2am by My Mate Dave

Bitter Laughter by My Mate Dave

This tune showcases the amazing Ohm Boyz delay plug-in, along with the Devine Machine and a little ReFX plugin called 'The Claw'. This is current, latest, hot off the presses music from my bedroom....

Dark Times by My Mate Dave

I was pretty pleased with the effects on the MU50, this tune was really my first real exploration into SysEx messages and things like that. Of course this isn't really relevant anymore, but at the time it was mind-blowing what you could do with Yamaha XG!

Earthrise by My Mate Dave

Enter The Vortex by My Mate Dave

The original (and my favourite) version of the Vortex!

Eschatologist by My Mate Dave

1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.

2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.

Which is why it's a happy tune... (jungle warfare samples, live guitar & keys)

Figaro by My Mate Dave

One of my favourites, this is feel-good stoner drum and bass. All written in Sonar with a minimum of complications, basic midi sounds out of my MU50 and keyboard and a couple of cool VST's. What more do you need?

Handmade Cardboard Peak by My Mate Dave

Some ramblings, samples and a nice electric piano sound. Stops a bit abruptly, but there you go. This was all recorded in Sonar and Fruity Loops.

In Tenebris by My Mate Dave

Interrupted by My Mate Dave

Um, just an improv wigout... chilled out trippy drums and funky autowah guitars. A bit of throat singing and other little samples to keep it interesting.

Little Stalker by My Mate Dave

Madmen by My Mate Dave

My Travels by My Mate Dave

PI Anno by My Mate Dave

Again, heavily influenced, another drum and bass tune...

Scream My Name by My Mate Dave

This tune was made entirely using soundfonts from a Computer Music CD

Some Other Eden by My Mate Dave

Cheesy dance track, hilariously I tried to play the delay on the piano instead of ACTUALLY using delay on the piano.

Steely Skies by My Mate Dave

Slow, hypnotic, someone listening to a bit too much Omni Trio, perhaps?

The Castle by My Mate Dave

Ursa Minor by My Mate Dave

I used the Devine Machine to mash up a few drum loops from my Jungle Warfare CD's, which I put into Sonar where I added a 2-note synth line, playing with the VST instrument Pentagon to create both a synth part and a bass line. The SY77 just fills out the top end a bit.

Vortex by My Mate Dave

Ladies and Gentlemen, A tribute! I give you the Vortex...

...I'm only doing this because I like your robot...

Walking in Darkness by My Mate Dave

Sonar, Fruity Loops, SY77 and lots of lovely jungle, plus some random noises to keep it interesting... This is a big tune...

We Come In Peace by My Mate Dave

The aliens are coming! One afternoon with Fruity Loops. What else can I say? More Jungle Warfare Samples and a slightly alien theme...

Where's Dash? by My Mate Dave

Who is the man? by My Mate Dave

I wrote this at a time when I was listening to a lot of Moving Shadow compilations....

Whole by My Mate Dave

This song was built up from the bassline, I always heard the 1st beat in a different place to Kieron, so when I actually got round to recording, he had to learn how to play it all over again! Jungle Warfare Samples, Fruity Loops and my guitar... Bass was recorded through the Fender Bassman on my Line6 Amp.

LYRICS

I don't know if I told you that there ain't no other

way of life for the criminal kind,

you couldn't hear it, but I did discover

how to get out of this frame of mind.

I don't know if you want it but you've got to grab it

before it's out of sight

like you never understood than when you be my lover

all of the time it's like, it's like,

I wanna be whole again...

Astrakhan by Snow Crash

I wrote this song right at the end of Snow Crash's existence as a band, so had to record everything myself. It's nuts crazy funk and tells a story about megalomania, magic and the close correlation between these and madness. Note the use of Native Instruments Hammond B4 plugin, Fruity Loops for the drums, and a cheap flanger...

LYRICS

Did you ever hear the one about the one-eyed man,

how he opened up a grimoire in another land?

Coz when you’re seeing in mono you’re seeing red

and if anyone can the one-eyed man can

When the magic got out he knew the book was bad,

Saw too many others had the same thing that he had.

Tried to build an army but it drove him mad,

got into his brain like a thousand-eye freight train

Formed his plan in Astrakhan,

If you ever need a pickup then the one-eyed man
can

I ain’t making excuses for the following war,

no-one really knew what they were fighting for.

He knew everyone’s secrets but he wanted more,

like all the little cities on the Caspian sea shore

As soon as the East was one-eye land,

he moved into Europe in a big old transit van

The Americans failed to put up a fight

and the rights of the righteous fell by the wayside

CHORUS

And if the universe seems smaller than it did before

now you see in stereo and more...

You were never satisfied, got more powerful and I

can’t escape your omnipotent stare

CHORUS

So we covered our heads in hats of lead

and cowered in the back of a nuclear shed in Cannes

But the pressure was high and people died

and the man with the plan in astrakhan went mad

Now you’ll see him in the square with the scientist hair

selling ices to the masses with a maniacal stare

You should never try to talk coz he cannot lie

and he’ll show you the method of your demise

(if anyone can you know the one-eyed ice cream man can)

Drives his van, in Astrakhan

If you ever need a pickup then the one-eyed ice cream man can

Broken China by Snow Crash

A fight, and what happens when people get that blind rage but don't really mean it...

Lyrics

A cracked bowl and a broken cup,

In an early morning storm...

Like there wouldn't be another day -

Fights, lies,

There couldn't be another day

When you were never there,

I was never there...

I don't know how it happened,

Bloodstains on the wall...

You look at me with empty eyes,

Hear a siren call

I didn't see you fall.

Is it any wonder that I feel like this?

I never thought that I would live to see another day

All the broken china cups are worth the risk,

They're the only way that I can make you stay...

It's all so quiet now,

Echoes in the wind...

Your hair is falling down

Your face to rings of pearls...

Always a classy girl.

(chorus)

('middle 8')

(add-on bit to the end)

Car Chaser (half of...) by Snow Crash

We just wanted to start with something funky, a sort of break to show off what we could do and wake everybody up before we launched into the plangent rock.

The first minute or so is cut off due to an over-taping error, if I ever get my hands on a 4-track recorder again we might get to hear the whole track!

Hey by Snow Crash

(I don't know why this track doesn't play! the mp3 seems fine! AAargh!)

A kind of 'dark cabaret' song, Drums were written in Fruity Loops, guitar parts by me and lyrics is me too.

LYRICS:

Hey, would you like a little piece of the pie?

Hey, would you like to know the truth behind the lies?

And would you look me in the eye?

Or would you rather die?

If it were up to me

I wouldn't let it out of my sight but you all,

you all seemed so comfortable

Hey, is it true they sacrificed a man in the confusion?

and is he really still alive?

And another round of drinks for fellow workers

there's a fire in the sky

I don't believe that they can make you all so cold and lonely

I don't believe you're indestructable

(middle 8)

Hey, when you address the crowd,

did you think that they were listening?

It's how they'll get you in the end,

it's where the river meets the sea.

If it were up to me...

If it were up to me...

I don't believe that they can make you all so cold and lonely

I don't believe you're indestructable

It's Always You (and never me) by Snow Crash

Keiko by Snow Crash

Although written post-snow crash, I always intended this song to be part of the band. It was the first song where I actually felt like I'd worked out how to use compression, and that you could hear everything that was going on! It was also fun playing two guitar parts... drums are just samples off a Computer Music magazine CD.

Lyrics

I heard some people say that you have been playing away

When I went down,

and I am looking at a different picture

Of the uncontrollable crowds

And there has to be a logical reason

why they played it down

and you weren't the last to see me

as you were walking away

(chorus)

When the man in the middle spoke up you cried

And I ran undercover til I nearly died

When they threw the gas in I was still playing away

to the ever-loving crowd,

and the thought of having to face the black army today

couldn't last, so I wrote it all down.

(chorus)

I see the fear behind their eyes

And it's all just a cover for their lies

(middle 8):

You held all the cards you know I never realised that someone quite so beautiful as you could tell so many lies and when we sit here undecided the detritus of you crime I wonder if we really needed you to get us here and why why why did you go?

I wanted you to think again,

I wish that you would think again

As you say wait in line...

(chorus)

I though you looked back before you dived

and I though you smiled into my eyes

So I waited and I watched as you were walking away

and my hands were being tied

You looked like the essence of your soul had been taken away

and I didn't mind being the fall guy.

Kids by Snow Crash

Love Doctor by Snow Crash

Another one of the oldest tunes ever, this is a dark tale of a nasty man who stalks ladeez of tha night. Lyrics by Kieron Cheek, music by me, Stu and Kieron... We always though it was a bit on the cheesy side, but back in '99 / 2000 it was one of our most popular songs (with our three fans...)

Lyrics

I call myself the Love Doctor

Doctor Love

I'm the iron hand

in the velvet glove

You know me from your nightmares, baby

You've seen me on TV

I'm everywhere baby

Can't get away from me

So don't you try to understand it

There ain't no other way

It's me on the scene

I saw you at midnight

working love street

and I beckoned you over

just easy meat.

Hi there honey,

are you looking for a good time?

A nod and a smile

and you were all mine, mine, mine!

CHORUS

Middle 8:

The tension's rising now I've got you alone

and though you don't yet know it

you're never gonna make it home...

Gonna give you to the darkness behind my eyes

and you'll live there forever

You're gonna be immortalised

CHORUS

I've got no problem

with the blood on my hands

It's an ancient cycle

I know you'll understand

I'm the destroyer

death and rebirth

walking in the darkness

I stalk the earth!

CHORUS

Modern Day Apathy by Snow Crash

This is one of the oldest 'proper' songs I wrote, obviously Stuart and Kieron helped to mold it into what you hear here, I'd originally intended it to be fast all the way through, but Stuart was having lactic acid problems. this is also why there's a slow bit before the Guitar solo...

Lyrics

Tired, I'm too tired for the lies of the man

Fight, human rights are the height of all you can.

You, they're watching you as you follow your leader down

Christ is only one, just a man like those around you.

(chorus)

Don't back up,

Don't look back down

Don't try to run

Don't make a sound

Trust the way I see, the way I lead you on

And who said he's just a man? Did they see him die?

(Chorus)

(middle 8)

(guitar solo)

(chorus)

Love is all we have, all we need to stay alive.

And we have been standing by,

as we fell apart...

Nocturnal Urban Romance (well Dodgy) by Snow Crash

Well it was mostly an experiment, but we did record the whole thing so here you go... not my finest hour!

Shit Happens by Snow Crash

Simply put, this song is about robbing a bank. Stuart wrote the words, we all wrote the music...

Lyrics

Well I looked at you and you said ‘let’s do it’

And we walked into the bank

I knew as soon as you pulled the gun

it was a bad idea, a stupid plan...

‘Pay Up’, as you pointed the pistol,

I turned to ice inside,

The cashier started loading the gear

and someone started to cry...

('chorus')

Shit happens

The cash was in the bag

but I still had nagging doubts

We backed towards the door

never saw the man whose gun was out

One shout, two shots and a stagger

I didn’t see him fall
You pulled, I pushed and we both panicked

then we were out the door

Shit Happens

(middle '8')

Of course the men outside were on to us,

They had cars and gas and guns

So fast we never had a chance,

we were fugitives wanted on the run.

Misunderstood what they were shouting,

One trigger-happy cop turned around,

Although in slow motion, I saw you drop.

Shit happens...

Small World by Snow Crash

Old, old song from the Snow Crash days...

LYRICS:

And if you wind up standing alone
The world can seem so small
And if you're needing a friendly smile
Don't come to me.

(CHORUS)
I could never understand
why you always had to try me, why me?
It's only a little way behind
but it's always how you find me
and I can't get away from you

So if you find that I'm not helping,
sometimes you should leave
I am locked inside
a tiny world of my own

CHORUS

(the missing middle 8)
When you look at me with your brown eyes I wanna cut you up
to see what you have got that makes you so one-sided
this is not a dream, it's how I feel and it is so fsked up
the world is closing in, and I can't escape it now

So when you wake up and realise
that we could never last
don't look back, just keep on walking
and try to forget

Smiles by Snow Crash

This one is about making decisions.

LYRICS

She looks at you across the top of her glass and smiles

And you think to yourself what harm is there inside?

If I don't talk too much you won't know how it feels

If I don't laugh too loud I'll make believe it's real

While you watch the drops falling off the table you don't hear

Aspersions on your character

You wonder why you came to be insulted

As you are, a pool is growing on the floor

And do you hurt? How do you live?

Do you see you're suffocating me

What do I feel, why can't I breathe?

Now I'm the one to leave

Within your head you know the truth immortalised

A shining path to seeing with tomorrow's eyes

But when she speaks out, suppressing undercurrents

Of the war, it's not worth fighting anymore.

And do you hurt? How do you live?

Do you see you're suffocating me

What do I feel, why can't I breathe?

Will it ever be the same again?

What did I say? What can I do

To prove that it was always you?

The one who taught me to believe

And it's not over yet for me

And do you hurt? How do you live?

Do you see you're suffocating me

What do I feel, why can't I breathe?

Now I'm the one to leave

Storm by Snow Crash

No words, no real name working title: Storm...

The Cave by Snow Crash

Are Ye Sleepin Maggie

Ca the Yowes to the Knowes

Come all Ye Worthy Christian Men

Go To Bed Sweet Muse

Lass of Loch Royale

Nobody Looking at Me

Seasons of the Year

Seven Virgins

The Collier Laddie

The Lord at First Did Adam Make

The Lowlands of Holland