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A STAR IS MISCARRIED

by F8

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1.
imPERFECTION 01:25
Instrumental
2.
Diskonnekt 05:04
DISKONNEKT (Music & lyrics by Paul Blom - c 2000 / 2003 / 2017) Sometimes - I want to Disconnect myself How thin the line And blurry the border We're the balance entwined Between chaos and order Between pain & ecstasy Love & hate Between madness & sanity - Lies us Between failure / success Rich & poor Between moderation & excess - Lies us Between wrong & right To defend or to fight Between blindness & sight - Lies us Sometimes - I want to Disconnect myself How thin the line And blurry the border We're the balance Between chaos and order Between good & evil Heaven & Hell Between man & animal - Lies us Between yesterday's news And the lies of tomorrow Between opposing views - Lies us Between bliss & sorrow To force or to choose Between beg & borrow - Lies us Sometimes - I want to Disconnect myself How thin the line And blurry the border We're the balance entwined Between chaos and order Order / Chaos Between joy & sadness War & peace Between vengeance - forgiveness - Lies us Between the soul and the flesh Dirty & clean Between rotten & fresh - Lies us Between darkness & light Pious & obscene Weakness & might - Lies us Chaos / Order Between fact & fiction Probability & chance Between harmony & friction - Lies us Between hit & miss Black & white Between serious and taking the piss - Lies us Between wisdom / stupidity The calm & the storm Between humanity - barbarity - Lies us How thin the line And blurry the border We're the balance entwined Between chaos and order Sometimes - I want to Disconnect myself Order / Chaos
3.
a.c.h.e. 03:52
Instrumental
4.
Drone [v2.0] 02:12
Instrumental

about

[Recorded in 2000]
In the mid-'90s Paul and Springbok Nude Girls guitarist Theo Crous became friends. (Theo went on to become a renowned producer, co-producing the 2014 Terminatryx "Shadow" album with Paul).
In 1999 Paul borrowed a 4-track recorder from Theo to lay down some songs. Two of these were salvaged and included here (in its unmixed analog glory). After laying down beats, a few layers of bass guitar got added. Most songs got lost but two instrumentals were salvaged (not everyone has a cassette deck lying around to convert to digital!).

These two analog tracks are on the lo-fi side, but laced with mood.
The one track was used with various other F8 songs as soundtrack for a short film made by Paul and Sonja (his wife and co-creator of Terminatryx, the South African HorrorFest Film Festival and The Makabra Ensemble). The short film was titled imPERFECTION, and since it only had a working title, it seemed apt to change it to match that of the movie as it's title theme.
In addition to these two analog instrumentals, another shelved song ("Diskonnekt") was resurrected and re-recorded, plus version 2 of Drone, a continuation of the percussion loop cut from 1998's Pronounced: FATE.

The cover image is by renowned South African artist (and Paul's school art teacher in the 1980s!) Vernon Swart - www.vernonswart.co.za

Logo and cover design by Paul Blom

credits

released August 1, 2000

Produced, recorded, performed, mixed & mastered by Paul Blom (aka Pablo Priest) for Flamedrop Productions
Cover image by Vernon Swart - www.vernonswart.co.za
Logo & cover design by Paul Blom
Bass guitars, vocals, programming, sequencing, synths: Paul Blom

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F8 Cape Town, South Africa

in 1997 V.O.D drummer Paul bought a bass guitar while the band was touring Europe (with Katatonia and In The Woods). On returning to South Africa he started creating music on his own terms, with no restrictions. Anything goes. Coining the term Tekno-Grind for this solo project (which only utilizes bass guitars), the initial intention for what it would sound like resulted in an eclectic beast! ... more

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