Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us

Brandon Invergo

From the EP "Four Lamentations for Dancefloors".

From the EP "Four Lamentations for Dancefloors".

Moon Atlas Records

Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us by Brandon Invergo

01 - Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us (Original Mix)

01 - Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us by Brandon Invergo

01 - Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us

I Ate Acid On Christmas

Ephemerism

"I Ate Acid On Christmas" is a mini-mix by Ephemerism. It was recorded live in December 2023 and mastered afterwards. The mix was produced using only the following equipment:

- A Roland S-1 synthesizer
- A Teenage Engineering PO-16 "pocket" synthesizer
- An iPad running Ableton Note (for drum loops)

"I Ate Acid On Christmas" is a mini-mix by Ephemerism. It was recorded live in December 2023 and mastered afterwards. The mix was produced using only the following equipment:
<ul>
<li>A Roland S-1 synthesizer</li>
<li>A Teenage Engineering PO-16 "pocket" synthesizer</li>
<li>An iPad running Ableton Note (for drum loops)</li>
</ul>

Ephemerism - Acidnog And Cookies (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Acidnog And Cookies by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Acidnog And Cookies

Ephemerism - Walking In An Acid Wonderland (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Walking In An Acid Wonderland by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Walking In An Acid Wonderland

Ephemerism - We Wish You An Acid Christmas (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - We Wish You An Acid Christmas by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - We Wish You An Acid Christmas

Ephemerism - All I Want For Christmas Is Acid (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - All I Want For Christmas Is Acid by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - All I Want For Christmas Is Acid

Ephemerism - Leave A Hit For Santa (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Leave A Hit For Santa by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Leave A Hit For Santa

Naive Machines

"Naive Machines" is the third release by Ephemerism and combines slow techno with human-like vocal elements. The album is a statement about technology with a particular focus on the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives. The album's driving beats and catchy melodies are offset by unsettling pads and mild distortion. This mirrors the arc of modern technology, whose exciting and uplifting developments are countered by a dystopian sense of dread when viewed in aggregate.

Similarly, the cover art, a six-fingered hand (that was not AI-generated), represents something that AI algorithms struggle with, at least at this time...

"Naive Machines" is the third release by Ephemerism and combines slow techno with human-like vocal elements. The album is a statement about technology with a particular focus on the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in our daily lives. The album's driving beats and catchy melodies are offset by unsettling pads and mild distortion. This mirrors the arc of modern technology, whose exciting and uplifting developments are countered by a dystopian sense of dread when viewed in aggregate.
Similarly, the cover art, a six-fingered hand (that was not AI-generated), represents something that AI algorithms struggle with, at least at this time...

Ephemerism - Behind Closed Doors (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Behind Closed Doors by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Behind Closed Doors

Ephemerism - Arson Earned is Iron Burned (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Arson Earned is Iron Burned by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Arson Earned is Iron Burned

Ephemerism - Forest of Rebellion (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Forest of Rebellion by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Forest of Rebellion

Four Lamentations for Dancefloors

After completing the monumental, 7-part "Immutable Past" retrospective series released on Moon Atlas over the past couple of years, "Four Lamentations for Dancefloors" represents the first new music written by Brandon in over a decade.

He swore to himself that he was done writing dance music, so of course the first new release is an EP of hypnotic and melodic sort-of-techno songs that explore the overlap between nostalgia and regret when looking back on his time in the Chicago scene. The style of the EP is hard to pin down, with each track taking in different sets of influences over some 25 years of listening to electronic music. The songs are stripped back but synth-led, repetitive but always in motion. They are for the moments on the dancefloor where the music merges with you and pushes you inwards, and you forget everything else around you.

After completing the monumental, 7-part "Immutable Past" retrospective series released on Moon Atlas over the past couple of years, "Four Lamentations for Dancefloors" represents the first new music written by Brandon in over a decade.
He swore to himself that he was done writing dance music, so of course the first new release is an EP of hypnotic and melodic sort-of-techno songs that explore the overlap between nostalgia and regret when looking back on his time in the Chicago scene. The style of the EP is hard to pin down, with each track taking in different sets of influences over some 25 years of listening to electronic music. The songs are stripped back but synth-led, repetitive but always in motion. They are for the moments on the dancefloor where the music merges with you and pushes you inwards, and you forget everything else around you.

Four Lamentations for Dancefloors by Brandon Invergo

01 - Anywhere but Here (Original Mix)

01 - Anywhere but Here by Brandon Invergo

01 - Anywhere but Here

02 - I Looked for You in the Place Where My Memories Used to Be (Original Mix)

02 - I Looked for You in the Place Where My Memories Used to Be by Brandon Invergo

02 - I Looked for You in the Place Where My Memories Used to Be

03 - Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us (Original Mix)

03 - Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us by Brandon Invergo

03 - Life Before Life Crushed the Life out of Us

04 - Even Failing to Make Failure an Artform (Original Mix)

04 - Even Failing to Make Failure an Artform by Brandon Invergo

04 - Even Failing to Make Failure an Artform

Who's Ready for Santa?

Ricky the Steamboat

Ricky was ready for Santa 19 years ago, but he knew that you weren't.

Ricky was ready for Santa 19 years ago, but he knew that you weren't.

Who's Ready for Santa? by Ricky the Steamboat

01 - Who's Ready for Santa (Original Mix)

01 - Who's Ready for Santa by Ricky the Steamboat

01 - Who's Ready for Santa

 Immutable Past Vol. 7: Hindsight

In which a much-belated closure is achieved through communion with the past.

―

About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.

In which a much-belated closure is achieved through communion with the past.
―
About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.

 Immutable Past Vol. 7: Hindsight by Brandon Invergo

01 - Tiy's Dirge (Original Mix)

01 - Tiy's Dirge

02 - Making the Same Mistake Twice (Original Mix)

02 - Making the Same Mistake Twice by Brandon Invergo

02 - Making the Same Mistake Twice

03 - Empty Glass (Original Mix)

03 - Empty Glass

04 - Just To Get Through To You (Original Mix)

04 - Just To Get Through To You by Brandon Invergo

04 - Just To Get Through To You

05 - Rebirth (Original Mix)

05 - Rebirth

06 - Frozen (Original Mix)

06 - Frozen

07 - The Ancient Art of Pacifism (Original Mix)

07 - The Ancient Art of Pacifism by Brandon Invergo

07 - The Ancient Art of Pacifism

08 - Hindsight (Original Mix)

08 - Hindsight

09 - The Ontologist (Original Mix)

09 - The Ontologist

10 - May Is The Same As January (Original Mix)

10 - May Is The Same As January by Brandon Invergo

10 - May Is The Same As January

11 - Sometimes I Feel Like (Original Mix)

11 - Sometimes I Feel Like by Brandon Invergo

11 - Sometimes I Feel Like

Immutable Past Vol. 6: Asocial Club

Misfit dance music for misfit club-goers.

―

About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.

Misfit dance music for misfit club-goers.
―
About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.

Immutable Past Vol. 6: Asocial Club by Brandon Invergo

01 - Disco Atonement feat. Lee Chameleon (Original Mix)

01 - Disco Atonement feat. Lee Chameleon by Brandon Invergo

01 - Disco Atonement feat. Lee Chameleon

02 - No Signal (Original Mix)

02 - No Signal

03 - Pantscum (Original Mix)

03 - Pantscum

04 - Leftwrist (Original Mix)

04 - Leftwrist

05 - Obsidian (Original Mix)

05 - Obsidian

06 - Dead Horse (Original Mix)

06 - Dead Horse

07 - Cichlid (Original Mix)

07 - Cichlid

08 - Bend My Circuits (Original Mix)

08 - Bend My Circuits

09 - Quentin's River Dance (Original Mix)

09 - Quentin's River Dance by Brandon Invergo

09 - Quentin's River Dance

10 - Leftwrist (DJ Shiva Remix)

10 - Leftwrist(DJ Shiva Remix) by Brandon Invergo

10 - Leftwrist

Hazy Memories

In Belgium, nature is always close, but civilization is never far away. The inspiration for the tracks in this EP is humanity's conflicted relationship with nature. "Hazy Memories" features a hypnotic and somber guitar amongst a backdrop of deep and contemplative sounds.

In Belgium, nature is always close, but civilization is never far away. The inspiration for the tracks in this EP is humanity's conflicted relationship with nature. "Hazy Memories" features a hypnotic and somber guitar amongst a backdrop of deep and contemplative sounds.

Ephemerism - They Take No Offense (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - They Take No Offense by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - They Take No Offense

Ephemerism - Come Back the Next Day (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Come Back the Next Day by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Come Back the Next Day

Ephemerism - Experience the Passage of Time (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Experience the Passage of Time by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Experience the Passage of Time

Ephemerism - Millions of Mindlessly Chattering Monkeys (Original Mix)

Ephemerism - Millions of Mindlessly Chattering Monkeys by Ephemerism

Ephemerism - Millions of Mindlessly Chattering Monkeys

 Immutable Past Vol. 5: Total Dissolution of the Self

These songs present further excursions into self-discovery. Only when you fully lose your grip on yourself do you find yourself.

―

About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.

These songs present further excursions into self-discovery. Only when you fully lose your grip on yourself do you find yourself.
―
About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.

 Immutable Past Vol. 5: Total Dissolution of the Self by Brandon Invergo

01 - Snowdrift (Original Mix)

01 - Snowdrift

02 - Pseudonaut (Original Mix)

02 - Pseudonaut

03 - Bogtown (Original Mix)

03 - Bogtown

04 - Bivouac (Original Mix)

04 - Bivouac

05 - Snowdrift (Buried)

05 - Snowdrift(Buried) by Brandon Invergo

05 - Snowdrift

07 - 111688 (Yeti Quest Audio Product)

07 - 111688(Yeti Quest Audio Product) by Brandon Invergo

07 - 111688

06 - Last (Original Mix)

06 - Last

 Immutable Past Vol. 4: Yeti Quest

These are songs of an ersatz path to self-discovery. Even as you orient yourself true to the goal, you are led further and further astray.

―

About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.

All songs written and produced by Brandon Invergo, except "Stocklona" written and produced by Brandon Invergo & Pale Blue Sky (palebluesky.bandcamp.com).

"Everybody Get Hypoactive" contains samples from The Conet Project (Irdial-Discs, 1997). In accordance with Irdial-Disc's Free Music Philosophy (irdial.com/free_and_easy.htm), the song is provided here for free and under a compatible Creative Commons license.

These are songs of an ersatz path to self-discovery. Even as you orient yourself true to the goal, you are led further and further astray.
―
About the Immutable Past series:
Brandon Invergo has written a lot of music across various electronic styles, with no real previous effort to release the vast majority of it. The Immutable Past series consolidates much of this across multiple volumes. No longer having the means to edit any of the original recordings, Brandon is presenting these works as frozen in time, imperfect but immutable artifacts of a past life. Any semblance of chronology is rejected in favor of finding common threads and obsessive fixations. Original song titles have been retained, no matter how irrelevant, however everything has been stripped of any artistic pseudonyms and finally presented together under his own name, regardless of genre.
All songs written and produced by Brandon Invergo, except "Stocklona" written and produced by Brandon Invergo &amp; Pale Blue Sky (palebluesky.bandcamp.com).
"Everybody Get Hypoactive" contains samples from The Conet Project (Irdial-Discs, 1997). In accordance with Irdial-Disc's Free Music Philosophy (irdial.com/free_and_easy.htm), the song is provided here for free and under a compatible Creative Commons license.