Funk • Soul
Hip-Hop • Electronic
Written • Played • Produced • Mixed • Mastered
THE TRACKS ↓
01
BellDingThing
Felicette — 🐱 — first cat in space
02
SloppyDrippy
Arabella — 🕷 — spider who spun webs in orbit
03
Sonar
Laika — 🐕 — first dog in orbit
04
Tynomite!
Ham — 🐒 — first chimp in space
Who is Simonoto?
Oakland multi-instrumentalist. Guitar, bass, keys, vocals, drum programming. Writes it, records it, produces it, mixes it, masters it. No session musicians. No ghostwriters. No shortcuts. Every sound on this EP came from one person in one room.
Why "Ch.1"?
This is the first chapter. Not the whole story. Each chapter captures a different phase — a different sound, a different moment. Ch.1 is the sound of everything clicking into place for the first time.
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The Passengers
Felicette
Felis catus — Paris, 1963
First cat launched into space. Survived. Returned. The only one of the four who came home safely.
Arabella
Araneus diadematus — Skylab, 1973
Garden spider who proved you could spin a web in zero gravity. Adapted. Overcame. Built something beautiful in impossible conditions.
Laika
Canis familiaris — Moscow, 1957
First living creature to orbit Earth. Stray dog from the streets of Moscow. One-way ticket. Never came home.
Ham
Pan troglodytes — Cape Canaveral, 1961
First hominid in space. Trained to pull levers during flight. Performed his tasks perfectly despite 14.7g of force. Lived to age 26.
Something is
hidden.
6 BREADCRUMBS.
4 passengers.
you won't find it
find them all.
04.01.26
The trail opens April 1 — start at simonoto.com
ARG // Scavenger Hunt
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