Hank Rusch goes for the throat with this stripped down raucous rocker about a fugitive from injustice called The Innocent.  Hank creates a raw precision with his spare but loud use of only drums, bass, guitar. Sweet but grinding like frosting on a cake with a file inside Hank give us just desserts with his slide guitar work. Hank's voice brings an authentic dimension to the song as he recounts the first person story of a man wrongly convicted, escaped, on the run.  Hank's screaming falsetto in tandem with his high slide guitar ends the song like a war cry... as if to say, Today is a good day to die, but I will fight for one more.

The Innocent
I went down to the River
I saw somethin' no one ever should see
The law did somethin' bad
They pinned it all on me

On my way to Leavenworth
the train it left the tracks
Everybody broke their backs
But I walked out without a scratch

So they put me in Joliet
on a back to back 30 stretch
But me and a road dog found a way
to put a hole in the fence

We ran and ran in our prison stripes
til' we found a old garage
We put on mechanics uniforms
and hot wired the owner's Dodge

We put some miles between Joliet
We drove without the lights
I wished the darkness would never end
It started gettin' light

They caught my partner and they made the Dodge
he went down in a blaze of bullets
I watched it all from the café
as I stuffed my hungry gullet

I slipped out of town on a mail truck
your letters might be a little late
'cause they shot it full of lead
I crawled into a sewer grate

I met a woman in St. Paul
She liked me and she took me in
She believed I was innocent
as long as I gave her good lovin'

But I saw her sittin' in a G man's car
I could tell from the government plates
They had the goods on her for somethin' else
She gave me up and turned states

I've been runnin' for five year now
I've used every alias
What I saw the law do that night
they'd hang if I was to witness

Listen to my story
I got to tell it before I'm gone
I swear to you I'm the innocent
There's more where I came from

I'm The Innocent, I'm The Innocent
Lord have mercy on my soul
I'm The Innocent, I'm The innocent
Don't try to give me your back door parole
I'm The Innocent, I'm The Innocent,
If I stop runnin' I'll never get old
I'm The Innocent, I'm The Innocent
Lord have mercy on my soul

The Innocent

Even if unexpected events knock you off track for a while, get back up – you’ll come out stronger than ever.

Rising Again

Nocturnal (The Primary Phase Principle Remix) (2025) – Epic trance for night owls
With its powerful beats and orchestral-inspired melody, Nocturnal creates an unforgettable musical journey through the night. It captures the essence of uplifting trance while adding a symphonic twist and key changes. Listen to Nocturnal, if you enjoy cinematic soundscapes and pounding beats
This remix from The Primary Phase Principle turns this trance classic into a dark and inspirational journey through dark wave and post-industrial with a hint of soundtrack music.

You can find this song on all streaming portals and on Bandcamp:
https://too.fm/ndm-nocturnal
https://nadinedemacedo.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal

This song is part of my album "Nightflight" which will be available on all streaming platforms and Bandcamp.
https://too.fm/ndm-nightflight
https://nadinedemacedo.bandcamp.com/album/nightflight

Nadine de Macedo: composition, mastering
Eric St-Onge: arrangement, synthesizer, sound design, programming, production
Photography: Jonatan Pie / Unsplash

Where to find us:
https://www.youtube.com/@nadinedemacedo
https://tppp.bandcamp.com

Nocturnal

Nocturnal (The Primary Phase Principle Remix)

Full disclaimer, this cover art is an old sketch Dave made back in high school that went through several iterations in photoshop over the years - and even though what we could come up with was half-decent, in the end we ended up using AI to add some of the clutter and fog in the scene. We think this is worth pointing out because of the whole 'AI MUSIC IS CANCER' thing. But you see, AI is just like the photoshop we use for the cover arts, or the DAW we use for the songs, it's a tool to help you. If the tool is doing everything then it's no longer the same thing, it's more like you are the one helping the AI. 

Anyway, this could be considered a part two of this song: https://soundcloud.com/davemillz/war-israel ; and how our media (from books/magazines to smartphones) distort our views of reality and our own sense of self. And while we battle over stupid things in the Neo-Feudal Agoras of our choice (Facebook, Twitter, etc), our overlords, the corporate "dukes" and "viceroys" of today, have brought our tiny rock once again to the verge World War - inevitably, the last War.

World War II was caused by three autocratic states that sought to impose their systems on the rest of the world: Germany, Italy, Japan - and each started their own localized Wars that only turned into a World War once the United States became involved. Today, there are three autocratic states seeking to impose their systems on the rest of the world: China, Russia, Iran. Two of them, Russia and Iran, have directly led to localized Wars in Ukraine and Gaza, one of them a traditional War, the other a proxy War. The third localized War, is a mystery as it's not here yet. It could be between China, India and Pakistan over Kashmir, it could be between China and Taiwan. The former are three nuclear states, the latter will most likely warrant a counteroffensive by the US. Both, if taken to their ultimate escalation mean the end of the world as we know it. 

Should we feel fine?

...

Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...
Praising 
The slaying
Of depressed heroes
Waving
Goodbyes to the chanting
The new wave's been taking 
Blood spilt for granted
An assembly line of lies
To taint our life...


Life has become
Such a dark room
Protest with the mind
While forfeiting the ownership of soul

Under your thumb
Is your own Mount Doom
Lures you with a fiery eye
As you give it all semblance of control

Over all outcomes
Come and climb into the womb
Drink the fluids dry 
And kill the mother to consume her role

Time makes it numb
Hit the gas to make soon
Replace the Us with I
And dump the old corpse down the Hole!


[Chorus]
With sand on fire
We make a glass so pretty, it blinds
Reshape desires
For a War into a praise to the Divine
The desert's on fire
We make a Star to brighten the night
Reshape desires
For the End into a praise to the Divine


Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...
Scathing is 
The saving
Of defective heroes
Wailing
The end that's in the making
A new way for taking
Blood spilled for granted
Silos of old allies
Plague our minds...


[Solo]


A.I., D.E.I.
May masquerade the pain
The rights to point the blame
Fade away as soon as you sign down your name

Under the terms
Of the Lord of this Domain
Data frames reclaim
All the gold that you've been told amount to fame

In this here game
You kill the targets to gain
Entry into the chain
Must wear the flag of clan, lest you'll live in shame

So, pick your strain
Red or blue to reign
If in the end it's all in vain
Might be too late for us all to abstain


[Chorus]
With sand on fire
We make a glass so pretty, it blinds
Reshape desires
For War into praise to the Divine
The desert's on fire
We make a Star that brightens the night
Reshape desires
For the End for a praise to the Divine


Yeah... Yeah... Yeah...
Engraving
The blaming
Of the dead heroes
Paving
The steps towards erasing
Our nuclear awakening 
The facts now escape me
Maybe it was their pride
That took our lives


[Solo]


///////////MARCH 2025

Sand to Glass

Cain's Cane

Don't write a sin about me
Abel gave you but a Lamb, while I gave you him
Oh, God Don't write a sin about me 
I swung the stone, yet lose my life all the same?
My own son renounced me
How do I tell if I can be redeemed?
When there's no one around who'll speak to me?
As I roam these crooked hills of your once perfect creation


This mark is killing me
This mark is sending me
Further into Satan's embrace
Father!
This weight is killing me
Silence so deafening 
Walking up this hill
My cane breaks in 
Two!


How can I redeem?
How can I be clean?
Rebrand myself elsewhere I shall,
I see...

[Solo]

Don't write a sin about me
Abel gave you but a Lamb, while I gave you him
Oh, God Don't write a sin about me 
I swung the stone, yet lose my life all the same?
My own son renounced me
How do I tell if I can be redeemed?
When there's no one around who'll speak to me?
As I roam these crooked hills of your once perfect creation

/////////// MARCH 2025

Cain's Cane

This one`s dedicated to Hachiman Hikigaya, Yukino Yukinoshita and Yui Yuigahama. Also this goes out to Kyotaro Ichikawa and Anna Yamada not to forget Amane Fujimiya and Mahiru Shiina.  And also to Ayumu Fujino and Kyomoto. 

You all made this happen 😉

An End with No Beginning

Here we go again with some Chiptune! Third drop while we wait for next Friday's release (it's gonna be a love song so cheesy it melts, but with our usual twist!). You can check out our Chiptune tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/beatingedge/sets/8-bit-vibes.
©2025 Beating Edge

Side note totally unrelated to this track:
Can we just scream a massive F* O** to all the brilliant "artists" here on SoundCLOWN who follow you just to unfollow two days later?
And some of them proudly brag on YouTube about this super "smart" follow/unfollow trick to build reputation off people like us?
Sorry for the rant... and once again: F* O** AND JUST DIE ALREADY** to all the unfollow "geniuses" out there!
PS: We officially disown whatever was just said by Beating Edge’s secret sixth member! 🤣😬

Arcade Valley

Arcade Valley (Instrumental - Chiptune)

Taliesin was a Celtic bard who's difficult to date, but as some of his poems (although not this one) complain about the druidic monks losing all their mystic knowledge to comply with the new religion, we can at least assume he was living around the time of the Roman conquest of these isles. 

I'm very grateful to @APi_ZZ for so expertly (and patiently) guiding my hand on the DAW, and for titling the cover. If you enjoyed this, you might want to check out his excellent, but more modern interpretation, of the same material.

Taliesin

Ravemania (Hardstyle)

Skyline Serenade

Electric Shuffle

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