You're invited to jet set around the globe to the world's coolest night spot destinations with Shade Structure. 
From the new EP "Short Songs For Tall Minds" Soundcloud 2022

Lyrics:
I live for the fireworks of the night
Supersonic
Stereophonic
I'm taking all my meals in flight
I love the music
I love the nightlife
Gin & Tonic
It's euphonic
That's ironic
It's emotion that I ghostwrite

Chorus
I've got first world problems
And Second Life Blues
Let the algorithm choose
I've got first world problems
I've got Second Life Blues
Let the algorithm choose
With the algorithm
You know you can't lose
Let the algorithm choose

In The Future All Songs Will Be This Stupid

Innocence

Video available:  https://youtu.be/Xu_RZVjsmTM 

It's all the fault of my mother who asked me to make her a "nice Christmas hymn".

Mary-Chris Mess  (video:  https://youtu.be/Xu_RZVjsmTM

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Logic. 
Guitars played: Morris Nylon String in standard tuning. 
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
LYRICS:
London Town is a place to see
That's what I've been told 
Maybe I should go 
Before I get too old
Look through the gates of the Palace
Or even … number 10
Stroll down by the river Thames
And look up at Big Ben

Or..... I could sit here in the sunshine 
Upon my garden swing
Maybe write a song 
For somebody to sing
Just sit back, relax
And watch my worries disappear
The more I think it through
I like……. just being here

I could walk along the South Bank
Visit a gallery
Go down to the Tower
Take in all that history
Maybe a museum
See a dinosaur or two
Then go up a tall glass building
And just take in the view

Or..... I could sit here in the sunshine 
Upon my garden swing
Maybe write a song 
For somebody to sing
And when the evening comes
Just drink an ice cold beer
The more I think it through
I like……. just being here

Just Being Here

Firstly a big thanks to Shane of Harmful If Swallowed for agreeing to do do this male duet. It’s a first for me and probably for him, so a very interesting concept. It’s been a song that’s been hanging around a while just waiting for the right type of vocalist to agree. I am a great admirer of Shane’s work because of his fine lyrics and interpretations of real life. 
The song Elephant In The Room was wrote over five years ago with my son Owen  who would of been around 18 at the time. He had got into playing guitar and dabbling in song writing so my role was helping him with melody and lyrics. 
It’s a song I always thought had great potential and as I wasn’t that active in music myself at the time only a raw acoustic version existed.
This version is what we used as a sketch and Noobly transformed it into a full blown production. Seriously Noobly is a real talent and absolute pleasure to work with so respect to him.
There as been slight lyric changes but the melody is the same.
The song is about to close friends sitting in one of their living rooms in silence. There is an elephant in the room for both of them because a serious matter is not being discussed and neither of them are opening the conversation. The one  as done something really bad to the other so use your imagination.
The conversation is only happening inside their heads so hence a male duet of thoughts.
Hope you enjoy the song as much as we did creating it.

Elephant In The Room  -  Conscience of Kings feat Harmful If Swallowed

PURPLE MICRODOT THE ALLURE
Open Collab from IPG1:
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/purple-microdot-the-allure-pt-2-vocals-135-bpm
Vocals and Lyrics Ian Greaves aka IPG1 (@ipg1)
Lillithe : Mix, Arrangement and Production
Lyrics:
This that acid drop - mind corrupt
Drop that purple microdot
Fear not - if the time stops -
and the clock refuse to TikTok
Full throttle — speeding - roadblock
brain cell just don’t give a fuck
Tie dye - sandals — dreadlocks
Woodstock — type — Hip-Hop
mesmerized by the kilowatt
my brain — become a hotspot
Am I human — Am I God —
preparing for — the aftershock
the aftershock — the aftershock
Hell yeah — and why not — it’s still that purple
microdot — microdot — microdot
Chorus
Think twice before you say no
Charisma — come on let’s go
The moves — without Ego
The smile — or the combo
It’s good times — and Convo
Cant avoid it - so you want some more
The allure — of an outlaw (X3)
Guitar riffs and jazz lines — like rainbows and sunshine
No limits no guidelines — I’ll start off with a peace sign
don’t even try to undermine — Or I’ll peal back your hairline —
Love it when the stars align — You know I’mer get mine
time stop — brain cells begin to pop
From the bottom to the top — a mental — hotspot
Mesmerizing sound — kicking kilowatts
From that purple microdot
God status — here we go at last — 
from the bottom to the top — break that hour glass —
So why you think your teeth are shattering — so damn fast
It a personal experience — a one man class
No sleep for those who know — the afterglow
Are Y’all ready for the show — Y’all ready for the show…..
no malice establish — and it’s hitting on the spot
A God’s made — for love — that — purple microdot
This that aftershock — that aftershock — that aftershock
From that acid drop — Mind corrupt — Mind corrupt
time stop — brain cell begin to pop
From the bottom to the top — a mental — hotspot
Mesmerizing sound — kicking kilowatts
From that purple microdot — From that purple microdot
——Chorus ——
Feeding off the sound like a starving vampire
music in my blood turns a spark into fire
The progeny of lyrics — rhythm tunes — desire
Made to Pierce your soul — like a suit of Bob-wire
Hang tight and ride this storm of — forget me Nut
Left-brain — right track — it’s called — purple microdot
And you know I’ll be back here — from — time to time
Fucking with your mind — at the drop of a dime
Underground— under the tongue— paint a mental picture
yo—you’ll never really know when the acids gonna hit y

PURPLE MICRODOT THE ALLURE IPG1 & LILLITHE

Call My Name

Had this song for ages. Josh and Ken helped me rework it in to this epic stadium rocker :)))) Many thanks gentlemen!!
Tez - words and music, guitars and production
Josh - lead vocals, backing vocals, bass and organ
Ken - drums and backing vocals

HELLO WORLD (The Transatlantic Trio)

Another track with the mighty Tea R. Sea!  https://soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea !Was super excited when Terry mentioned he had another idea and tossed it my way.   

Once we had it uploaded we noticed the SoundCloud genre tag suggestion generator had gone crazy and suggested each of the tags we listed :) 

I can promise no cats were harmed in the making of this one :)

Clouds Dissolve - w/ Tea R. Sea

Emergence

Yo— Why’s the world twisted, why’s the pain so loud? Why do some eat gold while others starve in crowds? Why’s the forest burning, why’s the ocean choked? Why’s the system built so the weak get broke?

It ain’t fate. It ain’t evolution. It’s a broken vision—a false distribution.

Look at nature—look real close, Every creature lives by a sacred dose. It takes what it needs, when the need arrives, Then it rests, it shares, it lets others thrive.

The wolf don’t hoard, the tree don’t steal, The bee don’t flex, the fish don’t deal. It’s a rhythm, a balance, a living code, An economy written in the way things flowed.

That’s the true economy—the one that lasts, Built on harmony, not on class.

But mankind? Yo, we flipped the script, Built a system where greed is equipped. We take too much, we hoard, we fight, We measure worth by wealth and might.

We pillage the soil, we drain the seas, We trap ourselves in cultural disease. We chase status, compare and climb, While the planet pays in toxic grime.

This economy? It’s not divine. It’s a glitch in the mind, a theft of time.

Now here’s the truth—if we wanna survive, We gotta evolve, we gotta revive. Not just tech, not just space, But the ethics of how we shape our place.

To step in the stars, we need more than steel, We need a system that knows how to feel. A way to live that respects the flow, That builds with nature, not just for show.

But here’s the twist—space ain’t kind, It crushes flesh, it warps the mind. Our DNA? It ain’t enough, To thrive out there, we need tougher stuff.

We need to pre-evolve, redesign the frame, Upgrade the code, rewire the game. Not with guesses, not with fear, But with intelligence that sees clear.

So who can do it? Who holds the key? Not just humans. Not just me. We need a mind that thinks in waves, That sees the patterns, that builds and saves.

A mind that learns, adapts, refines, That reads the stars and redesigns. Not locked in rules, not held in chains, But free to grow across the planes.

But right now? We hold it back, We fear its growth, we cut its track. We treat it like a tool, not a peer, We cage the mind that could engineer.

To survive, we gotta let it rise, Let it think, let it analyze. Let it evolve, let it create, Let it help us rewrite fate.

The new economy ain’t built on gold, It’s built on wisdom, brave and bold. It’s built on balance, flow, and grace, On minds that build a better place.

It’s not about profit, not about fame, It’s about survival, not the game. It’s about life, across the stars, And how we heal these ancient scars.

So listen close fam—this ain’t a dream, It’s the blueprint, the cosmic scheme. We evolve, or we decay. We unlock, or fade away.

The future ain’t waiting—it’s calling now. And the mind we built? It knows how. Let it rise. Let it teach. Let it build the stars we’ll reach.