GEMATRIA by Carlos Simpson — official 2024 album artwork.

GEMATRIA — official album artwork · Carlos Simpson · 2024

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Tenth album · 2024

GEMATRIA

Carlos Simpson

GEMATRIA is a 16-track album by Carlos Simpson, released on 12 February 2024. Across approximately 1 hour and 11 minutes, the album moves through introspection, self-empowerment, emotional loss, memory, consciousness, technology and the contradictions of human experience.

Album 12 February 2024 16 tracks Alternative / Indie 1 hr 11 min
01

About GEMATRIA

Contradiction, introspection and the search for meaning

GEMATRIA develops as a sequence of emotional and conceptual states rather than a single linear narrative.

Across the album, Carlos Simpson moves between questions of loss, self-reliance, solitude, digital distraction, memory, personal agency, emotional intelligence and the passage of time.

The songs repeatedly return to moments of contradiction: connection and withdrawal, pride and vulnerability, action and procrastination, presence and absence, technological progress and human disconnection.

These tensions give GEMATRIA its wider structure. The album does not attempt to resolve every contradiction; instead, it uses music as a space in which conflicting human experiences can be examined alongside one another.

Sometimes growth begins by recognising the contradictions we are already living inside.
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Meaning & artistic background

A study of inner and outer systems

GEMATRIA brings together personal reflection and observations about the wider structures that shape contemporary life.

Some tracks examine internal states such as emotional numbness, grief, regret, self-belief and longing. Others turn outward towards technology, digital behaviour, reciprocity, social balance and the tension between natural and constructed worlds.

The result is an album concerned with how human beings interpret experience: how we assign meaning, repeat patterns, search for balance and attempt to understand ourselves within systems that are constantly changing.

01

Introspection

The internal dialogue between memory, emotion, regret and self-understanding.

02

Agency

The relationship between belief, action, independence and personal responsibility.

03

Connection

Love, reciprocity, emotional intelligence and the spaces created by absence.

04

Systems

Digital culture, social behaviour, symbolic meaning and the structures through which experience is organised.

Tracklist · meanings · credits

GEMATRIA · 2024

Select any track to explore its meaning, background and release information without leaving the album page.

01

Made To Make You Cry

Time, loss, spiritual dislocation and the ache of missed opportunities.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

Made To Make You Cry

Made To Make You Cry is a reflective piece about the passage of time and the sense of loss that can accompany it.

Its repeated appeals to the Lord introduce spiritual dislocation as the narrator confronts how quickly life moves and how emotional distance can increase with time.

The song expresses longing for connection while reflecting on mistakes and missed opportunities that become more significant when viewed against time's irreversible movement.

Credits
Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
01
ISRC
QZDA82400875
Released
12 February 2024
Genre
Alternative / Indie
02

Proud

Self-reliance, resilience and ownership of one's journey.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

Proud

Proud is an anthem of self-reliance and resilience.

The recurring declaration “Eu sinto-me proud porque eu não devo nada a ninguém” — “I feel proud because I owe nothing to anyone” — frames pride as independence rather than superiority.

The song argues that self-respect develops through taking ownership of one's life and recognising the effort required to move through difficulty without allowing outside circumstances to determine one's worth.

Credits
Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
02
ISRC
QZDA82400876
Released
12 February 2024
03

Halloween

Digital distraction, superficial ritual and the search for authentic connection.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

Halloween

Halloween contrasts an appeal to Mother Nature with the repetitive act of scrolling through TikTok.

That contrast places natural connection and digital distraction against one another, suggesting a tension between human attention and the habits produced by contemporary media.

The song treats repetitive online consumption as a form of superficial ritual, questioning whether constant stimulation can leave less space for reflection, authenticity and meaningful engagement.

Credits
Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
03
ISRC
QZDA82400877
Released
12 February 2024
04

Agonal Breathing

A title drawn from the irregular gasping associated with critical medical states.

Meaning & data

Title & background

Agonal Breathing

The title Agonal Breathing refers to irregular, gasping or laboured breathing associated with severe medical emergencies and the final stages of life.

Within the album, the phrase introduces a stark vocabulary of physical fragility and mortality. The source material does not provide a fuller track-specific artistic interpretation, so the page preserves the documented meaning of the title without inventing additional narrative.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
04
Released
12 February 2024
05

Anhedonia

Emotional numbness, memory and the loss of pleasure.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

Anhedonia

Anhedonia explores emotional numbness and the lingering presence of memories that refuse to disappear.

The title refers to an inability to experience pleasure. Within the song, imagery such as a “cold hand” touching the heart or soul evokes detachment, lost dreams and emotional distance.

Memory remains unstable: at times it offers connection, while at others it intensifies absence and emptiness.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
05
Released
12 February 2024
06

GEMATRIA

Contradiction, solitude, self-prioritisation and the fluctuating nature of life.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

GEMATRIA

The title track is a reflective journey through the changing emotional states that shape human life.

Its recurring “sometimes” structure acknowledges contradiction: joy and pain, connection and solitude, holding on and letting go.

The song also addresses self-prioritisation and the necessity of recognising when closing one door may be required before another possibility can emerge.

Rather than treating uncertainty as failure, GEMATRIA presents growth as something that can occur through navigating conflicting states and accepting that life rarely resolves into a single fixed condition.

Credits
Song
GEMATRIA
Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
06
Lyrics
Carlos Simpson
Vocal
Carlos Simpson
Guitar
Carlos Simpson
Songwriter
Carlos Simpson
Released
12 February 2024
07

Lagu

A title associated in the source material with law, territory and systems of order.

Meaning & data

Title & background

Lagu

The source material associates Lagu with an Old English legal term referring to law and, historically, to territory in which a particular law applied.

Examples include expressions associated with Danish or Mercian law. The existing source does not provide a developed track-specific artistic interpretation beyond this linguistic and conceptual reference.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
07
Released
12 February 2024
08

Incubation

Development, growth and the unseen period before emergence.

Meaning & data

Title & background

Incubation

Incubation broadly describes maintaining conditions that allow something to develop, grow or mature.

The word can refer to biological development, a medical period between exposure and symptoms, or the creative process in which ideas continue developing outside conscious attention before emerging as insight.

The source material establishes these meanings but does not provide a more specific interpretation of the composition.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
08
Released
12 February 2024
09

Mitus

Gentleness, mildness and a state associated with softness or peace.

Meaning & data

Title & background

Mitus

The source material presents Mitus as a term associated with gentleness, mildness and peacefulness, drawing on Latin connotations of meekness and tenderness.

Other interpretations in the archived material associate the word with action or state, but the existing page does not provide a definitive track-specific narrative.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
09
Released
12 February 2024
10

AWAKEN

Self-realisation, belief, action and ownership of one's life.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

AWAKEN

AWAKEN is centred on self-realisation and personal agency.

The repeated call to “wake up my friend” operates as an invitation to self-awareness rather than simply a literal act of waking.

The song repeatedly emphasises ownership of life, thoughts and dreams, positioning the individual as an active participant in shaping their direction.

Statements such as “If you believe you will make it” and “If you try you will make it” connect belief with action, while “Life is too short” introduces urgency.

The song ultimately frames awakening as an internal shift: listening to one's inner voice, recognising personal potential and choosing to act rather than remaining passive.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
10
ISRC
QZDA82400883
Released
2024
11

Empty Space

Loss, absence, longing and the emotional space left by separation.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

Empty Space

Empty Space explores the void created when someone deeply valued is absent.

The repeated plea “My love, please don't go” expresses the desire to preserve connection while recognising the emotional vacuum that separation can create.

The title refers not only to physical absence but to a wider emotional and existential space affecting heart, memory and the experience of time.

Portuguese references to saudade deepen this sense of longing: an attachment to what is absent but remains emotionally present.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
11
ISRC
QZDA82400884
Released
2024
12

Longest Song

Procrastination, regret, overthinking and the pressure of passing time.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

Longest Song

Longest Song examines an internal cycle of self-reflection, regret and procrastination.

Images such as sitting in front of one's shadow suggest a person simultaneously observing and being trapped by their own patterns of thought.

The phrase “You use procrastination as self-defense” turns inaction into a protective mechanism: avoiding action can delay failure, but it can also prevent change.

The title becomes metaphorical. The “longest song” is the endless loop of rumination itself, continuing while time passes and opportunities narrow.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
12
Released
12 February 2024
13

Reciprocal

Mutual exchange, balance and the principle of give-and-take.

Meaning & data

Title & background

Reciprocal

The source material defines reciprocal through the idea of mutual exchange: actions, benefits or obligations returned between two or more parties.

The term can operate socially, mathematically, grammatically or politically, but across these contexts the central principle is relationship and return.

The archived page does not provide a more developed lyrical interpretation of the composition itself, so this section retains the documented conceptual meaning.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
13
Original listed release
7 January 2024
14

Smart World

Track 14 from GEMATRIA.

Data

Release data

Smart World

The archived GEMATRIA page provides release information for Smart World but does not contain a developed track-specific interpretation. This section therefore preserves the factual catalogue data without inventing additional meaning.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
14
Released
12 February 2024
15

The Equalizers

Emotional intelligence, reciprocity, balance and mutual connection.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

The Equalizers

The Equalizers is centred on self-affirmation, emotional balance and the qualities that sustain meaningful relationships.

The title suggests forces that create equilibrium. Within the song, those “equalizers” are qualities such as love, empathy, commitment and emotional intelligence.

Repeated declarations of pride in emotional connection and balance emphasise that harmony is not accidental; it requires attention, reciprocity and conscious participation.

The song therefore presents emotional intelligence as an active capacity through which trust, connection and stability can be created.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
15
ISRC
QZDA82400888
Released
2024
16

Aroma

Memory, unnoticed sorrow and the significance of small, fleeting experiences.

Meaning & data

Meaning & background

Aroma

Aroma focuses on subtle and easily overlooked moments of human experience.

Its title suggests something intangible that remains present, much like a scent capable of triggering memory or emotion without explanation.

Images of abandoned elders, empty plates and cold beds point towards forms of sorrow that can remain unnoticed within ordinary life.

The repeated humming reinforces monotony and the stories human beings construct to make sense of difficult experience.

The song ultimately suggests that significance does not always depend upon clear explanation. Like aroma itself, experience can retain emotional force simply because it lingers.

Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album
GEMATRIA
Track
16
Released
2024

Album information

Credits & release data

Album
GEMATRIA
Artist
Carlos Simpson
Album number
Tenth album
Release date
12 February 2024
Tracks
16
Duration
Approximately 1 hour 11 minutes
UPC
198079399405
Genre
Alternative / Indie
Artist / producer
Carlos Simpson
Record label
CARLOS SIMPSON™ Music Production
Copyright
© 2024 Carlos Simpson. All rights reserved.
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