1. Such is life when life is such
2. Again and again
3. Grateful for you
4. Artifact
5. Even God knows
6. Venom in my vains
7. Bus stop
8. Unfriendly
9. Freak in the mirror
10. Open
11. Reason
12. Evacuate
13. Viral
14. Rubic
15. Hundred Twenty Three
16. Bigtime
17. Ornament
18. Nugget
19. Ureqa
20. So long and thanks for 23

About

Such is life when life is such – What about this track? Well, synth fever! Or just synth! Oh, I like those synth-sounds. Especially the heavy bass sounds. And kicks. Deep kicks. So, throw them in to a track and see what happens? Well, this. This is what happened.

Again and again – Sometimes I miss gaming. Alot. But. When you create music, and you can tweak anything to your liking, you can create what ever you like, like music suitable for a game. Perhaps a game that you can play again and again?

Grateful for you – Remember the Roland 303? I do! But I also like other sounds. Sometimes it is nice just stacking them. Feeling the rhythm of it. Taking it slow. One step at a time. Building something. But to get back to the 303, I am grateful for you!

Artifact – The melody in this track is essentially not an ordinary melody sound. It has various artifacts in it, hisses and well, take a listen for yourself. Liked it so much so I added artifacts to some of the other sounds with psycho acoustic effects. I really enjoy the end result of the artifacts. Nicely destroyed the original sounds, giving them new life and character.

Even God knows – Kind of opposite to Who knows, nobody knows. (Or Whose nose, nobody’s nose.) This track is a celebration to my liking of structure and order. And what way to celebrate just that simply without it? Common ways of building tracks is keeping even numbers, 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32. Repeat patterns. Even I do it, but perhaps not in a very common way. But this, noooo… no particular pattern or repeating of them. Just about, but not exactly.

Venom in my vains – I know what you are thinking. Venom, it is another word for poison, and if there is poison in my veins, it is no doubt a bad thing. I agree with the way you think. But I did not create this track as a bad thing. I created it as something that would get under my skin, into my veins. Fill me. Make me a safe kind of high. As I do sometimes, I wait for about half the track before introducing the final element. This is one of those tracks. And to me, it is no doubt worth waiting for. The venom in my vains.

Bus stop – I commute to work. And as I get off the train in Helsingborg, I go outside the station to the bus stop. And from there I have a great view to the other side of the street where there is a… bus stop. Buses come and go. Like an endless train, except that it is not a train, it is buses, stoping at the bus stop.

Unfriendly – Sometimes life can be unfriendly, heck, sometimes I can be unfriendly, especially towards myself. No, scratch that. Only to myself. Toward others, I always try to be friendly (no guarantee that I always succeed though)! For the times life is unfriendly and hard on you, harvest the energy and make something out of it. Like a track.

Freak in the mirror – I am not gonna lie. Perhaps you have a nice image of yourself. I do not. Most often, I am balanced, in peace, then I have a nice reflection in the mirror. Then, every now and then, something upsets my balance. Darker forces move within me. At those times, it is easy for me to look in the mirror, and see a freak. And over the years, I have learned that when that happens, the best thing I can do is to face that feeling with warmth and kindness towards myself. Yes, perhaps I see a freak in the mirror, but it is also me. A side of me that arises now and again. It is a side that needs love, needs tending. I can give that love and compassion to myself, I need to give it to myself. So, if you thought, by the title that this would be a hard and aggressive track, you were right, but I changed my mind, my mindset, and gave myself love and hope instead. It became a happy track. For me.

Open – or closed? Or is it the interpretation of this track that remains open? Well, it is, as always, up to you! 🙂

Reason – Reason, I need Reason! It is my primary tool! Without it, I would have no Reason, and there would be no Muddhedd. Or perhaps it would. With a different tool. But now, the reason for Muddhedd is Reason with the simple answer that there needs to be Reason with Muddhedd.

Evacuate – you know when you hang around in a space ship, and out of the blue (or black), the alarm start sounding, something is wrong, you need to go… the adrenaline kicks in… the alarm keeps sounding around you, as you make your way to the escape pods. Kind of like that, except, hopefully, you are not on a space ship, and if you are, I hope the alarm doesn’t go off!

Viral – This bassline stuck with me, it went viral in my head. It had to be born into this world. Perhaps it will go viral in your mind as well, perhaps not. But I’m glad it is out here, rather than just in my head.

Rubic – The famous, to me unsolvable, cube. Six sides, all different colors. I doubt that I would be able to solve it in any other way than all sides being the same color. Perhaps it is a patience thing, perhaps the key is something completely different. But I salut you, unsolvable cube!

Hundred Twenty Three – Oh, how nice to be able to make this track! The 100th track to release in 2023. Completely unexpected, yet very welcome! It is a little happy dance within me! A great pat on my own back! Yay! <3

Bigtime – Bigtime, big sounds. Big everything. And also nice. Nicetime. I float away when listening to this track. Almost leaving orbit. Or perhaps launches myself into orbit. Unclear. Nicetime, bigtime!

Ornament – a word I never use, but now, I needed a track name on the letter O – and this was, oddly enough, the first word that popped up in my mind. Don’t ask me why, although I am probably the only one who could possibly provide an answer. But I can’t, so you just get to enjoy this ornament. Whatever it is! 🙂

Nugget – Warning for heavy kick drum and deep bass! Just the way I like it! And perhaps not the most used notes or scale. But I works, keeps things interesting! Enjoy!

Ureqa – Is it possible to use two different pianos, and a few synth sounds, and make a track out of it? Obviously! And as a bonus I have thrown in some beats as well!

So long and thanks for 23 – How do you say goodbye to 2023 when the next track is due in a few days? Well, with sounds and elements that you might recognize from before of course! With an energy beat to keep you going until the 1st of January 2024 when the first 24123-track is released. The beat will keep you going until then, I hope! <3

Being mentioned in the M3rqrie-book series is a privilege. This was planned as a joint release, the 4th book (Ph3nix) and this EP scheduled for the 7th July 2023. Unfortunately, the book release was delayed. Creativity cannot (and should not) be forced.

Even if the joint release did not happen as planned, the book is available in paperback (ISBN: 9789180573764) and ebook (ISBN: 9789180805704). Hope you’ll enjoy both the EP and the book!

1. N3v3r!and
2. !y
3. 914D00m
4. Ph3nix

About M3rqrie

N3v3r!and – A slow progression towards an unknown goal, hidden in plain sight. Once there, is it what it seemed? Or what is it really?

!y – It is tension. From the start. To the end. It is slow, it is not slow, it is soft, it is hard. It is a kind of attitude that breathes confidence with focused energy.

914D00m – Analog, analog, analog. Yet modern. Perhaps not the cleanest sound. Perhaps not the most clear space between each sound. But you know how it can be! Sometimes things are just tangled up in each other. For good and for bad.

Ph3nix – An exploration, nearby, in familiar grounds. Just around the corner. Discovering new old things. Being. Connecting.

Tracks:

1. 2121
2. 42=19
3. 8119
4. #23

About:

2121 – Since this EP is all about numbers, I wanted to make each number count as much as possible. My first thought was that this track should be 2 minutes and 12,1 seconds long. But the song was simply not done by then, so I figured that I needed to double it, so it ended up being 4 minutes and 24 seconds.

42=19 – In below dialog there is the Interviewer (I) and Muddhedd (M).

I: So, you do not seem to good at math, right?

M: I’m sorry, but from my perspective it is you who are not good at math.

I: How so? Everybody knows that 42 is not equal to 19.

M: Then you’ve just confirmed my statement, you are not good at math.

I: Explain. I don’t understand.

M: The magic is the equals sign.

I: I am confused.

M: The equals sign means that what is on one side of it is exactly the same as the thing on the other side of it.

I: But it not!

M: Not if you see it as numbers alone, but since there is an equals sign, that means it has to be the same on each side, which is why it is safe to assume that what you read as numbers are in fact representations of something else.

I: So, the 42 and the 19 is not actually 42 and 19?

M: Exactly.

I: Then, what is it?

M: A representation of something else.

8119 – another play with numbers on the same theme. And in this track, two sounds swap places. Kind of. Can you tell which ones?

#23 – This title is a riddle, can you solve it? The track gives no clues, it is just another track.

1. The gift
2. Here you go
3. Another collection
4. New gets old
5. Key
6. Underdog
7. 4ever
8. Yoga
9. Obtainable
10. Unexpressed
11. Relay
12. Trust
13. Incoherent response
14. Mutual response
15. Echoes

About.

The gift – Slow and soft start of this album. It begins with the gift. Given to you. Then it’s you, giving your time as a gift in return.
Here you go – Annoying sound kicks it off, followed by a real 90’s bass sound, and heavy drums-sounds in a slowish beat. Here you go!
Another collection – Another collection of sounds, stacked on top of each other, separated, merged, mixed. Could be another used sound collection at a local thrift-shop.
New gets old – Even a broken sound can be used as the main melody, and at the same time as something else. Old gets reused and turned into something new, then, as time passes, new gets old.
Key – which key would this be? I believe just one. No specific, just a key, not the key. Not a major key, nor is it a minor key. I don’t see how it could be. But not B. And even if I don’t see, it still is. And yes, it is a minor key, even if it is not.
Underdog – Sometimes, it is the underdog that wins the fight, in this case, the underdog starts, gets pushed away for a big portion of the track, but in the end it triumphs once again!
4ever – What lasts forever? Well, nothing and everything. Energy can not be destroyed, only transformed. The energy in this track is also transformed. Ever so slightly. The duration of this track, however, is not forever, just about 3:21. Like in 3-2-1-go!
Yoga – Yoga, this amazing practice! It makes wonders, at least for me. It makes me explore the things within, find my physical limits, work with them, slow, mellow, in harmony.
Obtainable – You know the feeling when things are just without reach? But with a little extra energy, you get that well needed push to get there? The obstacle removed, making it obtainable. That. In a track. Obtainable. The energy push. Focused.
Unexpressed – Oh, you know when you have something to say, but you just can’t find the words… they are there, on the tip of the tung, but just out of reach… Like that, this track is like that… It’s like I have no other way to say it, but still it is not the right words to express it…
Relay – In the old days (pre wired phone) it was common for messages that travelled a long way to be relayed through various communications routes. Each point repeating what it got from the previous point, until it reached its destination. Nowadays, it is a completely different thing. But as the relay echoes through time, this is a salute to all those who walked before us, making today possible with their contribution. As they did, we relay our contribution to future generations, as our echos continues through time.
Trust – In this track, I had to have trust. Trust in my creative force. Trust in my ears. Trust in me. And, of course, trust in you.
Incoherent response – Sometimes you get a response you do not expect, nor understand. Yet somehow, it makes sense. Perhaps not right away, perhaps not in a way that the response was originally intended. But in its own way. Like the first sound in this track, like the bass sound in this track. Perhaps not right, right away, but it still makes kind of sense. On its own way.
Mutual response – The feeling when it just clicks. When there is a connection that goes beyond words, beyond communication. When things are just right.
Echoes – There must be a sound for an echo to return, there must be flat surface for the sound to reflect and head its way back where it came from. Like so.