A fine selection of tracks that demolish genres...  they crash and collude and break all the rules...  here are some of the more experimental musicians and singer/songwriters on soundcloud that deserve a wider audience....  they dare to do something different.  go listen, if you like what you hear - let them know what it was that moved you... go on... share the love!  let music be thy medicine, an antidote to these strange fucking days....

SOCIAL EXPERIMENT

Please take time to explore and drift off to other planets with these stunning electronic tracks by solo artists and bands that i've stumbled upon here in Soundcloud.  if you like what you hear, go visit their page and show them some love...

ELECTRIC SHEEP

Visualisation guidée

Get your Tobisonics experimental electronic pop freak on with every Tobisonics release in the history of humanity.

"I wanted to make an album that gave people hope; an album that said, the worse things get, the more we need to find the wonder in life.  In these difficult times, optimism isn’t naive, it’s imperative to our survival.  In doing so, I ended up telling my own story of ongoing recovery from chronic depression/anxiety and PTSD; the lesson I have learned and the ones I am still struggling to learn.  By using recycled voices, from old public service announcements and Sci-Fi B-Movies, I found I could hide in plain sight.  I found I could talk about subjects far more personal and painful than I could ever with my own voice."

All The Tobisonics

Described by music blogger, Listen to Monger as, "a slick but lo-fi electro-disco spoken-word masterpiece."   A collaboration with Scottish Poet/Spoken Word Artist, Chris Ingram aka Wee Scots Poet [ft. BBC Wales & BBC Radio 6], "All The Little Things" is a Nu-Disco Spoken-Word groove for dancing around your home to. Upon hearing the preview, Jaguar [BBC Intro Dance & Mix Mag] said, "This is everything.  I want more." 


Here is the Spotify Link:
https://open.spotify.com/track/5m5EgwbkSNips4JwK3zQrc?si=0a46575a56f740a6

"All The Little Things" is my second release of 2021, and follows up on "Eye of the Storm" [ft. Fresh on the Net Fresh Faves (Batch 390)].  My music has been played by DJ Tobi Lynn of Amazing Radio US, featured on KGUP ’s daily rotation, as well as attracting the attention of Abbie McCarthy [BBC Radio 1] “Enjoyed listening to this, ace production 👏🏼”.

Chris Ingram won the Burns Award aged five.  He has performed alongside the likes of British Sea Power, 9 Bach, Ben Waters, Cate Le Bon, and Dizraeli. Described by Tom Robinson [BBC Introducing Mixtape] as, “Some of the finest writing I've heard come through BBC Introducing", and “One of our picks for Artist of the Week for 2020" by Scotland on Sunday.1

We've already been lucky enough to be picked up by Artefaktor Radio's Sneak Peek Show [Mexico], Trust the Doc [w/ Neil March FOTN Moderator] & Monday Night Ride Out via Exile FM [UK], Radio RKC's #TheWelcomeShow [France], and added to Indie Live Radio's rotation [New Jersey, USA].

Disco is the electronic genre of hard times.  Right now, people need their Saturday Night Fever.  

***Lyrics***

Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo

The Wee things
All those little things

You and me, we can be a Toucan
Rainbows at the end of your nose
Time blows bubbles emerge from rubble
Haldon collide with me, let's gaze through Hubble.

The Wee things
All those little things
The Wee things
All those little things

Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo

See it all glorious microscopic
Mandala seahorses so kaleidoscopic
Like sunshine kisses, she makes it better
It's midnight, slide into that slipper Barbarella

The Wee things
All those little things
The Wee things
All those little things

The Wee things
All those little things
The Wee things
All those little things

Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo

The Wee things
All those little things

Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo
Bdah bdah bdah bdah booo

***Credits***

Music: @tobisonics
Words: Wee Scots Poet @ceg-records
Mix Engineer: @Emilsson
Mastering Engineer: @tobisonics

All The Little Things

2021-11-02

Elephants

720 - Time Moves On

Extension Cord   Thomas Reid

“I wanted to make an album that gave people hope; an album that said, the worse things get, the more we need to find the wonder in life.  In these difficult times, optimism isn’t naive, it’s imperative to our survival.”   

Friday 7th October Luxembourg-Based Experimental Electro Artist Tobisonics releases his debut album, ‘We Need Light in the Dark’.  

“We Need Light in the Dark” arrives on the back of two single releases; Opening track, “Panic” [Friday 5th August]; “..gives you elements of Pet Shop Boys, early Daft Punk, Erasure” [The Songbird/In Your Ears Music ‘Track of the Day’]; “it made me think of what I love in Daft Punk, Giorgio and Public Service Broadcasting” by Martha Richler [Resonance FM].  And “How Do You Say Life is Wonderful?” [Friday 2nd September], “it will give a special feeling to your Friday night, it sounds like a fast trip towards an intergalactic road” by Zone Nights [Translated from Spanish].

April 2021, Tobi began work on what was intended to be 4 - 5 Track EP in collaboration with Spoken Word Artist Wee Scots Poet.  When the collaboration didn’t work out, Tobi needed to find a voice; and so he turned to vocal samples, as he had done with his first single, “All These Things”.  Using recycled voices from old public service announcements and B Movie Sci Fi, Tobi found he was able to hide in plain sight.  The album quickly developed into a far more personal story than he had ever intended.  The lessons he had learned from his own struggles with chronic depression/anxiety and PTSD, and the lessons he was still trying to learn.

Having spent his increasingly volatile teenage years in a series of awful/awesome indie guitar bands; music fell away in Tobi’s early 20s, as he wrestled with his, as yet undiagnosed, mental health problems. By his mid-30s, Tobi felt trapped, evermore socially isolated, every turn leading to thoughts of suicide.  A last roll-of-the-dice appointment with a Psychiatrist finally led to regular therapy sessions and medication.  Years of repressed emotions and music welled up inside Tobi.  The slow grind of his recovery and music-making evolved together.

Nominated Radio WigWam Best Electro Act 2021, Tobi’s music has been played by DJ Tobi Lynn of Amazing Radio US, featured in Fresh on the Net’s Fresh Faves [Batch 390], as well as attracting the attention of Abbie McCarthy [BBC Radio 1] “Enjoyed listening to this, ace production 👏🏼” and Jaguar [BBC Intro Dance Radio 1/Mix mag] “This is everything. I want more.”

‘We Need Light in the Dark’ is out on all platforms on Friday 7th October.

You Just Gotta Dance

“With a fusion of funky synthesizers and drum machines, the musician breaks through with his single Panic.” Zone Nights [Translated from Spanish]

Friday, 5th August Luxembourg-based Indie Electronic Artist Tobisonics releases ‘Panic’; the first single from his upcoming debut LP ‘We Need Light in the Dark’. 

Never intended to be autobiographical, but rather an expression of the anxiety caused by the voices within and without; Tobi gradually realised that ‘Panic’ was, in truth, about the shame he felt over his own failures to hold down a steady job as he struggled with chronic depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

“I loved 'Panic' instantly and it made me think of what I love in Daft Punk, Giorgio and Public Service Broadcasting (2015) and I'm crazy about it.” -Martha Richler [Resonance FM]  

Having spent his increasingly volatile teenage years in a series of awful/awesome indie guitar bands; music fell away in Tobi’s early 20s, as he wrestled with his, as yet undiagnosed, mental health problems. By his mid-30s, Tobi felt trapped, evermore socially isolated, every turn leading to thoughts of suicide.  A last roll-of-the-dice appointment with a Psychiatrist finally led to regular therapy sessions and medication.  Tobi found himself flooded with years of repressed emotions and the music fell out of him.  The slow grind of his recovery and music-making evolved together.

 “...gives you elements of Pet Shop Boys, early Daft Punk, Erasure, and it’s done so well.” - The Songbird/In Your Ears Music ‘Track of the Day’

Nominated Radio WigWam Best Electro Act 2021, Tobi’s music has been played by DJ Tobi Lynn of Amazing Radio US, featured in Fresh on the Net’s Fresh Faves [Batch 390], as well as attracting the attention of Abbie McCarthy [BBC Radio 1] “Enjoyed listening to this, ace production 👏🏼” and Jaguar [BBC Intro Dance Radio 1/Mix mag] “This is everything. I want more.”

“Panic is not just 15 months of work.  It’s 10 years of therapy to get to this point. where I could talk about this.”

The opening track of Tobi’s debut LP, ‘We Need Light in the Dark’; an exploration of the lessons learned by Tobi during his ongoing recovery and the lessons he is still trying to learn, out on an exclusive early release via Bandcamp on Friday 5th August and out on all platforms on Friday 7th October.

We Need Like in the Dark

Panic

Download the single for free: https://www.tobisonics.com/90secondstomidnight

Breaking with conventional release strategies, Tobisonics delivers a Doomsday clock inspired call-to-action across web and social platforms.  “90 Seconds to Midnight” fuses music and sound design, with innovative AI-generated video, to encourage both educational engagement and financial support for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Juxtaposing a sample of Putin's nuclear ultimatum against cutting-edge vocal synthesis, and featuring the voice of popular educational content creator, Astrid Lundberg aka OddPride [500k+ followers on TikTok], the 90 seconds in duration single plunges the listener into the devastating reality of The Hiroshima Bomb.

“90 Seconds to Midnight” is made with the blessing of the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, the organization responsible for The Doomsday Clock, founded by Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer.  The Bulletin works to prevent Nuclear War and other human-made existential threats by providing access to reliable information for policy makers and the general public alike.

The passive listening experience of playlist-based ecosystems made streaming a bad fit for “90 Seconds to Midnight”.  Understanding that awareness is as valuable as financial support, Tobi set up a dedicated landing page where the single is available exclusively and for free.  The page serves as an introduction to both the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists and The Doomsday Clock, encouraging deeper engagement with these critical issues.

17 September 2023

90 Seconds To Midnight ft. Astrid Lundberg

A project of Scottish musician Ian Beattie.
@manwithglasses4

Man With Glasses-Israel Hands

Living On the Bounce 
Words and Music by Dan D'Ambrosia
©2016 FuzzyPuppy Music
Vocals: 
Dan D'Ambrosia -Collecting Pool)
Glen G-Man Washington :-)  (Cirro-Stradivarius)

Lyrics:
We spend our lives drifting In and out of circles
Dancing with our shadows thinking somethings not quite right
Every indication tells me I'm moving closer
But in reality, I'm fading from plain sight

Drifting in and out
Spinning all around
Can't seem to find myself
It's like I'm living on the bounce

I tried to fix the fractures; those times my heart endured
Still seeking answers;  and I'm far from being cured
Drifting through these empty circles like a feather on the wind
I have a sinking feeling I'm just spinning around again

I'm spinning around again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Living On The Bounce - Collab with Collecting Pool (Dan Dambrosia)

Beats

IT'S A SET UP

All This I Do for Glory

All this I do for glory

ANÓMALA

Tormenta

Harass

a cover of phantom of the opera feat. some creepy drums 
I remembered that I can hit the notes, so...

phantom of the opera

Track from "The Archon Manipulation (singles 2019)"
free download this track and the full album from 3 alternative links:
- https://archive.org/details/humanfobia-singles/
- https://hearthis.at/humanfobia/set/the-archon-manipulation-the-singles-2019/
- https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/album/the-archon-manipulation-the-singles-2019

vocals: Mist Spectra. mixed by Sábila Orbe.
stems provided by Cement Tea. 

Letra:
Espejos que se transforman
Los arcontes pueden verme
Las criaturas incorpóreas han entrado a través de ese portal.

El reflejo de los seres, de la luz y la oscuridad
se ha convertido en mi maldición

Los arcontes pueden verme
He conjurado a las sombras, pero la penumbra me ha devorado
Conjuro del reflejo, la luz no puede vivir, sin la oscuridad

Espejos que se transforman
Los arcontes pueden verme (x4)

Las criaturas incorpóreas han entrado a través de ese portal.
Los arcontes pueden verme.
Las criaturas incorpóreas han entrado a través de ese portal.
Los arcontes pueden verme (x2)

The Archon Manipulation

Los Arcontes

free download this track and the full 2020 vampiresa ep
from 3 alternative links:
-  https://archive.org/details/humanfobia-vampiresa-ep
- https://hearthis.at/humanfobia/set/2020-vampiresa-with-e.rar/
- https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/album/vampiresa-ep-2020
letra: Mi ataúd está solitario
Mi ataúd está solitario

El Cementerio es mi hogar
Cada noche puedo sentir el perfume de la muerte
Tu energía y sangre vital serán mías
Necesito la compañía de un cadáver
Detrás de cada lápida está escrito
el nombre de los dieron la vida por mí

Necesito la compañía de un cadáver
Mi ataúd está solitario (x5)

Vampiresa

Ataúd Solitario(Burial Version)

Stupidity, conventions, stereotypes divide people..

...could Be Together...

Luxembourg based alt-electro-pop artist Tobisonics delivers a politically-charged dose of driving electronics, fierce percussive grooves, and striking sound design with new release, “Military Industrial Complex”.

In this, the follow-up to his debut single, “All These Things”, the reclusive producer sets President Eisenhower’s 1961 Farewell Address to the American people against President Trump’s Rose Garden speech in reaction to the Black Lives Matters protests (June 1st, 2020).

Eisenhower, five-star general & Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World War II, who planned & supervised the invasion of Normandy in 1944-45, and went on to become Supreme Commander of NATO (1950 - 1952); who, while recognizing the need for the Military Industrial Complex, warns of the need for perpetual vigilance to safeguard the liberties of the American people in, what is, a nuanced and prophetic speech.

And Trump, the real estate mogul/reality TV star who avoided the vietnam draft thanks to an apparent bone spur in his foot; who talks of dominating the streets, as he announces plans to deploy thousands of heavily armed military personnel into the cities and towns of America.

Tobisonics skillfully constructs a dynamic electronic production around the two highly contrasting speeches; the groove and pulse of the track present throughout, as he blends elements of sound design & vocal FX with filtered piano & shifting ambient.  The 2 min 47 sec track punctuated by its driving chorus of synthwave and fierce percussion; a robovox mantra of the world’s 5 biggest arms manufacturers delivered in rhythmic roll call.

“I’d finished the production back in July and was looking for the right Artist to add vocals, but then I remembered Eisenhower’s Farewell Address.  The contrast between the dignified, nuanced, and hopeful tone of Eisenhower’s speech and the macho, antagonistic and fatalistic language of Trump’s speech was so striking, I know I had to put them together.”

“Military Industrial Complex” is to be released exclusively via Bandcamp on “Bandcamp Friday”, October 2nd, before being available across all streaming platforms on the following Friday, October 9th.

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Production: @tobisonics
Mix: @Emilsson
Master: www.tobisonicmastering.com
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www.tobisonics.com

Military Industrial Complex

Jousting With Toothpicks

Powerfully uncool electronic pop grooves for sarcastic introverts.
Working the Recovery Chronic Depression/Anxiety
Trekkie 🖖