Alice Deeper Down

Couldn't fit in this experimental track with the current Alice Deeper repertoire so I bombarded this ADD profile to host a side project of the same name.
Although the track is a VST test mostly, hence I didn't take the time to craft a proper lead-in, and the ending is a bit sharp too.

Still, the subject is the apparent collapse of sanity and decency of the world's population, the institutions shaking on their foundations, a completely misguided revolt based on conspiracy nutballery fueled by social media algorithms that were designed simply to have more engagement with these media platforms, as that means more money - and if that means setting people up against one another, creating more and more division - whatever gets people talking, means people interacting with the social media, means more money. Good job. Civilization is on the verge of collapse as a result. Back to the time of Barbarian?


Am I being pessimistic?

PS. the vocals are NOT my voice. They are a speech synthesizer, one of the VSTs on test in this track.

2021-09 now released on Spotify and Apple Music etc etc
https://open.spotify.com/track/1GJ5VBBGVAw0jaXaauQe7U
https://music.apple.com/nl/album/the-looming-collapse/1584550844

Anyway, lyrics:

humanity's division feeds back upon itself
animosity forgets it's own undoing is required
dwell in victimhood and exclude for scarcity
it is perceived to be deception but foundations are in void

unrest control, spirit denied
utilitarianism arise
cognition in flames, dreadful desires,
materialism collapsed on all sides

The Looming Collapse

Experimental track, testing some new VST (happy with those)

lyrics:

now here's a plea for a change in the world
for the future humanity cut from disruptive
efforts to push all the masses to scarcity
into the greed of the clutch of control

the cannibalism of resources that are
abundant to all if sharing was ever
a given, but greed took a flight,
the hidden fifth horseman:
the herald of tricking oneself into bias
that everything's failing (so kill it right now)

but time is illusion and spite will not save it.

all that is real
is what remains when you stop
putting effort in fixing it's truth,
but you can let it go.

call out the drunks and the whinos and victims and liars and red hands and salesmen attempting to push poison words through your throat
no matter the wayward convictions that worm through your soul.

let it go

Canonize

Canonize V2

I found this on my harddrive! It's an old collaboration dating from 2006 with a guy named Richard Sistenich (aka Amused) - I met him on the music forum that is BandAmp (NOT BandCamp). This forum is now a relic, sadly, but hey, it's still up and this track can be found on there.

I wanted to share them here for your amusement.

Richard had created the original instrumental part - asked me to do the drums, lyrics and vocals. This is the wonderful result (it was really well received at the time)

Remember, it's old: it's no HD and the production value is so-so.


LYRICS:

to seek
what it is like
to seek
what it feels like

so precious
so couragious

I wish I could say what this moment feels like when I saw you today doing alright

I'm awake now
feeling safe now
watching space between shadows
like the girl with the red rose
in her hair, she is dancing
to the rhythm of answering

alive and awake
in a dream
I always knew
it always came clean
before the end of all things good
let's kiss away the aches forgood

old thoughts of fear don't make a sound
up and down that spiral twice around
wash out the skin from the venom spewed
to twist the insides out it's nothing new

so precious
so couragious
to seek what it's like
to seek what it feels like with you

wish I knew

Album                         

Wish I Knew

I got a new toy and made all the music with it. Ok, I also used a bowed bass for the bass frequencies.

The spoken word deals with the concept of time. I got a little bit triggered by some wise-ass dude on the interwebz stating that "WE EXPERIENCE TIME MOVING FORWARD...."

Hey, speak for yourself, dude. Time does not MOVE... In fact, time really isn't a thing at all. It is as much a thing as blue is a colour... The wavelengths of light are real, but those are not colours...


edit 2022-06-11
LOL after some discussion, I kinda explain it this way. In our observation, we see the sun dawn in the morning, and set in the evening. But this is not the sun doing anything special: we see this as a result of the rotation of our planet.
Similarly, "we"  observe time to go by, but it's not time doing anything special, it is us, going by through time.

Time itself has no action, just like distance has no action. It requires action to pass over distance, as it requires action to pass through time. Welcome to life.

It Must Be Blue

It was 1995, I had already acquired my trusty Alesis SR-16 "Dr No" but not hooked it up in stereo yet on my 4-track cassette recorder.

This track is one of the more fun I made in those days, thought I'd share it here. For the occasion, I properly mixed and mastered it in such a way to keep it's original character intact as much as possible. I did put *some* fancy effect to stereoize the vocals a little, and there is a subtle stereo reverb on the drums.. Things like that, but that's just to make it palatable for the modern crowd. This is after all an original recording, no edits, no overdubs.

Thinking about putting an entire 'legacies' album together. Would anyone be interested in that?

The very mature lyrics:

Salvation song
Connect me if I'm wrong
Me I am cracked, broken and torn
Haven't been clean ever since I was born

But I don't bear much pain
I'm not gonna jump no train
Every single hour every single day
Guess life is just a game

Some say I am insane
Some say I am just the same
As all them youth rebel rabble rebel rabble
Well I know better but you won't hear me tell
Everyone lives his own little hell
Let them turn around in their own smell
I let them feel bad if they let me feel well
It be alright with me

I know I only live to be
I know this is all you can see
I live to be just like the trees
And the flowers and the bees

Some say I am insane
Some say I am just the same
As all them you rebel rabble rebel rabble
Let live through their own hell
Let them live with their own smell

Salvation

Salvation song
Connect me if I'm wrong
Me I am cracked broken and torn
Haven't been clean ever since I was born

Some say salvation
Everyone, everyone...
Rebel rabble rebel rabble
Loser! Loser!

noitavlaS

Salvation Song

A track from the archives.
edit: now with video: https://youtu.be/NGafoqX6M9M

I can't really decypher the lyrics, though I am sure I have the original sheet somewhere. I do hear "if it's just a phase" at some point, and "why the drinks, why the cigarettes, why not" in the end,

and it's all just a dream song. 

Probably something to convert into something new, there's something cool about it, I think.

Dream Song (if It's Just A Phase)

Hi,
So, as life is busy and my studio room is being rebuilt, I found myself rummaging through my archives and found another interesting bit - this is still a 4-track, I think it's from 1999, I seemed to have been on a real mental groove.

I threw some neat VSTs on the tracks to give it a slightly modernized feel, hope you enjoy.

Spirit Lifter

Not as polished a mix, this was part of the UMF demo-in-the-works, but they did land us some gigs. You'd be surprised how terrible the P/A systems of some venues are - they couldn't spot the subpar quality of these demo recordings, apparently :)

Art - vocals
Ed - guitar
Tom - bass
Winric - drums

2011 recording - unmastered edition
uploaded on request

Demo 2011

Dedication

Rummaging through the archives, looking for a specific track - couldn't find it yet - I know I have it. But I came across this ditty and decided to do some mixing work on it.

It's from 1997 I think, original 4 track recording, I was having a blast playing the slide guitar and just felt this vibe coming, decided to record it.

I do not regret it for one bit :)

Lucy Lights

Yes, count your blessings... Or else,
I found this between the mothballs. It's not for everybody, let's put it like that. It's also downloadable if you feel like mixing/mashing it up, using it or parts of it in your own ideas or compositions or whatnot. If you do, let me know! I be interested to hear how this message is interpreted and worked into something else.

lyrics:

above everything else
sleeping without the fear
thinking without the siren
without the fear of rampage
without the fear of you

a solution for your problem
you couldn't care for caring much
sobering up inside

count your blessings or watch them vanish
I will move on
step inside or stay behind, I will move on
count your blessings or watch them vanish
I will move on
I will move on

hostility toward the strange
being just that hostile way
the thing you really hate
being just that,

count your blessings or watch them vanish
I will move on
step inside or stay behind, I will move on
count your blessings or watch them vanish
I will move on
I will move on

Count Your Blessings

I reworked my 2014 rendition of this U2 classic song, and it became a mess of modern approach and waybackwhen flawed recording takes, but it was a fun process trying to build it back into something audible :)

We work with what we have. Hope you enjoy!

New Year's Day (U2 cover)

Edit: supporting visuals: https://youtu.be/O57dZY1AVdg

Experiment forcibly using new equipment all in one track. Well, this happened. It's kind of interesting I think.
I treated myself to a Twisted Electrons "Blast Beats" groovebox.. the lowest-fi glitchiest piece of cr*p equipment you can buy for not cheap. And I love it. Straight from the realms of Dystopia
Also, less prominent: some pad created with a Roland JD-08. Yummy. What an excellent little gem that.
Also in the mix: Elektron model:cycles. I am assuredly going to do a concept album or at least EP with that thing.
Vocals were recorded using a TritonAudio Fethead Transformer. That's a very neat in-line pre-amp running on phantom power.


I threw some lyrics together about things that are pretty current, and keep me busy, so here they are:

lyrics

Were you someone, I have to be asking
grew up serene, away from the struggle
and strife now presented that never did touch you
but words of deception that make you believe
that the world was on fire, injustice abound
right at your doorstep to take all your freedom?
but just close your eyes, there was never a real threat
other than the ones of split tongues and venom!

wired up, side on break the violence
fired up, ride on, hear the silence

tell me again who you were once ago
when the future was open and dreams were allowed
think of exactly who told you the difference
between cats and dogs and the hits that were misses?

the tales that were spun on a landfill of gaps:
all cognitive bias we need to unlearn!
projection, reflections, deflections, the point is
we all want our freedom and peace with the world

wired up, side on break the violence
fired up, ride on, hear the silence

Glitchout

Experimental drone track in (mental) preparation of a new synth that's on it's way... Whipped out some criminally benched-for-too-long hardware to make something odd..

All sounds and effects, except for mastering effects, are hardware devices.

experimental video: https://youtu.be/jhCU-XeLkN0

Tempest

Tempest (Psychic Archaeology)

Toying around in the studio today, grabbed some equipment and messed about with it. Featuring SOMA Rumble of Ancient Times going in to Rainger FX Snare Trap going into EHX Ripped Speaker, a Novation Xiosynth 25 and Roland JD-08. 


now with video thing: https://youtu.be/QL10w9Y1H_Y


lyrics:

cut through the noise
away with distractions
digital clutter
sideways impairment
of thought and inner vision
no changes were made
to consent that wasn't given
as it wouldn't feel great

a culture of bias
laidback and sullen
to sometimes relax
all of a sudden

no thoughts are given
to continued relapse
till back in the spiral
of stellar collapse

Cracks in the Fabric

In a fit of inspiration... Another one for the collection:

https://alicedeeper.bandcamp.com/album/myth-wave-the-ever-growing-collection

Persephone Cries

I got all wavy in my studio and built this dark blues track - it became an exercise in melancholia..

EDIT: I cleaned up the mix a bit, but I cannot replace the current file until the next subscription cycle. The cleaner mix can be found here: https://www.reverbnation.com/totemspectre/song/33950391-slipping

lyrics:

While I stand looking over the water
In the dark
With a handful of thoughts slipping
Into the dark

Faces from the present
From the past
Times now felt much deeper than then
Way back when

Make it count
Every moment
If even just a handful of thoughts
Slipping into the dark
Make it count
Every moment

Smell the roses
Touch your hair
Kiss your skin
For a handful of thoughts
Slipping
Into the dark
Much deeper then

Slipping

An experiment in solemn ambience. All hardware.

Psychic Cosmology

Fixed some parts from the preliminary mix, restructured, additional mastering applied..

This is part of the Myth Wave collection, see the "buy" link for the free-to-download album on Bandcamp...

Mnemosyne (factual mix)

Life has been so busy, with little time to make music. But I kind of spontaneously played this last night while toying with/exploring VSTs - hope you enjoy.

Interlude

The Cacklettes are a fictional witchpunk mannequin band. I am creating their backlog using a variety of tools, synths and instruments. Why? Because it's a heck of a lot of fun. Trying to recreate some goth club memories from the 1990s.

As a Witchpunk group, naturally they have evolved out of the punk scene, into the post-punk era of new wave, which in turn birthed shoegaze - so they naturally had to go through a phase of that. But their dreams were far from pleasant - nothing pretty flowery, but dreams of oblivion instead. Go figure!

The Cacklettes: Dawn of Oblivion

The Cacklettes are a fictional witchpunk mannequin band. I am creating their backlog using a variety of tools, synths and instruments. Why? Because it's a heck of a lot of fun. Trying to recreate some goth club and festival memories from the 1990s (and a bit later really).

As a Witchpunk band, the Cacklettes are pretty eclectic in their work, and it evolves very quickly in many directions. Also they don't really bother to pay much attention to production quality, as they are too busy infighting and getting each other fired and banned from clubs.

The Cacklettes: Stomp On The Floor

I am working on an album for this freaky lot. Why? Because it's a heck of a lot of fun. Trying to recreate some goth club memories from the 1990s. Building a band that should have been. It incorporates all sorts of elements from music I've experienced in various states of inebriation, leaving a lasting impact. And here I am sharing that experience.

I really like how this track turned out. It's kind of experimental with the tempo changes, and the vocals are sweet too.

The Cacklettes: Empty Couch In An Empty Room

recaptured from old cassette tape,
still happy to have salvaged this old muck LMAO

The Cacklettes: Cobwebs (radio edit)

producing The Cacklettes is fun. It seems that there may be a second album on the way.

The Cacklettes: Line In Loose Sand

my god, what have you done?
look at this world now that you have created
it could have been great, it almost was beautiful
but it's all for strife and competition
and we all grew tired
my god, what will you do now?

The Cacklettes: World You Made

looks like you've been screaming to the choir again
we all agreed to disagree
that we live in reality
the clutches of the matrix
to swing us around (around and around and around)

get up and down and around and around
until you beat that broken door down
well you know where it's at
it's that broken mirror up in your head! (in your head, in your head, in your head)

hey you lived a life that you thought that no one could love
hey you loved a life that you thought that no one could live
and things that never happened manifested anyway (in your head) and
they challenged all the people's sense of their strange reality

and we gladly spin it all back around again
(and again, and again, and again)
and we turn it upside down as it clutches back around
(and around, and around, and around)

The Cacklettes: Screaming To The Choir

dance with me, embrace the sound
if only for a moment, step on to my cloud

The Cacklettes: Dance With Me

instrumental; B-side to "Cobwebs" single.

The Cacklettes: Pilgrim

The Cacklettes: Lay

"What you looking at?
Come over here, and
get your righteous [self] Rekkt!"

Get Rekkt

The Cacklettes: Get Rekkt!

The Cacklettes: Wild Hunt

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