Produced using the following software and virtual instruments:
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaComp (compressor); ReaDelay (delay) ; ReaFIR (noise canceller) ; ReaVerb (reverb), ReaEQ.  Jesusonic effects: Volume/Pan Smoother; Channel Time Delayer; Waveshaping Distortion; Chorus; Goniometer; track automation (volume, pan, parameters)
•	Bass Engine CM, sampled bass guitar, by Dope VST
•	Clap Machine, sampled claps by 99Sounds
•	Dexed, 6-operator FM synthesizer (Yamaha DX-7 emulator), by Digital Suburban
•	Dune CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Synapse Audio
•	FB-3300 Modular polyphonic synthesizer by Full Bucket Music (Korg PS-3300 emulator)
•	RG Muted CM, rhythm guitar synth, by Rob Papen
•	Sample Tank4, guitars, electric organ, voice and tambourine instruments/samples, by IK Multimedia
•	Steven Slate Drums 5.5, sampled drum set, by Steven Slate
•	Vielklang Instant Harmony 2 CM, pitch corrector by zplane
•	Loudness Meter 2, LUFS instrumentation, by YouLean
MIDI programming and vocals by RayonBase

Peanut Butter Jam

Original Words and Music by RayonBase.  See composing info below.
Lyrics:
Backwards on a swing / You gave me a push
You say it’s my thing / I’ll give you a push
   Refrain:
   Can I kiss you?  Can I kiss you?  Can I kiss you?
   You say “no”, You say “no”, You say “no”, then maybe
   It hurts to look at the sun /    I’m blinded, you are the one
             maybe
Ice cream on my lips / Kiss it all away
Give me double dips / More and more you say
    [Refrain]
Us and no one else / No games/jealousy
Do what no one tells / Touching patiently
    [Refrain]
Sneaking up behind / Don’t look at my mess
You say you don’t mind / I forgot to dress…
------- Composing Info: ---------
Produced using the following software and virtual instruments:
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaDelay (delay) ; ReaVerbate (reverb) ; ReaEq (multiband equalizer) ; ReaGate (noise gate) ; track automation (volume, pan, Low Frequency Oscillator, parametric low-pass filter)
•	Jesusonic effects:  MIDI Arpeggiator
•	FB-3300 Modular polyphonic synthesizer VST by Full Bucket Music (Korg PS-3300 emulator)
•	RG-Muted CM Rhythm Guitar Synthesizer/Sequencer by Rob Papen Concrete FX
•	TS-808 Drum Synthesizer by Tactile Sounds (Roland TR-808 emulator)
•	MT POWER DrumKit 2, sampled drum kit by Manda Audio
•	Clap Machine, sampled claps by 99Sounds
•	ABPL II, sampled Fender Precision bass guitar by NuSofting
•	Vielklang instant harmony 2 CM, pitch correction/harmonizer by zplane
==> MIDI programming and vocals by Rayon Base

Can Eye Kiss You?

Where would we be without a place to stay?
---- Lyrics and Composition Information ----
Refrain:
   You are my shelter / You are my home
   You are my shelter / You are my home
Verses:
Under the covers, nice and warm / We drift off to sleep
Under the covers, safe from harm / Pray my soul to keep
[Refrain]
Give me your hand, it feels warm / Walking in the park
Snuggle together, arm in arm / Roaming in the dark
[Refrain]
Warm glowing sunset, gentle waves / We get a seaside camp
Warm glowing embers, by the waves / Safe from cold and damp

Produced using the following software and virtual instruments:
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaDelay (delay) ; ReaVerbate (reverb) ; ReaEq (multiband equalizer) ; ReaGate (noise gate) ; ReaComp (compressor) ;  track automation (volume, pan, parameters)
•	Jesusonic effects:  MIDI Arpeggiator
•	FB-3300 Modular polyphonic synthesizer by Full Bucket Music (Korg PS-3300 emulator)
•	STRINGS LABS, sampled 14-piece string ensemble with effects by Spitfire Audio
•	Bright Electric Guitar, sampled Fender Stratocaster guitar by SONiVOX
•	Fathom, modular polyphonic synthesizer by Seaweed Audio
•	TS-808 Drum Synthesizer by Tactile Sounds (Roland TR-808 emulator)
•	Iowa Piano, sampled Steinway grand piano by Bigcat Instruments
•	ABPL II, sampled Fender Precision bass guitar by NuSofting
•	Vielklang instant harmony 2 CM, pitch correction/harmonizer by zplane
MIDI programming and vocals by RayonBase

Shelter

--- Original Words and Music by RayonBase ---
--- Additional music production info at the bottom ---
   Lyrics:
Aimless drifting seas of love / Pointless shifting teasing love
Don’t know why we rise and fall / Don’t know why I’d give it all

Apathy or lethargy / I’m trying to decide
Is it time? / Is it time? / To cross that bridge?
 
We try and try and try again / Nothing’s ever new
On and off and on again / Breaking my back in two

Aimless drifting seas of love / Pointless shifting teasing love
Don’t know why we rise and fall / Don’t know why I’d give it all

Apathy or lethargy / I’m trying to decide
Is it time? / Is it time? / To burn that bridge?
 
We try and try and try again / Nothing’s ever new
On and off and on again / Breaking my back in two

Aimless drifting seas of love / Pointless shifting teasing love
Don’t know why we rise and fall / Don’t know why I’d give it all
-----------------------------------
Produced using the following software and virtual instruments:
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaVerbate & Reaverb (reverb) ; ReaGate (noise gate) ; ReaDelay (delay/echo) ; ReaXcomp & ReaComp (compressors) by Cockos.  Jesusonic effects:  3-Band Joiner ; 3-Band Splitter ; Butterworth 4-Pole filter ; Pitch Shifter 2 ; Volume/Pan Smoother 
•	Ample Bass P Lite II, sampled Fender Precision bass guitar by NuSofting
•	Bass Engine CM, sampled bass synth, by Dope VST
•	Beat Machine CM, sampled drum synth, by Dope VST 
•	Bright Electric Guitar, sampled Fender Stratocaster guitar by SONiVOX
•	Dexed, 6-operator FM synthesizer (Yamaha DX-7 emulator), by Digital Suburban
•	MT Power Drum Kit 2, sampled drum kit, by Manda Audio
•	STRINGS LABS, sampled 14-piece string ensemble with effects by Spitfire Audio
•	Thorn CM, multifeatured synthesizer, by Dmitry Sches
•	Vielklang Instant Harmony 2 CM, pitch corrector by zplane
•	YouLean Loudness Meter

Drifting Sease

Drifting Seas

Original Words and Music by RayonBase, additional production info below.
Lyrics:
The club was dark, except for strobes / Lasers assault our frontal lobes
Do I look nice?  She smiled and said / I could not lie – she did I said

Chorus:
Can you help me find her? / Can you help me, please?
Can you help me find her, sir? / Tell me when you see her
Eyes that spark in xenon flash / Heavy makeup and gold lame
Argon smile bright touch of lash / Wait – she’s midnight black today 

The club was small, except inside / Drinking marnier with gin beside
You look so nice – I think I said / I felt the buzz within my head

[Chorus]
The club was loud, she left me there / I’ll be right back and tossed her hair
At least that’s what I thought she said / I watched her climb the stairs ahead

[Chorus]
The club declines week after week / I still go there for what I seek
Marnier with gin to buzz my head / And hope to see the girl who fled 

[Chorus]
---------  Produced using the following: -----------
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaComp (compressor); ReaDelay (delay) ; ReaEQ ; ReaPitch (pitch shifter); ReaVerbate and ReaVerb (reverb) ; ReaXComp (multiband compressor) ;  Jesusonic Distortion,  Chorus, Stereo Channel Volume/Pan; track automation (volume, pan, parameters)
•	Beat Machine CM, sampled drum synth, by DopeVST
•	Bright Electric Guitar, sampled Fender Stratocaster guitar, by SONiVOX
•	Clap Machine, sampled claps, by 99 Sounds
•	Dexed, 6-operator FM synthesizer (Yamaha DX-7 emulator), by Digital Suburban
•	Dune CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Syanpse Audio
•	RG-Muted CM, sampled rhythm guitar synth/sequencer, by Rob Papen
•	SampleTank4, guitar, synth, bass, and cello instruments/samples, by IK Multimedia
•	Thorn CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Dmitry Sches
•	TS-808 Drum Synthesizer, by Tactile Sounds (Roland TR-808 emulator)
•	Vielklang Instant Harmony 2 CM, pitch corrector by zplane
•	Loudness Meter 2, LUFS instrumentation, by YouLean

Leap Year Cocktail

Written, performed and produced by RayonBase.  Additional production at the bottom.

Lyrics:
Chorus:
    The future should be here by now / I can hardly wait
    Future scenes in magazines / They all looked so great

Balanced population / Resource conservation / Terran federation

Festival of nations / Orbit keeping stations / Digital physicians

Bridge:
    We should have seen this coming / I’ve got inverse déjà vu

Endless electricity / Digital immortality / Virtual reality

Hunger-free society / Living free in harmony / Overnight delivery?

Knowing all the answers / Bitcoin-flush financers / Finding cures for cancers

Expert robo-bankers / Asteroid transformers / Enterprise transporters

*** Produced using the following software and virtual instruments: ***
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaComp (compressor); ReaDelay (delay) ; ReaEQ (equalizer/filter) ; ReaFIE (noise canceller) ; ReaPitch (pitch shifter); ReaVerbate (reverb) ; ReaComp (multiband compressor).  Jesusonic effects: Chorus, Compciter, Convolution Amp/Cab Modeler, Distortion, Tremolo, Volume/Pan Smoother; track automation (volume, pan, parameters)
•	Beat Machine CM, sampled drum synth, by DopeVST
•	Bright Electric Guitar, sampled Fender Stratocaster guitar, by SONiVOX
•	Curve2 CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Cableguys
•	Dexed, 6-operator FM synthesizer (Yamaha DX-7 emulator), by Digital Suburban
•	Dune CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Synapse Audio
•	Fathom CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Seaweed Audio
•	LABS Strings, sampled string ensemble, by Spitfire LABS
•	MT Power Drum Kit2, sampled drum set, by MANDA audio
•	SampleTank4, orchestra and brass instruments/samples, by IK Multimedia
•	Thorn CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Dmitry Sches
•	Various audio samples (future car, telephone operator)
•	Vielklang Instant Harmony 2 CM, pitch corrector by zplane
•	Loudness Meter 2, LUFS instrumentation, by YouLean
MIDI programming and vocals by RayonBase.

Inverse Déjà Vu

Original words and music by RayonBase.  Recorded in 1992 with additional mastering in 2020.  Production info at the bottom of this description.
        Lyrics:
    I wanna tell you a story about Santa and his elves 
It happened late one night, with no toys on the shelves
They’d gone out for some shoppin’, almost didn’t come back
Right there in the mall Santa came under attack
All at once he’s surrounded by eight bad lookin’ boys
Looked like to get pounded, then there’d be no toys
    Them boys were real mad now, and they looked pretty mean
They were the nastiest children that I’ve ever seen
They said to dear Santa: keep your hands on your shirt
Call off your reindeer and the elves won’t get hurt
These bullies got nothin’ for Christmas last year
And now they trapped Santa, who trembled in fear
   The McCallum’s were done shoppin’, they brought along family Jans
For a moment they had been stoppin’, with bags in their hands
When Derek saw the bullies, he gave out a yell
Look! I see Santa, along with his elves!
At that very moment, the bad boys closed in
    Santa thought he was finished, it looked pretty grim
Natalie knew in a second that things were not right
    She ran to a big kid and gave his leg a bite
Lauren grabbed another one, she pulled out his feet
Tyler used his snow pants to tie his legs real neat
Nathan yelled “My Santa!” and cut them with some paper receipts
Lindsay dropped on the floor now and just rolled around
Got under their feet now, knockin’ bad guys down
While Derek and Tyler were swingin’ with bats
Nathan and Natalie undid the bad boys’ pants
Together they scared off eight big husky boys
So Santa and his elves could bring us more toys
    You know Santa was grateful, and so were his elves
They went back to the North Pole and filled up all the shelves
Remember that night now, Christmas almost didn’t come
Because of poor polar security and eight nasty lookin’ bums
So to all a Merry Christmas and to all a good night
Just watch out for Natalie, she has one nasty bite
[Yeah one nasty bite, the girl has one nasty bite]
---------
Produced using the following software and virtual instruments:
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaXComp (compressor); ReaVerbate (reverb); Jesusonic effects: Volume/Pan Smoother; track automation (volume, pan, parameters)
•	Steve Slate Drums 5.5, drum samples by Steven Slate Audio

Santa Claus Rumble

Additional info about software and production is as the bottom.
Original music and words by RayonBase.
Lyrics:
Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye / Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye
I’ll never know you / I don’t know why

Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye / Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye
You were so sad / I don’t know why

Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye / Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye
You had to go / I don’t know why

Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye / Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye
I have let you go / I don’t know why

Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye / Goodbye Karen sweetheart Goodbye
You never loved me / I don’t know why
----------- Production and software info   -----------
Produced using the following software and virtual instruments:
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaComp (compressor); ReaDelay (delay) ; ReaFIR (noise canceller) ; ReaVerbate (reverb) ; ReaSamplOmatic 5000 (sampler).  Jesusonic effects: Frequency Spectrum Analyzer, Convolution Amp/Cab Modeler, Distortion, Volume/Pan Smoother; track automation (volume, pan, parameters)
•	Iowa Piano, sampled Steinway grand piano by Bigcat Instruments
•	LABS Strings, sampled string ensemble, by Spitfire LABS
•	RG Muted CM, rhythm guitar synth, by Rob Papen
•	Steven Slate Drums 5.5, sampled drum set, by Steven Slate
•	Thorn CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Dmitry Sches
•	Vielklang Instant Harmony 2 CM, pitch corrector by zplane
•	Loudness Meter 2, LUFS instrumentation, by YouLean
MIDI programming, acoustic guitar and vocals byRayonBase

Goodbye Karen

Additional notes on production at the bottom.
Lyrics:
[Sounds from a café]
Je ne parle pas / How do you say
Give me your hand girl / Let’s fly away
Fly fly fly fly / Par avion

Je pense que je t’aime / I think I love you
Give me your hand girl / Let’s fly away
Fly fly fly fly / Par avion

Chenin blanc au vin / My head is spinning
Come take my hand girl / Let’s fly away
Come away, vous allez, come away, s’il vous plait / Par avion
[Conversation]
-------- 
Produced using the following software and virtual instruments:
•	Reaper (Digital Audio Workstation) by Cockos
•	Reaper included effects:  ReaComp (compressor); ReaDelay (delay) ; ReaFIR (noise canceller) ; ReaVerbate (reverb), ReaEQ.  Jesusonic effects: Frequency Spectrum Analyzer, 3-Band Joiner, 3-Band Splitter, Compciter, Volume/Pan Smoother; track automation (volume, pan, parameters)
•	Beat Machine CM, sampled drum machine, Dope VST
•	Sample Tank4, guitar, steel drum, electric organ, Tambourine, and accordian instruments/samples, by IK Multimedia
•	Thorn CM, polyphonic synthesizer, by Dmitry Sches
•	Vielklang Instant Harmony 2 CM, pitch corrector by zplane
•	Loudness Meter 2, LUFS instrumentation, by YouLean
•	French Canadian Woman Giving Instructions 01.wav, https://freesound.org/people/vero.marengere/sounds/514871/ (Creative Commons license)
•	French Cafe in the Morning (take 2) by Alexander Weidner, https://freesound.org/people/alexanderweidner/sounds/424864 (Attribution license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
MIDI programming and vocals by RayonBase

Par Avion

RayonBase writes music about our desire for privacy and security, mutually conflicting needs in a world that intrudes on our sanity.  Isn’t it time to break some of the molds that have been cast?  An obsessive man once said “anything worth doing is worth overdoing”.  But did he have any friends?

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