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Turn Off
03:04
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TURN OFF these plastic records
TURN OFF that plastic record
sign out of your profile
sign out of that meaningless profile
there is no time to be a lazy boy
get out of bed, comb your head
put on your shiny boots
open the door and go outside
filter out the programming
interact with real people
there is no time to be an idiot
forget the shame, stop being lame
put on yr face, this is a race
fake it til you make it, because you can take it
scrape away that mindless void
scrutinize the reactive mind
burn out this toxic shroud
contaminate the Normal crowd
there is no time to be a pity whore
give it a break, stop being fake
making it real now, no looking back now
we have a mission: atomic fission
TURN OFF this empty mall
TURN OFF this auto call
TURN OFF this wavering
TURN OFF this slavery
TURN OFF this nightly news
TURN OFF this red state blues
TURN OFF this iMorphine
TURN OFF this death machine
TURN OFF this empty light
TURN OFF this portable device
TURN OFF this anti-sound
TURN OFF this microphone
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Young Life
04:13
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WHEN YOU WERE BORN
INTO A MODERN PLACE
WHEN YOU WERE BORN
INTO A MODERN SPACE
You Were Born, You Were Born
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
YOU DIDN'T NEED NOONE ELSE
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG
YOU ALWAYS NEEDED SOME HELP
You Were Bored, You Were Bored
WHEN YOU WERE OLDER
YOU WERE OUT IN THE STREETS
WHEN YOU WERE OLDER
YOU UNVIELED THE SECRETS
You Were Sore, You Were Sore
WHEN YOU ARE OLD
IN THE YEAR 2012
WHEN YOU ARE DEAD
TIME WON'T EXIST ANYMORE
You Are Re-Born, You Are Re-Born
Professional Behavior
Cremation of Care
Code of Conduct
Terminal Product
YOUNG LIFE!
YOUNG LIFE!
YOUNG LIFE!
YOUNG LIFE!
Johan Ess is the name
Why don't you look at my home page?
Here to infiltrate the info game
and set the stage for the random age
The universe is a lie perpetuated by your worst nightmare.
Yo hoe, is that all you're playin?
unwrap me from this cellophane
Here to infiltrate the techno game
and set the stage for the cyborg age
You cannot escape disaster. It will only be getting faster.
The only way Out is In! The only way In is Out! Try it any other way and remove all doubt!
Johan Ess is thy name
Why don't you read my fuckin' resume?
Here to infiltrate the corporate game
and set the stage for the weirdo age
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In my darkest of hearts
In my deepest of nights
A dread creeps through me
That after this tremendous effort by US
It was all just a chess game for the oligarchs
You cant live with this inside you
You dont really know what to do
What I propose will not really change things
dont you know it will only re-arrange things
Here it comes
The era of decadent royalty
And so I'll leave you with a final thought
one last thought
seek out and support your inner
seamstress, gardener, and craftsman
good day
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Teh 8-Bit Standard
02:58
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I make stupid chiptunes on a gameboy
and light the sky with my awesomeness
8-bit samples with reverb on them make me come
touching myself to the vibrations of e-drums
scene stars rock and roll hood caps
I want to be a scene superhero
and run around in my underwear in front of everyone
dial up modem jpeg gif disease
in the garage freebasing antifreeze
viral voicemail cancer dancers
suburban pothead transvestite romancers
Everyone, Everyone, Everyone, Everyone
Make some pixelated music that will make all the nerds get retarded
Give It Up, Give It Up, Give It Up, Give It Up
pour a 40 on the grave of your OG homies and baby mamas
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Real Gib
01:18
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Art Real Gib
Style Real Gib
Cyborgs Real Gib
EVERYTHING REAL GIB!
Torrents Real Gib
Memetics Real Gib
Planet Real Gib
Everything Real Gib Let me Tell You How I Live
Ladies Gentlemen Gangstaz Geekz
Aardvark Platypus Chaos Theory Gymnastics
Zombies Pirates Robots Ninjas P2P
White Boyz Black Boyz Cowboyz
Bling!
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This Is Post Human Bass
03:54
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Gematria
07:31
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Kundalini
Gematria
Alabama
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- First Postulate -
[socio-han m-ess-iah voice]
worship, worship him
i said worship, worship him
worship him day, worship him night
worship him now, worship him cause it's right
dont you disobey
dont you dare disobey
and he is the light bringer
the only one who can see
worship, worship him
i said worship, worship him
worship him day, worship him night
worship him now, worship him cause it's right
+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o
- Second Postulate -
[singing komputron]
surrender
why not give up, surrender?
dont waste your time thinking about it
you have much better uses for your mind
empty out your head
forget about the devine
for we are the bodhisattva
the downfall of belief
worship noone
why not worship nobody?
dont waste your time thinking about it
you have much better uses for your mind
+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o
- Third Postulate -
[Haywire Vokillz]
There is nothing to worship anymore
We will never worship anymore
So worship me! Worship me now
Worship me! Take a bow
We are your gods and we are your idols
Worship me Worship me now
Be your own God
Be your own Master
God this world is god this world is Dead
I hate the worshipping masses. Die!
Nothing left to worship.
Worship yourself we're going to
Worship ourselves we're going to
Worship Yourself
No Gods No Idols No Masters
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14. |
Banishing The Light
06:37
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Johan Ess Portland, Oregon
An experimental electronic musical performance artist based in the Pacific Northwest that creates music for life in late capitalism.
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