the.zer0.precept
/01 escape_it/
december 0122/ 12:00am et
(HW-645318)
you will not
/01_______escape_it/
__________you will not(121.012as/sfa90)
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"Round Em Up": 1667260800,
"Escape It": 1669852800,
"Enter Marco": 1672531200,
//"We Felt Everything To Feel": 1719792000,
]
}
Then they come out at night like wolves on the prowl and we are all left standing naked before them. Our eyes like stones, our hearts like flames, our skin like plastic.
All of these things happened gradually over time; none of them started overnight like a movie would make it seem. they did it to drum up a frenzy among people so that industry and economy could silently steal from them their personhood. We did what we had to do.
when they came to my house, they asked me to open the door.
they said they were there to help.
I didn't have anything to hide.
they said they would be gentle.
I let them in with a smile on my face
because I was scared and didn't know what else to do.
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In September 2022 Joey Midoro (aka "Joey Zero") set out with the goal of making music with no other purpose than just being something that he would enjoy listening to. Prior to this point, all of his music was purpose-built: bespoke backing audio for the content that it was accompanying.
The Zero Precept is a musical project drawing from a mixture of older and newer influences: from late 90s and early 00s industrial acts like nine inch nails, marilyn manson, and rammstein to newer EDM, synthwave, and cyberpunk influences like Gesaffelstein, Hyper, and Carpenter Brut.
The music is founded around the inexplicable development of behavioral patterns as a response to trauma, and how those patterns affect the formation of the division between our physical and digital lives. The project's debut album "Potentiality Problem" is an exploration of the non-dual nature of this division, and how it can be simultaneously helpful and harmful to the development of personhood. It toys with the idea of physicality contrasted against the function of simulated physicality, the development of parasocial relationships alongside earnest human connection in both physical and digital spaces, and the psychological need for culture amidst the tumultuous navigation of daily life.
This music aims to provide a soundtrack for the modern developer entering their hacker vigilante/corporate villain arc.
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The album's title is a reference to the psychological phenomenon of "potentiality," which refers to the idea that we are constantly living in anticipation of things that may or may not come to pass. This theme is explored through both tracks that reference simulated worlds such as video games, and those that draw upon real-world anxieties such as climate change and economic uncertainty viewed through the eyes of a lower-class worker looking to capitalize on technology to build a platform of stability for themselves.
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The second release of the album, "Escape It" is an aggressive, lyrically-driven song that is bit more straightforward in its message: the subject of this song is a worker lamenting the deterioration of the integrity of the working class to pay the ever-increasing cost of participation in modern society, and a declaration of action as the subject resolves not to be taken advantage of anymore. It encourages the listener to escape their current circumstances, but more importantly, it signals a change in the economic demeanor of lower-class workers - the repercussions of which are inescapable for their oppressors.
The track itself features a repeated midtempo synthesizer riff with driving, marching percussion joined by heavily distorted electric guitars and bass, with accents containing a mix of analog sounds from industrial workspaces and synthetic, low-bitrate sounds that symbolize the vehicle that technology presents for dissatisfied workers to organize and carry this mindset into their everyday work environments.
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For business contact, please email Joey Midoro (business@joeymidoro.com)
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