Polarizer, by Joey Chaos and A. Walker

Polarizer

by Joey Chaos and A. Walker

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1.	Polarizer 04:24	buy track
2.	Heaven 04:39	buy track
3.	Maybe I Miss You 04:22	buy track
4.	Escalate ft. Kimmortal 02:32	buy track
5.	Glitch 04:00	buy track
6.	We Were Never Meant to Be 02:06	buy track
7.	Downfall 06:18	buy track
8.	Critical Mass 05:21	buy track
9.	Heaven (Teddybare Remix) 04:36	buy track
10.	Critical Mass (Mantra Remix) 04:55	buy track
11.	Polarizer (DEATHWAVE Remix) 04:17	buy track
12.	Heaven (Chaos No Densetsu Remix by Ada Rook) 03:29	buy track
13.	Downfall (Variations) 02:28	buy track
14.	Downfall (GHOSTLORD REMIX) 05:10	buy track

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The 2013 album Polarizer by Joey Chaos before Joey Chaos and The Ghosts has been revisited, reinterpreted, and remastered from the original sessions. What started as a curiosity in the early days of the pandemic turned into a full-fledged media archeology dig. The dormant master files were dug up from a myriad of resuscitated hard drives and the dark web scoured for archaic versions of defunct music software necessary to open them.

We discovered that some files were too corrupt to be salvageable and began to re-record certain sections while maintaining the integrity of the originals – all the original programming, patches, samples and vocals were preserved for the updated version of the album. We’ve also expanded the experience with a few remixes from the era as well as two new ones written specifically for this release.

Born from the disenfranchisement of a stagnant dark alternative music scene and a devotion to the endless scroll of the tumblr music scene which would later lay the foundation to hyperpop in its eclecticity, this album is the crystallization of a headphone fever dream, unrepentant in its artist driven indulgences. Later these elements would be distilled and refined, their base materiality repurposed into our current iteration of Joey Chaos and The Ghosts.

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released November 26, 2021

Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joseph Alan Caleb Malbon and Andrew Walker

Additional Credits:

Heaven Backing Vocals:
Brian Hartlen
Elgin-Skye McLaren

Heaven Violin:
Sophie F.

Escalate Vocals written and performed by:
Kimmortal

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