into dust all dreams and hopes ready to combust blown away and stunned by the final blast his mind gets stuck in hibernation flirting with neural decimation approaching eternal oblivion
4.	Part 1 - Realisation 05:49	lyrics
drifting through the solar wind surrounded by shattered stones spacetime elegantly trimmed soft shivers spread through his bones
5.	Part 2 - Denial 04:38	lyrics
is this really happening and why am I still alive does anything have a meaning Am I the only one to survive spaceship dust floating around while gently poking at me am I just another debris will this nightmare ever shutdown
6.	Part 2 - Angst 01:34	lyrics
angst-boiled blood rushing his veins he gazed at the earth waiting for answers and maybe some form of apology punching remains of the spaceship he turned on the communication system and prepared for future negociation
7.	Part 2 - Negotiation 03:48	lyrics
hi there I'm calling from above your heads something went wrong, I'm the only one left entropy grows, the cold feeling spreads, I think that my visor is probably cleft something appeared and crashed all that you built it got us like a rabbit on the freeway send someone to pick me up or I'll die there's not much oxygen left anyway
8.	Part 2 - Depression 04:00	lyrics
the Earth kept on revolving without me abjection kept on evolving within me I feel like a dandelion seed floating away from the storm's eye hopeless is this worth staying awake or am I holding to something I can't stand by hours turn into days around me I can see my eyes in the visor I feel like a dandelion seed floating away from the storm's eye hopeless what brought me here is slowly turning superfluous, one can get used to the void for it molds your consciousness into mush
9.	Part 2 - Acceptance 05:44

about

This album is comprised of two suites narrating the story of a random fellow being sent to space. As things go south he'll experience the 5 stages of grief and take a front-row seat to the Floating Man thought experiment by Avicenna.

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released September 12, 2020

Written, recorded and produced by Tom Penaguin
All vocals, instruments and artwork by Tom Penaguin
No VSTI or digital instruments were used
No tape recorders were (severly) harmed

This album was recorded, mixed and mastered in my bedroom between November 2019 and August 2020

I would like to thank my loft bed without whom my drum set wouldn't have fit in my bedroom.

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Tom Penaguin France

I play guitar in Djiin
I play vintage combo organs in Orgöne

I created this page to share my solo work.

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