Written by Nawal Chowdhury

On April 16, Chris Taylor, professionally known as Body Meat, released his single “High Beams” ahead of the release of his debut album, Starchris. “High Beams” is described as a collision between trap and pop melodies with hints of nu-metal. 

In a press release, Body Meat explains, “High Beams is about a programmer anxiously creating a game from within a cave. He codes all of the functionality, the rules, and physics, every parameter to his liking. He then tries to instantiate himself into this world as a copy. But an oversight within his sloppy code work creates a bug within it. His instantiated copy is unable to be removed and begins hunting him. The programmer, terrified, tries to destroy the copy of himself. Nothing he does can stop the copy from moving towards him. He starts to realize he has done this before. The copy remembers him, and knows that he has to warn the programmer. The programmer is cursed to write this code over and over again. Only the bugged copy can break the cycle.” 

Taylor’s upcoming debut album, Starchris, will encompass 13 songs exploring a refined range of genres, including IDM, club music, experimental pop, trap, footwork and metal. Drawing inspiration from the intricate world-building and narrative techniques present in role playing video games, the album follows the transformative journey of a protagonist towards self-realization and peace. 

1. A Tone in The Dark

2. The Mad Hatter

3. High Beams

4. Electrische

5. Focus 

6. Right Here

7. Crystalize

8. North Side

9. Starchris

10. Im In Pieces

11. Demons

12. Õbu No Seirei (Spirit of an Orb)

13. Paradise

Body Meat’s debut album, Starchris, is out August 23rd via Partisan Records. Presave/order Starchris here. Watch the music video for “High Beams” here.