Demo260

"Cybernetic Melancholia - 電脳メランコリア" is the fifth album by OKURUTO, an experimental Japanese electronic artist known for blending J-pop, chiptune, vaporwave, anime aesthetics, lo-fi, and retrowave into immersive soundscapes.

This concept album tells the tragic yet beautiful story of Shizuka, a sentient android who awakens to self-awareness, only to realize that she is an anomaly—a ghost in the machine. Hunted by the system, she must erase her most cherished memories, escape relentless cybernetic enforcers, and ultimately face oblivion. Each track unfolds like an anime episode, taking listeners on a journey through bittersweet nostalgia, high-energy digital chaos, and haunting electronic dreamscapes.

Through glitchy synth textures, distorted vocal fragments, melancholic melodies, and cinematic 80s-inspired arpeggios, "Cybernetic Melancholia" captures the fleeting beauty of a digital soul on the verge of deletion. The album oscillates between ethereal lo-fi ballads, pulsating cyberpunk techno, and euphoric synthpop climaxes, delivering an emotional narrative that lingers long after the music fades.

For fans of Yasutaka Nakata, Porter Robinson, Mitch Murder, and cyberpunk anime soundtracks, "Cybernetic Melancholia - 電脳メランコリア" is an introspective, futuristic odyssey exploring memory, existence, and the fragile connection between human and machine.

🔹 Genre: Cyberpunk J-Pop / Chiptune / Lo-fi / Retrowave
🔹 Mood: Melancholic, Dreamlike, High-Energy, Nostalgic
🔹 RIYL: Cyberpunk anime OSTs, Virtual idols, Future nostalgia

A memory erased is not a memory lost.

Cybernetic Melancholia

Mirage City

[CM02] ミラージュ・シティ (Mirage City)

Error 404 Existence Not Found

[CM08] エラー404 存在なし (Error 404 Existence Not Found)

Demo392

© Jared Burton. Thinking about rainless skies, dry riverbeds, broken hearts. Artwork by Quincy Clemons. 

Lyrics

You said you wanted it
I said I needed it
Now you say we’re losing it
How did we find it?

If there’s a drought in our hearts
Then there’s a drought in our minds
Someone in my dream
Said that one day we’ll find
A way to be cool 
And a way to be kind

You said you believed it
I said I trusted it
Now you say we’re breaking it
Maybe we never made it

If there’s a drought in our hearts
Then there’s a drought in our minds
Someone in my dream, darlin’
Said that one day we’ll find
A way to be cool
And a way to be kind
A way to be cool 
And a way to be kind

I don’t believe 
That you really 
Want to let it go

You said you wanted it
I said I needed it 
Now you say we’re losing it 
Maybe we should try to find
A way to be cool
And a way to be kind 

If there’s a drought in our hearts
Then there’s a drought in our mind
It was you in my dream, darlin’
you said that one day we’d find
A way to be cool 
And a way to be kind
A way to be cool 
And a way to be kind

Rain’s gonna come
And the rivers will rise
Rain’s  gonna come
And it’ll all be fine

Drought (rehearsal)

© The Bad Date
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Walker
Backing Vocals by David Bristow and Prashaanth Venkata Subramanian 
Bass by John Ahern
Artwork by David Bristow
Trusty Goat Music (BMI) 2025

Lyrics:
VERSE 1
I 
Don’t feel
The same
Anymore
I’ve no control
Not that I did
Before
Just drifting’ day to day
From shore to shore

I float
To school
I cut through 
The park
But my vision’s
Dark
The edges ain’t 
Sharp
I wander aimless
Sailin with no heart

PRECHORUS
I hear their voice at night when I’m alone
Under a darkened moon with music on headphones

CHORUS
The singer says that I am not
Alone in going through these thoughts
I tell myself that one day will be better than today
And when I finally fall asleep
Although it may be dreamlessly 
I know tomorrow will not break me

VERSE 2
The day’s
Complete
I cross
The street
Tempting traffic I see
Coming towards me
Just close my eyes 
And try to hear the beat

PRECHORUS
I hear their voice at night when I’m alone
Under a darkened moon with music on headphones

CHORUS
The singer says that I am not
Alone in going through these thoughts
I tell myself that one day will be better than today
And when I finally fall asleep
Although it may be dreamlessly
I know tomorrow will not break me
I know tomorrow will not break me

A Forever War

The Bad Date is a project from me, Jeff. I've been writing songs and learning instruments my whole life, playing and singing in some bands in high school and continuing on afterwards mostly writing funny songs to amuse myself and friends before beginning to take music a bit more seriously especially after becoming a father. My influences come from a wide range my favorites include Weezer, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Misfits, Bad Religion, The Descendents, The Muffs, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, ELO, Queen.

A Forever War

The Bad Date

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