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The Axis of Self

by apwnm x tannis

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1.
Cult 06:13
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Call it admiration if you wish but I´ve never managed to inhabit such a face of peace and even less such a mind The pieces seem to fit like lithospheric plates resting against each others edges No smile No frown No eyes Even turned away at ease My plates are forced cracks The eruption awaits Calm is close, but too far She hides underneath pushes trough inconveniently Bitchy manners Twitchy expressions Nervous cheeks Bite marks on lips Eyes overwhelmed longing for sleep I´m getting closer to the state But close is barely visible A new love A sorrow A great loss An entire country away (I'll bend my head I'll kneel I'll worship if i must) The life in that facial atmosphere is of no worldly concern I'll bend my head I'll kneel I'll even worship (I´ll worship if i must) I'll form a cult (I'll bend my head I'll kneel I'll worship if i must)
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Dying to Move 07:48
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Reaching the tunnel the one to rewind it all and the one to move you forward too Time moves along with my body It’s hard to really know how deep and lengthy it will be going backwards I start crawling It’s so narrow my body barely fits To move forward I dig with all of my hands It's not dirt my nails are clawing at It’s uncomfortable bones and saturated flesh It’s grounded to one and the same A mash, a paste, a mince How much of it is me and my dissolving outlines? Moving through this sinuous labyrinth No alternative routes Disintegrating during the course If there ever was a mind, it’s gone Body completely embraced Movements are even more ambiguous now Enclosed in the throat of time Fluid increases as I go Venom breaking down the volume of my torso Excess fat and breasts Remaking my anatomy Body or walls surrounding it All the same Does time still exist? Do I, without the parts of me? Shoulders and hips Does time exist without me? All the same All the same Exhilaration replaces the chunks I’m missing In the end, the spine remains
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Being 07:31
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She is sick/well but her sickness/wellness is not real as if she’s drunk/high Her body almost weighing nothing/heavy, on the streets floating through the streets/She wears nothing She wears a nightgown/She is in control She is impossible to control or keep track of She's singing She loves to sing And dancing She hasn’t died yet/She is alive yet but she will She’s going/be going quite soon In a way her mind is already dead The confusion/clarity The darkness/brightness The vivid memories/Reality The disorientation Brief moments Light and easy/Dark and heavy Being a body Feet rushing/dragging along Not/Stopping for hours Being led/Leading Being held/Holding Being carried/Carrying Being moved/Moving Being Belonging Keeps track of her voice and her movements The confusion The darkness The vivid memories The disorientation Brief moments Dark and heavy/Light and easy Being a body Feet dragging/rushing along Not/Stopping for hours Leading/Being led Holding/Being held Carrying/Being carried Moving/Being moved Being Belonging She hasn’t died yet But she will She is going/She is alive But she will be going quite soon In a way her mind is already dead
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Signs 07:27
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We hold signs in our mouths like the skies we figure it out Although they look all the same I keep losing them like falling stars one is swallowed one spit out My tongue can identify which sign If I want to say something I hold it out between my teeth to shine One is swallowed one spit out One swallowed one spit out one spit out spit out My tongue can identify which sign If want to say something I hold it out between my teeth to shine Genom nattens blå miljoner stjärnor gå och när en stjärna faller, faller den för Dig Och jag önskar då, att all din kärlek få ty när en stjärna faller, faller den för dig Varje stjärna som blänker, vishet mig skänker mer och mer att om lyckan får råda den åt oss båda ler… … Och jag önskar då, att all din kärlek få ty när en stjärna faller, faller den för dig Varje stjärna som blänker, vishet mig skänker mer och mer att om lyckan får råda den åt oss båda ler Genom nattens blå miljoner stjärnor gå och när en stjärna faller, faller den för Dig…
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Outro Harakiri 05:12
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Du hade bestämt dig Varför var det så enkelt? som en katt som slutade äta Jag var den enda villiga bödeln med ansvarsfrihet Ditt liv står i skuld till dig och tvärtom Delfinen håller andan Att fullborda din plan skulle bli så lätt, varför? Inte som en spindel som låter sitt barn konsumera kroppen Jag frågade aldrig hur du skulle göra Men åsnan kastade sig utför ett stup Jag skulle bara distrahera När ekorren bröt sin egen nacke (Distrahera, Harakiri) Döva protester när du biter dig själv hårt i armen när du gör din egen vätska blöt när du skär upp magen när du
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The Axis of Self Rotation (Back to Back Version) 34:05
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The album balances abstract elements with entities of flesh. A self-centric machine, not quite human. Drones go into orbit to send out distress signals. Looking for life only to dissolve into dust and noise.

All tracks are 44.100/24-bit.
The Axis of Self Rotation (Back to Back Version) is the whole album as one seamless listening experience.

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released January 12, 2024

apwnm x tannis is a mechanical puncture in space where Noise awakens and Words are spoken. Searching for existence, findings to be announced. Berlin based collab (IT/SWE).

Al tracks 44.100/24bit
The Axis of Self Rotation (Back to Back Version) is the whole album as 1 seamless listening experience.

Alessandro "apwnm" Ielo : noise maker / music composer
Malin "tannis" Garptoft : vocal mangler / lyricist

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