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Key 51<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Perpetual Emotion Machine<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

from Omega<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2006<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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This song is track three on Omega<\/strong><\/a>, and was a collaboration with my sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The track began as an experiment to try and create a track that sounded like Underworld <\/em><\/strong>circa 1994. I wanted something long and ambient but dance-worthy also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the sequencing was finished, I thought that it needed something and tried to write lyrics, some kind of a tone poem, but it was not something I was used to doing. In the end I put out a call to all my writer friends asking if they had any poems that would be willing to contribute, and I got this one from my sister entitled Where Were You<\/em>. I liked the tone of it so I recorded myself reciting it into a set of headphones plugged into my mic jack which gave it a really lo-fi sound. Then I manually chopped it up and elongated it in spots in a wave editor and distributed it across the length of the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poem tells of a lonely soul, abandoned, questioning the loyalty of those around them, and then discovering — by way of necessity — their own inner strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Are You<\/strong> is the track that I started to rediscover the sound of my favourite instrument, the piano. It begins to appear more commonly in my work after this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lock 5100<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Under<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Perpetual Emotion Machine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The demo version of this, without the poem added. Also there is a sample from a well known track by Seal which prevents me from putting this on the interwebs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lock 5101<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Where Were You<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Perpetual Emotion Machine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Second demo with replacement drum loop, but no lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fob 17<\/div>\n
Lock 5102<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Where Are You<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Perpetual Emotion Machine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The final album version.<\/p>\n\n\n