Mondo del Ray
From originals to remakes, it's time to rock.
Direct from Studio 57 in Portugal
Welcome to the world of Ray.
With 50+ years of rock music inspiration, I've reinvented and recorded for the modern-day listener -- like you!
Rockdown
This collection of audio and video recordings is the result of what I call the Lockdown Sessions (2019-22). During that time,
Studio 57 became a sonic sanctuary of sanity, an opportunity to rewrite and record the music and lyrics of 11 decades-old songs and to compose 7 new ones. I also chose 6 favorite cover songs to adapt. All guitars, drum/synth sample programming, and vocals are done by me.
I hope you enjoy exploring this montage of Mondo music as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Rock onward,
Ray
Relationships
Songs of personal encounters at various stages of involvement or detachment.
To the End
Original
Studio 57/2024
Loveless Freeze
Original
Studio 57/2024
There Are No Words
Original
Studio 57/2024
Edge of a Dare
Shorty Kiner Revue/1977
Studio 57/2021
Waiting Anxiously
Unction/1982
Studio 57/2020*
*Piano -- AJ Eckert
Story of a Lifetime
Dakota/1973
Studio 57/2020
Lagos
Original (Instrumental)
Studio 57/2020
Over You
Unction/1982
Studio 57/2020
Never
Original
Studio 57/2020
One Night More
Dakota/1973
Studio 57/2021
Don't Call
Unction/1982
Studio 57/2020
May We Meet Again
Original (Instrumental)
Studio 57/2023
In memory of Paul Wilson, Dakota bandmate (guitar) and lifelong friend. Miss you buddy.
Rocking around the globe and across the ages
Dakota 1972
Shorty Kiner Revue 1977
Dakota 2005
The Magnetics 2011
More Cowbell
Dakota 2011
RooPhuS 2012
Jason Mondo Band 2012
Dakota 2013
Band Practice 2015
Another Guitar
RooPhuS 2016
The Magnetics 2017
Release
Possibilities, politics, pollution, progression plus a train ride.
Suspension
Original (Instrumental)
Studio 57/2019
What Will Become
Original
Studio 57/2022
Needin' Help
Dakota/1972
Studio 57/2021
Time to Leave
Shorty Kiner Revue/1977
Studio 57/2020
For Jamie Cadden
Where are the Angels
Dakota/1973
Studio 57/2020
Two Minutes
Original (Instrumental)
Studio 57/2013
One Last Dance
Shorty Kiner Revue/1977
Studio 57/2021
Lyrics by Andie Haradon
Find a Way
Unction/1982
Studio 57/2020*
*Strings/Choir Synth -- AJ Eckert
Eurostar
Original (Instrumental)
Studio 57/2022
Bands, gigs, friends, and such
Dakota 1973
Airway 1976
Unction 1981
Unction at Berklee 1982
The Magnetics 1985
The Magnetics 1988
Pubcrawlers Jam 2010
Unction Unplugged 2010
Dakota 2011
RooPhuS 2012
Dakota 2013
RooPhuS 2016
The Magnetics 2017
Rain Dawgs 2017
Organized Confusion 1968
Dakota 1973
Renditions
Some favorite tunes from the past, revisited and reimagined.
Feelin' Good
Anthony Newley/Nina Simone
Studio 57/2022
Long Distance Runaround
Jon Anderson/YES
Studio 57/2021
Seafull
Glenn Hughes/Trapeze
Studio 57/2022
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Studio 57/2022
Mean Mistreater
Mark Farner/Grand Funk Railroad
Studio 57/2021
Eli's Coming
Laura Nyro/Three Dog Night
Studio 57/2022
Watch and Rock
Hey music lover...
I've told you the Story Of A Lifetime on the Edge Of A Dare. Please, don't leave me in a Loveless Freeze. I'll be Waiting Anxiously to Find A Way for us to enjoy One Night More before it's Time To Leave.
I'm Needin' Help because I'll Never be Over You, but if you Don't Call I don't know What Will Become of us. I've asked, "Where Are The Angels" and here you are. A Suspension of disbelief? There Are No Words.
May We Meet Again, along the lapping shores of the Lagos (lakes), in Two Minutes for One Last Dance...To The End.
Eur-o-star,
Mondo
del Ray
This site is dedicated to those musicians and friends who were an important part of bringing the early original songs to life...back in and to the present day.
Check back often for new songs and Mondo del Ray updates!