G. Wygonik's New Single “Reel Life” Official video screenshot
[Publisher's Note: Must read lyrics are at the bottom of this page. This song was heard for the first time on 99PLUSKFMH.COM Sunday June 29. Every Sunday evening from 7 – 11p.m., Roberto Nache curates alternative, underground, and EBM music, new and old, international and local. For one of the most enjoyable listening experiences, listen in at OTBT.Show. Thank you Youtube for providing the transcipt of the lyrics! The promotional article below for this new song release is from Bandcamp where the single is available for free, or you can contribute what you think this content is worth or the value for value business model.]
After two decades of silence, CUT.RATE.BOX breaks the static. Founded in 1989 by G. Wygonik, CUT.RATE.BOX made its mark as a visionary force in the industrial and electronic underground, fusing sharp lyrical critique with cutting-edge sonic experimentation. But in 2005, everything stopped. As Hurricane Katrina shattered G.’s world, both physically and mentally, CUT.RATE.BOX went silent. Now, 20 years later, G. Wygonik returns – scarred, sharpened, and more creatively awake than ever. The new single “Reel Life” marks the powerful rebirth of CUT.RATE.BOX. Released for free (pay as you wish) via Bandcamp, it offers a dark and unflinching reflection of our modern age: overstimulated, algorithmically manipulated, and emotionally anesthetized. Musically, the track is a tense fusion of dense electronic punk, EB rhythms, and synthpop unease – drawing on influences such as Cabaret Voltaire, Wire, and Brian Eno, while embracing modern production and generative tools as instruments of expression, not novelty.
More than just a song, “Reel Life” comes to life through a visually arresting video clip – a speculative vision of a society worshiping algorithmic idols. Set in a stylized small-town dystopia, the video follows four personas lost in a curated illusion, as a synthetic preacher delivers a sermon built from deepfaked scripture and data-driven dogma. Symbolism and generative visual glitches blur fiction and truth, reflecting the song’s core message: in a world shaped by content and driven by rage, even reality has become performative. “Reel Life” continues the ideological arc of previous landmark releases including “New Religion” and “Dataseed.” Where those songs looked forward – at the promises and perils of global connectivity – “Reel Life” confronts the aftermath: belief systems fed by algorithms, truth fragmented by spectacle, and attention hijacked by emotional manipulation. This is not a nostalgic comeback. It’s a timely reawakening. A manifesto for the digitally disillusioned. A necessary voice in an age of synthetic noise.
Stream the video. Download the track. Share the signal. CUT.RATE.BOX is broadcasting again. Released June 20, 2025. Official video: youtu.be.com/Atxd20RJ2X0.
Source: alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/track/reel-life
“Reel Life” Lyrics by cut.rate.box
Oh! But the devil is cunning!
He has found new vessels for His deceit.
He has taken hold of the newsmen,
the broadcasters,
the slick-tongue voices upon the radio waves.
They sit in their studios, twisting words,
spinning tales,
shaping the minds of weak men who listen and believe.
I tell you:
there is no reality to believe in
when the voice of Satan speaks
through the antennae of your home!
Don’t wanna feel
Don’t wanna care
Don’t wanna make myself aware!
Don’t want to see that my TV
Is never balanced, never fair!
Don’t want to know that all they show
Is only meant to sell me more
Luxury Anxiety
For the cost of being poor!
Don’t want to sleep
Don’t want to eat
Don’t want to miss a breaking tweet
Or skip a reel that has appeal
And feeds me more of my beliefs!
Influenced to keep me safe
In a world for the devout
Where fear of God has been replaced
With fear of missing out!
The time is short,
the signs are clear.
The Devil is in the circuitry,
in the headlines, in the smooth-talking voices in the video.
Will you listen to Him?
Or will you turn to the one who has never changed,
never lied,
never failed.
Choose wisely my friends...
the fire is coming,
and the machines will not weep for you.
Don’t wanna hear
Don’t wanna read
Don’t wanna learn
From history.
This is now!
And anyhow, I never
See it in my feed!
No one to blame
They’re all the same!
Any news is just pretend.
Catastrophes?
Absurdity!
It’s entertainment
In the end!
The newspaper prints it
and so you BELIEVE it!
The television shows it,
and so you TRUST it!
But I say to you
do NOT let these sorcerers turn your heart
from THE TRUTH!
Don’t want to dream
Don't have the need
I've given in
To the machine.
I won't be bored anymore
As I succumb to this disease
Don't want to go
And look outside
Burst my bubble
Full of lies
I punched the Like and
hit Subscribe
They'll notify me
When I die!
REPENT!
Smash the idols of modernity!
Smash the television that fill your home with falsehoods!
Burn the papers that lead your mind astray!
Hallelujah!
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