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

Amantis

The Bunker

"Activate the pharmacy in my head"

Spend a bewildering few minutes with Interbay this Monday morning with another Rethink, Remake, Remix of a track that originally debuted on Facebook.  In its original form, this track was Experiment 52--but now, with the updates and revisions that the RRR process brings to these tracks, it becomes an "Xpansion Xperience."

So, enjoy this trip.  And it IS a trip.  

This is the soundtrack for suddenly realizing that the walls have started to move and the faces of those around you don't look quite right.  Colors seem more vivid, so much so you feel like you can smell the color green and you can taste the color pink.  

It is strange, but it is beautiful.  And you just get past the point of being frightened so you can appreciate this expanded consciousness when the dusty old record needle gets to the inner groove and the tone arm lifts on its own and returns to its off record position, and the record player shuts off...bringing you back to this world...where everything is so depressingly normal.  

(This is how someone who has never done any psychedelics imagines what it would be like...in music.)  

The video that originally accompanied this experiment when it was posted on Facebook back in 2023, included lots of scenes of San Francisco in the late 60s and early 70s, hanging with the freaks in the Haight Ashbury neigborhood...driving around the city at night.  It helped the track provide a dreamy vibe, like you were floating around in time.  

The music does that too...while much of the track is dominated by a heavily effect-laden guitar riff, you will occasionally drift into some double bass driven, brushes on the kit, jazzy blues...and other times, just the hint of modern dance music seems to blend into whatever journey to the past we may have thought we were on...  

...and all lthe time, you hear someone singing "woo woo"s.  (That almost became the name I gave this track after putting it through the RRR wringer--so, as cringe as Xpansion Xperience might seem...it could have been "Woo Woo." )

I'm a little worried about this track because it isn't the typical blend of post-punk and modern electronic dance music that most Interbay tracks end up being--but I think it still fits within the parameters of what Interbay can be.  

If you disagree, you might need to expand your consciousness.  

Not necessarily experienced, but mutated.  

This is one of the RRR mixes where not a lot has changed from Experiment to SoundCloud.  Some additional vocal elements, a slightly rearranged structure, and a new mix and master.  

So, take a short trip into time and space with "Xpansion Xperience" from Interbay.  

Listen, like, repost, share, comment, playlist and (most importantly) follow.  Any or all of these from you would help this whole Interbay music project--and, absolutely, my appreciation for those of you who do listen and like these tracks on a daily basis.  

(Now, once you've checked out today's track...go back and listen to "Graced By Your Presence" from two days ago.  It deserves more ears than it's received so far.  Thank You!)

"Xpansion Xperience" (exp52 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.

"Xpansion Xperience" (exp52 RRR) exclusive remix

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