So good man-could be a commercial release 👍👍👍

Rocky is good…..love that relentless drive

Realy tuff dark goth party song 😎👌👌👌

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!)

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

❤️ @Bandcamp

Unrequited

Reworked mix for the Overland album (https://ffm.to/overland)
and here's a lyric video: https://youtu.be/Bq5LZAaUcb8

This is a 2012 recording of a 1993 track - very early composition which proved pivotal the musical direction I would take. This track is a frequent revisit and I have recorded a later version, but the 2012 version is the rockiest of them all.

Retreated, remixed, remastered it almost sounds as new. Refurbished, if you will. All in 2021 for the release of the Overland album.
The earlier version of this track was already on my profile, but this one has now taken it's place.

lyrics:

fall ye through a wall of brick, could ye be such a heretic
yeah I know in your head you're sick but must ye be such a lunatic
so you say yes I am a freak as I kiss on your skin so bleak
let me dance upon your fire, let me feel your black and dire
and you say you are turning cold - let me see all your cards unfold
show me paths and then I could, don't lose grip now if I would be...

screaming in the haze... feeling little daze...
trapped in a maze... thrown away my face...

jump in front of the three eyed shadow of the night
maybe sing standing in the midst of the wailing tracks of never missed
there you were upon my fire over waves of desire
he told me so - a won't you try her - and I thought he was a liar!
I rather sing instead of talk,
I rather dance instead of walk
gimme gimme till I overflow
rather be high instead of low

screaming in the haze... feeling little daze...
trapped in a maze... thrown away my face...

you think I don't know you... don't I know you?

Thrown Away My Face

Thrown Away My Face (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

piano: michael spielmann I
bass: michael spielmann II

Hinter Wolken (behind clouds) comp. & perf. michael spielmann

Secret Crush Bunny

Sundial

Sur la plage, il y a des amants endormis.
Le matin pâle réveille, la mer engourdie.
Les enfants finissent, leur rêve, blottis dans leur lit.
Les dragons, et les princesses, et les chauves-souris.
Regagnent le monde secret et quittent la nuit.
Une douche, un café, mes baskets, au pied.
Alors je cours, et je cours, et je cours,
Je cours, je cours, je cours, je cours,
Sur, la jetée au loin, le soleil peint,
Les couleurs de l’amour, de l’amour.
Un, goéland tout blanc, dessine dans le ciel,
Les signes de ton retour, ton retour.
Dans, la baie un bateau, déchire le tableau,
Tout à contre-jour, contre-jour.
Un, cheval déploie, sa crinière au vent,
En partant au galop, au galop.
Les, quelques rares passants, étendent leurs ombres,
Jusqu’à Saint Malo, Saint Malo.
Le, petit bar du coin, dresse sa terrasse,
Attire les moineaux, les moineaux.
Je cours, et je cours, et je cours,  
Je cours, je cours, je cours, je cours,

Je cours

Early 50's style jazz, blues, rock'n'roll crossover.

Walkin' Shoes

Deep drone with Acoustic violin

Cool down,and chill

Enjoy!

Deep Space 101 :Deep Acoustic and Electric Drone

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)

The Manitoban  - Part 2

Josh and eddyoffline have been working on this track on BandLab - this is my take on it.
Josh sent me the invite to collab on the day I heard of my brother in law Will’s passing. He was a very cool dude. RIP brother.

eddy - bass and rhythm guitar
Josh - vocals 
Tez - echo guitar and lead guitar

Josh’s mix is here 😎

https://on.soundcloud.com/iuGU9X6u5gGHouPT6

Heaven's Door - with Entheogenic Psychonaunt (Josh Clary) and eddyoffline

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

"Reckless" - Piano Improv

Happy new year 2023 !!

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 😸

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