Geidi Primes

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Geidi Primes is the debut studio album by Grimes, released on January 10, 2010, by Arbutus Records. 
In 2011, the album was released in the United Kingdom by No Pain in Pop Records on CD and LP, containing a slightly different cover art.
Grimes does not own the rights to Geidi Primes, and as a result she does not make any money from the the album in any form. In 2016 she gave "permission" to her fans to pirate the music, suggesting downloading the songs for free on Bandcamp.https://grimes-claireboucher.tumblr.com/post/137177684315/if-you-are-a-grimes-fanfanpage-please-reblog
On March 1, 2024, coinciding with the release of Dune: Part Two, Grimes released a nightcore version of the album, but the track Shadout Mapes was not included, for unknown reasons. By July of the same year, Geidi Primes (Nightcore Edition) was removed from official streaming platforms.https://open.spotify.com/album/4jVGdfqeTVshiq1qgkPTFRhttps://music.apple.com/id/album/geidi-primes-nightcore-edition/1733105796
==Background==
===Inspiration===
The album is a concept album based on the science fiction novel Dune, and Grimes wanted the songs on it to represent the sound of that universe.https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?t=59https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?si=eTSHovJAkUMsHefn&t=63
The first track, Caladan, refers to a fictional planet of the same name. The next, Sardaukar Levenbrech, refers to the military rank of "Levenbrech" — roughly in between a sergeant and a lieutenant — in the fictional army of the "Sardaukar". A "Face Dancer", as used in the third track's title Zoal, Face Dancer, is a type of human in the series who can shapeshift. Track six, Feyd Rautha Dark Heart, refers to the primary antagonist of the first novel in the Dune series, named Feyd-Rautha. Shadout Mapes, the tenth track, refers to a minor character of the same name. Track eleven, Beast Infection, refers to the "Beast" nickname of the character Rabban.
==== Name ====
The album's title refers to the fictional planet Giedi Prime, of the Dune universe. She also picked the title because at the time she thought she needed an album title that rhymes with Grimes.https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?t=78
Grimes did not expect that the album would be successful and so assumed that "no one" would ever hear it. She quotes this as being behind her reasoning for the album title and track names, and mentioned in a 2011 interview that the "decision has kind of haunted [her]".https://web.archive.org/web/20130731003750/http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/interview-grimes.html Though she later changed her mind, as she said in a 2020 interview that "[she] used to be embarrased about [the album title] but now thought that it's kinda cool."https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?t=61
== Composition ==
Grimes said about the recording of the album:https://dmy.co/new-music/grimes-interview-so-many-worlds
She also told Voir:Voir/Interview
===Writing===
In an interview with DMY Grimes explained:
=== Production ===
The album was made solely with GarageBand, a violin, a synthesizer (using only the white keyboard keys), a ukulele, a friend's guitar, and sound effects.https://exclaim.ca/music/article/grimes_talks_medieval_times_of_halfaxa Some of the drum effects were achieved by pencils being hit on a table.https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?t=127
She told TheYYSCENE:https://theyyscene.com/2010/08/12/ffwd-intergalactic-grime-spree/
In an interview with LOOKOUT, when asked about her recording process, Grimes said the following:https://web.archive.org/web/20100515184516/http://lookoutpresents.com/news/qa-grimes/
==Album Visuals==
=== Album Artwork ===
Grimes told LOOKOUT she used "ink and food colouring" for her artwork.
The hearts with an eye in the middle resemble the Comme des Garçons logo, which is a copyrighted symbol that she unintentionally used because she didn't know that at the time, and also because "[she] was just really into roses at the time."https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?si=h7UCwr-06Rs3lpjJ&t=40
Cover GeidiPrimes.png|Album artwork
Geidi Primes album artwork.png|Artwork with texthttps://web.archive.org/web/20100414025031/myspace.com/boucherville
File:Grimes-geidi-primes.1280x1280.png|No Pain in Pop edition artwork https://www.discogs.com/release/6536765-Grimes-Geidi-Primes
File:R-8062757-1454426101-5312.jpg|2012 re-release artworkhttps://www.discogs.com/release/3606227-Grimes-Geidi-Primes
Geidi Primes extended artwork.png|Full album artworkhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/claireboucher/4119067434/
GP BTS.jpg|https://www.flickr.com/photos/claireboucher/4412350547/
Geidi Primes alt. artwork.jpg|https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1215809988301508608
Geidi Primes MySpace Poster.jpg|MySpace Posterhttps://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/63543132208/a-poster-i-made-for-my-first-record-way-back-in
File:9763.jpg|Alternative artworkhttp://cokemachineglow.com/records/grimes-geidiprimes-2010/
Geidi Primes (Nightcore Edition) Album Cover 001.jpg|Nightcore version
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The album art, in Grimes words, is: "like a demon with the universe in its hair."https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?t=39
==Tracklist==
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==Credits==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Geidi Primes.https://www.allmusic.com/album/geidi-primes-mw0002187926/credits
* Grimes – vocals, production, artwork
* Erik Zuuring – design, layout
* Sebastian Cowan – mastering
== Trivia ==
*Geidi Primes is the only Grimes album to not have any regional or deluxe tracks.
*Grimes has never performed any of the Geidi Primes songs as she doesn't know how to play the songs live (as of 2010).
*Retrospectively Grimes told DMY: [I was] holding back… I was trying to be too… accessible or something… I had to do Geidi Primes because I had to like, spew out what was obvious. It had to be done before I could actually start making and learning. [..] I [had] just broke up with my boyfriend.
*Grimes no longer has any of the raw files for the album, telling Connect Savannah: "When I made those records, I never thought anyone was going to hear them. So when they were done I just deleted them so I could have space on my computer hard drive."https://www.connectsavannah.com/music-and-clubs/grimes-in-a-dangerous-spot-2136561
*Grimes described the album's sound as "science fiction twee music" or "cyber twee" in an interview for Pitchfork, when asked to describe it in three words.https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?si=PFZdozTDn63cX2fq&t=23
*The album was mastered on November 24, 2009.https://arbutusrecords.blogspot.com/2009/11/aaron-levin-at-weird-canada-did-great.html
*The album was intented to come out before the end of December 2009.
==References==
Category:Discography
Category:Albums
Category:2010