HD, by Atom™

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1.	Pop HD 04:08	lyrics	buy track
Pop HD, électricité, la physique de la pureté. Pop HD, la beauté des résistances, c’est intense et politique. Pop HD, intensité, la fréquence, esthétique et résistance. Pop HD, le progrès, tradition et persistance, évolution, intransigeance. Pop HD Pop HD Pop HD, sonorité, artificielle et synthétique, manifeste spirituel. Pop HD, capacité, direction, mouvement uni, courant, atome, c’est infini. Pop HD Pop HD (to fade).
2.	Strom 03:42	lyrics	buy track
Volt, Watt, Ampere, Ohm: Strom Sonne, Wasser, Wind, Atom: Strom Rhythmus, Ton, Musik gemacht aus Strom
3.	I love U (Like I love my Drum Machine) feat. Jamie Lidell 03:54	lyrics	buy track
Oh, I am obsessed by the way u move. Some people say it is the way u groove (so smooth). Oh, I am obsessed by the way u swing (u sexy thing). And that’s why I’d die to hear u sing. And it goes like: (Bridge) I love u, like I love my drum machine. Oh I need u, yeah, ’cause u feed my heart beat. Upon my touch u make the sound that I need. (I need it, I want it.) Love u so much, yeah, just like I love this drum beat. And it goes like: (Bridge) I love u, like I love my drum machine. Oh I need u, yeah, ’cause u feed my heart beat. To use the words of Martin Luther: ‘I have a dream!’ Now hear my drum computer: (Solo) Oh, I’m the king of swing, come and be my queen. I love u like, love u like, love u like... I love u, like I love my drum machine. Oh I need u, yeah, ’cause u feed my heart.
4.	The Sound of Decay 03:35	lyrics	buy track
Do you hear our words sound like humming? Do you fear the sound of decay? Near the edge you better stop running. It is here: The sound of decay. I merge my voice with the eternal noise. My words become, no matter what I say, the sound of decay. ’round and ’round and ’round and ’round, sound by sound, by sound, by sound, day by day, by day, by day... The sound of decay.
5.	Empty 03:43	lyrics	buy track
Internet killed the video star. I am thrilled! Yeah! All you see is fake and raw, is empty. I say: Empty MTV Empty MTV (repeat) MP3 killed the MTV. I am thrilled! Yeah! All there is economy. It’s just empty. I say: Empty MTV Empty MTV (repeat)
6.	Riding the Void 06:29	lyrics	buy track
Riding the void on a wave of sound. Beat by beat, feet on the ground. Riding the void. The perfect pulse, I wanted more, when our hands touched on the dancefloor.
7.	Stop (Imperialist Pop) 03:36	lyrics	buy track
Stop imperialist pop! Stop imperialist pop! Sony, Warner, RCA, Disney channel, day by day. Sonic invasion from nation to nation. Gaga, Gomez, Timberlake: give us a f... in’ break! Stop imperialist pop! Stop imperialist pop! Stop! Universal, BMG, EMI, monstrosity. Fascist control thanks to rock’n’roll. Corporate sound in Dolby Surround™. Stop imperialist pop! Stop imperialist pop! Stop imperialist pop! Stop!
8.	My Generation 04:03	lyrics	buy track
People try to put us down. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) Just because we get around. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) Things they do look awful cold. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) I hope I die before I get old. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby Why don’t you all fade away. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) And don’t try to dig what we all say. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) I’m not trying to cause a big sensation. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) I’m just talkin’ ’bout my generation. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby Why don’t you all fade away. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) And don’t try to dig what we all say. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) I’m not trying to cause a big sensation. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) I’m just talkin’ ’bout my generation. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby People try to put us down. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) Just because we get around. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) Things they do look awful cold. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) Yeah, I hope I die before I get old. (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby
9.	Ich bin meine Maschine 06:33	lyrics	buy track
20 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 40 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 60 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 100 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 200 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 400 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 800 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 1000 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 2000 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 4000 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 8000 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 10000 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine 20000 Hz und ich bin meine Maschine Ich bin meine Maschine Ich bin meine Maschine Ich bin meine Maschine Ich bin meine Maschine

about

„HD“ can be described as Atom™‘s electronic quintessence: a blend of pop, electronic abstraction and powerful grooves - an invention Atom™ stands for and which was popularized through previous releases, classics in the electronica genre, such as „Pop Artificielle“ and others.

Here is what the artist says:
As so often I was asked to say and write something about the recording you are currently having in front of you: „HD“. To any musician this is no doubt a complicated moment, since the choice of medium had already been taken in the first place: music. However, it seems that the written word needs to accompany the music, if not just to make sure the composer knows how to defend himself. Let me be frank, in the past this has been a rather ungrateful job, due to the fact that words either seem to appear like a method of justification or explanation of something that in my modest opinion doesn‘t need either one of the two. In the same sense in which „Liedgut“ wasn‘t about romaticism and „Winterreise“ had nothing to do with Schubert, „HD“ isn‘t about anything I‘d wish to express in a lengthy text or would like to see you being able to pinpoint or sell with a flashy headline. In order to get done with the headline, apart from the rather descriptive details I will dedicate my time to in an instant:

HD is a spiritual work
HD is a musical work
HD is a scientific work

The first recordings for „HD“ were made in 2005. Back then the album still carried another title which was „Hard Disc Rock“. The initial selection of songs for „Hard Disc Rock“ was of course a very different one, and while the years passed by most of those songs which did not continue to please, were one by one replaced by newer compositions (in fact the track „Stop (Imperialist Pop)“, which entered the album around 2009, does contain a fragment of an Atom™ track from 1998 called „Hard Disc Rock (don‘t stop)“.) All of the „early“ tracks for the later re-entitled „HD“ album necessarily were subject to profound changes in music and words, and I can say that by the time around 2012 „Hard Disc Rock“ had completely transformed into something else, which is pretty much what you got laying in front of you right now. „HD“ contains a couple of contributions by friends and colleagues such as Jamie Lidell (main vocals on „I love U“), Alva Noto (additional programmings on „Ich bin meine Maschine“), Marc Behrens (additional programmings on „Strom“ and „My Generation“), Jean-Charles Vandermynsbrugge (main vocals on „Pop HD“). Dominique Depret (guitars) and chilean pop star Jorge Gonzalez (backing vocals, guitar and bass raw material) - a diverse selection of guest musicians which very much reflects the general spirit of „HD“.

credits

released March 18, 2013

HD is not compatible with mono audio systems, laptop speakers, cell phones or any other inferior reproduction method.

All titles written by Atom™ except „My Generation“ written by Pete Townshend; all titles published by Freibank Musikverlag except „My Generation“ published by Fabulous Music Ltd.

HD programmed, recorded, arranged, edited, mixed and mastered by Atom™ at the Bowman Suite, Santiago de Chile.

Council: Cecilia Aguayo; art direction, design and retouch by Atom™; original photo by Renato del Valle; makeup by Constanza Martinez; typography by Olaf Bender.

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