Out now on Synthicide Music: my double single with Cerumentric. This is a collaboration between myself and Philippines-based electronic musician Cerumentric (Erick A. Fabian) and is now out on major streaming services, including Spotify and Bandcamp.
Project Background
This project started out in 2021 when we exchanged music loops (WAV files) and agreed on the simplest process for collaboration: he’d make a song out of my instrumental loops and sing over it and I would do the same using his loops, adding lyrics and singing over it. We would have final approval over each track and release it on an online label somewhere.
So Cerumentric sent me some synthbass-heavy loops, which inspired me to add a touch of late ’80s synthpop ear candy and write Depeche Mode style lyrics about love, fidelity, and lasting relationships. The result is “Another Day.”
For my music, I sent Cerumentric some bouncy mid-80s pop loops — funky drums, plucky synth, and slap bass — and he crafted an angsty ode to preserving the earth with ecological sense, taking inspiration from the late great Carl Sagan. The result he entitled “Pale Blue.”
From Cerumentric’s POV
From Cerumentrics’s Facebook post:
Using these loops and practically nothing else, I was inspired to channel my secret love for Prince and 80’s soulfunk-rock legends Morris Day and The Time. For the lyrics, I wrote my own rephrasing of Carl Sagan’s meditation on human existence from a cosmic perspective, filtered through a David Bowie cut-and-paste style of lyric writing.
Hopefully this 2-song single, our first collaboration, gives you enjoyment, nostalgia if you grew up in the 80’s (and even if you didn’t), and inspiration to become better versions of yourselves, so you can share a part of yourselves to others.
If anything, may this project encourage you to appreciate both similarities and differences in the people you work and interact with, recognizing that it’s those qualities that make for interesting collaborations.
– Erick A. Fabian (CERUMENTRIC)
10/3/2022
Check out the single over on Bandcamp.
And check out Cerumentric’s Bandcamp page: cerumentric.bandcamp.com
I look forward to more collaborations in the coming months.