Weird Noises For Pain Management

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1.	Delirium from psychedelic pains 00:28
2.	Oceanic vertebrae transmissions 02:12
3.	Struck by lightning in my spinal centre 02:41
4.	Thoracic industrial strength glitch 03:09
5.	Hysterical mysteries 03:21
6.	Bouncing pebbles into a lumbar puncture (feedback loop) 01:59
7.	Firing up the flying machines 00:30
8.	I don't wish to alarm you... 06:19
9.	...but your face is on fire and you are screaming 03:06
10.	Mysterical histories 02:32
11.	Harlequins of hurt, hardship and horror 01:12
12.	The emergency services secured the perimeter 00:46
13.	Time dilations on the operating table 02:26
14.	Pandemonium in the cathedral 03:29
15.	The security alarms are all broken 01:19
16.	...and then came amplified silence 02:43
17.	Saint Ebde 05:46	lyrics
S.T.E.B.D.E. (slow thud echo build distort end)
18.	Inert throw for Endark 00:39
19.	Mud furnace 04:52
20.	Scattering the h'ash(e)es'h 02:29
21.	Skamp-error 02:04
22.	Catch my breath 05:00
23.	The sorcerer's engine 02:16
24.	Synaptic embolism 01:46
25.	Theme tune to 'Weird Noises For Pain Management' 07:51

about

Sounds and stories from certain and uncertain times.

'WN4PM' reunites three previously unseen parts into one
'Hysterical Mysteries',
'Time Dilations and Other Stories',
'Grit Distributor',
plus all of them all at once
and rambles of insight stories to peruse.

Somehow this album became almost a full essay, as rambles and self-indulgences in sharing a few thoughts has emerged.

I hope any reader and listener of this collection
can find interest, enjoyment, comfort, bemusement,
relief and humour,
from something, anything, along the way.
Its trip to completion has been immensely enlightening.

Thank you for being here.

credits

released March 8, 2026

I had the colossal cosmic expanse opened to me at a pretty young age, with many more occasions since, and several decades to process, rewatch, learn, relearn; self-indulgent maybe, but if you get the opportunity to be that way from time to time, the enlightenment that comes with it is pretty huge.

In recent times, it is possible to reach this depth of thought and introspection every day, many times, and I guess, below, are a few examples of attaching a few of these to what went on during the recordings and arrangements of this album, and reminders-to-self of its and my own journeys.

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The three months since recording some of this have been about improving my brain, body, posture, health, and anything else I notice that needs to be worked on, in myself as a person. Trying to think more in Czech. Trying to be more attentive. To notice more about myself and others. Talk more. Be nice. See and hear other perspectives. Re-read what I write sometimes, to remind myself of things I should remember!

I fail regularly, but still pushing myself to keep going. To eventually be mindful, even if I don't notice or remember at the time.
In comparison to times past, I think, I hope, I am succeeding.

Everything feels like it is going in a good direction in those respects.
I hope to make up for all the weird, bizarre, crazy, what-the-fuck things that happened along the way, along the voyage of self-discovery and universe exploration.

Hopefully by my tone and way of explaining it, you can see I am on a major learning curve, now more than ever before.

I am grateful for it. I am lucky. I am lucky, to be here.
To be alive, almost feels like a fluke, sometimes... and I resolve not to waste any more of the opportunities to continue existing.

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The post-second-jam first editing was made in extreme agony, after damaging my back and almost unable to move for 3 days.

The resulting delirium and genuinely psychedelic, hallucinogenic highs I then encountered from
a) medication and
b) the onslaught of relief once they kicked in
is what brought the pieces of this release
back together into a concept.
To then be subjected to many further deep dives into the waveforms,
their union and relationship to each other, several more listens when finished, eventually to be arranged how you see it.

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Cover art collage made from a picture in Blanka's article for 'How Can Limo Kid Kill Your Dreams?' zine, a photo of my pained face on the evening that thunderous back pain struck, backed by dark shadows and shiny glass lamp. Linked by the day of the photos.

Made up of two initial synth, effects pedals and laptop sessions via Reaper on June 23rd and August 29th, 2025

Sat together in a folder a while, split into 3 parts (as mentioned above). Put back together again as one, with the extra 'Theme tune' made using every track as an indvidual layer, before then given new identity.

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Originally released January 6th 2026 to subscribers.
Relistened to again, and now released on a day I needed it, after a recent week of illness, and all the mental ritual, purge, pains, catharsis and repeat that goes on with that (maybe I overthink; is anyone / others / everyone like this?).

To finally conclude (nervously so after all this!)...
Far too many thought processes included this time, but I need them to stay for my future self who will revisit this page from time to time.
So, congratulations if you waded your way through whilst listening.
I appreciate it, and am truly grateful, always.

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Sound & visual experiments since 1994; as The Owl since 2018

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