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COCOJOEY'S WORLD

by COCOJOEY

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    This cassette contains the original COCOJOEY'S WORLD + 6 bonus tracks.
    11. PROTOJOEY'S HOUSE
    12. Trust Fund Ozu - Tits of Glass (Cocojoey's Mixx Unlimited Heavy Master Mode)
    13. The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir - Doomed to Grow (FEAT MONEY NICCA) (Cocojoey's S h a d o w of the Secret Garden Mix)
    14. COCOJOEY_s non-soundfont palette started as a V_L S_F b-side self-assignment
    15. Memorrhage - Knurl (COCOJOEY's really proud of this one aka hyper-nucore bounce mix v.2)
    16. COCOJOEY'S THEME (Original Mix)

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~instrumental~ . . . //// there's a Universe in my head expanding r a p i d l y through [transient] shapes, forms, ~processes in doing so the emergent {NET}work guides us toward ->Happiness //// . . .
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D33P P0W3R 03:05
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A body in a space, it’s a familiar place I’ve been waiting for the day to be out and about But I sink into the wall, if you notice me at all I’ll pretend I didn’t see you looking at me Cuz I’m staring at the floor, probably heading out the door In a minute I’ll be going home Closing out my tab, signing out for now, the line and goodbye Why did I bother going out if I’m an anxious mess? Although I was inspired by the music that I heard… Let me sing to my phone voice memo So I remember when I’m home But I’m stuck!! A purgatory to find parking, I circle the block Slice of life, this is how it is Behind Joey’s eyes it’s a farce Just allergies and nosebleeds Now suddenly I’m agoraphobic boy Therefore, my quest: escape from this catacomb Before I succumb alone to the rot Back to staring at the wall, backlit colors of the fall On the screen my character’s tall, I should stop for now In a couple days ahead, I’ll be in a hospital bed A traveler with a lantern will explore my cave Will the battle be inane? Is it cancer or inflame? I don’t know, I’m asleep (it’s the best that I’ve got) Dream of melodies, and the music’s fucking cringe but I’ll laugh Wake up, you’re in my dream The sound of a universe imagining If you are me, and I am you We are the god who’s really true So bide your time, but witness this day We’re going back home soon anyway… But I’m stuck!! A purgatory to find purpose, I click in the note Slice of life, this is how it is Behind everybody’s eyes it’s a farce Just allergies and nosebleeds Now suddenly I’m in a tower in the void Therefore, our quest: escape from this catacomb Before we succumb alone to the rot
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Liberate amygdala (your toxic obstruction) Take away my big holdup (your toxic obstruction) Did I find enjoyment here? (your toxic obstruction) At least it made me laugh (your toxic obstruction) A life inside, it’s all the same I’m coasting Life in mind, we’re not the same I’m mostly wasting time Let me get closer to the light I’m in line to get to nowhere but a… Walk around - an empty shell Do I think I’m uniquely suited here? Take it around a living hell Why don’t I just take a trip? Take it off / take it out / it’s just. gotta get it before I die if I get / wanna quit / I’m fit when it wasn’t but your dime sign me up / pick me up / I’m just exhausted all the time if I get / wanna quit / I guess gotta get it before I die A life inside, it’s all the same I’m coasting Life in mind, we’re not the same I’m mostly wasting time Let me get closer to the light I’m in line to get to nowhere but a… (chorus x2)
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GOT GOT 03:13
Hey there! Didn’t see you come in, I’m staring at the wall feeling lazy I want to talk about it with you I guess I’ve got this feeling going crazy! I’m just waiting, gonna say the same thing I’m a play thing, up to take it down down Yeah, you know it’s true I’m so down low sad, but I can keep a secret I’m so down low sad, but you know I’m non-judgmental I got got Hey so while you’re here could I just open up and put out what I’m thinking? I got got I honestly can’t tell if I just wanna cry or stay until I’m shrinking Wait for now Am I strong enough to weather the storm? (Keep a secret) Hey ummm if you wanna leave you’re welcome Here’s your coat, the door, please have a good one! I hope that when we meet again, I’ll be brave But it’s okay cause you’re a phantom!! I’m just waiting, gonna say the same thing I’m a play thing, up to take it down down Yeah, you know it’s true Wait for now Am I strong enough to weather the storm? Wait for now Am I strong enough to fight (accept) this feeling?
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“Thank you for calling purgatory incorporated. Please listen carefully, as our menu options have changed. Press 0 to break free” “We appreciate your patience. Your current wait time is: one lifetime” Swim alone through time, I’m down with it Looking for another body, I’m down with it And if you’re feeling alright, I’m down with it Get it up in the void and I’m already slit Sixth extinction, and my mind’s in it Opportunity knocks in stars with it Silence of eternity, chasing it And we’ll be feeling pretty fine encased in it I’m a god Fuck it up ‘midst a superposition La da di da da da da da da I spit in the ripple of my desire Open fire!!! I want it, I’m all ready!! I want it, so come and get me!! Consume me into entropy (x2) If we met outside The dust in my mouth would make you cry I’d sit and wait for you there I thought we’d have a moment to spare Come fly away, ‘cross the milky milky way Drop down underground, past the filth of yesterday I soak in the flame: life’s roguey roguey game Let’s run, become one, feel it at the center (and I’ll..) … So I’m here all night And everything’s alright Waiting on the sound of the light I don’t know if there’s any other lifeform calling In a sound of light (looking for another body, i’m down with it) Tearing everything down and build it right (get it up in the void and i’m already slit) And there isn’t another night (opportunity knocks in stars with it) or is there any other lifeform? If we met outside The dust in my mouth would make you cry I’d sit and wait for you there I thought we’d have a moment to spare (x2)
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bbBANG 02:51 video
Snake: “Once, there was an explosion.. A bang that gave birth to time and space. Then.. there was this COCOJOEY track” Making it making it make it better for the found sound Taking it taking it take the letter from the pain down (x2) Staring at the ceiling and it’s 3AM and I’m still conscious Curled up in a bed of tension I don’t even know the reason Fall down, day in a blank apartment Couchlocked, passing the time away Lonely day in a frozen city Mindstate keeping the hounds at bay Making it making it make it better for the found sound Taking it taking it take the letter from the pain down Staring at the ceiling and it’s 3AM and I’m still conscious Curled up in a bed of tension I don’t even know the reason Toss and turn, I’m lacking Rapid eye, it’s time but I can’t help, I’m snacking Might as well, I’m jacked in Fall down, day in a blank apartment Couchlocked, passing the time away Lonely day in a frozen city Mindstate keeping the hounds at bay
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BEST FRIEND 03:37
Let’s swim through time together In love but aware It might just take another one To make the water hotter! There are so many lands to discover We could swim alone or together I’m chill, there ain’t an ounce of pressure Let’s take our time forever Backstroke to find a shore I’ve tread water here before Front crawl, I’m on all fours This is Cocojoey lore Sit back and watch a movie I think that you’re a cutie but I’m going off deep endy I might just need a friendy So with anticipation I can’t commence the operation Easier to float in dissociation So far in this well that I’m seven-days-in’ In the city, it can get a little lonely Maybe better with a cat, but my lease and allergies…so I Hold my breath, kick all night Swim toward another timeline Make waves inside my mind Drown in the ebb of blocktime It’s lonely inside, underwater and out of sightline Voice in my head going live “While it’s lonely inside, you can turn this tread into a swan dive” Furever home I will provide “Woah! Look up there, it’s Coco the cat!!! I couldn’t be happier to be with my..” Best friend, in another life I knew my Best friend, now we reunite, I have my Best friend, anxiety’s alright, when I’m with my Best friend, cuddle up all night You know my… (repeat)
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OUT THERE 08:16
Time To give another care Find another idol There’s someone out there Time The life there out to live Is stuck in indecision The waiting gets to me (all in) Time The raindrop turned to ash I thought I heard you sleeping A face lit by a phone (all in) Time We all accept defeat A lifer’s work repeated But there’s something out there Wake up in a scare (we’re ephemeral anyway) Walk it down the stairs (we’re ephemeral anyway) Take it out with the spares Time To end is to begin The failure’s in the answer It’s never late to care (all in) Time I’d walk you to the lake We’d take a new direction The water’s getting clear Wake up in a scare (we’re ephemeral anyway) Walk it down the stairs (we’re ephemeral anyway) Take it out with the spares (we’re ephemeral anyway) Will myself to care (we’re ephemeral anyway) We’re ephemeral anyway “I wanted to tell you that there’s nowhere to go, there’s nothing to do. As I read my own words back to me, I realized I can be simply here: looking through the trees, witnessing myself in the fox by the river. There’s nothing left to find” Wait for now Be patient enough to weather the storm Wait for now Even if you’re coasting on for nothing Wait for now The pressure’s off, we’re ephemeral anyway Wait for now Watch for the love, the thread that makes us better We hope for everybody We look in anybody We long for other bodies We live in everybody In seeking astral body Accept attachment body We lose collective body Scatter celestial body The message opens after A thread of endless laughter The ocean’s depth the ladder We sing form of connector Instead of seeking rather Accept collective matter Aware project distractor The tick of time goes faster Next time we walk along You’ll still be here and you’ll write this song And wait on the beach watching ourselves float away into the void In time we all return Time To end is to begin “There’s nothing left to find”

about

This October 22nd, return to the rapture of savoring a thimble of grape-flavored aspirin while tucked inside a blanket cocoon. The chills and head throb can’t be ignored, true, but COCOJOEY’S WORLD is a day off school with a new PSX disc in one hand and a controller palmed in the other.

COCOJOEY’S exuberant debut thrums like a rhythm game RPG OST from a parallel universe: present-day dilemmas as dungeon-crawl boss battles, and real life joy as a race across candy-coated synth panoramas. This is a more inviting way to face existential pain – not a facile attempt at escape from it.

Simultaneously refined and relatable, the lyric sheets here loop seamlessly between the reflective and the aspirational. Swallowed together, these tracks present a character creator screen ready to transmute outer darkness into inner liberation, boosting any listener as their own low-poly main character in pursuit of a most elusive level-up: acceptance.

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COCOJOEY makes happy hyper-bitpop wiisportscore fusion-type breakbeats inspired by cats, PSX-era pause menus, and ontological crises. A classically-trained pianist and in-demand composer/producer, COCOJOEY has "Symphony Center” on the resume, but for this project, an uncommon command of harmony and orchestration are never in danger of eclipsing an ebullient sonic experience.

Blurb by Doyle Armbrust

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released October 22, 2022

All music performed, produced, and mixed by Joey Meland
Mixing consultation from Noam Wallenberg
Mastering by Angel Marcloid at angelhairaudio.com

Additional Vocals on OUT THERE performed by Theo Espy and Emily Nichols
Album art by Julianne Griepp at juliannegriepp.com

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