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Body Copy

by Gel Set

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Odds 03:32
Odds are stacked against us We should just be friends But if you never gamble I guess you'll never win I got some dice And I'm free tonight Why don't we roll? According to statistics House always wins Fine, we don't have to leave the house I'll ante up You in? I got these dice You don't have to be nice I just want to roll Play your cards Lay em on the table It's not that hard If you're willing and you're able What you got? You got a queen? You got a pair for me? Odds are stacked against us We shouldn't even play Maybe it's too risky What's the fun in being safe? I got these dice And I'm free tonight Why don't we roll
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Cigarette 03:46
I want a cigarette You want my number Everyone wants something Why should I say no? I wanna lay in bed You say you wanna go Everybody wants something How can you say no? I want a cigarette Everybody wants something Just not the same thing Something Just not the same thing I want a cigarette I ask you if you smoke How can I not know? Everybody's got something Just not the same thing
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Kiss me in the shadow Love me in the rain Close the door Pull the shades Kiss me in the shadow Love me in the dark Turn out the lights See a spark In the day There's a sun That's not me I'm not the one In the night Behind the trees I'll be waiting Come for me Again Kiss me in the shadow Kiss me in the shadow Hold me in the clouds Shh Not out loud Kiss me in the shadow Love me in the rain Close the door Pull the shades In the day There's a light It's not for me It burns too bright In the dark Behind the leaves I'll be waiting Come for me Kiss me in the shadow Love me in the dark Turn out the lights You'll see a spark
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Puercos 03:25
A la verga A la verga A la verga los puercos a la verga Levantan La revolucion Levantan la revolucion es ahora
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Bounce 03:44
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Sex Numerals 04:56
61, that aint no fun 62, not with you 63, always hurts my knees 64, I don't do that anymore 65, not into that jive 66, what do you think this is?! 67, I like can't even 68, doesn't feel that great And now it's time To 69 78, gonna make me late 77, can never fit all the parts in 76, ugh, makes me sick 75, I knew a girl who died 74, that one's such a bore 73, not with me....maybe for a small fee 72, how does that one work? I get confused 71, done it a ton 70, I don't want to ruin my sheets And now it's time I think it's time To 69 62, I didn't wear the right shoes 65, kinda stings my eyes 67, it's gonna take an hour for this bread to leaven Now it's time To 69
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Down Along 04:00
All I want Is to run my tongue Down along The tendons of your neck To lick your salt To drink you in Bathe in your sweat To brush my lips Down along the edges of your flesh But no Instead of this Instead I will take a long slow breath I'll watch you roll your cigarette I will pretend I'm not late to meet my friends I will pretend I need to walk this way to Yes, it's funny I happen to walking Down along The same as you I'll pretend to turn But I'll watch you go I'll watch the leaves Sway too and fro Cause even if we never kiss And I never tell you all of this It's a thrill that you exist A deep dark thrill That you exist
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Hey Come over here That's right You look like You're looking for trouble I got good news I know where to find some Close your eyes Don't peek This This is between This This is between You and me Let me whisper Something soft and sweet But shh Don't tell This is between This is between you and me This You gotta promise me You keep this between I got that remedy But you gotta promise me You keep this between This is between you and me
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Banana Split 02:57
Banana Got me like.. Peel slowly and see What we could be Why you gotta split? When it aint even Sunday (Sundae?) yet? Peel slowly and see What we could be Why you gotta split? So I split I feel all rotten, bruised Thought we had a bunch to do Peel slowly and see What we could be Why you gotta split? When it aint even Sunday (Sundae?) yet?
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If the weather doesn't kill you... But the weather will

about

Laura came across the phrase Body Copy while using some now forgotten freeware at a now forgotten job that didn’t want to pay for the name brand goods…body copy, as in…the text to be entered into the body of a document. “What is the content of your body’s copy?” she asks you to ask yourself. 
Then, a year ago, she moved from Chicago to Los Angeles, a bit on a whim, a bit to escape winter, a bit to pursue sound design and post production. She would go out, and search for familiar faces at shows, in stores, on sidewalks. It’s an overpopulated city, but it’s a lonely city. Strangers everywhere looked slightly familiar, like if you took the face of a loved one and popped it in the microwave for 10 seconds. The world is full of Body Copies, and the Nerds haven’t even perfected Replicants yet.
Gel Set is the art that Callier makes in her noisy bedroom, currently in Koreatown. She sold most of her gear before moving to LA, but on this album, in varying amounts, she used a Tempest, a Monomachine, an Evolver, a Mopho, a Yamaha RX5, Arturia soft synths, Ableton, a TR-8, a Nord Rack, and a Virus A. Maybe some other things? She also says she got a bunch of film samples/sound effects from an unpaid job she did in LA that she used as much as possible on this album to justify her excessive free labor. By got, she possibly means stole? Stealing is wrong, she says, but so is the exploitation inherent in some unpaid industry jobs. “Just sayin,” she mutters, and changes the subject.
When asked her influences, she says “I like crunchy, hard electronic music that sounds like it was made by someone who is growing mushrooms on their person,” whatever that means, and she says she loves the raw emotion of Karen Dalton, the abstract story telling and dissonance of late Scott Walker, the synthesis of Mort Garson and Tangerine Dream, the heavy sounds of Hogg, and she’s ever flattered by comparisons to Chris and Cosey. She says she also loves music with a pop sensibility, from Erasure to Jesse Lanza. 
TL;DR, the hard facts: She’s a multimedia artist. She plays in several bands besides Gel Set (her solo project). Simulation is dreamy psychedelic electronic duo with Whitney Johnson from Matchess, E+, and Verma. Athleisure is a duo with video artist Jason Ogawa from Tarnation. God Vol 1 is a duo with visual artist Nicole Ginelli. She grew up in Houston. She’s a Leo, Scorpio Rising. She says she has a codependent relationship with her 16 year old dog, Dixie, who she says wears a flame collar her roommate bought him that someone else said looks like it came from a Korn concert. 

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released October 20, 2017

All music by Laura Callier
Art by Annelli Henriksson
Layout by Patrick Fernandes
Mastered and vinyl cut by Josh Bonati

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