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looking to the sky like i just might fly away and yet i stay grounded when i feel surrounded by gravity i fathom the limits before i dive in it the immersion is beautiful embraces the soul like a crucible and fully suitable for the chosen few we thrive in it stay alive in the infinite intensification where i connect dots like constellations facing each possibility willingly and feeling the effects of it love it or leave it i believe it matters each time we shatter the void avoid shrapnel realize the actual impact is in fact gradual we could touch the stars just to see what they're made of and tell everybody the results that came from the investigation that was actually something similar to the Jupiter Gate where Dave met a fate of star birth way before there ever was a starboy employed to satellite the Earth on some Alderon twin moons effect where there's multiple pulls to intellect and it wrecks focus like white noise employs distraction and subjugates action by taking traction from the equation slippin' into darkness on pitch black arks aligned into sight lines where vanishing points combine
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sounds like summarization dream home invasion attenuation for regulation of damage handling vanishing acts if that impacts the flow then call wrap on the variety show put it in syndication then mark time until there's vindication to iterate dictate getaway routes in hopes of some great escape lost in altered states that feel like a chain of great depressions new contestants suggesting game the system and play the victim thin on wisdom logic twisted up something fearsome commitment is optional here's an ideological obstacle tied to audible stimulus indigenous matter will answer to native instruments stimulus package delivered well is dry til you cry me a river about it CaT2D is shrouded in mysticism an cynicism in a mixed bag with a tagline looking back at a pastime paradise nice dreams for the comatose beings closing their all-seeing eyes this'll be the indication that hibernation is a protest statement stepping away without looking back as everything fades to black sick with the fact that i find myself in the thick of what boils down to a quick fix to dismiss the listless spirit feel the torment that comes with facing the fact you've been dormant for just a bit too long out here hustling all wrong ghostwriting a swan song to sing when they bring flowers along like you're Algernon feed my love 'til it blows away and i feel alright right before i fall apart startup for the endgame fabricate an auxiliary pen name most radiant alias that's known to cut glass so spontaneous various gradients stored in the cranium waiting to be explored navigate me as i pass through storms of first reformed who feel the scorn of those who find bliss in hand over fist approach coasting by seems like people that might rely on vox populi designation as icon those in the know about when the grip lets you go show little to no emotion a token victory eventually lost to history punish all those who rummage through wreckage newly erected and uninspected embrace all things eclectic the skeptic perspective that creates an enemy to tendencies of selective memory
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DUSST Bars 02:16
hours minutes and seconds of feeling disconnected unprotected dismissal on a dime like an elected official representation of defacing intellectual property with nothing but mundane monotony got me all vexed wondering what's next until the moment i checked myself protect myself so i can direct myself to an actualized promise of providence common sense when it gets painfully obvious i was made half-monolith half-obelisk sunlight shining through the cracks in my window pane will numb my brain if i let it and i never forget it like still-lifes stay wise intelligent nanomachine if i'm an unnatural element ultramagnetic poetic check the method of madness for the Everyman Hybrid Habits the water will eventually rise up the audience will open their eyes up the uneducated will wise up our thoughts will hold the skies up doing the impossible for the ungrateful the unwilling the unknowing the hateful if i can't make contact then fate will make anything that's considered innate real that feeling that a ceiling is a limit no sympathy for a timid divinity acting like a temporary infinity is an actual construct that we should conduct in with any assemblance of acceptance that's the sweet blessing of a lifelike weapon of a sentient nature dance with the imminent danger invigorated with innocence
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Looow 02:36
rattle and hum what's today's math on the actual sum total we find at our disposal? wil it suffice to manifest paradise out of anything less than nice dreams? sending out Love Streams like my man John Cassavetes my medley can get a bit heavy at times so i draw a line in the sand 47 levels of logic to understand all coming at you sort of like E. Honda hands beyond the best laid plans implemented yet again there lies the tenant i was up above it and i found myself right back in it in an instant temporal displacement means laying the entire timeline to waste for the sake of break point definition bringing dementia back with me from another dimension those inflicted still cannot identify the symptoms that they themselves personify this is insidious business to tend to the returns are diminishing you clues that were misconstrued are now viewed with the wisdom applied that'll guide folks to a higher ground where the sound advice is emanated and the Deus Ex Machina pattern is emulated all faded glory can receive reparations in the form of a quick restoration otherwise the alternative is a permanent vacation from reconsideration that's living in oblivion gets ushered in like a guest or a form of hypnotic suggestion just another mess on a mission that's put to the test for this expedition
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Earrly War 02:11
the ballad of an early war victim glory times passed at last but the shadow they cast covers much ground and causes shutdown like an e.m.p. soundwave played at the maximum volume and velocity sonic atrocity tape terrorist everyday i write the evidence made a personal settlement that some spirit takes residence within me i envy its ability to move willingly and spread energy i'm an early war victim the wisdom it gave me it what saved me from the symptom inverse placebo step into Cerebro for escapism and the dictation of verbal venom send 'em down a path where the math probably doesn't add up or even subtract much this is on behalf of the out of touch suffering conditioning fully content with polarized listening stereo implies community with a unity unique influences intertwined fluently pre-Babylonian harmonics are still quite possible closed-mindedness is the obstacle wishing all my output were sonic juggernauts unstoppable but i'm just a simple man burdened with a logical mindframe to maintain plausible deniability in my role as an mc better than embedded aesthetic a veteran integrity that doesn't need to be vetted let it set in automatic simpatico at sporadical times it gets downright magical to become organically connected means you've been error corrected subliminally accepted all the serial experiments the result is an ascension beyond comprehension very much in need of a mention and this is one spread the wisdom the ballad of an early war victim
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waste not want not memorandum in tandem with a knack for not holding back at random scattershot griot electric feel in the chamber to seal the deal room in this tomb for a visitor latent inhibitor of nobody in particular call me a tripwire that's making an impact even if i happen to misfire flows like glancing blows i suppose better than standing out of range where nothing is landing moment of clarity from punch drunk infatuation so candid that guard loses out to gravity sacrificial lamb out of my anatomy rapid decay dust from the DNA action for ashes with no delay float in perpetual motion there is an ocean of possibility for the woken taking a sleepwalk off the deep end to transcend the limits of the pen or the shape i'm in something akin to the soul now overexposed to a change of venue deconstructed then discontinued... an ordinary man that manhandles both ends of the candle while lit as i keep stepping into the darkness of my pitch black archetypes manifested out of carbonite for the collector meddle detector that easily identifies the uninvited attempting to infiltrate the enlightened not that evolution is impossible cost benefit of that tilt shift is nominal in terms of the long run the marathon man on one for the ages rattling the cages working through the stages of grief in the search for some sort of relief like subliminal group therapy all of you are helping me the way i'm giving you my everything and i guarantee it means just that talk about impact synergy taking back the term Dragon Energy like gentrification positive spin for the win victorious and vanglorious in equal measure serving up a suture for a future victim letting out the antidote like verbal venom for some thinning of the competition mental inhibition for a great depression the contestants for endgames everyday i write the book so taking a look at it is automatic it's the living revision in the flesh or a close approximation modern Aristotle with the burden of a daily occupation in tow staring out the window with so much longing that denial is clearly wronging to base nature six degrees of erasure meet your maker and become aware of the preferred nomenclature worker with a working title pseudonym suitable for application down to the rudiments
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verbally virtue signaling like filling in the gaps in the form of abstract raps to map out the path to the proof of the matter chatter that shatters pattern recognition the mission is simple to scattershot individuals with interdimensional elevated sense of duty to innovation of sympathetic vibration gospel not gossip for profit looking to offset all false composites so we get parallel scales all set to dissipate when they can't take the weight mass and passage of time keep it aligned like a twin generator design balancing act apparatus pulled in to centripetal madness going in circles expanded and collapsing despite the fact they're full of stars more than illumination suns simply because they shine like one pure tenacity helps when they fill that capacity diabolical molecule looking in to the mirror in the bathroom just outside of the vestibule the waiting room if you will the world's a stage where we're booked to present the real cycle of imitation we feel to the highest degree inner meet me on the level again whispering words that scream of our favorite sin so we can extend the bond of the parallel sentimental journey we're on to the mysteries i've been known to mention beyond black rainbow levels of comprehension freestyle mind design dig as i throw down on double blind technique to speak truth into the realm and make sure that i don't dwell in my private hell how bizarre when considering TheDoomsdayDevice was forged in the heart of a dying star most folks come to check my death rattle and hum production they make copies that operate just like disembodied jalopies
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isolation drills and chills of the winter that's approaching numb my pain like frostbite and i might maintain my sanity through the long night do it all wrong until it's all right for a spell decimate the time duration with an incantation for the ages i'll commit to these pages like sacred information racing through the metacinematic passion in a beautiful tandem fire in the eyes and it seems i can smell the gasoline if you know what i mean burn 'em all like the Mad King and sing for the therapy for some concept of longevity when i realize that severing ties might be the only way to survive in a postmodern strife sorrows are lost on time in the confines of future paradise dark cells with a dominating half-life induce stress that feels very much like a twisted knife instill a healthy dose of healing for real before i hit 'em with the phoenix reveal promises unspoken the wheel will be broken black op mission in motion with momentum slow venom has entered the system to christen a new batch of victims lethal injection personified more quantity means more to monetize meaning notoriety will be on the rise like a high water mark from what i surmise it's round about zero dark thirty still too early for awakening those taking in the steps of this journey might be a bit too vivid for a spirit that has yet to live it counteraction to a casual form of navigation within the manifestation of random placement monumental wake as i break through the unseen spaces proceed to crying freeman to avoid going off the deep end or deepening the sense of empathy so intense it feels like another physical specimen has joined the regiment army of one about to come undone and succumb to the beauty of the songs that remain unsung locked in creation anticipation patiently waitiing this author is similar to Siddhartha on the search for the balance of a silent partner writing lifelines but they tend to take on the form of a rhyme most every time
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Noo Sweat 02:23
ominous anonymous skewed like oculus administered prime optimistic to the whole populous the massive innocuous mocking us with the mentality being casualty to processes that are obsessive possessing a fallible type tactical abstract approach swarming like Marble Hornets dig 'em moving in unison like they could clue me in to the maneuvers druid-like counterintuitive and proving it made the decision to be a living apparition on a black ops mission Colonel Kurtz-level hidden agendas are a strong possibility fire up the flames 'cause it's time for a visionary experience deliriums infinite to divine direction coordinate collection bring doomsday to your vicinity never forget they'll have you thinking Lo Phi and i are imminent threats 'cause we're similar to hip-hop Vietnam vets in this innocence lost living in oblivion whatever the cost might be it's likely we've played it so many times over making this the sobering wake taking in the presence of the heaviness and using it as evidence of absence put into practice never front like my bad habits are tactics seed coded language in the verbal gymnastics to access the different planes of existence seven layer oscillated misfit mystics esoteric darts in the place of ballistics something is feeding us stargate ingredients wishing for some inter-dimensional exposition carrying us through the varying outcomes quantify it all like analytics schizophrenic artist as own worst critic locked in a thought that playing both sides is the way to survive in these times could it be we have arrived? parking the Durango Ninety Five on the side of the highway and walk away into the night unsolved mystery mc seeing where the next steps sends me
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here's what the others see the ground that's under me has shifted so suddenly that it gave the illusion i'm not utilizing gravity when i hold it down as profound as that sounds i must deny it keeping quiet about the skill set will get complicated full disclosure i get master exploder when i get in the pocket getting chat roulette when i hang a topic on the word vomit this is a style composite mastercrafted from stream of consciousness obsess in excess and yet there's no regrets i must confess burning the sacred text invoke and then disconnect runaway intellect in the form of a silhouette that'll invest energy that it manifests at your request ballad of a soul collector with empty nest syndrome personal ghosts have strayed so far from home seems the beacon that they were seeking is now now longer blinking that's when it hits again the sinking feeling comes around like seasons with hidden meanings a lifer can decipher as if it's code in the mood to get in the mode of the man who sold the world for fool's gold
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dissect gravity and study its anatomy more rapidly than a flashpoint tragedy mishap you can't take back so you say take that for good measure like tightening screws not even vistas of view gave me the time needed to focus on a ruse so elaborate it hit the scene like a contaminant accidental ambient sound as sacrament for abandonment you can call it an artifact in due time when it completes the through line categorical imperative with the narrative merit so apparent it becomes declarative behold the transparent zealot fixed point status embedded a living Polaris designed with well-defined shine human international dateline divine manifest infinite jest at the crest of the wave and articulate to the conclave all data that matters backchannel chatter where we hammer out a gameplan draw a line in the sand and then stand in stark opposition to the inefficient like i'm putting on a deposition keep digging 'til i find a hidden agenda sent here to never forget what some never remember accelerant on the quest to connect with an ember outside the tinder sold on folding ideas we could be the pioneers of it in this coliseum carpe diem in motion non-conformity of corrosion approaching sewn into the fabric generate fantastic from the havoc automatic melancholy tied to the infinite sadness working on a vanishing act for the vastness of the vigilante life in the uncanny valley implement savvy beyond grand finale
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In 2017, Lo Phi + Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice begin the groundwork on a follow-up to 'Manifest Station'. Time, distance and life circumstances caused delays in the project, but ultimately (in my opinion), it was for the better, as the project gelled into an abstract, dusty experimental sonic exploration of deeply inward-facing reflections. I am always honored to provide lyrics to Lo Phi's production, and this is one of the most solid collections of his original work I have heard amassed. I look forward to continued collaboration, and I hope that everyone enjoys 'Uncanny Valley'.

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released January 1, 2019

produced by Lo Phi
written by Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice
mixed by Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice
mastered by IQ (Frownland Records)

recorded and mixed at The Epicenter
album cover original photo and design by Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice

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Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice Austin, Texas

Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice
:: mc : dj : producer : artist ::

A wordsmith with the heart of a poet and the head of a broadcast journalist. A DJ who is not afraid to venture outside of the norm. A producer with a different vocabulary of influences, and no fear whatsoever about embracing them. An artist searching for the link between the palette and the pixel. ... more

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