Corporatewave, by bit.umen

Corporatewave

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1.	Excited 01:32	buy track
2.	Deliver 04:09	buy track
3.	Purpose 04:22	buy track
4.	Values 01:31	buy track
5.	Better 04:28	buy track
6.	Achievement society 03:58	buy track

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Big corporations changed the way we live, work and interact with each other. They are the main driving force behind the global push to endless production, eternal consumption and hyperactivity in our everyday life.
We spend our lives inside isolated bubbles where we are constantly bombarded with toxic positive communication telling us that we can achieve everything in life if we have the "right mindset" and "work hard".

All of this leads to psychological warfare inside our minds.
We self-optimize and self-exploit ourselves to be as productive as we can, as productivity is the only measure to determine our self worth.
This brings perennial dissatisfaction and fear that, whatever we do, it's never enough.

This EP is an attempt to translate the struggle of dealing with this into music.
It may serve as a reminder that, perhaps, you are not alone.

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Songs composed using:
- Korg DS-10 on a Nintendo DS (all tracks except 3 and 6)
- nanoloop 1.3 on a DMG Game Boy (track 6)
- nanoloop 2.8.6 on a Game Boy Advance SP (track 3)
- ProteinDS (DScratch) on a Nintendo DS (tracks 2, 3, 5 and 6)
- FX chain: Donner stylish fuzz, mini kaoss pad 2S, Marshall EH-1 echohead

credits

released May 1, 2023

Stream of influences that I gathered, absorbed, stirred up and remitted into the world:
Burial, Byung Chul-Han, Guy Debord, Kraftwerk, Metal Gear Solid 2, Mosaic (videogame), Muslimgauze.

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bit.umen Vancouver, British Columbia

bit.umen likes to interact with limited hardware and inconvenient user interfaces to create powerful sound landscapes.

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