SAVEDATA by SCJ
A selection of tracks made during the RAVEDADA sessions that were either incomplete or did not fit into the final package of the album.
Voltaire's Mantra is a bubbly and snappy dance track that's been like a pebble in my shoe for well over 2 years, having four separate project iterations, and over 30 presented exports. It's hard to remember a song that has given this much trouble, and it brings to mind the mantra most attributed to Voltaire, where he said "the perfect is the enemy of the good" and boy if that ain't the truth.
The violent and relentless Bare Knuckle Brawler hails from a time when the idea was to simply make a short EP of tracks I dubbed "Battle Ready", which is what Viscera stems from. Quick, simple, and blood-thirsty in nature, the tracks were intended to be a backdrop for intense fights in my mind, but only these two songs ever came from it.
After wounds are liked, we move to Sunbather, a personal love letter to a particular sound I adored in 2012-2013 that was common on labels like 1080P and Friends of Friends. This was effectively finished when RAVEDADA was done, and was initially planned to be a physical only bonus track, but it was already bloated as is, so it stayed on the cutting room floor.
Finally, we reach CRAZED VIP, a 150-BPM reimagining of the closer off the album that reorients it from pounding house track to a shuffling speed garage-inspired song. It was fitting that RAVEDADA closed with CRAZED, so it should close out this EP too.
All songs composed April 2022 to February 2023, with additional production and mastering October 2024
Artwork by SCJ
Tracklist
| 1. | Voltaire's Mantra | 3:29 |
| 2. | Bare Knuckle Brawler | 3:00 |
| 3. | Sunbathing | 3:56 |
| 4. | CRAZED VIP | 4:22 |
