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The Fantom Man's second EP features a blend of electronic experimental music with jazz and soul influences. @St3v3L33 features on Transcend with his unique style of improvisation.

Contemplate - 2nd EP from The Fantom Man feat @St3v3L33** Release date 290623 **

Me Without You

Here's a new track about a terrible man called Mr S and how accepted he is during the day and by night and on vacation he is the biggest pig there is!

I got the inspiration from an article in the paper about 6 month ago and the arrogance that was displayed regarding his crimes to young children!

 so this a #rocktune with a few things baked into the melody and the harmonies and sincerely hope you like it enough to repost and share it!

Mr S(The Shadowman)

Mr S (The Shadowman)

Thief

Wasted On Me

Asking

As soon as I wake I
Cannot escape it 
There’s no debating 
I need to be around you 
Things worth exploring 
Never get boring 
You keep restoring
My faith in the power of two 

And I've never felt this way ever before
And it rocks me to my core

And I shake when I think about it
What if you can live without it?
What if you don’t want me anymore?
And I hate that I think about it
Hate that I can’t live without it
It’s become something I can’t ignore 
And I pray that you feel the same way 
Waiting for the words you won’t say
You know you don’t call me like before
But I shake when I think about you
Thinking of the things that we do 
Break until I’m breaking down your door
I can stand it anymore 

As long as I’m breathing 
I’m never leaving 
Say how you’re feeling 
We won’t get any younger 
It’s not a secret
God knows I need it 
You'd best believe it 
Please help me feed this hunger 
Are you retreating? 
When are we meeting?
Come here and see me
Go ahead, pull me under
Can you not see it?
Can you not read it?
I found a meaning
That makes me start to wonder why

Why I've never felt this way ever before
Why it shakes me more and more

And I shake when I think about it
What if you can live without it?
What if you don’t want me anymore?
And I hate that I think about it
Hate that I can’t live without it
It’s become something I can’t ignore 
And I pray that you feel the same way 
Waiting for the words you won’t say
You know you don’t call me like before
But I shake when I think about you
Thinking of the things that we do 
Break until I’m breaking down your door
I can stand it anymore

Written, performed, produced, mixed by Star Madman
Released via Headphone Music Label
Artwork by Manhatten

Shake

Matisse [Single]

Like An Angel

Pulsatingly electro, sarcastically and energetically vocal, it's about the people who have and don't give back but who fortunately sometimes fall!

All Taking, No Giving

Un titre acoustique inspiré du roman de Jérome-Arnaud Wagner "N'oublie pas que je t'aime".
Ce morceau est très peu arrangé, il n'a pas une structure en 4/4 et il repose seulement sur quelques notes de ukulélé.

Là où Meurent Les Anges

Cool melodic electro instrumental!
#feelgood #synthpop
"The Fantom Man returns with Ponder. A tidily arranged ambient instrumental that has some lovely jazz-infused chords and playing, it is an agreeably upbeat major key instrumental in which he manages to bring a plethora of timbres into the mix while the main two-chord sequence holds centre stage as an accompaniment to sweet melodic motifs. Music that warms the heart." Trust the Doc Blog  Dr Neil March 310323

PONDER

THE FANTOM MAN – Transcend (Ft. St3v3L33)
4.00 Another immersive and atmospheric instrumental from electro wizard The Fantom Man, who’s a veteran of this playlist and regularly reviewed on Neil’s Trust The Doc blog. Here TFM collaborates with St3v3L33 (Worthing musician Steve Peck) who sounds in places as if he’s channelling whalesong through his tenor sax. Once again, a no-brainer for this week’s Eclectic Picks. 
Tom Robinson 250423

Transcend feat. St3v3L33

Electronic journey of reflection and feeling - many moods...

DEPTH OF FEELING

Reflective electro instrumental - promotes contemplation...


Contemplate

The Fantom Man’s music has been highlighted by critics for its atmospheric depth, inventive arrangements, and smooth yet unpredictable compositions. 

Reviews: 
https://freshonthenet.co.uk/ @signalcommittee #eclecticpicks
Dr. Neil March "Trust the Doc" Blog

"Intrusion" featured on Will Farr's Eclectic Mix! http://www.willfarrmusic.com/