DJ Set this Friday in SF

This Friday, September 2, I'll be playing a DJ set at Rockit Room in SF. 9pm. No cover. Mixing M.I.A. with INXS with Daft Punk with Hall & Oates with Phoenix with Ladytron with the Beastie Boys (and whatever else sounds good at the time).

Where: Rockit Room (406 Clement Street)

When: 9pm

Cost: $0

Word!

Daemon

Liner Notes for the New EP

Since Monster-0 Works for You is a digital release, you don't get any nice packaging and liner notes. Apologies. I've gathered the liner notes and lyrics below:

Monster-0 Works for You

Monster-0 is Daemon Hatfield

All songs written and recorded by Daemon in his San Francisco apartment.

Mastered by Dennis Mortensen in NYC.

Special thanks to Geddes and Claudia.

1. Never You Mind (written January 2009)

Remember in the summer

When we first met each other

We drank ourselves into bed you know we had it made

Well I’ve still got your number

I’m waking up your mother

I’ll crawl up to your window girl and this is what I’ll say

I am inclined to think about you most all the time

Until I forget you – press rewind

And then I remember when you were mine

Never you mind

These girls are looking scary

You said on the contrary

We’ll divide and conquer impress them all before the dawn

Well I knew you’d deceive me

Run around and leave me

One step ahead of the game before you know it I’ll be gone

I am inclined to think about you most all the time

Until I forget you – press rewind

And then I remember when you were mine

Never you mind

Ah, so you found some ugly glasses

You’ve been taking hipster classes and now you’re too cool for school

Well I’ve still got your number

I’m waking up your mother

Gonna give you one more chance to be the girl who’s got it made

I am inclined to think about you most all the time

Until I forget you – press rewind

And then I remember when you were mine

Thinking of you is pretty much the only thing I do

Time to fall back and regroup

And figure out how to capture you – true

2. I Guess This Is My Life (written spring 2008)

Mom and Dad made it a while

They separated in the common style

Well, I guess this is my life now

You up and left without saying goodbye

The police were polite and everybody cried

Well, I guess this is my life now

We separated in the common style

And now your friends greet me with a fake smile

Well, I guess this is my life now

3. Mother Forever (written spring 2010)

Born into royalty

Experiment in loyalty

Mother needs you

Will never leave you

Resign yourself to your fate

No man will have you, it’s too late

Prince Imperial

No longer material

One by one the others left

You remained at mother’s breast

You’ll remain at mother’s side

Until the day she dies

Nevertheless

You said yes

You had ten years

Before the tears

If you stay with mother forever

You could be the opposite of me

Raised on your mother’s grief

You are here for her relief

The King of Spain remembers your name

One condition

Remember your mission

Nevertheless

You said yes

You had ten years

Before the tears

If you stay with mother forever

You could be the opposite of me

Born into royalty

Experiment in loyalty

You’ll remain at mother’s side

Until the day she dies

4. I Work for You (written late 2008)

Let’s listen to House of Love

Let’s think of a name for our band

You know I’m at your command

You snap your fingers

Look and linger

Through and through

I think that I work for you

You stand beside me

Try to guide me

Through and through

I think that I work for you

Let’s listen to House of Love

Let’s make this a house of love

And when we have a name for our band

We’ll travel all over the land

You snap your fingers

Look and linger

Through and through

I think that I work for you

You stand beside me

Try to guide me

Through and through

I think that I work for you

5. Ryan Writes Plays (written spring 2009)

instrumental

Fun facts:

- “I Guess This Is My Life” is a B-side that was left off Monster-0’s previous album, Don’t Worry About the World.

- “Mother Forever” is about Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria.

- House of Love, mentioned in “I Work for You,” is one of Daemon’s favorite Brit Pop bands.

- “Ryan Writes Plays” is named after Daemon’s friend Ryan Colwell. He lives in New York and really does write plays. This song was used in the soundtrack for one of them.

Of course, Monster-0 Works for You is now available on iTunes.

New EP Now Available on iTunes

My latest release, a five song EP titled Monster-0 Works for You, is now available on iTunes. Please to enjoy.

Monster-0 Works for You

I’m proud to unveil my latest release, a five song Monster-0 EP called Monster-0 Works for You. My Monster-0 stuff has always been a mix of rock and electronica, but now that I’ve started releasing my electronica tracks as daemon I’ve been focusing more on the rock stuff with Monster-0. So these are five catchy garage rock songs. You can listen to the opening track, “Never You Mind,” right here:

Never You Mind by monster-0

The EP has been submitted to iTunes and other digital stores and should be available within a week or two. I’ll let you know when it’s live. Hope you’ll check it out. No CD release this time – Monster-0 Works for You is a digital EP. My strategy is to put out smaller digital releases more often and then collect them all on a CD when I have enough material.

Loving you,

Daemon

Robocop vs. Terminator Lyrics

Got a request for the lyrics to "Robocop vs. Terminator" from someone who wants to sign it in a sign language class (which is awesome, btw). Figured I might as well post the lyrics, in case anyone else was interested.

Robocop vs. Terminator

Terminator, you said "I'll see you later"
When you stepped out to buy some milk
But you never came back

Robocop, you said you'd never stop loving me
Is that what you said to that new guy you're with?

You know you just can't trust these cyborg men
Any farther than you can throw them

Man and machine hang out in different scenes
Guess I wanted to believe that stuff about opposites
The first law, as stated by Asimov
A robot cannot harm a human being
Or break his heart

You just can't trust these cyborg men
Any farther than you can throw them

You said you'd be back

You just can't trust these cyborg men
Any farther than you can throw them

Terminator, you said "I'll see you later"
When you stepped out to buy some milk
But you never came back

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Reminder: "Robocop vs. Terminator" is available on my second Monster-0 album, Don't Worry About the World.

Plug In Music Loves Background Processes

Plug In Music just posted a great review of my debut album under the name daemon, Background Processes. Hit the link below for the full review, but here's the gist:

"Background Processes has more than its fair share of catchy, feel good, intelligent electronic music, fully capable of soundtracking almost any activity."

Plug In Music's review of Background Processes

Background Processes is available on iTunes.

New Free Monster-0 Song

here is something Ryan Geddes and i put together back in October 2008. i wasn't ever sure what to do with it, so i figured i might as well put it out there. Geddes and i wanted to make an old school electro breakdance track based around the refrain "Synthotronic sounds/Going downtown." He wrote some hilarious lyrics, rapped the vocoder part, and i made the beats and synths. hopefully it makes you move your pants. please to enjoy:

Synthotronic Sounds by monster-0

you can download "Synthotronic Sounds" right here.

And here are Ryan’s lyrics:

Synthotronic Sounds

Going downtown

In a war torn future land

Music has been banned

Robots roam the overworld

Part of a master plan

Far below the surface

Humans bide their time

Building rebel music

And synthotronic rhymes

All the ladies in the club with your bleeps and bloops

Raise your dranks in the air for the synthotronic loops

Synthotronic Sounds

Going downtown

With our waveform weapons

We will now proceed

To banish the machine lords

And save humanity

When the revolution comes

Our people will be free

To dance upon the surface

Synthotronically

All the ladies in the club with your bleeps and bloops

Raise your dranks in the air for the synthotronic loops

Shorties gettin’ synthotronic

Homeboys gettin’ synthotronic

Gangstas gettin’ synthotronic

Everybody’s gettin’ synthotronic

Robots gettin’ synthotronic

Presidents getting’ synthotronic

Dogs are gettin’ synthotronic

Cats are gettin’ synthotronic