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niski, Niski's WZS Profile bio, and ironic statement in the lostwave community.
Niski is a WatZatSong and Discord user responsible for posting multiple songs from the 90s-2020s.
History
2018 - Early September 2024: Niski's Contributions To The Community.
On June 13th, 2018, Niski registered their now deleted main Discord account, ocasionally using it to post unknown songs in the Fond my Mind Discord server.
On March 2020, Niski's WatZatSong account was registered, using it to upload over 105 samples as of August 5th, 2024.
On May 29th, 2024, Niski rejoined the FMM Discord Server as an alt account, after their main account got deleted without any explanation. They continued to post unknown songs in the server.
Late September - October 2024: Niski Outed As A Hoaxer.
On September 28th, 2024, a Mixcloud recording was discovered that matched Niski's version of "Sound Of Sleep", with the DJ explicitly stating the song's title. This was suspicious, as it seemed improbable that someone would download recordings from Mixcloud, edit out the DJ's voice, transfer the audio to a tape, and then sell that tape. Further compounding this, Niski posted a track as his own unknown song, which had actually been shared years earlier on Reddit by another OP.
Additionally, another recording surfaced that matched "Samething" (Formerly known as "Praise For A Change"), which also included the title. Niski did not directly address these concerns, dismissing the tapes received as "duds" or "homemade". In his defense, he stated:
What I know is that I received a collection of tapes that were probably not authentic from the era and have been sourced from these Mixcloud shows, which I understand can easily be interpreted as a hoax.
He also provided a video of himself digitizing the "Sound of Sleep" tape; however, this was later revealed to be misleading, as the tape had a consistent 0.8% speed difference, proving it was not the original.
On September 29th, 2024, Niski acknowledged that the majority of the songs he had posted were hoaxes. He claimed that only his "Boston tapes" were sourced from Mixcloud. This claim was met with skepticism. He gave the name of one of his unknown songs, "I Fell For You", which was quickly identified as "Walls To Rubble" by The Paper Castles. Niski further confessed to stealing unknown tracks from other OPs, but stated that not all of his songs are counterfeit. The hoax status for all of his songs are not known just yet.
On October, 2024, Niski's FMM channel was officially removed.
List Of Hoaxed Songs
| Status | Confirmed/Placeholder Name | Upload Date | Solved On | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified | "LQ Rock Instrumental" | July 14th, 2023 | N/A | [↗] |
| "Bob?" | May 22nd, 2023 | [↗] | ||
| "W Tę Zimną Noc" | September 28th, 2022 | [↗] | ||
| "Niski's Experimental" | February 3rd, 2022 | [↗] | ||
| "Bobby Preston" | December 18th, 2021 | [↗] | ||
| "Always" | December 15th, 2021 | [↗] | ||
| "Don't Leave Me Alone" | [↗] | |||
| "Chill Instrumental" | [↗] | |||
| Identified | "Boober's Dental Patient" (Former placeholder, "Another Way") | July 5th, 2024 | May 23rd, 2025 | [↗] |
| "Seeds" (Former placeholder, "Happy Birthday") | [↗] | |||
| "Higher" (Former placeholder, "Out On The Dance Floor/Move To The Beat") | June 7th, 2024 | May 22nd, 2025 | [↗] | |
| "RHTHM" (Fomer placeholder, "Liminal Guitar") | October 22nd, 2023 | November 10th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Battle For The Badge" (Former placeholder, "Rocket-Takeoff") | December 15th, 2021 | September 29th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Walls To Rubble" (Former placeholder, "I Fell For You") | January 18th, 2024 | September 29th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Siren Sings" (Former placeholder, "Nothing Like Losing Trust") | December 27th, 2023 | September 27th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "500 Fingers On Elbow Placement" (Former placeholder, "I'm So Sorry") | May 3rd, 2024 | [↗] | ||
| "Bruce Lee" (Former placeholder, "Get Away") | December 27th, 2023 | [↗] | ||
| "Sound Of Sleep" (Former placeholder, "Should I Change") | [↗] | |||
| "Gill Net" (Former placeholder, "How Did It Feel?" | January 3rd, 2024 | [↗] | ||
| "Gay Fad" (Former placeholder, "Back Of His Hand") | December 27th, 2023 | September 26th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Trapped Between" (Former placeholder, "Take Me Out") | January 26th, 2024 | [↗] | ||
| "Claudia" (Former placeholder, "Do You Want Me?") | May 3rd, 2023 | September 19th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Tree" (Former placeholder, "Where Do I Stay") | May 2nd, 2024 | September 5th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Meat Of Youth" (Former placeholder, "The Flesh") | May 3rd, 2024 | [↗] | ||
| "Restar Più Non Posso" (Former placeholder,, "Croce Gesù") | August 30th, 2021 | August 26th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Fence" (Former placeholder, "Hold Me Tight") | May 7th, 2024 | July 23rd, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Simple Hurt" (Former placeholder, "Walk Alone/She Waits") | June 4th, 2023 | June 19th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Samething" (Former placeholder, "Praise For A Change") | January 6th, 2024 | June 18th, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Angel's Lullaby" (Former placeholder, "Begin To Cry") | December 28th, 2023 | May 1st, 2024 | [↗] | |
| "Transmit Her" (Former placeholder, "Can't Resist Her") | January 3rd, 2024 | March 5th, 2024 | [↗] |
List Of Non-Hoaxed Songs
Despite a large chunk of Niski's songs being proven to have been hoaxes, a small fair amount have been fully proved to not have been hoaxes, by either finding the actual OPs of the songs or Niski himself, trying to find the song's artist.
| Status | Confirmed/Placeholder Name | Original OP | Original Upload Date | Niski's Upload Date | Solved In | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified | "We're Breathing Again" | Alpha Waves & Gescom Disengage | August 4th, 2016 | September 24th, 2023 | N/A | [↗] |
| "Dwójka Closing" | Niski | December 15th, 2021 | December 15th, 2021 | [↗] | ||
| "Unknown Rock Instrumental 3/Sad Rock Solo" | Tony Kontis | April 6th, 2014 | [↗] | |||
| "Keep On Running So Everything Makes Sense" | flamedalchemist | December 13th, 2009 | October 28th, 2021 | [↗] | ||
| Identified | "Bib (Lomo Mix)" (Former placeholder, "Liminal Bass") | Cill | October 8th, 2023 | June 7th, 2025 | [↗] | |
| "Big D" (Former placeholder, "Instrumental Rock Snippet") | Niski | January 6th, 2024 | December 28th, 2024 | [↗] | ||
| "Junk Smash" (Former placeholder, "Unknown Rock Instrumental 4") | Gytka | December 28th, 2012 | December 15th, 2021 | December 9th, 2023 | [↗] | |
| "Slippin' Away" | neithere | May 27th, 2017 | January 6th, 2023 | January 8th, 2023 | [↗] | |
| "Wishful Without" (Former placeholder, "Probably Not You") | Flip | January 23rd, 2018 | December 15th, 2021 | September 5th, 2022 | [↗] | |
| "Burning Desire" (Former placeholder, "Floating Inside") | TheBlackDossier | June 6th, 2012 | December 27th, 2021 | [↗] | ||
| "Flow" (Former placeholder, "Finding Oxygen") | Niski | November 26th, 2020 | April 22nd, 2021 | [↗] | ||