I recommend listening on headphones for the full-on Neurospace experience.

Neurospace is where my mind goes when listening to crazy Neurofunk shit.
And this is my first attempt at making my own Neurofunk!

For the uneducated: 🤪
"(Neurofunk) is the fun-free culmination of jungle's strategy of cultural resistance: the eroticization of anxiety."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurofunk

Spotify

N e u r o s p a c e

A new rap song with a guitar solo on the occasion of my 10-year #SoundCloud anniversary. :)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0B2pFN1qCgtgtGNm3IKuwu?si=af2d8944fa044144
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDjE5Up9fFQ&list=PLuBDW00YMlu0QkTdrKraaFLbhytyd22O0&index=1

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LYRICS:

Verse:

I’m sending these words, with each letter in its place to be
by moving the air and pushing waves from A to B
where the mic picks them up and converts them to data
which eventually goes live on the world web much later
and all the while you’re hitting ‘play’ on your device
it downloads the song to play on your device
where your speakers or headphones send waves to your ear
making you hear/ this amazing tune here
But that’s not all, that’s just the beginning
only now does your mind start bustling and spinning
neurons sending signals via neurotransmitters
to produce a response/ once/ they are delivered
the chemicals, taken from synaptic vesicles, reach
the target cells, which just say ‘message received’
and the end result of that journey which was incredibly long
is you dancing to the music and enjoying the song


4x Hook:

I know that this news might come to you lot as a shock
(I know this comes to you as a shock)
But what you hear/ just right here/ ‘s the new hit on the block
(this here is the new hit on the block)
you better be prepared, cuz when this tune is gonna drop
(when this tune is gonna drop)
I wanna see you dancing to it/ totally entranced in music
(I wanna se you dance, I wanna se you dance, dance, dance, dance!)

4x Hook

New hit on the block

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2ANPFm9T4viUXMx4nvPmxi?si=1f59b2cd1a1d42d2
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjuDMh3fXfQ&list=PLuBDW00YMlu0QkTdrKraaFLbhytyd22O0&index=3

Broken

I call this genre Electronic Blues!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2KLyxYKYVk6nnHEBRe0Nic?si=7dc684821dca430f
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v1pkNCS0bw&list=PLuBDW00YMlu0QkTdrKraaFLbhytyd22O0&index=2

Story Time

Rising Darkness

This is an energetic party track for NYE 2021 in a similar vein as my 2012 song https://soundcloud.com/shani_ace/fiesta ... or is it? 😁
Well, depends on what you understand under "party" - look out for the double entendre!
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LYRICS:


Verse 1:
				
Let’s get this party started/ before more people forget
you’re gonna be rewarded/ if you move your body 
if you move your body, and your head
-
you can’t give up yet/ it’s not the time for you to forfeit
it’s time to stage an upset/ just when people least expect
you’re gonna crash their party/ you’re gonna get it started
-
so as the new party leader, what you gonna do?
skip the line, like a doctor coming through?
or give in to all the people wanting you? 
wanting you? wanting you
you’re gonna tell’em NO, this my show
check this rhyme-flow/ like from a different timezone
you can try to keep up, but you’ll 
never reach this milestone
“unbelievable style bro”
unforgettable - I know ;) 
It’s going down, it’s going down!
everyone get on the dancefloor right now!
get your groove on/ get your moves on
cuz it’s time to hold your ground - get it?
get on this ship, and we’ll float around
until the inevitable showdown, yes
if it wasn’t clear to you, you’ll know now
this ship, this friggin ship is going down! :D


Hook:

Yes, It’s going down.
It’s going down
Yes, It’s going down.
-
It’s going down
It’s going down
Yes, It’s going down.
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Verse 2:

“You’ll never make it”, some will say
and “success will never come his way”
but mark my words on this day
cuz I won’t stop until I run this place
this shit is serious! not just fun & games
time for some hefty & heavy Drum & Bass
and to get lost on the dancefloor with Rum & Space
can you feel the force of that thumping bass?
going through your body and your drunken face
you’ll still remember the feeling in hundred days


Hook & Bridge:

Yes, It’s going down.
It’s going down
Yes, It’s going down.
-
It’s going down
It’s going down
Yes, It’s going down.
-
-
-
yep, still going down
-
-
-
-

It's going down!

The title says it all.

Also on Spotify & Youtube:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1FIo9LWwjeTELcNV5Eddou?si=032d9ebad516463e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGKILZBhpZw

Floating Debris

The third track from my EP "The Ascension of Dark Math".

Inspired by my favorite Mathrock artists, although this song probably doesn't qualify as Mathrock itself.

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Original artwork made by Tony Robbin and adapted according to CC BY-SA 3.0.

Link to the license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tony_Robbin_artwork.JPG
Changes made: Artist and title were added along with a darkblue frame and a semi-opaque background, as well as a darkblue frame around the whole artwork.

This coverart is therefore also licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en).

Listen on Spotify

Simple Math

This is the first song from my EP "The Ascension of Dark Math"!

6/8 at 182bpm (DT), this must be a first for me. :)

Ascension

You know that feeling of walking on eggshells? Imagine if they were made out of metal. It hurts!

Walking on Metal Eggshells

This is a track that transitions from Hiphop to Drum & Bass to Rock.

Originally called 'Instant Tragedy', this song was written around the start of the war and takes the Y2k22 bug (did you know there is also a Y2k38 bug?) as a metaphor for how humanity - probably the actual bug - is destroying everything and how poorly this year is already going for the world.

Artwork created by DALL-E.

Lyrics:

Y2k22, what's the damage?
it seems so different from the original, as it
broke IT systems, but this time
we broke society, yep, we absolutely smashed it!
you can read all about it online, all the crashes
but nothing about how to fix all this madness
it’s very different from then at the turn of the century
back when this habit/ wasn't yet established
Now if there's information out there, I gotta have it
so I'm always eager and ready to go down the rabbit
hole, but not back then when I was like a savage
not that things are really that civilized now, has it
even improved since then on average? I don't know
every single ad is/ a distraction, that's the leverage
making you pay premium to enjoy the advantage
of easy access to content and brand message

Y2k22

This song comes from a life-affirming place and tries to transport the fundamental joy of life to you even in the most dire circumstances. Because that's what music can do!

Life is live.

Lyrics:

Hook:

waiting, waiting, waiting
I hate waiting, waiting, waiting
even though I keep others waiting too
I hate waiting, I hate waiting


I'm Waiting…										
for the bus to come/ I must become
more patient, otherwise I'll be busting some
heads, which is out of character
trust me son/ I'm Waiting... 
for the subway to work again/ It's getting 
on my nerves again/ don't leave me hanging, I gotta get to work, my man
I'm Waiting...
for the internet to reconnect/ 
between stations/ cuz this place is
so backwards, it's gotta get really wrecked
it's about damn time, cuz I've been waiting
For people to respond to my messages
you can't imagine how much I'm stressed by this
Waiting to see what my next adventure is

Waiting

This song is dedicated to my grandmother, may she rest in peace.

Lyrics:

Hook:
You are the strongest woman I know							
Mama Alma, Mama Alma
Some things just come, and some things just go
Mama Alma, Mama Alma
you gave me so much, it’s forever I know
Mama Alma, Mama Alma
I’ll always carry you with me wherever I go
Mama Alma, Mama Alma

Verse 1:
so resilient/ I’ll never forget							
you were so brilliant/ and commanded respect
so multi-talented in every aspect
a great dancer and seamstress, and a great chef
so many books you introduced me to
you always made sure to induce me to
learn about the world, read as much as I can
which made me the curious person I am

Bridge:
I didn't realize, how much you 							
shaped the person I've become
cuz it was you, who I got 
many of my talents from

Verse 2:
I love dancing… just 									
like you did… I can't stand still
when I can feel/ the beat 
and rhythm of the music
it's just so natural/ and so effectual							
just like speaking languages
Tu me manques/ Te extraño/
I miss you/ Ich vermisse dich
you're not dead, no chance								
cuz you're living through me every time I dance

Outro:
Mama Alma, delam baratoon tange								
bedoone shoma, tamame donya birange
tanha yadegari ke wassam moonde, in ahange
harwakht be fekre shoma hastam, ghalbam milange

Mama Alma

A song about climate change.

Artwork created by DALL-E

Lyrics:

Verse 1:

Every day you’re sitting in your cozy house
not noticing how/ things happen, day in, day out
don’t you feel that scorching heat all around?
I mean that feeling must be so profound
you don’t even hear that crackling sound
until your house is burned down to the ground
but you don’t even notice that it’s on fire
cuz you’re a denier/ that’s just how you’re wired
you’re just repeating that infamous line
from that meme with the dog: “this is fine”
it’s burning, any sane person would know this
so how the fuck do you not notice?!
your brain must’ve had the wildest crash
now all that’s left is just a pile of ash
it’s so far gone, there’s no denying it
you’ve made your bed, now lie in it

Hook:											

The house is on fire
The house is on fire
The house is on 
fireeeehheeeere

Bridge:

You gotta stop
you gotta stop!
you gotta stop!
you gotta stop
You gotta stop
you gotta stop!
you gotta stop!
Cuz the house is on fire

The House is on Fire

The feeling of being stuck in a waiting loop.

Lyrics:

Verse 1:

Ich häng in der Warteschleife/ wo ich Phrasen schreibe
phasenweise/ ist das Leben nichts anderes als'n Fragezeichen
wie soll ich mein’ Plan erreichen/ wenn die wahren Feinde
mit auf dei’m Pfad rumschleichen/ so wie in ner Pfarrgemeinde
wenn Tageszeiten/ nie g’rade bleiben/ sondern nur schaden, bleiben	
dir wenig Stunden am Tag, wie zwischen den Jahreszeiten
das Leben rau wie Nagelfeilen/ zwar schon fast am verzweifeln
lass mich nicht von Panik treiben/ schon gar nicht in harten Zeiten
denn ich kann das gar nicht leiden/ da bin ich wahrlich eigen
wenn ich denn schon untergeh, dann nicht auf so ne Art und Weise
wenn ich meine Parts hier schreibe/ gibt es keine Klageschreie
das wäre ein Armutszeugnis/ ich bleib chill wie Hasenheide


Verse 2

Endlich bin ich raus aus der Warteschleife/ raus 
aus Verfangenheiten/ raus in die lange weite/ Welt! 
endlich raus aus der Langeweile/ darauf wartete ich 
schon ne lange Weile/ weil mir das Gefangen-Sein misfällt
nun erleeb ich so viel Abenteuer/ wenn ich durch Staaten reise
die mir die Welt so zu bieten hat, und manchmal bleibe
ich auch länger denn ich will nen besseren Eindruck von da erreichen
und schau'n ob ich nicht nen Platz find' zum da verweilen
schließlich passt das wunderbar mit mei'm Job und meiner Arbeitsweise
neue Erlebnisse verjüngen das Hirn, drum bleib ich auf Trab und zeige
was noch möglich ist, frech und vorlaut wie'n paar Naseweise
und ich weiß ich kann's mir leisten/ denn ich weiß, was ich leiste
und ehrlich gesagt, man kann nicht immer artig sein wenn
jemand drauf nicht klar kommt, dann lässt sich halt gar nichts deichseln
weil ich mittlerweile so alt bin, dass ich drauf wahrlich scheiße

Warteschleife

This song 
is for those moments 
when life deals you a bad hand.

Just stay strong
and don't give a fuck.

Idgaf

Various

The fourth track on my EP L.O.V.E.

Some imperfections were left in there on purpose, because the track is called 'Emotions' and to preserve the natural progression of the guitar tracks. The way it evolves from a rough tone, slightly off-beat, slightly off-key, to a cleaner sound and on-point pitch & timing perfectly mimics an emotional rollercoaster. It's a wild ride and that's what the sound is supposed to mirror.

Emotions

Layers

This song resolves one of my two longings.

Lyrics:

I already told you 									
in a previous song
about my longing
to see this world

It finally came true
I’m where I belong
And happy to tell you
that finally this longing was

Hook:

Satisfied										
I won this fight
I am satisfied
Satisfied
I am satisfied

Hook											


I am											
the happiest I’ve ever been
And ready
for what I have never seen

Earth has so much to offer								
so much stuff to cover
there’s no one to stop her
like an evergreen
So many things to see
the joy it brings to me
thereby convincing me
that it is the rarest thing
earth is our mother
there’s simply no other
reminding each other/ that
we have no Planet B
there to see/ where to be
readily/ dare to speak
won’t stay forever green
that’s our reality

...satisfied.

Will appear in this playlist after release: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VzXhiomwQ4Ju487iboZF9?si=f88fc8ecf32c41a5

Artwork made by DALL-E

Chilly Night

Somebody

Originally from 2012, now remixed in 2019!

Hoping VIP

Nudelsong

Made for @sappheirosmusic's remix contest.

Here's the original song: https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic/sappheiros-exhilaration-feat-lotis

Coverart courtesy of @enemeenie-miney-mo

Sappheiros feat. Lotis. - Exhilaration (Shani Ace Remix)

State(s) of the world (Instrumental)

This is the first single from Headradio as well as my first collab with Aimée Britannia.
2020 started with a lot of pain (both emotional and physical) and heartbreak for me, I could barely sleep or function at all. One day I poured all of those emotions into this beat.
Later on, Aimée picked up on those feelings, she wrote and recorded the perfect lyrics and vocals that captured/expressed exactly what I was feeling. It was a really great start that laid the groundwork for our second collaboration.

Out now on Spotify & Apple Music: https://www.gate.fm/DDfOReMR

Check out more of Aimée's music here: 

https://www.instagram.com/aimeebritannia/?hl=en
https://music.apple.com/za/album/pipe-dreams/1472067828
https://open.spotify.com/album/5a24Tmbaf5AOHKduN6ADYt?si=f6noPWscRXiIambswXKxlQ
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/102088332
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bkmn5qshlhoj2grtwfvx5ihlnee
https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07TS3WXFL
https://tidal.com/browse/album/112467861

Demons (feat. Aimée Britannia)

The second single from my album 'Headradio'.
https://soundcloud.com/aimeebritannia nailed it again with her angelic vocals and melancholic lyrics.
It's a song about reminiscing and looking back on old treasured memories.
Remastered by https://soundcloud.com/tunefish-672292805.

Also out on Spotify!

Make sure to check out Aimée's new single "The world could have become so much more" as well!

https://www.instagram.com/aimeebritannia/?hl=en
https://open.spotify.com/track/6hfCLkmh2jc9OwRd5E4LeI?si=QNN2Jkg-TF6lHu5V3Th5fw
https://music.apple.com/za/album/pipe-dreams/1472067828
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/147619252
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/?id=B3ta56go3s2kdxej3rlqrdvcx74
https://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Could-Have-Become-Much/dp/B088FZSWDV
https://tidal.com/browse/track/141117241?play=true

Days like this (feat. Aimée Britannia)

This song was originally produced & written in 2013 and finally recorded in 2020. You might know the instrumental already.
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Lyrics:


Cuz u don't wanna know

Verse 1											0:58

usually, I'd write/ a verse that highlights
all the depressing things that happened in my life
but this time I don't want to/ tell you what I've gone through
though writing about my sorrow was one of
the things that kept me alive/ helped me to see the light
and made me try/ to get well and be alright
for some while I did/ forgot the past while I did
so should I now tell you everything about it?

Hook (2x)											1:25

No/ Cause you don't wanna know
what's hidden in my sad twisted mind
cause if I went to show/ that I know for sure
you would all be shattered inside
and so/ you never gonna know
what's hidden in my sad twisted mind
even though/ I know/ whatever way it's gonna go
there still remains some sadness inside

Non-vocal verse or verse 2									2:05

Non-vocal hook?										2:32 

Hum along with dubstep part								2:58

Hook after Dubstep part									3:24

Humming on high pitch									3:51

2x Bridge:											4:16 

You don't know what it's like/ to be on the other side
you don't wanna kno-o-o-ow
no you don't wanna know/ you don't wanna know
you don't wanna kno-o-o-ow

Hook

Cuz u don't wanna know

Music video: https://youtu.be/rfQ7OshqKtY

I call this genre Metalstep because it combines elements of Metal with Dubstep and/or Dnb.

Artwork created by Rosie Brown.
Check out her beautiful acrylic pour paintings on IG: www.instagram.com/isabellinska

MUSIC VIDEO

The world is on fire

My music osccilates between Electronic Rock & Bass Music, sometimes with vocals and sometimes instrumental.
More tunes coming up, so #staytunedlikeakeyboard! ;)

I started producing & recording around 2002. Around that time I was also playing concerts and always felt at home on stage, which comes to no surprise as the child of a professional musician. I just grew up improvising on all kinds of instruments, so the addition of singing and rapping - especially freestyle - was just a natural progression from that.

PFP made by: instagram.com/dylan_j_shipley

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