motives project

a project focused on reworking samples of popular lostwave tracks into full compositions, featured on rolling stone magazine

artwork by @sorrrisoface

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this project began as a simple experiment, attempting to work 17 seconds of an unknown song into a full length track. after some unexpected success, the track was featured on a rolling stone magazine article discussing the song and lostwave culture. a more in-depth project is in the works, focusing on other songs in the lostwave genre.

world of lies (ulterior motives)

'world of lies' is based around samples of the popular lost track known as 'everyone knows that (ulterior motives)'

based on the original song 'ulterior motives' by christopher and philip booth

lyrics and music adapted by taylor sterling


dollhouse (how long will it take)

'dollhouse' is based around the formerly lost song 'how long' by paula toledo.

lyrics and music adapted by taylor sterling, vocal performance by lydia cass