Dead Sea Apes / Black Tempest / Adam Stone – Dataland

This does not come up easily in a bandcamp search, let me tell you. As a librarian with some cataloguing nous, I suspect the metadata needs to be enhanced somewhat. Fortunately, you now have a handy link here, courtesy of me.

There is much to love with this, and much to resonate with despite the fact he keeps talking about TV and I haven’t watched TV in years. The deadpan vocals over the laid back motorik mid 90s vibe – no, we’re not talking Underworld, though I do like Underworld; it’s a way more hazy approach.

Apparently it was all done over data transfer rather than physical collaboration, yet it sounds very coherent.

Elektro Hafiz – Elektro Hafiz Dub

The beast cannot be vanquished because its demise immediately spawns another – after all, there is a saying about devils that you know. However, to accept the presence of the beast is not to submit.

Similarly, the light will never be vanquished, despite fears of this nature, and the reason is exactly the same but in reverse.

I wonder if this is pointing to the mirror like aspect of perception, which we have so often interpreted as duality?