Arvada

Exit Human | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2001)
• Original Release Date: January 1, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Direct Hit Records
• ASIN: B000059LIM
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,199,486 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Arvada

2. Anybody

3. Kill All Humans

4. I Can't Sleep

5. Lost

6. Reset

7. Your Earth

8. This Engine

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

In a subterranean network of illegal artificial intelligence labs, a self-conscious, emotional artificial organism has been born. Due to budget cuts, Raldron, chief scientist in the Exit Human research program, was forced to delete an AI program that was fusing digital DNA and music composition programs. As this occurred, the file was transformed into a living being, swimming in the primordial ooze of the company computer’s file recycle bin. Simultaneously, unknown authorities raided the lab and captured the newly conscious AI, which identified itself as Arvada. During the raid, Raldron escaped with the only evidence of Arvada’s existence, a computer tape documenting her birth in the form of a sound file. These files are presented in their entirety on the Exit Human: Arvada album. Through a careful analysis of Raldron’s account, it has been hypothesized that the sequence of songs portrays a life form going through a metamorphosis. Arvada’s personality takes form as the album unfolds.

The resulting music style falls somewhere between krautrock and hip-hop. Ethereal vocals, leaning toward the female side of androgyny, front a visceral electronic soundscape of trashed signals and fractured melody. The story arc of the album is paired with increasingly complex and structured songs as the document progresses. From the first assault of chaotic computer noise, to the beautifully complex closer, Arvada stands as a testament to estrangement and self-doubt. She has the perspective of a newborn that is at odds with her existence. The tracks document her birth and struggle with identity while searching for answers.

Through an alliance with Direct Hit Records of San Francisco, the complete sound files are now available to the public. Download a song at exithuman.com to hear for yourself. We encourage your insight into the relevance of these files. Is it a document of the emergence of an artificial life form, a mistake, or a joke? We are convinced. She is the voice in the static that draws you nearer. She is the nexus between automation and organism.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Exit Human - 'Arvada' (Direct Hit Records), October 10, 2010

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arvada (Audio CD)

Looks to be this trance artist's only CD. Not a bad find. Tunes I got the most out of were the nineteen-minute opening track "Arvada", "I Can't Sleep", maybe "Lost" and the wonderfully good "This Engine" (possibly this title's best cut, hands down). Ideal to play at back alley / after hour bars, Border's midnight sales (do they even have those anymore?) or at those landmark clubs in major cities that still feature such obscure touring bands as such, etc. Recommended for fans of Aphex Twin, 777, Kraftwerk and Seefeel.

4.0 out of 5 stars Resistance is futile, July 27, 2004

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Weirdomusic "Weirdomusic" (Heerlen, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arvada (Audio CD)

Electronic bleeps and beeps that would make Karlheinz Stockhausen proud, beats that will set every dance floor on fire, female voices from your favorite nightmare: welcome to the world of Exit Human. This is certainly one of the best "modern" CDs I've heard in a while. "The songs on this album are a document of the birth of an artificial organism" claims their website. Whatever the story is, this mixture of Krautrock, electronica and hip-hop is exciting and fun. "We encourage your insight into the relevance of these files. Is it a document of the emergence of an artificial life form, a mistake, or a joke? We are convinced. She is the voice in the static that draws you nearer. She is the nexus between automation and organism." This is what Moby would have sounded like had he been assimilated by the Borg. Resistance is futile. Exit human.

4.0 out of 5 stars Kind of spacy sounding..., March 16, 2004

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David Humphrey (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arvada (Audio CD)

It's very synthetic sounding. This should be played in all dimly lit bars and coffee shops located in basements and alleys. I look forward to the next CD from these folks/beings/entities.