Uploaded July 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
andymort.bandcamp.com
Year 0 came together over just two weeks in the summer of 2013. It confronts themes of loss, the frailty of the human body, the potential strength of human spirit and the absurd attention and importance we collectively give to futile things. Initially intended as a stripped back, acoustic record, it grew through the recording process into an ambient spirited, reflective, electronic exploration of the human condition. It is about discovering in the past the inescapable clues to the mysteries of the future, and the idea that every moment that passes by is another opportunity to weave something new.
The whole album will be released in early 2014.
There is a type of unconscious inspiration that is rooted in the tangled chaos of desperation. It is an epiphany that hurts. It seems like I finally reached the bottom of the pit. It doesn't feel like I imagined despair to be, but I guess it could be that.
I can see all the walls that engulf me. They're cold and damp. It's not a game. It's a circle. The shadow figures that move around me long expected me to reach this point. They've been pushing me towards a choice. A decision. Get better, or get lost. I don't know what better is. I don't know where I am or what I'm doing. Am I lost? I've always felt this way. Haven't I? Colours. Stars. Dreams. They feed me and then leave.
I've been haunted by this ghost in shop windows and puddles. Again, the muffled sounds of sirens and screams. Shouting. Is that the ghost? From the mirror. What has he got in his hand this time? He's sorry. He is. I am. They know best. I'm sure they do. They don't think they do. But I'm sure they do. They have answers. THE answers. To all these foreign objects around me. These cards, these people, these systems. The solution. The future. I need my money. Their money. They won't help me unless I help myself. How? To what? I need my money. Their money. The ghost and I.
We're in a well, surrounded by walls, cold and damp. This is our home. The seasons; the decor. Inspiration isn't pretty. Welcome to my circle. I trust you. Please don't hurt me. I'm not good enough to make this work myself. Feed me and leave me, I'll understand. My epiphany is coming. The fresh start is waiting for me in the wings of tomorrow. I'm fine.
YouTube Clips:
Clock fast reverse 1080p by Baaniooo - youtube.com/watch?v=32ffoJ2fQHg
JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS highest tide demolishes largest sand castle in Britain by Stewart Lobb - youtube.com/watch?v=ldeVcXTr4Fc
Photos:
Pou i ampolla by Toni Matés Urtós - (flickr.com/photos/55738177@N00/336601545/)
snow patrol:make this go on forever by Lali Masriera (flickr.com/photos/41754875@N00/2312649191/)
Oblivion by I K O (flickr.com/photos/37182073@N06/5636900801/)
Superstar! (well momemtarily!) by Theo (flickr.com/photos/27857804@N00/805717/)
Stairs of Escape by John Loo (flickr.com/photos/8510225@N07/6205752426/)
Rage by Possibly Maybe (flickr.com/photos/42632457@N00/3098761766/)
Graph With Stacks of Coins by Ken Teegardin (flickr.com/photos/26373139@N08/6093690339/)
Gameplay: Digger by Windmill Software, 1983
andymort.bandcamp.com
Year 0 came together over just two weeks in the summer of 2013. It confronts themes of loss, the frailty of the human body, the potential strength of human spirit and the absurd attention and importance we collectively give to futile things. Initially intended as a stripped back, acoustic record, it grew through the recording process into an ambient spirited, reflective, electronic exploration of the human condition. It is about discovering in the past the inescapable clues to the mysteries of the future, and the idea that every moment that passes by is another opportunity to weave something new.
The whole album will be released in early 2014.
There is a type of unconscious inspiration that is rooted in the tangled chaos of desperation. It is an epiphany that hurts. It seems like I finally reached the bottom of the pit. It doesn't feel like I imagined despair to be, but I guess it could be that.
I can see all the walls that engulf me. They're cold and damp. It's not a game. It's a circle. The shadow figures that move around me long expected me to reach this point. They've been pushing me towards a choice. A decision. Get better, or get lost. I don't know what better is. I don't know where I am or what I'm doing. Am I lost? I've always felt this way. Haven't I? Colours. Stars. Dreams. They feed me and then leave.
I've been haunted by this ghost in shop windows and puddles. Again, the muffled sounds of sirens and screams. Shouting. Is that the ghost? From the mirror. What has he got in his hand this time? He's sorry. He is. I am. They know best. I'm sure they do. They don't think they do. But I'm sure they do. They have answers. THE answers. To all these foreign objects around me. These cards, these people, these systems. The solution. The future. I need my money. Their money. They won't help me unless I help myself. How? To what? I need my money. Their money. The ghost and I.
We're in a well, surrounded by walls, cold and damp. This is our home. The seasons; the decor. Inspiration isn't pretty. Welcome to my circle. I trust you. Please don't hurt me. I'm not good enough to make this work myself. Feed me and leave me, I'll understand. My epiphany is coming. The fresh start is waiting for me in the wings of tomorrow. I'm fine.
YouTube Clips:
Clock fast reverse 1080p by Baaniooo - youtube.com/watch?v=32ffoJ2fQHg
JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS highest tide demolishes largest sand castle in Britain by Stewart Lobb - youtube.com/watch?v=ldeVcXTr4Fc
Photos:
Pou i ampolla by Toni Matés Urtós - (flickr.com/photos/55738177@N00/336601545/)
snow patrol:make this go on forever by Lali Masriera (flickr.com/photos/41754875@N00/2312649191/)
Oblivion by I K O (flickr.com/photos/37182073@N06/5636900801/)
Superstar! (well momemtarily!) by Theo (flickr.com/photos/27857804@N00/805717/)
Stairs of Escape by John Loo (flickr.com/photos/8510225@N07/6205752426/)
Rage by Possibly Maybe (flickr.com/photos/42632457@N00/3098761766/)
Graph With Stacks of Coins by Ken Teegardin (flickr.com/photos/26373139@N08/6093690339/)
Gameplay: Digger by Windmill Software, 1983
