Time Bomb

This is the second "Rethink Remake Remix"--an attempt to bring some of the earliest Interbay tracks up to the standards I enforce on the material I post here on SoundCloud.  This was originally "Experiment 2"--shared to Facebook in January 2023, but this is the first time this remix has ever been shared.  

I was still very new to FL Studio when this song formed in the rather meager initial version of Phantom Laboratories West.  My arrangements were simple, I used a lot of stock plugins, and, frankly I didn't know what I was doing.  But, I thought this was better than Experiment 1 (the RRR version of which dropped here a week ago, called "End of Eternity.")  

At the time it was posted on Facebook, it was an instrumental and it featured a video, made by me, for it--as all of the 140 tracks that were posted onto Facebook before I started posting exclusively (for now) on SoundCloud.  I was as green to video production as I was to laptop music production, and I hadn't even figured out that I wasn't limited to sequential still images yet.  (I was using Premier Rush at the time and literally was using it without having done any research on how it works--I'd try something and...there's my video.)    

My conceit for the video was that I would use large Impact font text to indicate what instrument was playing at that very moment (not all of them, that would be madness--but enough to get the vibe I wanted.)  So, when rethinking Experiment 2 for this RRR for SoundCloud, I leaned into the video conceit--and turned those descriptor cards into the vocals...using a glitchy filtered robot voice to do so.  

I think it works with vaguely electro music that iti s supporting.  

Once again, I do think this shows that the music I'm making now is stronger in structure and execution than the music I made two years ago...but, in the innocence and wonder of those early days, there's still something there...and I'm glade that this track got the Rethink, Remake, Remix treatment and that I can share it with you, here, now.  

(Not EVERY track posted originally to Facebook deserves the RRR treatment--for example, I will NOT be trying to salvage Experiment 3...which is more of a joke than a piece of music.  I was trying to sound less electronic and more like I was playing real life instruments...and testing to see if I could, basically, "jam" with myself.  I don't think there's any rescue possible for Experiment 3.  (I wasn't ever planning on going "in order" and do every track in an RRR way.  But I thought the first 2 Interbay Experiments deserved to be the first 2 RRR tracks shared here on SoundCloud.)    

Let me know what you think of this track.  Give it a listen and give it a like if you do.  

Do these RRR tracks interest you?  I hope so.  I also hope you follow this page for lots more Interbay--some of these RRR tracks but also freshly baked, just popped out of the Labs, new tracks as well.  You can expect track drops EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far...and my consecutive days posting new tracks streak is at 468 days in a row, as of this posting.)

"Assembly Instructions" (exp2 RRR) *exclusive remix*

Written, Performed and Produced by Sarah Paradise-Brown

This track is not yet mastered.. it may be a bit quiet... will do another mix before this becomes the final version.  This song will complete my album due for release on 22nd Sept (This year!) 🤪

Sometimes I feel nobody
But a stand-in for everybody
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

Love me when I am only
Too old and just sad and lonely
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

No matter if my world is falling down
My world is falling down
My world is falling down

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

Good Enough For You

I do love it when your brain just locks into an idea and it feels effortless to create something.  

I also like it when MY brain does that, too!  And that's what happened with "Quibble"--the latest Interbay track to drop exclusively here on SoundCloud.    

At 114bpm, it grooves instead of sprints.  The palette of sound colors is limited to just a few and the grind of repetition is a feature on this track, not a bug.  There is progression and there is acceleration, as the energy level of the song does built throughout the tracks length.  

And the lyrics construct a narrative that is about storytelling techniques and escaping a seemingly inevitable fate--"the magic of quibbles."  That sure feels like a worthy topic to make an Interbay song about!  

Is there at least a little bit of Rufus Du Sol influence here?  I think so.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  

"Keep your eyes out for those sly quibbles."  

Heading into the weekend, this slightly dark but still worthy of an enthusiastic dance track feels perfectly timed.  Hopefully you'll give this one a listen, a like, a repost and share.  Add it to a groovy dance playlist.  Leave a comment.  

Most of all, please give this page a follow.  If you'll look, there's nearly 500 original tracks in the back catalog of Interbay here--and all of these have been posted one per day for nearly 500 consecutive days.  That means, so far, every day brings a new surprise present for you to open up and check out--of course, it's always the same...a new Interbay track...but, those tracks sure aren't going to sound the same as each other!  

Worth it?  I think it is...though some may quibble with that admittedly biased opinion.

You should make your own decision.  To do that, you need to listen...and you should follow!

"Quibble" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Running on water

Crypto Obsession

Mia Wray - Ghost In My Machine (feat. Gabrielle Aplin) (cover)

We are all gods

Amantis

The Bunker

let me feel you this moment

Post-punk, dance, indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (every day for over a year, so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience), based out of Seattle and Phantom Laboratories West.