Mujekesi Soyandoze (album)

Mujekesi Soyandoze (Baphian, [xyz], lit. computer music) is the debut solo album by Ari Peiderezek, released by Dusansoyan Records on the 11th of September, 2001 under the pseudonym Soyan Belupo. It was the first album by Peiderezek that was produced by his manager Jezang Dsim, who would later go on to produce his second album Kele Sinceyudefonu Tezhetsogewe. Several critics observed that Mujekesi Soyandoze was crafted from dubstep, pop, funk, art rock and soft rock, and R&B, formulating Peiderezek's signature self-described genre of overpop, of which he would become known for. Mujekesi Soyandoze's lyrical themes include escapism, insecurity, and obsession.

Peiderezek desired to create an album that sounded unique, and at the same time would be recognizable and enjoyable by the average listener. To that end, he created a massive collection of pop, rock, and rave songs that he sampled and manipulated, creating many of the songs on the album. Recording for the album began in February of 2001, being described by Peiderezek as "traumatizing", "awful", and "draining", and concluded in August 2001. Over fifty songs were recorded for the album but only ten were included — the last, Epeselo Hu Le Sozhedele Sode, was recorded in fifteen minutes and became a staple song of Peiderezek's, being re-recorded on every album and mixtape in his career.

Mujekesi Soyandoze was universally lauded by critics, becoming the most acclaimed and sold album of 2001, with the most praise directed towards Peiderezek's presentation of insecurity. The album debuted at the number one spot on the Ukilen Music Top 100; it remains the only debut album from an artist to have achieved this feat. The album won six awards at the 2002 Baphian Music Society Awards, the most any artist has achieved in a single night: Album Of The Year; Best Produced Album; Electronic Album of the Year; Pop Album of the Year; Best Pop Vocals; and Best Electronic Vocals. The album produced six singles — "Bongsibon", "SCRS", "Vrillen", "Citrezod", "Sa na", and "I Demand a Lawyer", and all seven of these singles topped the Ukilen Music Top 100 singles charts. The album charted at the number one spot on the Ukilen Music Top 100 for a record-breaking 42 weeks, helped by the filming of two music videos for "Sa na" and "I Demand a Lawyer"; despite the album's popularity, Peiderezek refused to support the album with a concert tour.

The unprecedented success of Mujekesi Soyandoze brought Peiderezek into global promenance, and contributed to bringing his self-made style of "overpop" to the forefront of popular music. Various critics have exalted the album as one of the best of it's era and of all time, due to the tremendous influence that the album had on popular music, the music industry, Baphian and Bapho-Azkali culture, and other musical artists. Over 50 million copies of the album have been sold, making it the among the most sold albums of all time.

Mujekesi Soyandoze
by Ari Peiderezek
Released	11 September 2001
Recorded	February 2001 — August 2001
Studio	Dekyenu Studios
Genre	Overpop, dubstep
Length	52:37
Language	Baphian
Label	Dusansoyan Records
Producer	Jezang Dsim
chronology
Mujekesi Soyandoze (2001) Kele Sinceyudefonu Tezhetsogewe (2003)

Background and production

Ari Peiderezek released his debut single, "Tage", on 1 January 2001 under Dusansoyan Records, gaining widespread acclaim and popularity within Baphia. After the success garnered by the single's release, Dusansoyan Records was adament on Peiderezek recording a studio album. Work on the album began in early February of 2001, under the working name Soyandoze (literally music). For the album, Peiderezek intended to absorb a wide variety of musical influences in order to create a unique genre for the album. He attended raves in the A'Block of Turku, wherein he was exposed to pre-dubstep; studied for four months under Zugugu Ezepa and various other traditional Baphian musicians; and trespassed onto the recording studio of the grunge band [band] whilst they were recording their third album [xyz]. As a result of these various influences, the intended genre of the album changed completely several times during it's recording process, causing rifts between Peiderezek and Dsim.

Work was paused for two weeks March of 2001 after Peiderezek contracted the Azkali plague; it restarted in early April. Work on the album had to be restarted in May of 2001 after a fight broke out between Peiderezek and Dsim over Peiderezek's indecisiveness on the genre of the album; Peiderezek had a melt down, and threw the demos out of the studio's window. After this incident, work on the album was paused for a week, before restarting the next week. The track "I Demand A Lawyer" was the most grueling song on the album to produce — over three hundred takes of the song were produced between May and July of 2001, and involved proquiring several out-of-production analog synthesizers for it.

Songs

"Odukuke"

"Odukuke" was

"Bongsibon"

"Bongsibon" was written in October of 2000 by Peiderezek, and was originally written under the title Sho Cele 'Pesele Lu (She Was Lovin' Me). "Bongsibon" was the only track not recorded at Dekyenu Studios, instead being recorded and produced in March of 2001, whilst Peiderezek was battling the Azkali plague, in his home. Despite being one of the comparatively lesser commercially successful singles from the album, "Bongsibon" was still praised, with critics particularly praising its R&B influence and synthesizer work.

"Epeselo Hu Le Sozhedele Sode"

The last track recorded on the album, "Epeselo Hu Le Sozhedele Sode" was written, recorded, and produced in fourty minutes on the 19th of August 2001. It was written after Peiderezek impulsively decided to include a "classical" track on the album. Dsim protested, but relented after Peiderezek threatened to quit the project altogether and abandon the album. Based off of a musical sketch he had composed weeks prior, Peiderezek wrote a piano part for Dsim to play, and sang improvised — the final version on the album was recorded in one take. On LPs and CDs, "Epeselo Hu Le Sozhedele Sode" was included as a hidden track thirty seconds after "Dedeyo" finished. Despite not being released as a single, "Epeselo Hu Le Sozhedele Sode" was praised by critics and became one of Peiderezek's most frequently played and covered songs. "Epeselo Hu Le Sozhedele Sode" would become a staple of Peiderezek's career, later being re-recorded on his album Kele Sinceyudefonu Tezhetsogewe, re-recorded as a duet with singer [xyz] on his Ele, re-recorded with funk and R&B influences on his album sozhe, re-recorded with hard rock influence on his mixtape Shile Biyefonu, and re-recorded with hip-hop, jazz, and quiet storm influence on his mixtape Dazhenabi.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length	Notes
1	"Odokuke"	6:43
2	"Bongsibon"	4:05
3	"SCRS"	7:32
4	"Vrillen"	5:01
5	"Citrezod"	4:49
Total length: 28:10

Side two

No.	Title	Length	Notes
6	"Sa na"	6:32
7	"I Demand A Lawyer"	4:19
8	"Tage"	5:02
9	"Dedeyo"	4:29
10	"Epeselo Hu Le Sozhedele Sode" (hidden track)	4:05
Total length: 24:27