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teenage jesus

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  • this is my first two symphonies - the opening sequence of my first record and the closing sequence of my last, plus remixes and alternate versions.

    contents:
    1) jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/on-sexual-confusion-in-adolescence-2
    2) jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/teenage-jesus

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    Get all 93 jessica murray releases available on Bandcamp.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of purchase of complete physical discography, 01/2014: music journal, 12/2013: music journal, 11/2013: music journal, 10​/​2013: music journal, 09​/​2013: music journal, 08​/​2013: music journal, 07/2013: music journal (2/2), and 85 more. , and , .

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previous release (inri018):
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/circus

this is the final section of the last proper inri demo, which was written as somewhat of a suite, but only in a fleeting moment, and then forgotten. it's a sort of sardonic take on the jesus story, in that it follows a persecuted person through a suicide and a resurrection, with tongue in cheek commentary.

initially, it was a song suite about being young and not listened to, culminating in a rather dramatic overreaction - that i ridiculed as counter-productive, partly by reference to kurt cobain, whose suicide is an event that hangs over the childhood of my generation. people that were adults at the time might want to think of it in the same way that they interpreted watching kennedy get his brains blown out on live tv. as i grew up (stated loosely - i was still 17/18, here), i realized this is a general condition of society that is not limited to young people. so, i generalized it to reflect the illusion of what we call "democracy", and gave it an exaggerated persecution complex. the cynicism was targeted at the clinton administration, but in a broader sense i'm sort of ridiculing the rather cartoonish perception of generation x as this kind of raelian mass of fatalist children....

my final vocal edit for viewless focuses on a small part of the verse and cuts the chorus out altogether. i then distribute that small part into the rest of the song by cutting it up into parts and pasting those parts in where i want. this drops the more general commentary, which seems like an anachronism, in favour of refocusing the listener on the direct storyline of individual persecution and self-inflicted martyrdom. for suicide, i left the vocal track largely in tact, except to remove the suicide note, which in hindsight also seems like a giant distraction from the satirical storyline. what's left is more direct.

i also want to note that there was a conscious decision to move to a more recited vocal style on the 1999 rerecording (and subsequent 2016 reconstruction), rather than the screamy style that dominates the initial 1996 demo. at the time, i considered screaming to be sort of contrived and passe. the recitation is actually a very considered reaction to something i interpreted as largely cartoonish. i was certainly still heavily influenced by the screamy stuff i grew up with, but it wasn't a characteristic of much of anything i was attracted to after about '97 or so and actually something that i really wanted to distance myself from.

i've pulled back from insisting on recited vocals in order to minimize that contrivedness, but the truth is that the vast majority of music released after about '97 that has screamed vocals very much *is* contrived. time has only cemented my rejection of falsely emotionalized vocals in punk-derived genres.

written and demoed from 1996-1999. initially constructed in this form in january, 1999. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. compiled on nov 13, 2016. sequenced on nov 22-24, 2016 from parts that were rebuilt over 2013-2016. released on nov 24, 2016. release finalized on nov 27, 2016. this is my second symphony; as always, please use headphones.

section one ("epilag"): initially created in early 1999. remastered on nov 23, 2016.

section two ("viewless"): initially written in 1996. recreated over 1998 and finalized in dec, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 19, 2015. corrected to control for malfunctioning electronics on dec 29, 2015. sequenced nov 22, 2016. vocals added on nov 23, 2016. corrected to remove an errand click on nov 24, 2016.

section three ("anticipation"): background noise built in 1996. rebuilt in late 1998. edited in late 2013. remastered on nov 24, 2016.

section four ("suicide"): initially written in 1996. recreated over 1998 and finalized in dec, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 20, 2015. corrected to control for malfunctioning electronics on dec 27, 2015. sequenced nov 22, 2016. vocals added on nov 23, 2016.

section five ("resurrection"): initially written and recorded on january 4, 1999.

the album version of this track appears on my second record, inriched (inri021): jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inriched

this recording is a part of the following collections:
1) inriℵ2: jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inriched-box-set
2) inriℵ3: jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/flac-dvd-disc-volume-2
3) inriℵ4: jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/mp3-dvd-disc-volume-1
4) inriℵ6: jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1
5) inriℵ12: jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/symphonic-works-volume-1
6) inriℵ17: jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/flac-bd-disc-volume-1

it is also a part of the following bundles:
1) jasonparent.bandcamp.com/merch/full-physical-symphonic-works-collection-16-cds-1-flac-dvd

this release also includes a printable jewel case insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries from all phases of production (1996, 1998, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016).

there are four download-only tracks:
9) teenage jesus ( 2013 remaster of cd)
10) teenage jesus (2013 remaster of demo)
11) teenage jesus (original 1999 cd mix)
12) teenage jesus (original 1996 mix)

next release (inri020):
jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/boogeyman

credits

released January 13, 1999

j - guitars, effects, bass, synthesizers, electric piano, vocals, drum kit, drum programming, sequencing, cool edit synthesis, sampling, light-wave synthesis, noise generators, sound design, loops, tapes, digital wave editing, production

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jessica murray Windsor, Ontario

this is the archive for the artist formerly known as jason parent and now known as jessica murray.

the music here has shifted dramatically over many years, from roots in punk/grunge through to experimental synth pop and into a type of kitchen sink post-rock with heavy electronics. the only consistency throughout is a lack of consistency, guitars and an impressionist aesthetic. "blender rock".
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