Sunday, 13 July 2025

NEON REQUIEM ARC — EP01: On With The Show (Neon Requiem Mix)

Somewhere between static and signal, the song remains…

Rain again. Always rain. The city doesn’t bleed — it broadcasts.

He walks in slow — through the rain, through the buzz. Through the static grit that never leaves the skin. Guitar slung like a prayer someone forgot to answer. Neon burn in every puddle. The city don’t breathe. It loops.

On a rooftop wired into the bones of the grid, Manny plays. Not loud — just true. A cracked chord. A wrong note bent right. The kind that makes you pause and think about what you lost. The city hears it. The city flinches.

He’s being watched. Not by a man. Not anymore. Red eyes cold as shutdown code. The Barron doesn’t move. Doesn’t have to. He already owns the silence. And Manny? He just keeps playing.

Signal meets signal. Control versus chaos. He’s not playing for noise. He’s playing for a crack in the wall. For the memory of something unfiltered. For survival on a loop that never ends.

The city stutters. Neon bleeds. And somewhere under all that rain — the song still hums. On with the show.


Frame Gallery + Behind the Frame

๐Ÿงข Frame 1: Arrival in The Echo Grid

Manny in neon-lit Echo Grid, hat and glowing glasses, guitar on back

The Show begins again — but not where it ended. The Echo Grid isn’t a place you arrive at. It absorbs you. This frame plants Manny inside its glitch-rain veins, guitar slung like a relic, hat brim low to keep the signal noise out. The glowing orange glasses are no longer just for show — they’re HUD, filter, armor. He’s walking into a city of performance, where reality is edited, looped, watched.

๐ŸŽธ Frame 2: Rooftop Performance

Manny performing atop a rain-slick rooftop, neon energy radiating from guitar

Manny’s rooftop set isn’t rebellion. It’s reclamation. This frame shows resonance made visible — power cables become strings, neon pulses sync to rhythm, even drones hesitate mid-pattern. The rain is not just weather — it’s distortion. His chords cut into the city’s soundscape like static across a sermon.

๐Ÿ‘️ Frame 3: The Barron Watches

The Barron with glowing Eye of Providence observing from a surveillance spire

From his high perch, the Barron doesn’t speak. Doesn’t act. He observes. His red mechanical eyes lock on a world out of alignment. The Eye of Providence isn’t decoration — it’s ritual branding, corporate theology etched in skin.

⚡ Frame 4: The Clash

Manny and The Barron face off, glitch energy clashing between them above the city

Both figures stand in iconography: Manny, hat low, guitar flaring like a beacon. The Barron orange Eye Of Providence and red cybernetic eyes, armored in code. This frame splits diagonally — not for design, but because reality fractures when control and chaos share a stage.

๐Ÿ“ก Frame 5: Signal in the Rain

Child reaches for Manny’s glowing guitar string on a rain-soaked rooftop

The guitar string vibrates — not for the player, but for the next voice. The child isn’t a character. He's a metaphor. The Show doesn’t end. It spreads. This isn’t a rooftop anymore. It’s a shrine.


██ SIGNAL PATCH 001
“Even the silence glitches when the strings break.”
Track: On With The Show [Neon Requiem Mix]
Episode: 01 | Log ID: TC-01_OWTS
FEED STABILITY: 91% | ZONE: The Echo Grid
— TRANSMISSION END —

Friday, 4 July 2025

ON WITH THE SHOW — The Neon Circuit Begins

Today marks the official launch of The Neon Circuit, a cyberpunk narrative music universe I’ve been building behind the curtain. And fittingly, the curtain rises with the first transmission: “On With The Show [Neon Requiem Mix]” — a triphop short set in the rain-slick ruins of Mega-City One.

This video is more than just a standalone visual — it's Episode 1 in an unfolding story where music, rebellion, and collapsing reality blur into one.

Sideshow Manny — the character, performer, and avatar I channel — stands alone in this first chapter, delivering a wired acoustic performance while being hunted by the Barron, a symbol of control and corporate suppression. It’s a fight for signal integrity in a world where even perception glitches.



What's Next?

This release kicks off a larger story arc. Over the coming months, I’ll be rolling out a 12-part backstory series — one video episode for each song from the “Sideshow” album.

These episodes will explore:

  • The events that fractured the city and twisted reality

  • The rise of the Barron and the system’s grip

  • Sideshow Manny’s origins and his role in the resistance

  • Hidden broadcasts, outlaw circuits, and the glitching power of song


Follow along here on sideshowmanny.com or on the YouTube playlist Neon Circuit Transmissions to stay synced with the signal.

The Show Must Go On — and this is just the opening chord.

Sideshow Manny


██ SIGNAL PATCH 001
“Even the silence glitches when the strings break.”
Track: On With The Show [Neon Requiem Mix]
Episode: 01 | Log ID: TC-01_OWTS
FEED STABILITY: 91% | ZONE: Mega-City One
TRANSMISSION END

Friday, 12 March 2021

The University of Luxembourg

I stumbled upon this on Youtube from 2009. coincidentally when my music was used for this promo for The University of Luxembourg I was living just around the corner from it and was able to go to the premiere (they had a red carpet and everything ๐Ÿ˜) - happy days!

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Spotify Canvases added for all tracks

I've created Canvases for all my tracks on Spotify! "What the hell is a Spotify Canvas, Manny?" I hear you cry! Here's Spotify's description:
Canvas is an exciting feature from Spotify that brings your release artwork to life. When your listeners visit the Spotify 'now playing' page on their mobile device the usual release artwork is replaced by a full screen image or looping video. Spotify describe the feature as 'album artwork for the streaming age'
I've opted for looping video rather than full screen image. I cheated by using some free stock video's from https://www.pexels.com/ and editing them to suit but it was a lot of fun and I'm pleased with how they turned out (I think 'Barman From Manchester' and 'Stroll On' are my two favourites).
Remember canvases are only available on mobile devices. Hope you enjoy!

Wednesday, 20 January 2021