Terrone

"Tell me you didn't just make a hard house track about sleep apnea..."  

Can't.  Because I did.  

That's right, today's Interbay track drop is a track about apnea that doesn't suddenly stop, scaring the whole dancefloor that the beat might not come back in this time.  

It is like there's continuous positive beat pressure on this track.  

And THAT was the key to unlocking this track for me, as I've been working on this track for awhile--but it was more of a rock song for much of that time.  The drums were a bit retro and it just felt sluggish--like when you know you need sleep but you can't fall asleep...and you're sleepwalking in your brain.  

I knew it needed something to give it some spark, some bounce, some groove...  Everything seemed to come together when I added a fairly simple hard house beat to it--think classic era Tidy Trax sort of thing.  And, in most cases, I left the original beat--the rock one--in the mix (when you hear the cowbells, you'll know.)  

With that groove and a willingness just to let that groove run (which was a fight I as having in my head, as you know I crave the dopamine for constant novelty), this works.  Might not be anyone's favorite Interbay track, unless you love dance songs that snore, but it definitely works.

I have my own history with sleep apnea.  I'd never heard of it before I shared a room with someone who had it back when the Winter Music Conference was still being held at the Fountainebleu in Miami Beach.  It was terrifying, hearing someone snore incredibly loudly and then suddenly stop...and you wait, you wait, you wait...and finally he'd start breathing again.  (R.I.P. PD)  

When I was heavier, I used to snore--pretty loudly, I was told by a few significant others over the years.  It was all linked.  I was overweight, I had developed diabetes, I probably had untreated sleep apnea, my body was producing more red blood cells than it needed and not enough testosterone than I would have wanted.  

I did one of those overnight sleep studies...and it was the worst night of my life.  Worse than the worst night I spent in the hospital when I was being treated for Burkitt's Lymphoma.  Worse even than the night my wife passed away (thankfully, she passed quite peacefully.)  It was awful and with where CPAP technology was at the time, I couldn't imagine being able to use it.  

And then, my diabetes medication was switched to Mounjaro.  And I lost a bunch of weight, I stopped snoring, my blood sugar numbers were incredible, my red blood cell count got back to normal.  (Still working on the testosterone thing--being widowed and not dating means that isn't my highest priority, but it would be nice if it would be.)  

Maybe I produced this track to remind me...to scare me...into not letting my weight ever get like it was?    

Give this track a listen--if you have a playlist full of tracks that make your spin class more enjoyable, add this to it!  Give it a like, repost it or share it, leave a comment.  

And follow for more!  Who knows what non-dance music worthy topic gets turned into dance music next?  

"Obstructive Sleep Apnea" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

The House of Bees

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*

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X streams ports

I think many would assume, based on the instrumentation typical in any given Interbay track dropped here on SoundCloud, that I must be a big fan of synthwave--the current trend to revisit the pastel era of synthpop as remembered from the sounds of the early eighties.  

I like synthwave fine--but, I think it is also clear that my use of synths (and other technology) is not as neatly defined as it is turning out that synthwave is being defined by...  My criticism, and a light one at that, is that synthwave has seemingly calcified into only one particular sound that references synth music and an imagined 80s that never felt so clean cut at the time.  

(Have I mentioned lately that I'm an old?  Yeah.  Not to get all James Murphy in here, but...I was there.)  

When I embrace the term "mutant pop" to describe what emerges from Phantom Laboratories West and gets stamped with the name Interbay, I mean it.  Yes, I use the sounds of analog synthesizers and drum machines--and, frankly, any other sound that happens to tickle my brain while spending time deep in the Labs...but, as should be clear to anyone paying attention, I'm not constrained by the limitations of genre (or, regrettably, proper song construction or music theory.)  

So, I don't really know what to call "Hostilities"--today's Interbay track drop (you know that a never heard before Interbay track drops EVERY SINGLE DAY--so far!--for coming up on 500 straight days???)--other than mutant pop...(well, maybe synth pop--but this isn't Human League, Soft Cell, or Depeche Mode.)  

Unrestricted, but not necessarily experimental.  This is what pop music could sound like if we could unshackle ourselves from formulas, strict genre definitions, and algorithm-based decision making during the "artistic" process.  

Now, is there a market for this?  Well, I like it...  

(The answer to the question, by the way, is "No, not really..." but is that the only metric by which we can judge creative personal expression?)  

(The answer to that question, by the way is "Yeah, probably...this may be late stage capitalism, but it is still capitalism.")  

I hope you like it, too, of course.  Listen, like, repost, share, comment, playlist and, please, FOLLOW this page for more!  

(I've just noticed I didn't talk much about what this song is about or what it sounds like, other than "not really synthwave".  Guess you'll just have to hit play and find out for yourself!)

"Hostilities" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

(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*

SPOOKY WEEK CONCLUDES!  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  

(I still think that the track from Wednesday, "Around The Fire" deserves more than 21 listens--so, when you're done listening to and liking today's track, could you then check that track out?  I'd appreciate it!)  

"So pale and so gaunt..."

Welcome to the climax of this year's Spooky Week--the track I chose over "Around The Fire" and "Nosferatu" as the best choice to drop on Halloween, proper.  

A tale of two creatures of the night who are both sick and tired of the once hallowed holiday being turned into something safe for kids.  They take to the streets in their futuristic car that is painted in clockwork orange, prowling for potential victims--groups of trick or treaters who need to get their heart rate increased immediately by being scared.  

And, the thrills of scaring these unprepared kids is such a rush that they get to the point where they simply can't keep their hands off each other.  

That combination of sexy spookiness and an almost charming-level of menace made this, in my mind, the best choice for today's Interbay track drop.  

Musically, it is certainly dark--house music, yes...but house music with tom tom heavy acoustic drums, and chorused bass guitar.  There's some nasty synths, some processed guitar, and some spooky keys--played on a keyboard made of skeleton bones!  (well, virtually, of course.)  Drench those vocals in tons of reverb...and you've got a spooky hit!  

That's "Night Haunt."  

Now, I will direct you to the playlist "The Dark Side of Interbay (we have cookies)" as a perfect soundtrack for your fright night adventuring.  (I will be adding "Night Haunt" to that playlist later today.  ;) )  

Spooky Week is always fun, but tomorrow brings us into November...and that opens up the daily track selection to non-spooky tracks (though, there will ALWAYS be some darkness in the mix with any Interbay track drop.)    

As always, I appreciate you paying attention to the madness that is Interbay, where fresh baked tracks are being delivered EVERY SINGLE DAY (so far--for over 530 consecutive days!)  If you haven't yet, please follow the page--it's the best way to stay on the roller coaster!  

I will also ask that you listen to both "Night Haunt" and "Around The Fire" (and as many other Interbay tracks as you have time for--they're all quite different, really!), and that you give them a like--I think they deserve it!  :)  Let me know if you agree!  

If you do--then repost it, share it, add it to a playlist, leave a comment on it...  It ALL helps, believe me!

"Night Haunt" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

A tribute to a movie.  A tribute to a decade.  A tribute to some pioneers.  

Today's Interbay track is an uptempo synth pop, nrg, club dance track with guitars.  I think that, had I the tools, I would have made this track 40 years ago--as it is crammed full with all the things that I loved then...and the things I still love, today.  

Want a burst of energy?  Push play.  Want a great road trip song?  Add it to a playlist.  Want to turn back the clock a few decades?  Share this with all of your time travelling friends.  

The title is shared by the movie that is the source for some of the clips in this cut--the movie is a VERY '70s movie, full of car chases and an anti-hero being turned into a populist legend by an enthusiastic radio dj.  Like Smokey & The Bandit, our protagonist has to get from one place to another in a seemingly impossible amount of time, and for various reasons, the police are out to catch him.  The car in the 1971 film, a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, was paid homage to by Quentin Tarantino in Death Proof--and for lovers of crazy car chase movies, this is one of the most revered.  

Paying tribute to that movie with a track that feels like the pedal is to the metal and the nitrous is being injected.  The guitars, processed in a very 80s style, give the track a little bit of bite that might have been lacking had it just been synths-based.  

However, I did feel like the track would be missing something if I didn't also sneak in some actual singing in the track--and so, I sent Icarus out to find something that worked...and if you're listening to this track, then Icarus came back with wings unsinged.  

If you're not listening to this track, you're also not reading this...and you can send your thoughts and prayers to Icarus' family--as once again, they've been lured into mortal danger.  

I think it works.  I think it's fun.  It definitely puts a smile on my face and some pep in my step--and I hope it does the same for you!  

All I can ask (so, I will ask it) is for you to listen to the track, like it if you do, repost it or share it if you feel like others should listen to it, add it to a playlist if it fits with other songs you want to keep in rotation...and, most of all, I would love it if you followed this page, that way, you don't miss any of these daily (no, seriously, EVERY SINGLE DAY--so far!--there's a new Interbay track or remix dropping here) track drops.  (It is the only way you can hope to surf the waves of endless comics.)    

Get yourself buckled in, toss the car into drive and floor it...and before you know it, you'll be a blur headed towards the horizon.  What a rush!  

"...speed means freedom of the soul."

"Vanishing Point" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Male signer/songwriter/producer : Ninjedo and female singer/songwriter/producer : Tranceferia, friends since childhood, come together to formFashion Police^five hundred and seventy third House*. Since first lockdown, the creation (on average) of about 2 to 8 songs a week with very few breaks through a unique process resembling poetic musical scrabble along with classic standard recording has become a one of a kind process.

ABRAKALABRIA blends techno, Mediterranean groove and free improvisation. The bass is the heartbeat, the piano the lyrical voice, the groove the unifying force, and improvisation the living spirit. Each track and performance is a sonic ritual where the ego dissolves, opening the path to pure musical energy.
Everything is crafted in full independence: recording, mixing, mastering. No use of AI: I deliberately keep human imperfections as a plus of truth, keeping the music alive and authentic.

Thank you, with all my heart and soul, for every listen, comment, or like. I'm truly grateful."

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