Treadmill Of Time

	ⓘ This lostwave is classified as nearly solved.
	Treadmill Of Time
Genre	Post-Punk, alternate
Length	4.39
Year	1981 (falsely claimed)
Status	Almost Solved
Original poster	Jacob Morgan
Search started	2020

Treadmill Of Time is a nearly solved lostwave.

It was originally uploaded to YouTube in December 2020, falsely claimed to be a 1981 demo by Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode).

Background

On December 17, 2020, @buildist (Jacob Morgan) on YouTube uploaded a song falsely claimed to be a 1981 demo by Adam Wilder from Depeche Mode.

Before that, someone uploaded the song on the Depeche Mode wiki, along with two other songs presumedly from the same artist.

It is extremely likely that the song could be by Memorybank since they are Facebook mutuals with Depeche Mode and have been claiming the song is theirs before there was an active search.

A massive lead came up when someone mentioned the Turkish band Voyagers, suggesting that the singer goes by the name of Gonsu. A song by the Voyagers exists on YouTube, and the voice sounds nearly identical. Gonsu has been contacted but with no response. His mutual friend Gokhan, who is a presumed member of the band, has also been contacted on May 22-23, 2024.

However, evidence has been found against this lead. u/Pandalism on Reddit says:

“This turned out not to be true. Original source of the info was a Facebook comment by someone who knew Tansu, but they later edited it to add that they contacted him and it's not Voyagers.

EDIT and CORRECTION: Hello. Even though it was a little late, I received an answer from my friend Tansu, and I couldn't write immediately because I was on a trip.

I sent him the link with the 3 demos and said, "These are your songs, aren't they? These recordings are circulating as Alan Wilder's demo recordings." In his reply, he said that the vocals were incredibly similar to his vocals, but that these songs did not belong to them. He also used the word "Treadmill" mentioned in the song in one of his songs, but in a different way.

I'm trying to alleviate some of the embarrassment I feel for writing so confidently that these recordings belong to Voyagers, since I somehow remember the word "Treadmill" on his song and the vocals are so similar that even he was confused. Frankly, I was very deceived because I kept telling Tansu that her vocals were bad and I never even considered the idea that such a bad vocal could have a twin. (I still can't believe)

Anyway; While trying to correct one mistake, I caused another. I apologize to anyone who saw my first comment -below-. At least the wrong information should not be spread any further.

Old and wrong comment: Unbelievable 😃This demo has nothing to do with Alan Wilder. This is an amateur New Wave band called "Voyagers" from Turkey. It was a band founded in 90's by 3 friends from the same neighborhood (in Istanbul) who studied at different universities and loved Depeche Mode: Tansu(vocal+synths), Gökhan(synths) and Akan(synths).

How do I know? Tansu and I were going to the same university, we even met and became friends because we wore the same Violator t-shirt, and he was always making me listen to this and similar records of his. I used to criticize him all the time because I didn't like the way he sang the lyrics and his vocals (I still don't like it lol)

Tansu had also posted a few recordings on YouTube somewhere, but there are so many (unrelated) Voyagers that I can't find what I'm looking for.

What I don't understand; What kind of moron is it to find such a bad recording (which I'm sure they released it under the name Voyagers), ignore/erase the name Voyagers and claim that it is Alan Wilder's demo?”

Memorybank could be the biggest lead right now, but it has gone cold with no progress in the last six months.

Lyrics

I want to get up now

I'm trying to learn how

Why can't it just slow down

Slow right down

Not sure of it all anymore

Tied to the treadmill of time

Climbing up an endless stair

Slide with no reason or rhyme

Headlong into who knows where

There was once a time

When everything was fine

And water towers seemed living entities

I believed in all kinds of absurdities

How strange

The thoughts of innocence

Time has changed

I've lost that hidden sense

I want to get up now

I'm trying to learn how

Why can't it just slow down

Slow right down

Not sure of it all anymore

Hands on the clock face turn 'round

Getting older, moving fast

Sands in hourglass fall down

Letting go of times passed

There was once a dream

I had in which it seemed

A rosebush grew in the house where I used to live

I suppose I know those are days I can't relive

How true

The thoughts I've pushed aside

I wish I knew

They could simply be denied

I've been waiting for

The key to the door

And freedom galore

I seem to want more

I've been waiting for

The key to the door

And freedom galore

I seem to want more

I want to get up now

I'm trying to learn how

Why can't it just slow down

I want to get up now

I'm trying to learn how

Why can't it just slow down

I want to get up now

I'm trying to learn how

Why can't it just slow down

Slow right down

Not sure of it all anymore

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