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LYRICS:
Frustration coming down
Alienation spits you out 
The system is a video dancer 
On the cover of a magazine 
Hypnotic sensation so obscene 
You’re just a modern guy an overrated toy
You’re just a modern guy easy to avoid
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh 
Frustration coming down
Alienation spits you out 
The system is a video dancer 
On the cover of a magazine 
Hypnotic sensation so obscene 
You’re just a modern guy an overrated toy
You’re just a modern guy easy to destroy
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh 
How does he handle heavy machinery exploited scandal I’m on the silver screen 
Plotting behind the scenes 
Heavy machinery 
Workin on a dream and heavy machinery 
How does he handle heavy machinery 
Exploited scandal I’m on the silver screen 
Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh 
Modern toy 
You’re a Modern toy 
You’re a modern…

Modern Toy

Of all my game soundtracks this is probably the track which makes less sense of all. A Smurfs game, the mountains stage, and a reggae tune? Don't ask me why, I just thought it sounded nice at the time.

It doesn't use PCM sounds for the drums, it's all done with the triangle, rectangular and noise channels.

The Smurfs was also the last game for which I drew the sprites too, then focused on composing and programming music only.

I'd love to dedicate this track to (Hip) Tanaka-san, fantastic musician and also designer of both the sound chips of the NES and Game Boy consoles.

Recorded from emulator.

Smurfs - The Mountain (NES, 1994)

Vorderhaus, 12049 Berlin
Photography by former muse - Erica Rossing-Oberg
buy this track here:
https://vorderhaus.bandcamp.com/track/my-situation

My Situation

Jackal Onasis are set to release their debut "Big Deal Party" on Exploding In Sound Records. Due out June 24th, the album will be released on cassette and digital.

Jackal Onasis - The New Ron

Daybreak tends to creep up on you. Emerging from starry darkness, the sun wobbles at first but proceeds on its scheduled arc. You can’t help but wonder if it ever looks back in disbelief, or regret.  This feeling of self-reflection—of looking back to see how far you’ve come—is precisely the sentiment of Thawing Dawn, the first solo record from A. Savage, released on Dull Tools.

The songs on Thawing Dawn form a guided tour through the romantic environs of A. Savage’s mirrored mind. While some were written recently, other tunes were penned over the past decade. For one reason or another, these compositions didn’t land with any of Savage’s other groups, and instead are presented now as a distinct collection. Reflecting back, Savage says, “Once I realized I had a small body of work that didn’t fit anywhere else, I started to examine the commonalities: What’s the common denominator of all this and how I can expand on it?”

Savage is best known as the frontman for Parquet Court, a duty split with fellow Texan Austin Brown. Their last record, Human Performance, delved into the emotional wreckage of a broken heart, to critical acclaim.  But with Thawing Dawn, it’s clear that Savage has matured. While assembling the record, he fell in love. Now, for the first time, we hear songs about being on the inside of love. Rather than lamenting the end of a relationship, we hear a voice trying, in the moment, to make sense of love’s mysteries. “Part of this maturity,” he says, “is reflecting on something when it’s happening, not just when it’s gone.” 

Thawing Dawn gives us honesty: We see the artist at home in bed, more singer-songwriter portrait than esoteric statement. Throughout his discography Savage has long abbreviated his first name as a kind of writerly gesture. He says, of the move, “I am an uncivilized member of modern civilization--I’m just a savage.” Like Duchamp’s R. Mutt signature on a urinal, the shortening embodies a mischievous directness, enabling this savage to introduce his slanted honesty into the universe.

“I always like it when records are good representations of communities,” Savage says, and this one succeeds in this regard. These ten songs were recorded between December 2016 and June 2017 by a cast of friends in Jarvis Taveniere’s Thump Studios in Brooklyn. Members of Woods, Ultimate Painting, PC Worship, EZTV, and Psychic TV all lend their talents.  Savage’s voice, once shouted into mosh pits, now glides confidently above its backing band. Thawing Dawn marks the arrival point for Savage as a sensitive and skilled vocalist.  A strain of rural inquiry tinges the soundscape, an ongoing trope in Savage’s writing most powerfully felt on Parkay Quart’s ballad “Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth.” On this record it is stronger, with a healthy helping of pedal steel guitar, a chorus of female back-up vocals, four familiar chords, and maybe the truth, all layered throughout these songs. Their titles also steer us this way, but don’t fully convey the hidden intricacies. “Buffalo Calf Road Woman” opens the record in a burst of C&W energy.  The staccato pop piano of “Eyeballs” lays crisply beneath a refrain of heartbreak. “Wild Wild Horses” finds him confessing inside a Talk Talk bubble of guitar static and organ. The build-up of “What Do I Do” yields a guitar freak out that Parquet Courts fans will recognize. You could two-step to the swing of “Phantom Limbo.” “Ladies from Houston” is a Leonard Cohen-like ramble through a party scene. Finally, the title track is a suite of three interwoven songs that closes the record in a beautifully cinematic style. 

Throughout, A. Savage delivers one-off lines of razor-sharp observation that will stick in your brain, only to surface when you’re least prepared to handle their insights. When you put your copy of Thawing Dawn on your turntable and drop the needle, you’ll learn what A. Savage has to say about romance in our modern world. Keep your ears open--it’s worth hearing.

- Jack Murphy

A. Savage - Winter In The South

2 months to Levitation 2018! Dig into the lineup with Vol 2 of the official mix by @Al-Lover, featuring all the recent lineup additions + tracks from headliners and Austin locals.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now: bit.ly/Levitation2018

Head to Brooklyn Vegan to check out the mix + a chance to win a pair of tickets to the show you’re most excited to see - bit.ly/Lev2018vol2

TRACKLIST
0:00 | Oh Sees - Sticky Hulks
3:26 | Suuns - Watch You Watch Me
6:34 | No Joy - Califone
8:51 | The Well - Black Eyed Gods
11:02 | Al Lover - Dualism Disrupted
12:52 | Christian Bland and the Revelators - CB160
15:28 | OM - Sinai 
17:50 | Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
21:22 | L.A. Witch - Baby in Blue Jeans
23:52 | Ty Segall - The Hand
26:36 | The Make Up - Joy of Sound
30:00 | Amplified Heat - Strong Arm
32:58 | Ministry - Burning Inside
34:38 | Russian Circles - Mladek
36:37 | POW! - Necessary Call
38:48 | Brian Jonestown Massacre - Melodys Actual Echo Chamber
41:21 | Limalo - Deyja Took Me
43:28 | Nick Hakin - Bet She Looks Like You
45:41 | Bedouine - Back To You
47:51 | ST73 - Thirst
50:44 | Butcher Bear - SomeCalledOne
52:20 | soundfounder - Lights Out
54:25 | Panda Bear - Crosswords
57:32 | Tajak - I’m In Your Head
61:04 | True Widow - Four Teeth
63:34 | Boogarins - Corredor Polones
66:36 | Parquet Courts - Human Performance
68:56 | Annabelle Chairlegs - Pipeline
71:20 | Superfonicos - Rio Negro
74:40 | Ron Gallo - Young Lady You’re Scaring Me
78:10 | The Octopus Project - Ledgeridge
80:54 | Lou Rebecca - Tonight
83:21 | Ariel Pink - Kitchen Witch
86:53 | The Black Angels - Holland
89:28 | Lake Of Fire - Golden Mystery
92:52 | Tijuana Panthers - Whatever That Girl Wants
95:29 | Pearl Earl - Malibu Barbie Bike
97:44 | Slowdive - Sing

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