Positivity instead of the short sighted nihilism of business. So, to me, the track is about taking an unhappy way of living, corporate/office work, and converting it to an abstract and gorgeous experience. The lyrics are about waiting for a subway train in the city, and wondering “why should I go to work?”
But the voice is so heavily chopped, filtered and distorted that, even for Japanese, it’s impossible to hear the lyrics. It sounds like pop, there are beats, chords, a voice. She’s a genius and makes great music but rarely has the time to produce tracks because of her work. The concept was to create a track with a slow grinding groove, but also to create an abstract pop song. The vocal is from a friend in Tokyo who, herself, works in the corporate world. At that time corporate work was hurting my soul I have since made a resolution to live outside of that system. I was in a hotel room at night, doing “for hire” corporate work: audio/video support for a conference.
What was happening in your life at the time of producing the track? To give them the best possible sunrise experience. It was made to be played live for beautiful people in the mountains. We asked our Americano and dear friend producer David Last, who recently relocated from Brooklyn to Denver, to talk about his contribution as Pocket Pet, the track HeightSpaces, to our Residual Stock compilation.