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Materia

by MICROPANiK

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Idiotérique 04:10
CONS ET CONNES ATOMIQUES QUASI TOXIQUES LE GLOBE PANIQUE UN MONDE QUI PLEURE ET L’HOMME QUI CASSE AMIS, TA SOEUR LE SANG QUI PASSE J’ESPÈRE D’ACCALMIE UNE PLANÈTE SANS MAUX NOUS SOMMES DES SALAUDS TUER L’AUTRE, PLUS DE FRIC QUELLE BELLE RÉPUBLIQUE JE VEUX PLUS DE TERRES L’HOMME EST PLUS QU’IDIOT PRESQU’IDIOTÉRIQUE DU ROUGE SUR LA PEAU PLUS DE BILLETS VERTS AVANT-HIER COUSINS ET FRÈRES RESPIRENT DE L’AIR EN S’AMUSANT LE JOUR D’AVANT LE CHAMP DE BLÉ AU GRÉ DU VENT JUSTE À POUSSER DEMAIN L’ENFER QUELLE JOLIE GUERRE BOUCANE DU NOIR EN ÉTOUFFANT APRÈS-DEMAIN AUTANT DE BALLES QUI RAGENT DEVANT AU FIL DU TEMPS JE PENSE AU SILENCE D’UN MONDE HARMONIEUX J’ASPIRE VOIR LA NUIT LA TERRE TOURNER SANS FEUX NOUS SOMMES DES SALAUDS TUER L’AUTRE, PLUS DE FRIC QUELLE BELLE RÉPUBLIQUE JE VEUX PLUS DE TERRES L’HOMME EST PLUS QU’IDIOT PRESQU’IDIOTÉRIQUE DU ROUGE SUR LA PEAU PLUS DE BILLETS VERTS CENT MILLE EXCUSES AUX NON-RESPECTÉS CENT MILLE EXCUSES À TOUTES CES NATIONS QUELLE BANDE DE SALAUDS UNE HISTOIRE DE FRIC CONQUÊTE ET GAMIQUE JE VEUX PLUS DE MERS À TOI QUI RAVAGES À TOI QUI SACCAGES FUCK YOU! À TOI QUI ÉCRASES À TOI QUI ABUSES FUCK YOU!
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Criticize Me 05:45
THE THINGS I’VE DONE THE WAY I SPEAK MY EDUCATION PERSONALITY MY BEAUTY MARK THE WAY I LOOK CRITICIZE ME SMART ASS CAN’T YOU JUST LET ME BE? YOU SEE ME AS YOUR ENEMY UNE FAÇON D’ÊTRE CHOQUE TA VIE THE WAY I LIVE, HOW I FEEL HOW CAN YOU SAY IT’S NOT REAL? MY CHOICE, MY PAST, MY LIFE CES MOTS QUI CACHENT TON VIDE MY REACTION, MY FEARS MY BACKGROUND THE WAY I AM THE NEXT FEW DAYS SEXUALITY UNJUSTIFIED CRITICISM GLORIFY YOURSELF AND CRUCIFY ME THE FOOD I EAT THE BOOK I READ SHOUT AT THE DEVIL THE MUSIC I LIKE MY COUNTRYSIDE THE PLACE I CALL HOME SERENITY THE LAND I COME FROM WHAT I HAVE IN MIND PORNOGRAPHY THE ONE I LOVE SENSITIVITY CRITICIZE ME SMART ASS CAN’T YOU JUST LET ME BE? YOU SEE ME AS YOUR ENEMY UNE FAÇON D’ÊTRE CHOQUE TA VIE THE WAY I LIVE, HOW I FEEL HOW CAN YOU SAY IT’S NOT REAL? MY CHOICE, MY PAST, MY LIFE CES MOTS QUI CACHENT TON VIDE MY REACTION, MY FEARS MY EXISTENCE MY OWN BELIEFS EXPERIENCES CURIOSITY DUSTY WOOD PLANKS IN YOUR BLIND EYES YOU’RE ALSO GUILTY DISRESPECTFULLY
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White Static 04:40
A WAKE-UP CALL A BROKEN PHONE LINE CHASING A DREAM OF YOU I REALIZE SILENCE, MY ENEMY DO YOU SEE THE WHITE? DO YOU HEAR THE STATIC NOISE? CAN YOU FEEL MY HAND HOLDING YOURS WHILE YOU SLEEP? IT’S THE LAST TIME TO THE TOWER I’M GOING TOO SLOW THE MOON GOES DOWN THE VOID IS REAL IT’S RIGHT ABOVE ME CHEMICALS CUTE NEEDLES GHOSTLY WHITE DRESSES ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR BROKEN FLOWERS LIKE YOU UNDERNEATH DO YOU SEE THE WHITE? DO YOU HEAR THE STATIC NOISE? CAN YOU FEEL MY HAND HOLDING YOURS WHILE YOU SLEEP? WHERE ARE YOU NOW? THE EMPTINESS WITHIN ME IS FILLED UP WITH THE VOID YOUR ABSENCE, MY ENEMY CAN’T YOU COME BACK? WHERE ARE YOU NOW? I STILL TOUCH I CAN’T FEEL THE ACHE INSIDE YOU IT’S TOO LATE I CAN’T SAY THE WORDS I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THIS GREEN LIGHT BECOMES WHITE FOR YOU DO YOU SEE THE WHITE? DO YOU HEAR THE STATIC NOISE? CAN YOU FEEL MY HAND HOLDING YOURS TILL THE END? WHERE ARE YOU NOW? THE EMPTINESS WITHIN ME IS FILLED UP WITH THE VOID YOUR ABSENCE, MY ENEMY
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I FEEL THE SOUND COMING FROM THE PAST CAN’T YOU PLAY THE MUSIC? THE NOISE IS INSIDE I KNOW, TILL THE END I CAN SEE THE PAIN YOU WILL TRY NOW IT’S COMING FROM INSIDE
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Odyssey 88 04:02
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Opus 14 05:30

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Materia focuses on matter. Seven recording sessions were conducted with various elements not primarily related to music: an eggshell, a metal spring, some water, plastic, glass, rock, and bronze. The result is part of the entire album, and each track has its own matter. In a world where our relationships are mainly virtual, MICROPANiK offers here a more concrete experience, which is the result of our senses in a natural state, without any intermediaries. To touch, see, smell, feel and just contemplate the utopia of living an instant without our fuckin’ screens. Matter is nature, nature is animal and animal is human. The respect of the matter, the preservation of mankind.
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Materia est thématique et traite de la matière. Sept sessions d’enregistrement ont été réalisées à partir d’éléments dont la vocation première n’est pas de créer de la musique : coquille d’œuf, ressort de métal, eau, plastique, verre, pierre et bronze. Le résultat s’insère dans l’album et chacune des pièces de Materia incorpore sa propre matière.
À une époque où nos relations sont du domaine virtuel, MICROPANiK propose ici une expérience de ce qui est tangible, le résultat de nos sens à l’état brut sans intermédiaire. Toucher, voir, sentir, entendre et l’utopie de vivre un moment nos fuckin’ écrans fermés. La matière est nature, la nature est animal et l’animal est homme. Le respect de la matière, le maintien de l’homme.

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released November 3, 2017

Music by MICROPANiK
Lyrics by JS Vaillancourt

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MICROPANiK Montréal, Québec

MICROPANiK is a Montreal-based alternative industrial rock outfit. Their distinctive sound is a blend of fat synthesizers, a distorted bass guitar, organic samples, drums and sporadic vocals exclusively. It brings out hope, fun, but also rage and mystery. DIY ethic: there is no other way. ... more

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