- 1world has ended for me many times and still began again in the morning
- 2low desire society
- 3world of
- 4lost in translation
- 5no answer greater than silence, no punishment greater than forgiveness
- 6heavyweight
- 7Vlad's story
- 8memory of a memory (with Ben Bondy)
- 9spirit muscle
- 10Era's story
- 11shedding skin
- 12choreography of life
- 13Yves' story
- 14i lived so carefully thinking someone was watching
- 15those who died yesterday might have been thinking about tomorrow
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Open edition
life of mu’ is an album of music. It’s by mu tate.
It basks in a new dawn. The album sees our artist in songcraft mode, carving out form from the shadowy bedrock of dubbed out ambience that has come to characterise much of his previous work. It’s an expansion of his textural palette, undergirded by a newfound sense of structure and focus.
The skittering drums and loping bass on ‘world of’ and ‘no answer...’ bring sinew and muscle, an infusion of heft and propulsion to the free-flowing mercury at the heart of mu tate’s music. The weight is emotional, too: the release is broken up by three stories told by close friends, imbuing the album with an intimacy that speaks to its status as a true statement of intent. opener ‘world has ended for me many times and still began again in the morning’ and ‘shedding skin’ engage directly with change and transformation, a rarity in a musical ecosystem that chooses typically to eschew explicitness for enigma.
Long-time kindred spirit and collaborator Ben Bondy shows voice on ‘memory of a memory’, whose seductive guitars swirls lock in to dancefloor-conducive drum mechanics, while ‘heavyweight’ unlocks levitation within its slo-mo headbang. It’s pure flow state, music designed for body and heart and the ineffable spirit mediating the two.
‘life of mu’ is a fragmentary diary. It locates lasting meaning from fleeting impressions, the synaptic flicker of city lights seen from planes at nighttime. It’s hallucinatory but contemplative, choosing to take note, to evolve and concretise, rather than swim in dream and illusion.
Written and produced by mu tate
Drums on ‘heavyweight’ by Dmitry Strekalovs
‘Vlad's story’ written and narrated by Vlad Lukins
‘Era's story’ written and narrated by Era
‘Yves' story’ written and narrated by Yves B. Golden
Vocals, lyrics, and additional guitar on ‘memory of a memory’ by Ben Bondy
Mastered by Ike Zwanniken
Words by Madjestic Kasua
It basks in a new dawn. The album sees our artist in songcraft mode, carving out form from the shadowy bedrock of dubbed out ambience that has come to characterise much of his previous work. It’s an expansion of his textural palette, undergirded by a newfound sense of structure and focus.
The skittering drums and loping bass on ‘world of’ and ‘no answer...’ bring sinew and muscle, an infusion of heft and propulsion to the free-flowing mercury at the heart of mu tate’s music. The weight is emotional, too: the release is broken up by three stories told by close friends, imbuing the album with an intimacy that speaks to its status as a true statement of intent. opener ‘world has ended for me many times and still began again in the morning’ and ‘shedding skin’ engage directly with change and transformation, a rarity in a musical ecosystem that chooses typically to eschew explicitness for enigma.
Long-time kindred spirit and collaborator Ben Bondy shows voice on ‘memory of a memory’, whose seductive guitars swirls lock in to dancefloor-conducive drum mechanics, while ‘heavyweight’ unlocks levitation within its slo-mo headbang. It’s pure flow state, music designed for body and heart and the ineffable spirit mediating the two.
‘life of mu’ is a fragmentary diary. It locates lasting meaning from fleeting impressions, the synaptic flicker of city lights seen from planes at nighttime. It’s hallucinatory but contemplative, choosing to take note, to evolve and concretise, rather than swim in dream and illusion.
Written and produced by mu tate
Drums on ‘heavyweight’ by Dmitry Strekalovs
‘Vlad's story’ written and narrated by Vlad Lukins
‘Era's story’ written and narrated by Era
‘Yves' story’ written and narrated by Yves B. Golden
Vocals, lyrics, and additional guitar on ‘memory of a memory’ by Ben Bondy
Mastered by Ike Zwanniken
Words by Madjestic Kasua
