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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 496

Listen to 'Gaussian Blur': https://found.ee/jrgb-1

John Rohek (Ro Ek) is a London-based electronic musician, building a uniquely haunting world from atmospheric production, striking visuals, and a focus on lyrical storytelling.

Follow John Rohek:
Mailing List - eepurl.com/intoYw
Spotify - spoti.fi/3EQ8YbT
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@johnrohek
Instagram - instagram.com/johnrohek
Soundcloud - @johnrohek
Bandcamp - http://johnrohek.bandcamp.com

GAUSSIAN BLUR

Sprawled endorphins
Sculptural lust
Reclined on a chaise longue slightly concussed
All your experiences are the same
But my circumstances are constantly changing

All night my likeness said I’m looking pale
Your life’s work carried out and burned
Invite us underneath the veil
A gradually lifting Gaussian blur

You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up

So tireless trying to make it work
Line up in silence
All of us feel the same
So tireless trying to make it work
Line up in silence
All of us feel the same

Timeless
Design this and make it your own
Unthinking I sink with it into the loam
Thoughts are absorbed in it
Warped and absurd
A gradually lifting Gaussian blur


You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up for days
You’ve been up

So tireless trying to make it work
Line up in silence
All of us feel the same
So tireless trying to make it work
Line up in silence
All of us feel the same

Gaussian Blur

RECLAIM THE NIGHT

Classic Lie

"But your tresses are a tepid river,
Where the soul that haunts us drowns, without a shiver
And finds the Nothingness you cannot know!"

Piano Abscond Me (Summer Version)

Smoke and Mirrors

Noah's Room

Para Fumar

Fresh On The Net is a music blog hosted by Tom Robinson and Team Freshnet, offering independent artists an open door and a level playing field for their music. Our inbox is open at http://freshonthenet.co.uk every Monday to Thursday morning - if you share a track with us there it will be heard by every member of our moderation team.

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John Rohek (Ro Ek) is a London-based electronic musician, building a uniquely haunting world from atmospheric production, striking visuals, and a focus on lyrical storytelling.

'John Rohek' takes his name from a man who stole money from the family in the late eighties.

hello@goodtimemanagement.co.uk

Gaussian Blur

John Rohek

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