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Live Wire

from Artifice

April 18th, 2024
24 tracks
106:13
Artifice
Artifice
Live Wire
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Live Wire
Carmine Rebellion
When the target’s underground Behind blast doors with heavy locks When the target’s hard to reach You need someone who can’t be stopped Build a machine of the toughest alloys Designed for one purpose: seek and destroy LiveWire - killer in the night A job to do, and he’ll do it right LiveWire - just a walking gun He’s got a mission and he’ll get it done LiveWire LiveWire LiveWire LiveWire The target’s hiding underground The guards patrol, the doors are locked He thinks he’s safe and can’t be found But he’s already being stalked The killing machine’s been armed and deployed The base’s defences are quickly destroyed LiveWire - killer in the night A job to do, and he’ll do it right LiveWire - just a walking gun He’s got a mission and he’ll get it done LiveWire LiveWire LiveWire LiveWire Shadow in a darkened room Silent watcher; waiting doom This sanctuary will become a tomb Be ready for blood to spill When he comes, be sure it will Software up to date and licensed to kill LiveWire - killer in the night A job to do, and he’ll do it right LiveWire - just a walking gun He’s got a mission and he’ll get it done LiveWire LiveWire LiveWire LiveWire
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Artifice is Carmine Rebellion's first full-length album. It is a dystopian science fiction concept album, telling a story about how AI, automation, and capitalism will combine to destroy society. It wasn’t supposed to come true quite as quickly as it has.
Conceived several years earlier, I actually abandoned work on the original version of Artifice when I started work on the first Carmine Rebellion EP, Manifesto. Having cleaned my palette somewhat with seven EP, I found myself better able to work out the kinks, replace the material that was just never going to work, and turn it into something I actually like.
It was originally serialised, with one track released every two weeks over a period of about 12 months. I was still working on the album during this time, having released the first track with about five or six more finished. Afterwards, I gave the whole thing a bit more of a polish to get it ready for this complete album release.