BROKEN GENERATION
Music by Overdrive, Stop Sleeping & Chris Schlue
Mastering by Chris Schlue

Check out the IG promo video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DF_cUIDsPnW/


STOP SLEEPING

Punk flunky, indie drop out, marginally mathy, spacewards or maybe just some 80s fan, Stop Sleeping isn't just a synth and guitar wizard, but also an extremely versatile american singer who can emulate different vocal styles with impressive ease. BROKEN GENERATION's driving force is the Johnny Rotten-style vocals of Stop Sleeping and I believe this is the first of many collabs in the near future. Check out his great songs available on his Soundcloud page:

https://soundcloud.com/stop-sleeping

CHRIS SCHLUE

Chris is an incredibly talented German guitarist and composer, and as if that weren't enough, he's a walking encyclopedia on all things mixing and mastering. Believe me, his ears are absolutely insane for detail and Chris is responsible for the exquisite technical quality of BROKEN GENERATION's mastering. Our next collabs are already in the works, but in the meantime, check out his great individual and band tracks on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/chris-schlue

Broken Generation

Modes About Me - It Dies With Them

Album:
Happy Not Hateful

Guitar:
@themysteriousdecibel

Bass:
@thefunkykaiju

Producer:
tssrecording.com/

Lyrics:
there's whispers from outside the tent
to vent
is all I have left
weapons on weapons on deck
these people aren't real
just a means to the end
instant regret
thinking descends into doing 
and doing is what I resent
they know my secret
now it dies with them

so fat over there like a pear
with a face so ugly and I bet you don't care
bout the way that they stare 
when you come into town
and your underwear are brown 
kinda wish you were dead
if you ever get married then
I hope that she dies
when you cry 
cause your face turns red
at the funeral they said
that you were sleeping with your dad
and the baby they had
came out and it was black
grabbed his chest and had a little heart attack
your mom dies in side at the sight of that
then you got home and you found out
that your cat ran away
the cancer decided 
to make its way to the brain

Happy Not Hateful

It Dies With Them

// Original vocals Kateryna Andruko
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
--
Paper moths in the window pane,
Chasing the hush of a neon rain.
Your breath writes poems on my skin,
Lines undone where dreams begin.

No name for the colour between
The dusk and what we’ve never seen
A whisper left on a turning page,
A tremble just beyond the cage.

In the half-light, we dissolve,
Sketches traced in slow resolve.
Shadows bend where you and I
Forget the shape of reasons why.
No need for dawn, no room for right
We bloom like film in silver night.

Your fingers speak in minor chords,
Touch like questions never formed.
We hang between the now and not,
Hung canvases the world forgot.

The lamp hums low like a held breath,
Each sigh a step away from death.
We are unnamed, unsaved, uncaged
A fever in the margin's page.

In the half-light, we dissolve,
Sketches traced in slow resolve.
Shadows bend where you and I
Forget the shape of reasons why.
No need for dawn, no room for right
We bloom like film in silver night.

Stay until the light forgets,
We are the echo silhouettes.
Not love, not lust, but something truer
A half-light hymn in shades obscure.
--
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In The Half Light (Feat. Kateryna Andruko)

Lyrics-wise, this is a follow-up to my songs "Moving Through Time" and "Love On My Mind".
Lyrics (alternating): "Still moving through time. Still you on my mind. Still moving through space. Still love on my mind."

Still Moving Through Time

Translation belove 

Paroles et chant de Jean-Paul Gaido-Daniel
Musique de Myckaël Marcovic
Illustration d'Annie Madec

Amour et mort et fleurs fanées

Dans le jardin où dort l’absence
J’ai vu ton ombre au pied des lys
Là où le vent chante en silence
Vers oubliés de nos prémices

Refrain :
Amour et mort et fleurs fanées
Du Baudelaire dans les allées
Et sous les roses empoisonnées
Nos âmes se sont embrasées
Nos âmes se sont embrassées

Des spleens perdus dans le mystère
Ton regard avait ce parfum
Puis, s’effaçant dans la poussière 
Ton cœur battait jusqu’au matin.
(refrain)

Quand l’âme rend sa révérence
À vouloir mourir de beauté
Entre un baiser et un silence
Que ce soit sous un ciel d’été

Refrain :
Amour et mort et fleurs fanées
Un vieux poème abandonné
Et sur ta tombe imaginée
Un (grand) bouquet de vérité

Lyrics and vocals by Jean-Paul Gaido-Daniel
Music by Myckaël Marcovic
Illustration by Annie Madec

Love and death and faded flower

In the garden where absence sleeps
I saw your shadow at the foot of the lilies
Where the wind sings in silence
Forgotten verses of our beginnings

Chorus:
Love and death and faded flowers
Some Baudelaire in the paths
And under the poisoned roses
Our souls were set ablaze
Our souls embraced

Spleens lost in mystery
Your gaze had this perfume
Then, fading into the dust
Your heart beat until morning.
(chorus)

When the soul gives up its reverence
Wanting to die of beauty
Between a kiss and a silence
Let it be under a summer sky

Chorus:
Love and death and faded flowers
An old abandoned poem
And on your imagined grave
A large bouquet of truth

Amour et mort et fleurs fanées (Jean-Paul Gaido-Daniel / Myckaël Marcovic)

👉🏾The pot calling the kettle black 👈🏾
     

Thirsty

A gentle piano piece inspired by resilience and faith. Hope is dedicated to finding light after dark seasons, and to the little moments that remind us we are loved.

Hope

The latest in our Moon series ... the Herb Moon is one of the names for the July moon. 

All the words are by me, and the music and cover is by Andreas Pirner, @APi_ZZ

Herb Moon

🎭Superheroes, video games, and the eternal clash between good and evil, with a heavy dose of sarcasm in stereo! Tom’s the villain, Mary’s the hero (maybe). It’s Just a Game... or is it?
We recorded this track months ago as an experiment with Auto-Tune and other full-blast vocal effects, but it sat on standby for a while without being mixed, since we prioritized other songs, and now here’s the result.😬
Normally we don’t use all these vocal effects, just the usual stuff like EQ, compression, and a bit of manual pitch correction when needed (Logic Pro’s Flex Pitch). But this time we went all in, and the result is pretty wild, especially on Mary’s voice.
That's all! Enjoy the listen (..as much as possible🤪).
Feel free to tell us it sucks in the comments!😹
👉At the moment, this track is exclusively available on SoundCloud.
Released on July 10, 2025.
©2025 Beating Edge

Lyrics:

[Male]
Here we go again, it’s the same old fight  
Heroes rise, villains hide, in the starlit night 
One side’s saving, one’s misbehaving  
Guess which one I’m playing? (Heh!)  

[Female]
Oh, don’t pretend you don’t know the rules  
Every bad guy plays it cool  
But in the end, good always wins  
Sorry, babe, that’s how it spins!  

[Both]
(Oh no!) The city’s burning bright  
(Oh yeah!) But justice takes the night  
You run, I chase, it’s a thrilling race  
But who’s the cat and who’s the prey?  

Good or bad, it’s a game we play  
Dancing in the night like a masquerade  
Tick-tock, flip the coin, who will stay?  
It’s a game of light and shadow!  

Good or bad, it’s a twist of fate  
One step right and the other astray  
Round and round in this grand ballet  
It’s a game of light and shadow!  

[Male]
I got the gadgets, I got the style  
Why be a saint when you can run wild?  
Crime pays better, let’s be clever  
Say it with me: "Forever!"  

[Female]
Oh please, you’ll end up caught  
Like every villain in every plot  
You might be cool, you might be slick  
But good plays this long game, quick!  

[Both]
(Oh no!) The chase is on again  
(Oh yeah!) But where does it all end?  
You run, I chase, but here’s the twist  
What if we’re both the same in this?  

Good or bad, it’s a game we play 
Dancing in the night like a masquerade  
Tick-tock, flip the coin, who will stay?  
It’s a game of light and shadow!  

Good or bad, it’s a twist of fate  
One step right and the other astray  
Round and round in this grand ballet  
It’s a game of light and shadow!  
 
[Male] Maybe today, I’ll switch my side...  
[Female] Maybe today, you’ll finally decide...  
[Male] Nahhh, too much fun in the chaos and thrill!  
[Female] Sigh, fine... chase me, I’ll stand still!  
 
Good or bad, it’s a game we play  
Dancing in the night like a masquerade  
Tick-tock, flip the coin, who will stay?  
It’s a game of light and shadow!  

Good or bad, it’s a twist of fate  
One step right and the other astray  
Round and round in this grand ballet  
It’s a game of light and shadow!  

[Male]
Guess we’ll do this all again tomorrow?  
[Female]
Oh, you bet! See you at midnight!  
[Male]
OK, cool!

It's Just a Game

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