Inspired by the eponymous 2002 Bowie song, as well as by the now-popular way of describing the long-lasting, detrimental effects of the 2012 budget cuts in the Netherlands, "Slow Burn" narrates the experience of someone affected by these cuts: restless, precarious, and feeling like a firefly caught up in a cobweb. The song imagines the period from 2013 - when the impact of the austerity measures first became visible - until 2018 - when artists and other cultural producers are still experiencing the effects of the slow burn, struggling to make ends meet and to find the funds required for artistic desire.
This song is part of Parasite Lottery, a pilot version of a collective lottery system for art organizations in the Netherlands and their communities proposed by Wok The Rock and Casco. Download the song and comic on www.parasitelottery.com.
Produced by Wok The Rock & Casco
Music by Leilani Hermiasih
Lyrics by Leilani Hermiasih & Wok The Rock
Vocal & Keyboards: Leilani Hermiasih
Comic stips by Wok The Rock
Vocals recorded by Daniel Hollos in Berlin, Germany
Mixed and Mastered by Brian Esselbrugge at Studio Brainwash, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Liner notes: Steyn Bergs
