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my good friend, dj hurula, and i were commissioned to put together this piece. the idea was to give a glimpse into the life of watchamn nee - a chinese christian who planted underground home churches despite it being against the law. the 400 churches he planted before being imprisoned in 1952 have grown to over 2,300. the quote that opens up the song was found written on a piece of paper under his pillow after he died in prison in 1972. i wrote the song, and dj then put the visuals around it.

fire works in the nebraska sky

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another of my good friends, tim hossler, is a graphic designer and 2d artist. he made this video (and the one below) as part of his application for his masters program at the cranbrook academy of art. for both pieces, he took digital video, pulled stills from the video, and reassembled the stills into a video - like a collage you see one piece at a time, giving the illusion of motion. for "fire works..." for the main song, i assembled the names of different firecrackers into lyrics. i wrote the track around a loop of a song called "galaxy" by hippiehaus. it also features john lee hooker singing "boom boom boom" and "bang bang bang" on the chorus. hopefully a version of this song will be on the next hyp0static release. the intro and outro is part of a song by hank williams.

2000 paris or bridgette bardot was god

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tim shot this one on a trip to paris when he was working for annie leibovitz. he wanted it to have the kind of mysterious feel of someone being in a new place for the first time, taking in all of the sights, sounds, and experiences - a modern "american in paris." i created the sound design more like a dj-mix, using loops from various french songs, mixed with the odd american piece thrown in here and there, peppered with the obligatory serge gainsbourg. all tied together with a unifying beat.