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Hope EP

by Tzara the Machine

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1.
Ending Credits / Melee 00:38
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2.
Anticipation 04:18
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Lost in thinking Of everything in advance Lost and hopeful for the past I hardly know enough to call myself uneasy It takes too long to make things happen correctly Enough enough I know enough yet nothing Still I beat myself by just waiting to be here The future seems way too good in the past Things don’t seem too good where you are I know that for a fact All others feel the same way inside You know that but you lie every time The future seems way too good in the future Seems way too good in the past
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Organization 02:30
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Thoughts of love and cruelty I roll my eyes at what I find myself thinking I realize that it might be in me But who really knows what they are for real If they don’t know when they don’t know But they can’t stop when they have to Lost but loved by adversity I’d like to paint myself out of the picture The ones around me don’t know me as well as I do But who really knows what they are for real I don’t know when I lie but I complain when I cry Thoughts of love and cruelty I roll my eyes at what I find myself thinking I realize that it might be in me But who really knows what they are for real They don’t know when they don’t know But they can’t stop when they have to
4.
Minnesota 03:25
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Dreams of all I see They will be forgotten All along I knew all along I won’t miss it But I know that is not the problem Dreams of all I see I don’t seem to bother All along I knew all along I won’t miss it But I know that is not the problem Dreams of all I see I can’t help but sorrow All along I knew all along I won’t miss it But I know that is not the problem
5.
Fuck Why How 03:25
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Why leave if you can stay for nothing? Always should’ve stated my intentions Sure I would’ve Why think if your instincts are saying Stay there don’t go You won’t get attention from somebody else It does feel different when you care for me How come I still crave more? Nevermind it’ll wash away I just hope age will take these bad habits I crave too much I’m lucky I don’t have the guts (Because) I can get attention from somebody better It does feel different when you care for me How come I still crave more? Nevermind it’ll wash away I just hope age will take these bad habits It does feel different when you care for me How come I still crave more? Nevermind it’ll wash away These tendencies are never going away
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Journey to Self Respect 02:28
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I thought that I wasn’t it But I can’t survey myself I don’t think that I come off badly But how can I know what others think? I wonder about anything and everything I spend time alone But not enough for anything that I might think is meaningful I’m insecure but I don’t think it’ll change soon I want to think of anything and everything Too much time alone But not enough for anything that I might think is meaningful I’m insecure but I don’t think it’ll change soon I know I’ve gotten many All I wish is to forget Unless the cry of anyone Will make me hide myself to sleep I wonder about anything and everything I spend time alone But not enough for anything that I might think is meaningful I’m insecure but I don’t think it’ll change soon I wonder about anything and everything I spend time alone But not enough for anything that I might think is meaningful I’m insecure but I don’t think it’ll change soon
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Ground Floor Cliché 02:18
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Of all the things that I’ve felt I know that when I lie it feels too different A mind inside my own Thoughts of anyone but myself The core of the thoughts in my head Oh god, forgive my eyes they see too different A mind inside my own Thoughts of anyone but myself

about

Peace in the Middle of Chaos. I created this EP during a time of severe mental health struggles—a period marked by the constant repression of feelings rooted in trauma. It became a journal of thoughts I couldn’t fully understand: shame, guilt, anger, depression, self-hatred. Unaware of my trauma and the coping mechanisms I had developed to suppress my emotions—and with a completely distorted sense of self—I threw myself into overworking and escapism, using music and the fantasy of success as a refuge. As an immigrant in Europe, the economic reality only added to the weight. But within this storm, the act of creating brought a sense of peace.

Brutalist Pop, Computer Folk

Drawing from the visual aesthetics of the Dada and Surrealist movements, as well as the stark, imposing beauty of Brutalist architecture, Tzara The Machine shapes these influences into a sound best described as Brutalist Pop or Computer Folk. The EP’s sonic world juxtaposes raw, industrial textures with intricate, glitchy details—much like Brutalist concrete forms reveal unexpected patterns and depth. It is music built on contrast: organic yet mechanical, delicate yet unrelenting.

Central to the EP’s creation is a sample of American guitarist Toivo Hannigan, a longtime collaborator of Francisco. In 2021, Hannigan recorded a free acoustic improvisation on a cassette tape recorder, overdubbed another acoustic guitar layer, and sent it to Francisco. This three-minute fragment became the foundation of an unexpected creative process. Through electronic manipulation, Francisco reshaped and fragmented the recording, transforming it into something entirely new—nonlinear, warped, yet deeply expressive. The result is a blend of organic and glitchy soundscapes—an approach that feels Cubist in its reinterpretation of guitar music.

The instrumentation reflects a tension between the natural and the mechanical, weaving together sampled folk guitar, fiercely aggressive kick drums, and fragmented melodies. These contrasting elements mirror the contradictions within Francisco’s psyche at the time—between dissociation and hyper-awareness, between numbness and raw emotion. The music moves through these states, embracing both beauty and distortion, creating a soundscape that feels both organic and otherworldly.

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released July 11, 2025

Written, Performed and Produced by Tzara the Machine
Mixed by Lautaro Hochman
Mastering by Wessel Oltheten

Photography by Teresa Costa
Artwork by Francisco Garrido

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Tzara the Machine Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tzara The Machine is the solo project of Amsterdam-based Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Francisco Garrido.

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