Holly Herndon - PROTO (May 10, 2019) Album

Coming out on 4AD.



01 Birth
02 Alienation
03 Canaan (Live Training)
04 Eternal
05 Crawler
06 Extreme Love (with Lily Anna Hayes and Jenna Sutela)
07 Frontier
08 Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
09 SWIM
10 Evening Shades (Live Training)
11 Bridge (with Martine Syms)
12 Godmother (with Jlin)
13 Last Gasp

PROTO was created in collaboration with Spawn—a nascent A.I. entity housed in a gaming PC that Herndon developed. An ensemble of contemporary vocalists and developers also feature. Of the album, Herndon said in a press release:

“There’s a pervasive narrative of technology as dehumanizing. We stand in contrast to that. It’s not like we want to run away; we’re very much running towards it, but on our terms. Choosing to work with an ensemble of humans is part of our protocol. I don’t want to live in a world in which humans are automated off stage. I want an A.I. to be raised to appreciate and interact with that beauty. ”

 

vro

 

such a fucking crazy track

 

Song is incredible

 

Ya this is going to be crazy stuff. I am so excited.

 

Yes

 

Wow what the fuck is this song haha

So she made software that just basically does whatever it wants to her vocals?

 

Something like that, I don’t fully grasp it but she’s always been...very high concept haha. Check out her first album Platform if you enjoy the song and haven’t heard it, it’s very good and was widely acclaimed when it came out

 

Singles are wild

 

This is going to be insane, what a read

Inhuman After All

 

This album is crazy shit, top 10 of the year for sure.

 

Bump, this is out today and is one of the weirdest and craziest albums you will hear all year?

 

It’s out today?! Heck yeah! I couldn’t remember her name and last week I was hoping someone would bump this soon and refresh my memory.

 

It’s definitely a brain buster. I love how much she tapped into her pop sensibilities here.