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Ultra Vires

by Vasillus

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1.
Monitor 04:28
Deep in the hollowest vertebrae Elastic motor To fuel the ways that we hesitate Won't cross the border Incantations What we offer Decorations For the altar Preparation for departure Caught away in a power play Conjured the north wind A paper heart to desire flame Romance - the ashes Incantations What we offer Decorations for the altar Reservations for the slaughter Monitor me You want to lead with light You want vision You don't have the sight to walk away now Preparation for departure Reservations for the slaughter
2.
A child of the promenade The gift you gave has made me Estranged from my hiding place The mess I've made will save me If I am but a pebble in his garden He knows my name Heightened heavens fall away Kneel before the ones you lay A child of the mountain shade The winds of change have claimed me The grains of my younger ways This labyrinth amazed me A child of the everglade My lazy ways, my daydreams Align to my darker days This mess I've made will save me If I am but a pebble
3.
In Fences 04:56
Love in chains Know my ways Hold my face Close the gate Don't keep me in fences Blown through // Come to me Tame shrew // Undo me Trace me safely I am wild for you Ever changing I am wild for you Feral state Run in place New terrain Leave me space to breathe Don't keep me in fences Blown through // Undo me Tame shrew // Come to me Lie beside me I am wild for you Trace me safely I am wild for you Always trying I am wild for you Ever changing I am wild for you
4.
Toomsuba 04:25
Another crocodile came before me They trapped him in a river wide He has a second spine to tell his story His poison is much quicker than mine I felt it shifting my axis Surrender to serpent skin We have an irregular practice The synchronized sale of skin Black horses carry me White river / Silver sea Another animated cosmic gesture Brings me closer to your door I follow through all of his strange suggestions It's beaming softly to my core There is another response to the question How long before I close my eyes He tells me "Brother, this is sweet perfection In Toomsuba, come say hi" Black horses carry me White river / Silver sea I tell myself another life is boring The privilege of the world is blind Watch the way it shaves the story I'll learn to fill this space in time
5.
Appelat 04:14
One hand on my shoulder I believe his words Commit to the order I am seen -- not heard We deliver the damage Walk to the edge I can see it fade Aiming to please An unwelcome guest in this bed I've made Sever the handshake Deliver the earthquake Your magnificent light Drowned in sight You're covered completely in gold and white This great beautiful line No end in sight Covered completely Holy night
6.
Nexo Sexo 04:14
Why are we here? We live beyond control Somewhat surreal I recognize the warning signs I go neutral Minor title 'Nexo Sexo' - You go, I go If you know the things you think you know Then why are you here He needs you - he knows What else to give? I lie along the lines Two ways to live - Winter whore // Summer bride I go neutral Minor title 'Nexo Sexo' - You go, I go
7.
There's a broken book I've been reading Little broken words for my broken mind Is a broken line worth repeating? Brittle broken pages so hard to bind Carry a flask for the drunker you Wearing a mask for the younger you There's a broken book you've been writing Every verb attached to some limb of mine There's a broken verse filled with fighting Little love to surge is so hard to find Finish the task on the hunt for you How do I ask for what I want from you? Where do I start? I would wait for you Tenderest heart I can't change for you Don't break the spell Break the book
8.
Ampere 02:42
Magnetic man to guide the current in my dreams It's in his plan to change the way the numbers read Divided land, he plants the seed to watch them grow Circuits are wild tonight The breaking point unknown (It's amazing, and I'm like, because of him, we're plugged in, okay? We need to connect. It's amazing.) No carbon cell can hold a prisoner of belief The world is charged I hope your soul finds sweet release TANDEM FELIX

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Recorded, mixed and engineered by Mike Kutchman
at Kutch-1 Studios in Brooklyn, NY

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released December 1, 2016

Mastered by Lupo Lubich
Album artwork - "Hypnose" by Sascha Schneider

Roxanna Bilal - background vocals on "Monitor" and "Ampere"

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Vasillus Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque-based experimental musician, A. Bilal.

Created out of a necessity to write and perform compositions that explore various stages of dissonance through a black, queer lens.

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