Distorting Reality For Better Perception (2006)

-------- This album is the current reach of the MagiTek sound. It is the result of three years spent sporadically composing, recording, rerecording, mixing, and even remixing to get it to this final form. This was due to the many diversions and distractions Quartz and J encountered along the path (of heroes).

The title of the album accurately depicts a theme that runs though out the hour long disc. That being distorting reality by escaping into fantasy, by indulging in creativity, and even manipulating the ideas of time and space altogether. Half of the tracks are lyrical pieces in a geek-noise rap style, the rest are instrumental glimpses into the M-Tek mythos. Scattered within are samples too numerous to list. And a few collaborators, both old and new.

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Track Listing

01. Manifest
02. Connect
03. Culture Kings
04. Viscous Rift
05. Scissors 61
06. Value Rap #1 (Styrofoam Rhymes)
07. Wicked Noise
08. Tekgnomes
09. Special Addiction
10. Anaphylaxis
11. Music Machine
12. Armagetdown
13. The Resurrection
14. Zombie Stomp
15. Craziest Dreams
16. The Very Fabric

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Lyrics

Connect

Multiverses for us to explore
Its another chapter in Magitek lore
Part 3 we cross the great expanse
As we rap and we sing about new lands
We're distorting reality for better perception
With titular lines from another dimension
Super nova sound is what we've found
Two new kings will soon be crowned
Two kings that wont forget the past
How it starts with a spark and ends with a blast
Destroys an empire, liberates the weak
And all the while we keep it unique
Whether space or time
Rhythm or rhyme
The sword keeps swinging
keepin suckers in line
Cause were on a higher level
Than every other hater
300 years ago now and later

(Hook)
This is the MagiTek
Modus operandi thats in effect
Dissect the dots and resurrect the form
As we blast past with a soundstorm
Any perception gets distorted
Try to buy some time but you cant afford
to waste energy tryin to make sense
The best you can do is try to Connect

The cuts and samples make up our riffs
Workin deep in the lab like mad scientists
Engineering access to rhythm dimensions
Rippin apart the basics rap transcendence
At first we had no direction till
Power undefined made divine intervention
Led us to galaxies
Various principalities automatically
Realized the nature of this gravity
Our own mythology of magic and technology
Beyond any army, cult or following
We need the antidote for the all the shit we're swallowing
On that note
Why ride modern music?
Its a dead horse
And some people just abuse it
It could be amusing but I know their entertainment
Is mass mind mold bland dramatizations
Try to understand and not just listen
They call it a game, but we call it a mission
A group or a band, forget the definition
Its just repetition but hey, we've got ambition!

(Hook)

We play it loud like an SNES
If you want the geek rhymes
then you know we've got the best
Cuz we are Quartz Relic and Thugmasta J
And when we start the panic there'll be no delay
To plot a new chart, learn the secret arts
Jump in tthe tardis you'll hear us depart
Like the voice of god we're blowin your mind
Till you take control of your own design

Some say there's no directive
Okay that's one perspective
People get sold to fit the mold
But the world is large so you better be bold
Because the subtle satellites can hit direct
Another moment lapses you didn't expect
Beyond the veil of what we project
At the end of it all I hope we might connect.

(Hook)

Culture Kings

MagiTek, the indescribable, just in your head EXPLODING outward with all of the visuals and the sounds of the future man.

You just have to live, the language of the MUSIC!
Live, the language of the MUSIC!

You keep your distance with lame grenades
but this time splitter just uses a blade
to slash you up
and hack like Gutz
keep your fuckin mouth shut
or I will attack
The rhymes I sling
whip your ass like ping
all the chickys will sing
About my dong ding
And flesh torn off your broken bones
as I cast you into the x-zone

Hammer this discourse in your mind
I'm a time mage level 99
Stats maxed out 255
Don't challenge me you wont survive
Hurdles to jump
Turtles to bump
We're the low G men past sophomore slumps
Bringin the pain to the mundane
With the keys to unlock outback domains

Yeah, it's Quartz Relic and Thugmasta J with the Galactic Automatic!

(hook)
You can call us hardcore
Playaz cause we like to game
Hell that's where we got our name
We're MagiTek without shame
Mock you till we get bored
Laugh when we try to sing
In jokes and referencing
We are geek culture kings

This new shit's gonna come out of nowhere, hit you in the back of the head, like a kunai flown from like a ninja that you didn't see!

We strike quick like Hayabusa
You'll be on the floor just like FuSoYa
Booyaka boom you could never handle the
Way we sound get down like Gamera
And the people got the fear
Release another demon every couple of years
Don't ever dismiss the Shotakan style
Hurricane kicks with a smile

Punchin jedi kickin sith
I pass force with an M-Tek glyph
fuck up my shit?
suggest you don't try it
I'm breaking risks like Ashley Riot! (yeah)
And to my foes
I'll kick your ass, then smack your clones
and stomp your shadow
and your evil twin
A battle that you just can't win

(hook)

Let your perception
Let your perception
Let your perception
Let your perception
Let your perception
Let your perception
Let your perceptions Twist!
The MUSIC! (The MUSIC!)
They're all over the place
Like a ninja that you didn't see!

OH YEAH! THAT'S MY SHIT! THAT'S MY JAM! YEAH!

Sometimes I feel like Gillian Seed
as if everyone around me just might be
Robots, among us
they're probably in disguise
Relying on visions that my eyes describe
One is in the future
the other in the past
One made out of flesh
the other out of glass
Even with a patch Big Boss is bad ass
Stealth with precision makin top of the class
He's rockafella trippin, He's a gangsta skank
His mind keeps switchin from Nirvaughnya to Shank
While the weak one rants from inner madness
Shamus on the track, cause he speaks the wackest

Worlds beyond our design
Worlds beyond our design
WARS INSIDE OUR MINDS!
Worlds beyond our design
Worlds beyond our design
WARS INSIDE OUR MINDS!
I'm throwing down my potion
and walkin through the door
Pickin up some coins
straight out of the floor.
Then stick em in slots
Extra lives? We got lots
You die, we respawn
while your body just rots

They wanna bring together the harmonies of your body and your soul, to shake your ass out on the dance floor. You wanna scream it out loud with your mouth, and let your tounge roll, over every SYLLABLE!

(hook)

Culture
Geek Geek Culture
Culture Kings
Culture
Geek Geek Culture Kings
Yo what's up. It's MC Pee Pants in the house from Aquateen Hunger Force! Shane is weak yo! Shane needs to get himself out of the building fo' sheezy, ya feel me!

Fuck that! I'm done!

Value Rap #1 (Styrofoam Rhymes)

I bring the flava with me
You can see it glow
I'm cutting off my greesh
So I can let my spirit grow
I try to be original
refuse to sell this out
Refuse to lip sync songs
or acoustically pout
I don't have rims
but my panda ride is bumpin
Stereo abstractions
to keep you chumps a jumpin
I chill at comic book shops
never keep it real
Props to the Batman
Fuck the man of steel!
Savin all up my skrilla
to get a better mac
Some get their car kits
and some buy their crack
I don't need that shit
I got my own agenda
Keepin up with politics
and playin my nintenda
I made minimum wage waitin for lunch
things are gonna get better i know that much

That's right we've got the drive
Keepin MagiTek alive
Doesn't matter if you buy it
Cause this rhyme cant be denied
Well we rap
and have our geeky sense of pride
Gangsta shit
urban flavor please remain outside
Reality can suck
We know thats how it is
We're must carving our niche
tryin to look past the biz
Any little thing out there I happen to see
I'll be rollin it up Katamari Damashii

Screwin with the drums, fucking up the beats
Thinking sex in space while im messin up my sheets
I am Thugmasta J not Tom Selleck
That's my wack rhyme
now here's the Quartz Relic

Fast food engineers, steer clear of drugs
Sandwich art is only made out of love
Strip it down if ya want
some CULINARY VISION
but you get a better combo when you stick with their decision
Fast food engineers ,steer clear of drugs
Sandwich art is only made out of love

-what the fuck man?
Sandwich temptation?
I guess its just as bad as my rap on masturbation

I know this track is getting wack
But I'm set to keep it up like hackeysack

We'll hit you with a mallet
if you're maladjusted
Snappin your synapses cause
your mind is getting busted
If nothing comes out
then the pipes already rusted
seeing weak minds always leaves us disgusted

No need to fear we here to clear the shit stuffed in your ears
With tracks that will infect you and linger over years
Spread this sound around among your nearest peers
MagiTek is makin noise but the noise is crystal clear

Wicked Noise

Loud and obnoxious
No way to stop us
Even if were on hiatus
No escaping all the hate thats
Shot at all the places where inspiration dwells
And faces who identify
with what you have to sell
The scene is hooked on old sensations
Wannabes and labels
We bring forth no imitation
Mixing beats with fables
I'm sick and tired of fakers
With reproductive power
Change the station, make it quit
Or else this noise devours
you!

We're-

(hook)
Infecting the monster
The Wicked Noise
Destroys all the culture
Then
They cant stop what
They cant comprehend
And we circle like vultures

Why you always dissin?
Because you're always missin out?
Breaking shit, the easy route
Is that what you're about?
But the quality is ace, too scared to lose face
you never try to vent on tape and put me in my place
With lines peeps will never hear
You can't buck up and face your fear
And that's just fine, we all cant rhyme
But why you gotta waste my time
haters gotta hate I guess
Then MagiTek cleans up the rest
Come out with something on your own
and leave us alone

Don't say were not a band cause
You dont like what we do,
Cause we make our own music
So we say FUCK YOU!
If ya think Im tryin to be offensive
I'll tell ya right now its not mission objective
I just feel like the goal is expressive
Of the way we live, and its all subjective

We're still

Sick and tired of the same old crap
Dancehall rhythms and booty rap
wind your body, shake that ass
Flaunt your bling to the middle class
Drone on to a drumbeat used a million times before
While half-naked women gyrate on the dance floor
And I've have to jump in and say something bout
mallgoths and emopunks cause they mope and they pout
About whatever latest bullshit, please stop it!
Or else we'll plant some claymores in front of hot topic
We hate the pseudo-hippies and the drugged out ravers too
Come to think of it, we probably hate you!!

Special Addiction

I can see the music
I can eat the beats
When I find a melody
that tastes so sweet
I can see the music
I can eat the beats
When I find a melody
that tastes so sweet

I need the MagiTek right now
inject it in my veins
if I dont get the magitek somehow
I think ill go insane
I need the magitek right now to
take over my brain
stretch the limits of my mind
to show me everything

Your special addiction
To go somehere new
And see all the things you're not supposed to
Special addiction
Is what you want most
You wont see God but might come close

Special Addiction

I can see the music
I can eat the beats
When I find a melody
that tastes so sweet
I need the MagiTek right now
(I can see the music)
inject it in my veins
(I can eat the beats)
if I dont get the magitek somehow
(When I find a melody)
I think ill go insane
(that tastes so sweet)
I need the magitek right now to
(I can see the music)
take over my brain
(I can eat the beats)
stretch the limits of my miiiiiiiiiiind

Show me Everything

Your special addiction
To go somehere new
And see all the things you're not supposed to
Special addiction
Is what you want most
You wont see God but you might come close

Time to start sinking
Cuz it's just too titanic
You always tend to capsize
When feeling kind of manic
At first it's bliss
Intravenous and you grin
Then the mental waves crash
and the fun just begins
Now see more then the common matter
As the make up of your gray kind shatters
in an outburst from this overload
We've been making peeps explode
Ever since the massive overdose
leaving minds on walls
like butter on toast
Constantly mixed in
with fucked up fiction
Fix another hit of
the special addiction

I need the MagiTek right now
to take over my brain
Stretch the limits of my mind
and show me everything

My miiiiiiiiiiiiiiind

Armagetdown

Dance till your face hits the ground and get lost in the sound
Cause it's the only way to go out in style...

Welcome to the place
where djs rule the speakers
Creatures cuttin slack
Playin tracks for pleasure seekers
Feeding on your hysterics
Preaching bout the barbarics
We've slay those generic
With no interference
Coming from the audio
No place to hide no place to go
Can't take cover ears cant close
Front row tragic magic shows
Most people fear what they dont know
But we remain so we can grow
HIt the floor and touch the sky
Make the choice to dance or die

Brothers, sisters no time for romance
Decide to dance or die
Remember that its
Never over when the beat drops
It always comes back
And we dont ever stop

Dance till your face hits the ground and get lost in the sound
Cause it's the only way to go out in style

You'd best get ready
outfunk the beast
US, Asia, Middle East
Bad shit goes down embrace this flow
Release your demons and let your shit go
You never thought it would end like this
As haters fight and lovers kiss
Pious praying, deviants busy
President powerless acting all bitchy
Everbody knows that the end is near
They try to act brave but they got the fear
From the rich down to the poor
Cuz the end is at their door
Go ahead with your temptation
It's your last gratification
Smoke your endo, sip your gin
Cuz when the beat stops let the chaos begin

Let the chaos begin

Dance til your face hits the ground
Cuz it's the only only way

We're past the double zeros
Pulling back our bows
Triple digit combos
You cant even come close
Our arrows pierce the silence
and land inside your ear
Day to night frequencies
got nothing to fear
Fuck getting it started
Its been going on far too long
Take what you can from Quartz and J
Fillin up da club with apocalyptic songs

Only seconds left
and you know you can't escape
Shift your weight, shake your ass
And accept your fate
It's apocalypse now
It's armagetdown
It's time to get down
The deaths all around
We have invoked
The spirits have spoken
Inhale the smoke
The seal is broken
And once again an old god awakens

Brothers, sisters no time for romance
Decide to dance or die
Remember that its
Never over when the beat drops
It always comes back
And we dont ever stop
Don't ever stop
Don't ever stop
Always comes back
And we don't ever stop
Don't ever stop
Don't ever stop
Always comes back
And we don't ever stop

Zombie Stomp

This thing I do not like a thriller
But I just cant help it when the beat is so killer
Makes me want to move my feet
I feel the need for flesh and meat
Brains mostly they're the best
I rip through any kind of vest
Its all in vain Im at your chest
YES !

Doesnt taste like chicken
but it tastes great so I aint bitchin
Make this place into my kitchen
see the guests they're horror stricken
Don't get near me when Im pasty
when Im thinking ITCHY TASTY
I'll get feisty with my jaw
and end it all. Raw!

We form groups you cant get past
With grenades or a shotgun blast
Each one down two more rise fast
There is no death we cant outlast
Cause you need to feel that rush
Chomp your neck and watch it gush
Foolish people can't ignore us
Ghoulish voices form a chorus

Mathaeis is back with a brand new twist
Quad 9 damage from the triple 6
Munchin' on hearts, eyes, and spleens
Mandible blazin on like a machine
Not gonna stop, can't keep me down,
I got the brains in this town
Some are slow with a steady form
When I move in its like a lightning storm
Think you're safe? You're not alone
Oops! Too late! I chomped your dome!

We're the zombie stoppin brain wave shockin
Corpse collecting pusle rate dropping
fiends that come when least expected
fluids mix then you're infected,
The hunger drives but can't be filled
We died but can't be killed
Arms out front in a jiggy suv
Ridin' to a new town for undead love

That seems the problem with my crew,
They bite a couple times and then they through
But the brains keep us intact
Without eatin' those, we ain't coming back

Use my skullbat for skull snacks
Eatin' moosh pudding out of cranium cracks
Necro four out on tour
Let the bodies line the floor

Quartz Relic Thugmasta J
Shamus and Mathaeis
Zombie Stomp undead hip hop
You cant deny us

Craziest Dreams

Totally fucked like an animutation
So you wont hear us on your radio station
Below the underground where the earth is hot
Getting cold rolled with the best we've got
Chaos supreme on a silver platter
With dark matter for batter
How we make time shatter
Exploring the abyss
Deep inside your head
your brain absorbs all the rhymes we said

We beat up your id
filled your ego with flow
broke down some walls
so your mind can grow
Adding new view
Like a mental big boom
Make the universe your very own room
Cause with perceptions enhanced
You're bustin at the seems
Inspiration screamin so your ears might bleed
Comin out fast shootin particle beams
It might be bad if you cross the streams

Take it to a place that most dont know
They're probably stuck looking for Carmen Sandiego
I got a mind like Egon and I'm rhymin from beyond
Multiple angles and a high count of polygons
Dreams in essence are quite essential
The driving force to unlock potential
MagiTek may seem nonexistant
But the MagiTechnicians are still persistent

Common talk about the visions
That we're sharing if you listen
Tend to concentrate on a mode of escape
That's otherworldy and
some things that may never be
People can tell us we're too imaginary
But I disagree cause what you think you percieve
From what you gather and your mind's eye sees
We seem to have a constant theme
The keys to unlock your craziest dreams

So take a leap and fuck the fall
At least you'll leave a nice mark on the wall
Make them believe in how it could be
Comfort shouldn't have to be conformity
Born in a maze we're forced to stray with
Blindfolds broadcasts lead the way
Going insane while the music plays
And the stage we're on begins to fade
We're gonna break it down and wipe off the dust
Shake it and break it till the earth combusts
But if you want to change, well face it you must
Thus Daniel becomes Morpheus