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TRACKLIST
1. Cult Leader (MV) (LIVE)
2. 1984 (MV) (LIVE)
3. Chemical Burns (Feat. Eyedea & Lotte Kestner)
4. Into the Night
5. Cubic Zirconia (LIVE)
6. Orange (Feat. Child Actor)
7. Nowhere
8. Witching Hour (Feat. Nacho Picasso)
9. Still Awake (MV)
10. Blue Sunshine (LIVE)
11. Death Warrant (Feat. Sticky Fingaz & Tech N9ne)
12. Gummo (Feat. Yes Alexander)
13. The Rabbithole (Feat. Terra Lopez)
ARTICLES/NOTES
Taken from http://mad.ly/e458d4
Seattle based hip-hop artist Sadistik is proud to release the visuals for "Cult Leader," the first video off his July LP, Ultraviolet. Dark and eery, the video, Sadistik explains, is meant to cause discomfort.
"I wanted to mix innocuous imagery and ideas with malicious, unsettling ones," explains Sadistik who also directed and produced the video. "I wanted it to seem like the protagonist & villain were the same person; that even the most innocent things can become wicked when placed in the wrong circumstances."
On Ultraviolet, Sadistik closes his eyes tight and reaches out towards the peripheries of perception through introspection and psychedelic escapism, transcribing the vivid images crawling on the dark purple walls of his Seattle studio. The day after he finished recording 2013’s critically acclaimed Flowers For My Father, Sadistik (born Cody Foster) began writing the new record with a head full of acid, left field 60s & 70s cinema and palpable frustration with the world around him.
Falling somewhere on the spectrum between the confessionals of Atmosphere and dark heart of Cage, and inspired by the delivery and ethos of the legendary Eyedea, Seattle-based emcee Sadistik has been a force on the indie scene for the better part of a decade, opening for artists such as Lupe Fiasco and collaborating with the likes of Sage Francis, Astronautalis and Ceschi. He began Ultraviolet as an exercise in creativity, pushing himself to never take a day off and make the best album of his career for the second year in a row.
With production from SXMPLELIFE, Eric G, Maulskull and Kid Called Computer and guest shots from Eyedea, Lotte Kestner, Tech N9ne, Sticky Fingaz and Nacho Picasso, Ultraviolet peels back the layers behind Foster’s synesthesia (seeing sound as color or otherwise mixing of the senses) and reveals the colorful terrain just out of reach in the daytime when “the skies cry 365”. He details a shifting Pacific Northwest cloud cover while referencing everyone from Orwell to Burroughs and examining the self in the era of surveillance and diminishing returns.
“Cult Leader” begins the album with an ominous banger emblematic of Sadistik’s finest, most nuanced writing. “1984” channels André 3000 in its opening bars before Sadistik abstractedly explores the omnipresence of big brother. “Cubic Zirconia” features interludes from Italian film icon Asia Argento and an urgent, melodic third verse harmonized with the vocals of Lotte Kestner. Eyedea delivers an eerily prophetic verse on “Chemical Burns” that reminds listeners just what a masterful lyricist and narrator of the human condition he was. Sadistik adopts a deft delivery on the track to complement that of his lost friend whose torch he proudly carries on through every album.
Ultraviolet is Sadistik’s unabashed nose dive into the subconscious mind, a three dimensional portrait painted in hues of psychosis and psychedelia. Drawing on his background in clinical psychology and cinematic predilections, he creates a richly layered world of his own and offers the listener a passing glimpse through the keyhole.
Taken from Sadistik's Facebook.
A Call To Arms.
I usually don't post many personal thoughts on this page (which is a bit peculiar considering my confessionary style of music), but I feel inclined to share my feelings of this new project and some of the factors that surround it. Bare with me...
After I released Flowers for My Father last year I decided to give away 20,000 copies of the CD to fans & potential fans. I paid for this completely out of my own pocket & am happy that I did. I chose to do that because, as cynical as I may be, I deeply believe in the connection I have as an artist with you, the listeners. That's the result of the thousands of comments, handshakes, messages, fan art, etc. I've received from so many of you over the years. So many of you tell me these songs matter to you that I'm almost starting to believe it. I wanted to give a piece of myself that I believed in & poured myself into to anybody who would listen.
The day I finished recording the final song for FFMF I immediately began what would eventually become ULTRAVIOLET. I made a commitment to myself that I would "make art everyday." I intentionally plummeted myself into this project by sacrificing aspects of my personal life & relationships & I'm happy that I did. As arduous as it may be at times, the intellectual & emotional rewards can be so great. I built a new studio in my home, painted the walls purple & grew increasingly reclusive from the outside world. The final product is something I'm incredibly proud of & am eager to finally share with you all. Everything from the features to the writing, mixing, videos, artwork, title etc. was intentional to create a mood I felt I needed to share. I don't remember much from this last year outside of those purple walls, and to be honest, I find myself being increasingly uncomfortable in other environments since.
Where am I going with all of this? I guess I want to offer context & a personal tinge to this sanitized world of social media. The giveaway of Flowers for My Father & everything I've done since was all tied together for ULTRAVIOLET with two goals in mind: 1 - creating a record that I feel pride for & 2 - create real waves in the indie rap music scene. I truly believe that my art is it's own creature & deserves to be heard by the small percentage of people who see the world like I do. The only way any of this is possible is with you.
This is where the second goal comes in: I want motherfuckers to know I'm here for a reason & that people believe in my craft as much as I do. Fake Four Inc. & I have made it so that all of the pre-orders (both physical & digital) will count towards SoundScan numbers & if they do well enough this album can potentially show up on the Billboard charts. That would let this often insidious & frustrating industry know that we're a legitimate force to be reckoned with in the indie-rap scene & ultimately allow me to make more of my ideas come to life.
So, with all of that said, this message is first & foremost to THANK YOU. Thank you, the fans, for all of your continued support. I don't say that lightly, it affects me greatly in my daily life. This is also to provide some transparency as to how important your purchases truly are to me both as an artist & a human being. If you believe in what I create as much as I do, I humbly thank you & ask for your support in any way you can. If these songs affect you, please take a moment to grab a copy, share, tell a friend or anything you feel. I truly believe we're in this together & am deeply grateful for you all.
My apologies for the lengthiness of this message, I hope it comes across as intended. Now I'm off to clear my mind and attend film premiere in Rome with my friend Asia Argento. As she would say: "make art everyday." I'll keep creating the most honest art I can if you continue to support it.
All my best,
Cody
Wonder where this'll place, but I'm not worried at all. 
I only said that cause he tweeted that this was his first time directing one of his music videos but I guess he meant solo work?