Name: Doom Variations by AUTORHYTHM
Duration: 3 min 44 s
Description: Second single from Songs for the Nervous System that releases May 12 2023.

Second single from Songs for the Nervous System that releases May 12 2023.

Doom Variations

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MY LOVELY CAT! 
MY LOVELY, LOVELY CAT!
I CAN’T EVEN LEAVE HOME!
LET’S MONITOR ON PET-CAM
SHALL I START INSTA-GRAM OR TIK-TOK?
LIKES AND LOVES EXPECTED

HOW'S THIS CHORD-PROGRESSION?
HELLO! I AM ASKING YOU.
HOW'S THIS CHORD-PROGRESSION?
AGAIN, I AM ASKING YOU!

LEARNED PAW
THE OTHER-PAW AS WELL
SIT, TOO
A CLEVER ONE

GOD PLEASE MAKE MY WISH COME TRUE
ONE WISH
GET SLOWER,
GRADUALLY GET SLOWER
MAKE LONGEVITY LONGER
MAKE YOU MY IMMORTAL FRIEND
YOU ARE MY MIRACLE

My Lovely Cat!

Deerhoof - My Lovely Cat!

Writing + production: Sable
Drums: Mike Monaghan
Guitar: Chris Barker
Mix: Grace Banks
Master: Queer Ear Mastering

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Lyrics:

A picture of Madonna gazing down at her little boy
Even when I was sixteen I knew it was the only thing that would bring me joy
Now the world is hurtling towards some fiery end
I couldn't bear to see my little girl cry so I bury it in a haze of cigarettes

I say I couldn't give up the freedom
I say I want to dance until I die
I say I couldn't give up the freedom
But two steps back I die again
Her face behind my eyes again

I say I couldn't give up the freedom
I say I want to dance until I die
I say I couldn't give up the freedom
But two steps back I die again
Her face behind my eyes again

Two step beat and I'm fine again
Know how to trick my mind with a little foresight
Heart only breaks every now and then
I know I'll be alright if I dance until I die
It's sustainable in a city like Berlin
Where everyone pretends they're 25
(and the nights keep us alive)
Two steps back I die again
Her face creeps back behind my eyes

I say I couldn't give up the freedom
I say I want to dance until I die
I say I couldn't give up the freedom
But two steps back I die again
Her face behind my eyes again

I say I couldn't give up the freedom
I say I want to dance until I die
I say I couldn't give up the freedom
But two steps back I die again
Her face behind my eyes again

I say I couldn't give up the freedom
I say I want to dance until I die
I say I couldn't give up the freedom
But two steps back I die again
Her face behind my eyes again

I say I couldn't give up the freedom
I say I want to dance until I die
I say I couldn't give up the freedom
But two steps back I die again
Her face behind my eyes again

Madonna

Recorded in 2021-2022 in Louisville, KY by Nick Roeder. Produced by Andrew Rinehart. Mixed by Nick Roeder and Andrew Rinehart, with guidance from Steve Albini. Drum programming & additional production by Matia Simovich at his Infinite Power Studios in Los Angeles.

Charm School is: Andrew Rinehart, Drew English, Matt Filip & Jason Bemis Lawrence.

Simulacra

Loop Hands. 

Produced + recorded by Freya Lily 
Mixing + additional production by Olly Shelton
Artwork by Kelly Emrich

Loop Hands

I'm The Ogre

LYRICS

Look at my reflection, the sun begins to fade.
Lights in all directions, don’t you throw it all away.
Say it like you’ll bring it back, you were always quick with that.
You're lost with no direction, its no secret, no surprise. 
You look just like perfection, but is there more behind your eyes.
You buried your desires, I stole you now you're mine. 
You sure you can't stay awhile?
Shadows dance and play, you're close I float away. 
Come over and I’ll make you smile.
Cause it only took a second for me to know, I was finished no direction home. 
Tell me what I want to hear, but you feel so far from here.
When I'm left on read, I'm in my head, you cant change anything, anything.
Come morning, you'll leave me and I cant change anything, anything. 
Say it like you’ll bring it back, you were always quick with that.
Ever changing, Berlin Blue.

Berlin Blue was written, preformed, recorded and produced by Amos Waits (Leah + Alex Zen )

Vocals, synths - Leah Wright
Guitars, synths, drums, percussion - Alex Zen
Live Drums - Josh Korody
Bass - Alex Roberts
Additional Vocal Arrangements - Imran Hanif
Additional keys - Brian Moyer
Mixed by Josh Korody at Candle Studios 2.0 Toronto, Ontario.

Berlin Blue

In the lead-up to SXSW around March 2023, Marcus Joseph will launch part one of his remix-album campaign, promoting the first NikNak remix single that will be drip-fed to lead up to the release of the complete album by May 2023.

Challenge Day Revisited by NikNak

Imagine Belle & Sebastian had listened to more jazz, funk and hip hop. If you like your indie pop a little off-kilter – like the Magnetic Fields and the Beta Band – you might be into this.

Album available 27th March on all streaming platforms and limited edition cassette (Bandcamp).

Not As Bad As It Sounds

Here All Night

comfort - Wild and Fragile

The Globeflower Masters Vol. 2 is the slightly edgier and more grown-up sequel to Mark and Glenn's 2021 debut album. For this excursion, the Brighton-based duo wanted to lean a little further into their European film soundtrack influences, with inspiration mined from the works of Stefano Torossi, David Shire, and Roger Webb. This expansion of their sound builds upon the rich tapestry of cinematic funk à la David Axelrod, Serge Gainsbourg and Morricone that fashioned Vol. 1.

The Deluxe Edition of the album features five new tracks, comprising two new original recordings, a piano solo version of the closing track from the original album, and two remixes from Project Gemini and Andres y Xavi.

‘Shaded By Your Side’ takes things right back to the moody, dark and Axelrod-inflected sound of their first album. Much of this track was played in single takes to try and retain as much of the urgency and spontaneity as possible. 

‘Return to Salvador’ is described by the duo as if “Shuggie Otis and Marcos Valle have one too many caipirinhas and decide to visit outer space”. It fuses together Mark's space sounds and floaty pianos with Spanish guitar and busy, melodic bass creating a musical trip from the grounded and earthy sounds of Vol.1’ to the more upwards-looking and musically diverse sound of Vol.2.

The remixes give a different flavour to the release, but both pay homage to the original recordings. Sharing a mutual admiration for each other’s work, it seemed like a natural choice to ask Project Gemini to contribute. Here is what he had to say about his rework, “I’m a big fan of both volumes of Mark and Glenn’s ‘Globeflower’ LP’s and it was a huge honour to get a chance to rework one of my favourite tunes from Vol.2. There are many great layers to ‘A Voyage North’ so it was a lot of fun to choose my favourite elements, then put some Project Gemini flavours and sounds into the mix and create something new whilst hopefully keeping some of the spirit of the original track. A darker, fuzzier take on the album version”.

When Glenn first passed the original album to Steve KIW, his collaborator in Balearic production outfit Andres y Xavi, this was one of two tracks which he picked out as having some particularly Balearic DNA. As such, pushing this concept to its logical conclusion seemed like the obvious thing to do. There’s a shaded sunset sound paired with a 4/4 beat of Latin-leaning.

Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel - Remember Empathy

Autorhythmic cells function automatically without the need of instructions from the brain.

Joakim Forsgren (b. 1981 in Skutskär) moves freely between music and visual arts. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 33 he started making electronic music as AUTORHYTHM. The compositions drew from current research how sound can affect the human body down to the cellular level asking the curious question: what would the synthesisers play themselves if the artist would no longer be able to control them. Songs for the Nervous System was first presented at the exhibition Swedish Ecstasy at Bozar in Brussels, 2023.

Swedens biggest newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, gave it 4/5: ”This is electronic instrumental music filled with warmth and, well, hopefulness. The limitation that a lifelong illness can entail has been transformed here into weightlessness.[…] You can refer to 70s pioneers like Kraftwerk or Cluster, but these 36 minutes land directly in the present.”

In 2024 remixes were released by dub legend Scientist, Art Alfie and Pink River Dolphins.

Doom Variations

AUTORHYTHM

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