Too Many Faces

The second official collaboration in the SoundCloud Exclusive era of the Interbay music project is the result of my tendency for defying the YouTube algorithm and watching things I never knew I needed in my life--and getting inspired from that...  

I found Rex Brown's "Zen and the Art of Lawn Maintenance" and found it charming.  As a goof to share with my therapist, I took Rex's audio, chopped it up and made my own remix of it--knowing that my therapist would appreciate the "therapy speak" that Rex cleverly incorporated into his "Tao of Pooh" like tribute to summer lawn care.    

But, as the words were not mine (neither was the guitar playing on the original piece), I assumed this would just be one of those tracks that get locked up in The Vault.  (Like the version of "Kicks" with more Feargal Sharkey in it...or the version of "Walk" with the Reids on it--some ideas, though wonderful, are bound to murder Icarus and run foul of reasonable intellectual property protections.)  

...the track was made back when I was still posting my tracks on Facebook...and it has sat in the LOCKED section of the Vault ever since.  

...well, until a few weeks ago.  I saw the file for it in the locked section of The Vault and thought, you know...I COULD find out how to contact Rex, let him know this crazy thing I did with his content, and see if he'd be up for letting it be released.  I figured, the worst that could happen would be that I got to share it with another person, even if Rex chose to keep it away from the public.  

To my delight, Rex has granted permission to share this track with you.  Now, pulling it out of The Vault, I decided to replace Rex's vocals--which were rather noisy and, with all of the Interbay I was dumping all over the track, I wanted the words--the best part of the track, by far--to be heard clearly and understood.  So, I had those re-voiced (and quite dramatically, too!)  I also tightened up the structure so that it feels (more) like a song instead of a tone poem.  

You will occasionally hear some of the guitar that Rex put on his original video...and, though I'd love to take credit for the words, I can't...as those also belong to Rex.  

Cheers, Rex!  Welcome to the rollercoaster madness that is Interbay.  

This song has important life advice, a lo-fi shuffle beat, synthesizers, guitars, a sitar (or, a sitar-esque like sounding thing)...and I hope you give it a listen!  And a like!  And a repost!  And a share!  And a comment!  And add it to your playlist!  But most of all, I'd love it if you give this page a follow.  We've got some very important and special days coming up here...and you wouldn't want to miss out on the fun!

"Gas Powered Lawnmower of Enlightenment" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

The Ice Cream Van Man

let me be there for you

Projekt Energy_1

cable

zur Sommerzeit

A Kind Of Longing

Lost Paradise

A Kind Of Longing EP

Self Help Song

Downtempo, IDM, Glitch, Techno, Breakbeat, Progressive, House, Ghettotech

Count Rabat

Thunder on an sunny day

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.

"Gas Powered Lawnmower of Enlightenment" SoundCloud Exclusive

Interbay

Related tracks