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Eumeswil 06:06
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Venator 05:00
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Citadel 05:17
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Luminar 03:30
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Latifah 05:30
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Condor 02:27
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Catacombs 05:58
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Omniarchy 04:09
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Hyperboreans 04:18
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Anarch 03:11
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Xenophon 02:12
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about

The title and inspiration for the second South Central Positronics release comes from a late seventies novel by the German author and philosopher Ernst Jünger.

The setting of "Eumeswil" is a North African city-state of the same name, in some post-apocalyptic future that is only tangentially referenced. The main protagonist and narrator of the novel is Martin Venator, a historian who enjoys a position and privilege in the outer edges of the ruling dictator's (known simply as the "Condor") circle. Some of the technology described seems to foreshadow such modern features as the smartphone, the internet and even genetic engineering. The pragmatic Venator has found a way to exist within the framework of an authoritarian regime while maintaining a high degree of individual and intellectual freedom, the embodiment of an archetype Jünger labelled the "anarch".

The album features a sequence of instrumental pieces that draw upon 1990s electronica, hip-hop and trip-hop styles, such as the Eurodance-influenced "Luminar", the seductive late night vibes of "Latifah" and the eerily lilting and wintry-sounding "Hyperboreans". Each loosely references various concepts and characters from the novel, culminating in the climactic nine minute monster, "Forest Passage, which reflects the final traversal of Venator (along with the Condor and his trusted henchmen) into the wild woodlands at the edges of the territory beyond Eumeswil.

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released August 9, 2021

"Xenophon" intro and extro monologues performed by Alyssa Penchanski.

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UK-based act crafting electronica with a twist of retro - sibling project of
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