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spirits in blue

by NOISE.

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Pieces of a dying man, they told me. Pieces of a broken man. Went up to the sailor and he said, ‘you have lost your ship’ Drowning at sea. There was nothing that the smooth glide of a guiding hand could show me. They told me I didn’t have a kingdom, that I wasn’t entitled to one. Maybe all my hopes had dissipated with speech. Maybe in those two and a half words, I lost all the autonomy I wanted to have, ten years later. The autonomy I thought I would have at this point. That’s why, nothing you lose will go. Everything is found at the end, always. Everything you lose will be found.
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O, sound Helpless noise of wonder So heavy it comes. Yes, it comes running Through cliffs and rolling valleys. O, I stand in awe of fullness in sound motion. I find you within forests and trees Under craggy rock, compression. Constricting and constructing new glaciers of sound. I find you In the halls of my father’s house That rhythm of speech that bounces Wall to wall O, sound In your name, I honour thee!

about

I started this project at the end of 2019 with the aim of creating a new music genre. I had just started my PhD in postcolonial studies and French philosophy, which required a ton of reading into Hauntology (basically meaning ‘the study of haunting). As a result, I wanted to create music that was directly inspired by the spirit world - fleeting, almost haunting sounds assembled in a random, almost schizoid manner with an underlying unique beauty.

I went into this album without a clue what would happen. I knew I wanted a short LP with each track representing a piece of my subconscious.

After making this, I struggled to figure out exactly what the album is about. After hundreds of listens, it finally hit me: the album is about my mortality, my coming into being, and the mysteries of my life as a spiritual person.

The spiritual peak of the album is the last track, ‘act of remembering’, which is what I would describe as an orchestral piece from the future made by ghosts.

This project took about five months to record - I spent about a month on each track trying to perfect the lo-fi sound I wanted. Recorded in London, England at my home.

credits

released September 30, 2022

Vocals, strings, piano, synths, guitars, drums, horns by Joshua Kaye.
Lyrics written by Joshua Kaye
Composition, mixing and mastering by Joshua Kaye

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NOISE. London, UK

Joshua David Kaye, best known by the stage name NOISE., is a British avant-garde musician, author, writer, songwriter. multi- instrumentalist and visual artist.

Joshua has been pushing the boundaries of musical soundscapes since his first release in 2018, with an evolving hauntogical sound.

He records his music in different locations around the world, adopting sounds from his travels.
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