Started this first playlist of Interbay tracks to celebrate Spooky Week 2024.  All of the tracks in this playlist are on the "dark side" of the sounds that Interbay generates--it could be dark post-punk, witch house, darkwave, goth rock, dark industrial, dark techno, etc.  

Could be good background music for a Halloween party.  

This playlist will be added to (even if it isn't Spooky Week) whenever tracks on the dark side of Interbay get posted.

The Dark Side of Interbay (we have cookies!)

Darkworld.  The most miserable place on earth.  Every ride is the Haunted Mansion.  And, over the speakers throughout the park is this Interbay track.  It's sorta goth, sorta indie, definitely post-punk...with nods to OMD, Prince and 50's sci-fi...all drenched in reverb, with synthesizers and neuro basses for all.  Why?  Because we like you!  M-O-U-S-E!

"Darkworld" by Interbay *SoundCloud Exclusive*

As you can tell by the tags, I didn't really know the best way to describe this track--though, especially if you're of a certain age, you'll know what this is when you hear it.  

Oooooh, it's sorta spooky!  

(At the same time, there are elements of this track that sound, somehow, like "flying".  Maybe a better song title would have been "Broomstick?"  

If you take the time to explore the tracks posted to this page, you'll find a variety of styles and conceits--a veritable bouillabaisse of various flavors of dance music, mutated pop, indie rock, and darkness (not always all in one song, of course.)  

This particular track features a vocal part buried deep in the mix--your ears will try to search for it...which, I think ratchets up the tension and dread a bit.  

...but, like the ghost in the window of the picture, it's not THAT scary.  

If you're interested in the creative process, this song came together because yesterday, I heard Morrissey's "Everyday is Like Sunday" on Sirius/XM's First Wave.  And from that...came this (which sounds absolutely NOTHING like Moz's song.  I think the only element I can pinpoint is the tom tom build out of the intro, which is shared by both songs.)  

Hope this amuses you.  A follow gets a follow back.  More to come!

"Haunting" by Interbay *SoundCloud Exclusive*

We had a long drive yesterday--from Dickinson ND to Missoula MT.  Part of that time was listening to FirstWave on SiriusXM...and the Slugmonstrocity played "All Night Long" by Peter Murphy.  

I think you can hear the influence of that track on THIS Interbay track.  Obviously, I wasn't trying to recreate a Peter Murphy song...but I took inspiration from it, in tempo, some of the sound design, and the general spooky vibe.  

It all fell together pretty quickly here in the Motel 6 in Missoula--and, though I had another song ready to drop today...I've called an audible, and you're getting "Whispers" instead.  

The track is a vibe more than anything else.  There's no coherent plot, there's precious little song structure, and musically, it is pretty restrained.  

But...this track excels in projecting a mood.  Might be good on a Halloween playlist, just saying.  

I should be home again tomorrow evening and I've got to imagine that things will quickly fall back into place, rather than these strange early morning posts...you'll be able to catch new tracks here around midday from now on.  

"Whispers" by Interbay *SoundCloud Exclusive*

...if an Interbay album is ever made from these SoundCloud Exclusives, it certainly feels that THIS song should follow yesterday's track--without intending to, I made tracks that fit rather well together.  

"Alone in the Dark" (the first of these SoundCloud Exclusives to be given more than one word for its title) carries on the moodiness from "Interlude" and turns it into an epic and dark alternative rock track.  

(A good comparison might be The Cure "A Night Like This" or maybe even Echo & The Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon"--not THAT good, of course, but it is in that style.)  

I've also justified the "Electronic" tag with a lot of underlying synths, processed drums and effects.  (If they had a "Dark Wave" tag for the main genre options, I'd have picked that, I think.)

This one has been sitting in The Vault a little longer than most of these SoundCloud Exclusives (many of which were created the day before they were posted.)  This one, I wanted to hold on to...to wait until the right time to drop it.  

Now seems like the right time--and I have some of you to thank for that!

I was deciding between dropping this today or a more Electronic/Dance/Club banger--and my choice was going to be based on how "Interlude" did yesterday.  

As I said in the description text for "Interlude", when I stray too far from electronic dance music, those tracks get far fewer plays--like in the single digits.   

(Certainly neither "Zagreb" nor "Selfishly deserved their fate...and the earliest posts low play counts are because I hadn't figured out any way to promote my new channel yet.)  

I didn't want to have two straight songs underperform.  So, I made a promise that if "Interlude" did better than I was expecting--even though it is as far as I've ever posted from a club track (so far)--specifically, if it would get 50 plays at the time I'd post today's track...I would pick "Alone in the Dark" as today's post, but if it didn't (and I expected it wouldn't), I had another track lined up and ready to go (which will certainly get posted here, just...later).  

I was delightfully surprised to see 123 yellow ribbons 'round the old oak tree!  (Ancient reference there...it got 123 plays, which is far more than single digits and more than twice as much as the 50 target.)  

So, thank you, random people who listen to my music but never like, repost, share, or follow.  Though all of those things would be quite nice, obviously, I still appreciate those of you who can't be bothered.  

I hope you like my choice today--I think it is a particularly good one.  (Let me know if you agree!)

"Alone in the Dark" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Perhaps some of the previous tracks in this themed Spooky Week of Interbay track posts leaned more on the "horror" side of what people find "spooky"--so, I thought we might spice things up with a touch of...  

"SUSPENSE!!!!"

(Apologies if that felt over-dramatic, but I'm posting a track with samples from Vincent Price--such drama would be understated in comparison.)  

This track was original imagined as one of the many Interbay experiments that have been posted (though none recently) on Facebook--where I'd marry up the Interbay tracks I was coming up with (so far, none of them duplicated here on SoundCloud) to some sort of visualizer.  I thought this would make for a particularly interesting video.  

...but, this is a reinterpretation of a theatrical radio broadcast.  There were no viusals from the show to help me craft a video for it--and for that, and a number of reasons, I never got around to posting this track until just now.  (It had, ironically, sat in the Vault for quite some time--as I can produce music for days!)  

I thought, briefly, that this song might never be shared properly.  I did not know this when I first began posting here on SoundCloud, but the first second (or so) would get cut off of every upload--and being a former dj, I liked when tracks started IMMEDIATELY...so, that caused a problem for some of the earliest tracks--until I went back into the project files and added a second of blank space before re-uploading the tracks in a SoundCloud specific corrected way.  

BUT..this track is quite a bit older than any other tracks I've posted on SoundCloud so far--old enough that the production on this track ended on New Year's Eve of 2023/2024.  I had no idea I'd be switching from Facebook to SoundCloud--nor did I know I'd soon be upgrading Phantom Laboratories West.  And, in the move from the previous PLW to the one I'm using now, parts of the file for this track went missing--so, I couldn't just reopen the project and add a second to the start of it.  

Luckily, I found a workaround...as it is a perfect track to share during Spooky Week.  

The song itself--it is a dark house track with suckbacks, reverses, sound effects and a cinematic approach to breakdowns.  I wouldn't blame you if you felt that I messed with the auto pan a bit too much--but it was on purpose, to leave the listener feeling a bit unsettled...as I thought that would be thematically appropriate.  

I almost considered using the music parts of this project, ditching the radio play samples (which were much of what had gone missing) and re-using it for a new (probably spooky as well) track...but I'm glad you get to hear "Suspense" the way I hoped you would.  

(You'll also see that this is the "darkness re-edit"--there was an original mix of this track that lasted over 11 minutes long...and it didn't work as well as this one, I think does.  But, of course, your mileage may vary...  Still, I don't see that 11 minute+ version seeing the light of day any time soon...so...you're welcome?)  

Play! Like! Repost! Share! Comment! Follow!  
thank you!

"Suspense (darkness re-edit)" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Time Bomb

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

...well, I guess, officially, Spooky Week 2025 has started.  (A little early, depending on if you think "If You Got To Get" is spooky...or if it started yesterday with "Devil's Night.")

I had a choice of two tracks to drop today...and I chose the third one.  The one I hadn't even thought of until this morning on the car ride home after dropping my kid off at school and I didn't even start around noon.  (Which is why this track is dropping later than most recent tracks have dropped...it literally didn't exist when I thought I'd post a track today.)  

Why the sudden change of plans?  I had been thinking of what type of songs might work for spooky week...and what spooky tropes could be worked into songs.  I mean, if we are starting a little early--I don't want every song this week to sound exactly the same (other than how every Interbay song ends up sounding...like Interbay.)  

Suddenly, the combination of different genres I could try and remembering that I haven't done a song about zombies in a hot minute suddenly put the song "Now I'm Feeling Zombified" by Alien Sex Fiend.  Which, I have to admit...doesn't happen very often. 

I'm not sure I've thought of this song since I was djing at a video club in Eau Claire, Wisconsin...and our "Halloween" video tape had the video for this song (and the thumbnail here is a grab from that video) on it (along with all of your other favorite Halloween hits--"Monster Mash", "The Time Warp",  "A Nightmare on My Street," "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and then 15 songs by The Cure.)  

(I do know that Crash, my songwriting partner in my early bands, is a fan of Alien Sex Fiend--or, at least, this song of theirs.)  

What kind of music is Alien Sex Fiend?  Allmusic says that they are referred to as "goth, death rock, post-punk, industrial" but the biography throws in glam rock, punk, psychedelia, techno, and trance."  

So...everything, then?  Sounds perfect for Interbay!    

That's the vibe I was going for.  There's lo-fi synths, industrial metal clanks, processed guitars, drum machine beats, real drum beats, tons of effects.  Pretty much the only thing this track DOESN'T have that you'd probably find in an ASF song is...campy B-movie samples.  (Which, if you've been following Interbay for any length of time...is surprising, considering how many movie samples find their way into these tracks.)  

...and, zombies.  

Get in the spirit of Spooky Week.  Turn the lights down.  Turn the music up.  Eat some candy (I know you've got some!)    

Give "Hunger For Brains" a listen, a like, repost it and share it with your spooky friends!  Leave a spooky comment.  And follow for more Interbay, new tracks drop every single day (so far!)

(If you don't like spooky music, come back in November...because it's going to be spooky for...well...a week...give or take a day or two.)

"Hunger For Brains" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

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.

"Hunger For Brains" SoundCloud Exclusive

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