BLACK LITE
I hear noises in the walls
They don’t bother me at all
There are voices in my head
I never hear what is said

I’m a well adjusted loon
I only dance to my own tune
A majority of one
I’m a vagabond of fun

All alone inside the bus
Riding there without fuss
All the moons have gone away
Cos the nite has turned to day

World there in a tear drop
A crystal liquid full stop
Can you hear the rabid choir
Singing liar, liar, liar

Now and then I look around
Just to see what’s going down
Well past my sell-by date
I am fashionably so late

All I ask of the nite
Keep on shining your black lite
All I ask of the sun
Is please give me back the fun

I hear noises in the walls
They don’t bother me at all
There are voices in my head
I never hear what is said

Words by Peter Greatorex.
Copyright ℗ 2013 D & G Music / Explicit Music.

Black Lite

Lyrics by ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex.
Music by George Davies / ‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex.

Copyright ℗ 2013 D & G Music / Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Dark Company.

Vocals recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2015.
Everything else recorded at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2018.
Engineered, mixed and produced at Wud Records Studio One, Central Europe, 2024.

Copyright © 2024 Wud Records.

Performers:
‘Speedy’ Pete Greatorex – lead vocal
Zakk Black – guitar, samples
Barry Bridges – guitar
Josh Reynes – synths, piano
Maxx Damage – bass
Sven Stiglund – drums

Fun Facts:
* The lyrics for this song were written 7th – 8th May 2013.
* This is a song that Pete never sang a proper studio version of and his vocals were lifted from the demo and cleaned up a bit.
* Well, quite a lot actually. 🙂
* At the end of the demo version the bass continued on for a while and played some quite interesting things which have been captured and sprinkled here and there.
* The little whistly flutey sound that appears in the fade-out came from some ghost sounds in the guitar that weren’t actually there but were clearly audible during some editing and simply had to be included.
* The guitar to the left is the Ice Maiden and Barry is to the right.
* Somehow the demo for this started on the 3-beat rather than the 1-beat and worked really well with the electronic drum rhythm.
* That rhythm was captured as a drum sample and moved half a bar with the end chopped off and stuck on the beginning to make it a round 4-bar sample.
* DSK synths used include the Zith, the Zeth, the Oranze and the Grand with a ton of reverb.