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SONG FOR A BEAST Ian Parker

What if every song had two lives?
What if the same emotion could sound completely different, angry in one universe, hopeful in another?

That’s the question behind Altered Perspective, the newest sound experiment from MeloManiac.
Every track on the album appears in two forms: one original version, and one reimagined through a completely different genre and mood.
It’s not a remix project, it’s a transformation.
A test of what happens when sound, style, and storytelling collide from opposite directions.

One moment you’ll hear raw rock, metal, or cinematic grit.
The next, that same song might return as a synthwave dream, a jazz funk riot, or an industrial ghost.
Each version reveals something new, a shift in tone, a change in feeling, a different emotional lens.

Featuring collaborations with artists across multiple genres, Altered Perspective invites listeners into the creative experiment itself.
It’s a journey through contrast, chaos and calm, despair and joy, rage and release. Showing how a single story can wear a thousand different faces.

Because sometimes, the song doesn’t change…
You do.

Bullet Proof Ft. The Midnight Marksman

V.M.18
Tommy Luckitta: Drums
Andrea Bariselli: Bass
Marco Trentacoste: Guitars
Davide Castenetto: Vox

Produced by Andrea Bariselli e Marco Trentacoste
Executive Producers: Sergio Salaorni per Larione 10, Andrea Bariselli for Rock Planet Productions and Marco Trentacoste
Recorded by Alberto "Skizzo” Bonardi at Larione 10 -  Florence (1994/1995)
Mixed by Fabrizio Simoncioni al Larione 10 - Florence (1996)
Mastered by Antonio Baglio al Profile Studio - Milan (1996)

Music by V.M.18
Lyrics by Fabrizio Paglia

Peccatore

A narrative of the incompetence, lies, scandals, dictatorship and cover ups of a corrupt once great British institute. How are you to believe a "truth" when a narrative is implied via an edited version of reality? How are we to trust people in a privileged position when the powers above cover up all the wrong doings? Remember, we are forced to pay for the privilege of the BBC'S recent scandals of abuse, lies and pain....... #fuckthebbc #defundthebbc 

Fuck The BBC

The synth and rhythm tracks are inspired by my love of The Who. Specifically Who Are You, Won't Get Fooled Again and Baba O'Riley. Once I started adding melodies it took on its own life. That's the cool thing about recording sometimes. The song goes where it wants to regardless of how hard I try. ;-)

03-02-18: Replaced original mix 3 file with MIX 5.
03-06-18: Replaced file with MIX 9
12/19/18: Replaced file with lossless AIF
05/02/19: eMastered mp3
08/12/20: Final Version v2.3

Shut Up & Play

Who's Rising

iTunes

Track number 1 of the Debut EP from 'Silence in Surrender' - a 4 piece originals hard rock back from SW London.

Anthem

On My Sleeve

Heading Home _    Boo Deity  -💀Combstead

Sacrilege

Flank Exposed

From the album, “Wet Work (Vol. II)” A musical ode to the gals who strap on to go to work every day (strap on their HOLSTERS, I mean, whaddit ya think?)

Wet Work (Vol. II)

Dyke Cop

Buy it, now!

A thought process that revisits our society and everyhing that is wrong within it

Reflection of a Misery

Reflection Of A Misery

This song is (to me) about our need as people to stay alive on the inside and find truth within ourselves. To pursue ourselves and realise and embrace what we are in order to truly live... and the struggles that such a pursuit can present along the way.

To celebrate my love of Ayreon and the new album "Transitus" (released on the day i upload this), here is my loving stage musical-style cover of Comatose, from the '08 album "01011001".

Please comment and let me know what you think!

If you enjoyed, please check out the original here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw6Og_tbIjU

Comatose (Ayreon Cover)

David J. Kemper is a composer & producer from Chicago, Illinois, city of big shoulders, (former) hog butcher to the world, and home of Nelson Algren, Carl Sandburg, John Dillinger and Al Capone.  It has been speculated (by Mr. Kemper) that the gritty, rough and tumble energy of the streets from whence he hails has given extra bite and backbone to the sounds that he comes up with.  It is a theory, anyway.  Don’t think.  Just listen.  

The music featured here is but a modest selection from the ever-growing DJK repertoire, solo releases (Wet Work), as well as his "other" band/project/whatever, Brahms' 3rd Racket.