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I Got Laid-Off from SoundCloud
Electronic · 2017 · 13 tracks · 18m

I Got Laid-Off from SoundCloud

Memo Boy

A jittery, bit-crushed chronicle of modern precarity. Bedroom electronics that capture the specific panic of losing your job in the digital age.

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It's the perfect soundtrack for when your life feels like a glitching browser tab.

A jittery, satirical exploration of digital-age anxiety and professional precarity.

I Got Laid-Off from SoundCloud · vs · Memo Boy
Anxious+4.0σ

Anxious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 18m
01
I Might Lose My Job
02
I Can't Afford to Lose My Job
03
It Looks Like I Will Lose It
04
What Will I Do Once I'm Out of Work?
05
My Wife Might Leave Me
06
Using LinkedIn to Find a New Job
07
Will I Ever Retire?
08
Escape from Wüstenforschungszentrum
3:01
09
I Can’t Let Anything Happen to Me or My Wife
10
I Got Laid-Off from SoundCloud
11
6 Days (Memo Boy remixxx)
3:12
12
Batman Loathes Himself and Vomits
2:58
13
I’m Having a Rave in My Room All by Myself (early draft)
2:36
Moments Worth Waiting For
The frantic rhythmic disintegration on track 6 that mimics the panic of a failing professional network
That sudden shift into a lonely, four-on-the-floor pulse during the solo rave of track 14
The way the melodic samples on track 10 feel like they are being slowly deleted in real time
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