I'm going to be busy tonight so I asked ChatGPT for a theme and compo'd ahead of time:

You wake up in a dream that feels more real than reality itself. The world around you is glowing with pulsing neon lights, strange geometries, and ethereal ambiance. Time bends, colors pulse with emotion, and everything feels just on the edge of recognition—like a memory you never had. Let your composition reflect this surreal, futuristic dreamscape, blending beauty, mystery, and maybe even a touch of melancholy. Tonight's theme is "Neon Reverie.

Used lots of dreamy analog sounds and vinyl emulation.

"Making of" video: https://youtu.be/yMI6QpAVG18

Used primarily as an attempt to apply some mixing/balancing effects I used on a previous project in pursuit of better sound quality.

Vocals and Lyrics by PolkaPop

Mirror laughs, the walls confess,

I trace your night silhouettes'

You're safe- or so you say,

But love like this don’t drift away.

Through the keyhole, I adore,

Every shiver, every flaw.

you have no place to scape from me

A keyhole carved in the dusk’s embrace,
Traces of you in the twilight’s face.
Through jagged edges, your shadow weaves,
A fleeting glow in the heart’s soft eaves.

My breath is a hymn, it hums through the dark,
Bound to the pull of your fading spark.

Keyhole hums, a wound in the sky,
Your echo lingers where my angels cry.
It claws my soul, it steals my air,
A holy ghost in the midnight glare.

Keyhole calls, it’s all I chase,
A shard of you in the void’s embrace.
of the whispers and frost,
Our dreams decay where the stars are lost.

The silence screams with a velvet ache,
Each note a relic of vows we break.
I’m stitched to your shade in the endless deep,
A fragile prayer I’m cursed to keep.

Keyhole hums, a wound in the sky,
Your echo lingers where my angels cry.
It claws my soul, it steals my air,
A holy ghost in the midnight glare.

Keyhole calls, it’s all I chase,
A shard of you in the void’s embrace.
The abyss is singing, it swallows my plea,
Your form dissolves in tide’s decree.

Keyhole hums, a wound in the sky,
Your echo lingers where my angels cry.
It claws my soul, it steals my air,
A holy ghost in the midnight glare.

Got a slightly late start due to still making dinner and eating it quickly after the start time.

I went with the idea of slowly opening a filter. I also wanted to make the piano part sort of poly-rythmic.

A little on the repetitive side maybe, but i just felt it was needed for this vibe. The pictures don't exactly scream fun, hell one could argue it's kind of creepy, even if it's people starting through a keyhole, but for some reason i ended up going the fun route, using some thick lively chords in Gb Major, followed by some thick rattling basslines, some intense 303 sections, as well as embelishments in the form of a textured pad, and some variuos stab sounds. I also threw in a chord progression in the middle to spice it up as well as a piano melody for variety. The drums mostly stick to a breakbeat, which changes depending on the break activated. All in all, not the most complex listen, but it's different from me, and that is all i can say. Enjoy!

thought I knew what you wanted with me

I thought I saw what a dream you meant to me

Time unlocked the secrets that I saw

From a righteous path

A mysterious forest

Give me a way to work around

As I touch the door

A little sneak peek

Let me unsee the things I’ve seen

From a righteous path

Behind the door

Hide these things once more