pakala

Robotic drum machines and vintage 80s synths support these Toki Pona lyrics. This album explores themes such as dysphoria, mental health, impossible love, and existential doubt. 

The dark melodies play with pulsating rhythms. They're sometimes brooding, sometimes deceptively lighthearted. Each track is an invitation into a world where emotions are raw and where even the simplest word carry weight.

lon suno mun lili

suno o suno.
pini pi tenpo lete li lon kon. 
kon pona suwi
li kalama musi tan nena.
o lukin e mi.
tenpo ike la sina suno mi.
kon lete li lon kin
o awen. o awen. sina weka tan mi

[tokipona cover]Fake Wings - .hack//sign OST

originally finished 11-2-19
toki pona is (still) a cool conlang
lyrics
toki pona

ona ale li alasa lukin e mi
mi wile kalama suli
sina toki tawa mi: "mi wile moli"
mi toki tawa sina: "ala, o awen tawa mi"

ale li ante
sina o awen tawa pona
mi tu li lape tawa tenpo pona
tenpo pimeja lete
la mi tu li awen seli
sitelen mun li lawa tawa open sin

a a a

ma ale li sama lukin tawa mi (tawa mi)
ona ale li nasa (ona ale li nasa)
ko nasa sin li weka e pilin ale
jan li wile ala sona e pakala suli pi ona mute.

ike li lawa tan seme? jan pona li moli lon insa
ona li wile ala sona tan pilin pakala ni
ken la ken ante li ken ala mute
taso sina wile e nimi lon la mi tu o tawa weka lon tenpo ni

ale li ante
sina o awen tawa pona
mi tu li lape tawa tenpo pona
tenpo pimeja lete
la mi tu li awen seli
sitelen mun li lawa tawa open sin

english

they all look for me
i want to scream
you tell me: "i want to die"
i tell you: "no, stay for me"

life keeps changing
stay for when it gets better
we sleep for better times
the night is cold
but we keep eachother warm
constellations lead to a new beginning

everywhere i go looks the same
its all insane (its all insane)
new drugs remove every feeling
people dont want to know their brokenness

why do the evil rule? the good are dead inside
they don't want to know from their broken hearts
opportunities of change may not be common
but if the truth is what you desire, lets go, right now

life keeps changing
stay for when it gets better
we sleep for better times
the night is cold
but we keep eachother warm
constellations lead to a new beginning
credits
released June 28, 2020
kqa (jan Nikola) is Nicole Di Bisceglie
featuring Natalie Garde (jan Natali) and Cameron Palmer (jan Camawin) as backing vocalists
thanks to jan Kala, jan Jeko and jan Seku for grammar/writing help
track art by ko (previously jan Ko), minor editing by me to fit in a square

ali li ante (lpk. pi jNatali pi jCamawin)

Synthpop, Darkwave, Minimal wave, Post-Punk and other Computer Assisted Music in English, French and toki pona (as jan Sepulon). Love artificial-sounding drum machines and 80s synths. Open to collabs, especially with singers.

pona tawa sina! sina jan pi kalama musi uta la, mi wile e ni: mi en sina li kulupu li pali e kalama musi.

lon suno mun lili

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