AkA / Dataism
Artist AkA
Album Title: Dataism
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Primary Genre Electronic
Format FLAC 16.44.1
Released 02/21/2019
Label +Closer2
Catalog No CL006
Bar Code No None
Packaging Download
Tracks
1. Algorithm (10:34)
2. Body Bang (4:19)
3. Humanism (7:16)
4. Artificial (3:50)
5. Gone (5:01)
6. The Three Graces (5:09)
7. Dataism (5:52)
8. Bipolar Are We (4:51)
9. CMYKM (5:22)
10. Hand (3:40)
11. Needle (4:44)
12. Fork (7:02)
Date Acquired 05/02/2020
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Acquired from Bandcamp Artist Website
Purchase Price 5.00

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Notes

Notes:
"All competing political or social structures can be seen as data processing systems. Dataism declares that the universe consists of data flows, and the value of any phenomenon or entity is determined by its contribution to data processing. A Dataist trusts Big Data and computer algorithms, in preference to human knowledge and wisdom.

The entire human species may be interpreted as a single data processing system, with individual humans serving as its chips. The whole of human history can be read as a process of improving the efficiency of this system by increasing the number and variety of processors/chips (humans) in the system, increasing the number of connections between the processors and increasing the freedom of movement along existing connections.

Dataism, like any other religion, has practical commandments. A Dataist should want to "maximise dataflow” by connecting to more and more media, and believes that freedom of information is "the greatest good of all". Aaron Swartz, who took his life in 2013 after being prosecuted for releasing hundreds of thousands of scientific papers from the JSTOR online archive for free, could be called the "first martyr" of Dataism.

Dataism presents a challenge to the dominant moral ideology of Humanism, which sees human feelings as the ultimate authority in the world: Humanism is now facing an existential challenge and the idea of “free will” is under threat... Once Big Data systems know me better than I know myself, authority will shift from humans to algorithms. Eventually humans will give algorithms the authority to make the most important decisions in their lives, such as who to marry and or which career to pursue." - AkA - February 2019

Credits:
Design Concept, Artwork – AkA (tracks: Henri Sizaret)
Mastered By – Mathis Kolkoz
Vocals – HIV+ (tracks: 2,5)
Written By, Music By – Henri Sizaret

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Analyzed Folder: AKA - Dataism_dr.txt
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DR          Peak       RMS       Filename            
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DR13   +0.00 dB -16.00 dB   01 - Algorythm.flac      
DR04   +0.00 dB   -5.29 dB   02 - Body Bang (feat. HIV+).flac
DR06   +0.00 dB   -7.85 dB   03 - Humanism.flac      
DR05   +0.00 dB   -7.51 dB   04 - Artificial.flac    
DR05   +0.00 dB   -6.08 dB   05 - Gone (feat. HIV+).flac  
DR06   +0.00 dB   -8.56 dB   06 - The Three Graces.flac    
DR05   +0.00 dB   -7.49 dB   07 - Dataism.flac        
DR06   +0.00 dB   -6.32 dB   08 - Bipolar Are We.flac      
DR06   +0.00 dB   -7.41 dB   09 - CMYKM.flac          
DR05   +0.00 dB   -7.50 dB   10 - Hand.flac      
DR04   +0.00 dB   -5.86 dB   11 - Needle.flac        
DR06   +0.00 dB   -9.00 dB   12 - Fork.flac      
DR08    -0.10 dB -12.69 dB   13 - Algorythme - Recursive.flac
DR06    -0.10 dB   -7.59 dB   14 - Body Bang - Explosive.flac
DR05   +0.00 dB   -7.49 dB   15 - Humanism - Reflexive.flac
DR08    -0.10 dB -10.21 dB   16 - Artificial - Substitutive.flac
DR06    -0.10 dB   -8.18 dB   17 - Gone - Inexpressive.flac
DR08    -0.11 dB -11.19 dB   18 - The Three Graces - Infinitive.flac
DR08    -0.11 dB   10.95 dB   19 - Dataism - Connective.flac
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Number of Files: 19
Official DR Value: DR6
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