M.J. - Urban Exploitation (Full Album, 2009)
1Urban Exploitation was recorded in late 2008 and early 2009, during a time I was really into "urbex" or "Urban Exploration" - or at least looking at photographs of Urban Explorers adventures in abandoned buildings, which is where the highly edited cover comes from.
Recording started shortly after the 8088 Demo/Album (next up), and was where I really began doing a lot of tweaking and experimentation with cheap keyboards, cheap guitars, pedals, amps, and I joined Smokin' 66 and Ancient Tongues (two Seattle area bands) around that time, and was gigging a lot. A lot of the material is just pure escapism mixed with just random sonic musings usually inspired by me noodling on a guitar and having weird stuff happen to me. One of the most used pieces of equipment on this though, was the Digitech Whammy WH4 (for all those thick 5ths everywhere - ie doubled-up and even tripled up power chords). It also features some of the first Acoustic work I'd done in over 10 years to that point on my home recordings.
TRACK LISTING
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1) Chemical Imbalance - 0:00
2) The Bridge - 5:07
3) Keeper of Time - 9:49
4) Robot Maze - 14:10
5) Walkin' Man - 17:32
6) Disillusionment - 21:54
7) I'm Sick of Waiting - 26:50
8) It's Over III (De Jana Vu) - 30:48
9) Digital Disconnection - 35:58
10) Night Trap - 39:35
11) Poetry in Motion - 44:42
12) The Decline of Western - 49:04
13) Living in a Fantasy World - 53:29
14) Strange - 57:48
15) The Next Level - 1:03:00
16) Peaceful Dungeon - 1:08:20