Teaching computers how to feel since 2003.

braindance | idm | glitch
chiptune | drumnbass | synthwave

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Metaeaux rhymes with meadow. 

A portmanteau of the words "meta" and "portmanteaux", the form of the word hints at the idea of strange loops and tangled hierarchies -- the underlying mechanisms of mind. 

The aesthetic of the word is intended to match the aesthetic of the music -- A digital meadow of synthetic and organic elements. 

Field recording, digital processing, analogue warmth and a sense of journey are important aspects of metaeaux. 

But what is the journey? 

Metaeaux is a sincere attempt to give a voice to the feeling of infatuation; to cherish nostalgia; to explore memories, minds and hearts; to remember what made childhood fun; to imagine what the future holds; to live with awe, wonder and appreciation for sacred experience of existence; and to explore the wonders of outer space and yet never forget the beautiful creatures and comfort on the organic spaceship we call Earth -- 

Our humble home in a vast universe. 

The journey is life. 

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"And if you smile into the moon, the moon also smiles into you."

ϟ Hermetic Rock Songstress ϟ

The story of Miss Jupiter begins a very long time ago and very far away, in some senses at least… for in all likelihood this story is not at all unique and is probably happening constantly everywhere at a fairly consistent pace…

Anyway —

It was amid a particularly nasty nebula of wastefulness and cruelty, that a tiny new star painstakingly escaped and made its way out into a clearing in space. After about 3 billion years of shaking off the cosmic debris, sighing over its inability to save the small family of stars it had loved so dearly, and searching for a new home, this teensy spark of light found its way into our galaxy, and pinned itself in the sky just far enough to barely glimpse with the average mammalian eye. As the star peacefully watched over all the other solar systems, it began to witness the descent into darkness of one of the most graceful, balanced & beautiful planets, Earth, which began to remind it of the nebula it had once escaped. Being a dwarf star, in fact not much larger than our sun, this little ball of gas decided it could help this time.

The star's energy embodied a human Earthling, and asserted that the best way to initiate the force of positive change would be through music, for it is vibration that unites all life through shared sensation. It gave its host the gifts of song, word, and magic, and the stage name of Miss Jupiter to express the concept of massive power despite diminutive size or circumstances.

Host person for Miss Jupiter, Michelle Rose is also the proprietor of a Los Angeles boutique, Spacedust, which serves as retail home to artists and creators of all kinds.  Michelle also provides custom pinback buttons to the local music community through her business Naked Merch, and is the chief stage costumer for Miss Jupiter and bands such as Deap Vally & Fever the Ghost.

Ben Lee is fun! Ask him, he’ll tell you. It’s even in the title of his album “I’m Fun!” Makes sense at first glance; Lee has crafted some of the catchiest tunes in Australian pop history, but listening to the album, you get the sense this isn’t the kind of ‘fun’ Lee is talking about.

‘I’m Fun!’ finds Ben in reflective mode aged 43, addressing opinions of him that have lingered since his career began at age 13 with the band Noise Addict, but also consciously moving the goalposts for this next chapter of his long and fabled career.

In his 30-year music career, Ben Lee has been prolific and unpredictable. There have been chart hits (Cigarettes Will Kill You, Gamble Everything For Love, We're All in This Together and Catch My Disease – "That one's put food on the table more than a few times,” he says). An instrumental album inspired by the use of psychoactive drugs (Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work). An album for kids (Ben Lee Sings Songs About Islam For The Whole Family).

After years as an indie artist (including for his biggest album, Awake is the New Asleep), Ben has signed an international deal with Warner to release I'm Fun! – exactly the way he made it.

‘I'm Fun!’ features songs about surviving lockdown (of Parents Get High he says, "There's something terrifying and exciting for kids knowing their parents are still exploring what consciousness means"), celebrating being different, and embracing positivity with first single ‘Born for This Bullshit’.

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