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Troy Aikins is a writer, lyricist, and emotional cartographer disguised as a dreamer. With a voice forged from sleepless nights, lived truths, and deep scars, he turns personal chaos into cathartic songs that speak to anyone who's ever battled their own mind at 3 a.m.

Based in California, Troy blends poetic grit with raw storytelling, drawing from lucid dreams, childhood wounds, and the restless weight of feeling too much in a world that often feels numb. His debut double album Dreamscapes: Songs from a Sleeper is a hauntingly honest journey through anxiety, healing, and the blurred edges between memory and imagination.

Whether he's writing songs for himself or crafting personal anthems for others, Troy believes music isn’t about perfection—it’s about telling the truth in a way that makes someone else feel seen.

He's not trying to be famous. He’s just trying to be real.

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“Poorly Written Fate”

Flat Tires and Ghost Roads

The Dream That Won't End

I do what I do.

Just a Room

Turnip Salad Blues

The Other Keys

Still Walking extended

Seeds of Regret

Second Run

FINALLY, after many months...Matt, Dak, and Nyounee are back to discuss, complain, and guide you on all things fantasy football. They own up to the flag plants of last year that didn't quite turn out...no matter how egregious they were. Then compare the darlings of training camp and discuss if any of it will translate to the season.  Lastly, revealing their flag plants for this upcoming year.

2025 Flag Plants

Gothic 1 Soundtrack - 22 Orc Temple

Gothic 1 Soundtrack - 25 Sleepers Awakening

The final track from 2006's 'Ambition' to be remade for 2025's 'Realism'.  And what nice little pop tune this has turned out to be.  

kept the original samples - but with choice placement rather than repetition tending towards boredom.  

this is song about saying f**k the world.  it might be mad out there, but let's at least go and have some fun.

cover art is from a fire engine rushing off on duty in New York City, c2006.

Fire At Leisure II

There were surprises...there were disappointments. The first week of fantasy football delivered duds and studs generously. Dak, Matt, and Nyounee discuss all of the overreactions to these performances. We get an idea of who we should cut from our rosters, who should be added and who should be involved in your next trades.

Week 1 of 2025 Fantasy Football Season

Iraq challange

Matt, Dak, and Nyounee talk the slew of injuries, the great performances all around the league, and who we need to get rid of, trade for, and add before the bye weeks take over.

Week 4 of 2025 Fantasy Football Season

Happy Halloween! Enjoy this collab with @sleeperdubz

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NAHZGUUL x SLEEPER - BALROG (HALLOWEEN FREEBIE)

Fantasy Podcast Test - Mountain Creek

Waived Fantasy Football Podcast is unlike ANY fantasy football production you've heard before. Dak, Matt, and Nyounee are three fanatics who pour over all the latest data, trends, and news regarding your roster so you don't have to. Their pain is real and their triumph is delusional. 

Livestream every Tuesday around 7pm during the season (YouTube and Twitch).

30+ years of writing music.  now back to lots of hardware to complement the soft synths.  And of course, the compulsion to add the kitchen sink, fridge and oven is still there!

Kit:
Logic 
Cubase
Ableton Live
Reason
Expose
Loopcloud
Arturia V collection, Pigments
Arturia microfreak, minifreak, matrixbrute, minibrute, Spark 
Roland boutique Juno, Jupiter, JP3, 808 and 909
Arturia Audiofuse
Focusrite Scarlett
Roland Jupiter Xm, JD-Xi, Gaia SH-01 MDC-1 Dance Module
Korg Modwave, microKorg, MicroKorg XL, korg ER-1, korg 05RW, kaoss pad
Novation ultranova, mininova, a-station, Circuit Tracks
Access Virus-b
Beringher Deep Mind 12, UB-Xa, TD-3, Crave, MS-1
Nord Stage EX
Sequential Prophet 2000
Waldorf Pulse
M-audio Venom
Native instruments kontakt, massive, reaktor, FM8, battery, guitar rig, traktor, maschine, absynth, and the rest of the ultimate collection 
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Spitfire Albion 
Aria orchestra 
Softube Parallels
Waves Gold and a lot of their plug ins. Abbey Road TG, brauer motion, butch vig vocals, ovox, flow motion
Isotope ozone
Sugar Bytes effectrix, looperator, turnado, factory, cyclop, obscurium 
Audio damage dubstation, panstation
AAS lounge lizard, strum, chromophone
UVI relay 
Fender Stratocaster 
Schecfer Diamond Electric 
Line6 Pod Guitar Mukti Effects 
Boss guitar multi effects and various other pedals 
Peavey Bass 
Yamaha DTX electronic drum kit 
Alesia drum pads 
Stanton turntables

Lurking in the shadows • Follow me on my socials
Instagram: @nahzguul.wav | Twitter/X: @NahzguuL

New tracks tagged #sleeper