Remix / cover by SABO-FX

Original by Was (Not Was) (1981)

Produced by SABO-FX

Vocal by Iris de Leeuw

Original by Natasha Bedingfield

Cover art by Iris de Leeuw

Soundtrack 'What i need' by SABO-FX

Music background:

This is an original song. Over two years ago, I came up with the chord progression with the help of a tool called Cthulhu by Xfer Records.

That initial loop was rotting away on my harddrive until I could find the time to do it justice.

Then, a couple of months ago i bumped into the song 'Come' by 'Jain'

https://open.spotify.com/track/1YrC8s6yZWw23QxW6rfM9f?si=d170ba3ecdc840ba

This song has a very catchy Chorus (about 30 seconds into the song). I was curious to see how the Chorus of 'Come' would sound when used as an input to a vocoder effect.

Turns out, that it sounds pretty epic IYAM, when combined with the chord progression that i was still sitting on.

DAW used in this production:

* Bandlab Cakewalk midi sequencer

* Adobe Audition CC 2023

Virtual Instruments (VSTi)

* Kontakt 7 by Native Instruments

* SubBoomBass by Rob Papen

* Nexus by ReFX

* Spire by Reveal Sound

* Stylus RMX by Spectrosonics

Also available on:

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/4v385B0q4vRkdSdK59MJ4K?si=ts0pldAFS5iEgCfNuoRJgg

Concept, lyrics, vocal, guitar and percussion by Adam Tobit

Composition, Production and Cover art by SABOFX

Background info:

I produced this original track in collaboration with my talented neighbor and good friend Adam Tobit.

Adam came up with the concept for this song years ago. He intended 'Nightmare' as the theme song for a tv series based around the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' horror movies. But unfortunately the series never came to be.

Adam's own previous (solo) version of the song can still be heard on youtube: https://youtu.be/6cLZNpIlHYc

I'm curious to see how well this song does with my audience, since it is quite a different genre from my other productions. However it does fit my requirements (proper melody, sounds urgent and serious).

Lyrics:

Lights go out, left out in the dark

Hear the sound of my pounding heart

See the visions in my head

Hiding underneath my bed

Corner of the closet

Behind my bedroom door

What’s that sound creaking

coming from the hallway floor

You’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it twice

The look of fear that’s in her eyes

Take my hand and don’t let go

Till the dawn of tomorrow

Too much to take

I find it hard to escape

Need to find a way out

Before I leave it too late

Wake me up, pinch me if I am dreaming

Reality is deceiving

Nobody heard you screaming

Nooooooo

Someone is walking behind you

Can’t run, cause they’re going to find you

Don’t think that I will pull through

So just wake me up

Now I know I’m too far gone

Everything is going wrong

I see his eyes are glowing red

Am I alive or am I dead?

Too much to take

I find it hard to escape

Need to find a way out

Before I leave it too late

Wake me up, pinch me if I am dreaming

Reality is deceiving

Nobody heard you screaming

Nooooooo

Someone is walking behind you

Can’t run, cause they’re going to find you

Don’t think that I will pull through

So just wake me up

Wake me up, pinch me if I am dreaming

Reality is deceiving

Nobody hears you screaming

Nooooooo

Someone is walking behind you

Can’t run, cause they’re going to find you

Don’t think that I will pull through

So just wake me up

just wake me up

Lyrics and vocal by Iris de Leeuw

Concept by Iris de Leeuw

Composition by SABOFX

Production by SABOFX

Cover art by Iris de Leeuw

Original by Yann Tiersen as movie theme for the French movie "Amélie" in 2001.

More info on the original:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie_(soundtrack)

This remix was made in collaboration with 'Voyageur I' and based on his remix:

https://soundcloud.com/voyageuri/pstock-joue-amelie

Composed & produced by SaBo-FX

I'll be the first to admit that this song is far from perfect. You could say that the song is more about the struggle for perfection.

Audio software used in this production:

* Cakewalk DAW by Bandlab

* KONTAKT VST by Native Instruments

* Stylus RMX VST by Spectrosonics

* VPS Avenger Synth VST by Vengeance-Sound

* Adobe Audition CC 2019

Fun fact: It takes longer to load all the KONTAKT soundbanks for this song than the duration of the whole song ;-)

Original progressive trance track, recorded and produced by SaBo-FX

I named it 'Sensation' because the song reminded me of the old-school Sensation parties and anthems.

software used for this production:

* Bandlab Cakewalk (Now available for free!!!)

* Adobe Audition CC 2018

* VST NI Kontakt

* Stylus RMX

* VST ReFX Nexus

other software used for this production:

* Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (cover artwork)

Cover by Dutch singer Annemarie Stolwijk

Recorded and produced by SaBo-FX

http://www.sabo-fx.net

Original by Imany

Audio software used for this production:

* Cakewalk Sonar Premium (Back from the dead, Fuck yeah!!!)

* Adobe Audition CC 2018

* VST Rob Papen Blue2

* SynthMaster v2.6

* Stylus RMX

* Sonic Academy ANA v2.0.3

* VST ReFX Nexus

Produced by SaBo-FX

Vocals by Iris de Leeuw and Amy de Leew

Recorded by SaBo-FX

Original by Seafret

Composed by Jack Sedman and Harry Draper