PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2026 --- Avery Lake Unveils "THE SIGNAL" - A Musical Journey from Origin to Infinity Swiss-Canadian Conceptual Artist & Ethicist Releases Soundtrack to The Digital Audit of the Human Condition --- VANCOUVER, CANADA - Avery Lake announces the January 26, 2026 release of THE SIGNAL, his second album and the musical companion to [The Digital Audit of the Human Condition](https://digital.averylakeofficial.com) - an interactive web experience that invites participants to locate the human signal within the algorithmic noise. --- Track List: THE SIGNAL | # | Title | Protocol | |---|-------|----------| | 1 | The Protocols | Prologue | | 2 | Recursive Algorithm | 00 - The Silence | | 3 | Singularity | 01 - The Observer | | 4 | Digital Noir | 02 - The Pebble | | 5 | The Architecture of Choice | 03 - The Handle | | 6 | Valuation | 04 - The Asset | | 7 | Pulse of Validation | 05 - The Heart | | 8 | Superposition | 06 - The Signal | | 9 | Stillness | ∞ - The Breath | Release Date: January 26, 2026 Label: AJL Music Genre: Electronic / Experimental / Ambient Pre-order: Available now on iTunes and Amazon Vinyl Edition: Available via elasticStage – pre‑order at http://averylakeofficial.com/the-signal Official Poster: Museum‑quality 18″×24″ print available at http://averylakeofficial.com/the-signal Digital Pre‑save: http://averylakeofficial.com/the-signal --- Quotes from Avery Lake "We do not just look at technology; we live inside its logic." "Our digital lives are not separate from our 'real' lives. They are woven together. The Digital Audit takes the ordinary actions we perform online - pausing, scrolling, clicking, liking - and holds them up for examination. Not to condemn them, but to find the beauty and meaning that exists even within the noise." "In the midst of technological transformation, we are searching for what it means to remain human. This project is that search." "Each protocol mirrors something we do every day online. But beneath the surface, each one asks a deeper question about existence itself." --- About The Digital Audit of the Human Condition [The Digital Audit](https://digital.averylakeofficial.com) is a series of interactive web experiences - from Protocol 00 to Protocol ∞ - each examining a familiar digital behavior while revealing a deeper truth: | Protocol | The Digital Behavior | The Existential Meaning | |----------|---------------------|-------------------| | 00 - The Silence | Pausing, stepping away from the screen | The silence of the universe itself. Stillness as the origin of creativity. | | 01 - The Observer | Scrolling, watching - and being watched | Our eyes as black holes that give meaning. Where do we stand in the cosmos we observe? | | 02 - The Pebble | Repetitive gestures, endless scrolling | Finding joy and meaning in our lives, even when what we do is not extraordinary. | | 03 - The Handle | Clicking links, making choices | Freedom exists within the choices we make, even when the paths already exist. | | 04 - The Asset | Being measured, scored, priced | We are not commodities. Each of us holds infinite worth. | | 05 - The Heart | The like button, notifications | The love we can give - even online. Each heart, a small act of genuine attention. | | 06 - The Signal | Curating identity, projecting a self | Who we choose to be. One human. One singular identity in the infinite noise. | | ∞ - The Breath | Logging off, freedom | What makes us different from machines. The given gift that connects us to something greater. | Each protocol generates a unique artifact for the participant. The music from THE SIGNAL plays during each experience, creating an immersive meditation on what it means to be human when everything becomes data. Experience The Digital Audit: [digital.averylakeofficial.com](https://digital.averylakeofficial.com) --- A Continued Exploration THE SIGNAL follows Avery Lake's 2024 debut album, [Singular Dust](https://music.apple.com/ca/album/singular-dust/1785635215), which traced the universal rhythm connecting creation, love, disruption, and humanity's defining singularities. Where Singular Dust explored the tension between the natural world and the digital frontier, THE SIGNAL goes deeper - examining what remains of the human spirit when everything is quantified, tracked, and optimized. --- About Avery Lake "Ten years ago, I completed a PhD in bioethics. I watched as years of study could be replicated by machines in seconds. That raised a deeper question: what comes after disruption? This project is my unfolding response." Avery Lake is a Swiss-Canadian Conceptual Artist & Ethicist whose work explores what remains profoundly human in the Intelligence Age. With a background spanning theology, bioethics, and philosophy - including doctoral and postdoctoral research into human enhancement and the ethics of artificial intelligence - Lake turned to art to ask the deeper questions that academia alone could not answer. Note: Avery Lake is the artist name of Dr. Johann Roduit. Website: [averylakeofficial.com](https://www.averylakeofficial.com) Gallery: [gallery.averylakeofficial.com](https://gallery.averylakeofficial.com) The Digital Audit: [digital.averylakeofficial.com](https://digital.averylakeofficial.com) Art Manifesto: [The Age of Beauty: Art in the Intelligence Age](https://gallery.averylakeofficial.com/pages/manifesto-art-in-the-intelligence-age) --- Media Contact Email: hello@averylakeofficial.com --- The human signal in the Intelligence Age. ###