READ ONLY MEMORY
READ ONLY MEMORY
LP/CD
APRIL 1991
MIND AND MEDIA (MM2000)
Read Only Memory is a group name and an album made by Martin Hall and Aud Wilken. The project was entitled so in reference to the data concept, indicating that there was no access to the group. This meant that the duo gave no interviews and performed no concerts.
A few years later Aud Wilken gave Denmark its first top 5 appearance in 40 years at the International Eurovision Song Contest in 1995.
1. Sacrifice (5:28)
2. Coil of Love (3:08)
3. White Fever (3:37)
4. Sublimation (3:16)
5. Dividing Line (0:30)
6. Colour of the Moon (3:54)
7. Compulsion (7:13)
8. Sacrifice (Reprise) (3:49)
SACRIFICE
In the heart of the city
In the heart of the night
There’s a rhythm of reason
There’s a rhythm inside
Love is a sacrifice
It’s like a sacrifice
In the cries and the whispers
In the call of the night
Everything has its reason
And everything has its price
COIL OF LOVE
You
You’re on my mind
I looked and I found
I know you’re the one
You
You’re on my mind
My heart has gone blind
It only knows you
Now I’m my own person
And that’s so much that it’s a pleasure to share it
If the world was all empty
Then I don’t think I could bear it
It’s not that I wanna own you
It’s just that I wanna de-alone you
It’s not that I wanna hold you too tight
You
You’re on my mind
I looked and I found
I know you’re the one
Now I can remember
How my early days would be all insane
Going wild, to the limit
To get this feeling again
WHITE FEVER
There’s only one pain left in the mirror
There’s only one word left on the wall
There’s only one good reason for living
There’s only thing left to recall
It keeps me burning on
Like a fever
It keeps me burning on
Like a fire inside
Now here’s a song for the brain and the heartache
And here’s a song for the love on the way
We’re born alone in a world of tomorrow
We’re born alone but we ain’t gonna stay
It keeps me burning on
Like a fever
It keeps me burning on
Like a fire inside
It’s burning on
I see a face in the mirror, a face that I call me
I see the tracks in my face of the 20th century
I’ve got a pain deep inside, a pain that isn’t new
I got a scar in my heart of the things I’ve been through
Now there’s a bad moon rising, it’s rising on the sky
I got the angel of anger walking by my side
I’ve found a way to survive, a way to spend my time
‘Cause I’ve heard about the future and I’m gonna make it mine
COLOUR OF THE MOON
And I’m taking
And Im faking
And I’m waiting for my soul to awaken
Sudden taking
That’s why I’m faking
And I’m waiting for my thoughts to awaken
So don’t you wonder why?
I’m changing the ways now
And wonder why
I’m cleaning my heart know
And wonder why
I’m taking a step now
And wonder why
Honest like a core
Honest like a tune
Honest like the colour of the moon
‘Cause it stays, yea it stays
Clear as every truth
Clear as every leaf
Clean as any longing of belief
‘Cause it stays, yea it stays
So don’t you wonder why?
I’m cleaning my heart now
And wonder why
I’m taking a step now
And wonder why
I’m well on the way now
And wonder why
I’m healing my heart now
I wonder why
I wonder why
I wonder when
I’m gonna be clean again
COMPULSION
Tell the tale
Tell it one more time
Under my skin
Aud Wilken: Vocals
Martin Hall: Backing vocals, instruments
Design: John L. Christensen
Photo: Martin Hall
Read Only Memory’s work was based on Martin Hall’s production and Aud Wilken’s vocals and was the continuation of their collaboration since they recorded the song “Brainwash” for the The Hall of Mirrors music cassette in 1989. The duo also released the single “All the Way Down”.
Wilken has appeared on several Hall projects as both lead and backing vocalist. She performs several tracks on his 1990 album Imperfect and has contributed to the two Irma Victoria albums The Rainbow Theatre (1990) and Phantasmagoria (1994).
