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Supermassive (album)
 physical copy of the album Supermassive, painted and designed by n van winkle, front  digital cover for Supermassive, depicting the full fold-out artwork |
Release date November 8, 2021 |
Written 2016～2021 |
Recorded January 19, 2019～March 24, 2019; June 7, 2021～August 12, 2021 |
Status published First commit November 8, 2021 (v1.11.0) |
Genre(s) avant-prog, experimental, post-sonorism, ambient, glitch |
Track count 29 (excluding hidden track) |
Running time 2°08' (CDr) ; 1°59' (digital) |
Catalogue number 001 |
Supermassive is the second studio album by Dream Position. It ostensibly takes the form of a sonic dream journal, but more pointedly tells the story of the character Jest Lanthorn—who features in the artwork—battling through an obsession with perfectionism with comorbid bipolar mood, as told through these dreams, in order to achieve self-actualization. The album was conceptualized over a period of several years and was recorded in two waves, with the first beginning on the 19th of January, 2019 (tracks 1 through 4), and the second on the 7th of June, 2021 (tracks 5 through 29); both periods lasted exactly 2 months and 5 days. The album was released on 2xCDr on November 8, 2021 and digitally on December 8, 2021.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1.-1 | "Lanthorn Estate (Overture)" [hidden track] | 7'42" |
| 1.01 | "'Lanthorn Estate (Overture)' [cont'd.] + 'Don't Wanna Be like...Me' (Character Portrait)" | 4'14" |
| 1.02 | "Chapter 1.1: Our Lady in Transit" | 2'21" |
| 1.03 | "'Reaver' [live at Lorenz Orb, 2017.05] (Prelude)" | 7'14" |
| 1.04 | "'...Our Lady in Transit' [cont'd.]" | 0'57" |
| 1.05 | "'Programme' [live at the Wide Open, 1999.08]" | 3'48" |
| 1.06 | "'Futurevision' [live at the Wide Open, 1999.08]" | 3'22" |
| 1.07 | "'The Tail as Erogenous Zone' (Main Theme)" | 2'38" |
| 1.08 | "Jubilation, Experience" | 2'52" |
| 1.09 | "Guiding Ghost of U." | 5'00" |
| 1.10 | "General's Game and Pagoda" | 6'24" |
| 1.11 | "The realBlade Dilemma" | 8'16" |
| 1.12 | "Ms. Ringpupils" | 3'23" |
| 1.13 | "Increment 𝑤 (Defootprinting)" | 6'00" |
| 1.14 | "Peter Johhnmonowsky's Solution / Tall, Tall, Tall Tower" | 4'29" |
| 2.01 | [intermission] | 2'15" |
| 2.02 | "Window to the World (for Eugene)" | 2'19" |
| 2.03 | "Millennium [downer ver.]" | 3'13" |
| 2.04 | "Joy of the Nomad" | 3'31" |
| 2.05 | "Father's Black Hole [incl. 'The Remix' by Iqjobxeb Xeboix]" | 7'38" |
| 2.06 | "Par" | 3'02" |
| 2.07 | "Waterslide Elegy" | 4'12" |
| 2.08 | "Relaxation Zone, ca. 1999" | 7'19" |
| 2.09 | "Honoring the Twenty-Year Delusion" | 3'31" |
| 2.10 | "Where Will We Go?" | 4'26" |
| 2.11 | "Black Straw Sunhat" | 1'42" |
| 2.12 | "Relaxation Zone Memorial, ca. 2000" | 1'20" |
| 2.13 | "Parison Treats" | 2'54" |
| 2.14 | "'iv. Noblewoman,' from Molding Characterface's Costume Conception" | 3'36" |
| 2.15 | "Pristine Body (Could I Be like...Me)" | 9'20" |