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Sophia Oscillations

by Mission to the Sun

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1.
Drowning 03:30 video
I was floating in the water Drowning in the ocean I couldn’t feel the land I couldn’t reach I couldn’t see the breach But it’s ok I was floating in the air But I couldn't fly away Watching the birds Tracing patterns in the sky Our planet, our time And it’s ok It's ok I just can’t stay Take me away Away I was floating in the water Drowning in the ocean I couldn’t feel the land I couldn’t reach I couldn’t see the breach But it’s ok Just take me Just take me away Away
2.
Leave the prison of desire Attached to astral body Karmic rhythm of Sophia Manifests in outward oscillation Trapped by light Waiting for incarnation No stranger to disease No war left to fight for Waiting for damnation Down on your knees Down on your luck Made the bed you sleep in No room for evocation Hands around your throat Stifled initiation No place to grab hold Emptiness is open Emptiness is life Living as a being of light Living a lie
3.
A fair fight is non-existent, you always use everything around and fight dirty and to the point if you gonna do it for real, in any kind of capacity for real experience that you might have as a human being, which by the way, I question more than agree with the fact that I am one of you, or maybe even the same alien race if that might be who you are. So yes. I had a knot in my back yesterday and I decided to work it out instead of stretching, and well, I am a stubborn motherfucker, so I didn't stop until my whole left side of my back is one giant knot. I know this isn't very uplifting, but I have trouble editing myself lately. Censorship of the mind is the thing that holds us all down, not thinking/expressing freely, hiding behind our bodies and maybe even actions, but the real battle is not here. You know that whole ‘change yourself then the world’ bullshit, yourself is the only world you will be aware of yourself. Unless of course you are special, and there are those people, most of them terminally wounded by the censor sickness and not letting the feelings come out, so they consume from the inside. And that’s a lot worse than seeing some energy shit and even being able to see/feel future as clear as present, or even encounters and possessions with, or by something that might be termed "demonic", just to be repulsive, because it’s a challenge to accept that part of you that feels it, and is it. The capacity for human emotion is so large that it cannot be killed with prescription medication or even non-prescription medication. Trust me, I tried. You never really feel like you succeed, just pacify, but the root is still there - because it’s you, it’s that part of you that you never chose, and never have enough conscious will to destroy. But you know when you got it, you have it. It really is uneditable. So maybe all those wounds are there for a reason.
4.
Unborn 03:32 video
Under Fluorescent sky Under Heaven’s glide Burning Burning bright Polluting thought Obscuring light Guillotine hangs Frozen in time Released by the hand By the watchful eye One more time We strive One more time We survive In the burning In the burning sky Our hatred devoured By compassion locked inside Locked in time Guillotine hangs Frozen in time Released by the hand By the watchful eye Dust from which we come from And to which we return As burned out husks Of stars that are unborn
5.
Attrition 04:21
As the day grows old Darkness spreads within From organ to organ From vessel to vessel From your eyes to mine Attrition of presence Moving from one point to another Moving away from the sun Indivisible in its purpose Appearing in lucid dreams To be remembered and transferred From your eyes to mine Attrition of presence
6.
Cornerstone 04:03
The stone that the builders threw away Will be the cornerstone Upon which we will build our church In which we will worship death In its inevitable timeless glory Turned inside out On the precipice of direct connection Bypassing neural networks Electricity incarnate The way of the lightning fist The path of least resistance The path towards the sun We are the children of tiphereth And our will can never be broken
7.
Touch 03:40
Touch and it will turn against you That sin you are used to In the isolation of cars Pretend like we love one another Absent - under the warm sun A hologram, a mirage without depth Corrupt
8.
Secret, hidden, unknown Sealed and unsuspected A fountain of living waters Unfailing Eden in Flower Opens at my wrists But if I relax my hand I sink low amid the dead Day and night without rest A blazing fire Held in my bones Consuming my flesh My heart pours out like water Flesh melts like wax My feet caught in shackles of Qalipa From rout to ruin From pangs to throes From pain to plague Hiding the truth Until it is time to see her countenance Beyond the veil

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Mission to the Sun's sophomore album, Sophia Oscillations, is an immersive journey through the dark corners of post-industrial music. The Detroit based duo continues the sonic exploration started on their debut album Cleansed by Fire, while delving deeper into themes of isolation and lost communication. Christopher Samuels’ synths, samples and rhythmic programming is accented by Kirill Slavin’s haunting vocal delivery as the listener receives intersperse audio recordings from the outer reaches of inner space.

Throughout the album, Mission to the Sun masterfully weaves together disparate sounds, creating a cohesive whole that is both complex and emotionally charged. In the opening track “Drowning,” Slavin sings about being consumed by the waters of the subconscious on an alien planet as he looks for omens in the sky. Samuels drives the song with a thick bass line and a repeating ambient pad chord structure that achieves a rich, yet alienated mood. The title track “Sophia Oscillations” establishes the album’s theme of distance and isolation while pulsating through a range of emotions. Samuels meshes otherworldly sound design with brooding synth lines to create a dark and introspective atmosphere. "Unborn" continues the journey while Slavin sings about the exploration of death and surveillance, highlighting the digital footprint that never goes away. The song's rhythmic quality (despite not having a drum beat) further highlights the duo’s willingness to delve into the darker aspects of the human condition.

With "Sophia Oscillations", Mission to the Sun offers a deeply concerning and otherworldly listening experience that showcases the band's skill at crafting intricate sonic landscapes. The band masterfully blends organic vocal delivery and synthetic sounds to create songs as if they were bathed in alien noise artifacts. These compositions oscillate as transmissions from a journey towards a distant sun to be interpreted by the listener in their home world.

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released July 14, 2023

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Written + recorded by Mission to the Sun
Christopher Samuels - Synthesizers, Samples, Guitar, Drum Machine
Kirill Slavin - Lyrics/Vocals
Artwork by Christopher Samuels
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri @ Black Knoll Studio, NY

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Detroit based project Mission to the Sun synthesizes ambient, post-industrial landscapes with expansive arrangements and haunting vocals to create an atmosphere of lamentation for the world left behind.

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