Because the Spotlight itself only has 5 positions, this playlist is used as "honorable mentions" - Tracks are not exactly ranked, but higher up this list means I recommend you listen to first.

I do update this list regularly - this includes track orders.

Spotlight Alumni (recommended listens!)

Spacious wavy instrumental aiming to invoke imagery of ancient worlds and dreamscapes filled with mythological wonder.

Regardless of whether that works for you, here it is.

Enjoy!


EDIT: the percussive elements, the 'bass' and the main melody are sampled from actual acoustic instruments that mostly serve a display function in my house, normally - but they are functional. The synth and brass are from a professional soundbank.
track built in Maschine+

❤️ @Bandcamp

Circe

Presenting a new entry for the myth-wave catalog.

Hope you enjoy!

file v2.2

video: https://youtu.be/zc6GFrI11tw

Arachne

edit: this now has a video https://youtu.be/V9NKpMOOLNQ

Got a new toy, had to play with it,
but also wanted to build something of a song, because repertoire;
and I was inspired by many things I have listened to over the past weeks.

I have to come to the point of happy uplifting music yet, so you will have to do with this:


It's a song about some dark places a mind can be in... The protagonist may not be of this world, in fact. Or he never fit in...


lyrics

look for me in the shadows
look for me in the rain
cannot find in the mirror
cannot run down the drain

hold it up for a cover
give me something to taste
I need to see you tomorrow
everything else is a waste

looking out of the window
shattered worlds made out of glass
here I am set out to wander
if we only had something to last

I get it
I loved it
and wanted too much


mix v3.0

Unrequited

2023-08-23 made public on Soundcloud, it was here all along, private, for distribution purposes.

This track is part of a remix/rework spree which was distributed in November 2021.

album on Bandcamp

Smoke And Mirrors (2021 remix)

2023-08-23 about time I got this public :)

Blazing Away (2021 remix)

An all fresh and new experimental bit, even though it's technically a new take on a pre-millenial song of mine. Here's the video that we are pretty stoked about: https://youtu.be/NODyGroE2D4

it's kind of an atmospheric piece.

lyrics:

give me love to kill the hate
give me hate to kill the lie
won't you dare to change your sides
turn the darkness into light

when it's fierce and then it comes
change will twist and turn it on
find a mind - declining heart
push and pull until it's gone

this I know is mine
the song of six to nine
we could but spill the wine
run further down the line

here, now, mine, so fine

can you hear the death bell ring?
can you feel the scorpion sting?

here, now, mine, so fine

Love Hate Lie

In memory of my dear friend Lebo, also drummer of the live band Laybow, here's another track of what turned out to be her final music session.

This is a live session played on nov. 5th 2021.  Lebo passed away on dec. 22nd 2021.

Though we may enjoy her energy embedded in her legacy and memories and in many different other ways, we will never get to interact with her directly again. And that will be missed tremendously. But she WILL be celebrated, this is not a question. 

The picture is her giving a 'goodnight kiss' as a funny pic to the bass player's son, a couple of years ago. This photo brings a smile to my face as it's full of joyful vibes.

me: guitar and voice
PP: bass
Lebo: drums

Polaroid (live 2021-11-05)

For the occasion, I reworked this thing a little. It's a track from the archives but I always enjoy this one for the energy. Nothing too serious though :)

lyrics:

ah hear the phone rings
time for a night out
fragile hearts await to break like glass on
classy smiles and
aerosol touch of plastic warmth
enthusiastic spasms of a lovelife on the thresh
of lifting off

she paints her face down with red and sticky glue
wrapped around her eyes it looks like
wings of butterflies
look at all the flesh displayed
all this ecstasy unveiled
"run away with me," her body screams,
"you will be pleased to please, please me"

she's a happy valentine
such a happy valentine

kisses, hugs and funny talk
electrifies the air
look at her attention span,
"what with who and why and where?"
a gazillion pretty friends to give her
all the love she needs
in the centre of the universe she says:
"it's just ol' silly little
ME"

it's a happy valentine
such a happy valentine

Happy Valentine redux

Hi, 
While my studio room is being rebuilt, I only have limited access to my equipment and not nearly enough time to create lots of new stuff.

I did find the time to go through my archives and thought to remix this little piece.
It's an original 4-track cassette recording from 1997 (I think), I retreated the individual tracks with fancy VST's and ran the guitar through an impulse response of my VS100 amp. It sounds much better now.

The studio room is really getting together, a couple more weeks and I'll have it up and running again. 

For now:


lyrics:

goodbye said the dreamer
my life is over here
in my own fantasies
my mind I cannot steer

I've been over the rainbow
travelled seven seas
seen black and white haired women
my mind thus now at ease

these thoughts they are a given
from depths within the stars
people all were watching
thoughts went into war

goodbye little dreamer
is crushing on the crowd
you see you have it all
this has just broken down your wall

these thoughts they are a given
from depths within the stars
people all were watching
thoughts went into war

I've been over the rainbow,
travelled seven sees
seen black and white haired women
my mind thus now at ease

goodbye little dreamer,
is crushing on the crowd
you see you have it all
this has just broken down your wall

goodbye said the dreamer
my life is over here
in my own fantasies
my mind I cannot steer

my mind is over here
my mind I cannot steer

goodbye little dreamer
startling the crowd
you see you have it all
let's break down the wall
break down the wall
broke down your wall

more From the Vaults

Dreamer's Goodbye

From Lebo's very final drum session, as it sadly turned out -
Taken from live session 2021-11-05 at Tjarda, room 5

Tom - guitar and voice
Peter Paul - bass
Lebo - drums

free download 🌹

Laybow - House of Spirits

Legacy track. Took me a while to find this one, I was looking specifically for it to give it some modern treatment.

I also tried to transcribe the lyrics, but I couldn't figure all of them out, so for now I will not post the lyrics. Maybe later.

Really That Divine

Encountering persona for linguistic reprogramming...

BandCamp link

Progress

Toying with the Maschine+ again, loads of fun!

The Exalted

Myth wave version of "Patterns" of which the original remake can be heard here: https://alicedeeper.bandcamp.com/track/patterns-1996-remake

So, yeah, that myth wave album is definitely coming.

Patterns (Myth Wave version)

A very early track, in complete remake. There is an earlier remake on my profile too and a remix of that remake, but I never uploaded the original.

"redux" as in, rethunk and cut out some redundant verses.

closing track of the "Fall" EP
https://open.spotify.com/album/4UTItNTWHhAL0ASu6cm8rB

lyrics:

Manyman the missionary
his holy cross in hand
holding up his sacred book
he is fighting for his land

He passes the threshold of his thoughts
darkness conquering his mind
this confusion has only brought
a glance upon the other side

Manyman and his smiling mask
answering his divine task
could he conquer all that's ill?
Manyman's a man of will

and the missionary stumbles
and he's grabbing for a hold
all the words that once had built him
now make him choke upon his throat

Manyman projects away
cannot stand the light of day
reflects upon this failing grace
put Manyman back in his place

Manyman the world is open
Manyman it's there for you
do you know it's all you hoped for
there is nothing you can't do

Fall

over here ✨

Manyman (redux)

Fall sessions demanded to do remakes of a bunch of tracks that just ask for it.. again.

lyrics:

all the devils and the beasts now have gathered for the feast
behold the naked human meat - surely they won't eat the least
but the angel's left outside though this hell is opened wide
to her mercy long has died, escape the darkness she has tried
now she sees her dying moon - see her dancing in the gloom
through the mist and through this room
watch the angel's flower bloom

where the streets are shades, where the demon waits
the angel turns out to be strong, she embraces the angel song
and the calling from afar, see the rationale at war
feelings that were, feelings that are - bound together in a star

she is here for you to see, she is here for you to be
she holds the love that we all seek beneath the black, beneath the bleak

she is breaking through the glass - follow the footprints on the grass
float with the smoke through the sky - a-where the angel hides
and right here, up above, she's still crying out for love
she is sick of all the lies, she is sick not knowing why

and no, I can't believe - all the visions I receive
but the truth it must be real, I taught the angel to feel

here it is and here's it plain, now the angel's not the same
she knows now that she can see, I taught the angel to feel

the angel - feel

The Fall EP @BandCamp

Angel (fall session)

"Fall" EP

Where The Unfortunate Dwell (Unfortunation)

mix version 2, this might be adjusted

Sacrifice
All the time
Never lie
Head up high

Visions unfolding
Pathways reopen
Neural control
Break through the wall

Demonized
Inner child
Let it out
For a while

Passions rekindled
Never it dwindled
Spiraling flight
Transformative light

✴️ free download here

Bear No More

From the Laybow demo recording sessions

Lebo - drums
P. P. - bass, backing vocals
Tom - guitars, vocals

Laybow - Resolve

House of Spirits from the Laybow demo recording sessions.

A new entry for the Myth Wave collection.

now has a video: https://youtu.be/OgFfGesONrA

check out the entire collection here:
https://alicedeeper.bandcamp.com/album/myth-wave-the-ever-growing-collection

edit: I realize that Dead Can Dance have a track with the exact same name. This is not a cover, though - DCD is an absolute inspiration and I can only recommend checking out their work to the fullest.

Myth Wave here

Dance Of The Bacchantes

I had this tune in my head for quite a while, and now I finally recorded it. It's always fun to take new approaches to the recording process. It's certainly not as clean and polished as it could be, but there is another version in the works with the Laybow-legacy studio project. 

lyrics:

look, it's the sun that's coming back to shine
even the rain has never felt this fine

and the trees turn back to green
all the colours that you haven't seen for a long time
this past time, fading
to make place for a new day
a new scent is calling
and I will be falling in love again

look, there's a new bird in the sky
circling upward like it never got that high before

and the flowers in the street
so many faces new to meet
all our paths that intertwine
like the bees back to the hive
build another piece of life
like the bird that got so high
it's the only way to fly

always in springtime
a new scent is calling
I will surely be falling
in love again

v2; some vocal corrections

A Song For Springtime

Another one for the Myth Wave collection. I got me some African djembes on the local flea market today, completely unplanned and by surprise, and some African shakers too, and my housekeeper had brought me a souvenir from her hometown earlier this week - a mouth harp. So I went ahead and recorded some music today.

It turned a bit darkly, as I filled in the openness with a ghostly synth, so I named the track after the illusive greek goddess of night - Nyx.

The Myth Wave collection can be found here: https://alicedeeper.bandcamp.com/album/myth-wave-the-ever-growing-collection (for free)

Myth wave collection

Children of Nyx

I was sampling some interesting items, and wanted to create a track with it. Also I actually wanted to keep it minimal, but much like my garden, it kinda overgrew a bit 😸

This has a video now: https://youtu.be/2IdnjzO0sFI

Antheia

Experimenting with different workflows yielded this. I am feeling the energy of the subject matter, so here it is. Going for textured sounds and very custom homemade sample things, there is a lo fi grit to this one. Hope you enjoy.

Hephaistos

Finally ready for release;

Tom - guitars, vocals
Peter Paul - bass, backing vocals
Lebo - drums


lyrics:

down the river, downstream
the lightness of being
and the lake breaks light
casting the dark aside

and the river flows
but the echoes still beating
like the words that you said
while you were sleeping

put a flower in your hair
let the petals fill the air
let them swirl around you
closes overhead

now the rain comes down
and the waves are getting higher
as the sails they flutter
in the skies, getting wider

put a flower in your hair
as the raindrops fill the air
let them swirl around you
closer...

and the river flows
back to the ocean
as the sun breaks through
at the heart of the motion

take the flower from your hair
as the rainbow fills the air
let it swirl around you
closer...

Laybow - A Day On The Water

Another track for the Laybow legacies demo, finally ready for release:

Tom - guitars, vocals
Peter Paul - bass
Lebo - drums

Alan Watts samples

Laybow - Decry

Also finally ready for release: the next "legacy" Laybow recording.

Enjoy!

Tom - voice, guitars
Peter Paul - bass guitar, backing voice
Lebo - drums

Laybow - Down Below

Yet another track finished from the Laybow legacy.

Tom - voice, guitars
Peter Paul - bass
Lebo - drums

Laybow - Favorite Game

Selene

Tom "Puppet Xeno", core member of the Alice Deeper music project.
Grungegoth, Myth Wave, Eclectic experimentalist -

Alice Deeper is on Spotify, Bandcamp and Youtube. Check the links below to connect. We aim to make it worth your while 😸

PuppetXeno

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