Wake Up, by The Mung Beings

Wake Up

by The Mung Beings

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1.	Wake Up 04:15	buy track
2.	Wake Up (Trouble 40 Remix) 02:36	buy track
3.	Wake Up (Tellurians Remix) 02:35	buy track
4.	Wake Up (Choam Nomsky Remix) 03:44	buy track
5.	Wake Up (Boxroom Rebel Remix) 03:24	buy track
6.	Wake Up (Broad Oak Remix) 07:29	buy track

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The new single from The Mung Beings, Wake Up, was partly inspired by whistleblower Edward Snowden, who in 2013 at great risk to himself, revealed the top secret global surveillance operations being undertaken by the NSA. Since then, rapidly developing technology means mass surveillance is ever more pervasive in modern society. With soundbites from Snowden himself, the song urges listeners to wake up to the fact that we are all being constantly spied upon.

Along with Orwell's 1984, the song also references the classic John Carpenter film They Live, the premise of which revolves around a drifter who discovers that the ruling class are concealing their appearance and manipulating people through subliminal messages to, as in the song’s refrain, “obey consume, conform”.

The EP features five remixes from Broad Oak, Boxroom Rebel, The Tellurians, Trouble and Choam Nomsky.

The Mung Beings are producers Allan Thomasson and Nigel Braddock (from Australia and New Zealand respectively) and vocalist Saadiah Fowlkes from New York. The three met in Berlin where they recorded their debut album, to be released on Monkey Records later in the year.

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released October 22, 2022

Vocals: Saadiah Fowlkes
Keys & programming: Nigel Braddock and Allan Thomasson
Produced by Nigel Braddock
Mixed and mastered by Nigel Braddock
All lyrics by Saadiah Fowlkes
Vocal sample: Edward Snowden

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