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The Bug

by IDK IDA

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1.
Longing 01:27
2.
Wires 04:51
Wires unplugged from their woven anatomy. Left in a bundle of mere threads in a mess. Naked ends of nerves to unravel to plug back into colourful sockets colourful sockets. Draw me a map of what goes in where of how to restore the fine-meshed spider web for this machine to get back up running running. Please let me escape this error code and stop the bleeding Of electricity Of electricity Naked ends, naked ends of nerves to plug back into colourful sockets. Draw me a map, draw me a map, draw me a map of what goes in where. I’m a mess, I’m a mess, I’m a mess, I’m a mess I’m bleeding electricity I’m bleeding electricity I’m a mess, I’m a mess, I’m a mess, I’m a mess I’m bleeding electricity I’m bleeding electricity
3.
When the temporary goes on and on And eternity ends When winning feels like you lose And losing feels like you win Like you win
 Like you win Win You deny
 You deny You deny 
You deny When the true nature of a power blackout reveals itself And the same string of events repeats itself You deny You deny You deny You deny You deny
4.
Bees Riot 04:38
Doing time 
celebrating progress Licking honey 
of its hands Doing time 
simulating progress As the chemistry 
of beeswax is changing Changing Don’t kill the messenger Doing time
 as the scarab Rolling its dung 
of hibernating Memorabilia 
on microchip 
on micro.. Rolling up hill Rolling, rolling up hill And there is cranes on every corner Building our progress It’s a bees’ riot
It’s a bees’ riot It’s a bees’ riot
It’s a bees’ Bees’ riot Don’t kill the messenger 
Don’t kill the messenger The chemistry
 of beeswax is changing It’s a bees’ riot
 It’s a bees’ riot It’s a bees’ riot
 It’s a bees’ Bees’ riot
5.
Easy, easy
 you’re counting your steps Esasy, piece 
Clint Eastwood takes a shot At the Good, the Bad, the Ugly At dinner time
 At dinner time And I’m starving
 but you only feed me nails For a coffin ment for two Clint Eastwood shoots 
like a pro as an anti-hero And thirst will follow
 the Good, the Bad, the Ugly 
to their grave You’re counting thirty-six steps, twelve at a time Eating up the vacancy 
to oppress the Good, the Bad, the Ugly. Easy, easy 
I asked for water You make me nuts But you know that you contain the Good, the Bad, the Ugly The Ugy The Ugly The Ugly
6.
Sea Creature 03:47
I am like 
a sea creature You pull out of water 
and leaver on the bay out of breath You kept me
in a fish tank Fed me your bull shit
 but you’ve got me hooked I’m in your net I’m in love and out of my element I’m in love an too stupid to flee But how did you catch me
 how did you change me And why won’t you leave me 
when all you ever did was play me Like a bait for entertainment When all you ever did was wait for that someone you could care enough for to love back I’m nearly
 six-thousand miles away But you are still here Yeah you are everywhere You could’ve taught me how to stay above water You could’ve made this my element But you left me out of breath You left me out of breath You left me out of breath
7.
Game of Tag 03:30
Bits of gravel
 slipping, slipping through Cutting edges off Still, counting, counting crowning yet an other fool Caught up 
in a game of tag Caught up 
in a game of tag Eroding, eroding, 
deserting, consoling, yet counting, counting 
crowning yet an other fool Caught up
in a game of tag Caught up
in a game of tag The hourglass is your natural habitat You turn over rocks You pound sand 
pound sand Pound Eroding, repeating the same mistakes Caught up
in a game of tag Caught up
in a game of tag Caught up in a game We’re crowning fools We pound sand, pound sand Pound
8.
I Want To 06:00
I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to

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The album has been produced in solitude over the course of two years.
IDK | IDA has worked with the friction between the mechanic and the organic and created an album that is build by massive webs of field recordings accompanied by heavy beats, kicks and her fragile yet powerful voice.

credits

released November 15, 2017

To everyone who have helped keep the spirit, who have listened to unfinished tracks, who have given me feed back and to everyone who have believed in the project. Thank you.

Special thanks to:

Friðrik Helgason: Recording of vocals and great fun.

Anders Ruby of Tall Man Studio: for understanding my sound and for having great respect for my work during mix/master.

Johannes Asbjørn Eberl Smed: for challenging my production skills and creative language.

Sveinbjörn Thorarensen: for giving me a space to create.

Hið myrka man: for putting me on stage and rocking my world.

All the Weird Kids<3

oh yeah, and NASA. I've sampled your sounds of planets.

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IDK IDA Iceland

The unique industrial electronica of Reykjavik based composer and producer IDK IDA was already evident on her debut THE BUG from 2017 but has become even more uncompromising on EP ‘Muscle Memory’ from 2019. She’s associated with the Icelandic collective Post-Dreifing and an active member of the New Media scene in Iceland. ... more

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