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trickpony - Pillow Talk
STEP11

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Step Ball Chain’s unconventional prototype band trickpony is the 11th release on the ever evolving imprint. An assortment of sensual cyber jams collaged together by the trio over timezones, birthed in Perth, Australia by Mike Midnight and Roza Terenzi; old friends joined by Helsinki’s visionary songstress Maria Korkeila. A trinity of alchemy blossomed into an audio rendition of exquisite corpse, layers of each entity glistening through amongst a united cosmos; trip hop atmospherics and downtempo drippings. 

The five track EP reveals a metamorphosis of nostalgia, a foot in the ever present and daydreams of future. A subconscious deep dive into lustful pop, guided by spine tingling vocal fantasies; textural hallucination, harmonic odes to the golden era underground and a flirtation with drum and bass, tribal percussive freakouts and dream tinged lyrics of desire. 

Pillow talk is a timeless exhibit of esoteric treasures, a portal to a private world of modern enchantment that reveals itself in new ways each listen, music for lovers created by a supergroup of innovators to be digested, shared and cherished.



Written & Produced by Michael Gunson, Katie Campbell and Maria Korkeila
Mastering by Marco Pellegrino 
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Nicola Tirabasso

trickpony - Pillow Talk (STEP11)

Tak1 (Airstrip 1)

Hey you who caught me back in the days
Hey you who hold my back
Under the dust the leaves 
in the ground

Oh it's a nice swirl

I found a melody in the ground
under the dust the leaves
beneath a mound

It's the sound of your resist

Undermine

We all know the words 
But we are all just whispering the blights
We all know the words
Say it out loud
They will never come back

We don't know what lies ahead
You and I behind a window frame
Pave the way 
With amber and clay 
I threw out 
All that is stained

Amber and clay

@xenomowph

www.witchcell.com

Recorded from October 2023 to January 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina

Track 9 featuring. lucy
Additional Synths: Andrew Aydt (track 3, 10, 12) Jonathan Baughman (track 10, 11) Tyler Montero (track 10)
Cover Art Illustration by Max Montrell
Additional Graphics + illustrations by lucy, Harry Robinson & Undercover 2002 “Witches Cell Division”
Photography: Sandy Ha

Skin

Zariko rozé wip

@thatcherblackwood

wandering through the obelisk
fractured front of god
carrion and cartilage 
sickles oaths

crush it up
count it down
breath it out (gone are the aegis in tantric flay)

cycles of hatred 
you'll never change

bitch i got it goin on 

tell me if you really think that i aint holdin on 

crossed in w the figures i got tats on all my arms 

stressed up all the time but my head stay calm 

my mom aint worried cause my head is strong 

you doubted me but said u didnt yea i couldve sworn

caught u in the lies you tell me im wrong 

u really think im stupid yea bitch im san 


u really think im here nah bitch im gone

tryna break it down but i already won now 

u set me up in flames cause youre my sun 

love me until we die dont wanna be without youu

cycles of hatred 
you'll never change

bitch u need to push it up

show me if you really think that i am struck

upped up w the triggers i got blood on my face  
u try to use these words but i dont give a fuck

crush it up
count it down
breath it out

another round
broken bounds

im trippin out cause 
u actin foul

aconite
heaving sides
regicide
get it high

act surprised 
spend the night
one more time 
ocean eyes

getting to the top imma take my time 

my head is spinning  but i think im fine 

give it everything i have 

now i never had a dime

bitch i got it goin on 

tell me if you really think that i aint holdin on 

crossed in w the figures i got tats on all my arms 

stressed up all the time but my head stay calm 

my mom aint worried cause my head is strong 

you doubted me but said u didnt yea i couldve sworn

caught u in the lies you tell me im wrong 

u really think im stupid yea bitch im san

cycles of hatred 
you'll never change

alien_interview

Jānen

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