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Lolina: Origins

by R L Hughes

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yumeinati I would absolutely kill to be able to get a physical copy of this album! This is one of my favorite albums that I've discovered and if I could get my hands on a physical copy I could die happy. The story is so amazing and thoughtfully planned, and the lyrics, vocals, and music all demonstrate this! Favorite track: Cyborg Abominations.
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rionavow Such a fun story with good music. I love this album so much :) Favorite track: Mariella's Lament.
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dawn_court_harper Despite this album not being very long it really builds a setting and a story.
Plus, it really makes me want to be a Cyborg. Favorite track: Cyborg Abominations.
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Radio Broadcaster: 3rd Colony is a city where all you needs can be met, and you can sample all the delights that Mars has to offer. So whether you’re here for business or pleasure, make sure you come on down to Sandy’s place and our girls will make you feel right at home. In partnership with expert scientists at OrganaTech our girls have been genetically engineered to be everything your heart could desire, and they’re eager to fulfil any fantasy. So hurry up, they’re waiting! OrganaTech advert: In association with OrganaTech. For personal or professional needs, choose natural solutions.
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Lolina 03:51
Lolina: Some girls are made to be scientists, they give them high IQs, Some girls are made to leaders, their charisma is fine tuned, Some girls made to be consumers, they increase demand, But for me a different purpose was planned… Lolina, Lolina, satisfaction guaranteed! Lolina, Lolina, baby all I wanna do is please, Lolina, Lolina, so for a modest fee, Come spend a night with me and you will see I’m what I’m engineered to be. Those nice folks down at OrganaTech gave me the genes to be your hearts desire, Soft red lips, black hair and long legs, the ability to never tire, Graceful, flexible, yeah baby I have got the moves, Any fantasy I long to make it come true, Lolina, Lolina, satisfaction guaranteed! Lolina, Lolina, I'm genetically designed to please, Lolina, Lolina, so for a modest fee, Come spend a night with me and you will see I’m what I’m engineered to be. 40-18-40 that’s the way that they made me, Yeah my body’s insane and I move it sensuously, Soft skin, oh so tasteable, I always want more, I’m insatiable, I crave to satisfy, its my design, my purpose is to blow your mind, Yeah, if pleasure’s what you need, come to Sandy’s place, Mars, Third Colony, I’ll treat you good baby, I’m what, I’m what, I’m what I’m engineered to be Mariella: From when I first saw you I was drawn to you, I could see in your eyes there was more to you, Surrounded by sin, your soul lost in the dark I’ll take you from here and place you on God’s path, God’s love can purify you, Cleanse the sin that is inside you, God’s love can purify you, Fix the defect deep inside you, Fix the defect deep inside.
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Sermon I 01:15
The Patriarch: When the Lord created the Earth, he bestowed stewardship on man over the green and fertile pastures He had made. He gave man dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moved. But man, in his infinite arrogance, destroyed this gift God had given. Through his sin and decadence he poisoned his Homeland and fled to the coldness of space and to the rocky worlds of Mars, Ganymede, Callisto, Europa - places the Lord never intended him to be. But we can repent for these sins of our ancestors, my children! We will return to the true Homeland, from which a new Eden will be born! We will work the soil, we will purify the land, and we will bring an age of springtime! With our hearts cleansed of sin the Lord will protect us from the sickness of the lands as we carry out his mission. My children, the Lord has chosen us! We must follow his path!
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New Eden 04:09
Followers: A new Eden we will bring, On Earth we’ll restore an age of spring, Left barren by wars our forefathers fought, We’ll return to the Earth given to us by the Lord. We will work the tainted soil, We will purify through endless toil, As stewards once more of the now poisoned earth, We’re protected by the Lord if we follow his path. Mariella: Awake, and be born anew, From that house of sin, I have taken you, Although now your soul is lost, you will find your way, And from the path of the Lord you will not go astray Rejoice! For Eden awaits, Our Father has chosen us, so we must have faith We travel now to Earth, as the Lord commands, To rebuild His world, put our lives in His hands. Lolina: Why me? I do not understand, How can I fulfil my design in this barren wasteland? For the service of your God, you’ve stolen me away, But I was made for pleasure, I wasn’t made to pray. Written into my genetic code, Is my goal to gratify, and it’s all that I know, Without my given role, how can I have worth? There is no place for me, to belong here on Earth. Followers/ Mariella: A new Eden we will bring/ The Lord will bring you to the light! On Earth we’ll restore an age of spring/ And you shall be purified Left barren by wars our forefathers fought/ Serving him will give you worth We’ll return to the Earth given to us by the Lord/ For this is the one true path We will work the tainted soil/ Yes she can be born anew! We will purify through endless toil/ Oh you must see that it’s true As stewards once more of the now poisoned earth/ The Lord can forgive any sin We’re protected by the Lord if we follow his path/ We must put our faith in him Lolina: I see this is to be my fate, You’re taking me away to Earth, with no chance of escape, I was made to satisfy with my body as my tool, Maybe I can please you instead by following your rules Followers: We will work the tainted We will purify through endless toil
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Sermon II 00:59
The Patriarch: My children! As you work this soil, remember: keep the Lord in your heart and your mind away from thoughts of sin. Likewise, you must be vigilant to the moral purity of your neighbour. Like the rotten apple can cause others in the batch to wither and decay, a sinner in our midst will spread moral decay and sickness. The Lord in his greatness protects us from the poison in these lands, but only if we keep ourselves clean of wrong-doing. If you know of sinful thoughts or actions from your neighbour, it is your duty, not just to the Lord but to yourselves and the safety of your brothers and sisters, to inform me so I can purge this immorality.
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Sin 04:18
The Patriarch (Followers): My children we have been chosen by Lord, Our mission to make his earth anew, (Oh Father) This homeland was poisoned by the ancient wars, Be cautious! Lest our souls be poisoned too (Oh Father) My children, do not let sin into your hearts! For sin will let the sickness in! (Oh Father) Our Father, will smite us all for one at fault, So children we must all be free of sin. My children there is sin, It resides within you, Keep your heart pure, Don’t let it in. My children there is sin, It could be our poison, The Lord will strike us down, If you give in, To sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin). Sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin) My children watch out for sinners in our midst, Your neighbour could lead to our downfall, (Oh Father) A sinner, will spread their poison, make us sick, A cancer we must cut out and destroy. Followers: Lolina, Lolina, a temptress, a sinner, Her unnatural form leads our menfolk to lust, Oh Father, oh Father, she is the death-bringer, She’s the Devil’s tool, she is not one of us. Mariella: Why can’t you give her a chance? She can change her ways and be redeemed, With the love of the Lord, She can be born anew, He’ll make her clean Followers: Lolina, Lolina, she’s sullied, she’s fallen, She will spread unrest, she will adulterate, Unnatural women, she can not bear children, Cannot be a wife, for her sin is innate Lolina: Tell me what you want from me, I’ll obey, I’ll be good, all I wanna is do is please, But I can’t change my biology, I can’t change the way I was engineered to be Lolina (Followers): (Sin, sin, sin, sin) But I can do as you say! (Sin, sin, sin, sin) I’ll follow your rules (Sin, sin, sin, sin) I’ll promise I’ll be good (Sin, sin, sin, sin) I’m not the Devil’s tool! The Patriarch (Followers): My children there is sin, And it walks among us, We must end this scourge, And the death it brings. My children there is sin, It will be our poison, Unless we strike it down, We must not give in, To sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin). Sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin), sin (sin). The Patriarch: My children, I now see, this woman is a tool of the Devil, She will bring sickness among us, she will bring death, Our Father, he decrees, we must end this grave abomination, She must be stricken from us, put her to death.
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Mariella: From when I first saw you I was drawn to you, I could see in your eyes there was more to you, Surrounded by sin, your soul lost in the dark I’ll take you from here, put you on to God’s path, God’s love can purify you, Cleanse the sin that is inside you, God’s love can purify you, Fix the defect deep inside you, Fix the defect deep inside. She is a sinner but God’s love can save her, I’ve seen something pure in her eyes, But they say that she’s immoral to the core, she is the Devil’s whore, She will bring sickness, with sin she will blight us, temptation she brings to their minds I thought that God’s love could make her clean, but she cannot be redeemed, Forever broken, by Him she’s forsaken, and He has decreed she must die. She is a sinner and God’s love can’t save her, although I wish it were a lie, I don’t understand the way she makes me feel, this emotion can’t be real, My heart, I adore her, unnatural lust for her, the truth I can no longer deny, Inside of me there is this fatal flaw, a perversion to my core, Forever broken, by Him I’m forsaken, God see’s my defect inside I am a sinner and God’s love can’t save me, I know now that I must die. I am a sinner and God’s love can’t save me, I know now that I must die, God’s love can’t purify me, there’s a defect deep inside me, I am a sinner and God’s love can’t save me, I know now that I must die, God’s love can’t purify me, there’s a defect deep inside me, I am a sinner and God’s love can’t save me, I know now that I must die. I must die! I must die!
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Lolina: Locked in a cell, Here in the dark, You’ll take me away, put me to death, When the morning comes. I’ll do anything, Just please let me live, What do you want, what can I do, Nothing left to give I did whatever you asked for, What do you want? What do you want? I did whatever you asked for, What do you want? What do you want? I did as you said, I followed your rules, I tried to be good, tried to obey, I was a fool. ‘Cause I cannot win, Never good enough, You ask me for things that I cannot give, You ask for too much I did whatever you asked for, What do you want? What do you want? I did whatever you asked for, What do you want? What do you want? You took me away just to kill me, You took me away from my home, You blamed all your failings upon me, I never did anything wrong Never did anything wrong! All my life I’ve gone along and done what was asked of me, I can’t give what you want, I can’t make you happy, Tried so hard to serve, tried so hard to please, But I cannot satisfy, ‘cause you cannot be appeased, You never gave me a chance! Used me as your scapegoat, Why were all your moral failings my fault? You called me a sinner ‘cause of how I was made, You never gave me a chance yet still I am blamed I wanna survive, Now I see, The only way to live is to fight. I don't wanna die, Now I see, The only way to live is to fight. Got-gotta gotta escape I gotta Got-gotta gotta escape I gotta escape from here.
9.
Hospital Bed 04:49
Lolina (OrganaTech Doctor): What is this pain? What is this place? Am I alive? Am I awake? What are these scars, Across my face, (You are home), they say, (You are safe.) Hospital bed, I’m back on Mars, But I am wounded, I feel the scars, (We can regrow your cells, We can restore. You will go back), they say, (To the live you had before.) To the life I had before, I can’t understand how I don’t feel the same, I’m back home now but somehow everything has changed, I was made for one purpose, to give, to pleasure, to please, I should be happy to return to my biological destiny, But something feels wrong, Inside of me, After all I’ve seen Can I return? Can I forget? All these new thoughts, running, running, Inside my head? (We can regrow your cells, We can restore. You will go back), they say, (To the live you had before.) OrganaTech Doctor: We are your makers we designed the plans for your genetic code, OrganaTech will have you healed right up to return to your role, We can mend your wounded eye and face, use stem cells to repair, Your employer will cover the cost of your medical care. Lolina (OrganaTech Doctor): Can this be true? Can this be real? That I'll be fixed, I’ll be healed? (We can regrow your cells, We can restore. You will go back), they say, (To the live you had before). Lolina: I can’t understand how I can give you my trust, Following the will of others was dangerous when their will was unjust, On Earth they wanted me disposed of, they changed their mind and I was of no use, How can I know that you won’t tire of me, ‘cause I survived for me, my life is what I choose, And something feels wrong, Dishonesty, Is all I see. OrganaTech Doctor: We are your makers we designed the plans for your genetic code, OrganaTech will have you healed right up to return to your role, We can mend your wounded eye and face, use stem cells to repair, Your employer will cover the cost of your medical care. If cost effective care’s not viable, your employer may withdraw, We accept no responsibility per interplanetary law, Persons owned by corporations face termination in this case, In this event OrganaTech ensures that their treatment is humane. Lolina: I see through your deception, Begin my insurrection, No profit to being my saviour, You impose my euthanasia I don’t wanna die, I wanna survive, For me. For me. Got-gotta got-gotta escape I gotta Escape from here
10.
Radio Broadcaster: Warning traveller! You are on course to enter the asteroid belt, notorious for frequent attacks from space pirates. These outlaws are known to have illegal, abhorrent, cybernetic additions to their natural bodies, and they may be carrying dangerous nanobot infestations. If you come across these cyborg abominations or their ilk, please inform interplanetary security and do not engage with these dangerous individuals. OrganaTech advert: This is an automated message sponsored by OrganaTech. For personal or professional needs, choose natural solutions.
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Lolina: Costs to heal, cheaper to destroy, so you discard me like a broken toy, Too wounded now to fulfil your ends, so I get some help from my cyborg friends They can fix me, make me mended, with robot parts that you abhor, Mechanical and augmented, can’t be your pawn but I can be more So you cast us out ‘cause we don’t belong, at the edges we try to get along, Yeah we scavenge now on the asteroid belt, take what we want keep it for ourselves, Killing, fighting, crime and stealing, don’t get me wrong it’s a hard life, Piratical life of thieving, all I know is I must survive They call us cyborg abominations, Cyborg abominations, Cyborg abominations, Cyborg abominations. I didn’t know before what it would mean to be free, I could not conceive a life outside your boundaries, I used to live to serve, I used to live to please, I used to live for you but now I only live for me. I still feel endless hunger, Insatiable need for touch, My friends can fulfil my desires, They give me cyborg love, Cyborg love, we look out for each other, Cyborg love, protect our own, Metal, circuits and flesh sing out in harmony for cyborg love. They call us cyborg abominations, Cyborg abominations, Cyborg abominations, Cyborg abominations. Don’t glamorise my life, Even though I am free, Everyday I fight just to survive, Not like the life I used to lead, I was your tool, but I wasn’t unhappy, Useful to you, you kept me safe, If I had to choose between this life and my old life not sure what choice I’d make. But all I know was I was put into a game, A game that was fixed so that I could only lose, The only way to win was to refuse to play, The only way to live was to fuck your rules. They call us cyborg They call us cyborg They call us cyborg abominations Lolina + Cyborg friends: Cyborg abominations, Cyborg abominations, Cyborg, cyborg Cyborg abominations.

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With a mish-mash of jazz, rock, classical and electronic music this concept EP tells the story of our heroine Lolina as she is taken from the brothels of dystopian Mars to the wastelands of post-apocalyptic Earth and beyond...

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released January 28, 2017

Vocals
Lolina and Mariella: Rachel Hughes
The Patriarch: Tim Ledsam
OrganaTech Doctor: Jessica Law
Backing Vocals: Jessica Law, Ben Below, Rachel Hughes
Spoken Vocals: Tim Ledsam, Ben Below, Rachel Hughes

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Piano and E-Piano: Rachel Hughes
Violin and Electric Violin: Marius von Raum
Fretless Bass, Electric Guitars, Banjo, Saxophone, Ewi, Electric Drums, Synths: Ben Below

Music and Lyrics by Rachel Hughes
Production and Recording by Ben Below
Cover Artwork by Eve Hewett

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Singer, pianist, graduate of the Young Women's Music Project Oxford and member of Sci-Fi Prog-Folk Band The Mechanisms before their demise. Now going solo with Jazzy, soulful, cross genre music, sometimes telling a Sci-Fi story or concept.

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