SILICON PSYCHOSIS
ARCHIVE // LIVING RECORD

THE LIVING ARCHIVE

Archive sigil
ARCHIVE MARK
The Living Archive is the public, evolving layer of the music: a working record where material can change, develop, disappear, return or become something else. Bandcamp is used for completed publications; SoundCloud remains useful while the work is still in motion.
THE LIVING ARCHIVE // CURRENT FUNCTION

WORK IN MOTION

Some music needs to exist publicly before it is ready to become permanent. SoundCloud allows tracks and collections to be adjusted, modified and developed while they remain part of the visible history. Ongoing projects can continue here without being mistaken for finished releases.

STATUS // ACTIVE / EVOLVING
LIGHTS ARISE // JANUARY–MAY 2013

THE DENSE PUBLICATION RUN

The surviving SoundCloud trail shows twenty Lights Arise recordings appearing during the concentrated January 2013 run, followed by three further tracks in March and Unfold The Void in May. This is a publication chronology, not a creation chronology.

STATUS // DOCUMENTED PUBLICATION TRAIL
LIGHTS ARISE // 8 JANUARY → 28 MARCH 2013

THE THREE-TRACK GAP

Cerebral Parsley appears on 8 March, The Machine Elves on 27 March and Asydo Lemem on 28 March. The gap matters because the remembered account is twenty-three tracks in twenty-three days. The archive therefore asks whether the three tracks were created later or simply made public later.

STATUS // CHRONOLOGY QUESTION
ARK HIVES ⇔ EARTH

THE CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT

An ongoing body of recovered material, largely originating in the 2011–2013 period. It is currently private and in development, with fragments, unfinished pieces and abandoned ideas being worked on inside the Living Archive.

STATUS // PRIVATE / IN DEVELOPMENT
SUBSTRATE UNKNOWN / THE LIGHTS REMAIN

OTHER SOUNDCLOUD ALBUMS

These releases are now part of the catalogue. The original SoundCloud release links are preserved on their individual release pages; tracklists, upload dates and original album context will be reconstructed as the platform material is catalogued. Nothing is being inferred from the Lights Arise chronology.

STATUS // CATALOGUED / DETAILED RECORD PENDING
SIGNALS FROM THE LOCALE

RECEIVE A SIGNAL

The artist is continually identifying new signals from the immediate locale that may require assimilation into the wider collective consciousness. These signals are collected here for observation, analysis and possible transmission. The playlist is continually evolving.

SOUNDCLOUD IS NOT TREATED AS A COMPLETE CREATION LOG. IT IS A RECORD OF PUBLIC AVAILABILITY — ONE LAYER IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY.
VIEWER QUESTION
WHAT DOES A PUBLICATION RECORD TELL US — AND WHAT CAN IT NEVER TELL US?
RETURN TO ARCHIVE
↝ SHOW ME SOMETHING STRANGE