Inspired by the tragic events that unfolded in early January 22.

Almaty (Rebellion - Rabble - Rubble - Rebuild)

A blend of pounding beats, quirky custom designed sounds, heavenly pads and vertigo-inducing arpeggios.

The pieces are named after synthetic, purely manmade elements.

Played live at Klubs DEPO, Riga, Latvia.

Setup:

- Torso T-1
- Korg Volca Drum
- PreenFM3
- Novation Circuit Rhythm
- Roland  JX-08
- Audiothingies Micromonsta 2
- Novation Launchpad Mini Mk3
- Zoom MS-70
- Empress ZOIA
- iConnectivity MioXM
- Zoom R.16

Curium

Lyrics:

Silent screams in neon glow
Lost souls with nowhere to go
Tech-wired minds, hearts gone cold
Stories of grandeur, tales once told

Whispers of a world once so green
Buried deep, no longer seen
Boundless ego led us astray
In search for more we lost our way

Gears grind, machines decay
Hubristic ruins lead the fray
Nature's revenge, mankind's decline
We have reached the end of the line

Peak Human

Lyrics:

Oh Earth, how sadly you have crumbled
A masterpiece of chance
Now shattered and humbled

The stars call out in sardonic glee
"Escape that wreck, come and be free!"

With arms wide open 
They patiently wait
I'll find an estate
Where hope is not broken

So bid me farewell
Among plastic and smog
Sank in putrid bog
At the gates of hell

Where Hope Is Not Broken

This track belongs to a series inspired by electro-industrial aesthetics from the 1990s. it is also the only track that I have ever composed on the Polyend Play.

Lyrics:

In the shadow of our cities
Concrete towers rise so high
We believe we're masters
Sovereigns of the sky

Underneath the steel and neon
Lies a truth we can't deny
Nature's always watching
Waiting for us to die

She brings the floods and fires
And rules the world we shred
We'll cave to her desires
In this grim path we tread

We dig and drill for riches
Take all that we can seize
We're bloodthirsty leeches
And carriers of disease

The clock keeps ticking
We're running out of time
To mend our ways
To heal the wounds we've left behind

Gear:
Polyend Play
Zynthian V2
iPad
Zoom V3
Joyo R-09 Vision
Zoom R-16

Underneath The Steel And Neon

Part of an industrial metal / cyberpunk mini-album to be released sometime in 2024.

Lyrics:

I've mastered this con game
Adding fuel to the hatefest
As I weave my cunning nest
You are so easy to tame

The powerless I blame
Stoking fires of spite
Oblivious to their plight
I've no sense of shame

I craft what you believe
Blinded by my lore
Into your mind I tore
Like tender loin to cleave

Heed my command
Fill up your mind with bigotry
Into a wilder fantasy
I'll guide you by the hand

Heed to my command
Fill up your mind with bigotry
Into a crazy conspiracy
I'll guide you by the hand  

Gear:
Novation Circuit Rhythm
iPad
Zynthian V2
Norns Shield
Zoom V3
Joyo R-09 Vision
Zoom R-16

The Grifter

Part of an industrial metal / cyberpunk mini album to be released sometime in 2024.

Lyrics:

Suits and ties, looking nice
Move your body to the corporate beat
While your soul is drowning in shit
Their stocks go up in price

Clocking in, clocking out
Dreams shattered in the corporate grind
The only thing you will ever find
Is the seed of a growing doubt

Locked in rooms, talking loud
Pointless meetings, a fucking charade
Stupidity is on parade
While yawning takes over the crowd

Endless emails, a fucking joke
Words that mean nothing, just corporate smoke

Ass-kissing pricks with their backdoor blows
All for some title as the bullshit grows

These motherfuckers play their wicked game
Trading our souls for their hollow fame  

Gear:
Novation Circuit Rhythm
iPad
Roland MC-101
Zoom V3
Tascam DP-008EX

Corporate Bullshit Overload

Letra:

Bajo la funesta esfera
De un cielo en revolcón
Muy pronto la lumbrera
Se deshace en apagón

Susurran labios de falacia
Platitudes sin sentido
Al tiro se van al olvido
Podridos frutos de la mendacia
Encumbran el recorrido

Quienes buscan consuelo
En los ardiles del amor
Entre espasmos de dolor
Se atiborran de duelo  

Inservible

Through the city's undergreen
Gong farmers wade knee-deep
In the filth that you all seep
Your stinky shit we clean

Up above the foremen chatter
Forever basking in the sun
A life of luxury and fun
Yet awash in fecal matter

Rags drenched in your muck
But never bending the knee
We won't ever budge or flee
Until you start to give a fuck

It's now too late
To bridge the gap
We're stuck in this crap
That sealed our fate

Rags drenched in your muck
But never bending the knee
We won't ever budge or flee
Until you start to give a fuck

Until you start to give a fuck
Until you start to give a fuck

Gong Farmers

Released as Sonic Boom Shrapnel.

Written, performed and produced by Nuno Zimas.

Gaismas Gals

Moxa

Gear used:

Behringer EDGE
Roland SP404 MKII
Norns Shield

Inhuman Servo-Torque

Machinery;

Korg Volca Keys
Novation Circuit
Roland System 1
Roland VT-4

Uzmanibu

AIRA System 1 and Novation Circuit decided to hang out with the unruly Korg Little Bits on a hot summer night.

Unlikely Allies

Lyrics:

Let's march at our own pace
Beyond the confines of time and space
Rejoicing always in the Here and Now
And thus fullfil our scared vow
To lustful pleaures untold
That reward the daring and bold

The weight of existence that crushes the soul
A representation of life as a whole
It cannot be so void and dull
Until we slip into eternal lull

Pleasures Untold

Followed by few, reviled by many, misunderstood by most, GG Allin's coprophilic and blood soaked antics on stage have earned him a rightful place in the History of modern music.

Even though I'm not a fan of his music, the first time I listened to Bite It You Scum, I instantly reinterpreted it in my head, very much in the manner that this song I'm now publishing is the materialisation of.
The disarming simplicity of punk turned into an opulent Industrial neo-Baroque extravaganza of sorts.

Original song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99KkbFjZR20

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Lyrics (slightly abridged):

Well you want me to kiss your ass
Well bend over, buddy, here comes my foot
I don't need your cry ass shit
Temper's rising, take a fit

Bite it you scum
Bite it you scum
Bite it you scum - Here I come

Well you want me to contribute
All I got is blood for you
All you want is more and more
Gluttony, you pig you whore

Bite it you scum
Bite it you scum
Bite it you scum - Here I come

One day when your end is near
I'll be laughing at your fear
When you're gone there'll be no one
Who'll be fucking up my fun

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Machinery:
Roland Verselab MV-1
Access Virus TI Snow
Waldorf Blofeld
Roland System-1
Korg Wavestate

Nuno Zimas

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