This is a dark-wave / new-wave track inspired by Depeche Mode. The theme is being different to others, and being happy out of place.

Lyrics:

Shadowed I walk alone
My world is dark like stone
They wear colors so bright
I can't join in their light
They laugh and shine so clear
But my heart holds the fear
In their glow I'm unseen
Caught in a world between

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

They see rainbows and sun
But for me it’s all gone
Their smiles don't touch my soul
In this dark I feel whole
In their world I’m a ghost
A shadow they have lost
No matter how they try
I’m a dark lullaby

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

I know you think I am cold
Invisible
A phantom that you cannot hold
At home in the dark

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

I'm lost in the night


Dark

This song was originally written as an acoustic track with just piano and vocals, and has been through multiple levels of feedback to reach its current stage. I have tried to approach overcoming isolation and depression in a way that is generally relatable, and to build to an optimistic conclusion. It's in Db Major, which is the musical equivalent of someone putting on a happy face.

Lyrics:

Did you ever feel that the world's not listening
Did you ever feel that the world just don't care
Did you catch a glimpse of the sky made of diamonds
Did you look again and it wasn't there

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

Did you ever think that you were a loser
Did you ever think that you didn't belong
Did you hear the song in the colors of the rainbow
Did you look again and it was gone

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

You're not the only one that's hurting
You're not alone in your pain
You can find solace in remembering 
That rainbows only follow rain


When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal your world and not fall apart

Yes, you can heal your world and not fall apart

The Illusion

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

Experimental, Industrial, Ambient, Techno

Brixton Megaphone Soundwaves

Amantis

Well, after a weekend of watching football...how fitting it is that this Monday starts with a punt!  

This is not the track that I originally wanted to post today, but just as we launched Icarus into the sky, the poor soul was blasted by one of the bots laser beams.  (We will try to rebuild him.)  

I'm a bit surprised, as the only thing that could have run afoul of the bots were some movie snippets--and usually the bots ignore those.  Not this morning.  

Luckily, I had another Monday worthy track ready to go today.  Monday's, here, as you may know, are when we reach back to the time when Interbay experiments were posted (along with music videos) on Facebook.  (This would be from January 2023 to May 2024, at which time I switched to posting tracks exclusively on SoundCloud.)  

This recent Monday formula is to take one of those tasks and push it through the Fun Factory that is the RRR protocol.  RRR stands for Rethink, Remake, Remix.  My goal is to take another go at these older tracks with the additional skills that experience have, hopefully, granted me.  It is also a chance to update these tracks to the standards and criteria I have for posting tracks on SoundCloud--for example, all of the tracks that I post on SoundCloud MUST have a vocal element, which was NOT true of all of the tracks I'd posted on Facebook.  

It can be fun to revisit the ideas I had then and see how I might do things differently.  And the end result is a strong Interbay track, even if you aren't at all familiar with the original (though, the tracks are still on Facebook if you want to compare and contrast.) 

This track is a burst of caffeine to wake you up on a Monday morning...or a way to pregame for heading out to the clubs on any night of the week.  Tons of energy in the bouncing bass guitar, the drums, the arpeggios...it is trying its best to live up to being worthy of its central demand that you "Don't Stop Dancing."  

Not sure what will happen to the RRR track I originally tried to post today.  Might have to be locked into the deepest level of The Vault (where only the brave...and perhaps, someday, the Patreoners, will ever have access to it.  We'll see.  I may also put it BACK through the RRR wringer one more time to take out whatever might have angered the bots and try to post it agian in the future.)  

For now, though...please give a listen to what was once known as "Experiment 24" and is now the latest Interbay track, "Don't Stop Dancing".  

Like it, if you do--that really helps!  So does reposting, sharing, adding to playlists, and commenting.  

There's new Interbay, EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far!), so FOLLOW this page to see in what crazy directions this project will take you!  Thank you!

"Don't Stop Dancing" (exp24 RRR) *exclusive remix*

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.

"Don't Stop Dancing" (exp24 RRR) exclusive remix

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