New album:

'The Peter Gabriel Tribute Mix (Part 2): Digging in the Dark' 

I did this because I wanted to communicate and express my experience of, and appreciation for, the veteran musician and artist Peter Gabriel. And also to showcase lesser-known musical works of his and the work of other artists that is based on Peter Gabriel's work.

The third and final (upcoming!) Part of this series will be titled 'Songs of Love and Conscience'.

It was all supposed to be done by FEB. 13 which was Peter's 75th Birthday (Happy Belated Birthday, Peter!) but, like Peter I work slowly and methodically and so I am a little behind schedule.

This Part of the Threesome explores some of Peter Gabriel's 'darker' works, and many variations and versions thereof. But don't worry: on this audio journey you will be led forth slowly but surely into the light.

This is Part 2 of a trilogy of mixes which comprise a very much expanded version of the 3-hour mix called 'The Peter Gabriel Remix Project' released in 2014 under my 'NCN' (National Cynical Network) moniker, which acts as a 'demo' for this overall much more expanded and comprehensive project.

The original 3-hour 'Peter Gabriel Remix Project' may be found on Mixcloud here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/pnarco/ncn-the-peter-gabriel-remix-project/

This NEW EXPANDED THREE-PART VERSION builds on the original and also focuses on musician Peter Gabriel's lesser-known works: his off-album stuff, his B-Sides, his live performances, his early and experimental work, his collaborations and works that are fantastic but just never really saw much or any 'heavy-rotation' airplay. 

We think they deserve more attention.

Part 1 of this expanded 3-Part project is here at Bandcamp:

https://nationalcynical.bandcamp.com/album/the-peter-gabriel-tribute-mix-part-1-big-time

Part 1 is also here at SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/pnarco/the-peter-gabriel-tribute-mix-part-i-big-time

Part 2 is here on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/pnarco/the-peter-gabriel-tribute-mix-part-ii-digging-in-the-dark

The greatest care to use the best possible audio quality source files has been taken in the composition of this MetaMix (a term meaning 'a mix of mixes'). Lossless audio sound files and the most current remasters have been used whenever possible and the audio file that the project has been rendered to is a .flac lossless file which is 48,000hz and 24bit depth.

This expanded version also includes more interview clips, anecdotal and biographical material than the original 3hr. version and has more coverage and representation of remixes, covers, mashups and various 'DIY' and special versions versions and variations of Gabriel's original work as well.

My project's Patreon is at: https://patreon.com/nationalcynical  << FOLLOW FOR FREE! (Or else contribute to help support my work if  you want!) to keep up with my ongoing creative projects.

Thank you for your support!

Stay tuned...

The Peter Gabriel Tribute Mix (Part 2): Digging in the Dark

(2025) Dream Requiem⏳(New improvised work, inspired from Tangerine Dream/Edgar Froese in progress, not finished!)[Update 20!]
*🎹 Software instruments: Synapse Audio "DUNE 3" (Soundset "Berlin Legacy" by sound designer Otto K. Schwarz. Arturia Analog Lab V: "T.D. Church Theme Pad+Seq". "Macho Swell" from Roland JD-800. Kompose Audio: "Rise" and "Lumen". LinnDrum: Dave Spiers IconDrum MIDI Files "120 BPM Paisley". Drumloops: "Heavenly Beats", "Electro Funky-120bpm" and "Backbeat-120bpm." Polydata Oberheim DMX MIDI Files: Super Dead AOR Kit MIDI 3, Super Dead AOR Kit MIDI 1. 
*Hardware instrument: "Arturia Keystep 37". 
*Inspired by: Kosmische musik/Cosmic music, Synthwave, New age, Berlin school, Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Peter Baumann, Klaus Schulze, Thorsten Quaeschning, Krautrock, Trent Reznor, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Roedelius, Moebius, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kate Bush, Terry Riley, Moby, Ralph Lundsten, Ludwig Göransson, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Genesis, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Supertramp, Mike Oldfield, Hans Zimmer and Larry Fast/Synergy. 
-*-
"Always remember that when you hear a marvellous sound coming from a synthesizer it is not the machine that is doing it - it is the imagination of the man playing it."
/Vangelis
-*-
💿 Inspired mostly by music from TANGERINE DREAM, especially from these albums: 
Tangerine Dream - "Tangram", Set One & Set Two (1980)
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQpAJUZeIAY
- * -
TANGERINE DREAM - "YELLOWSTONE PARK (Rocky Mountains)", from the 1985 album 'LE PARC'. Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Johannes Schmoelling. And Clare Torry – vocals! (This version remastered by Esoteric Records 2012.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Toc8nhLvFk
- * -
Tangerine Dream - "Logos" - (Live at the Dominion-London 1982)
Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY2Rlw3bRoM
- * -
Tangerine Dream - "Ricochet" Live (1975) Full Remastered HQ
Composer: Christophe Franke, Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWTAEravmw
- * -
Tangerine Dream - "Cloudburst Flight" (1979) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Ni-HsWldg
- * -
Tangerine Dream - "Force majeure" (1979)(2019 Reissue, Remastered.)
Edgar Froese/keyboards, synthesizer, electric & acoustic guitars, bass, Fx, co-producer & mixing.
Christoph Franke -  keyboards, sequencers, co-producer & mixing.
Klaus Krieger - Drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqzgGfxFSNk
- + -
Tangerine Dream - Live in Athens (1983) TV-Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAv623khGc
- + -
Tangerine Dream - LIVE - "The Electric Mandarine Tour" (2012)
Enjoy the whole set 2 of the Zürich concert in one clip (May, 7th 2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyiKD3YUEDI

Dream Requiem(2025)⏳[Updated!]

Where I could leave but I won't go
It'd be easier I know
I can't feel a thing from my head down to my toes
So why does it always seem to be
Me lookin' at you, you lookin' at me
It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all...

Genesis - That's All (re disco ver ''Turnin' Me ON, Turnin' Me OFF'' Black & White reMix) back to 83

Instructions for Dancing

(2025)Wake Up!💣 #mobygratis @mobygratis (New half improvised work, inspired from The Prodigy, Moby, Brian Eno, Trent Reznor, Robert Fripp, Jerome Froese and Tangerine Dream in progress, not finished!)
*🎹 Software instruments: "bas traps inst mix ab oz-150bpm-mobygratis", (The track you have licensed is bas traps audio): https://mobygratis.com/ 
Godley & Creme Music From "Consequences" (1977), the sample: "Wake Up", in the end of "Holnolulu Lulu". Star Wars "I love you-I know", The Beatles "#9" and other various edited samples. 
*Hardware instrument: Roland D50, Korg M3R an Yamaha DX7 and Arturia "Keystep 37". 
*Inspired by: Kosmische musik/Cosmic music, Floataway, Synthwave, The Prodigy, Moby, EDM, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Roedelius, Moebius, Vangelis, Bladerunner, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Peter Baumann, Klaus Schulze, Thorsten Quaeschning, New Age, Kate Bush, Terry Riley, Ralph Lundsten, Ludwig Göransson, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Genesis, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Supertramp, Kraftwerk, Hans Zimmer, Robert Fripp and Larry Fast/Synergy.

Wake Up!(2025)💣[Updated!]

(2025)Crazy Bear🐻 #mobygratis @mobygratis (New half improvised work, inspired from Tony Levin, Brian Eno, Moby, Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp in progress, not finished!) 
✝To my brother Björne Orveland, who passed away today, (2025-05-22).♱ 💫
*🎹 Software instruments: Arturia "Analog Lab V" (Solina: "Dogs Sublima Strings"), "Macho Swell" from Roland JD-800 and "Planet" from Roland JX-3P.  "crazy bear inst_82bpm-mobygratis" ("The track you have licensed is crazy bear"): #mobygratis @mobygratis
https://mobygratis.com/
*Hardware instrument: "Arturia Keystep 37".
*Inspired by: Kosmische musik/Cosmic music, Floataway, Tony Levin, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Roedelius, Moebius, Moby, Vangelis, Bladerunner, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Peter Baumann, Klaus Schulze, Thorsten Quaeschning, New Age, Kate Bush, Terry Riley, Ralph Lundsten, Ludwig Göransson, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Genesis, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Supertramp, Kraftwerk, Hans Zimmer, Robert Fripp, The Beatles and Larry Fast/Synergy.

Crazy Bear(2025)🐻

(2025)A Walk in the Park🌃 #mobygratis @mobygratis (New half improvised work, inspired from Gary Numan, Trent Reznor, OMD, Moby, The Human League, Howard Jones, Brian Eno, David Bowie and Robert Fripp in progress, not finished!)
*🎹 Software instruments: Synapse Audio "DUNE 3", Arturia "Analog Lab V": "Solina" & "Ambi strings", "Macho Swell" from Roland JD-800, "Planet" from Roland JX-3P and "Glider" from KORG M1. Me on "Wet Dist. Guitarr"-keyboard solo. 
"ever after inst mix ab oz 2nd_88bpm-mobygratis" ("The track you have licensed is ever after"): #mobygratis @mobygratis
https://mobygratis.com/
*Hardware instrument: "Arturia Keystep 37".
*Inspired by: Kosmische musik/Cosmic music, Floataway, Gary Numan, OMD, Trent Reznor, Tony Levin, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Roedelius, Moebius, Moby, Vangelis, Bladerunner, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Peter Baumann, Klaus Schulze, Thorsten Quaeschning, New Age, Kate Bush, Terry Riley, Ralph Lundsten, Ludwig Göransson, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Genesis, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, David Bowie, Supertramp, Kraftwerk, Hans Zimmer, Robert Fripp, Simple Minds, The Human League and Larry Fast/Synergy.

A Walk in the Park(2025)🌃

Exploration of dealing with our own headspace. Blend of CSN and Peter Gabriel.

Vocals: Will Montgomery & Julie Lavery
Acoustic Guitar: Spencer Brochard
Keyboards: Will Montgomery
Written, Produced and Mixed by Will Montgomery

Barely

Second videoclip of the album Weird Bug, cover Peter Gabriel.

SLEDGEHAMMER

It's All A Scam

Peter Gabriel, legendary musician, activist, and innovative technology advocate, joins Arm CEO and host Rene Haas at Founders Forum Global for a conversation about technology and creativity. 

Perhaps best known for hit songs like “Solsbury Hill” and “Sledgehammer”, Peter has long been an early adopter of new technologies in music. He was on the front edge of digital recording, download, and distribution tech, and he joined Stability AI in 2023 to run a competition for AI-generated animated music videos set to his music. 

Peter shares his thoughts on the role of innovative technology like AI in music and the arts. He also talks to Rene about using tech to connect people and generate hope and compassion through projects like TheElders.org. 


Tech Unheard is a podcast from Arm. Find each episode in your podcast feed monthly.  

The future of AI is built on Arm. 
 

© Peter Gabriel Limited in respect of the audio contribution from Peter Gabriel in the podcast and any associated use of his image. 

© Peter Gabriel Ltd, photo credit: York Tillyer 

Peter Gabriel: On Creativity Through Innovation

Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place
How To Destroy Angels - Is your Love Strong Enough?
Olafur Arnalds - So Close
Gary Numan - Ghost Nation
Peter Gabriel - Growing Up (Trent Reznor-Rmx)
HEALTH & The Soft Moon - Colors
HEALTH & Poppy - Dead Flowers
Nine Inch Nails - Leaving Hope
How To Destroy Angels - How Long?
David Bowie & Trent Reznor - Im Afraid Of Americans
Front Line Assembly - Wake Up The Coma ft. Nick Holmes
Gary Numan - The Fall
HEALTH & Chelsea Wolf - Mean
Rhys Fulber ft. Sara Taylor - Slip It In
Noise Unit - Illictic Dreams
Wumpscut - Wreath Of Barbs (Dismantled-Rmx)
KITE - Losing (Feat. Anna Von Hausswolff & Henric De La Cour)
Sacred Skin - Waiting 
Nine Inch Nails - The Background World (TweakerRay-Rmx)
Front Line Assembly - Molotov (Seeming - Rmx)
The Soft Moon - Wasting
HEALTH & Street Sects - The Joy Of Sects
Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be
Front Line Assembly - Target
HEALTH & Nine Inch Nails - Isn´t Everyone
Front Line Assembly - Molotov (s:cage/Femine / Lys Morke) 
SRSQ - Only One
Olafur Arnalds - So Far

Tribute and dedicated to NIN - Dublin 15th June 2025

(2025)Scream of Sirens💥 #mobygratis @mobygratis (New half improvised work, inspired from Gary Numan, Trent Reznor, Moby, OMD and Robert Fripp in progress, not finished!)
*🎹 Software instruments: Synapse Audio "DUNE 3", Arturia "Analog Lab V"  and Roland D-50/JD-800; "Chords Sweeper 2", "A Beginning". 
Edited: "formerly sb inst mix ab oz_152bpm-mobygratis" ("The track you have licensed is formerly sb"): #mobygratis @mobygratis
https://mobygratis.com/
Sound Effects: "AtmosFX_12_TL", "12-G1 (S)", "91 reverse fx", and "91 light perc". 
*Hardware instrument: "Arturia Keystep 37". 
*Inspired by: Kosmische musik/Cosmic music, Floataway, Gary Numan, OMD, Moby, Trent Reznor, Tony Levin, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Roedelius, Moebius, Vangelis, Bladerunner, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Peter Baumann, Klaus Schulze, Thorsten Quaeschning, Rupert Hine, New Age, Kate Bush, Terry Riley, Ralph Lundsten, Ludwig Göransson, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Genesis, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, David Bowie, Supertramp, Hans Zimmer, Robert Fripp, Simple Minds, The Human League, Kraftwerk and Larry Fast/Synergy.

Scream of Sirens(2025)💥

LYRICS:
You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back

All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
Oh let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony

Show me round your fruit cakes
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruit cakes
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm gonna be-the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it

Sledge sledge sledgehammer

 I kicked the habit (Dejé el hábito)
 Shed my skin (Cambié mi piel)
 This is the new stuff (Esto es lo nuevo)
 I go dancing in (En esto salgo a bailar)
 Oh won't you show for me 
 (Por favor ¿no)
 Te presentarías por mí?
 I will show for you 
 (Yo me presentaré por ti)
 Show for me, I will show for you
 (Preséntate por mí)
 (y yo me presentaré por ti)

Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
I do mean you
Only you, you've been coming through
Going to build that power
Build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
Going to feel that power, build in you
Come on, come on, help me do

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
It's what we're doing, doing
All day and night
Come on and help me do
Come on and help me do
Ven y ayúdame a hacerlo
Come on and help me do 

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SMOOTH SLEDGEHAMMER (Mazo Liso)

Okay, be kind, here is my version :/

Peter Gabriel and his video were quite an influence on my childhood. Thank you o C. Renee Kiser for daring me to do this song ;)

Shock the Monkey OW Version

BPM: 182
Samples: "Star of Bethlehem" by John Williams (from Home Alone); "I Believe in Love" + "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" + "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John (performed by Jared Halley); "Hero" by Steve Taylor; "In CIrcles" by Sunny Day Real Estate; "Of These, Hope (reprise)"; "Sing" by Travis; Starsky & Hutch (2004)

Home Alone Elton Travis

"Sledgehammer" was a deliberate tribute to classic funk and soul music.
Peter Gabriel, a huge fan of soul music since his teenage years, wanted to create a modern song that captured the passion of those records. The track features a horn section assembled by Wayne Jackson, who played with Otis Redding and the legendary Stax Records house band, to give it an authentic, soulful brass sound. Additionally, bassist Tony Levin's slapping bass line and drummer Manu Katché's groove provide the funky backbone of the song, directly inspired by the rhythms of the genre. The result was a fusion of pop and funk that became one of the most recognizable songs of the 1980s.
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LYRICS:
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You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back

All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
Oh let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony

Show me round your fruit cakes
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruit cakes
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm gonna be-the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it

Sledge sledge sledgehammer

 I kicked the habit (Dejé el hábito)
 Shed my skin (Cambié mi piel)
 This is the new stuff (Esto es lo nuevo)
 I go dancing in (En esto salgo a bailar)
 Oh won't you show for me 
 (Por favor ¿no)
 Te presentarías por mí?
 I will show for you 
 (Yo me presentaré por ti)
 Show for me, I will show for you
 (Preséntate por mí)
 Y yo me presentaré por ti

Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
I do mean you
Only you, you've been coming through
Going to build that power
Build, build up that power, hey

I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
Going to feel that power, build in you
Come on, come on, help me do

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
It's what we're doing, doing
All day and night
Come on and help me do
Come on and help me do
Ven y ayúdame a hacerlo
Come on and help me do 
Come on, come on 
Help me do

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Funky Stanky Sledgehammer

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
The amusement never ends...

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (re disco ver ''Show for Me" Kicked the Habit Soul reMix) back to 87

Always loved this song, so thought I would give it a whirl,,,
Apologies to Peter Gabriel!

In Your Eyes

Arm CEO Rene Haas takes you behind the boardroom door with technology’s most inspiring visionaries. Tech Unheard lets you listen in on one-on-one conversations with industry leaders, everything from the potential of artificial general intelligence to pre-keynote nerves.

Haas and his guests explore the drivers behind each leader’s path and analyze the most pressing trends in their space — plus tell a few entertaining anecdotes of success and failure along the way.

The AcidTest is a solo project by musician and producer Nathan M. Hershfeld.
Influenced by many genres of music and eclectic tastes.
Creating a sound space that takes the mind on a journey of vision and emotion.  PNAWT Records, PNAWT Publishing, BMI.

Collecting records and deejaying since 1991.
Oldschool Death Metal & Grindcore - enthusiast since the very beginning, Ambient, Drum´n Bass, Detroit Techno, Electro, Oldschool Breaks, Braindance, Acid, EBM + Industrial and many other good stuff that blows my mind ;)

In all those past years i had the honour playing gigs in some top Clubs or events like Oz-Club (Stuttgart) , Prag Club (Stuttgart), Ultraschall (Munich), Tresor (Berlin), Club 8.Mai (Chemnitz) ,Lehmann Club (Stuttgart) or Rhythm Factory (London), Loveparade 2000 (Berlin) and in additional i was for a while part of a weekly Electro-Show at the legendary Evosonic Radio in Munich. 

While all those amazing gigs i had the honour playing alongside cool guys like 
Carl Craig, Anthony Shake Shakir, Scan 7, 
Jerome Sydenham, DJ Bone, Stephan Brown, 
Colin Dale, John Heckle, T-1000 Alan Oldham, 
Jay Denham, Ancient Methods, Robert Görl (D.A.F.), Oliver Huntemann, Oliver Lieb, Mike S.,
Jason Leach/Subhead, Hanno Hinkelbein, 
Neil Landstrumm, Scalameriya, Terence Fixmer, Sunil Sharpe, Joe Farr, Roberto Q Ingram, Mike Dehnert, Johannes Volk, Mush, Dave Tarrida, Tok Tok and many more....

ALL INQUIRIES: skylightmotionpicture@gmail.com

CLICK SONGS FOR SAMPLE/BPM DETAILS. Beat producer and composer looking to partner with talented, conscious, and dedicated MCs. Hip hop production is an outlet to express my love for various musical genres and fasten them together. I approach each song passionately with the desire to evoke emotion.

Ambient project - Radagast the Brown
Indie synth pop - Skylight Motion Picture

Phineas is the curator and primary creative force behind a multipronged 'Latent-Einstein Outreach Ministry' comprised mostly of 'mutated MetaMedia audio mixes' meant largely to be a therapeutic and sonic REPLACEMENT FOR DRUGS for the Masses and the 'Not-That-Reality-Oriented'. He is a self-styled 'MetaMediagician' in this respect, as well as a formerly official canonized (and carmelized) 'Church of the SubGenius' (lapsed) 'SAINT'.

The neologism (meaning literally a 'new word') 'MetaMediagician' is a 'Pre-Zuckian' use of the prefix 'Meta' (which may be confirmed through 'The Internet Wayback Machine's cached copies of Narco social media accounts so... 'nyyyah') and denotes an artist who utilizes content from the media at large like a 'painter's pallette' in order to make further developed or synthesized 'macro' media work out of that media content in a more or less 'collage'-type format. 

Phineas' efforts in this regard have evolved from the personally expressive to the social therapeutic and have been structured around more and more relatable 'universal themes' with the general goal of attaining a more enlightened understanding of the matter or matters at hand.

Phineas is a very late Baby Boomer (a 'Barely Boomer' as he terms it) and is a 'PROUD MENTAL PATIENT' (since 1984) who has never married and has no kids and who lives alone in Silicon Valley since age 9 after his family moved out to San Jose from the Midwest. He has been creating and distributing Experimental audio artwork of one sort or another SINCE THE 1970s. NOTE that the featured profiled pic is from 1983: the year right before he 'GOT SICK' and became disabled lifelong.

Phineas' birth name is James Scianna (surname is typically pronounced 'SEE-ah-na' although the proper Italian pronunciation is actually: 'SHIAHn-nah').

The alias 'Phineas Narco' was created by Phineas around the time of the onset of his overarching, disabling mental health condition at age 19 (guardedly referred to typically as 'the exact same diagnosis as had by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys') and is serious.

Phineas' condition exists independent of and unrelated to his creative skills, artistic life and efforts although it often inspires the subject matter of those efforts that are about mental illness and its aspects.

The alias name 'Phineas Narco' was created around the time of the onset of Phineas' illness as a 'church name' for his inclusion in 'The Church of The SubGenius' an actual mind control cult that Phineas was involved with for many decades but resigned from in 2024.

The two names refer to figures in Greek mythology. 'Narco' is meant as a contraction of the name 'Narcissus' (in the non-pathological sense) and is not meant as a reference to drugs. The name 'Phineas' refers to an ancillary character in the story of 'Jason and the Argonauts'. In addition to this, there is some identification with the character Phineas from the John Knowles novel 'A Separate Peace' although the significance of this 'referential idea' would not fully blossom until life events from 2021 to 2024 had occured in Phineas' life.

In addition to his involvement in the SubGenius mind control cult, Phineas also had a months-long dalliance with The Church of Scientology in 1991 in San Jose, CA in order to see, from the inside, what it was all about, working for the organization for many months but cleverly 'escaping their clutches' by pre-programming into his brain, in the pre-indoctrination period, a predetermined 'escape response', in other words *Phinny's cue to 'exit stage left* when a Church representative uttered a certain inevitable phrase to him, which of course they DID.

Bye, bye Scientology.
They were NOT PLEASED.

Phineas's current religious identification is Christian. He considers himself to be a Man of God but does not ascribe to any particular 'church' organization, being perfectly comfortable with his own, personal sense, useful understanding and concept of God.

Phineas has had a robust, lifelong interest in Psychology and has earned a trained certificate in Peer Counseling which he has utilized in volunteer efforts in his local community. So he is 'certified and certifiable' simultaneously holding both 'consumer' and 'practitioner' status in the mental health community.

Phineas also has since childhood had a driven natural affinity for, and very keen interest in language and its usages, even studying vocabulary and etymology on his own as a child, long term as an interest. 

 When Phineas was given a standardized IQ test as a child, he was found to have a verbal comprehension score of 139 which is very, very high.

Phineas was also tested positively as being on the 'autism spectrum' in an official capacity much later in life although the severity of this was not deemed to be problematic enough to require treatment.

Phineas' post-Highschool educational efforts can be classified as 'some college' but also as 'MUCH some college' taking many, many courses of interest in a number of local community colleges all with no intention or desire of ever earning any sort of degree during his 20's and 30's. These self-interested,  self-motivated educational efforts typically resulted in high grades and included a number of efforts in artistic, drama, media production, Psychology and English courses and curricula. Otherwise, Phineas has  mostly acted as an 'autodidact' (a term meaning essentially someone who is 'self taught') in his extracurricular learning efforts.

Phineas has worked intensively and creatively with the likes of such groups and artists such as Negativland, Bran Flakes, TradeMark Gunderson of (The Evolution Control Committee), Doktors 4 "Bob" and Big City Orchestra with whom he has collaboratively help create online virtual theatrical video events for his 'musical mashup movies' for the 3-D immersive VR community environment 'Second Life'.

His work has been lauded by the likes of the late comedian George Carlin and mainstream media critics such as Brad Kava (The San Jose Mercury News) and Richard Von Busack (The San Jose Metro).

https://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/09.05.02/midnightvoice-0236.html

Phineas has also worked extensively and creatively, for decades collaboratively, at the Pacifica Radio flagship radio station KPFA in Berkeley, CA as well as the prestigious, exclusive and critically-acclaimed college radio station KFJC located at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA. These former creative efforts were reviewed favorably by the aforementioned mainstream media critics at the time.

Despite all this 'impressive display' of extraordinarily unique talent and brainpower, Phineas frequently has difficulty putting on his own pants.

Phineas notoriously once mailed a package containing one of his radio shows to Ted Kaczynski ('The Unabomber') in the mid-nineties to where the notorious insane criminal resided at the time at the Supermax Federal Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado after having secured the notorious serial bomber's exact mailing address through the help of a local (and quite amused) reference librarian.

The program in question was called 'Bombscare', the result of a year-long creative effort by Phineas and was broadcast mixed live around that time by Phineas and Negativland band member, the late Don Joyce on KPFA. The show was, in part, about Mr. Kaczynski, his schizophrenic illness, and the years-long federal investigation into his serial mailbombing crimes.

The program represented a 'high-watermark' in Phineas' creative efforts and the IRONY of Phineas' sincere (yet arguably more than a little irrational and probably uhm... misguided) motivation in going about MAILING A PACKAGE TO THE *FUCKING UNABOMBER* containing his SHOW which was *ABOUT THE FUCKING GODDAMN UNABOMBER* was eclipsed in Phineas's semi-deranged mind by a literally a genuine and curious desire to 'find out what Ted thought about it'. 

Uhhhh... YEAH.
We *wish* we were kidding about that, but we're actually uhhm... NOT.

The package in question was summarily and promptly returned to Phineas, by Supermax prison authorities via US Mail, unopened and without comment.   Which MAKE SENSE. After all, ANY PRISON which houses the *GODDAMN FUCKING UNABOMBER* that gets... *a package* for... UH...  *HIM*... 

...is CERTAINLY... 
** NOT GONNA FUCKING OPEN IT!!! ***

And so, that... as they say... was THAT.

Around this time as well, Phineas mailed an identical tape copy of the 'Bombscare' show highlights to a very different person: the late iconic and legendary comedian George Carlin under the somewhat disingenuous guise of procuring 'permission' for using a Carlin audio sample in the show. 

However there was, like with Kaczinsky, the somewhat diffuse motivation of 'wanting to know what he thought about it'. 

The somewhat 'ruse' of offering the tape up to Carlin 'for review' to 'get permission' arose when Phineas self-consciously realized Carlin was 'in the show' he wanted to send and was offset by the perceptive comedian 'understanding' most likely that Phineas really just wanted feedback. Also, Phineas too was in fact sincere in that he would have snipped out the Carlin sample if permission was not forthcoming from George. 

With that, Phineas procured permission to send the tape to Carlin through the comedian's publicist and a voicemail message from George. The sequence in the 'Bombscare' program that includes the Carlin sample may be heard here in a track from the album/show's full listing on Bandcamp:

https://nationalcynical.bandcamp.com/track/more-fun-for-me

Some weeks after sending that tape of the show to George, Phineas discovered a message response from George in his voice mailbox.

In the voicemail message, Carlin was almost 'beyond enthusiastic' about the tape Phineas had sent to him. His praise of the work was almost uncontainable and Carlin articulately and happily lauded and sang its praises sincerely for over a minute, with all the salty facility of language and attitude he was so well known for in is in his lifetime, waxing eloquent about how great and fabulous he found it, and specifically praising the 'middle ear' range of artistic efficacy in which the sonic power of the program had 'hit'.

The uncut recording of Carlin's enthusiastic voicemail message to Phineas about the show can be heard here:

https://nationalcynical.bandcamp.com/track/carlin-voicemail-to-phineas-narco-about-bombscare-c-1997-8

Phineas' immediate reaction to hearing this message of personal endorsement from this hyper-known source there in his own personal voicemail at the time was one not so much of elation, pride and happiness but rather an almost *stunned awe* as if he had thought of one day to get an interesting looking penny assessed by a pawnbroker only to suddenly learn that the coin was in fact worth TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

It is interesting to note in regard this phone call message that George started out his performative career as a radio DJ working at WINO in New York and that his brother the late Patrick Carlin (who George tells Phineas in the message his wants to send the show tape to) also worked in radio and ran a podcast. So, both men would have had a firsthand appreciation of the program as a live-mixed radio effort.

Also, and I have been unable to definitively confirm this, although I seem to recall hearing this from somewhere at one point: Carlin's brother Patrick also kind of lived 'out in the woods' Walden Pond style far away from the mainstream infrastructure of the more developed sections of society. So, if this were in fact true, his 'lifestyle' could be said to be not all that different than that of 'The Unabomber' himself.

Minus the 'exploding' part. *Ahem* 

WELL, A MAN NEEDS A HOBBY!! When he LIVES ALONE so what are you gonna do? Sometimes it's RUNNING A PODCAST and sometimes it's BLOWING PEOPLE UP!!

Further to this: in researching Carlin's life, it became known to Phineas that prior to him becoming the legendary, well-known mainstream comedic show business talent that he turned out to be (which he was rather forced to do in order to raise a family which was expensive to do and also ultimately to pay off his massive tax bills) Carlin originally only had the ambition or 'dream' or intention of being just an obscure artist doing abstract, weird art like in an apartment somewhere on his own merely for his own enjoyment and just living his life like that.

Sort of like... how... Phineas Narco... does.
Go figure.

The phone call from Carlin ultimately motivated and accelerated Phineas' artistic career at a crucial time of growth. It gave Phineas the confidence of knowing that his work had worth and was on the right track with an appeal to an audience, who was like George in terms of sensibility and values, and he was able to rest assured that this endorsement was one HUNDRED PERCENT genuine, no bullshit and SECURE because Phineas knew that Carlin was NOT the kind of guy for Hollywood bullshit. 

So, this ringing endorsement was like a shiny gold coin of the purest stock gifted to him right into his pocket. IT WAS HIS. And he was able to use that currency for capital in the artistic journey to come.

Thanks, George.

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To view, stream or download (at NO required cost) Phineas Narco's mediage artwork which is freely available to everyone online, go to any of the following sites:

YouTube
Mixcloud
SoundCloud
Bandcamp
or
archive.org

...and search for "Phineas Narco" [using quotemarks] and also 'NCN' and/or "National Cynical Network" [with quotes around as well] in combination if need be:

Recent interviews with Phineas on Youtube for 'Innerviews' with former Carlin and Zappa employee Gerry Fialka:     

Part 1: https://youtu.be/AsaZK74Qqu8
Part 2: https://youtu.be/0t9Suf8490o

Phineas Narco's ENTIRE DIGITIZED BODY OF BODY OF WORK (Including much special, rare and heretofore otherwise unreleased, unfinished. upcoming and never-heard before material) termed 'THE VAULT' is now available via DROPBOX in a 1.5TB-sized comprehensive online archive and can be now accessed using THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://bit.ly/4dllBLQ

Enjoy!g

Singer/Songwriter/Drummer in Dallas, TX. I believe in working with real musicians and tracking as much as possible live.

Mats Orveland/"MO-PROJECT": 
Composer, keyboard and drum-programming, (exept where other mentioned). 
My music is often improvised, and several songs are actually unfinished song drafts. But I hope you can ignore that and instead listen to my feelings and my thoughts. I like to play with sounds, ambient, effects, electronic instruments and tools. Drawing influences from different electronic music genres. Mostly Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre and Tony Banks. 
Relax and breathe, to my sound-carpets! <3
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Every track was recorded between 1980 and 2025.
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Some of the instruments and machines: ARP Odyssey Synthesizer, Roland D50, Yamaha DX7+RX11, Korg M3R, Roland tr808, Roland R8, Roland JX3P, SIEL Poly Synthesizer, Roland Digital-Sequencer CSQ-100, TEAC PortaStudio 144. Plus computer software programs.
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"Instead of shooting arrows at someone else’s target, which I’ve never been very good at, I make my own target around wherever my arrow happens to have landed.
You shoot your arrow and then you paint your bulls eye around it, and therefore you have hit the target dead centre."
— Brian Eno
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"Always remember that when you hear a marvellous sound coming from a synthesizer it is not the machine that is doing it - it is the imagination of the man playing it."
/Vangelis
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"Love is the only thing that transcends all dimensions, including time and space." <3

Love yourself. You are loveable. Shine your heart lights ✨✨💗✨✨

Dont be shallow...get out of the f.....g shallow.

Im up for collaborations with other artists. forget what you heard, I dont bite, I promise ;) Keep your intentions pure, and its all good baby!

Please, Read before you think about working with me...consider my words a contract.

If you are using my vocals, please use citations. Sometimes I work with other people's music, have some respect! If I find my name removed or the musicians name I will flag you!
You want to make music, then lets go...

 I go by Orieliel Watcher and sing about these three beings often..coincidence? Fascinating.....

Lorelei

A mix of mermaid, shape-shifter, and siren, the Rhine Maidens were water-dwelling creatures who lured sailors to their death on treacherous rocks. In Germany, the chief water sprite lent her name to the Loreley, an especially deadly boulder in the Rhine River en route to the North Sea.

My website: https://www.freewebs.com/pathwaystowellness/

So, seems to be miscommunications when it comes to making music with me. Rule number one--Dont Waste My Time. Rule Two The music we do together is both of our works; we both have equal rights. Rule Three Once we create a song you cannot take that away from me. I will share the song as it is treated as a contract between musician and singer. Rule Four Please, refer back to rule one. I love music--its not about money for me--but spreading joy through improvisational storytelling. So please--Keep your intentions pure if you want to work with me. Also, once I allow for a download, once you have downloaded it and have agreed to make a song you must produce that song or I will consider it a form of theft and misrepresentation. Sorry had to set some rules and boundaries, because some people are taking advantage of my generosity with regards to songs and lyrics I write.

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A Shout Out of Gratitude to everyone sharing commenting and liking our Track Ava's Song: Star Born Child. She succumbed to her injuries in a accident involving a distracted driver. Some of her organs were then donated.She was a really special child that left this world much too soon. She is still with US in spirit and would have loved her song!

To everyone who has shared listened and played songs from our Inside the Dream playlist we thank you. It is indeed our best music compilations and improvisational works. We thank you gratefully <3

Our first video: Creepy Gurl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzA6CnwaTB8

Inside the Dream playlist has become a labyrinth...

So grateful, for every little thing....

I am a Poet, Improvisational Artist, Spoken Word Artist, Muse, Oracular Lyricist, Certified Hypnotist, and Reiki Master Teacher. I love to speak, sing, dance and talk. I am a Communication Artist and I enjoy creating healing sounds, songs and create melodies using elemental and light language as well.

I am open to collaborations of poetry, song and I also interview folks for the Fractal Universe Series and on all topics of Metaphysics.

My Facebook page: 

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This is my other page for Hypnosis.

https://soundcloud.com/New-perceptions-hypnosis

Thank you for visiting my page. Brightest of Blessings.

SINCERE IMPOSTER writes, performs and/or produces a curious mixture of New Wave, Dance, EDM, Folk Rock, Metal, Art Pop, Electro, Dreamwave & Experimental World Pop. Collectively, it's a genre known as QUIRKPOP --- Music that makes you say, "What the hell is this?"

The band currently consists of two members, both living within the same body, sharing a similar existence. They identify as Danielle & Dave. They are both psychologically and musically confused. However, both are extremely and unapologetically sincere. 

Influences include Weird Al, Nathan Fielder, David Lynch, Rosalia, Monatik, Atarashii Gakko!, Rammstein, T-Pain and T-Swift. Their favorite inventions are the vacuum and the peach pitter. Their father is simply known as Vessel... who may be an entity or a god.



Where is the purpose in your life
Where is the truth
Do you remember your hopes Your dreams
They are no longer your own
This day is for living your own life
Don't let this world capture your heart
Your passion lost to a thousand themes
Surrendered to the screen
This is not a story
This is not a book this is your life
And this is not a play
Some TV show you've seen
This is real life

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