“Algorithmic Truth” confronts the invisible systems shaping modern reality — the recommendation engines, moderation filters, and unseen code that quietly determines what voices rise, which ones disappear, and how truth itself is framed. Set against the raw backbone of Appalachian Americana and Outlaw Southern Rock, the song fuses analog grit with a digital-age warning.

This track speaks to the growing realization that freedom of expression is no longer suppressed only by force, but by math — by engagement metrics, shadow bans, and automated judgments made without accountability. “Algorithmic Truth” rejects passive consumption and calls for awareness, discernment, and human agency in an era where machines increasingly mediate reality.

Musically, the song blends traditional roots instrumentation with subtle synth textures, reinforcing the tension between old truths passed hand to hand and new systems that sort, rank, and silence at scale. It stands as both a protest and a refusal — a declaration that truth does not belong to platforms, code, or gatekeepers.

“Algorithmic Truth” is part of We’re Basically Done, a 35-song protest album documenting cultural fracture, institutional decay, and the quiet rebellion rising across working-class America and beyond.

This song is also part of the Basically Done Original Soundtrack — the official musical companion to Donald E. Pickett’s novel Basically Done and the upcoming Basically Done series/franchise. Together, the music and narrative form a unified cultural chronicle, blending fiction, lived experience, and protest into a single evolving universe.

Algorithmic Truth

Thank you for listening!
This is my second collaboration with the great musician jh0st.
Lyrics, Vocals and Sax: jh0st.
Check out the great work of jh0st; @jh0st

Lyrics:
Like Lazarus
Awake from sleep
…Your face turns white just like
you just saw a ghost (but it's)
just the sun
…through memories turned dust
The street's they've all changed (but the) 
light remains the same
C
Strike lines
Erase the past when you can
Try and find!
the lines in the
sand
The lines you wrote the 
letters in stone
…a ring of flowers immortal
Walls remain (but the)
Faces changed
…welcoming turned cold
The street's they've all changed but the 
light remains the same
Decades turn to dust but
Memories turn today
C
Strike lines!
Blot out the view from your…
Brittle as a bone in
driving hail
Who cast the first stone?
Now the secrets out…
Shadow to light
Without a doubt
You never were
Now or never…
Strike lines!
Erase the past 
you know you can
Closed Doors!
And keep the rain from 
Flooding more
More…

More (Feat. Jh0st)

Photo Artwork:
Sayan Nath
https://unsplash.com/photos/l3NHCLojHds

Many thanks to a most helpful artist,
https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer
in listening and helping me with improving my EQ technique.
I still have a long way to go, but I think I am getting there.

ALSO:
A very talented member of the SoundCloud Community:
https://soundcloud.com/arcaans
has done me the honor of producing a fine video for the occasion:
youtu.be/ecNxHF4g68Q

In working with this song,
I checked out some of the instruments that are used throughout India:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/indi/hd_indi.htm
Some of which are included (or close approximations)
in Logic Pro X.

If the song comes out a bit westernized,
please understand, I am only a distant witness
many times removed from the culture.

Dream Of India

Here's a collaboration with Tom Adams. Tom is a wonderful blues guitar player and I'm sure a lot of people here know him. He can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892
I am very happy that he contributed some of his marvelous blues licks to this blues rock jam.
Thanks for listening and take good care of yourselves in this tough times when  a lot of us have to stay at home.

An Ocean Between (With Tom Adams)

you on my mind

©2020 Daniele Turani | Written and performed by Daniele Turani.

Classic Rock Instrumental Guitar. From the 2020 record "Anything Goes". All guitars and bass recorded with Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX III.

Daniele Turani: guitars, bass, drums programming.

Photo by Erik Parks https://unsplash.com/@parksed24

Anything Goes

The Right Thing

Listen on Spotify

Voici une nouvelle collaboration avec Annie Smart , et David Dunham cette fois.  
 Merci pour leur confiance, j'en suis très honoré  :)                                                
   Here is a new collaboration with Annie Smart, and David Dunham this time.
 Thank you for their trust, I am very honored  :) 
Annie ( composer - vocals - piano - e piano - bass - drums - lyrics ) https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1
David ( Guitar ) https://soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203
Pascal ( orchestral section - add drums pecussions and synths - instrumentals arrangements - mix )

Lyrics :

Oldest tale in the book
The queen
She finds the king

And they dance ‘til the morning light
Oh they dance ‘til the sun says hello

They watch the stars start to fade
The moon fades away

Oldest story
The queen
She makes her move

And she smiles ‘til the sun says goodbye
And she smiles ‘til the morning light

They watch the stars start to glow
They watch the sun start to set

They dance all night
They dance all night

They watch the stars start to glow
They watch the sun start to set...

Kings and Queens  👑    Annie Smart - David Dunham *prod pb*

video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylu7z6miZ90

Produção em Lo-Fi, downtempo style, relax vibe! Calm Energy in intense flow...

Save the Nature!

Fresh Breeze [video in description]

kinda funky - a bit 2021 meets the 60s lyric video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WySRs9v515E

Nothing better than having good musical chemistry with someone.
Didier on the instruments :) :)
Camo on the pipes :)
https://soundcloud.com/blindsessionproject

we go back to square 1, it's on us all and it's been said and done
we jump up to square 2, reciting promises, they're meant for you
we look to square 3, to break the monotony
we look down at square 4 and pick the pieces off the floor

can you see me, can you hear me, can you feel me, do you know what I'm sayin'
in the same time, in the same place
at the same time, in the same place

say there goes number 5 and all that jive
look to number 6, throw down those drum sticks
7, close your eyes and feel the light
well there goes 8 and then comes 9
9 is for cats, I don't have time for that
10, we hope to see you again, we don't have time for more
.....sorry 11

no time 4 11 - blind session 'n camo

My daughter Tara doesn't really understand the concept of a public payphone. ...and I suppose there is no sense in having public payphones in a post covid world. This is a song to go with the pic I took of the last payphone in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Last Remaining PayPhone In North Hollywood

Thanks again to Amanda for for joining on this track and helping shut that window!  Please listen to her other great tracks on @phoebeelena.

Love
so wise
Love
Breathing's not a bother 
when you take in all the light inside

Love 
so brave
Love
Backed into a corner
Gonna hold for hurricanes
You say

Well maybe we fit every fold, every fold
You take a little weight..
You take a little weight off the soul
So don't let go

For loves
will last in time
Alright?
For loves 
will last in time
Alright?

(Love can never be lost
can never unwind
Love can never be wrong
can never be wise)

Love
don't fade
Love
backed into a corner
well
gonna hold for hurricanes in rain

Loves Last (by Amanda and Paul)

Composer & Producer.
Always learning.

Thank you for listening!

More (Feat. Jh0st)

Emilio GS