RockHouseHerat#23

Asylum

https://alemhouser.bandcamp.com/track/las-chicas-son-guerreras-alemhouser-rock-party-remix

Coz - Las Chicas Son Guerreras (AlemHouser Rock Party Remix) BANDCAMP

It is Monday, and for the fourth straight Monday, we're digging into the past to unearth a track originally shared on Facebook (before switching to SoundCloud), but having gone through a Rethink, Remake, Remix process to bring it up to the standards of what I post here on SoundCloud.  

This time, a fourth "R" should be added:  "Remaster."  Because the track known as "Experiment 15" was already meeting most of the directives that I've added to my productions that weren't in place when I was posting on Facebook.  It didn't need as much of a Rethink or a Remake as the previous three RRR exclusive remixes needed to post here.

I'll even go a step further.  I think this was the first Interbay track that felt like it could have been a DangerScience track (DangerScience being the post-punk band I was in back in the late 80s early 90s, and the only previous music project of mine that had ever recorded and distributed our original music before.)  I'm not sure if Crash, my former songwriting partner in a couple of different bands, would agree--but the combination of synths, guitars, drum machines and Sci-Fi dialogue snippets sure fits into what we were cooking up back then, in the original Phantom Laboratories.  

(One of the movies with a snippet in this track is the classic "War of the Worlds" from the 50s.  The long planned but never finished second DangerScience album had a track that I had written that was based on samples from that movie--so, there's a direct link from the DangerScience past to the Interbay present.)  

Certainly not nearly as "personal" as yesterday's track (and thanks to those of you who gave "Birthday Wishes" a listen), this is definitely very me...and I'm happy that it took a little dusting off, freshening up, and some power boosting to be able to share it with you here on SoundCloud.  

As always, I'm just asking you to give this track a listen.  Let me know what you think of it by giving it a like and/or leaving a comment.  If you feel like reposting it, sharing it, or adding to a playlist of yours--that would be awesome as well.  

And, the best way to stay current with the daily (so far!) Interbay track drops, is to follow this page (and a follow earns a follow back!)  

"Our Power (exp15 RRR)" *exclusive remix*

(First off--once again, the algorithm has been unkind to a random Interbay track--yesterday's drop, "Hostilities."  So, if you could give THAT a listen...like it if you do, then come back and check out today's track.  Thanks!)  

A bit premature, this one, yes?  

I mean--it is only September, which means rain here in Seattle.  Plenty of time to enjoy before the icy winds of January come (and even in January, it's not so bad here in the Emerald City.  I grew up in Wisconsin, where they have a word for Seattle winters.  "Unseasonable.")  

This track has been germinating since the heat of summer (felt more in our trip to Wisconsin this year, oh irony.)  I read something about the microgenre of "coldwave" that reframed that term for me by saying that the 1988 song "Julia" by the French band Asylum Party was the purest "coldwave" song ever.  

That song, with lyrics about Winston Smith's idealized but betrayed young lover in Orwell's 1984, is crisp and minimal post-punk, lead bass, some post-punk processed guitar and a keyboard that I can only describe as "petulant" (though you might have guessed that just from knowing they're French) all over the most basic of drum machine presets, which never changes throughout the song--like an early DangerScience track. ;)  If you need a word for the vocals, I'd say "plaintive."  (Can you tell I used to write music reviews?)

I had never heard the song before, never even heard of the band before--but if that's what coldwave is, then I want Interbay to be (among many other things) capable of making coldwave music.    

So, I had a target in mind.  And "January" is what I've come up wth.  And, like every other track that I have an intended target in mind, the end result sounds like...Interbay.  

If anything, there's too much energy in this track.  The drums are actually trying.  It lurches from an oddly awkward beat to almost disco/rock.  The synths are doing a bunch of different things, none of them could be described as petulant (or French, for that matter.)  

I do like the lyrics.  I do think they'd be better if I'd sung them--and I'm adding this to the list of tracks I want to revisit once I get back to being more comfortable singing on Interbay tracks.  

But, I think you can feel the inspiration here (though, you may need to check out the Asylum Party track to agree) and even if it isn't purely coldwave...I like it.  It is a solid post-punk track, at the very least...and a good addition to the (evergrowing) Interbay catalog.  Indeed, I liked it enough to drop it here, in September, rather than store it in The Vault for when it might seem more thematic.

...and I'm sure I'll revisit coldwave more in the future, potentially based on this winter's weather. ;)    

Please give it a listen. Like it if you do.  Repost it, share it, add it to a playlist, if you are so moved.  Comment on it.  And, if you want to see whatever might be next for Interbay, give this page a follow...as never-heard-before tracks drop here EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far!)  

(...and, as mentioned above, give "Hostilities" a listen, too!)

"January" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

THE CAMPESTRES - We going to the moon

Today's Interbay track is not an RRR interpretation of a previously posted Interbay track from the time when tracks were being posted on Facebook (as today is not Monday.)  

However, it IS a track that dates back to the time when Interbay tracks were being posted to Facebook and not SoundCloud--at least originally.  This is a track that, though an instrumental at the time, I had thought "finished enough" to be waiting for me to make a music video for it so it could be posted to Facebook in early 2024--but it never got that video, so it remained in the Vault.  

I basically gave it the whole "Rethink, Remake, Remix" treatment--but, as this is its debut, it really isn't an RRR.  I added vocals, I rearranged the track, I added some instrumentation--it is very different than the version I thought was "finished."  

This track is definitely an alternative rock/indie rock track with jangly guitars, but there are glitchy synths and even a funky rock part (which has turned into the chorus of the track.)  

The meaning behind the track is all about how we accept so many contradictions in the modern world, the idea of our being our own "modern ancestors" doesn't cause us any cognitive dissonance.  We are digging up, archaeologically, our own era as we live it.  

I definitely get some new wave/post punk/modern rock vibes here--a little bit Athens, a little bit Manchester.  As an old, I definitely relate to this track...and, as I do ALL Interbay SoundCloud drops, I hope you listen to it and like it!  

(Reposting, sharing, commenting, playlisting and, especially FOLLOWING, are all also strongly encouraged.)  

...and, yes, the string of Interbay tracks being posted to SoundCloud with titles that start with the letter "M" continues.  For how long?  Who can say...?

"Modern Ancestors" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

GIRLS JUST WANNA...
2/3 

Mastered by Woodlands Studio [WS]

BIKINI

A mix of rock energy and house groove - this track marks a new phase of my sound. Guitar-driven and rhtymic. Welcome to the Rock'n Plucking style.

Guitar Fase

SPOOKY WEEK CONTINUES!  
(Thank you to everyone who took the time to check out "Absence of Light" from two days ago.  I will now ask that you do the same and, if you haven't already, give a listen to yesterday's Interbay track, "Around The Fire"--as I really believe it deserves more ears than it has, so far, received.)  

I mentioned yesterday that going into Spooky Week, I had three good candidates to be the Interbay track that drops on Halloween, proper.  "Around the Fire" was one, and today's track, "Nosferatu" was another (guess you'll have to wait for tomorrow to find out the third--ooooh, the suspense is killing you, I know!)  

In fact, I would say that I was strongly leaning for "Nosferatu" to be THE Halloween track for months now, as "Nosferatu" was conceived of, worked on, and finished around the same time that the track "Herbert" was, and "Herbert" posted 140 days ago!  (I'd originally planned to keep "Herbert" for Spooky Week, but there was a day when I didn't have another track finished and ready to drop, so I was pressed into posting "Herbert" when it wasn't specifically thematically appropriate.  A similar thing happened with the Interbay track "January," which probably would have earned more listeners than it got had it actually come out IN JANUARY, rather than at the end of summer.  Whoops.  

"Nosferatu" is nasty, symphonic, industrial, metal...with drum machines, synths, strings, and heavily distorted guitar.  The vocals, when you can hear them, often come out as snarls...or as oddly accented repetitions of the title.  

(I was also fairly certain that the thumbnail was going to be Max Shreck as Count Orlaf from the silent film classic titled "Nosferatu"--so, this upload is NOT going how I thought it was going to go, at all.  See--these daily drops ARE a surprise...even to ME!  :) )  

This strongly reminds me of the solo project that my guitarist/songwriting partner from the late 80s/early 90s put out--that "Stigmata"-era Ministry and Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel combination of over the top arrangements and hard rock sounds with machine beats.  

I've certainly always been a big fan of that sound and I imagine that if DangerScience had lasted past 1991, that might well have been the direction we pushed ourselves towards (after we gave up the idea of being a live performing band--though, we were that...we were a damn good one, too.)  

This isn't a Count Floyd style "spooky"--this is full on horror...a "Hellraiser" to an "It", perhaps...  

Now that you have been warned, I encourage you to listen to "Nosferatu" by Interbay.  Compare it to yesterday's "Around The Fire"--which would you have picked to be dropped on the day before Halloween?  

And, obviously, if you like it...give it a like, consider reposting it or sharing it or adding it to a playlist or leaving a comment on it!  All of those things help the metrics (which I know you don't care about, but it puts a smile on my face.)  

...an evil, menacing, smile (considering the time of the year.)  

Also--FOLLOW THIS PAGE--because you'll want to know what song drops tomorrow.  You'll ALWAYS want to know what song drops each day--because new Interbay music is being delivered fresh EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far!)

"Nosferatu" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

The Campestres: la banda virtual que toca verdadero rock’n’roll.
Nacidos en Colombia, son la primera banda virtual de rock del país, y traen un sonido que viaja entre el rock and roll, el blues, el country y la vibra vintage de los 50 y 60, todo reinventado con arreglos modernos y texturas de nueva generación.

Sus canciones beben de la subcultura pop, el cine clásico, el cómic, la ciencia ficción y la era atómica, construyendo un universo creativo tan sólido que trasciende su propia virtualidad. Detrás de las letras y la producción está R.B. Carissimi-P, diseñador, ilustrador, bajista de rock y blues desde hace 35 años, además de luthier profesional, quien, apoyado por las nuevas herramientas de IA, ha logrado dar vida a un proyecto con identidad única y un lore profundo, lleno de personajes y detalles inolvidables.

Con 5 discos ya publicados, The Campestres demuestran que no son solo una banda virtual: son un fenómeno cultural que apenas comienza a escribir su historia.
Instagram:  @the_campestres

The Campestres son:
Captain Mud - Guitarra y Voz (El tipo grueso de densa barba negra)
The Brother - Guitarra solista y voz (El grandote rubio)
Big Jeremiah - Bajo y Voz (El de barba blanca)
Rachel Rebel - Batería y Voz (La hermosa pelirroja)
J.F. Sebastian - Ingeniería y teclados (El bajito con bigote)

Contact/Booking: dommo.official@gmail.com

Post-punk, dance, indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (every day for over a year, so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience), based out of Seattle and Phantom Laboratories West.

New tracks tagged #ROCK HOUSE