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1.
Smile 03:58
Can't seem to get back on track Everything's holding you back Seems like whatever you do There's a ubiquitous fugue When the world seems broken Let the world reopen When you smile Sink in the ocean like lead A black cloud over my head A fracture inside my crown All of these things wear me down In the dark and blind You're a ray of sunshine When you smile
2.
Ixtab 07:55
instrumental
3.
Don't Cry 03:14
walking down and endless highway something to be found you know there's something out there not just another town life it goes by so darn slowly knowing I'm out there the burden of the question on the whole earth where don't cry don't cry I'll be back someday I hope flailing through the darkness searching for the light I know I'm out there somewhere just keep up my old fight life it's like a big wheel crushing all your dream the world is just a playground paper people paper reams you know I've got to go don't cry just on with the show don't cry don't cry I'll be back someday I hope you know I can't go back there even if the road ahead holds a greater despair I can't wait for you don't cry don't cry I'll be back someday I hope
4.
Dreamfinder 04:15
people say the best things in life are simple slow your world down put one foot down at a time and you'll see what I mean every second hold a pretty picture it's just we go too fast too complex and too complicated to see sure life is hard to cope with the fact the world and our lifestyle are moving too fast we make the wrong choices every day every moment is holding something good we don't see it we don't look where we should and our dreams aren't hiding in the clouds no more hold on to your dreams but don't impractical or they'll burst at the seams optimism and determination are the keys to success but don't push too hard or you'll be standing all alone we are only human but we try

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This ep was almost tagged onto the Binary Drama, but I decided that Binary Drama had a story, and these songs didn't belong. Don't Cry was written in 1982, and Dreamfinder was written in 1986. I always felt these were strong songs and decided to re-re-re-record them. I wanted an upbeat song for the lead track and wrote Smile. I wanted to record an instrumental, and when digging through some old sequences I found Ixtab. It was mostly complete in a very rough form. Ixtab is a very dark song, a huge contrast for the other upbeat, happy songs of the ep. Dreamfinder was recorded in 2 days, along with all the keyboard parts for Don't Cry & Smile. The vocals for Don't Cry, Smile and all the parts for Ixtab took almost 2 weeks. Funny the way things go sometimes.

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released November 20, 2013

Recorded @ Ruf Noiz 2013
Homogenized by Kurt Johns.
all songs © 2013 Kurt Johns.

Performed on:
Roland U-20
Roland MKB-200
Roland JX-3P
Roland EP-11
Roland M-120
Roland S-200
Roland MKS-7
Roland MC-50
Roland JV-880
Roland αJU-1

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Bëker Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

A solo project, that has been percolating for a long time (longer than one has fingers and toes). The madness is perhaps the manic side of Bëker's disfunctional bi-polar personality. Binary Drama is the first of this branding, written mostly in 2007, through the worst of times and later the best of times. It was a lazy project the refused to finish itself until now. ... more

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