Composition – Jan Kosyk https://jankosyk.de/en Klavier... und Punk? Sat, 01 Nov 2025 20:32:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://jankosyk.de/wp-content/uploads/cropped-logo_v2_ohneschrift-e1618320542340-32x32.png Composition – Jan Kosyk https://jankosyk.de/en 32 32 Schwarzparken https://jankosyk.de/en/schwarzparken/ https://jankosyk.de/en/schwarzparken/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:24:14 +0000 https://jankosyk.de/?p=5702 Schwarzparken kostet 5 Euro und ist eine Ordnungswidrigkeit. Fürs Falschfahren kommste ins Gefängnis, weil es ist eine Straftat. Und wer hat’s erfunden? Die Nazis. Zeit, darüber aufzuklären.

Den Song gibt’s auf meinem Album und damit auch auf den typischen Plattformen:

Klavierpunk – Das Album

Live zum Neustadt Art Festival 2022

Leadsheet

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]]> https://jankosyk.de/en/schwarzparken/feed/ 1 Construcción https://jankosyk.de/en/construccion/ https://jankosyk.de/en/construccion/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:06:46 +0000 https://jankosyk.de/?p=5483
Construcción – Jan Kosyk & The Beppu Punk Cats (CC BY-SA 4.0) – Download
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Credits:
Artwork by Omani Frei.
Dear Laura, thank you very much for your help with text correction and spelling, even if my German accent is very hard. 😅

»Construcción« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

Songtext

Español (Spanisch)

La tierra es roja, tan terracota.
Pero mira el brillo de sus ojos.
Con ímpetu se lanza por este universo.

El sol es suave, tan esponjoso,
siéntelo fuerte en tus oídos.
El tiempo oscila relajado,
se desliza por el espacio.

La luna se mece, tan fuerte.
¿Oyes el temblor, amigo mío?
Tiembla, hasta que la piedra y el polvo flotan.

Las estrellas bailan rítmicamente,
hacen trabajos de construcción.
Construyen una tierra tan terracota.

Atornilla aquí, gira allá.
El mecanismo funciona de maravilla.
Y mientras el mundo gira
el corazón vuela.

Translation

The earth is red, so terracotta.
But look at the gleam in its eyes.
With drive it hurtles through the universe.

The sun is soft, so fluffy,
feel it strong on your ears.
Time swings relaxed,
glides through space.

The moon rocks, so strong.
Do you hear the trembling, my friend?
It trembles, until stone and dust float.

The stars dance rhythmically,
they do construction work.
They build an earth in terracotta.

Screw here, turn there.
The mechanism works beautifully.
And as the world spins
the heart flies.

Leadsheet

Cat And The Sun – ConstruccionDownload
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Garden – Jan Kosyk & The Beppu Punk Cats (CC BY-SA 4.0) – Download
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Credits:
Artwork by Omani Frei.
The sample of the Bodhran drum on freesound.org is made by pogmothoin.

»Garten« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

Songtext

The meadows are swampy, beautiful is the blackness
Their interior steams and burns, If you lean in, you’re sure to hear it.

How it grumbles, how it rumbles, green and yellow and cinnamon
Who knows it, remembers, who doesn’t know it, remembers.

Yeah the hell, let’s give a story, tales of brighter lust.
Just by the tree outside the gate, we hear the fairy’s dust.
Gob’lins dance, trolls tinkle, orcs will pamper us.
Naked on a veranda, the rabbit and his bust.

High above in that vast’ness, there flies a cat.
Three-coloured she glides along, the sun is her companion.
Do you remember, how it will be once: beautiful, colourful, dirty.
Today no worries, round and round, we’re dancing till the moon.

The porcupine beats his drums, cloggy as the snow today,
Koalas draw daisy flowers, painted with raffia brushes.
If you don’t look closely – with half a tooth deaf –
won’t see it from a far way, the magic in the bushes.

Devil’s part is certain, he promises better mornings.
God is in lustful retreat, this day will soon be hist’ry.
Then she roars the hell together: Hooray the world is ending!
Sheeps are whistling, pigs are dancing, mankind was never existing.

When then the world stands at the end, in five of billion of years,
the sun will be bloated, we can hardly wait.
Ants and crocodiles will sing: Folk, now listen to the signals!
And if the folk keep on that dream, it will never more be late.

The orc elf with the tight dress, smart and fierce for herself,
she stands in the garden, eating the biscuits: Go away!
In the Bodden near Asgard, all lies down there swampy,
Get used to it, I’ll see you soon, and have a punky day!

Leadsheet

Cat And The Sun – GardenDownload
]]> https://jankosyk.de/en/garden/feed/ 0 溶けたアイス https://jankosyk.de/en/toketa-aisu/ https://jankosyk.de/en/toketa-aisu/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:32:50 +0000 https://jankosyk.de/?p=5473
溶けたアイス – Jan Kosyk & The Beppu Punk Cats (CC BY-SA 4.0) – Download
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Credits:
Artwork by Omani Frei.
For the individual lyrics I would like to thank Kaede Taniguchi, Nanami Tsuchiya, Ryosuke Ueno, 由美 Yumi Kobayashi, Saikishimin and Teppei.
For help with melody finding and pronunciation, my special thanks go to Hirai Masaya.

»溶けたアイス« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

Live

On March 9, 2024, Hirai Masaya and me played at タプ屋さん our second Yeah Man! German! concert.

Songtext

日本語 (Japanisch)

4匹の猫が屋根裏を駆け巡る

午後も　やること　いっぱい
畳で　ごろごろ

今日も庭に猫がうんこしていた
奇声を発して追っ払ってやった

マンホールの上で寝る猫と日陰で寝る猫が。
毎日日向ぼっこして いるねこさん、羨ましい

溶けたアイスみたいに
日の光を　吸いこんで

路上の夢を　見ているから
明日のことも　かんがえない

まるくなって　すやすや
こっちにおいで　ふわふわちゃん
ごきげんな　たいよう
ピンクの　ゆうやけ

Übersetzung

Four cats running around in the attic

There is a lot to do in the afternoon
Don’t do it on tatami

Another cat pooped in the garden today
I chased it away
By making strange noises

A cat sleeps on a manhole
And a cat sleeps in the shade
I envy the cat
Who basks in the sun every day

Like melted ice cream
Soaking up the sunlight

I dream on the street
I don’t even think about tomorrow

Curled up, dozing
Come here, fluffy friend
The sun is laughing
Setting in the pink sky.

Leadsheet

Cat And The Sun – Toketa AisuDownload
]]> https://jankosyk.de/en/toketa-aisu/feed/ 0 Мир https://jankosyk.de/en/mir/ https://jankosyk.de/en/mir/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:19:44 +0000 https://jankosyk.de/?p=5465
Мир – Jan Kosyk & The Beppu Punk Cats (CC BY-SA 4.0) – Download
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Credits: Artwork by Omani Frei.

»Мир« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

Songtext

Русский/Українська (Russian/Ukrainian)

Я иду по улице,
Кот идет по улице.
Это наша улица.
Это наша улица.

Я люблю суверенитет!
Я люблю самоопределение!
Я люблю свободу!
Я люблю жизнь!

Солнце светит надо мной.
Солнце светит над котом.
Это наше солнце.
Это наше солнце.

Я люблю суверенитет!
Я люблю самоопределение!
Я люблю свободу!
Я люблю жизнь!

Я йду по вулиці
Кіт іде по вулиці
Це наша вулиця
Це наша вулиця

Любимо суверенітет!
Любимо самовизначення!
Любимо свободу!
Любимо життя!

Translation

I’m walking down the street,
The cat’s walking down the street.
This is our street.
This is our street.

I love sovereignity!
I love self-determination!
I love freedom!
I love life!

The sun shines on me.
The sun shines on the cat.
That’s our sun.
That’s our sun.

I love sovereignity!
I love self-determination!
I love freedom!
I love life!

I’m walking down the street
The cat’s walking down the street.
This is our street
This is our street

We love sovereignity!
We love self-determination!
We love freedom!
We love life!

Leadsheet

Cat And The Sun – МирDownload
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Tyca – Jan Kosyk & The Beppu Punk Cats (CC BY-SA 4.0) – Download
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Credits: Artwork by Omani Frei.

»Tyca« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

Songtext

Serbski (Sorbian)

Micka źo na pódpołudnjo
chapja se_mrocyś, lubše luź!
Micka rejujo na mrokach
była pśełapjon’ až tšach

Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
zgromadnje ze słyncom?

Wót słyńca buźo pśeraźone
za micku była šopły dešć
Gaž micka se_myjo, pśiźo woglěd
słyńco, woglěd, jadnorogac

Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
zgromadnje ze słyncom

Chtož micka w_měchu kupijo
źe s’njedajom wobšuźiś
Gaž micka jo z domu
ga_maju myšy swóju wólu

Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
zgromadnje ze słyncom

Słynco źo na pódpołudnjo
chapja se_mrocyś, lubše luź!
Słynco rejujo na mice
było pśełapjon’ až tšach

Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
Jo micka wuwlakła ta tyca
zgromadnje ze słyncom

Micka źo na pódpołudnjo
chapja se_mrocyś, lubše luź!
Słynco źo na pódpołudnjo
micka, wóstań micka
micka, wóstań micka
micka, wóstań micka

Translation

Kitten moves south
dear people, clouds are coming!
Kitten dances on the clouds
it’s fallen down

Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow
Along with the sun?

The sun brings it to light,
For the kitten it rains warm
When the kitten cleans itself, a visitor comes.
Sun, visitor, unicorn

Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow
Along with the sun?

Who buys a kitten in a bag
I don’t buy a kitten in a bag
When the kitten’s out of the house
the mice will get their will.

Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow
Along with the sun?

The sun is moving south,
Dear people, clouds are gathering!
The sun dances on the kitten
and has fallen down.

Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow,
Has the kitten eaten the rainbow
Along with the sun?

Kitten is heading south,
Dear people, clouds are coming!
The sun is heading south,
Kitty, stay kitten
Kitty, stay kitten
Kitty, stay kitten

Leadsheet

Cat And The Sun – TycaDownload
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Cavallo Infinite – Jan Kosyk & The Beppu Punk Cats (CC BY-SA 4.0) – Download
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Credits:
Artwork by Omani Frei.
Also a big thank to Omani for helping me create an italian text, that is pronounceable for me. 🥳

»Cavallo Infinite« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

Songtext

Italiano (Italian)

Cosi si fa! Cosi si fa!
Cosi si fa! Sempre di piu!

La mucca famosa camina a casa,
Mangia la pasta nel vestito cattivo.
Il gatto suona il pianoforte.
La madre balla, il sole canta:
Piccolo! Lontano! Secolo!

Stasera i pantaloni vanno a rilento.
La bicicletta nera camina con vino.
Patata sinistra canta: Uno, Due, Ciao!
Ma la figlia fa piacere
a guardare pasta suonare.
Stasera la barca va
da sola nella cittá.

Il cavallo infinite sente il momente.
La mattina classica vive nella luna.
Il maestro ha pensato:
Chi ha rubato il pesce quadrato?
Mi fa male la testa, quando l’aqua perde il colore.

Translation

Way to go! Way to go!
Way to go! More and more!

The famous cow walks home,
She eats pasta in her naughty dress.
The cat plays the piano.
The mother dances, the sun sings:
Little! Far! Century!

Tonight the trousers are going slow.
The black bicycle rides with wine.
Left potato sings: One, Two, Hello!
But the daughter takes pleasure
watching pasta play.
Tonight the boat goes
alone in the city.

The endless horse feels the moment.
The classical morning lives in the moon.
The master thought:
Who stole the square fish?
My head hurts when the water loses its colour.

Leadsheet

Cat And The Sun – Cavallo InfiniteDownload
]]> https://jankosyk.de/en/cavallo-infinite/feed/ 0 Tanz https://jankosyk.de/en/tanz/ https://jankosyk.de/en/tanz/#respond Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:27:05 +0000 https://jankosyk.de/?p=5410
Tanz – Jan Kosyk & The Beppu Punk Cats (CC BY-SA 4.0) – Download
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Credits: Artwork by Omani Frei.

»Tanz« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

Songtext

German

Tanz! Tanz! Tanz! Tanz!
Spring! Spring! Spring! Spring!
Tanz! Tanz! Tanz! Tanz!
Hüpf! Hüpf Hüpf! Hüpf!

Die Katze blau wie Grashalmsaft
Wasser grau viel Freude schafft
Hund und Huhn aus Lethargie
Bunt und kühn die Harmonie

Wellen rund wie sondersgleichen
Quallen sind am Frösche laichen
Grün der Bär und heiß der Wald
die Sonne hell, es ist soweit

Pinienwald nah an der Wüste
Schuppen zart wie frischer Schnee
Drache – Springmaus – Ozean
mit schwarzem Fell, juchhe!

Biwafrucht auf Mamorboden
Suche, finde, nichts verboten
Lange Pause, Tusch in Moll
Tanz des Mondes, ach wie toll!

Rosa Rock im Regenschein
Tropfen klar im Sonnenhain
Maulwurf sagt dir: Gute Nacht
bald ist der Mond zuhaus

Orangenumbra, indigo
Dichter war der Wiesenfloh
Es grölen laut zum Tanze
die Sonne und die Katze!

Translation

Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!
Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop!

The cat blue as grass blade juice
Water grey creates much joy
Dog and chicken from lethargy
Colourful and bold harmony

Waves round like peculiar
Jellyfish are spawning frogs
Green the bear and hot the forest
the sun bright, it is time

Pine forest close to the desert
Scales as soft as fresh snow
dragon – jumping mouse – ocean
with black fur, whoop!

Biwa fruit on marble soil
Search, find, nothing forbidden
Long pause, flourish in minor key
Dance of the moon, oh how great!

Pink skirt in the rain
Drops clear in the sunshine grove
Mole says good night to you
soon the moon will be home

Orange umbra, indigo
The poet was the meadow flea
They bawl loudly to the dance
the sun and the cat!

Leadsheet

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]]> https://jankosyk.de/en/tanz/feed/ 0 Cat And The Sun https://jankosyk.de/en/cat-and-the-sun/ https://jankosyk.de/en/cat-and-the-sun/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:53:50 +0000 https://jankosyk.de/?p=4943

While travelling the world, we made a stopover in Beppu, Japan. At the Kiyoshima Apartment we were artists in residence for three months. As a joint project, the talented Omani Frei and I developed a concept album called »Cat And The Sun«. Now there are seven songs in seven languages, each with its own artwork.

Cover »Cat And The Sun«

Listen

The songs are available here, on the well-known streaming platforms and as a booklet with CD or tape. You have the full choice.

Booklet with CD & Tape
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Artworks: Omani Frei

»Tanz« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

01 Tanz

»Cavallo Infinite« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

02 Cavallo Infinite

»Tyca« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

03 Tyca

»Мир« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

04 Мир

»溶けたアイス« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

05 溶けたアイス

»Garten« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

06 Garden

»Construcción« by Omani Frei, omanifrei.com

07 Construcción

Booklet with CD & Tape

There is a limited edition of 42 CDs and 21 tapes. Both are available in the online shop of the Neustadt Art Kollektiv.

Booklet with CD
Cassette

The booklet for the CD contains edited photographs from Beppu. Each photo shows places that is somehow important to us and with which we are connected by a story. The respective song lyrics are incorporated into the photos.

Journal

During the residency, I produced reports at irregular intervals. The last month is then no longer recorded, as the work on the project took up a lot of time.

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-09-15

    Today there will be no direct video of me. Instead I’ll recommend you the recordings of the Wohnzimmer concert from last Sunday. Masaya-san and me created some kind of unique japanese-german punk-folk-rock genre, where music connects people, meanings, pictures and languages. Enjoy it!

    For more videos look into the Wohnzimmer concert event.

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-09-09

    This week was full of art. \o/ I tell you timely backwards our todays presentation for Beppu Art Month, my plan to have flyers of our exhibtions and concerts for the Art Fair Beppu, the new song of the CATS project in Italian language from Thursday with Hirai Masaya and a rehearsal of Nihongo-German songs from Wednesday. Much music, some pictures. Have fun!

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-08-26

    It’s nearly two weeks since the last daily, but I have my reasons. 😃 Today I gonna tell you some useful AI things I’ve done for the Neustadt Art Festival website and you’ll get some music: A spontaneous session at Watanabe Tomishoten and songs I rehearsed with Hirai Masaya. Have fun!

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-08-12

    Right now there are quite a lot exhibitions and concerts and we try to catch some of them. In addition we installed a small cinema at Kurukuru. And I’m working on Cat And The Sun and the second song is ready for prepublishing it here. Have fun! 🎸🎶🎻🎵

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-08-05

    Today you’ll see another unboxing of music equipment (How exciting! 😝), the first impression of the first verse of the first song of the project Cat And The Sun and a surprise at the end.

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-08-03

    It’s been a while since the last daily (and it’s not called “weekly”), but I was busy creating a new Peertube instance for my videos. Now it’s ready and I’m proud to present it to you. 🥳

    Nevertheless I did some artsy things like having the Songbirds concert last Saturday and doing some lead sheets for Masaya and me again. Enjoy it!

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-07-29

    Today you’ll get some impressions of doing “musician things” like texting and rehearsing and a little timelaps building an improvised Piñata. 🪅

  • Kiyoshima Artist Daily :: 2023-07-26

    The first one is directly about the project »Cat And The Sun«. In this project I’ll write seven songs in seven languages and Omani will do seven artworka.

    Furthermore you can listen to some snippets from a rehearsal of Hirai Masaya and me earlier this day.

]]> https://jankosyk.de/en/cat-and-the-sun/feed/ 2 Haus an der Brücke (House By The Bridge) https://jankosyk.de/en/haus-an-der-bruecke/ https://jankosyk.de/en/haus-an-der-bruecke/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://jankosyk.de/?p=971 Marriage is a strange thing: invented by the church to control love, it is a proof of a deep bond between people. Since people in my circle also get married from time to time, this piece of music came up.

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At the time of production I was on a trip to East Asia and worked entirely with LMMS, Ardour, GarageBand on the iPod Touch and the laptop mic. The artwork is AI-generated. 🤖🎵🖼️🤖

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