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Fake News

by Phantom Power

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Fake News - Full Album Mix 43:33
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2.
Launch Sequence 01:05
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3.
We Sold Our Souls To Google 01:52
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Here Come The Droogs 04:03
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Atonement 01:40
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In The Dark 02:05
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Programmed For Perfect Happiness 07:27
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This Is The Planet Earth 03:17
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Start Taking Meaningful Action 04:38
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We Are All Computer Generated Now 02:28
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Fake News 06:02
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A Million Versions Of Reality (Featuring Skylephant) 03:10
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about

Fake News.
The new album from Phantom Power.
Or is it?

LYRICS, NARRATION AND SAMPLES

'In the Dark' words spoken by boy

In the dark room
An air of mystery sings a sad song
To a woman who's fallen from grace
She lingers and picks up her face
And calls out my name
In the room next to mine

The dark room holds secrets
Of danger and passion and fire
Shadows are broken with buttons and ties
And all I can do is sit here and dream
Of the room next to mine

Narration on 'This is the Planet Earth'

This is the planet Earth
Our planet
It is a small planet, wrapped in clouds
But for us it is a very important place
It is home.

But supposing we look away from the earth,
And travel in our imaginations
Across the vast starry stretches of outer space
Then we can imagine other stars
Stranger stars by far than ever shone in our night sky.
And planets too.

This calm, serene orb,
Sailing majestically among the myriad stars of the firmament,
Perhaps this star too is home for somebody too.
Can we imagine the sort of people who live on a star like this?
Let us go very close,
Let us look and listen very carefully.
Perhaps we shall see
And hear

Narration on 'To go to Sleep and Never Wake Up

I have often wondered
About what it must be like
To go to sleep and never wake up
To be simply not there
For ever and ever.

After all one has some intimidation of this
By the interval that separates going to sleep from waking
When we don't have any dreams
But go to sleep
And then suddenly
We're there again
And in the interim...
Nothing

Intro speech on Start Taking Meaningful Action

We must demand
That our leaders treat the climate crisis
Like a climate crisis
We must demand that our leaders stop holding meaningless summits
And start taking meaningful action

AI narration on 'We are all Computer Generated Now'

We are all computer generated now
We live our lives through screens which distance us from reality
Our opinions
The clothes we wear
The things we consume
The shape of our bodies
Everything we think, do and say
Is controlled by algorithms which are watching our every move

It's time to switch off and regain control of our lives
Make our way back to reality
Put down our screens and reconnect with each other
We are all computer generated now
We are all computer generated now
We are all computer generated now

Lines from Sharyl Attkisson's TEDx talk on Fake News

What is fake news and what is not?
When did fake news begin?
Who's behind the massive effort to direct our attention onto fake news?
Is fake news real?

Lyrics for 'A Million Version fo Reality.

And you and I
We were beautiful.
Our minds connected.
As one.

Somewhere along the way
I lost you.
All that you were
All that you could have been.
Drifting away gently
To the outer limits.

But I will find you.
In a million years
In a million versions of reality
I will find you.
And we’ll sit in our favourite spot
On our favourite planet
And watch them all fade away.

RECORDED AT:
CRIB Studios, Oxford
The CRECHE, Banbury
Dartington Hall Studios
Sklyephant Studios, Chobham

EQUIPMENT USED:
Upright acoustic piano
Cello
Modular Moog
Roland JD800
Yamaha DX7
Akai S1000 sampler
Apple AU sampler
Apple AU instruments
Podolski virtual synth module
Zebralette virtual synth module
OB-Xd virtual synth module
Ragnorak virtual synth module
SINE Player
MacBook Pro
Garageband
LANDR AI for pre-mastering
Audacity for final mastering

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released March 3, 2022

Written, performed and produced by Phantom Power
Vocals on 'A million Versions of Reality': Skylephant

Samples:
Launch sequence:
YouTube snippets +late night short-wave radio

We sold our souls to Google:
Late night short-wave radio. Dexter sample created in Uberduck AI

Here come the droogs:
Intro wind band from the Alan Watts death lecture
Drum sample courtesy of Looperman
Explosion courtesy of Looperman

Atonement
Intro speaking sample unattributed
Big beats courtesy of Looperman
Breaks: First Come, First Serve by Ramon Morris, Uno Esta by Bobbi Humphry

In the Dark
Children laughing courtesy of Looperman
Big beat courtesy of Sample Focus
'In the Dark' sample from the Alan Watts death lecture
Boy speaking unattributed
Bass loop courtesy of Sample Focus

Programmed for Perfect Happiness
Late night short wave radio
Perfect happiness sample unattributed
Does anyone know what phantom power is? sample courtesy of MrAudiaSoundImages

This is the Planet Earth
Opening sequence from The Clangers, narrated by Oliver Postgate
Drum sample courtesy of Sample Focus
Acoustic guitar sample courtesy of Sample Focus

To go to Sleep and Never Wake Up
Narration sample from the Alan Watts death lecture
Drum samples courtesy of Sample Focus

Start Taking Meaningful Action
Intro speech unattributed

We are All Computer Generated Now
'Dopameen' intro unattributed
Vocal narration created in LOVO Ai text to speech engine
Drum samples courtesy of Sample Focus

Fake News
Street sounds courtesy of Looperman
First fake news sample taken from Donald Trump question time
Is fake news real? speech taken from Sharyl Attkisson's TEDx talk 'How Real is Fake News?

A Million Versions of Reality
End 'welcome to the metaverse' sample created in LOVO AI text to speech engine
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Founder, composer, producer + remixer of CRIB Records.

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