NecRomance by Nix Nihil

NecRomance
Track List:

1. Mindless
2. Mirage
3. Lockstep
4. Shark Street
5. We Come in Peace
6. Blissigh
7. The Plunge
8. Affirmarch
9. I to E

Freud believed that the human condition was motivated by Thanatos and Eros—death and love. Practically every artist will engage with one of these two themes. They interlink and intertwine.

I describe my own musical style as “vocal conjuration” when I perform my vocal loop sets. I am, in a sense, summoning the ghosts of my past selves to carry out my musical Will to entrance an audience.
Hence, the album title, NecRomance: spectres of death and love summoned for your entertainment. The songs span the full spectrum of death, love, and life, but the overall message is one of optimism. Cheat death. Become immortal through art. Foster connections and make memories in community.

I am not new to the craft of vocalization, but I am new to the art of composition and audio production. NecRomance was written from the Summer of 2014 through the Spring of 2016. It is the first album based solely on my own vision, with every beat, melody, and lyric written and performed entirely by me. I have recorded many other tracks through better microphones, over top of better-produced beats by more accomplished producers. But this is my own. It is primitive, and it is flawed, but it is mine.

These songs were written to be performed on the street, or in smaller venues (a “singer-songwriter/poet” format) rather than in pounding, festival-type environments. The setup is minimal and I can take it with me anywhere. So, this album can sound a bit rough at times--very “street”. This album was recorded entirely through a Shure SM-58 microphone into a BOSS RC-505 looping station. Every sound you hear on this album comes from my voice (there are only 2 exceptions, where I sampled other things… one by accident. Can you identify them?).

Because of the rough-shod nature of the production, NecRomance is free. For this album, the focus is on the message and the vocal performance, not the audio quality alone…compare it to the charm of playing video games on an 80s NES over the current Xbox or PlayStation model. Still good fun, but lacking the bells and whistles of higher technology.

If you find any inspiration or enjoyment in NecRomance, consider a donation.

With love and gratitude,
(Death can stay back this time...)

-Nix Nihil, Emissary

P.S.- Although I am responsible for most of this, special thanks to my brother, Kerry Beauchesne, for teaching me how to record and roughly mix the tracks in the first place. And, to Adam Whitaker-Wilson, for helping me iron out some technical kinks and making this somewhat inconsistent music have some semblance of polish.

Tracklist

1.	Mindless	4:08

2.	Mirage	3:17

3.	Lockstep	2:49

4.	Shark Street	4:50

5.	We Come in Peace	3:12

6.	Blissigh	3:23

7.	The Plunge	5:40

8.	Affirmarch	5:55

9.	I to E	6:33

Credits

released February 14, 2018

NecRomance

Written and Performed by Nix Nihil
Recorded by Nix Nihil at Psyoptic Command
Mixed by Nix Nihil and Kerry Beauchesne
Mastered by Adam Whitaker-Wilson

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