{"id":840,"date":"2020-10-09T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/10\/09\/kurt-rileypraxis-dive-into-a-dystopian-chrome-empire-with-latest-single-free\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T16:30:00","slug":"kurt-rileypraxis-dive-into-a-dystopian-chrome-empire-with-latest-single-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/10\/09\/kurt-rileypraxis-dive-into-a-dystopian-chrome-empire-with-latest-single-free\/","title":{"rendered":"kurt.riley+praxis Dive Into a Dystopian ‘Chrome Empire’ With Latest Single “Free”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

kurt.riley<\/a>+praxis are best known for shaping the alternative music scene in Central <\/a>and Upstate New York. Riley has loved and played music from a young age; his influences include glam rock, Moroccan ritual music, new wave, 1930s pop standards, and Eighties post-punk. After a pause of a few years for a college degree, Riley started developing concept albums featuring other-wordly characters – Kismet<\/em> in 2016, and Tabula Rasa<\/em> in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Free,” releasing today, October 9, is the fourth track from Riley\u2019s current ongoing project, Chrome Empire<\/em>. The album is built around its main character – an android living in a dark future – and uses science fiction themes to address real-world events.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u201cFree,\u201d the android (portrayed by Riley in the video) has gained self-awareness, and is captured by a monolithic megacorporation seeking to prevent the rise of intelligent machines. An employee of the corporation has been put in place to get him to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Previous singles released from the Chrome Empire<\/em> project are \u201cFuture Shock,\u201d \u201cSay You Love Me,\u201d and \u201cEvergreen.\u201d The story arc starts with \u201cFuture Shock\u201d that sets the dark, futuristic scene. The android, having a mind that came from a human a long time ago, remembers his love and tries to find her (\u201cSay You Love Me\u201d). In \u201cEvergreen,\u201d he is trying to escape the control of the megacorporation and finds footage of an evergreen Earth of the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In each single, Riley has chosen to include non-human characters which was \u201cMuch more fun – and more palatable – than talking about our current reality in a plain manner. Plus, I get to dress up!\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There will be at least a dozen releases in total, scheduled through the rest of 2020 and 2021. After “Free,” the next one coming up (scheduled for early November) is called “Get Connected.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Free” is scheduled to air at 5:00 PM EST on Friday, October 9, 2020 on the kurt.riley<\/a>+praxis YouTube Channel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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