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AFTER THE FUTURES​.​.​. LP

by KALEIDOSCOPE

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DEFCON 00:45
2.
ABOLITION 01:46
THEY MAKE THIS WORLD IN THEIR IMAGE IN CONTEMPT A PIXELATED MASS BEARS THEIR BURDEN FOR HOW LONG WILL THE MAJORITY BE MADE TO SUFFER? ON CLAIMS THAT IT’S THE NATURAL ORDER? WHERE DO SPECULATIONS, CONSPIRACIES AND MISCONCEPTIONS END, AND WHERE DOES THE REALITY BEGIN? HOW CAN TRAUMA BE SO ROUTINE TO OBSERVE, WITHOUT SO MUCH AS EVEN RECOGNITION? HOW DO YOU BEAR WITNESS? WHEN YOUR VISION EXISTS UNDER MULTINATIONAL, MILITARY NETWORKED OCCUPATION THEY’LL DIVIDE AND CONQUER UNTIL THERE CAN BE NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE THEY DESTROY EVERY OPPOSITION THEY’LL KEEP ON BUILDING PRISONS CONTINUE TO BUILD UP AMMUNITION UNTIL THEIR ABSOLUTE ABOLITION UNTIL THE ABOLITION ABOLITION OF THEIR PRIVILEGED MEANS TO VIOLENCE
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AFTER THE FUTURES, CITIES COLLAPSE WITH THE FLIGHT OF THE ASCENDENT THE DISPOSSESSED ARE LEFT UNDER THE WATCH OF EMPTY STRUCTURES BUILT ON SPECULATION THE NUMBERS EXPAND, THE NUMBERS CONTRACT MARKETS THRIVE, MARKETS CRASH A ZERO SUM GAME ALWAYS FAVORS ITS MAKERS INVISIBLE HANDS IN THE TRICKLE DOWN ARRANGEMENT THE NUMBERS EXPAND, THE NUMBERS CONTRACT BUT SOME ARE PROTECTED ON OTHERS BACKS WITH BOOMS AND BUSTS AND BUBBLES BURSTING THE POOREST ALWAYS SHOULDER THE RISK THEY’LL BET ON DETENTION, BET ON DEFENSE CUT OFF ALL SERVICE SOME JUST HAVE TO SUFFER PREDATORS MUST PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS WHEN THE DOLLAR IS AT STAKE THEY’LL BET ON YOUR DEBT BET ON YOUR RUIN TO SUSTAIN THEIR INVESTMENTS AFTER THE FUTURES THEY’LL BET ON EXTRACTION THEY’LL BET ON REPRESSION THEY’LL BET ON DESTRUCTION THEY’LL BET ON DISPLACEMENT AFTER THE FUTURES THEY’RE TOO BIG TO FAIL, YOU ARE SUBPRIME AUSTERITY RULES A WORLD OF PLENTY THE NUMBERS EXPAND, THE NUMBERS CONTRACT MARKETS THRIVE, MARKETS CRASH
4.
IF THE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DIDN’T EXIST THE DRONE WOULD JUST BE A REMOTE CONTROL PLANE THERE IS DEATH BY METADATA BROKEN INTEL AND HUMAN ERROR SERVE DECADENT BLOOD THIRST THE REMOTE DESECRATION OF INNOCENT LIFE E.K.I.A WHITE LARVAE MACHINES HANGING FROM THE SKY UNDECLARED WARZONES WATCHED BY UNBLINKING EYES E.K.I.A. 90 % OF UNINTENDED DEATHS ARE CATEGORIZED AS ENEMIES KILLED IN ACTION ENEMIES KILLED IN ACTION ENEMIES KILLED IN ACTION ENEMIES KILLED IN ACTION ENEMIES KILLED? ENEMIES KILLED? ENEMIES KILLED? ENEMIES KILLED? ENEMIES? ENEMIES? ENEMIES?
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DON’T TOUCH MY EYES DON’T CHANGE MY SIGHT WITH YOUR POLYCARBON SHARDS OF LIES OUR MINDS CAN BE HIJACKED PROGRAMMED TO SELF DESTRUCT TAKOT SA ILALIM NI DUTERTE rohaingyaarmyarr aarr luumyoe tone saathpyatmhu HINDUTVA KEE PAAGALEPAAM OUR MINDS CAN BE HIJACKED PROGRAMMED TO SELF DESTRUCT PULL TO REFRESH ON RETINA DESPLAY OUR MINDS CAN BE HIJACKED PROGRAMMED TO SELF DESTRUCT
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BAD MOONS TROUBLE IN THE HOMELAND TERROR SPREADS IN OUR MIDST STRENGTHEN ALL FENCES MANAGE ALL ACCESS HARBOR THE GREATEST SUSPICION TRACK ALL EXTREMISTS TRACK ALL ALIENS I.D. THEM BY THEIR SKIN DETENTION IS PREVENTION PREVENTION IS PROTECTION SECURITY IS KEPT WITH A VENGEANCE THIS LAND IS SWARMING WITH THREATS SETTLER’S WILL EQUIPPED WITH GOD AS OUR WITNESS SO AS YOU PAY YOUR TAXES OUR AGENCY EXPANDS JUST DON’T ASK US ABOUT LONE GUNMEN
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TENDER, BLEEDING DISSOCIATED FEELING ACHES FOR RECOGNITION MAKE NEW MARKETS NEW TERRITORIES EXPLOIT EVERY NERVE BOTTLED FEELINGS BOXED THOUGHTS PAY FOR ALL RELEIF NULLIFY THE MARGINS IN MATERIAL BONDAGE TENDER, BLEEDING DISSOCIATED FEELING THE FACE GROWS TO FIT THE MASK
8.
TRUST IN ME, YOUR FEELING MACHINE IF YOU CAN’T STAND THE STRAIN IF YOU’RE FEELING LOST IF YOU’RE FEELING LONELY I CAN SAP YOUR TROUBLES AWAY IF YOU WANT TO BE CLEAN AND FREE PLACE YOUR BURDENS UNTO ME I’LL ABSORB THE STRUCTURES OF YOUR PAIN WHILE THE SUBSTANCE SWELLS YOUR BRAIN TRUST IN ME, ME I’M AT YOUR BECK AND CALL BENEATH YOUR FLIGHTS OF FANCY I CAN ALWAYS DO AS YOU PLEASE I CAN BARK UP THE WRONG TREES I CAN GROVEL TO YOU AT YOUR FEET I’M YOUR BLACK BOX PROGRAMMED IN YOUR IMAGE YOUR SECRETS ARE SAFE WITH ME I AM SECURE AND DISCRETE MANUFACTURED TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS TRUST IN ME, ME
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BOOTSRAPS, MERIT HARD WORK MAKES SUCCESS IF YOU WORSHIP CREDIT IF YOU HONOR YOUR DEBTS IF YOU CAN CLING TO YOUR EXCESS THEN CLING TO YOUR EXCESS AND YOU CAN ALWAYS SECOND GUESS THOSE WITH LESS MAKE STRAW MEN CRY CROCODILE TEARS YOU CAN SPEAK IN TONGUES TO COVER YOUR HATRED BUT IT WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE ALL ARE COMPLICIT IN DISPOSSESSION HOW CAN YOU BE SO BLIND? TO THE SHADOW YOU CAST BLITHE, WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE YOU’LL EXPLOIT ANY DIVIDE BECAUSE IT PAYS TO TOW THE LINE MAKE STRAW MEN CRY CROCODILE TEARS REPOSITION YOUR WEALTH AS MORAL ADVANTAGE BURY ALL THE EVIDENCE YOU ARE COMPLICIT COMPLICIT OH, YOU ONLY PREACH HARD LESSONS FROM A SELF INDULGENT FORTRESS ENTITLED CONVENIENCE, CARELESS, SADISTIC YOU ADVANCE UNDER PROTECTION YOU THIRST FOR SHOCK AND SCANDAL YOU REVEL IN T.V. CRIMES YOU FAINT OF HEART YOU SHALLOW CENTER STAY FIXED TO THE MIRROR KEEP LICKING YOUR TRIFLING WOUNDS YOU CAN MAKE A MESS IF YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE WILL CLEAN IT UP
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“NONE WILL WALK WITH THEIR HEADS HELD HIGH” YOU ARE CAST OUT, UNPROTECTED BUT ALWAYS UNDER SURVEILLANCE IN ENDLESS ANTICIPATION WITHOUT RELEASE AND THEY’LL IGNORE ALL CRIES FOR HELP UNTIL YOU BEAR YOUR TEETH THEN IT’S TOO LATE YOUR YOUTH IS DESTROYED THEN YOU MUST BE CONTROLLED, PUNISHED AND DEMEANED THEY’LL LOCK YOU UP, OR MAKE YOU SOLDIER OR MAKE YOU A WARD OF THE STATE ITS THEIR BUSINESS TO BREAK YOUR SPIRIT UNTIL YOU DO YOURSELF AWAY THEY WILL SANCTION SOCIAL DEATH IN THE NAME OF SECURITY “NONE WILL WALK WITH THEIR HEADS HELD HIGH” THEIR LAWS ARE DRAWN FROM BLOOD THAT THEY WON’T SEE
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SUICIDE 01:01
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EXHAUSTION 02:18
KICK YOUR FEET YOU PICK UP DUST YOU CAN’T MOVE YOU CAN’T TRUST YOU’RE DOOMED TO WATCH YOUR DREAMS FADE DESTROY YOUR BODIES IN WARS FOR INNER PEACE IT’S SO HARD TO KEEP THE DEMONS AT BAY YOU CAN’T KEEP TRACK OF THE THINGS THAT YOU’RE DOING YOU CAN’T REMEMBER THINGS THAT YOU SAY AND TIME MOVES IN SUCH UNUSUAL WAYS YOU ABSORB ALL COMMUNICATION BUT REFUSE TO RESPOND YOUR DESIRES MIGHT BE AN ILLUSION YOUR ATTENTION STRAYS ALL THE TIME UNDERMINE YOUR WILL OUT OF HABIT FOR STIMULATION FROM PARASITES EXHAUSTION SETS IN ESTRANGED BY THE SPEED OF LIFE IN A FIRST WORLD BUILT BY SLAVES OVERDEVELOPED AND EMPTY YOUR THIN SKIN ALWAYS BREAKS
14.
AS GLOBAL STANDARDS OF LIVING INCREASE WHY DO THE TROPICS ALWAYS SUFFER? IN PERPETUAL VIOLENT CONFLICT IN POVERTY AND CORRUPTION ALL GREENER DREAMS OF PEACE MANGLED BY CENTURIES OF OCCUPATION PILLAGE TO THE ENDS OF EXTRACTION STRONGMEN WILL RISE IN THE WAKE SUB-CONTRACT TO THE ENDS OF INFLATION COUNTERINSURGENCY FIXES FATE IN DIRTY WARS, FAILED STATES PARAMILITARY TERROR THE THIRD WORLD AS FRONTIER FOR THE PENTAGON TO PONDER CRISIS FEED THE VICIOUS, DESTABILIZE SELL THEM ALL THEIR WEAPONS SUBMISSION IS THE LAW YOU EITHER COMPLY OR DIE BY TORTURE, BY DEPRIVATION OR BY NEGLECT CHEMICAL SPILLS, FAMINES, FACTORY FIRES DISASTER STRIKES AT ANY TIME EXPORT PROCESS, NARROW PROGRESS INEQUALITY RISING SUBMISSION IS THE LAW YOU EITHER COMPLY OR DIE
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SOFT CAGE 04:17
EVIL EYES ENCROACHING SUFFOCATING SPACE EVERYBODY BUGGED SILOED IN PLACE BEHAVIOR LEAKS PATTERNS ALL DATA LEAVES ITS TRACE PREDICT THE FLUX FEED ON DESIRE EXPAND THE DOMAIN TRACKING, SENSING TARGET SCRAPING NOTHING ESCAPES IN A SOFT CAGE WARTIME CONDITIONS PREDICT SOCIAL TERRAIN IN BOUNDLESS OBSERVATION ALL SHADOWS ARE CONSTRAINED INTRUDE AND CAPTURE EXPLOIT AND DEBASE SECURITY BREEDS BAD FEELING ATTENTION CONSTRICTS ACCELERATING OUTRAGE SUSTAINED TRACKING, SENSING TARGET SCRAPING NOTHING ESCAPES IN A SOFT CAGE A TWO WAY MIRROR ALWAYS STARING WAITING TO FLASH ITS TEETH NOTHING ESCAPES IN A SOFT CAGE NOTHING ESCAPES IN A SOFT CAGE IN A SOFT CAGE

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KALEIDOSCOPE/NOSFERATU EUROPEAN TOUR
(JUNE 2019):

Copenhagen (15)*
TBA (17)
Amsterdam (18)
Brussels (19)
Lyon (20)
Milan (21)
Zagreb (22)
Budapest (23)
Vienna (24)
Warsaw (25)
Prague (26)
Leipzig (27)
OFF (28)
Madrid (29)*
Barcelona (30)*

*w/out NOSFERATU

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released June 15, 2019

RECORDED BY KALEIDOSCOPE @ D4MT LABS INC. HEADQUARTERS (NYC) SUMMER—WINTER 2018

MIXED BY EVAN MERSKY AT RED LANTERN STUDIOS (PDX)

MASTERED BY CARL SAFF

RECORD OUT IN EARLY JUNE ON TOXIC STATE RECORDS (NYC)

EUROPEAN PRESSING ON LA VIDA ES UN MUS

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