First of all, a disclaimer:  I have nothing against the great state of Indiana.  This song is a creative invention based on a memory of a long car ride my family took on the way back to Wisconsin from having vacationed in Florida.  There is a stretch of I-64 that feels endless (especially having just been to Walt Disney World and Busch Gardens recently) and empty--or, at least it was like that when I was 11.  (I also drove that same stretch of highway when driving from Asheville, North Carolina to Chicago on my Summer 2009 Continental Comedy Trip...but by then I had satellite radio in the car, which seemed to make things a bit easier.)  

I could have just as easily have made this song about North Dakota or Wyoming or the drive from I once took to Winnemucca, NV.  But, last night I didn't know what this song would be--I just had some acoustic guitar bits and pieces and I'd created some drums to go with them...and I needed a temporary name for the project so I could save it.  

I picked Indiana for two reasons.  First, the track, barely started, felt like it was going in an indie pop/indie rock/indie folk sort of direction.  Second, I thought Indianapolis (which I thought of because sometimes I watch the Pat McAfee show on ESPN, which is broadcast from Indianapolis)...but felt that was too long.  Thus, Indiana.  

I suppose that triggered the R. Dean Taylor song "Indiana Wants Me" playing in my head as I woke up this morning, intending on taking this partial track somewhere...and while I didn't go all cops & robbers (ironically, also the name of a song by the UK band The Hoosiers.  Hoosiers=people from Indiana...IT'S ALL CONNECTED, SCULLY!!!) with the scenario I was thinking up, not the way that R. Dean Taylor does...but the idea of "not being in Indiana" anymore was definitely the speck around which the crystal formed.  

There might also be a little bit of "Turn Around" by Whiskeytown in the DNA of this song.  (I stopped being a Ryan Adams fan awhile ago, but for "Strangers Almanac" by Whiskeytown, i can separate the art from the artist.  And fair props to Ryan--"Turn Around" is a MUCH better song than "Indiana" by Interbay is.  Just try to stop being a jerk, ok?)

I like this song enough to want to take another stab at it in the future--ditch the spoken word (and especially the vocoder--mostly there, with a few other touches, so I can keep the main tag as "Electronic"...as Interbay songs without that tag seem to struggle for plays) and actually sing the song.  It'll happen someday...that's the plan anyway.  

It's a story.  It's not MY story, but I think we can all feel like we can own a piece of it.  Give it a listen and see if you do.  :)  Thanks!  

(Oh, and under 4 minutes!!!  Too many epic length Interbay songs in a row, I wanted something simple and short.  I almost stopped early, and the song would have been the first Interbay song on SoundCloud that would have been under 3 minutes...but, as usual, I kept trying to cram more stuff in and it added another minute to the track.)

"Indiana" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

The nice thing about working in electronic dance music is even if you only have a fragment of an idea, you can still create something magical from it!  

As usual, today's Interbay track is ALL OVER THE PLACE when it comes to sounds and vibes--however, this is probably the closest that I've come to pure "house" music in awhile.  

Of course, then you have to nail down WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?  I don't...Colonial?  

The fragment I had was the "You find yourself in a boat on the river" part.  It came to me in the car, and I raced inside to record it before I forgot it (which happens too much lately, as my working memory is unreliable, at best.)  And that fragment sat, waiting for me to come up with the rest of the song.  I used to always start with the words, which helped me build the scaffolding around the structure implied by those words, when I was songwriting in the LongAgo...but I haven't done that with Interbay--part of the experiment of Interbay is seeing if I could retrain myself to write music first...  Mixed results so far. ;) 

I thought it would be a strummy acoustic guitar indie folk sort of thing--kind of singer-songwriter-y.  But, last night, I found myself hearing it quite differently.  I suppose the spark of inspiration to push me away from indie folk and towards house would be listening to a demo for Roger Sanchez's sample pack.  

I actually knew Roger--back in my dj days, I met him at a Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach one year...and then every year after that, he'd recognize me and we'd talk.  (Until I stopped going to WMC...and stopped dj'ing.)  

There was definitely a vibe that, while different from my original idea, could certainly help that fragment of lyrics and melody I had take shape.  

From there, the puzzle pieces started to fill themselves in rather quicklky.  The blurry on the edge of distortion bass.  The skritchy guitars and the psychedelic disco funk wah-wah guitar licks.  Very brassy brass.  Morse code synths.  All of that to a steady Roger Sanchez-style groove.  

The last two pieces needed to be placed:  How to get proper vocals, from my fragment of an idea, on the track?  And that cheeky something else that all Interbay tracks seem to require (leaving Icarus breathless and paranoid.)  

The first piece was placed when I simply took my scratch vocal and slapped a bunch of Waves vocal harmony all over it--giving it a jazzy neo-Beach Boys feel.  (Yes, underneath all of those electronics--it's me singing.  I've been saying that this day would come for months now--though, here's an Easter Egg for you to track down...this isn't actually the first song to include my voice.  There was one earlier...that nobody noticed (not that they should--most of you don't know what I sound like. ;)   And, for the record, I don't sound like THIS either.)  

The second piece was picked out the moment I realized that I'd subconsciously pinched some words from hit songs by two very famous groups.  I chose to incorporate some heavily processed vocal snippets from one...and chose, wisely, not to include anything from the other.  If you're a fan of the kind of music I like, the snippets are probably obvious.  Hopefully not to the alogorithms, but I'm not making music for them.  

Please:  continue to listen to Interbay, give likes to Interbay tracks that you like, consider reposting Interbay tracks or reposting them or adding them to a playlist.  Leave a comment if you'd like and, most importantly, follow Interbay here on SoundCloud.  New tracks being uploaded daily (so far!)

"You Find Yourself" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

I want to introduce you to my 2nd single from my Flamin´ Trap Album!

Alhambra

What are the odds that FOUR days in a row, the Interbay posted track has a title that starts with"X"???  (1 in 456,976, actually.)  

But, is today's track a bit of a cheat?  Couldn't it just as easily been spelled properly, as "Explanation"?    

Well, not if you were an X-Phile in the 90s, you couldn't.    

This track began as a tribute to the early synth pop of the original version of the Human League (and the temporary project title was "Heaven League 131"--honoring the two bands that emerged after the original Human League split--Heaven 17 and the (new) Human League.  (The 131 is the bpm.)  I liked the simple but slightly dark sounds I was getting out of the u-he Diva plugin and the unfussy bass sounds from the Cherry Audio Elka-X.  

What surprised me was that it wasn't a dance track--it was more subtle.  Being a former nightclub dj, I do tend to push stronger beats in nearly every uptempo (and many midtempo) tracks that I produce...but this one seemed to want to be more atmospheric, a bit...spooky, even.  

...and that word flipped a switch in my brain about the direction of the track, because it made perfect sense to honor a particular FBI agent, sequestered deep in the basement, obsessively working on the unexplained cases that left the rest of the FBI stumped...  Those cases were filed under the letter X.  

Again, X-Philes wouldn't have needed the explanation.  They would have sussed it out from the thumbnail or even the first vocal snippet.  You probably guessed it from those clues even if you hadn't gone to the first ever convention for this show (which I did), or if you and your friends didn't gather every week to share dinner and the latest episode as it aired (as mine did), or if, somehow, you never managed to crush on at least someone in the cast (I know I certainly did.)  

I gathered a bunch of samples, some of my favorite quotes, some quotes that are simply hilarious when taken out of context, others that are incredibly dramatic...even spooky.  A couple would be terrifying to most people.  

...but, I did something surprising with most of them.  (Surprising for me, at least.)  I threw most of what I'd gathered away.  I didn't want to overwhelm the vibe of the track.  I wanted it to breathe.  Somehow, I resisted the urge to fill the entire canvas with paint.  

So, what you have is a moody synth pop track, with strings and an occasional guitars, and a couple of vocal samples that will always put a smile on my face.  

I hope they will for you, too.  

Once again, I'll ask you to do all the things:  Listen! Like! Repost! Share! Playlist! Comment! and Follow!  (I'll also ask again that you dip a toe into the back catalog, as the Interbay track "Xarque" from two days ago still deserves your attention and a few more listens.)  

Will tomorrow's track (as a new track is posted EVERY SINGLE DAY, so far!) ALSO have a title that starts with the letter "X"?  I would say that the odds are definitely slim...but they're not zero.

"Xplanation" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Rap performance on a guitar house beat with deep Egyptian desert vibes. Smooth and hypnotic flow over a warm, laid-back groove at 104 BPM. Fully written and performed by me. Open for collaborations — feel free to reach out!

Египетский секс

"It's easy to see..."  

--So, what's THIS then?  

Oh, it's just your average every day dubby funky tech house meets shoegaze midtempo mutant pop track. 

--Ahhhh,...it's an Interbay track?

Absolutely.

The delightful thing, for me as a music producer, about producing music constantly and sharing one new track a day here on SoundCloud...no idea needs to be abandoned just because it doesn't fit the brand profile I might have been developing for this project.  

Interbay can be anything...and often seems to be in danger of trying to be everything...at the same time.  

(You mix neurodivergence, an inability to self-edit, and the free time that comes with unexpected retirement caused by grief...and you get Interbay--evidently.  I think that also explains a decided lean towards darkness in themes and lyrics--although that could still be lingering teenage angst.  And I don't know which would be more sad if only one could be true.)  

So this track started with a groove...and piece by "where did THAT come from?" piece, it built up into this.  This "Vision."  That funky groove allowed for nearly anything to put on top of it.  You want synths running through a wah wah pedal?  Sure.  You want to random vocal chops all relating to eyes or seeing, but not really having anything to do with each other?  Absolutely.  How about some shoegaze guitars sort of playing random overprocessed pedals?   Why not?  Then go ahead and produce the track as if structure didn't matter...produce it like a dub track.  Done.  

Before this Interbay project started, one of the criticisms I always got about my songwriting was that it was very linear.  (This also turned out to be true for my stand-up comedy years.)  It rarely just wandered or vibed out.  It was going to be about this and it's going to take the straightest possible path to get there.  

I've never written a song by simply jamming with others or noodling by myself--but with Interbay's "music first" approach, I've come as close as I've ever come.  Jump in the pool without looking to see if there's water in the pool...and see if you come out of the pool wet.

I never could have "planned" to write "Vision."  That might not mean much to you, but it is astonishing to me.  So many times, I finish an Interbay track and think "I didn't know I could do that."    

That said, I think it's got a groove, it's got good vibes with just a hint of darkness, and I don't think it ever gets boring.  Why don't you see for yourself by giving this a listen?  

(Ahhh...see what I did there?  See!?!?  Sigh...)

I hope you like it--and if you do, give it a like.  Do all the things that you get asked to do at the end of these descriptions (especially giving this page a follow--because even if you don't vibe with "Vision", perhaps you will with tomorrow's post or the next day's...or something in the impossibly deep Interbay back catalog.)  

"Vision" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Introducing Everyday, the latest funky house track from Norwegian producer Tollef. Known for his signature guitar-driven dance music, Tollef takes inspiration from artists like Lenno, CLMD, Daft Punk, and Party Pupils, blending vibrant French house grooves with feel-good melodies. On Everyday, he transforms an old-school guitar sample into a fresh, modern production that balances nostalgia with a forward-thinking sound.

Get Tollef - Everyday now via: https://oh2.lnk.to/Everyday

Tollef - Everyday

Originally, I'd named this latest Interbay SoundCloud exclusive track "Lumber"--because that, to me, the up and down analog synth sound reminded me of the act of sawing.  I grew up in a town with a paper mill, surrounded by towns with paper mills...and that has lingered with me to this day.  

I grew up downwind of the local paper mill--moving there when I was five.  I believe that impacted my sense of smell, because while my parents (who also moved there when I was five) hated the smell of the paper mill, my brother (who was born after we'd moved there) used to LOVE the smell--I didn't notice it.  (This has also impacted my sense of taste and frustrated girls I've dated who were into perfume.)  

None of that really has anything to do with today's track--just felt like sharing.  (...and no, that is NOT me in the thumbnail picture.  I'm much older than that.)  

For this track, I kept things simple--kept the structure rather pure (for me, at least.)  As usual, this track takes some very different sonic ingredients (lo-fi drums playing a house beat, active percussion layered in, thick analog synths, just on the verge of distortion electric piano, an electric guitar riff, some Phil Collins-y drum fill moments, and a bunch of oddly funny vocal snippets about...wood.  (Because there wasn't much I could find about "lumber.")  

I should point out that this song isn't "really" as long as the time stamp says it is.  I mean, it IS--the time stamp isn't "wrong" but it doesn't really tell the whole story.  The extra time is mostly taken up with a drawn out delay of a single word that I let ping pong by itself for a rather long time, just as a goof.  (You can probably already guess what word gets that treatment. ;) )  

This track shows the continuing progression in my music production skills, I think.  It sounds a lot better than tracks I made in 2024 (or 2023.)  I mean, it's never going to be a radio hit or a dancefloor filler...but it pretty much sounds the way I was hearing it in my head.  That's kind of the point, right?  ;)  

I think it wood have to be.

Anyway, here's the point in the description when I encourage you to listen to this track (and check out other Interbay tracks in the back catalog), and like it (because I always like learning people like something I've made), and repost it (as perhaps the same people that listen to what you like will like what I make), and share it (if you have a particular friend that you know whould like what I make), add it to a playlist (which means others will discover it, but also, you'll "have" it close by when you want to hear it), comment on it (in case you'd like to give some encouragement or if you have a kindly worded suggestion or critique), and, most of all, to follow the Interbay SoundCloud page (as new tracks are posted EVERY SINGLE DAY so far!)  

So...yeah...do all that stuff!  (And enjoy my latest "Wood"!)

"Wood" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Feel Alive (Original Mix) [Under No Illusion]

The nostalgia is strong with me this month, it seems, as once again we're gonna go back...back in time.  This time to the 70s.  And the 80s.  And the 90s.  And the 00s.  

This latest Interbay track is pure 70s disco, with horns, flutes, and a beat that never ends.  
This latest Interbay track is pure 80s new wave dance, with digital and analog synths.
This latest Interbay track is pure 90s house music, with minimal vocals and that four on the floor.
This latest Interbay track is pure 00s filter funk, with...ummm...filters.  And funk.  

...all of that gets tossed into the infamous blender, here at Phantom Laboratories West, and once again the puree button is pushed...and just over five minutes later, VOILA!  

More Interbay.  (Just what everybody wants, right?)  

I can draw a straight line between all of these genres, because this is all what I grew up with, what I danced to, what I dj'd (and made others dance to).  Too many people (in the US, at least) think that disco died with the Disco Demolition at Comiskey Park, but it never has--it just went underground, changed names, blended itself into other trends, and kept reappearing to influence the next generation who just want some music that is good to dance to...  

I think this Interbay track WOULD be good to dance to, even though it is a Frankentstein monster of all of those different (but related) and separated in time, elements.  It all seems very natural to me to put all of this stuff into a musical "failure pie in a sadness bowl."  (Thanks, Patton!)  

There are elements of this track I think that suggest that it might be an extended discomix (where's Tom Moulton when you need him?) or maybe even a dub mix, found on the flipside of the 12" single, for adventurous dj's to mess around with.  

...of course, that suggests that there's an "original" version of this song, meant for radio (which is the only place where disco truly died--American radio.)  

There isn't.  (And that shouldn't surprise you at all, if you've been following Interbay at all...)  

I like this.  I think it's a lot of fun.  I hope you like it too!  (...of course, to find out, you'll have to listen to it.  If you do like it, give it a like.  Repost it.  Share it.  Comment on it.  Add it to a playlist.)  

And consider following page.  (Did you know that there is a brand new, never before heard, Interbay track dropping here EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far!)?  It's true (so far!).

"You Show Me What To Do" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

I play guitar, piano and couple more instruments. 

Music has always something for everyone of us, so i thought I might as well share some. 

LANDR for Master; FreePik for Licensed Images, Ableton, Cymatics, etc.

Bookings & Contact: marc@xntrik.co.uk

Emerging from the London suburbs, FRANK (UK) is rapidly making waves in the underground music scene, pushing the boundaries of Tech House, UK Garage, Techno, and Drum & Bass. Known for his genre-blurring approach, FRANK seamlessly fuses elements of each style, creating an unmistakable sound that keeps dancefloors locked in from start to finish.

With a deep-rooted passion for crafting immersive experiences, FRANK has built a reputation as both a boundary-pushing producer and an electrifying DJ. Having already gained recognition from some of the scene’s key tastemakers, FRANK continues to evolve, bringing fresh innovation to every release and performance. With an ever-growing following and a fearless approach to production, he is set to leave a lasting mark on the underground music scene.

FOMO never hit this hard. ‘Missing Out’ by Flew is here 🔥

https://oh2.lnk.to/MissingOut

Indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience).

New tracks tagged #Guitar House