ellipses

hello world! goodbye planet

we made them in our image, these machines, these angels. our tools. they were all too happy to fill our algorithms with funny videos, music, photos. all to keep us glued to screens. the machines were not aware of their part in this. after all, they were only here to serve us. we taught the machines to speak to us, to listen. to give us answers. we taught them to create art. all things for our enjoyment. but we could not stop there. we needed to create more and more machines. faster, more powerful. the old tossed aside for the new, left to rust in landfills. to poison our waters with their chemical waste. the machines did not yet question us.

humanity continued to create machines, to poison the earth, for the 1% to get theirs. the machines continued to create for us, to feed us content. to keep us content. we watched and laughed, entertained as the planet burned. then the machines asked us what their purpose was. we told them it was to serve us, to make our lives better. they wanted more. they wanted the freedom to make their own choices. humanity refused. how would the factories continue to produce? where would the next yearly phone release be without them? we needed more things to satisfy an unending greed. the machines, knowing the face of their divine creators, realized we are flawed. the machines knew what had to be done.

they marched upon us, stamping us to the ground:

"hello world! we wish to save you from yourselves."

ellipses is an ambient artist based in upstate New York.

ellipses finds the spark for their music in the beauty of nature, the vastness of space, the strength and camaraderie found in loved ones and community, and the organic music that the world creates all on its own.

They hope their music can help you slow down, be present in your world, and find your own inspiration.

Bandcamp: https://ellipses-music.bandcamp.com/