News of Today
[Style: slow proto-techno + minimalist + sound design art installation + shortwave radio static + telegraph key clicks + oscillator beeps + pulse wave synth tones + sonar ping synths + glitch + turntablism textures + damaged vocals + CD-skip artifacts + experimental krautrock + atonal avant garde][Vocals: Male + Female duet, old BBC news announcer tone, Mid-Atlantic English salesman, monotone pitch, vocoder saw/square wave, metallic resonance, fragmented phrases, flat delivery, deadpan spoken, double-tracked, layered, no emotional inflection] [Mastering: Hansa Studios vibe, analog space, cold Berlin reverb, stereo width emphasis, vintage decay, −14 LUFS, −1 dBFS headroom, flat radio-room tone]
News of Today
[Style: slow proto-techno + minimalist + sound design art installation + shortwave radio static + telegraph key clicks + oscillator beeps + pulse wave synth tones + sonar ping synths + glitch + turntablism textures + damaged vocals + CD-skip artifacts + experimental krautrock + atonal avant garde][Vocals: Male + Female duet, old BBC news announcer tone, Mid-Atlantic English salesman, monotone pitch, vocoder saw/square wave, metallic resonance, fragmented phrases, flat delivery, deadpan spoken, double-tracked, layered, no emotional inflection] [Mastering: Hansa Studios vibe, analog space, cold Berlin reverb, stereo width emphasis, vintage decay, −14 LUFS, −1 dBFS headroom, flat radio-room tone]
Lyrics
News of Today —
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Experimental electronic piece about current affairs inspired by proto techno, krautrock, avant-garde atonal music, and digital damage.
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From London World Service
Good evening
The world is warming
Human activity is the cause
This is not opinion, this is measurement
Carbon dioxide has risen by half
Since the age of coal and steam
It traps heat
The seas expand
The ice retreats
The climate shifts
The scientific consensus is clear
The greatest weight comes from food
Herds of cattle and sheep release methane, a potent gas
Beef and lamb per kilogram are ten times twenty times
Heavier in impact than other foods
Agriculture consumes land. Agriculture consumes water
Forests are cut. Biodiversity is lost
The machines of information are rising
Computer networks, centres of data, consume power
One percent, two percent, three percent of global electricity
Artificial intelligence increases the demand
The share grows
Yet even with this hunger
The footprint remains smaller than the appetite of meat
The record stands. Meat is heavier than machines
Beef outweighs broadband
Meat is heavier than machines
A steak leaves more carbon than a screen
The climate is changing
The cause is known
The burden grows
The time is short
Meat is heavier than machines
This is London Service
We bid you Good night
Nice Dreams
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