Ohmri Codekeepers from Sparkspire by Kynarc

The Ohmri Codekeepers track traces the unraveling of calculated order. It’s their frantic, measured attempts to impose logic on a bleeding grid, like trying to patch a full system cascade with outdated protocols. The constant shift in time signatures, the metric modulation, isn't just a structural element; it's the sonic representation of their rigid world fracturing, the familiar roto-tom patterns warping into agitated polyrhythms. Analog synths begin with precision, mathematical sequences, but they ultimately fail, drowning under waves of feedback and raw distortion. The listener is pulled into that deep frustration, the slow, cold realization that established rules simply won’t hold anymore. Live, that complete breakdown of precision, the synths giving way to pure noise, it feels like the grid’s own current tearing itself apart, a stark, audible bleed. This piece dissects whether any meticulously built system, or even deep-seated expertise, can truly withstand a total collapse of its underlying logic.

Tracklist

3.	Ohmri Codekeepers	3:50

Lyrics

Code by code, load by load
Precision holds the circuit's mode
Measure twice, connect once clean
Protocol maintains the machine

Ohm's law carved in copper scripture
Current paths we memorized
Every junction catalogued and measured
Every fault analyzed
Grid-wraiths dance through broken sectors
But our manuals hold the keys

Code by code, load by load
Keep the ancient protocols
What the founders built to last
Guards us from electrical chaos
Code by code, load by load
Ohmri wisdom never folds

Voltage ratings, amperage limits
Safety margins calculated true
But the wraiths ignore our specifications
Chaos bleeds through conduits new
Textbook answers failing badly
When the grid rewrites itself

Code by code, load by load
Keep the ancient protocols
What the founders built to last
Guards us from electrical chaos
Code by code, load by load
Ohmri wisdom never folds

Parameters shifting beyond our charts
Variables we never learned
Perhaps tradition needs adaptation
When the circuits themselves have turned

Code by code, load by load
Evolution tests the old
What we built might need rebuilding
When the grid grows past our mold
Code by code, load by load
New wisdom waits to unfold

Measure twice, connect once clean
But who defines what circuits mean?

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from Sparkspire, released July 29, 2025

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