Outside the Mall is an avant-garde rock journey where the narrator sings and humorously complains about the chaos of the modern world, longing for a UFO to whisk him away. Expect quirky rhythms, playful absurdity, and surreal storytelling that blend social commentary with imaginative, unpredictable soundscapes.

Outside the mall

Secret Sauna Society follows Agent Sauna Boy-  Pasi, who’s dressed as a French beautician but gets hilariously clobbered over the head, through a surreal and chaotic sonic adventure. This avant-garde rock track mixes quirky rhythms, unexpected twists, and playful absurdity, creating a wild, cinematic soundscape full of humor and tension.

Secret Sauna Society

The Cat Sleeps in the Garden is a guitar-driven avant-garde rock track with a partly instrumental structure, featuring vocals sung in Japanese. Surreal melodies, intricate guitar work, and playful, atmospheric soundscapes create a unique listening experience for fans of experimental and international rock.

The cat sleeps in the garden

Billy BombShoe is an avant-garde rock journey full of quirky rhythms, surreal soundscapes, and unexpected twists. This track blends experimental textures with playful chaos, creating a wild, unpredictable sonic adventure.

Billy Bombshoe

The Fallen Angel

Today I wake with no direction,
The streets beneath me fade away.
Years of love and true devotion
Vanished in a single day.

Don’t let the silence drag me down,
I’m breaking, falling to the ground.
A fire still burns beneath the pain,
The fallen angel speaks my name.

I crawl the road just like a shadow,
Every step returns the pain.
The mirrors crack but show my face,
A thousand scars I can’t erase.

Don’t let the silence drag me down,
I’m breaking, falling to the ground.
A fire still burns beneath the pain,
The fallen angel speaks my name.

Even in the crowd I stumble,
Hope is fragile, hope is thin.

Don’t let the silence drag me down,
I’ve carried this weight too long.
Through fire and storm I stand again,
The fallen angel won’t remain.

Through the storm, I still remain

The Fallen Angel

Verse 1
When I woke up in the morning light,
The sky was burning, golden bright.
I felt the silence, heard the sound,
But shadows started coming round.

Verse 2
I tried to hold the warmth inside,
But storms were moving, could not hide.
A hidden weight began to rise,
Dark clouds gathered in the skies.

Chorus 1
Dark clouds in the shining sky,
Questions with no reason why.
Even when the light is near,
Shadows whisper… I still hear.

Verse 3
I walked the streets, the air was cold,
A fragile heart, a story told.
I tried to laugh, I tried to sing,
But storms erased the joy I bring.

Bridge
You can’t erase the fire inside,
The storm won’t steal the breath I take.
Though heavy clouds may block the way,
The light will learn to stay.

Final Chorus / Climax
Dark clouds in the shining sky,
Hope and sorrow intertwined.
Even when the day is bright,
Shadows dance within the light.

Dark Clouds in the Shining Sky

Lyric

Verse 1
Four months gone, a void no time could heal,
Echoes in silence, your shadow I still feel.
My body bears the weight, each breath drifts away,
A memory unbroken, though night steals the day.

Verse 2
I search your face in the frame on the wall,
But only solitude answers my call.
Your perfume lingers on the empty bed,
Morning coffee tastes of the dead.

Hook
On this darkened stage, my soul still cries for you,
A symphony of longing, a love that stays true.
Just a body that is gone, an end I can’t obey,
In every note that lingers, forever I will stay.

Bridge
I promised I’d be your harbor, your strength, your wall,
But how do vows survive when the altar lets you fall?
A fury burns within me, against the silent skies,
I scream your name into the wind, only echoes reply.

Final Hook
On this darkened stage, my soul still cries for you.
Forever I will stay, forever I will stay.

Outro
Echoes reply… echoes reply…

A Symphony Of Longing

Echoes of Light – “Afterlight”

[ Lyrics ]
Turning around… turning around…
The city fades - I feel the night begin.
Silence cuts through all the noise within.
The air is slow, the shadows crawl,
I find myself… escaping it all.

The world keeps shouting in my ears,
Every headline built on fear.
Truth is bent and sold again,
Power feeds on broken men.
I walk through streets that never sleep,
Screens reflecting eyes too weak.
No place left to hide my mind,
I’m burning from the noise inside.

They call it freedom,
But I can’t feel it here.
They call it order,
But all I sense is fear.

Because I can’t take it anymore,
My mind is tired, my spirit sore.
In the silence I am reborn,
This is where I’m safe once more.

The daylight burns, it never heals.
Faces blur in spinning wheels.
I see the world devour itself,
All the noise, all the rage, all the lies that I’ve felt.

Night comes… and I feel safe again.
The noise fades, the city sleeps.
I can breathe… I can finally breathe.
Here - in the dark - I exist.

Because I can’t take it anymore.
But I don’t need their world to endure.
In the silence I am reborn,
This is where I’m safe once more.

Silence… my shelter.
Silence… my cure.

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[ About this track ]
“Afterlight” is a descent into stillness —  
a journey through the noise of modern existence toward the peace found in solitude.  
It reflects exhaustion, clarity, and the quiet rebellion of turning away from chaos  
to rediscover the self that survives beyond the static.  

Blending cinematic ambience, dark progressive tones, and emotional layering,  
the track captures that fragile moment between despair and serenity —  
where silence becomes both wound and remedy.

Produced, Written, Mixed, and Mastered by **Paulo Oliveira**.  
Creator and Artistic Handler – **Echoes of Light**.

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🎧 **Listen more:**  
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/paulo-oliveira-2  
Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/2Bpxg4L2UxOTiWx0llNbCy  
Apple Music → https://music.apple.com/us/album/fading-silence-ep/1844303191  
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvLYv7qdsFQbPn8fcH8yvbA  

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[ Credits ]
Produced, Written, Mixed, and Mastered by **Paulo Oliveira**.  
All artistic direction and production were fully handled by the artist.

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Afterlight

I  have played all the parts on this song, I also recorded the song on my own at home on Mac Pro .

Planck’s length

Echoes of Light is an independent music producer who transforms emotion, memory, and real human experience into atmospheric, progressive and cinematic sound. The project was born during a period of deep personal loss, where music became a way to survive, to heal, and to give meaning to moments that words could no longer carry.

With roots in the classic hi-fi world of the 80s and 90s, and supported by formal training in sound engineering, Echoes of Light combines technical precision with emotional depth. Years of work in mixing through the Cambridge Music Technology program helped refine a unique approach to sound design — from controlling bleed in drum recordings to shaping immersive textures and expressive dynamics.

On the technical side, the project has been strongly informed by educators and engineers such as Dan Worrall and Mark Daniel Nelson, whose in-depth explanations of plugins, dynamics and mixing workflows helped shape a deeper understanding of modern audio. The creative inspiration itself, however, comes from within: from lived experience, personal dedication and a constant search for honest expression.

Musically, Echoes of Light blends progressive metal, atmospheric rock, and cinematic soundscapes, creating tracks that feel intimate, emotional, and expansive. Every composition carries a fragment of a story — a moment of truth captured in sound.

Echoes of Light exists where emotion, technique, and storytelling meet.
Here, every track means something.
Here, every sound has a past.
And every listen is a connection.

Hi all ! I make music, some of it weird, some of it beautiful I transcend over different genres, all from odd time signature, violent metal to beautiful smooth orchestrations, Short handed - I make the music I want. DM if there is something on your mind. And check out my stuff.  :)

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