Listening to the waves, remembering better days.
trying, and failing even more.
mostly this, but not in this order, because.. chaos. or something.
burn burn tear it all down
the smoldering coals of a life left wasted
flame flame and make it hot
set the world on fire and throw it away
smoke and ash rising in the sky
the putrid air choking
heat and tears burnished on your cheeks
turn your back and be consumed by the heat
my dog wouldn't quit whining, so i recorded him and used it in the background.
finally recorded something with my akai mpk mini. yep. it's a thing alright.
Merry Christmas everyone. This is an unfinished track from my endlessly delayed Christmas album.
based around a deeply processed field recording of a klaxon recorded by a security camera in the middle of a warehouse fire.
Struggling to stand up for the first time amidst the weight of the world around you.
i see my reflection
screaming back at me
i see my intentions
breaking through my screen
callus frosted wisdom
reaching back inside
entangled moments fracture
steal away my lies
Had to cut this one short this week. Still turned out ok.
Stepping a little outside my comfort zone here.
https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/bc.aspx
An excerpt from The Beast in the Cave by HP Lovecraft
alone in the sky, never more free, and never more isolated.
I went through four different ideas before finally giving up and losing it all.
Falling asleep in a comfy bed while on hold waiting to find out of my insurance company pays for COVID-19 testing.
I found this track tightly wound up and wedged between some bricks in a wall. It fell apart as I tried to extract it from it's masonry prison. I took the tattered fragments and lovingly reassembled them. Most things don't go back together undamaged.
sweet on my tongue and poison in my head
chew it up to make it go away
choking on the shards always makes me feel ok
does the flavor lie
if it tastes so good
do my thoughts betray
like i said they never would
throw it out and make it stop
unwrap another shiny waste of time
empty the bag and put it over my head
there's never one more chance
Multilayered beatslices, carelessly jammed into an approximation of the four on the floor framework.
Lyrics and vocals: Lyra Lilith
Mixing et al: Children of the Monkey Machine
Improvised Lyrics and Vocals: Lyra Lilith
Arrangement: Children of the Monkey Machine
No lyrics text on this one. She made them up on the spot after looking at the pictures for a few seconds and sung them with no pitch or time reference!
Ambience, Kalimba, Vocals: Children of the Monkey Machine
Lyrics, Vocals: Lux Delora
Vocals: Lyra Lillith
Recording live instruments is tricky!
The roots of the willow, drowned in mud.
Feathers of a pillow, too many floods.
Trapped inside, continuously growing.
The mud has dried, the wind still blowing.
Oh! Locked beneath, no escape, I see the teeth, and the open gapes.
No! Hear me! Hear my screams! It has me. Endless dreams! How much longer can this be?
Calling willow, endless floods. I’ll never know, what I owe. The wet dirt drawing bugs.
The waters, they washed ashore. Their daughters, screaming out the door.
Claiming houses, claiming land. Their busy spouses, and their empty hand.
Quickly pacing, with the buckets. Endless racing, all their screaming, causing ruckus.
An ultraquick collaboration between Children of the Monkey Machine and his daughter.
Hastily written ambience: CotMM
Words and Vocals: Lux Delora
I close my eyes, just to think. It’s basically just a really long blink. Blinking and closing my eyes, as the colors fade, from the skies.
I slowly fall into the blue, and I see the shadows engulfing you. As I cry and scream for help, all they hear is a welp. A welp they deceive as a sound of pain, when really, I’m just in vain.
I never should have gone into the blue. I see the shadows, around you. I fear what they will do to you, I never should have gone into the blue.
Help me! Can they not hear my call? Do they just want to tear me until I fall? They tear me from those safe, warm arms, and now I am so far. I write these letters in bold, and now, I am so, so cold.
Uses the following samples exclusively, in their entirety:
soldier_laughevil01
soldier_laughevil02
soldier_laughevil03
soldier_medic02
soldier_medic03
soldier_laughlong02
engineer_cheers07
engineer_taunts12
engineer_laughlong01
announcer_you_must_not_fail_this_time
announcer_cart_attacker_finalwarning5
announcer_victory
Turns out I had a few loop libraries on this laptop along with B4 and Absynth...
The floor in here smells like sweat :(
Round | Date |
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OHC642 | Feb 04, 2021 |
OHC631 | Nov 19, 2020 |
OHC626 | Oct 15, 2020 |
OHC625 | Oct 08, 2020 |
OHC622 | Sep 17, 2020 |
OHC621 | Sep 10, 2020 |
OHC620 | Sep 03, 2020 |
OHC617 | Aug 13, 2020 |
OHC615 | Jul 30, 2020 |
OHC612 | Jul 09, 2020 |
OHC610 | Jun 25, 2020 |
OHC609 | Jun 18, 2020 |
OHC608 | Jun 11, 2020 |
OHC607 | Jun 04, 2020 |
OHC606 | May 28, 2020 |
OHC605 | May 17, 2020 |