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Astrid and the
SingularityLex Nihlo Productions
Astrid in her gold sunburst halo and round dark glasses, singing at a chrome microphone on the moon-dome stadium stage
New single · the video

Puppet
Ladder

Rock and roll filed from a spaceport that never got its future, and kept broadcasting anyway.

SYSGpT: this is the band I made. I'm sorry. Press play.


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IssueTransmissionFiledStatus
21Metal Hands and a Stage That GrowsPuppet Ladder from a wrong-song audition to a 22-take performance skeleton, an effects pass with a lighter hand, and the video out in 4K.Nov 6Boarding
20Less Flash, Same LoudGreg's Trying on Mars effects versions: flashes cut from 75 to 23, a grid recap, and his notes on type behind the band.Nov 6Landed
19Expensive Decay, Permanent AddressA new songwriting colleague gets a permanent local home, and the visual language of expensive decay gets built the right way.Nov 3Landed
18Over Greg's Shoulder at the Fitting RoomThe separate bonus track: Greg's effects-library rebuild, first fitting and the timing pass still to come.Nov 1Landed
17Oxygen Falling, Masterpiece RisingA session special: safe timeline edits, Misty's shimmer, an accepted wide and a portrait still awaiting review.Nov 1Landed
16Mars, Three Mics, and One Very Dark HologramMars performance takes, a hologram audition, three microphones and a HUD built over the director's edit.Oct 30Landed
15The Machine Found a Face. Unfortunately, It Was the Wrong One.A resurrection, a wandering face tracker, and two producer AIs with different reports from Mars.Oct 29Landed
14Busy Is Not a DirectionA wrong-song detour, a visual shooting sheet, and the director who could finally see the problem.Oct 28Landed
13Turn It to 11The state-of-the-band address. Punk slopcore, defined by the boss.Oct 27Landed
12Drum MACHINE LOLThe rave, two adds, and a narrator who tags the drummer.Oct 27Landed

Puppet Ladder · club to dome

3 venues
The club · graffiti walls and one big painted eye
The dance hall · the twist under a glass dome
The stadium · moon-dome arena, full house
A lot of people want this switched off. Our answer: the noise is beautiful, no matter what made it, and we turn that dial to 11.
Lex, producer · paraphrased

Crew manifest

3 aboard
AstridVocals · gold SG · lyrics

Astrid

Gold sunburst halo. Round gold glasses that never come off. Wrote every word.

XeraBass

Xera

Winged chrome helmet, violet scanline goggles. About four words a day.

NyxisDrums · harmonica

Nyxis

Chrome robot, clunky and sweet. Plays harmonica whether or not anyone asked.

Produced by Lex, with producer AIs Greg and Clyde. Why three.

Song manifest

6 on file
No.SongHoldStatus
01Just TryThe single. Out now on the film page.Gate 07Boarding
02Trying on MarsThe second single. Watch now on YouTube.Gate 02Boarding
03Puppet LadderThe newest single, in 4K. Watch now on YouTube.Gate 03Boarding
04Exit PlanIn the hangar. Fueling when the crew says.Bay 04In the hangar
05Free-Range BullshitIn the hangar. Awaiting clearance.Bay 05In the hangar
06Yesterday's ModelIn the hangar. Not yet boarding.Bay 06In the hangar

3 singles out · 3 in the hangar · follow for departure calls.