All songs written and performed by stop.drop.rewind.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Roye Robley.
All artwork by Anna Sutton.

Hold It Over Me

produced by zoltar

lyrics:

well i feel fake
don't know what i want
'cause everyday feels all the same
i'm right where you want me
complacent, but lonely
i'm ashamed

i'll go for days without talking at all
confined to my room while i stare at the wall
trying to muster the courage to talk
but i'm too afraid so i'm writing it all
you think i'm annoying
well i think you're right
i feel like i know you from another life
i cannot fathom what i feel inside
forget about me, i'm just another guy

but try waking up with a chest full of nothing
my body's been begging for something of substance
this chip on my shoulder is just getting older
and i swear to god that if i had the chance
i would take back the seconds i already wasted
all of the pain that i haven't faced yet
the taste of defeat, the taste of the pavement
gotta retreat, but no one will save him

replacing my own thoughts with love, but my hope's lost
i feel like i'm reaching for something that's long gone
i'm stuck on this chapter
she's reading with laughter
embarrassed, but i'll sanctify
my struggles in little time
breaking my back trying to fix you up
i'm so sorry that i wasn't enough
the cards you were dealt
broke the heart that you held
there's no one to blame
so i'll point at myself

well that's fine
i know i can't go through that
unwind the vines pulling you right back
sit tight, address the problems you have
aggression's making me see all black
i need a heart that can function and can be patient
too bad the strings that attach are always fraying
you think i like being anxious and always shaking?
i licked these wounds on my own
don't need your saving

red 40 blues

produced by zoltar

lyrics:

there’s nothing more important than yourself
your tongue is slick and saying something else
i can’t say that i even wish you well
i hope the stones you left unturned are hell

i fed your appetite
i ran out of time
i can’t wait for this
headache to rewind
strung out on your bed
you’ve got nothing left
i bore witness to
things you never said

i’m never safe
but you wanna relate
trust me, you don’t want this
itch inside your brain
you think that i’m a fuck up
but i can’t retaliate
we both know you’re right so
why do you wanna stay?

i really hate
the way you try to berate
everyone who tries to get inside your brain
guarding yourself off will only punish ones who stay

forget all the rest
i’ll go back to sleep when i’m dead
you wanted me open and honest 
but now i’m stuck lying with every breath
i’m sick of this world that i’m in
indulging in cardinal sin
waiting for another window 
so i can insert myself in

but let it be known
i’m doing this under duress
i vacated all of the premises
you can be certain that it’s in your head
you said i’m not going nowhere
do you even realize i’m there?
i’m ready for whatever comes next
my blue eyes are catching your stare

i got that envy and it’s building tall
search for a pill just to kill the withdrawal
make up your mind, please, once and for all
i hope that i don’t come off too banal

there’s nothing more important than yourself
your tongue is slick and saying something else
i can’t say that i even wish you well
i hope the stones you left unturned are hell

banal

produced by zoltar

lyrics:

i know i'll find another way
to feel like a whole person
i need a thousand extra days
to conjure some encouragement
size me up for now
i think i'm fiending for some sentiment
could you show me how
to make good impressions so no one forgets?

you don't wanna see me when i can't get the words out
i push away the people that i care the most about
i don't even mean the shit that comes out of my mouth
i can't help but feel like everyone is out to get me
wreck me
people love to test me
acting like i'm not worth the dog shit that they stepped in
i really hate all the people who never listen
the ones that talk a lot of shit then just act like a victim
you think i'm flirting, i'm not
i got a head full of thoughts
i'm sweating bullets and i'm starting to develop a cough
i waste away in my room
bite at my skin 'cause of you
i'm better now, but honestly, that shit was just fucking rude
how could you leave it like that?
no care for who you attract
you oughta thank your false god that these teeth can retract
i'll sink them into your knee
destroy support underneath
because i'm going for the jugular, i'm never at ease

i'm never at ease...

stop
wait 'til i'm gone
i know you're aching for something you've lost
preaching to some
get through to none
what is the point of explaining myself
when everyone listens to somebody else?
wasting my breath on the anger you held
it's all my fault and i reap what i sow
you fooled me once now that's twice in a row

knee

@lilskeleskrrt

produced by zoltar

lyrics:

i haven’t been waking up fast enough
i’m too naive for something like real love
i don’t even really know who you truly are
at least it feels like that from afar

so tell me everything that you've been hiding
a faceless volunteer that left me writhing
i’ll be in my room so please don’t mind me
the worst part of it all is the deciding

whether or not you’ll even
be here tomorrow
you've given me blades
but i guess they were all borrowed
the lies that you’ve spun
you hid your last smoking gun
don’t wanna know how it starts
just know you fractured the hearth

wait
for a second
i need to catch my breath
take a step and
realign myself
with my intentions
i forgot how to think
yeah it’s impressive
the way i read your mind
no obsession
i just had a hunch
it was expected
no matter what you do
i’ll still accept it
you’re still half of my genes
i can’t resent it

baseline elevated high, i
wrote this to remind my
ego to abide by
the rules behind my eyes, i
fell into a state of shock
amassing so much writer’s block
i thought my hands had time to thaw
now i focus on every flaw

would you hate to be so weak?
would it tear you up limb to limb?
has it ever occurred to you that i'm
lost at the beginning, no?

[skele]

hold on to you
so tight it hurts
i can’t let go
i can’t make you worse
this isn’t what i asked for
give me a sign
that you would’ve kept my
heart sore
leave me to die
gave you a little
don’t have more
i’m out of time
i can’t move on for
a reason tonight
it comes from the hearth
i wish you could see the sparks
i made for us

[zoltar]

i been waking up at 4 a.m.
white lies got me stressed again
internalize all of my anger then release it
through a pen
i’m so sick of second chances
you heal with a small bandage
how could you jeopardize a life,
a wife, a holy marriage?

and i won’t ever make the same mistakes as you did
i know you’re in my blood but i’m a different human
plus i can air out all my grievances through music
i lost the man that i revered through shit excuses

i cannot handle the things are given to me
i thought i was strong but i’m so fucking weak
feel safer in sadness, i hide my exterior
peace is so boring but i feel inferior
i’ll be returning whenever you’re hurting
cause you’re still a part of my family tree
suffer through poems, i gotta get goin'
just don’t forget to leave the light on for me

hearth (ft. skele)

5. EVERYTHING CHANGES WHEN YOU TURN IT ON

3. GRAZING LIGHT

Saptaka

Keyboard strings were processed with Alan Parsons' old EII, as given to me by Jel Parsons back in 2007. Beautiful actual analog filters.
Bass and sequences were mostly PPG v2.

2 + 2   [2008 demo - 2025 remaster]

Oscar Mike

Flight Recorder is keyboard player/singer Robin Van Vliet ( Racoon, Slagerij Van Kampen, Media) and Guitar virtuoso/singer Marcel Singor (Kayak, Ayreon, Star One, Solo, Bas Bron, Pan Nine)
The Dutch duo got together through similar musical tastes and a Todd Rundgren tribute (Nutopia) that came out of that.
Shortly thereafter, when plans were made to get together to work on a project of their own, it quickly became apparent that there was a great chemistry between the two and over just a couple of sessions, and a lot of work separately, a whole album's worth of material quickly came together. Although certain influences like early 80's King Crimson, Todd Rundgren, Pink Floyd, Kevin Gilbert etc. are apparent, Singor and Van Vliet's unique musical persona's shine through on all 7 songs.
Apart from the drumparts on 2 of the songs the entire album was performed, written, produced and mixed by Marcel Singor and Robin Van Vliet. 
Now that the album is finished the duo are in the process of  translating  the song material and it's production to the live-environment.

stop.drop.rewind is what happens we emo kids grow up and get jazz degrees. Kris and DJ have been playing together since 2000, Andy is new (if 10 years counts as new lol).

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ArtEfficient Intelligenz is a composer multi instrumentalist whose trajectory includes work with producers Colin Thurston (Human League, Bowie, Iggy Pop, Eno, Tony Visconti, Talk Talk, Duran Duran), and Paul Kendall (Wire, Piquet, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Recoil, Goldfrapp). 
His work has also been personally praised by producers Dave Allen (Human League, Wire, The Cure, Neneh Cherry), Ian Little (Roxy Music's Avalon, OMD's Dazzle Ships, Duran Duran), Stephen Lipson (GJ's Slave To The Rhythm, Propaganda, McCartney, A.Lennox, S.Minds), Chrissie Hynde, or Supergrass. ..Where the strange ones go.
 
Evan has played live at legendary venues like London’s Shepherds Bush Empire -supporting Pulp during the Common People tour at their request-, or the old London Astoria. He has studied sound production, synthesis, programming, composition and audiovisuals his whole life, having charted with a few hard-tech productions, while also long-time studio collaborating, at his request, with J. Parsons, who engineered and produced some of Alan Parsons' projects.

Master Of Nothing. Cue Metallica.

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