'Sun Will Rise" (Dovi's Song) is a hope-filled ode to a friend who has passed. The stirring lyrics and harmonies are accompanied by a sparse guitar lick and impactful drums which make this a truly unqiue offering

Sun Will Rise (Dovi's Song) {Mastered}

"So Damn Lonely" by These Guitars Say Sorry is a stark, unvarnished piece that stretches across six minutes of near-painful intimacy. Armed with nothing more than an acoustic guitar and a raw, exposed vocal, the track leans into its own emptiness, letting the spaces between the notes speak as loudly as the words themselves. It's a slow, heavy exhale — fragile, stubborn, and unflinchingly honest.

So Damn Lonely by These Guitars Say Sorry

Put on your headphones, close your eyes, and take off the mask. I Am Me is built in A minor pentatonic—a scale that leaves space for honesty without embellishment. There’s no drama here, just clarity. Using the Embellish The Dead Zone preset, the sound remains minimal, open, and steady—like an honest conversation with no need to impress. This is the return to self: not dramatic, not broken—just real.

35/100 ~ I Am Me

A smoky, soul-rich Contemporary R&B ballad layered with Retro Soul warmth and Neo-Soul intimacy. No, I Don’t Regret a Thing moves with a slow-burn groove, stripped-back beats, and breath-close vocals that carry both defiance and tenderness. Every note leans into release — letting go of the past, keeping the lessons, and walking forward without hesitation.

[LYRICS]

No, nothing at all
No, I regret nothing
Not the nights I was left in the cold
Not the hands I refused to hold
Mmm… yeah

No, nothing at all
No, I regret nothing
Every debt’s been paid in full
Every ghost has lost its pull
Mmm- I let it be

No, nothing at all
No, I regret nothing
Not the words that were sharp as steel
Not the wounds that refused to heal
Oh yeah…

With my memories
I built the flame
Fed it all — the loss, the gain
Never need to speak their names
Oh no no no…

Every love I have known, let go
Every tremor, the ebb and flow
Gone like smoke in the morning air
I walk on with nothing there
Mmm…

No, nothing at all
No, I regret nothing
Not the roads where I walked alone
Not the stones that became my home
Oh yeah…

No, nothing at all
No, I regret nothing
For my life and the joy I pursue
It begins, and it starts with you

Mmm… yeah…

No, I Don’t Regret a Thing – Contemporary R&B • Retro Soul • Neo-Soul Resilience Anthem

An atmospheric garage vibe with a strong emotional pull. A deep, soulful bassline and a dark, introspective atmosphere. The blend of house, garage, and drum and bass elements creates a unique and captivating sound. For late-night listening or introspective moments.

What I Need

Fix You ; Coldplay
Piano and vocal cover by olliray; recorded live in one take in London; kept minimal; close; and honest

This song has always felt like a hand on your shoulder in the dark; quiet at first; then it opens out and lifts you up. I kept the arrangement simple so the melody can breathe; and so the build happens naturally; without forcing it.

If you are listening late; going through something; or you just want a soothing piano version to sit with on headphones; I hope this lands softly.

Original song written by Coldplay
Sound recording ℗ 2026 olliray

Fix You ; Coldplay (Piano Cover) ; olliray

To Love Somebody ; Holly Humberstone
Piano and vocal cover by olliray; recorded live in one take in London; kept minimal; close; and honest

This one hits in a quiet way; the kind of song that sits right on the edge of wanting and letting go. I kept the arrangement stripped back so the lyric can land; and so the emotion stays up front; without any extra layers.

If you are listening late; or you are in that space where you still care but you know you cannot fix it; I hope this version feels like company.

Original song written by Holly Humberstone
Sound recording ℗ 2026 olliray

To Love Somebody ; Holly Humberstone (Piano Cover) ; olliray

Your Song ; Elton John
Piano and vocal cover by olliray; recorded live in one take in London; kept minimal; close; and honest

This is one of those songs that feels simple on the surface; but it carries a whole lifetime underneath it. It is tender without being flashy; and the words land like someone trying to say the right thing when they do not quite have the language for it. That is what I have always loved about it; it feels human; a little shy; and completely sincere.

I kept this version stripped back so the melody can breathe and the sentiment stays at the centre. No big production; no extra layers; just voice and piano; letting the rise and fall of the chords do the work. If you know this song well; you will hear how much space there is in it; and if you are hearing it for the first time; I hope it feels like a soft place to land.

If you are listening late; missing someone; or you just need something gentle that still carries warmth; I hope this lands softly on headphones.

Original song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Sound recording ℗ 2026 olliray

Your Song ; Elton John (Piano Cover) ; olliray

I’m a Song ; Stephen Wilson Jr
Cover by olliray; recorded live in one take in London; kept minimal; close; and honest

This song feels like a quiet truth said out loud; the idea that a person can become something you carry; a voice; a reminder; a melody that stays even when everything else has moved on. I have always loved how it holds both tenderness and resignation at the same time; like admitting you cannot control what happens next; but you can still leave something good behind.

I kept my version stripped back so the lyric can land properly; and so the emotion stays human rather than performed. If you are listening late; or you are in that headspace where you still care but you cannot go back; I hope this feels like company.

Original song written by Stephen Wilson Jr
Sound recording ℗ 2026 olliray

I’m a Song ; Stephen Wilson Jr (Cover) ; olliray

Running to a Standstill ; U2
Piano and vocal cover by olliray; recorded live in one take in London; kept minimal; close; and honest

This song has always felt like motion without escape; like you can feel the engine still running even when nothing is moving. There is a kind of quiet desperation in it; but also a strange tenderness; like someone still reaching out while everything is slipping.

I kept this cover stripped back so the lyric and the tension in the harmony can sit right in front. No big drums; no stadium lift; just voice and piano; letting the pauses and the weight of the words do the work.

If you are in that loop where you keep going but you are not sure where you are heading; I hope this version feels like someone sitting with you for a minute.

Original song written by U2
Sound recording ℗ 2026 olliray

Running to a Standstill ; U2 (Piano Cover) ; olliray

We recently discovered our next artist working with @atmos_lab premiering one of his tracks on his newest release. After speaking with our fellow Coloradan asking him to contribute to the series was inevitable. His contribution to us is a more stripped back mix  - riding around 123-126 bpm. A lot of records from labels that  inspired him by now and an unreleased track of his as well. A delightful blend of digital and vinyl, please welcome @modpsy

AF143 Modpsy

Typhoon is a deep dub R&B track built on tension, weight, and restraint.

Minimal drums. Heavy low end. Wide negative space. Every bass movement pulls like gravity, building into something that feels less like a storm and more like being completely consumed by another person.

For the ones who don't fall in love quietly.



140 BPM • Deep Dub • Underground Bass

TYPHOON  2

A stripped-back nylon-string song for the hours when everything feels a little too quiet. Intimate fingerpicking, fragile vocals, and bittersweet melodies -- warm, melancholic, and quietly haunting. (Stem files available.)

For licensing, contact
https://www.LynnePublishing.com


Indie Folk Ramblers

Buy/License

Holds Us Steady

Holds Us Steady (Light Acoustic version)

A stripped-back folk-rock journey through the evolution of the Eigenbeing — the emergent identity of a living organism.
An Eigenbeing is not any one of its constituent cells. It is the entity that emerges from their collective existence: maintaining itself, acting in the world, distinguishing self from other, and developing increasingly sophisticated ways of deciding what matters.
From adaptation and competition come action, feeling, inference and selection. Eventually, in one branch of evolution, the Eigenbeing becomes capable of looking back at the process and saying: I am here.
This acoustic cut puts the evolutionary argument front and center: a hard-strummed guitar, a simple drum kit, and one voice telling a story billions of years in the making.

Hewmorist's Commentary:
The Eigenbeing doesn't have to be human or even self-aware. That's just how far one particular version eventually got.

Lyrics:

I am the Eigenbeing
Of a mass of cells.
Each cell, a unit of existence,
A cathedral of complexity,
That took a billion years
To evolve. 

All we know is:
We are here
Therefore we are meant to be… 
Here
We exist
Therefore we are meant to be… 
Extant

Random changes tested the world…
What worked persisted…
And complexity grew…
Guided by rules that are not known
The cell structure survived…
And stood the test of time

Action was born
From a repertoire pool.
Over time repeated actions were tested.
Time and Seasons emerged,
As organisms conformed 
To the rhythms of the universe 

And all the time 
There was competition.
Other entities were out there...
Just like us.
They were... 
Competing for existence. 
So we had  to adapt...
To the actions of others.

All we know is:
We are here
Therefore we are meant to be… 
Here.
We exist
Therefore we are meant to be… 
Extant.

How do I maintain sovereignty?
How do I know what is mine?
That question is the beginning… 
The beginning of good and bad.
The beginning of Feeling.  
The start of the Eigenbeing.

Nuanced feeling was the answer…
To getting a measure of my state.
How to  handle
The range of existence:
The output of a billion cells.
Quality of feeling…
Became the key… 
That led to me.

And if you try to cope in real time
Your life is detailed hell.
To thrive,  
You must summarize,
And be selective , 
As well.
To decide what matters.
In a world of inference,
Requires the creative mechanism,
That ultimately became… 
What is now,
Self aware and conscious

And It took about 3 billion years to make me…
The Eigenbeing

Eigenbeing (Folk Rock Cut)

Manchester-based producer and DJ, Kevin Vincent brings the emotional side of electronic music to life. With a rich background in house, garage, and drum and bass, Kevin has been working in the electronic music scene since his university days, spinning at house parties, pubs, and clubs. Dive in.

I'm a musician and sound artist creating immersive, emotion-driven soundscapes—often in collaboration with plants, textures, and memory. Right now, I'm in the middle of a 100-day challenge to write 100 songs. It's an experiment in letting go of perfection, in showing up daily to create without overthinking. Each track is a little snapshot of a feeling, a space, a thought—unpolished on purpose. I'm here to make music for the joy of it. Thanks for listening.

GLOOMCAKE
A Soft Place to Drown — out everywhere
↓ Listen ↓
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/gloomcake/a-soft-place-to-drown

Booking: officialgloomcake@gmail.com

I’ve always lived at the crossroads of music and poetry — where feeling becomes form, and melody turns memory into meaning. Whether it’s a lingering jazz note, a well-placed rhyme, or a shift in tempo that tells a deeper story, I’m drawn to that quiet magic where art reflects life with a little more style.

My roots are in classic music — the kind that doesn’t chase the moment but lingers with you long after the last note. Over time, that love expanded into poetry writing and jazz — especially the kind that swings, speaks, and smirks all at once. Jazz, to me, isn’t just a genre; it’s a personality. A conversation. A little tilt of the head and a grin that knows more than it says.

When I set out to create an album, it’s rarely just a collection of songs. I approach it like a personal playlist — one that drifts and flows as if the entire tracklist were one long, uninterrupted piece. Each track leans into the next, shifting mood, pace, or voice, but always carrying the same thread of feeling. I want you to listen the way I do — not as a shuffle of moments, but as a cinematic arc. One breath that lasts an hour.

Lyrically, my work is rooted in lived experience. Sometimes it’s obvious. Other times it’s just the skeleton of a memory, dressed up in wit, irony, or longing. I draw from real-life events, then let the poet in me twist, stretch, or sweeten them to taste. Depending on the tone of the album — playful, romantic, nostalgic, or something in between — I try to keep the emotional truth intact while giving it a fresh coat of creativity. A little humor where it fits. A deeper dive where it hurts.

My newest jazz album continues this tradition — short-lined swing tracks, conversational duets, and tongue-in-cheek storytelling. It’s an homage to late-night alleyway ballads, rooftop serenades, and train station goodbyes — all bound together with a sense of charm and cohesion. Each song is its own little scene, but together they tell a story — one you can revisit with each replay.

Thanks for stopping by my profile. I hope you find something that earns a spot on your repeat-play list — a melody, a lyric, or a moment that feels like it was written just for you.

Lynne Publishing is a music label representing a library of high-quality, carefully developed and curated production music, available to license for use in your own media.We develop our own music with contracted professional composers, both young and exciting talents and experienced film- and TV composers.

All our music is available for easy licensing for use in media creations, such as videos, films, games, TV, online, social media, corporate use, etc. To obtain a Master Synchronization license for any of music, contact us via www.LynnePublishing.com

olliray makes emotive, cinematic music that sits between intimate piano ballads and modern electronic soundscapes. A singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from London, he blends live piano and guitar with textured production to create songs that feel close and expansive at the same time.

Alongside his original work, he records stripped-back piano and guitar covers of songs he loves. These late-night performances sit naturally beside his own writing, shaped by the same focus on atmosphere, storytelling and emotional detail.

He had a short spell of violin lessons when he was younger; everything else on piano, guitar and production is self-taught. That instinctive path runs through his music; he writes, plays and shapes his songs by ear, chasing what feels honest rather than what follows the rulebook.

His debut single BoxRox and first album Stuck in Traffic captured a raw, lyric-driven phase where he produced and sang everything himself. Between followed, pushing further into experimental electronic textures. He then released Piano for Yoga, a live, meditative piano recording created in a single continuous flow for a yoga video soundtrack.

In 2024 he returned to his roots with Lost Romance, an album built from songs written 18 years earlier and revisited with a more reflective, nostalgic perspective. It moves between gentle piano pieces and fuller arrangements, tying his early ideas to the sound he has grown into now.

He is currently working on new music that continues to blur the lines between acoustic songwriting and electronic production, always searching for the balance between warmth, space and emotional weight.

For a first listen, start with Stuck in Traffic or How Long if you want reflective, cinematic songwriting, then explore the Covers Playlist to hear his take on songs by artists he loves. Fans of Bon Iver, Ben Howard, Nick Mulvey, Coldplay and M83 may feel at home in his world.

Explore the Covers playlist, then dive into the Originals.

You can also find my music on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube through the profile links below.

A Son of Many Fathers — one artist, many musical worlds.

I’m Jez Stephen, an independent musician creating music across a wide range of genres and projects.

A Son Of Many Fathers — doom drone metal, primordial heaviness and slow-moving walls of sound.
Laxá — Icelandic post-rock, cinematic landscapes and strings.
Siegfried Jünger — industrial ambient, experimental electronics and machine noise.
Jeremias Langsämmer — modern classical, piano, strings and chamber music.
The Dark Messiahs — experimental dark jazz, noir and industrial atmospheres.
These Guitars Say Sorry — acoustic songwriting, folk, indie and folk punk.

Hundreds of tracks, albums and experiments — all part of one ongoing musical archive.

I grew up during the UK’s 1960s music revolution and never lost my fascination with music’s ability to shape feeling and identity.

I began on SoundCloud in 2018, composing works on my Ipad using MIDI. I made over 40 “midiconstructs”, as I called them, using Cubasis. But, there was always a massive gap between my aspirations and the execution. Without any performance skills the music was always very “stilted”. Say what you like about the AI revolution, but it has made a big difference to someone like me who just wants to explore musical expression, while not being talented, or even motivated towards musical performance. Whilst I admire, greatly, the skill of talented musical performers, for me that mode of expression is not the be all and end all of musical endeavor.  Even when the vocals and instruments have been provided by modern tools, there is still plenty of room for musical creativity. 
The point about music is that it is a human legacy that is available to everyone. Ultimately it is the product of 3 billion years of evolution. A mysterious and marvelous means of communication that is encoded in our DNA. So much of the music industry is associated with ownership. People with talent should be rewarded for providing the means of musical  entertainment, but at the same time we should remember we are all making use of what has been given to us by the universe, and no  individual owns that.

Using AI tools and a DAW. I now make ideas-driven songs that explore perception, genre, recognition, and the strange business of being human in a technological age. Some tracks speak directly; others simply invite you to enjoy the sound and notice what your mind supplies.

There are now 350+ tracks here, ranging from blues and rock to electronic experiments and reflective instrumentals.

To explore the catalogue, begin with Start Here – Best of Hewmorist, then follow either Music First (songs driven by sound, mood and melody) or Message First (songs exploring ideas about AI, reality, consciousness and culture).

Hewmorist’s Commentary: I make no claim to being a musician, nor to any virtuosity. I simply use whatever tools are available to me as creatively as I can, guided by curiosity, experimentation, and the pleasure of shared meaning.

Anodynic Frequencies is a podcast dedicated towards music that is expressed through subconscious journeys. We strive for our listeners to drift in the stories told by our guests. Our genre is fluid, but dances within the realms of deeper techno, rhythmic drums, and the hypnotic atmospheres of intelligent downtempo and ambient.

We support artists that embrace a deeper passion for music, so tune in and escape with us as we explore the soundscapes presented by our guests. 

Artists that would like to submit mixes or demos reach out to us at : Anodynic.frequencies@gmail.com

New tracks tagged #stripped-back