The first track on my new covers album is a remake of a classic underground new wave song all about disobedience. My version was intended to update this idea by giving it a dystopian outlook with inescapable glitchy radio dispatch squelches and marching boots to symbolize the oppression inflicted upon rave culture in the last several decades.

Cover from the new album of covers and remixes Shout Out! Classic synthpop track originally released in 1982 by Nash The Slash. http://nashtheslash.com

Dance After Curfew (Nash The Slash)

Cover from my album of covers and remixes, Shout Out! johan-ess.bandcamp.com/album/shout-out

Original version released in 1989 by Skinny Puppy. http://skinnypuppy.com/

Worlock (Skinny Puppy)

Cover from my album of covers and remixes, Shout Out! https://johan-ess.bandcamp.com/album/shout-out

Klaus Nomi vocals by Romie Romak. https://romak.bandcamp.com

Additional recording, vocal and guitar treatment by Taylor Shechet. https://twitter.com/_tlr_

Original version released in 1970 by David Bowie. https://www.davidbowie.com

Shout Out

The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)

Fibrillation

Hit single from the album "Govern Yourself Accordingly".

Govern Yourself Accordingly

Perfect World

Murderous remix of Devil Fodder by The Tleilaxu Music Machine!

Obtain more of their awesome music at http://ttmm.bandcamp.com

The Tleilaxu Music Machine - Devil Fodder (Johan Ess Witchblap Remix)

h e l p d e s k

Appearing on the RoboRobotica Summer Bummer compilation.

http://roborobotica.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/rr-50-summer-bummer-compilation/

LYRICS:

ESCAPE THE HAND
RESHAPE THE LAND
UNDO THE MAN
RESUME THE PLAN

CONTACT THE BUG
HE WILL KNOW WHAT
THE THINGS WE MUST DO
TO CONTINUE ON

CUT THROUGH THE FOG
YOU MUST GO ON
TO BE THE ONE
WHO IS NOT WRONG

MAKE YOUR ESCAPE
DO NOT BE LATE
MAKE YOUR ESCAPE
TAKE BACK YOUR FATE

Thee Escape Mechanism

Hey Kids! Don't tell your parents but you can get messed up from listening to this track! ;)

Yeah, that's right... UFO's and Bug Powder.

I-Dosing

Appears on the album "Synergy Latte" as well as "Nophi Presents: Compilation Four".

Lyrics:

TURN OFF these plastic records
TURN OFF that plastic record
sign out of your profile
sign out of that meaningless profile

there is no time to be a lazy boy
get out of bed, comb your head

put on your shiny boots
open the door and go outside
filter out the programming
interact with real people

there is no time to be an idiot
forget the shame, stop being lame
put on yr face, this is a race
fake it til you make it, because you can take it

scrape away that mindless void
scrutinize the reactive mind
burn out this toxic shroud
contaminate the Normal crowd

there is no time to be a pity whore
give it a break, stop being fake
making it real now, no looking back now
we have a mission: atomic fission

TURN OFF this empty mall
TURN OFF this auto call
TURN OFF this wavering
TURN OFF this slavery

TURN OFF this nightly news
TURN OFF this red state blues
TURN OFF this iMorphine
TURN OFF this death machine

TURN OFF this empty light
TURN OFF this portable device
TURN OFF this anti-sound
TURN OFF this microphone

Synergy Latte

Turn Off

Appears on the album "Synergy Latte", as well as the "Sanity Is Slavery" compilation (disc 2) on machineKUNT records.

Lyrics:

In my darkest of hearts
In my deepest of nights
A dread creeps through me
That after this tremendous effort by US
It was all just a chess game for the oligarchs

You cant live with this inside you
You dont really know what to do
What I propose will not really change things
dont you know it will only re-arrange things

Here it comes
The era of decadent royalty

And so I'll leave you with a final thought
one last thought
seek out and support your inner
seamstress, gardener, and craftsman
good day

Johan Ess

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