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Bios

by ONOMI

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Alarm 05:35
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Bios 05:25
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Aftermath 02:08
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Behind The Curtains 02:04
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Kernel Pt.III 04:46
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Orbit 05:03
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🡲 BIOS derives from the Ancient Greek words of βίος, meaning "life”. The EP is 26 minutes long and contains six tracks.

🡲 BIOS expresses a duality of hope and hopelessness regarding human life and the future of our planet. Onomi’s previous release, IRJA, was a paradoxically optimistic dystopia where there were no humans, only robots. Musically, BIOS is a continuation of IRJA, mixing electronic soundscapes with elements of classical counterpoint and electro-acoustic composition. BIOS can also be interpreted as a prequel to IRJA: it is a snapshot of the critical moment where humanity still has a shot at survival.

🡲 ALARM, the first track, is a wake up call from a submerged world, unsettling in its low-paced urgency. BIOS, the title track, signifies the fervor and desperate energy of life itself, as it is born, sustained, and ultimately threatened. AFTERMATH injects a hopeful melody, signifying change and adaptation, into all of the harshness and struggle. BEHIND THE CURTAINS is an intermission that takes us to a hidden cache of playfulness and human expression. KERNEL is a reworked track from the origins of ONOMI, reminding us that there is always a core, a truth, that there is always a seed from which life and change can spring. Finally, ORBIT, the final track, is an escape, a return, or perhaps a peaceful reconciliation.

🡲 We know that in space there is total silence. BIOS was written and produced while suffering from severe tinnitus; thus in a sonic environment where silence had to be imagined.

Written, recorded and digital master by Gustaf Lundh
Vinyl master by Rashad Becker
Press text by Péter Tòth

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released December 1, 2022

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Experimental and purely electronic music endeavour, anno 2008, by Gustaf Lundh.

While FIKTION has been exploring acoustics and incorporated lyrics / narratives, ONOMI is on the other hand all instrumental and with an electronic foundation. Mixed elements of classical counterpoint and electro-acoustic composition. Rough electronic soundscapes, sometimes reminiscent of videogame music. ... more

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