Species & Specimens
by Alk-a-line
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Homo Sapiens
02:52
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Sound dedicated to Homo Sapiens
Sound dedicated to the next aliens
Sound dedicated to Homo Sapiens
Sound dedicated to the next aliens
To those who know we don't need efficiency
Those who don't believe in war exigency
To those who don't take abuses of power
Those who don't care about knowing the gender
To those who respect all the other species
Those who don't want to leave the Earth in pieces
To those who don't think the world is for sale
Those who can see booming system has failed
Sound dedicated to Homo Sapiens
Sound dedicated to the next aliens
To those who know we don't need efficiency
Those who don't believe in war exigency
To those who don't take abuses of power
Those who don't care about knowing the gender
To those who respect all the other species
Those who don't want to leave the Earth in pieces
To those who don't think the world is for sale
Those who can see booming system has failed
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Dark energy -- antigravity -- Dark energy
A supernova burst out of sight
Now our future looks so bright
We have been called out in the dark
To meet the shadows in our hearts
Dark energy -- antigravity -- Dark energy
We're cruising towards the black hole
Feeling attracted heart and soul
The spaceship begins to lose control
The event horizon as a boundary, it's the point of no return
Is it a flight of poetry to feel so cold when we're supposed to burn ?
We're all shining in the black hole
Being absorbed heart and soul
The past has never been so dark
As if we had played a walk-on part
How was it before ?
We were holograms
Only human scans
Dark energy -- antigravity -- Dark energy - Dark...
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Boom Boom Dance
02:47
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Don't wanna drive a pink Cadillac
Don't wanna be high on Prozac
Don't wanna know about zodiac
No. I just want to Boom Boom Dance
Don't wanna talk to your intellect
Don't wanna care about affect
Don't wanna give a damn or introspect
No, I just want to Boom Boom Dance
Pains in the neck I can see all around
Just when my feet start leaving the ground
Troublemakers, party poopers, nothing you can do
In my perfect chaos better oh without you
Don't wanna be nor emblematic
Don't wanna be neither plastic
Don't wanna be Charismatic
No, I just want to Boom Boom Dance
Pains in the neck I can see all around
Just when my feet start leaving the ground
Troublemakers, party poopers, nothing you can do
In my perfect chaos better oh without you
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Caution: Use this man machine
Powerded by alk-a-line
The Precision of the speed control
Is the best reported by opinion polls
Such an awesome stimulation
That brings you lots of satisfaction
If You cannot get this
Read the notice
A Ace of Spades
L Lipstick Killers
K Kids are alright
A Acid Eaters
L Lust for Life
I I don' t care
N Never too loud
E Eeeeeeeeeeh
Caution : Use this man machine
Powered by alk-a-line
With A flexible intensity
According to the necessity
And if you reach a high pitch
Sorry, there's no safety switch
For having fun on the upside
Read carefully this user's guide
A Ace of Spades
L Lipstick Killers
K Kids are alright
A Acid Eaters
L Lust for Life
I I don' t care
N Never too loud
E Eeeeeeeeeeh
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Dogs
02:44
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Easy come, easy go, easy speech
We bark like dogs
Easy birth, easy death, easy chaining
We obey like dogs
Easy terms, easy money, easy credit
We work like dogs
Easy game, easy meat. easy target
And we die like dogs
Wild dogs bite
Wild dogs bite
Wild dogs bite
Wild dogs
Easy come easy go, easy speech
We bark like dogs
Easy birth, easy death, easy chaining
We obey like dogs
Easy terms, easy money, easy credit
We work like dogs
Easy game, easy meat, easy target
And we die like dogs
Starving dogs in the street
Starving dogs in the street
Starving dogs in the street
They stray
Easy way, easy access, easy handling
We work like dogs
Easy life, easy love, easy breakdown
And we die like dogs
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C'est les rats scélérats, c'est les rats scélérats, c'est encore les rats
Ennemis des carnages
Des humains, des félins, des canins
De survivre seulement la rage
Plutôt que de ronger son frein
L'adaptation et l'immunisation
Comme inoculées par les posions de l'Homme
Qui sera l'avenir en somme ?
C'est les rats scélérats, c'est les rats scélérats, c'est encore les rats
Crépusculaires créatures
Urbaines, hantant les endroits obscurs
Depuis les déserts les plus torrides
Jusqu'aux forêts tropicales humides
La prolifération des générations
Comme surgissant des ruines et du capharnaüm
Qui sera l'avenir de l'Homme ?
On en a ras le bol
Nous les rats
D'être symboles
Du choléra
De la peste
Et du reste
C'est les rats scélérats, c'est les rats scélérats, c'est toujours les rats
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She's all dressed in black
Cause there's no darker color
She really got the knack
One way or another
Loving orchids
The accursed poets
And a glass of Moet... sometimes / sometimes
Intersted in deviant part
She finds normality boring
Turns all into art
Like into a drawing
Loving darkness
Decadent artists
And a rule to transgress... sometimes / sometimes
She's the Black Queen
On the dance floor
She's a master piece
On the chess board
She talks about crucifixion
Bones and bodies dislocated
Does it with a passion
A bit sophisticated
Loving pictures
Very strange creatures
Ultimate adventures... sometimes / sometimes
She's the Black Queen
On the dance floor
She's a master piece
On the chess board
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Two witches scream and yell long to open the doors of Hell
Unchain anger, revive shades, drain every river every well
Let us cast some deadly spells, play magic we don't know
Let us burn and trample lives and souls wherever they flow
We will cut and shave and trim and dissect and divide
Celebrate the art of breaking entities apart
Two witches loudly breath an air that quickly starts to freeze
And their breath behead the trees fries the birds and kill the bees
Let us cast some deadly spells, play magic we don't know
Let us burn and trample lives and souls wherever they flow
We will cut and shave and trim and dissect and divide
Celebrate the art of breaking entities apart
Two witches fly so high that the clouds are bound to cry
And their voice echoes the sound of a billion screaming gods
Let us cast some deadly spells, play magic we don't know
Let us burn and trample lives and souls wherever they flow
We will cut and shave and trim and dissect and divide
Celebrate the art of breaking entities apart
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Human
03:17
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I am a machine gun
And I kill just for fun
No need no heart or brain
For spreading hate and pain
Created for destruction
I work in desperation
The places I go by
Ruins are left behind
They call me human
My name's an irony
They call me human
But I'm the god of tyranny
I'm science and religion
I'm master and servant
I'm a sacred animal
An economic miracle
I have a single fear
The one to disappear
And as I can't be saved
I'll take the world to my grave
They call me human
My name's an irony
They call me human
But I'm the god of tyranny
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about
Species & Specimens is the new album of the Brussels-based electro witches duo Alk-a-line. If you haven't already been wowed by Alk-a-line, it's high time to discover them!
Laurence Castelain, on the microphone and bass, rocked for years with punk rock outfit The Chicks, heading an energetic female line-up and later also doing vocals with Flesh and Fell. Add to the mix the keyboards, voice and theremin of Sandra Hagenaar from Fifty Foot Combo and you get a sound which is at once pacey and modulated, trashy and sophisticated. They call it electro under P.P.P. influence (Pop(Post)Punk).
Their first EP has been out on the Disc-o-Bolle Label in 2009 and features four fabulous cuts and remixes by Implant, Velvet Underwear, The Young Gods and SM Xperience.
Their second LP, Cosmic Trip Comic Strip, has been released on Lynch Law Records in 2013 and can count on nice collaborations from Jean-Luc De Meyer (Front 242) and J Perry-Salkow (Flammarion, Actes Sud)
Species & Specimens is their third record. It’s 30 minutes of pounding beats, furious keyboards, bass distortion, loud voices and the strange echo of theremin. The tracklist includes novelties as Homo Sapiens, Boom Boom Dance, Dogs, Black Queen, Human and some former tracks tailored for the prestigious guests : Jacques Duvall, Peter Slabbynck (Red Zebra), Bruce Ellison (Volt Selector, PPZ 30) and Ross Demon (Length of Time). Perfect humane and artistic alchemy for a unique sound from Electro Punk to EBM.
Alk-a-line is from now on as efficient in a concert hall as a dancefloor, as recently approved by Belgium and Luxembourg audiences. The first single, Homo Sapiens, clip has been filmed at Magasin 4 in Brussels. Alk-a-line is all about an amazing live energy dose on stage!
Laurence Castelain, on the microphone and bass, rocked for years with punk rock outfit The Chicks, heading an energetic female line-up and later also doing vocals with Flesh and Fell. Add to the mix the keyboards, voice and theremin of Sandra Hagenaar from Fifty Foot Combo and you get a sound which is at once pacey and modulated, trashy and sophisticated. They call it electro under P.P.P. influence (Pop(Post)Punk).
Their first EP has been out on the Disc-o-Bolle Label in 2009 and features four fabulous cuts and remixes by Implant, Velvet Underwear, The Young Gods and SM Xperience.
Their second LP, Cosmic Trip Comic Strip, has been released on Lynch Law Records in 2013 and can count on nice collaborations from Jean-Luc De Meyer (Front 242) and J Perry-Salkow (Flammarion, Actes Sud)
Species & Specimens is their third record. It’s 30 minutes of pounding beats, furious keyboards, bass distortion, loud voices and the strange echo of theremin. The tracklist includes novelties as Homo Sapiens, Boom Boom Dance, Dogs, Black Queen, Human and some former tracks tailored for the prestigious guests : Jacques Duvall, Peter Slabbynck (Red Zebra), Bruce Ellison (Volt Selector, PPZ 30) and Ross Demon (Length of Time). Perfect humane and artistic alchemy for a unique sound from Electro Punk to EBM.
Alk-a-line is from now on as efficient in a concert hall as a dancefloor, as recently approved by Belgium and Luxembourg audiences. The first single, Homo Sapiens, clip has been filmed at Magasin 4 in Brussels. Alk-a-line is all about an amazing live energy dose on stage!
credits
released October 4, 2019
Music and Lyrics : Alk-a-line
Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Déhà @Opus magnum Studio
Label : Cheap Satanism Records, 2019
Cover photo ©Michel Clair
Inside photo ©Patrice Hoerner
Lay-out : Dominique Billaroch
Music and Lyrics : Alk-a-line
Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Déhà @Opus magnum Studio
Label : Cheap Satanism Records, 2019
Cover photo ©Michel Clair
Inside photo ©Patrice Hoerner
Lay-out : Dominique Billaroch
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Cheap Satanism Records Brussel, Belgium
Cheap Satanism Records started as a joke. This lead to more jokes. Initially the label was built around a personality and this personality’s projects. But since, it has become the base of a highly creative game, determined to rule, using force and cunning if necessary. Many things will happen under this banner – 666 projects at least! ... more
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