Electro-Dreamwave music.
ShaYne
Before Cellular Signal, there was ShaYne.
Curve: 15th Anniversary
Out with the old, in with the new. (2010/2025)
Curve was ShaYne's 3rd album, released in 2010 just after Gem Stars and the Pincushion Flower EP. While it was a bold take on transitioning to EDM following two solidly new age albums, its haphazard production in multiple locations using substandard equipment (much of it was mixed on PA "live" speakers rather than proper studio monitors!) resulted in an uneven set.
This version has been reworked from the ground up, with several of the tracks being rerecorded from scratch while others were heavily altered to bring it to modern production standards. The poor-quality vocals were removed, and the resulting instrumentals sound fresh and invigorating.
There are 3 versions of this release: a 5-track EP containing the entirely-from-scratch new mixes, the standard 12-track album, and the massive 27-track Deluxe album containing three generations of mixes spanning from 2000 to 2025!
Music of Yesteryear
The lost music: Album 1/2 (2023)
ShaYne's debut album was The Opposite Way, released in 2003. The second album was Gem Stars, released in 2010. What was ShaYne working on all that time? This!
Music of Yesteryear is a complication of tracks that didn't make the cut onto Gem Stars. This was basically a developmental period with a lot of experimental ideas, so every track has a unique touch, but still unequivocally ShaYne. All of it still falls in the "early" New Age style that characterized ShaYne's music prior to the release of Curve.
All the tracks were composed from 2000-2005, but remastered in 2023 to refresh the sound for today's modern listeners.
Asphalt Repaved
The last "new" EP (2019)
The EP serves two purposes: a wrap-up experiment bridging the transition from ShaYne to Cellular Signal, and also the beginning of the Curve: 15th Anniversary project. The first three tracks are original compositions in the "dynamic" style introduced in #GradTime, and the last track is a fully rerecorded-from-the-original-MIDI-data remix of Hot Asphalt Part 1, which appeared in the 2010 album Curve. Synthwave and ambient are the dominant styles on this EP, with some cool EDM in the title track, Asphalt Repaved.
Into the Sky
Best of ShaYne (2019)
This is a collection of ShaYne's finest music, hand-picked by the artist himself! This album is truly massive, featuring 13 of ShaYne's biggest, punchiest songs, spanning from 2013-2019. Hear ShaYne's unique "progressive wave" style at its finest, a modern take on the classic 1980s new wave/synthpop, carrying it into our modern age for the new generation.
Tracks 2 & 3 are unique to this release.
The Fireplace
Bigger. Deeper. Stormier. (2015/2018)
The ultimate edition of ShaYne's 2015 EP The Fireplace, newly recreated in 2018! Virtually everything has been re-recorded from scratch and remixed in HD 96kHz audio. The result is an outstanding experience bigger and better than the original.
Originally conceived as "Dance Trilogy 2" prior to The Fireplace taking on a more pop-song approach, this has some of ShaYne's best sound design. A must-hear, progressive house experience.
#GradTime
Are you a Kawlhedge Stewdint? (2017)
Building on ShaYne’s ambitious Broader Range, this four-track EP was the next leap forward. Combining the best of analog and software sounds and recording it all at high-definition 96KHz digital audio, #GradTime experiments with dynamics as well, forcing your ears to pay attention to what’s going on behind the scenes. Some sounds drop by -20 or -30db. Where did those sounds come from? Listen again.
Broader Range
It surrounds you. (2016)
ShaYne's seventh full-length studio album and his first recorded in 96kHz high-definition audio. Analog synthesizers and effects are blended with newer digital technologies to create the perfect combination of melodies, sequences, and beats that everyone can enjoy. Heavily influenced by the robotic style of the German group Kraftwerk, synthetic vocals from the plugins VSTSpeek, Alter-Ego, and VocalSynth are used extensively throughout the album and blended with human singing. This album began the "late" period, a transition into the more pop-friendly Cellular Signal style.
On Hood Mountain
A little taste of everything. (2015)
On Hood Mountain explores a variety of styles like Berlin School, Chillout, and Synthwave. While the previous two albums (excluding EPs) contain some songs with vocals, On Hood Mountain is solely instrumental. It is much less ambitious effort than what came before and after, but still a good listen overall.
This is the last album of the "middle" period (2010-2015).
Enjoy an upgraded 96kHz version of the title track at SoundCloud.
Coastal Douglas Fir
Peppy and fun. (2014)
ShaYne's 3rd EP built upon the new ideas and aesthetics introduced with The Hero. It contained all his previously explored styles: 80s synthwave, experimental (with some new dubstep thrown in), and progressive house. Featuring a variety of synthesizers with custom sound design, you'll hear sounds on this recording you won't hear anywhere else!
Track 4 is the original version of Count Infinity, which was later remixed for Cellular Signal's MM XX.
The Hero
A.K.A. The reboot album. (2013)
This is the "reboot" album that reflects a studio overhaul with a 64-bit multi-core computer. Compared to previous albums, every second of each track has been meticulously crafted using the latest software and technology. Moods include uplifting pop to ominous ambient to progressive house. This is also ShaYne’s “10th Anniversary” album since his debut album “The Opposite Way” was released on the same date exactly 10 years before.
On this album there are two songs and four instrumentals.
The Painter's Brush
A journey of melodies. (2012)
This album has an emphasis on featuring prominent virtuosic melodies rather than intricately woven dance-oriented sequences and rhythms. Styles range from trance to chill-out to electro-pop. There are four songs with romantic lyrics and eight instrumentals, including a "piano" piece that uses only the venerable Roland Alpha Juno-2 vintage analog synthesizer. Also of note: the folk harp featured on the song Flowers of May, the last time Shayne recorded any harp in his music until Cellular Signal's MM XX . Be carried away on this musical journey from ShaYne.
Dance Trilogy
Pure electronic dance music. (2011)
One of ShaYne's best releases! For the first time in his music, all the sounds except for the beats are from analog synths, giving a punchy, rich, full character throughout. This 3-track EP is one continuous set, which can be enjoyed in headphones/earbuds or with a full set of speakers.
Did you know? Tracks 1 & 3 use the famous Roland Juno-106 and Dave Smith Instruments (Sequential) Tetra analog synths, while Track 2 uses only Tetra as its sole sound source (excluding beats)!
Pincushion Flower
The first EP. (2010/2013)
Originally released in 2010, remixed and remastered for 2013! This is a concept EP exploring a journey through nature, going through fire, water, air, and earth. Musical elements range from progressive rock to new age to downtempo. It is the last release in the "early" New Age period (2003-2010).
The is also the last recording to feature Shayne's first workstation keyboard, the Ensoniq KT-76 -- although that keyboard is still in use in the Cellular Signal studio as a MIDI controller.
Gem Stars
The album of your dreams. (2010)
Delve into a world of luscious soundscapes and dazzling textures. Every track has its own unique story and is designed to take you on a magical journey of electronic synthesizer music, ranging from mellow sleep-inducing space music to fast, danceable beats and driving rhythm. Whether listening in the car on the open road, or with the lights out and headphones on under a snug blanket, this album is sure to delight your senses of hearing and touch.
Also be sure to check out Music of Yesteryear, a compilation of tracks composed around the same time as the music of Gem Stars.
The Opposite Way
In the beginning. (2003)
Shayne's debut album! Released when he was only 17 years of age, The Opposite Way is a sort of "variety pack" with styles ranging from electronica to new age to jazz to Celtic and early music. Track 6 even features acoustic harp and recorder (courtesy of brother Jared), a nod to the family's earlier Celtic albums in Distant Oaks. Though a bit rough in spots, it is still an innovative album that sowed the seeds of what was to come later.
Of special note: A massive 30-minute-long composition of four movements known as Silver Waterfall. Truly epic.
Land Ho!
Binary Sea's EP. (2010)
This is the second and final release from Shayne's short-lived duo with his brother Jared. A blend of downtempo/chillout and dance music, tracks 1 & 3 were mainly composed by Shayne and tracks 2 & 4 were mainly Jared. The resulting balance is a delightful experience and perhaps the best from the early period.
Don't forget to check out Jared's music web site, Yarred, to see and hear what he's been working on since the Binary Sea days.
Compass
Binary Sea's album. (2008)
Compass is the first of only two releases from the Binary Sea duo, comprised of Shayne and his brother Jared White. It was an ambitious and long-awaited followup to Shayne's debut album five years before. A mix of New Age and electronic dance music, and a few other weird things thrown in, Compass is a pulsating journey into an expansive world of light and dark.
Don't forget to check out Jared's music web site, Yarred, to see and hear what he's been working on since the Binary Sea days.
