Rough demos for a black metal/death metal project back in 2021 that ended up not happening.  All tracks were written and recorded in about a couple months somewhere between 3/21 - 5/21.  

photo by:  dan kivi

mechanical phenomenon

がんも

3-21-21 bm1 (5-5-25).wav
3-21-21 bm1 v3-1 8-string 6-21-23sc 200bpm.wav
photo by: d kivi

bm1 (3-21-21)

3-22-21 bm2 v8-1 (4-6-21) 6-21-23sc3 80bpm.wav
photo by: d kivi

bm2 (3-22-21)

9-8-18

自由 v1-1-10 (8-22-23) (11-29-25).mp3
自由 v1-1-7 (10-10-25).wav
自由 v1-1-4-1 (8-1-25).wav
自由 v1-1-2 (-3_5th) (8-22-23 v3-2-3) (5-4-25).wav
photo by:  dan kivi

自由

mechanical phenomenon v1-2 (7-9-25).wav
(9-30-23 MASTERED v1-2.wav)
Sample used is from Joey Sturgis Tones Kaoss Volume 1 Sample Pack.
photo by:  dan kivi

bm3 (3-23-21)

bm4 (3-25-21)

2-6-24 v3-1-16 (3-24-24).wav
dielectric v2-1 (7-6-25).wav
photo by:  dan kivi

dielectric

3-14-23

I consider this to be the first full song I ever wrote.  I had been attempting to write my own stuff pretty much since the day I first picked up a guitar, and had played around with a Tascam 4-track tape recorder for a while.  This however was the first song I recorded using a DAW.  It was also the first to be given a title, terrible cover art, and be put on a CD.  The shitty guitar tone is likely the result of plugging a Boss Metal Zone pedal directly into my computer's sound card.

My brother came up with the title for this song.  It is based on the fact that he would often come back early in the morning after hanging out with friends and partying (and doing the things most young people do), only to find me still sitting in the same place I was when he left, playing my guitar.

Guitar: Ibanez S-series 7 String
Amp: Not sure if I used one, might just be running a Boss Metal Zone direct into the computer because I didn't really know what I was doing...
Drums: Zoom RT-123
DAW: Cakewalk Pro Audio 9

Recorded (1999-2000)
2022 remaster

Guitars, Bass, and Drum Programming  5/29/23
Synthesizers  5/29/24
Mix and Mastering  6/5/24
Remaster  10/16/25

dhumanize v1-1-1 (10-16-25).mp3
dhmnz v5-8 (7-11-25).wav
(5-29-23 v6-3-2-2 _dehumanize (6-18-24) 145bpm...wav)
Cyborg image licensed from Adobe Stock (stock.adobe.com)

.dehumanize

One rhythm guitar, one lead guitar, both mostly improvised, with maybe only a few small edits.  Unfortunately I was having some sort of ground loop issue, so there is a buzzing noise throughout that I can't quite get rid of.  I have tried some things to clean it up but have so far been unsuccessful.  So if anyone knows a way to remove the noise from this track please let me know.  I do kind of think the noise adds to the ambiance in a weird way though, so maybe I should just leave it in.

Recorded:  2016
Remastered:  2024

Softcore Blues

9-4-20 v8-1-10b (9-5-24)
image generated by:  OpenArt.ai

"Sometimes, in my younger years, I would think about how there's something uniquely terrifying about a wall made of cats."
⠀
 ⠀⠀⠀        - Some guy, probably, at some point in history, i don't know...

⠀

🐈猫nekokabe壁🐈

envier

wisconsin red v2-1 (7-10-25).wav
(wisconsn red v1-1 (7-4-25).wav)

12-3-17
Photo by:  dan kivi

ウィスコンシン0xFF0000

5-30-16
*lagniappe (5-30-16) v2-2 (7-7-25).wav
Photo by:  dan kivi

*lagniappe

一週間

二週間

三週間 v1-1-8
Guitar Improvisation by:  dan kivi (4/3/2013)
Photo by:  dan kivi

三週間

四週間

Been going through a bit of a rough patch lately, finding it hard to work on (or even listen to) music right now. Was really thinking about taking a break from music, but then I thought maybe I'd just upload some old unfinished projects for a little while and see how that goes. So just bear with me here if some of these aren't really my best. Maybe eventually I'll find a reason to get motivated again. Thanks for listening.

d kivi - 10-30-21
photo by:  dan kivi

10-30-21

01001010111111100

d kivi - bm5 (3-27-21) v1-1-11 (2-14-25).wav
photo by:  dan kivi

bm5 (3-27-21)

3-11-23 v3-1-10 G (3-9-25) 150bpm.wav
remix, remaster, reupload (3/9/2025)
photo by: dan kivi

One of the first tracks (3-11-23) i uploaded to SoundCloud. It didn't get much attention at the time, probably because the mix was terrible.  Remixed, remastered, and reuploaded 3/9/25

-negative _pace

objectively, probably not my best work.  but every song has a story, and maybe someday i'll tell you this one...

coping_mechanism

just felt like jamming on some old school metal riffs, but it seems my computer had other plans...  it just keeps crashing whenever i try doing anything with this project so i give up on it for now.  thanks for listening :)

5-22-23 fu computre (v4-5 fu2-3 6-27-25).wav
photo by: d kivi

fu computre

Music by:  dan kivi
Vocals by:  HOBOCOP (@metrocityrecords)
Picture by:  dan kivi
Void (1) v1-1-4.wav

Void

some days you just don't have it. all you want to do is create your next big masterpiece, but nothing works. i've been feeling like that a lot lately. nothing i do seems to be good enough anymore.

sometimes, when i feel this way, i find it's best to just record something. even if it's bad, at least i can say i was here, and i tried. this was one of those times...

on a side note, just look at how majestic my cat looks sitting on a pile of garbage. if you're ever feeling down, just think of him. and make something. anything. and sit upon your throne of garbage and be proud. I should probably stop drinking...

thanks for listening.

i usually program my own drums. this track uses drum loops that came with ez drummer2 that i edited slightly. 

6-16-25 v4-4 garbage day solo (6-27-25) 170bpm.wav
photo by: d kivi

garbage solo

remembering i,m nothing again v3-0 (8-3-25).wav
photo and editing by: d kivi

remembering i,m nothing again

0ut 0f f0cuS v1-1-5 (10-25-23b) (9-7-25).wav
photo by: d kivi

0ut of focuS

tried to write/record an entire song in less than an hour.

i failed.

it was more like two hours.

still, i don't hate the inevitable.

it's a lovable failure, i think...

recorded: 11-3-19
remixed/remastered: 8-21-25
photo by: d kivi
gravity before the fall v1-1-3 (9-7-25).wav
gravity before the fall v1-1-2 (9-2-25).wav
gravity before the fall v1-1-1 (9-1-25).wav
11-3-19 V1-1-16b-4 GBtF (8-21-25).wav

gravity before the fall

music by: d kivi
photo by d kivi
12-9-19 your music is bad and you should feel bad v1-1-2 (9-2-25).wav
12-9-19 your music is bad and you should feel bad v1-1-1 (9-1-25).wav

12-9-19

sometimes the simple things are best

the alternate title to this song was "improvisations on a guitar with rusty old strings, played completely independently of each other, sitting near an open window, after bringing my cat home from the vet, recorded on my phone's voice memos app, with my phone sitting next to me on the bed, haphazardly combined using my computer"

i later changed it to the current title which makes much more sense.

i'm sorry it's not good.

music by: d kivi
picture by: d kivi

fuzzy boy and the Queen of Spades v1-1-1 ((9-1-25).wav

♠ fuzzy boy and the Queen of Spades ♠

2-11-22 v1-1-2 (9-13-25).wav
photo by: d kivi


new endings and old beginnings

guitars and bass: d kivi
drum and synth programming: d kivi
mixing and mastering: d kivi

artwork licensed from Adobe Stock

digital dystopia v1-3-9c-5d-6 (10-17-25).mp3
v1-3-5d (10-10-25).wav
digital dystopia v1-3-9c-5 (10-10-25) 96-24.wav
digital dystopia v1-3-16 (10-8-25) 96-24.wav

digital dystopia

guitars and bass: d kivi
drum and synth programming: d kivi
mixing and mastering: d kivi
photo by: d kivi
3-25-18 (1) v1-1-2 (10-25-25).mp3

3-25-18

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🪦🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🪦🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🪦🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🪦
guitars and bass: d kivi
drum and synth programming: d kivi
mix and mastering: d kivi  🕺
photo by: d kivi
cemetary disco v1-1-11 (6-3-22) (11-2-25).wav
🪦🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🪦🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🪦🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🪦
👻

cemetary disco

-3-15-23-
-[re]mix-
-[re]master-
-[re]upload-

guitars and bass: d kivi
drum and synth programming: d kivi
mix and master: d kivi
photo/editing by: d kivi

Thanks for listening.

3-15-23 v6-3-2-14 standard (11-8-25) (+1_0).wav

[re]ignition

just another improvisation i did a few years ago, probably out of frustration when nothing else I wanted to record that night seemed to be working. It's not very good, but there's a few little moments that i like so i just thought i'd share. i promise i will try to work on some real songs one of these days. i just think i have more fun doing random dumb shit like this than recording actual songs sometimes. well anyways, thanks again for listening.

guitars and bass: d kivi
drum programming: d kivi
mix and master: d kivi
photo by: d kivi

garbage! part deux v1-1-6 (11-22-25) (9-24-23).wav

garbage! part two

Guitar, Bass, Drum Programming, Synth Programming, Mixing and Mastering.

Tracks uploaded here are mostly unfinished since I can't do vocals/lyrics.  So if there are any vocalists/songwriters out there that want to work on anything let me know.  I would also be interested in joining/forming a band, if anyone needs a guitarist that does whatever it is that I do.

everything is a work in progress

dan kivi

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