Omnesia's previous album Painkiller

 

...It’s not really surprising that Omnesia labelled this album “Painkiller," because for all it’s attempts to dissuade and intimidate the listener with dark, skin-peeling, soul-crushing throbs and metal-synth screams, at it’s heart it’s a graceful and elegant plea for all of us to be saved from the world’s malevolence and prejudice by embracing the new, the others, the disaffected and by doing so, allowing our own souls to soar free.


In fact, again and again on “Painkiller” what really impresses and captivates is the crisp, detailed production work that moves and teases the listener with expectations of blarting pop hooks and heavy, slamming electro beats, only to punch through the mix with large, pounding techno bass lines that feel they just stepped out of a Jupiter-8 synth from 1984. Omnesia’s marvellous knowledge and celebration of the grand history of the House sonic experience is one of the great pleasures of this piece of long-playing work.

-Mike White, MIKEWHITEPRESENTS, London

 

“Painkiller”  released October, 2013 
Omnesia is Medella Kingston, M2 and friends. 
Vocals and lyrics: Medella Kingston 
Guitarist, producer, recording engineer and synth programmer: M2 
All instruments: Omnesia, except for: 
Electric bass excellence: Stephen Goodwin (Vicious Rumors, Journey Unauthorized, Mad River) 
Analog keys: - Tal Ariel (Great Beast, Riley Tolstedt, Mingo Lewis, Zigaboo Modeliste, Smokedaddie) 
Extra synth madnesss: Phil Bennett (Starship, Steve Lukather, Alex Skolnick, Fee Waybill, Yngwie Malmsteen, Pat Travers and Gary U.S Bonds) 
Backing vocals on Fire and Ice: Damion Gallegos (Chub Studio, Produced the Bootz Riley soundtrack for the movie "Sorry To Bother You" Fungo Mungo) 
Produced, recorded and mixed by M2 Musik Pub and Omnesia. 
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track 1: beautifulike 
What I wouldn't give for a very fine day with you where I laugh more than I'm used to. Turn myself inside out, but it looks the same, want a rebirth; a new name. I could never have too much love - it's true, if I could only get it back to-
THE SWEET PLACES I'VE HEARD OF/ A DREAM WORTH REPEATING/ BEAUTIFUL LIKE YOU IN THE MORNING/ BEAUTIFUL LIKE YOU IN THE EVENING
It's not a bitter taste I'm left with, but an absence, and growing old with it. Something golden I've only glimpsed at gets bigger when I shut my eyes. I could never have too much love, it's true If I could only get it back to-
CHORUS REPEATS
What I wouldn’t give for a very fine day with you, where I laugh more than I’m used to.

 track 2: Queensized love affair
Since I was a little pearl, knew I was different in this world. In love with freedom and with choice, I liked so much about girls and boys
IT’S A QUEENSIZED LOVE AFFAIR/ STARTED BIG AND JUST GETS STRONGER/ AND IF YOU STARE WE JUST DON’T CARE / TAKE A PICTURE- IT LASTS LONGER
Don’t see in black and white, it’s a colorful world go out at night.
You’ve got to bump and grind it; sit still too long and you might not find it .
CHORUS REPEATS
All of our love is here to stay...
Baby, I love you
CHORUS REPEATS
All of our love is here to stay...

 track 3: Free
For my sisters and brothers and all of the others who don't fit into a category. For my sisters and brothers and millions of others who fall far from the family tree.  
GENDER IS A TRAIT DOESN'T HAVE TO SEAL YOUR FATE/ IT'S ABOUT FREE, BEAUTIFUL, FREE.
For my sisters and brothers all children of mothers who live their lives self defined. For those in between she and he are all heroes of mine.
CHORUS REPEATS
I see you as strong, I see you as pretty, I feel your power, it's gonna get sexy...you're keeping me interested.
CHORUS REPEATS

 track 4: Love is Love 
I am the pearl and I am the shell. What am I going to do with my, do with myself? Since the tide is turning…
I am on trial for living the truth. How am going to prove it - to prove it to you? Since I was a little girl…
Love is love like bone is bone and flesh is flesh.
IT'S A SIMPLE TALE TO TELL; HUMAN NATURE/ IT'S NOT ABOUT HEAVEN OR HELL, ONLY LOVE/ LOVE IS LOVE
Look with your heart and
See my love today
Why should I have to
Hide it - and hide it away?
Got to keep it safe…
Love is love like bone is bone and flesh is flesh.
CHORUS REPEATS
Since the beginning of human history, the earliest of times what love means to you or me doesn't always have to rhyme. We are families of animals put on earth in nature's scheme living our lives naturally. Know your past and where we've been. shade of my skin, gender I'm in, hair curly or straight i have no choice. politics and religion aside, discord and differences quiet! hear my voice!
Look with your heart and hear my love today, why should I have to hide it and hide it away? Got to keep it safe.
CHORUS REPEATS
Love is love like bone is bone and flesh is flesh.

 track 5: Wonderful
If I had a world to give away, I’d give it to you. I’ll tell you every single secret.
There’s not enough time to spend together – so let’s steal it.
YOU'RE SEVENTEEN KINDS OF WONDERFUL. I AM SO FORTUNATE. BIG FAT LOVE; WONDERFUL...
Blue skies, calm seas and love bright like the sun – your eyes all over me. If I could catch the stars in my hand, I’d give them to you – passion for eternity.
CHORUS REPEATS
Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier, Funf, Sechs, Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn, Elf, Zwoelf, Dreizehn, Vierzehn, Fuenfzehn, Sechzehn, und siebzehn.
I have to get used to happiness now, surely you came from heaven.

CHORUS REPEATS

 track 6: Fire and Ice
That face, those eyes, desire looks good on you. C'mon lover, make me sweat. You're the best I've had. This world is heavy like a weight on my back, let's shake it off,
shut it out, and fly up high. Sweet girl, so nice, gonna melt you like fire and ice.
I WILL LIFT YOU UP TO WHERE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN. I WILL HOLD YOU AND WASH AWAY YOUR SIN.
Black lace, steel chains, torn panties, your taste on my lips. Go on baby, hurt so good. Take it slow right to the edge. Sweet girl, so nice.
CHORUS REPEATS


 track 7: Crash
I know, I know you, I would know you anywhere. The way you look at me, the things your eyes say; you're the devil himself. 
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, FLESH AND BLOOD AND BONE. BREAK MY HEART AND WRECK MY HOME.
You're a predator, you're a criminal. You're everything I never knew I wanted.
CHORUS REPEATS
Nothing, nothing will ever, nothing will ever be the same. 
CHORUS REPEATS


 track 8: Time
The shorter days have blackened my mood; it's dark when I get home, the clock has turned the fool. I know what night can bring, so I put off sleep. That's when the emptiness comes to kill me.
BUT EVERYTHING I HAVE IS MINE AND I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON TIME SWEET TIME.
Winter's come and I'm cold to the bone. Mind's working overtime and my heart can't find its home. Memories arrive like uninvited guests - can't take it when they come
but when they leave I like it less.
BUT EVERYTHING I DO IS FINE AND I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON TIME SWEET TIME. 
la la la la...
BUT EVERYTHING I HAVE IS MINE AND I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON TIME SWEET TIME.
The longer days have lifted my mood. It's bright when I get home but I miss you. 

 track 9: Broken Blue
You are alone, the alone one. You are alone, the only one. Get up and fly or die. Get up.
YOU OWN YOURSELF, YOU KNOW YOURSELF - BEGINNING TO END.
You're story is not unique - just yours. Broken blue... 
CHORUS REPEATS
broken blue, broken blue...
CHORUS REPEATS

 track 10: Painkiller
Chemistry, technology, psychology, apathy, a pill for me. 
They told her the blue would drown her so she trusted. The doctor knows what's good for you; a scribble on a pad and down your throat. Where does it go? Where do you go?
PAINKILLER. YOU CONTROL ME.  PAINKILLER. 
She got calmer and bigger, then she adjusted, refill after refill. A pharmacy pickup to pick her up...taken with food to stabilize her mood. and down your throat. Where does it go? Where do you go?
PAINKILLER; WHAT DO YOU TAKE THAT WE NEED?  YOU CONTROL ME; YOU STEAL MY HIGHS AND LOWS, PAINKILLER; MANUFACTURED FOR GREED.
Euphoria... swirling in your head through your bloodstream better than dead, your family's relieved but they miss you when you're there. 
Where does it go? Where do you go?
PAINKILLER. YOU CONTROL ME. PAINKILLER. What do you take? You steal my highs and lows? What do you take?

 track 11: Are Friends Electric?* Written by Gary Numan (used with permission) 
It's cold outside and the paint's peeling off of my walls. There's a man outside in a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette. 
Now the light fades out, and I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this. There's a knock on the door  and just for a second I thought I remembered you
So now I'm alone. Now I can think for myself about little deals and issues  and things that I just don't understand. 
Like a white lie that night or a slight touch at times. I don't think it meant anything to you. 

So I open the door. It's the friend that I left in the hallway "Please sit down." A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed. 
You know I hate to ask but are friends electric? Only mine's broke down and now I've no one to love. 

So I find out your reason for the phone calls and smiles and it hurts and I'm lonely and I should never have tried. 
And I missed you tonight, so it's time to leave. You see it meant everything to me.

 (track 12 is an extended dance mix of Fire and Ice)