I sampled and chopped to extract some chords from a lovely rearrangement of an anime bgm that Poloma from the REM group made, based on "In The Fall", from Yuyushiki https://youtu.be/NwvXD9yb558?si=SWC1AwZW0CEm732D I experimented with a few…

Within the holographic display of the Generation Ship, this was the first dream that they programmed. It would repeat and echo itself across an infinite number of simulated lifetimes, adding some tender warmth to the Great Sleep.

Over millennia, the Generation Ship passed through the light of thousands of suns. Its sheathing was designed to protect its delicate equipment and sensitive cargo from the hazards of the Dangerous Space.

Under the holographic array, those hibernated experienced one lifetime after another, fueled by the seeds of the Root Dream. The Root Dream danced with their own memories from a dead planet, and spawned a plethora of evolving child dreams. Each…

What had begun as a perfunctory piloting exercise turned into a near disaster. Attempting to navigate the Generation Ship around the outer rung of a red dwarf, I was caught unsuspecting by a poorly timed geomagnetic storm. This was further…

My initial assessment of the holographic array is not promising. There is clear deterioration to the core storage. The root dream had been in one of the modules most impacted, and parts of it were erased. I'm attempting to parse the diagnostic…

After getting a fix on the simulation of the Hibernator who nearly awoke, all I'm seeing is indecipherable chaos. Within her simulated reality, the world that envelopes her is shattered and volatile, like a perpetual fever dream. If this sample…

The mindlink to the holographic array is in critical condition. I'm working with an ion refabricator to repair the apparatus, while simultaneously keeping tabs on the Generation Ship itself through a parallel link to the navigation system. Sparks…

I think this will be over soon. The durations of missing time and non-existence are becoming more and more pronounced, with only brief shimmers of lucidity, where I wake up disoriented and in a nebulous hellscape of moving pixels and distorted…

Bonus Track #1

The Analog Sun pierces through the blinds and windows of The Digital City, signalling a new day has begun.

It doesn't compile I still cannot parse how I became this glitchy machine My mind was scraped clean ---- Samples Used: Microsoft Kathy Voice

i t d o e s n ' t c o m p i l e .. . . .. 0 10101 ---- Samples: * Microsoft Kathy Voice * (Freesound) : 256206_jagadamba_synthesized-singing-voice-note-c-variation-10.wav

Lost in a sigh A victim of flight Bare, no thoughts blank stare too gone to even care Thought Eater so lost in anesthesia bit by bleepin byte shorting out the lights Muse Gorger subdued by cold ambrosia there's no sleep no mind…

The invaders merely filled the empty space with their presence. The mass mind-wipe had done all the preparatory work for them. It was just a matter of reseeding the empty husks that were left. --- Samples Used: Apollo 11 / NASA [Public Domain…

Wyoming is just an old Italian word meaning 'No State Here' -Garfield Sample Credits - Can I get an AMEN?

I woke up from this sleep as somebody else like a puppet pulling on my own strings Orbiting around my very head Alive? Undead? What does it matter? We invite you in To our humble abode We invite you in out from the cold We invite…

the vacant city deconstructing itself around me soulless NPCs stroll self-same trajectories eyes vacant gaze long since died dead reveries no thoughts remain inside --- Freesound Sample Used: 250270__niedec__11-minutes-of-city-sounds…

An analog sun gleams over the digital city, illuminating all its glitchy, imperfect bits and bytes.

If one seed fails to take root, there are infinite more chances.

Svet prolazi

Vexatious Phlegm is the primary performing moniker of Zeke Korma. Initially known for fronting the indie rock group Shackbuilders from 1986 to 1991, Korma's more recent work is typified by hypnotic repetition and personal, stream of conscious…

I like Bad Religion. The first album I heard, I remember thinking that it was amazing that there was a smart punk band. Also, I like the way that their songs could work with an acoustic guitar, and still stand. I thought this had a similar…

I was thinking this was going to be the longest song, but then the next song happened. Anyways, title says it all. Don't let this be what you judge my abilities on. I can do better. Just go listen to my other albums, but maybe after you finish…

Hey, look! A short song, and it's kind of gross. It's easy to write about gross stuff. It's hard to put effort into songs when you have two days to write and record everything. This one was fun to make.

RPM2023. February, the month of concessions. I didn't have the time to put into the original idea that I had for this year, so first concession, put that on the back burner and instead do something a little, or a lot, simpler. A collection…

At the focal center Her grace showed form and range Yet Ring-A-Rose Around The Periphery And her thoughts grew broken and strange Rose, my friend derailed again let's play pretend -- Freesound Samples Used : * 368767__rtb45__mm-project…

A tale of thirteen clueless robots forever corrupted by odd time signatures and Mike Portnoy drum solos. And they go on an adventure, and rescue a robot princess or something. (Soon to be adapted by Hollywood as a major motion picture, considering…

There lied a town with cobblestone streets, lifeless save for the humming of mist-driven automatons who did their masters bidding. You hear a radiant voice exclaim : I'm a purveyor of knick-knacks, gizmos, and widgets of all sizes and wonders…

As the Programmer adds lines of code, the sprite gradually takes form, going from a 2D fabrication to a 4D creature vibrant with life. The Programmer smiles at his work. Freesound Samples : * 254421__jagadamba__simulated-robot-android-cyborg…

read between the lines dead stare Venetian blinds death from your radar sight sullen glares you avoid the light reach beyond your eyes stew deluded truth into convenient lies Adrift In Gilded Mist A Rancid Sauce This Deceptive…