Fade

Every Living Being

Hello everyone,
this is the second part – or rather, another chapter – of my musical theater project.
For this song, I’m lucky enough to be joined by Sarah Paradise-Brown, whose incredible voice gives this piece a very special depth.

"Blood" is a song about a seemingly hopeless love between a woman and a vampire. It tells a story of longing, danger, and the bittersweet realization that this love can never be fulfilled. Between attraction and pain, both struggle with the desire that binds them and the necessity of letting go so they won’t destroy each other. 

Video now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wrYE7F06mwU



Blood

Your scent is moonlight on the wind
A promise wrapped in trembling skin
I hold you close, but not too near
For what I want is what you fear

You breathe like fire beneath restraint
Your touch is warm, your world is faint
And though your lips could steal my soul
I’d give you all, and not feel cold

You shine where I can never go
But still I linger in your glow
If love means letting go of fire
Then let us rise above desire

Blood is calling from below
Blood is more than I should know
Blood would turn the night to me
But love… wants more than destiny
Blood is silence wrapped in sound
But love is where we won’t be bound

I've tasted death in every shade
But nothing made me feel this way
You made the world turn soft and slow
And showed me things I’ll never know

You gave me truth without disguise
A world of pain beneath your eyes
But I can't live with what you are
Even love can’t cross that scar

I want you…
I know...
I need you…
But we can’t...
So hold me once, then let me go
Don’t drink the love we’ve come to know

Blood is beating like a drum
Blood is where we both came from
Blood could bind me to your name
But love is not a thing to tame
Blood may sing, may plead, may flood…
But not tonight, not with blood

If I must live without your flame
Then I will carry still your name
If I must walk into the day
I’ll dream you home some other way
Some love survives, 
survives in broken light
But not tonight…

Not with blood!


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Credits:
Vocals: Sarah Paradise-Brown &  Axel Menningen
Music: Axel Menningen
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Blood

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Original version found here: https://soundcloud.com/zemandan/little_piggies

Vocals by Astrid Solvrid 

The Grunts

I decided to take another stab at this song (went down a rabbit hole for about 10 hours and completely re-played and re-sang the song).  I struggled with the vocals on my original version so I changed the key to E which made it easier to sing.   
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Guitar:   strumming my Taylor 114CE
Organ: playing my midi keyboard with Native instruments clarinet organ
Wurlitzer 200A  Keys: playing my midi Keyboard with logic Wurlitzer sound.
Wurlitzer 200A:  EZ Keys 2
Bass: PG Music Real track
Drums: EZ drummer 3
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Lyrics
In the planet of the ape’s movie in 1968
Astronauts crash landed on a planet that was in a sorry state
They stumbled across a society intelligent of apes who could speak
And there were humans, but they were mute and weak
They’d been asleep in their hibernation pods and 2006 years had elapsed
And somewhere during that time humanity had collapsed
And the astronauts didn’t realize they were on the planet where they’d been born as the apes hunted them and they hid in a field of corn
Just like Charlton Heston, we could be walking on that beach
To late to save our Lady Liberty, she’s been toppled sunk and breached
You maniacs you blew it up will we rant and rave like Chuck
Hope it’s not too late, who wants that monkey fate, hope we smarten up
I wonder what those apes are thinking as they’re sitting in their cages at the zoo
Are they biding their time, making plans for what they’re goanna do
Are they dreaming of the day when they’re on the other side of that glass wall
Are they patiently counting the minutes, waiting for humanities downfall
The apes killed one of the astronauts and they stuffed him and put him on display j
Just like trophy hunters do with animals today
The Astronaut named Taylor, he got shot in the throat
He was unable to talk, so he got a pen and showed the apes what he wrote
The apes realized he was intelligent, and it shook them to their core
And the forbidden zone was a place they weren’t supposed to explore
Taylor met a girl he named Nova, she couldn’t talk but she was pretty.
A couple of apes helped them escape to what used to be New York city
And they rode together on a horse on a beach that looked like the west coast
Until they found that statue and realized humanity was toast
Just like Charlton Heston, we could be walking on that beach
To late to save our Lady Liberty, she’s been toppled sunk and breached
You maniacs you blew it up will we rant and rave like Chuck
Hope it’s not too late, who wants that Monkey Fate, hope we smarten up
The planet of the ape’s is supposed to be science fiction
Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out to be an accurate depiction

Planet Of The Apes V 2.0

Truth Lives

A euphoric New Age EDM journey into the outer body experience — floating beyond time, dissolving into light, and awakening in infinite sound. Pulsing synths, cosmic pads, and an ethereal female vocal take you higher into the astral plane.

For euphoric and cosmic journeys — great fit for Astral Beats, Dreamstate, Uplifting Trance, and Galactic EDM.

Astral

This track is on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/46aQG9ZppknMHNukuA5SSy?si=6d0ba5e25b8e4780

Lyrics:
Woke up to the grey sky mourn  
Feeling like a page is torn  
Every breath a chilly sigh  
As hope and shadows pass me by

Footsteps echo on the street  
Puddles where the raindrops meet  
Umbrellas dance a sombre waltz  
Every glance a secret false

Cloudy days they come and go  
Painting stars in quiet woe  
Rainy whispers soothe the soul  
In the mist we find our role

Things like fog they're hard to hold  
Stories in the weather told  
Every cloud a blanket soft  
Catching tears that drift aloft

Sometimes sunshine hides away  
Waiting for a brighter day  
But in rain there's peace to find  
Clarity for the heart and mind  
Wave goodbye to fleeting gloom  
Found a rose about to bloom  
Petals open in the rain  
Beauty springs from gentle pain

Dreams like fog they're hard to hold  
Stories in the weather told  
Every cloud a blanket soft  
Catching tears that drift aloft

Sometimes sunshine hides away

An unstoppable emotional darkwave anthem: cinematic, seductive, rebellious and euphoric, A cyberpunk odyssey fusing deep tech trance, vaporwave nostalgia and glitch-infused dubstep with orchestral grandeur.

Sometimes Sunshine Hides Away

EDM / Dark Electronic 
Eyes on Me is a hypnotic slow-groove dark EDM track from Zemandan. Pulsating basslines, falsetto-driven toxic vocals in bed with hypnotic club energy.

Eyes On Me | Remastered

Star crossed lovers with an arson problem. A mini musical movie about lovers on the run...
Added to the album: "Curiosities Of Outsider Art" (Sept  2025)

(Act 1: Young lovers on an arson spree)
Lyrics:
She puts the gasoline in my truck
And then we drive down
And we like to burn up
Local buildings
And alleys
And trashcans

She likes to come out with me at night
And burn things down
She can't explain it
It's just how she feels
It's what see needs
Simultaneous release
While burning down the Hardee's (a USA restaurant chain)

We got black magic spells right off the shelf
I have a split personality
And I hate Ourselves
We have  a compulsion
To  blow things up
It's all fucked up
Young arsonists in love
Young Arsonists in love (3X)

We have black magic spells
Right off the shelf
The good ones are mixed in
So it makes it hard to tell
We understanding the poetry
Of burning things up
Burning shit up
All fucked up
Young arsonists in love
(End Act 1)


(Act 2 : Chase and capture)
Young arsonists in love (3X)
We're on the run
She says: let's burn down a Chevron

We have black magic spells right off the shelf
The Doctors say we seem alright
But you know that we can't be helped
The Police ask: Is this behavior carnal?
"Officer"
She said:
"Have you forgotten how to marvel?"
Forgotten how to marvel?

Young Arsonists In Love

Dominate by ZEMANDAN.

🎧 Listen, share, and follow for more dark, hypnotic electronic music.


Written by: Daniel Dinsdale (ZEMANDAN)
Produced by: Daniel Dinsdale (ZEMANDAN)
Performed by: ZEMANDAN
Vocals: Astrid Solvrid
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by: Daniel Dinsdale (ZEMANDAN)
Label: ZEMANDAN
Release Date: September 13, 2025 | REMASTERED 8/10 2025
Copyright © 2025 ZEMANDAN. All rights reserved.

Dominate

My first 'cover', 2x1 ;) This song is made of variations from the songs 'Bookends' and 'Scarborough Fair', by Simon & Garfunkel. It combines their melodies and chords on 3/4, 6/4. 9/4 & 5/4 signatures, all in medieval folkie mood, no drums also.
https://soundcloud.com/simon-garfunkel-official: original songs
https://soundcloud.com/burn-it-smith: piano, vocals
https://soundcloud.com/ruizzoidman21centurions: project, guitars, bass, flute, vocals, production

Preserve Your Memories (with burn.it.smith - original songs by Simon&Garfunkel)

Freefall is an electrifying future-house demo 
adventure from Artemis & the Nymphs (Isle of Myth).
Expect soaring vocals, euphoric drops, and a neon-lit atmosphere that captures the freedom of letting go.
Turn it up and feel the descent.

Freefall.wav

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A dark cinematic tech-house track with glitchy vocal fragments, and morphing textures.Evolving atmospheres collide with time-stretched fragments. Immersive, and futuristic — chaotic yet polished.

My original version of this song can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/zemandan/this-it

Vocals:Astrid Solvrid

Lyrics:
It's just one grace
White noise sweep
Everything fades
We've been after me
Oh lovely
So long sorry

The gears grind
And you heard me


So long sorry
Oh oh oh lovely you
So long sorry

Oh babe, oh lovely
So long sorry

Oh Lovely - So Long Sorry

For my friend from Shrewsbury – and for everyone who is there for others with love and strength.

The Way You Stay is a very personal song I originally wrote just for a close friend. After hearing it, he told me I should definitely release it – and so I did.

It tells about the importance of being there for each other – especially when life gets heavy.

It’s about the quiet strength of caring and the love that lies within those moments. About two people who carry each other and the closeness that grows from it.

But this song is not only for him – it’s for everyone who cares for others, quietly, steadily, and wholeheartedly.

A song about trust, friendship, and the strength that comes from staying.

Behind the music:
From the beginning I knew I wanted a choir in this song. I thought about it for a long time, wondering how it could work. In the end, I recorded more than 24 vocal tracks – all with my own voice – and processed them in such a way that the choir is made up of many little Axels.

I truly hope you enjoy listening to it.

The video for the song is available on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/V3eWGTdakr8?si=Z14qJjSR7inY0-BH

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The Way You Stay

He clears the table when the day is done,
he hides his worries from everyone. 
She takes his hand, and with her touch,
he feels he´s more than strong enough.

That’s the way you stay,
when the days get heavy.
That’s the way you love,
quiet but steady.
Two hearts leaning, all the way –
that’s the way you stay.

He keeps the light on late into the night,
she gives him reason, keeps his heart upright.
He hears her laughter, and it pulls him through,
that’s the reason she gives to do.

That’s the way you stay,
when the days get heavy.
That’s the way you love,
quiet but steady.
Two hearts leaning, all the way –
that’s the way you stay.

From far away I see you two,
the care, the trust, the gentle view.
It moves me more than words can say –
I hold you close, though far away.

That’s the way you stay,
when the nights turn colder.
That’s the way you love,
growing older.
Two hearts leaning, all the way –
that’s the way you stay.


The Way You Stay

No Call Back - New Nomad Synthwave Remix

NOW ON SPOTIFY!!!
Odin’s Eye" by Zemandan is a hypnotic and euphoric Progressive House track, blending Nordic and Viking cinematic elements with festival-ready energy. This instrumental EDM anthem combines samba groove percussion, orchestral layers, and trance-influenced melodies to create an epic and immersive experience. Perfect for summer festival sets, cinematic soundscapes, and dark fantasy vibes, "Odin’s Eye" delivers a captivating journey through hypnotic rhythms, electronic textures, and uplifting drops.

Experience the unique fusion of electronic music and Nordic folklore with hypnotic, euphoric, and orchestral instrumentation. This track is ideal for fans of progressive house, EDM, trance, festival anthems, and epic cinematic instrumentals. Zemandan’s “Odin’s Eye” is a must-listen for anyone seeking a powerful, summer-ready, festival-ready electronic adventure.

Odin's Eye

remastered by @Zemandan
amazing artist and personality
https://soundcloud.com/zemandan/zemandan-god-is-a-good-father-ekaterina777-cover-remix?si=ddc2fc92bebf48c7b6247069d1c0e4d4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

God Is A Good Father

Vocal enlightenment provided by Alan Watts

The Art of Not Caring

"No Truth Do I Find" is ZEMANDAN’s reimagined take on the track “Things I Do for Love.” Stripped of illusions, this version dives deeper into the shadows of desire, obsession, and betrayal. With hypnotic electronic layers and haunting vocals, it transforms the original theme into something darker and more cinematic — a confession of love’s sacrifices where every answer only leads to more questions.

No Truth Do I Find | REMASTERED

“Fade” by Zemandan drifts through the space between memory and loss. A slow-sad electronica piece where melancholy meets bassy warmth.
A remembering of a departed friend in fragments: flashes of laughter, shadows of moments, the quiet nods of agreement.
Intimate, emotional, and timeless.

A song for memories that never truly fade.

Fade

Lean Y